Skanda Purana · Verses 1.12-2

// nārada uvāca//
atha te dadṛśuḥ pārtha saṃyamasthaṃ mahāmunim//
kriyāyogasamāyuktaṃ tapomūrtidharaṃ yathā

jaṭāstriṣavaṇasnānakapilāḥ śirasā tadā//
dhārayantaṃ lomaśākhyamājyasiktamivānalam

savyahaste tṛṇaughaṃ ca cchāyārthe viprasattamam//
dakṣiṇe cākṣamālāṃ ca bibhrataṃ maitramārgagam

ahiṃsayanduruktādyaiḥ prāṇino bhūmicāriṇaḥ//
yaḥ siddhimeti japyena sa maitro munirucyate

bakabhūpadvijolūkagṛdhrakūrmā vilokya ca//
nemuḥ kalāpagrāme taṃ ciraṃtanataponidhim

svāgatāsanasatkāreṇāmunā te'ti satkṛtāḥ//
yathocitaṃ pratītāstamāhuḥ kāryaṃ hṛdi sthitam

//kūrma uvāca//
indradyumno'yamavanīpatiḥ satrijanāgraṇīḥ//
kīrtilopānnirasto'yaṃ vedhasā nākapṛṣṭhataḥ

mārkaṃḍeyādibhiḥ prāpya kīrtyuddhāraṃca sattama//
nāyaṃ kāmayate svargaṃ punaḥpātādibhīṣaṇam

bhavatānugṛhīto'yamihecchati mahodayam//
praṇodyastadayaṃ bhūpaḥ śiṣyaste bhagavanmayā//
tvatsakāśamihānīto brūhi sādhvasya vāṃchitam

paropakaraṇaṃ nāma sādhūnāṃ vratamāhitam//
viśeṣataḥ praṇodyānāṃ śiṣyavṛttimupeyuṣām

apraṇodyeṣu pāpeṣu sādhu proktamasaṃśayam//
vidveṣaṃ maraṇaṃ cāpi kurute'nyatarasya ca

apramattaḥ praṇodyeṣu munireṣa prayacchati//
tadeveti bhavānevaṃ dharmaṃ vetti kuto vayam

//lomaśa uvāca//
kūrma yuktamidaṃ sarvaṃ tvayābhihitamadya naḥ//
dharmaśāstropanataṃ tatsmāritāḥ sma purātanam

brūhi rājansuviśrabdhaṃ sandehaṃ hṛdayasthitam//
kaste kimabravīccheṣaṃ vakṣyāmyahaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

//indradyumna uvāca//
bhagavanprathamaḥ praśrastāvadeva mamocyatām//
grīṣmakāle'pi madhyasthai ravau kiṃ na tavāśramaḥ

kuṭīmātro'pi yacchāyā tṛṇaiḥ śirasi pāṇigaiḥ

//lomaśa uvāca//
martavyamastyavaśyaṃ ca kāya eṣa patiṣyati//
kasyārthe kriyate gehamanityabhavamadhyagaiḥ

yasya mṛtyurbhavenmitraṃ pītaṃ vā'mṛtamuttamam//
tasyaitaducitaṃ vaktumidaṃ me śvo bhaviṣyati

idaṃ yugasahasreṣu bhaviṣyamabhaviddinam//
tadapyadyatvamāpannaṃ kā kathāmaraṇāvadheḥ

kāraṇānugataṃ kāryamidaṃ śukrādabhūdvapuḥ//
kathaṃ viśuddhimāyāti kṣālitāṃgāravadvada

tadasyāpi kṛte pāpaṃ śatruṣaḍvarganirjitāḥ//
kathaṃkāraṃ na lajjante kurvāṇā nṛpasattama

tadbrahmaṇa ihotpannaḥ sikatādvayasambhavaḥ//
nigamoktaṃ paṭhañchṛṇvannidaṃ jīviṣyate katham

tathāpi vaiṣṇavī māyā mohayatyavivekinam//
hṛdayasthaṃ na jānaṃti hyapi mṛtyu śatāyuṣaḥ

dantāścalāścalā lakṣmīryauvanaṃ jīvitaṃ nṛpa//
calācalamatīvedaṃ dānamevaṃ gṛhaṃ nṛṇām

iti vijñāya saṃsārasāraṃ ca calācalam//
kasyārthe kriyate rājankuṭajādi parigrahaḥ

//indradyumna uvāca//
cirāyurbhagavāneva śrūyate bhuvanatraye//
tadarthamahamāyātastatkimevaṃ vacastava

//lomaśa uvāca//
pratikalpaṃ maccharīrādekaromaparikṣayaḥ//
jāyate sarvanāśe ca mama bhāvi pramāpaṇam

paśya jānupradeśaṃ me dvyaṃgulaṃ romavarjitam//
jātaṃ vapustadbibhemi martavye sati kiṃ gṛhaiḥ

//nārada uvāca//
itthaṃ niśamya tadvākyaṃ sa prahasyātivismitaḥ//
bhūpālastasya papraccha kāraṇaṃ tādṛśāyuṣaḥ

//indradyumna uvāca//
pṛcchāmi tvāmahaṃ brahmanyadāyuridamīdṛśam//
tava dīrghaṃ prabhāvo'sau dānasya tapaso'thavā

//lomaśa uvāca//
śrṛṇu bhūpa pravakṣyāmi pūrvajanmasamudbhavām//
śivadharmayutāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm

ahamāsaṃ purā śūdro daridro'tīvabhūtale//
bhramāmi vasudhāpṛṣṭhe hyaśanapīḍito bhṛśam

tato mayā mahalliṃgaṃ jālimadhyagataṃ tadā//
madhyāhne'sya jalādhāro dṛṣṭaścaivā vidūrataḥ

tataḥ praviśya tadvāri pītvā snātvā ca śāṃbhavam//
talliṃgaṃ snāpitaṃ pūjā vihitā kamalaiḥ śubhaiḥ

atha kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭho'haṃ śrīkaṃṭhaṃ taṃ namasya ca//
punaḥ pracalito mārge pramīto nṛpasattama

tato'haṃ brāhmaṇagṛhe jāto jātismaraḥ sutaḥ//
snāpanācchivaliṃgasya sakṛtkamalapūjanāt

smaranvilasitaṃ mithyā satyābhāsamidaṃ jagat//
avidyāmayamityevaṃ jñātvā mūkatvamāsthitaḥ

tena vipreṇa vārdhakye samārādhya maheśvaram//
prāpto'hamiti me nāma īśāna iti kalpitam

tataḥ sa vipro vātsalyādagadānsubahūnmama//
cakāra vyapaneṣyāmi mūkatvamiti niścayaḥ

maṃtravādānbahūnvaidyānupāyānaparānapi//
pitrostathā mahāmāyāsaṃbaddhamanasostathā

nirīkṣya mūḍhatāṃ hāsyamāsīnmanasi me tadā//
tathā yauvanamāsādya niśi hitvā nijaṃ gṛham

saṃpūjya kamalaiḥ śaṃbhuṃ tataḥ śayanamabhyagām//
tataḥ pramīte pitari mūḍhaityahamujjhitaḥ

saṃbaṃdhibhiḥ pratīto'tha phalāhāramavasthitaḥ//
pratītaḥ pūjayāmīśamabjairbahuvidhaistathā

atha varṣaśatasyāṃte varadaḥ śaśiśekharaḥ//
pratyakṣo yācito dehi jarāmaraṇasaṃkṣayam

//īśvara uvāca//
ajarāmaratā nāsti nāmarūpabhṛtoyataḥ//
mamāpi dehapātaḥ syādavadhiṃ kuru jīvite

iti śaṃbhorvacaḥ śrutvā mayā vṛtimidaṃ tadā//
kalpāṃte romapāto'stu maraṇaṃ sarvasaṃkṣaye

tatastava gaṇo bhūyāmiti me'bhīpsito varaḥ//
tathetyuktvā sa bhagavānharaścādarśanaṃ gataḥ

ahaṃ tapasiniṣṭhaśca tataḥ prabhṛti cābhavam//
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate śivapūjanāt

bradhnābjairitarairvapi kamalairnātra saṃśayaḥ//
evaṃ kuru mahārāja tvamapyāpsyasi vāṃchitam

harabhaktasya lokasya trilokyāṃ nāsti durlabham//
bahiḥpravṛttiṃ sagṛhya jñānakarmendriyādi ca

layaḥ sadāśive nityamataryo go'yamucyate//
duṣkaratvādvahiryogaṃ śiva eva svayaṃ jagau

paṃcabhiścārcanaṃ bhūtairviśiṣṭaphaladaṃ dhruvam//
kleśakarmavipākādyairāśayaiścāpya saṃyutam

īśānamārādhya japanpraṇavaṃ muktipāpnuyāt//
sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā

pāpopahatabuddhīnāṃ śive vārtāpi durlabhā//
durlabhaṃ bhārate janma durlabhaṃ śivapūjanam

durlabhaṃ jāhnavīsnānaṃ śive bhaktiḥ sudurlabhā//
durlabhaṃ brāhmaṇe dānaṃ durlabhaṃ vahnipūjanam

alpapuṇyaiśca duṣprāpaṃ puruṣottamapūjanam

lakṣeṇa dhanuṣāṃ yogastadardhena hutāśanaḥ//
pātraṃ śatasahasreṇa revā rudraśca ṣaṣṭibhiḥ

iti damuktamakhilaṃ mayā tava mahīpate//
yathāyurabhavaddīrghaṃ samārādhya maheśvaram

na durlabhaṃ na duṣprāpaṃ na cāsādhyaṃ mahātmanām//
śivabhaktikṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ trilokyāmiti niścitam

naṃdīśvarasya tenaiva vapuṣā śivapūjanāt//
siddhimālokya ko rājañchaṃkaraṃ na namasyati

śvetasya ca mahīpasya śrīkaṃṭhaṃ ca namasyataḥ//
kālopi pralayaṃ yātaḥ kastamīśaṃ na pūjayet

yadicchayā viśvamidaṃ jāyate vyavatiṣṭhate//
tathā saṃlīyate cāṃte kastaṃ na śaraṇaṃ vrajet

etadrahasyamidameva nṛṇāṃ pradhānaṃ kartavyamatra śivapūjanameva bhūpa//
yasyāṃtarāyapadavīmupayāṃti lokāḥ sadyoḥ naraḥ śivanataḥ śivameva satyam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe mahīprādurbhāve lomaśavṛttānte śivapūjanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ