Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.6

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 6
nandikeśvara uvāca
purā kadācidyogīṃdra viṣṇurviṣadharāsanaḥ
suṣvāpa parayā bhūtyā svānugairapi saṃvṛtaḥ

yadṛcchayā gatastatra brahmā brahmavidāṃvaraḥ
apṛcchatpuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ śayanaṃ sarvasundaram

kastvaṃ puruṣavaccheṣe dṛṣṭvā māmapi dṛptavat
uttiṣṭha vatsa māṃ paśya tava nāthamihāgatam

āgataṃ gurumārādhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yo dṛptavaccaret
drohiṇastasya mūḍhasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate

iti śrutvā vacaḥ kruddho bahiḥ śāṃtavadācarat
svasti te svāgataṃ vatsa tiṣṭha pīṭhamito viśa

kimu te vyāgravadvaktraṃ vibhāti viṣamekṣaṇam
brahmovāca
vatsa viṣṇo mahāmānamāgataṃ kālavegataḥ

pitāmahaśca jagataḥ pātā ca tava vatsaka
viṣṇuruvāca
matsthaṃ jagadidaṃ vatsa manuṣe tvaṃ hi coravat

mannābhikamalājjātaḥ putrastvaṃ bhāṣase vṛthā
nandikeśvara uvāca
evaṃ hi vadatostatra mugdhayorajayostadā

ahameva baro na tvamahaṃ prabhurahaṃ prabhuḥ
parasparaṃ haṃtukāmau cakratuḥ samarodyamam

yuyudhāte 'marau vīrau haṃsapakṣīṃdravāhanau
vairaṃcyā vaiṣṇavāścaivaṃ mitho yuyudhire tadā

tāvadvimānagatayaḥ sarvā vai devajātayaḥ
didṛkṣavaḥ samājagmuḥ samaraṃ taṃ mahādbhutam

kṣipaṃtaḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi paśyaṃtaḥ svairamaṃbare
suparṇavāhanastatra kruddho vai brahmavakṣasi

mumoca bāṇānasahānastrāṃśca vividhānbahūn
mumocā 'tha vidhiḥ kruddho viṣṇorurasi duḥsahān

bāṇānanalasaṃkāśānastrāṃśca bahuśastadā
tadāścaryamiti spaṣṭaṃ tayoḥ samaragocaram

samīkṣya daivatagaṇāḥ śaśaṃsurbhṛśamākulāḥ
tato viṣṇuḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śvasanvyasanakarśitaḥ

māheśvarāstraṃ matimān saṃdadhe brahmaṇopari
tato brahmā bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kaṃpayanviśvameva hi

astraṃ pāśupataṃ ghoraṃ saṃdadhe viṣṇuvakṣasi
tatastadutthitaṃ vyomni tapanāyutasannibham

sahasramukhamatyugraṃ caṃḍavātabhayaṃkaram
astradvayamidaṃ tatra brahmaviṣṇvorbhayaṃkaram

itthaṃ babhūva samaro brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve viṣaṇṇā bhṛśamākulāḥ
ūcuḥ parasparaṃ tāta rājakṣobhe yathā dvijāḥ

sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiśca saṃhārastiro bhāvopyanugrahaḥ
yasmātpravartate tasmai brahmaṇe ca triśūline

aśakyamanyairyadanugrahaṃ vinā tṛṇakṣayopyatra yadṛcchayā kvacit

iti devābhayaṃ kṛtvā vicinvaṃtaḥ śivakṣayam
jagmuḥ kailāsaśikharaṃ yatrāste caṃdraśekharaḥ

dṛṣṭvaivamamarā hṛṣṭāḥ padaṃtatpārameśvaram
praṇemuḥ praṇavākāraṃ praviṣṭāstatra sadmani

tepi tatra sabhāmadhye maṃḍape maṇiviṣṭare
virājamānamumayā dadṛśurdevapuṃgavam

savyottaretarapadaṃ tadarhitakarāṃ bujam
svagaṇaiḥ sarvato juṣṭaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

vījyamānaṃ viśoṣajaiḥ strījanaistīvrabhāvanaiḥ
śasyamānaṃ sadāvedairanugṛhṇaṃtamīśvaram

dṛṣṭvaivamīśamamarāḥ saṃtoṣasalilekṣaṇāḥ
daṃḍavaddūrato vatsa namaścakrurmahāgaṇāḥ

tānavekṣya patirdevānsamīpe cāhvayadgaṇaiḥ
atha saṃhlādayandevāndevo devaśikhāmaṇiḥ
avocadarthagaṃbhīraṃ vacanaṃ madhumaṃgalam