Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.8

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 8
nandikeśvara uvāca
sasarjātha mahādevaḥ puruṣaṃ kaṃcidadbhutam
bhairavākhyaṃ bhruvormadhyādbrahmadarpajighāṃsayā

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

vatsayo 'yaṃ vidhiḥ sākṣājjagatāmādyadaivatam
nūnamarcaya khaḍgaṃ svaṃ tigmena javasā param

sa vai gṛhītvaikakareṇa keśaṃ tatpañcamaṃ 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 pañcānanamīśacihnam
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 dhariṣyaṃi janma te saphalaṃ tataḥ
tvaṃ vai vitānavyājena mamopari bhaviṣyasi

ityanugṛhya bhagavānketakaṃ vidhimādhavau
virarāja sabhāmadhye sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ