Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.22

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe devadaṃḍavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 22
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 suragaṇān maṃḍūkānivaḍuṃḍubhāḥ
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
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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

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kṛtvāpi sumahatpuṇyamiṣṭvā yajñaśatairapi
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
babhau gaṇeśassa gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ madhye sthitaḥ siṃha ivarṣabhāṇām