Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.24

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe giriśānunayo nāma trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 24
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
antardhānagato devyā saha sānucaro haraḥ
kva yātaḥ kutra vāsaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā virarāma ha

vāyuruvāca
mahīdharavaraḥ śrīmān maṃdaraścitrakaṃdaraḥ
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

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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 parameṣṭinā
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

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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
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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