Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.8

naṃdikeśvara uvāca /
sasarjātha mahādevaḥ puruṣaṃ kaṃcidadbhutam /
bhairavākhyaṃ bhruvormadhyādbrahmadarpajighāṃsayā

sa vai tadā tatra patiṃ praṇamya śivamaṃgaṇe /
kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyatra śīghramājñāpaya prabho

vatsayo'yaṃ vidhiḥ sākṣājjagatāmādyadaivatam /
nūnamarcaya khaḍgena tigmena javasā param

sa vai gṛhītvaikakareṇa keśaṃ tatpaṃcamaṃ dṛptamasatyabhāṣaṇam /
chittvā śirāṃsyasya nihaṃtumudyataḥ prakaṃpayankhaḍgamatisphuṭaṃ karaiḥ

pitā tavotsṛṣṭavibhūṣaṇāṃbarasraguttarīyāmalakeśasaṃhatiḥ /
pravātaraṃbheva lateva caṃcalaḥ papāta vai bhairavapādapaṃkaje

tāvadvidhiṃ tāta didṛkṣuracyutaḥ kṛpālurasmatpatipādapallavam /
niṣicya bāṣpairavadatkṛtāṃjaliryathā śiśuḥ svaṃ pitaraṃ kalākṣaram

acyuta uvāca /
tvayā prayatnena purā hi dattaṃ yadasya paṃcānanamīśacihnam /
tasmātkṣamasvādyamanugrahārhaṃ kuru prasādaṃ vidhaye hyamuṣmai

ityarthito'cyuteneśastuṣṭaḥ suragaṇāṃgaṇe /
nivartayāmāsa tadā bhairavaṃ brahmadaṃḍataḥ

athāha devaḥ kitavaṃ vidhiṃ vigatakaṃdharam /
brahmaṃstvamarhaṇākāṃkṣī śaṭhamīśatvamāsthitaḥ

nātaste satkṛtirloke bhūyātsthānotsavādikam /
brahmovaca /
svāminprasīdādya mahāvibhūte manye varaṃ varada me śirasaḥ pramokṣam

namastubhyaṃ bhagavate baṃdhave viśvayonaye /
sahiṣṇave sarvadoṣāṇāṃ śaṃbhave śailadhanvane

īśvara uvāca /
arājabhayametadvai jagatsarvaṃ na śiṣyati /
tatastvaṃ jahi daṃḍārhaṃ vaha lokadhuraṃ śiśo

varaṃ dadāmi te tatra gṛhāṇa durlabhaṃ param /
vaitānikeṣu gṛhyeṣu yajñe ca bhavān guruḥ

niṣphalastvadṛte yajñaḥ sāṃgaśca sahadakṣiṇaḥ /
athāha devaḥ kitavaṃ ketakaṃ kūṭasākṣiṇam

re re ketaka duṣṭastvaṃ śaṭha dūramito vraja /
mamāpi prema te puṣpe mā bhūtpūjāsvitaḥ param

ityukte tatra devena ketakaṃ devajātayaḥ /
sarvāni vārayāmāsustatpārśvādanyatastadā

ketaka uvāca /
namaste nātha me janmaniṣphalaṃ bhavadājñayā /
saphalaṃ kriyatāṃ tāta kṣamyatāṃ mama kilbiṣam

jñānājñānakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayatyeva te smṛtiḥ /
tādṛśe tvayi dṛṣṭe me mithyādoṣaḥ kuto bhavet

tathā stutastu bhagavānketakena sabhātale /
na me tvaddhāraṇaṃ yogyaṃ satyavāgahamīśvaraḥ

madīyāstvāṃ dhariṣyaṃti janma te saphalaṃ tataḥ /
tvaṃ vai vitānavyājena mamopari bhaviṣyasi

ityanugṛhya bhagavānketakaṃ vidhimādhavau /
virarāja sabhāmadhye sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāmaṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ