Shiva Purana · Verses 7.19-2

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kathaṃ dakṣasya dharmārthaṃ pravṛttasya durātmanaḥ

maheśaḥ kṛtavān vighnametadicchāma veditum

vāyuruvāca
viśvasya jagato māturapi devyāstapobalāt

pitṛbhāvamupāgamya mudite himavadgirau

deve 'pi tatkṛtodvāhe himavacchikharālaye

saṃkīḍati tayā sārdhaṃ kāle bahutare gate

vaivasvate 'ṃtare prāpte dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ svayam

aśvamedhena yajñena yakṣyamāṇo 'nvapadyata

tato himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣo vai yajñamāharat

gaṃgādvāre śubhe deśe ṛṣisiddhaniṣevite

tasya tasminmakhedevāḥ sarve śakra purogamāḥ

gamanāya samāgamya buddhimāpedire tadā

ādityā vasavo rudrāssādhyāssaha marudgaṇaiḥ

ūṣmapāḥ somapāścaiva ājyapā dhūmapāstathā

aśvinau pitaraścaiva tathā cānye maharṣayaḥ

viṣṇunā sahitāḥ sarve svāgatā yajñabhāginaḥ

dṛṣṭvā devakulaṃ sarvamīśvareṇa vināgatam

dadhīco manyunāviṣṭo dakṣamevamabhāṣata

dadhīca uvāca
aprapūjye caiva pūjā pūjyānāṃ cāpya pūjane

naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ

asatāṃ saṃmatiryatra satāmavamatistathā

daṃḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ

evamuktvā tu viprarṣiḥ punardakṣamabhāṣata

pūjyaṃ tu paśubhartāraṃ kasmānnārcayase prabhum

dakṣa uvāca
saṃti me bahavo rudrāḥ śūlahastāḥ kapardinaḥ

ekādaśāvasthitā ye nānyaṃ vedmi maheśvaram

dadhīca uvāca
kimebhiramarairanyaiḥ pūjitairadhvare phalam

rājā cedadhvarasyāsya na rudraḥ pūjyate tvayā

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ sraṣṭā yaḥ prabhuravyayaḥ

brahmādayaḥ piśācāṃtā yasya kaiṃkaryavādinaḥ

prakṛtīnāṃ paraścaiva puruṣasya ca yaḥ paraḥ

ciṃtyate yogavidvadbhi ṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma hyasacca sadasacca yat

anādimadhyanidhanamapratarkyaṃ sanātanam

yaḥ sraṣṭā caiva saṃhartā bhartā caiva maheśvaraḥ

tasmādanyaṃ na paśyāmi śaṃkarātmānamadhvare

dakṣa uvāca
etanmakheśasya suvarṇapātre haviḥ samastaṃ vidhimaṃtrapūtam

viṣṇornayāmyapratimasya bhāgaṃ prabhorvibhajyāvahanīyamadya

dadhīca uvāca
yasmānnārādhito rudrassarvadeveśvareśvaraḥ

tasmāddakṣa tavāśeṣo yajño 'yaṃ na bhaviṣyati

ityuktvā vacanaṃ kruddho dadhīco munisattamaḥ

nirgamya ca tato deśājjagāma svakamāśramam

nirgate 'pi munau tasmindevā dakṣaṃ na tatyajuḥ

avaśyamanubhāvitvādanarthasya tu bhāvinaḥ

etasminneva kāle tu jñātvaitatsarvamīśvarāt

dagdhuṃ dakṣādhvaraṃ viprā devī devamacodayat

devyā saṃcodito devo dakṣādhvarajighāṃsayā

sasarja sahasā vīraṃ vīrabhadraṃ gaṇeśvaram

sahasravadanaṃ devaṃ sahasrakamalekṣaṇam

sahasramudgaradharaṃ sahasraśarapāṇikam

śūlaṭaṃkagadāhastaṃ dīptakārmukadhāriṇam

cakravajradharaṃ ghoraṃ caṃdrārdhakṛtaśekharam

kuliśodyotitakaraṃ taḍijjvalitamūrdhajam

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ bibhrāṇaṃ mahāvaktraṃ mahodaram

vidyujjihvaṃ pralaṃboṣṭhaṃ meghasāgaraniḥsvanam

vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ mahadrudhiranisravam

gaṇḍadvitayasaṃsṛṣṭamaṇḍalīkṛtakuṇḍalam

varāmaraśiromālāvalīkalitaśekharam

raṇannūpurakeyūramahākanakabhūṣitam

ratnasaṃcayasaṃdīptaṃ tārahārāvṛtorasam

mahāśarabhaśārdūlasiṃhaiḥ sadṛśavikramam

praśastamattamātaṃgasamānagamanālasam

śaṃkhacāmarakuṃdendumṛṇālasadṛśaprabham

satuṣāramivādrīndraṃ sākṣājjaṃgamatāṃ gatam

jvālāmālāparikṣiptaṃ dīptamauktikabhūṣaṇam

tejasā caiva dīvyaṃtaṃ yugāṃta iva pāvakam

sa jānubhyāṃ mahīṃ gatvā praṇataḥ prāṃjalistataḥ

pārśvato devadevasya paryatiṣṭhadgaṇeśvaraḥ

manyunā cāsṛjadbhadrāṃ bhadrakālīṃ maheśvarīm

ātmanaḥ karmasākṣitve tena gaṃtuṃ sahaiva tu

taṃ dṛṣṭvāvasthitaṃ vīrabhadraṃ kālāgnisannibham

bhadrayā sahitaṃ prāha bhadramastviti śaṃkaraḥ

sa ca vijñāpayāmāsa saha devyā maheśvaram

ājñāpaya mahādeva kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyaham

tatastripurahā prāha haimavatyāḥ priyecchayā

vīrabhadraṃ mahābāhuṃ vācā vipulanādayā

devadeva uvāca
prācetasasya dakṣasya yajñaṃ sadyo vināśaya

bhadrakālyā sahāsi tvametatkṛtyaṃ gaṇeśvara

ahamapyanayā sārdhaṃ raibhyāśramasapīpataḥ

sthitvā vīkṣe gaṇeśāna vikramaṃ tava duḥsaham

vṛkṣā kanakhale ye tu gaṃgādvārasamīpagāḥ

suvarṇaśṛṃgasya girermerumaṃdarasaṃnibhāḥ

tasminpradeśe dakṣasya yujñaḥ saṃprati vartate

sahasā tasya yajñasya vighātaṃ kuru mā ciram

ityukte sati devena devī himagirīndrajā

bhadraṃ bhadraṃ ca saṃprekṣya vatsaṃ dhenurivaurasam

āliṃgya ca samāghrāya mūrdhni ṣaḍvadanaṃ yathā

sasmitā vacanaṃ prāha madhuraṃ madhuraṃ svayam

devyuvāca
vatsa bhadra mahābhāga mahābalaparākrama

matpriyārthaṃ tvamutpanno mama manyuṃ pramārjaka

yajñeśvaramanāhūya yajñakarmarato 'bhavat

dakṣaṃ vaireṇa taṃ tasmādbhiṃdhi yajñaṃ gaṇeśvara

yajñalakṣmīmalakṣmīṃ tvaṃ bhadra kṛtvā mamājñayā

yajamānaṃ ca taṃ hatvā vatsa hiṃsaya bhadrayā

aśeṣāmiva tāmājñāṃ śivayościtrakṛtyayoḥ

mūrdhni kṛtvā namaskṛtya bhadro gaṃtuṃ pracakrame

athaiṣa bhagavānkruddhaḥ pretāvāsakṛtālayaḥ

vīrabhadro mahādevo devyā manyupramārjakaḥ

sasarja romakūpebhyo romajākhyāngaṇeśvarān

dakṣiṇādbhujadeśāttu śatakoṭigaviśvarān

pādāttathorudeśācca pṛṣṭhātpārśvānmukhādgalāt

guhyādgulphācchiromadhyātkaṃṭhādāsyāttathodarāt

tadā gaṇeśvarairbhadrairbhadratulyaparākramaiḥ

saṃchāditamabhūtsarvaṃ sākāśavivaraṃ jagat

sarve sahasrahastāste sahasrāyudhapāṇayaḥ

rudrasyānucarāssarve sarve rudrasamaprabhāḥ

śūlaśaktigadāhastāṣṭaṃkopalaśilādharāḥ

kālāgnirudrasadṛśāstrinetrāśca jaṭādharāḥ

nipeturbhṛśamākāśe śataśassiṃhavāhanāḥ

vineduśca mahānādāñjaladā iva bhadrajāḥ

tairbhadrairbhagavānmadrastathā parivṛto babhau

kālānalaśatairyukto yathāṃte kālabhairavaḥ

teṣāṃ madhye samāruhya vṛṣeṃdraṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

jagāma bhagavānbhadraśśubhamabhraṃ yathā bhavaḥ

tasminvṛṣabhamārūḍhe bhadre tu bhasitaprabhaḥ

babhāra mauktikaṃ chatraṃ gṛhītasitacāmaraḥ

sa tadā śuśubhe pārśve bhadrasya bhasitaprabhaḥ

bhagavāniva śailendraḥ pārśve viśvajagadguroḥ

so 'pi tena babhau bhadraḥ śvetacāmarapāṇinā

bālasomena saumyena yathā śūlavarāyudhaḥ

dadhmau śaṃkhaṃ sitaṃ bhadraṃ bhadrasya purataḥ śubham

bhānukaṃpo mahātejā hemaratnairalaṃkṛtaḥ

devaduṃdubhayo nedurdivyasaṃkulaniḥsvanāḥ

vavṛṣuśśataśo mūrdhni puṣpavarṣaṃ balāhakāḥ

phullānāṃ madhugarbhāṇāṃ puṣpāṇāṃ gaṃdhabaṃdhavaḥ

mārgānukūlasaṃvāhā vabuśca pathi mārutāḥ

tato gaṇeśvarāḥ sarve mattā yuddhabaloddhatāḥ

nanṛturmumudur१ edurjahasurjagadurjaguḥ

tadā bhadragaṇāṃtaḥstho babhau bhadraḥ sa bhadrayā

yathā rudragaṇāṃtaḥ sthastryambakoṃbikayā saha

tatkṣaṇādeva dakṣasya yajñavāṭaṃ raṇmayam

praviveśa mahābāhurvīrabhadro mahānugaḥ

tatastu dakṣapratipāditasya kratupradhānasya gaṇapradhānaḥ

prayogabhūmiṃ praviveśa bhadro rudro yathāṃte bhuvanaṃ didhakṣuḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vīrabhadrotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ