Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.1.5

// brahmovāca // //
araṇyādgautamaṃ śāṃtamuṭajadvāra āgatam //
pratyādhātuṃ pravavṛte śivabhaktirjaganmayī

āluloke samāyātaṃ gautamaṃ śiṣyasevitam //
laṃbamānaśiraḥśmaśrusampūrṇamukhamaṇḍalam

jaṭābhiratitāmrābhistīrthasnānaviśuddhibhiḥ //
nyastarudrākṣamaṇibhirjvālābhiriva pāvakam //

bhasmatripuṇḍrakopetaviśālaniṭilojvalam //
śuklayajñopavītena pūrṇaṃ rudrākṣadāmabhiḥ

dadhānaṃ valkale rakte tapaḥ kṛśitavigraham //
japaṃtaṃ vaidikānmaṃtrānrudraprītikarānbahūn

śambhunāvasitodāttasārūpyamiva bhāṣitam //
tejonidhiṃ dayāpūrṇaṃ pratyakṣamiva bhāskaram

ālokya taṃ mahātmānaṃ vṛddhaṃ śaṃbhupadāśrayam //
kṛtāṃjalipuṭā gaurī praṇantumupacakrame

kṛtāṃjaliṃ munirvīkṣya samastajagadambikām //
kimetaditi sāścaryaṃ vārayanpraṇanāma saḥ

svāgataṃ gauri subhage lokamātardayānidhe //
vyājena bhaktasaṃrakṣāṃ kartumatrāgatāsyaho

aho mānye mānyamarthaṃ vijñāyaiva purā vayam //
pṛthagbhāvamivālaṃbya śiṣyādibhiḥ samāgatāḥ

yaddevi te na cetkiṃcinmāyāvilasitannijam //
tataḥ prapaṃcasaṃsiddhiḥ kathameva bhaviṣyati

tiṣṭhatvaśeṣaṃ me vaktuṃ māyāvilasitaṃ tava //
na śakyate yannirṇetuṃ tvadīyaiśca kadācana //

āsyatāṃ pāvane śuddhaṃ āsane kuśanirmite //
gṛhyatāṃ pādyamarghaṃ ca dattaṃ ca vidhivanmayā

iti śiṣyaiḥ samānīte darbhāṃke paramāsane//
āsīnāmaṃbikāṃ vṛddho munirānarca bhaktimān

nivedya sakalāṃ pūjāṃ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ //
gauryā samabhyanujñātaḥ svayamapyāsane sthitaḥ

uvāca daśanajyotsnāparidhautadiśāmukhaḥ //
pulakāṃcitasarvāṃgaḥ sānaṃdāśru sagadgadam

aho devasya māhātmyaṃ śambhoramitatejasaḥ //
sadbhakta rakṣaṇāya tvāmādiśadbhaktavatsalaḥ

asiddhamanyallabdhavyaṃ kiṃ vānyattava vidyate //
ambaitadbhaktimāhātmyaṃ saṃdarśayitumīśvaraḥ

kailāsaśailavṛttāṃtaḥ kaṃpātaṭatapaḥsthitaḥ //
aruṇādrisamādeśaḥ sarvaṃ jñātamidaṃ mayā

āgatāsi mahābhāge bhaktāśramamimaṃ svayam //
snehena karuṇāmūrte karttavyamupadiśyatām

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā maharṣeḥ sarvavedinaḥ //
aṃbikā prāha kutukātstuvantī taṃ mahāmunim

mahāvaibhavametatte devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ //
madhye tapasvināṃ tvaṃ tu draṣṭavya iti cādiśat

āgamānāṃ śivoktānāṃ vedānāmapi pāragaḥ //
tapasā śaṃbhubhaktānāṃ tvameva śivasaṃmataḥ

aruṇācala nāmnāhaṃ tiṣṭhāmītyabravīcchivaḥ ///
asyācalasya māhātmyaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca bhavanmukhāt

prāptāsmyahaṃ tapaḥ kartumaruṇācalasannidhau //
bhavatāṃ darśanādeva svayamīśaḥ prasīdati

śivabhaktena saṃbhāṣā śivasaṃkīrttanaśravaḥ //
śivaliṃgārcanaṃ loke vapurgrahaphalodayaḥ

tasmānmamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrotavyaṃ bhavato mukhāt //
suvyaktamupadeśena jñānato'si pitā mama

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā gautamastapasāṃ nidhiḥ //
ācakhyau giriśaṃ dhyāyannaruṇācalavaibhavam

ajñātamiva yatkiṃcitpṛcchyate ca punastvayā //
avaimi sarvavidyānāṃ māyā śaivī tvameva sā

athavā bhaktavaktreṇa śivavaibhavasaṃśravaḥ //
śikṣaṇaṃ śāṃbhavaṃ teṣāṃ tava tuṣṭeśca kāraṇam

paṭhitānāṃ ca vedānāṃ yadāvṛttaphalāvaham //
vadatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ loke śivasaṃkīrttanaṃ tathā

saphalānyadya sarvāṇi tapāṃsi caritāni me //
yadahaṃ śaṃbhunādiṣṭaṃ māhātmyaṃ kīrttaye śrutam

śivāśivaprasādena māhātmyamidamadbhutam

aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ duritakṣayakāraṇam //
śrūyatāmanavadyāṃgi purāvṛttamidaṃ mahat

aruṇādrimayaṃ liṃgamāvirbhūtaṃ yathā purā //
na śakyate punarvaktumaśeṣaṃ vaktrakoṭibhiḥ

aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ brahmaṇāmapi koṭibhiḥ//
brahmaṇā viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ somabhāskaravahnibhiḥ

indrādibhiśca dikpālaiḥ pūjitaścāṣṭasiddhaye //
siddhacāraṇagaṃdharva yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ

khagaiśca munibhirdivyaiḥ siddhayogibhirarcitaḥ //
tattatpāpanivṛttyarthaṃ tattadīpsitasiddhaye

ārādhito'yaṃ bhagavānaruṇādripatiḥ śivaḥ //
dṛṣṭo harati pāpāni sevito vāṃchitapradaḥ

kīrtitopi janairdūraiḥ śoṇādririti muktidaḥ //
tejaḥstaṃbhamayaṃ rūpamaruṇādririti śrutam

dhyāyanto yoginaścitte śivasāyujyamāpnuyuḥ //
dattaṃ hutaṃ ca yatkiṃcijjaptaṃ cānyattapaḥ kṛtam

akṣayyaṃ bhavati prāptamaruṇācalasaṃnidhau //
purā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivatejoṃśasaṃbhavau

sāhaṃkārau yuyudhatuḥ parasparajigīṣayā //
tathā tayorgarvaśāṃtyai yogidhyeyaḥ sadāśivaḥ

agnitejomayaṃ rūpamādimadhyāṃtavarjitam //
saṃprāpya tasthau tanmadhye diśo daśa vibhāsayan

tejaḥstaṃbhasya tasyātha draṣṭumādyaṃtabhāgayoḥ //
haṃsakroḍatanū kṛtvā jagmaturdyāṃ rasātalam

tau viṣaṇṇamukhau dṛṣṭvā bhagavānkaruṇānidhiḥ //
āvirbabhūva ca tayorvaraṃ prādādabhīpsitam

tatprārthitaśca deveśo yātaḥ sthāvaraliṃgatām //
aruṇādririti khyātaḥ praśāṃtaḥ saṃprakāśate

divyadundubhinirghoṣairapsarogītanarttanaiḥ//
pūjyate taijasaṃ liṃgaṃ puṣpavṛṣṭiśataiḥ sadā

brahmaṇāmapyatītānāṃ purā ṣaṇṇavateḥ prabhuḥ //
viṣṇunābhisamudbhūto brahmā lokānsasarja hi

sa kadācittapovighnaṃ kartukāmena yoginām //
iṃdreṇa prārthito brahmā sasarja lalitāṃ striyam

lāvaṇyaguṇasaṃpūrṇāmālokya kamalekṣaṇām //
mumoha kaṃdarpaśaraiḥ sa viddhahṛdayo vidhiḥ

spraṣṭukāmaṃ tamālokya brahmāṇaṃ kamalāsanam //
natvā pradakṣiṇavyājādgaṃtumaicchadvarāpsarāḥ

asyāṃ pradakṣiṇāṃ bhaktyā kurvāṇāyāṃ prajāpateḥ //
catasṛbhyo'pi digbhyo'sya mukhānyudabhavankṣaṇāt

sā bālā pakṣiṇī bhūtvā gaganaṃ samagāhata //
punaśca khagarūpeṇa samāyāṃtaṃ samīkṣya sā

śaraṇaṃ yācamānā sā śoṇādrimimamāśrayat //
brahmaṇā viṣṇunā ca tvamadṛṣṭapadaśekharaḥ

rakṣa māmaruṇādrīśa śaraṇya śaraṇāgatām //
iti tasyāṃ bhayārttāyāṃ krośaṃtyāmaruṇācalāt

udabhūtsthāvarālliṃgādvyādhaḥ kaściddhanurddharaḥ //
saṃdhāya sāyakaṃ cāpe sameghagaganadyutiḥ

niṣāde purato dṛṣṭe mohastasya nanāśa hi //
tataḥ prasannahṛdayotinamraḥ kamalodbhavaḥ

namaścakre śaraṇyāya śoṇādripataye tadā //
sarvapāpakṣayakṛte namastubhyaṃ pinākine

aruṇācalarūpāya bhakvavaśyāya śaṃbhave //
ajānatāṃ svabhaktānāmakarmavinivarttane

tvadanyaḥ kaḥ prabhuḥ kartumaśakyaṃ cāpi dehinām //
upasaṃhara me dehaṃ tejasā pāpaniścayam

anyaṃ vā sṛja viśvātmanbrahmāṇaṃ lokasṛṣṭaye //
atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śivo dīnasya vedhasaḥ

uvāca karuṇāmūrtirbhūtvā caṃdrārddhaśekharaḥ //
dattaḥ kālastava mayā puraiva na nivartyate

kaṃ vā rāgādayo doṣā na bādheranprabhusthitam //
tasmāddūrasthito'pyetadaruṇācalasaṃjñitam

bhajasva taijasaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvadoṣanivṛttaye //
vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ kāyikaṃ vā ca yadbhavet

vinaśyati kṣaṇātsarvamaruṇācaladarśanāt //
pradakṣiṇā namaskāraiḥ smaraṇairarcanaiḥ stavaiḥ

aruṇādrirayaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarvakalmaṣanāśanaḥ //
kailāse meruśṛṃge vā svasthāneṣu kalādriṣu

saṃdṛśyaḥ kaścidevāhamaruṇādrirayaṃ svayam //
yacchṛṃgadarśanānnṝṇāṃ cakṣurlābhena kevalam

bhavetsarvāghanāśaśca lābhaśca jñānacakṣuṣaḥ //
madaṃśasaṃbhavo brahmā svanāmnā brahmapuṣkare

atra snātaḥ purā brahmanmoho'gājjagatīpateḥ //
snātvā tvaṃ brahmatīrthe māṃ samabhyarcya kṛtāṃjaliḥ

maunī pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā viśvātmanbhava vijvaraḥ

iti vacanamudīrya viśvanāthaṃ sthitamaruṇācalarūpato maheśam //
atha sarasi nimajya padmajanmā duritaharaṃ samapūjayatkrameṇa

imamaruṇagirīśameṣa vedhā yamaniyamādiviśuddhacittayogaḥ //
sphuṭataramabhipūjya sopacāraṃ gatadurito'tha jagāma cādhipatyam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmye pūrvārdhe brahmapuṣkaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ