Shiva Purana · Verses 7.22-2

tasminnavasare vyomni samāvirabhavadrathaḥ

sahasrasūryasaṃkāśaścārucīravṛṣadhvajaḥ

aśvaratnadvayodāro rathacakracatuṣṭayaḥ

sañcitānekadivyāstraśastraratnapariṣkṛtaḥ

tasyāpi rathavaryasya syātsa eva hi sārathiḥ

yathā ca traipure yuddhe pūrvaṃ śārvarathe sthitaḥ

sa taṃ rathavaraṃ brahmā śāsanādeva śūlinaḥ

haressamīpamānīya kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata

bhagavanbhadra bhadrāṃga bhagavānindubhūṣaṇaḥ

ājñāpayati vīrastvāṃ rathamāroḍhumavyayaḥ

rebhyāśramasamīpasthastryaṃbako 'ṃbikayā saha

sampaśyate mahābāho dussahaṃ te parākramam

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa vīro gaṇakuñjaraḥ

āruroha rathaṃ divyamanugṛhya pitāmaham

tathā rathavare tasminsthite brahmaṇi sārathau

bhadrasya vavṛdhe lakṣmī rudrasyeva puradviṣaḥ

tataḥ śaṃkhavaraṃ dīptaṃ pūrṇacaṃdrasamaprabham

pradadhmau vadane kṛtvā bhānukaṃpo mahābalaḥ

tasya śaṃkhasya taṃ nādaṃ bhinnasārasasannibham

śrutvā bhayena devānāṃ jajvāla jaṭharānalaḥ

yakṣavidyādharāhīndraiḥ siddhairyuddhadidṛkṣubhiḥ

kṣaṇena nibaḍībhūtāḥ sākāśavivarā diśāḥ

tataḥ śārṅgeṇa cāpāṅkātsa nārāyaṇanīradaḥ

mahatā bāṇavarṣeṇa tutoda gaṇagovṛṣam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣṇumāyāṃtaṃ śatadhā bāṇavarṣiṇam

sa cādade dhanurjaitraṃ bhadro bāṇasahasramuk

samādāya ca taddivyaṃ dhanussamarabhairavam

śanairvisphārayāmāsa meruṃ dhanuriveśvaraḥ

tasya visphāryamāṇasya dhanuṣo 'bhūnmahāsvanaḥ

tena svanena mahatā pṛthivīṃ samakaṃpayat

tataḥ śaravaraṃ ghoraṃ dīptamāśīviṣopamam

jagrāha gaṇapaḥ śrīmānsvayamugraparākramaḥ

bāṇoddhāre bhujo hyasya tūṇīvadanasaṃgataḥ

pratyadṛśyata valmīkaṃ vivekṣuriva pannagaḥ

samuddhṛtaḥ kare tasya tatkṣaṇaṃ ruruce śareḥ

mahābhujaṃgasaṃdaṣṭo yathā bālabhujaṅgamaḥ

śareṇa ghanatīvreṇa bhadro rudraparākramaḥ

vivyādha kupito gāḍhaṃ lalāṭe viṣṇumavyayam

lalāṭe 'bhihito viṣṇuḥ pūrvamevāvamānitaḥ

cukopa gaṇapeṃdrāya mṛgeṃdrāyeva govṛṣaḥ

tatastvaśanikalpena krūrāsyena maheṣuṇā

vivyādha gaṇarājasya bhuje bhujagasannibhe

so 'pi tasya bhuje bhūyaḥ sūryāyutasamaprabham

visasarja śaraṃ vegādvīrabhadro mahābalaḥ

sa ca viṣṇuḥ punarbhadraṃ bhadro viṣṇuṃ tathā punaḥ

sa ca taṃ sa ca taṃ viprāśśaraistāvanujaghnatuḥ

tayoḥ parasparaṃ vegāccharānāśu vimuṃcatoḥ

dvayossamabhavadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam

taddṛṣṭvā tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ tayoreva parasparam

hāhākāro mahānāsīdākāśe khecareritaḥ

tatastvanalatuṃḍena śareṇādityavarcasā

vivyādha sudṛḍhaṃ bhadro viṣṇormahati vakṣasi

sa tu tīvraprapātena śareṇa dṛḍhamāhataḥ

mahatīṃ rujamāsādya nipapāta vimohitaḥ

punaḥ kṣaṇādivotthāya labdhasaṃjñastadā hariḥ

sarvāṇyapi ca divyāstrāṇyathainaṃ pratyavāsṛjat

sa ca viṣṇurdhanurmuktānsarvāñcharvacamūpatiḥ

sahasā vārayāmāsa ghoraiḥ pratiśaraiḥ śarān

tato viṣṇussvanāmāṃkaṃ bāṇamavyāhataṃ kvacit

sasarja krodharaktā kṣastamuddiśya gaṇeśvaram

taṃ bāṇaṃ bāṇavaryeṇa bhadro bhadrāhvayeṇa tu

aprāptameva bhagavāñciccheda śatadhā pathi

athaikeneṣuṇā śārṅgaṃ dvābhyāṃ pakṣau garutmataḥ

nimeṣādeva ciccheda tadadbhutamivābhavat

tato yogabalādviṣṇurdehāddevānsudāruṇān

śaṃkhacakragadāhastān visasarja sahasraśaḥ

sarvāṃstānkṣaṇamātreṇa traipurāniva śaṃkaraḥ

nirdadāha mahābāhurnetrasṛṣṭena vahninā

tataḥ kruddhataro viṣṇuścakramudyamya satvaraḥ

tasminvīro samutsraṣṭuṃ tadānīmudyato 'bhavat

taṃ dṛṣṭvā cakramudyamya purataḥ samupasthitam

smayanniva gaṇeśāno vyaṣṭaṃbhayadayatnataḥ

staṃbhitāṃgastu taccakraṃ ghoramapratimaṃ kvacit

icchannapi samutsraṣṭuṃ na viṣṇurabhavatkṣamaḥ

śvasannivaikamuddhṛtya bāhuṃ cakrasamanvitam

atiṣṭhadalaso bhūtvā pāṣāṇa iva niścalaḥ

viśarīro yathājīvo viśṛṅgo vā yathā vṛṣaḥ

vidaṃṣṭraśca yathā siṃhastathā viṣṇuravasthitaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā durdaśāpannaṃ viṣṇumiṃdrādayaḥ surāḥ

samunnaddhā gaṇendreṇa mṛgeṃdreṇeva govṛṣāḥ

pragṛhītāyudhā yauddhuṃkruddhāḥ samupatasthire

tāndṛṣṭvā samare bhadraḥkṣudrāniva harirmṛgān

sākṣādrudratanurvīro varavīragaṇāvṛtaḥ

aṭṭahāsena ghoreṇa vyaṣṭaṃ bhayadaniṃditaḥ

tathā śatamakhasyāpi savajro dakṣiṇaḥ karaḥ

sisṛkṣoreva udvajraścitrīkṛta ivābhavat

anyeṣāmapi sarveṣāṃ saraktā api bāhavaḥ

alasānāmivāraṃbhāstādṛśāḥ pratiyāṃtyuta

evaṃ bhagavatā tena vyāhatāśeṣavaibhavāt

amarāḥ samare tasya purataḥ sthātumakṣamāḥ

stabdhairavayavaireva dudruvurbhayavihvalāḥ

sthitiṃ ca cakrire yuddhe vīratejobhayākulāḥ

vidrutāṃstridaśānvīrānvīrabhadro mahābhujaḥ

vivyādha niśitairbāṇairmagho varṣairivācalān

bahavastasya vīrasya bāhavaḥ parighopamāḥ

śastraiścakāśire dīptaiḥ sāgnijvālā ivoragāḥ

astraśastrāṇyanekānisavīro visṛjanbabhau

visṛjansarvabhūtāni yathādau viśvasaṃbhavaḥ

yathā raśmibhirādityaḥ pracchādayati medinīm

tathā vīraḥ kṣaṇādeva śaraiḥ prācchādayaddiśaḥ

khamaṃḍale gaṇendrasya śarāḥ kanakabhūṣitāḥ

utpataṃtastaḍidrūpairupamānapadaṃ yayuḥ

mahāṃtaste suragaṇānmaṃḍūkānivaḍuṃḍubhāḥ

prāṇairviyojayāmāsuḥ papuśca rudhirāsavam

nikṛttabāhavaḥ kecitkecillūnavarānanāḥ

pārśve vidāritāḥ kecinnipeturamarā bhuvi

viśikhonmathitairgātrairbahubhiśchinnasandhibhiḥ

vivṛttanayanāḥ kecinnipeturbhūtale mṛtāḥ

gāṃ praveṣṭumivecchaṃtaḥ khaṃ gaṃtumiva lipsavaḥ

alabdhātmanirodhānāṃ vyalīyaṃtaḥ parasparam

bhūmau kecitpraviviśuḥ parvatānāṃ guhāḥ pare

apare jagmurākāśaṃ pare ca viviśurjalam

tathā saṃchinnasarvāṃgaissa vīrastridaśairbabhau

parigrastaprajāvargo bhagavāniva bhairavaḥ

dagdhatripurasaṃvyūhastripurāriryathābhavat

evaṃ devabalaṃ sarvaṃ dīnaṃ bībhatsadarśanam

gaṇeśvarasamutpannaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ vapurādade

tadā tridaśavīrāṇāmasṛksalilavāhinī

prāvartata nadī ghorā prāṇināṃ bhayaśaṃsinī

rudhireṇa pariklinnā yajñabhūmistadā babhau

raktārdravasanā śyāmā hataśuṃbheva kaiśikī

tasminmahati saṃvṛtte samare bhṛśadāruṇe

bhayeneva paritrastā pracacāla vasundharā

mahormikalilāvartaścukṣubhe ca mahodadhiḥ

petuścolkā mahotpātāḥ śākhāśca mumucurdrumāḥ

aprasannā diśaḥ sarvāḥ pavanaścāśivo vavau

aho vidhiviparyāsastvaśvamedhoyamadhvaraḥ

yajamānassvayaṃ dakṣau brahmaputraprajāpatiḥ

dharmādayassadasyāśca rakṣitā garuḍadhvajaḥ

bhāgāṃśca pratigṛhṇaṃti sākṣādiṃdrādayaḥ surāḥ

tathāpi yajamānasya yajñasya ca sahartvijaḥ

sadya eva śiraśchedassādhu saṃpadyate phalam

tasmānnāvedanirdiṣṭaṃ na ceśvarabahiṣkṛtam

nāsatparigṛhītaṃ ca karma kuryātkadācana // ७.१,२२.

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na tatphalamavāpnoti bhaktihīno maheśvare

kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ bhaktyā yajati yaśśivam

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvairnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

bahunātra kimuktena vṛthā dānaṃ vṛthā tapaḥ

vṛthā yajño vṛthā homaḥ śivanindāratasya tu

tataḥ sanārāyaṇakāssarudrāḥ salokapālāssamare suraughāḥ

gaṇeṃdracāpacyutabāṇaviddhāḥ pradudruvurgāḍharujābhibhūtāḥ

celuḥ kvacitkecana śīrṇakeśāḥ seduḥ kvacitkecana dīrghagātrāḥ

petuḥ kvacitkecana bhinnavaktrā neśuḥ kvacitkecana devavīrāḥ

kecicca tatra tridaśā vipannā visrastavastrābharaṇāstraśastrāḥ

nipeturudbhāsitadīnamudrā madaṃ ca darpaṃ ca balaṃ ca hitvā

sasmutpathaprasthitamapradhṛṣyo vikṣipya dakṣādhvaramakṣatāstraiḥ

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