Shiva Purana · Verses 7.24-2

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
antardhānagato devyā saha sānucaro haraḥ

kva yātaḥ kutra vāsaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā virarāma ha

vāyuruvāca
mahīdharavaraḥ śrīmānmaṃdaraścitrakaṃdaraḥ

dayito devadevasya nivāsastapaso 'bhavat

tapo mahatkṛtaṃ tena voḍhuṃ svaśirasā śivau

cireṇa labdhaṃ tatpādapaṃkajasparśajaṃ sukham

tasya śailasya saundaryaṃ sahasravadanairapi

na śakyaṃ vistarādvaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi

śakyamapyasya saundaryaṃ na varṇayitumutsahe

parvatāntarasaundaryaṃ sādhāraṇavidhāraṇāt

idantu śakyate vaktumasminparvatasundare

ṛddhyā kayāpi saundaryamīśvarāvāsayogyatā

ata eva hi devena devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā

atīva ramaṇīyoyaṃ girirantaḥpurīkṛtaḥ

mekhalābhūmayastasya vimalopalapādapāḥ

śivayornityasānnidhyānnyakkurvaṃtyakhilaṃjagat

pitṛbhyāṃ jagato nityaṃ snānapānopayogataḥ

avāptapuṇyasaṃskāraḥ prasaradbhiritastataḥ

laghuśītalasaṃsparśairacchācchairnirjharāmbubhiḥ

adhirājyena cādrīṇāmadrīreṣo 'bhiṣicyate

niśāsu śikharaprāntarvartinā sa śiloccayaḥ

caṃdreṇācala sāmrājyacchatreṇeva virājate

sa śailaścaṃcalībhūtairbālaiścāmarayoṣitām

sarvaparvatasāmrājyacāmarairiva vījyate

prātarabhyudite bhānau bhūdharo ratnabhūṣitaḥ

darpaṇe dehasaubhāgyaṃ draṣṭukāma iva sthitaḥ

kūjadvihaṃgavācālairvātoddhṛtalatābhujaiḥ

vimuktapuṣpaiḥ satataṃ vyālambimṛdupallavaiḥ

latāpratānajaṭilaistarubhistapasairiva

jayāśiṣā sahābhyarcya niṣevyata ivādrirāṭ

adhomukhairūrdhvamukhaiśśṛṃgaistiryaṅmukhaistathā

prapatanniva pātāle bhūpṛṣṭhādutpatanniva

parītaḥ sarvato dikṣu bhramanniva vihāyasi

paśyanniva jagatsarvaṃ nṛtyanniva nirantaram

guhāmukhaiḥ pratidinaṃ vyāttāsyo vipulodaraiḥ

ajīrṇalāvaṇyatayā jṛṃbhamāṇa ivācalaḥ

grasanniva jagatsarvaṃ pibanniva payonidhim

vamanniva tamontasthaṃ mādyanniva khamambudaiḥ

nivāsa bhūmayastāstā darpaṇapratimodarāḥ

tiraskṛtātapāssnigdhāśramacchāyāmahīruhāḥ

saritsarastaḍāgādisaṃparkaśiśirānilāḥ

tatra tatra niṣaṇṇābhyāṃ śivābhyāṃ saphalīkṛtāḥ

tamimaṃ sarvataḥ śreṣṭhaṃ smṛtvā sāmbastriyambakaḥ

raibhyāśramasamīpasthaścāntardhānaṃ gato yayau

tatrodyānamanuprāpya devyā saha maheśvaraḥ

rarāma ramaṇīyāsu devyāntaḥpurabhūmiṣu

tathā gateṣu kāleṣu pravṛddhāsu prajāsu ca

daityau śuṃbhaniśuṃbhākhyau bhrātarau saṃbabhūvatuḥ

tābhyāṃ tapo balāddattaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā

avadhyatvaṃ jagatyasminpuruṣairakhilairapi

ayonijā tu yā kanyā hyaṃbikāṃśasamudbhavā

ajātapuṃsparśaratiravilaṃghyaparākramā

tayā tu nau vadhaḥ saṃkhye tasyāṃ kāmābhibhūtayoḥ

iti cābhyarthito brahmā tābhyāmprāha tathāstviti

tataḥ prabhṛti śakrādīnvijitya samare surān

niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ jagaccakraturakramāt

tayorvadhāya deveśaṃ brahmābhyarthitavānpunaḥ

viniṃdyāpi rahasyaṃ vāṃ krodhayitvā yathā tathā

tadvarṇakośajāṃ śaktimakāmāṃ kanyakātmikām

niśumbhaśuṃbhayorhaṃtrīṃ surebhyo dātumarhasi

evamabhyarthito dhātrā bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ

kālītyāha rahasyaṃ vāṃ nindayanniva sasmitaḥ

tataḥ kruddhā tadā devī suvarṇā varṇakāraṇāt

smayantī cāha bhartāramasamādheyayā girā

devyuvāca
īdṛśo mama varṇesminna ratirbhavato 'sti cet

evāvantaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ kathameṣā niyamyate

aratyā vartamāno 'pi kathaṃ ca ramase mayā

na hyaśakyaṃ jagatyasminnīśvarasya jagatprabhoḥ

svātmārāmasya bhavato ratirna sukhasādhanam

iti hetoḥ smaro yasmātprasabhaṃ bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

yā ca nābhimatā bharturapi sarvāṃgasundarī

sā vṛthaiva hi jāyeta sarvairapi guṇāntaraiḥ

bharturbhogaikaśeṣo hi sarga evaiṣa yoṣitām

tathāsatyanyathābhūtā nārī kutropayujyate

tasmādvarṇamimaṃ tyaktvā tvayā rahasi ninditam

varṇāntaraṃ bhajiṣye vā na bhajiṣyāmi vā svayam

ityuktvotthāya śayanāddevī sācaṣṭa gadgadam

yayāce 'numatiṃ bhartustapase kṛtaniścayā

tathā praṇayabhaṃgena bhīto bhūtapatiḥ svayam

pādayoḥ praṇamanneva bhavānīṃ pratyabhāṣata

īśvara uvāca
ajānatī ca krīḍoktiṃ priye kiṃ kupitāsi me

ratiḥ kuto vā jāyeta tvattaścedaratirmama

mātā tvamasya jagataḥ pitāhamadhipastathā

kathaṃ tadutpapadyeta tvatto nābhiratirmama

āvayorabhikāmo 'pi kimasau kāmakāritaḥ

yataḥ kāmasamutpattiḥ prāgeva jagadudbhavaḥ

pṛthagjanānāṃ rataye kāmātmā kalpito mayā

tataḥ kathamupālabdhaḥ kāmadāhādahaṃ tvayā

māṃ vai tridaśasāmānyaṃ manyamāno manobhavaḥ

manākparibhavaṃ kurvanmayā vai bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

vihāropyāvayorasya jagatastrāṇakāraṇāt

tatastadarthaṃ tvayyadya krīḍoktiṃ kṛtavāhanam

sa cāyamacirādarthastavaivāviṣkariṣyate

krodhasya janakaṃ vākyaṃ hṛdi kṛtvedamabravīt

devyuvāca
śrutapūrvaṃ hi bhagavaṃstava cāṭu vaco mayā

yenaivamatidhīrāhamapi prāgabhivaṃcitā

prāṇānapyapriyā bharturnārī yā na parityajet

kulāṃganā śubhā sadbhiḥ kutsitaiva hi gamyate

bhūyasī ca tavāprītiragauramiti me vapuḥ

krīḍoktirapi kālīti ghaṭate kathamanyathā

sadbhirvigarhitaṃ tasmāttava kārṣṇyamasaṃmatam

anutsṛjya tapoyogātsthātumeveha notsahe

śiva uvāca
sa yadyevaṃvidhatāpaste tapasā kiṃ prayojanam

mamecchayā svecchayā vā varṇāntaravatī bhava

devyuvāca
necchāmi bhavato varṇaṃ svayaṃ vā kartumanyathā

brahmāṇaṃ tapasārādhya kṣipraṃ gaurī bhavāmyaham

īśvara uvāca
matprasādātpurā brahmā brahmatvaṃ prāptavānpurā

tamāhūya mahādevi tapasā kiṃ kariṣyasi

devyuvāca
tvatto labdhapadā eva sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ

tathāpyārādhya tapasā brahmāṇaṃ tvanniyogataḥ

purā kila satī nāmnā dakṣasya duhitā 'bhavam

jagatāṃ patimevaṃ tvāṃ patiṃ prāptavatī tathā

evamadyāpi tapasā toṣayitvā dvijaṃ vidhim

gaurī bhavitumicchāmi ko doṣaḥ kathyatāmiha

evamukto mahādevyā vāmadevaḥ smayanniva

na tāṃ nirbaṃdhayāmāsa devakāryacikīrṣayā

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivamandaragirinivāsakrīḍoktavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ