Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.45

//nārada uvāca//
tathā bahūdakasthāne kathāmākarṇayādbhutām//
yasmādbahūdakaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kāmarūpe yadasti ca

tadasti cātra saṃkrāṃtaṃ tasmātproktaṃ bahūdakam//
kapilenātra taptvā ca varṣāṇi subahūnyapi

sthāpitaṃ śobhanaṃ liṃgaṃ kapilaśvarasaṃjñitam//
tacca ligaṃ sadā pārtha nandabhadra iti samṛtaḥ

vaṇiksaṃpūjayāmāsa trikālaṃ ca kṛtādaraḥ//
sarvadharmaviśeṣajñaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ

nājñātaṃ tasya kiṃcicca yaddharmeṣu prakīrtyate//
sarveṣāṃ ca suhṛnnityaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca hite rataḥ

karmaṇā manasā vācā dharmamenamupāśritaḥ//
na bhūto na bhaviṣyaśca na sa dharmo'sti kiṃcana

vidoṣo yo hi sarvatra niścityaivaṃ vyavasthitaḥ//
asya dharmasamudrasya saṃpravṛddhasya sarvataḥ

nirmathya nandabhadreṇa āhṛtaṃ tanniśāmaya//
vāṇijyaṃ manyate śreṣṭhaṃ jīvanāya tadā sthitaḥ

paricchinnaiḥ kāṣṭhatṛṇaiḥ śaraṇaṃ tena kāritam//
madyavarjaṃ bhedavarjaṃ kūṭavarjaṃ samaṃ tathā

sarvabhūteṣu vāṇijyamalpalābhena so'carat//
amāyayā parebhyo'sau gṛhītvaiva krayāṇakam

amāyayaiva bhūtebhyo vikrīṇātyasya sadvratam//
kecidyajñaṃ praśaṃsaṃti nandabhadro na manyate

doṣamenaṃ viniścitya śrṛṇu taṃ pāṃḍunandana//
lubdho'nṛtī dāṃbhīkaśca svapraśaṃsāparāyaṇaḥ

yajanyajñairjagaddhaṃti svaṃ cāṃdhatamasaṃ nayet//
agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate

ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ//
yadyadā yajamānasya ṛtvijo dravyameva ca

cauraprāyasya kaluṣājjanma jāyejjanasya hi//
adakṣiṇe vṛthā yajñe kṛte cāpyavidhānataḥ

paśavo lakuṭairhanyuryajamānaṃ mṛtaṃ hatāḥ//
tasmācchuddhairyavadravyairyajamānaḥ śubhaḥ smṛtaḥ

yajña evaṃ vicāryāsau yajñasāraṃ samāsthitaḥ//
śraddhayā devapūjā yā namaskāraḥ stutiḥ śubhā

naivedyaṃ haviṣaścaiva yajño'yaṃ hi vikalmaṣaḥ//
sa eva yajñaḥ prokto vai yena tuṣyanti devatāḥ

kecicchaṃsanti saṃnyāsaṃ nandabhadro na manyate//
yo hi saṃnyasya viṣayānmanasā gṛhyate punaḥ

ubhayabhraṣṭa evāsau bhinnā bhūmirvinaśyati//
saṃnyāsasya tu yatsāraṃ tattenāvṛtamuttamam

kasyacinnaiva karmāṇi śapate vā praśaṃsati//
nānāmārgasthitām̐llokāṃścandravallīyate kṣitau

na dveṣṭi no kāmayate na viruddho'nurudhyate//
samāśmakāṃcano dhīrastulyaniṃdātmasaṃstutiḥ

abhayaḥ sarvabhūtebhyo yathāṃdhabadhirākṛtiḥ//
na karmaṇāṃ phalākāṃkṣā śivasyārādhanaṃ hi tat

kāraṇāddharmamanvicchanna lobhaṃ ca tataścaran

vivicya naṃdabhadrastatsāraṃ mokṣeṣu jagṛhe//
kṛṣiṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti naṃdabhadro na manyate

yasyāṃ chiṃdaṃti vṛṣaṇā vṛṣāṇāṃ caiva nāsikām//
karṣayaṃti mahābhārānbadhnaṃti damayaṃti ca

bahudaṃśamayāndeśānnayaṃti bahukardamān//
vāhasaṃpīḍitā dhuryāḥ sīdaṃtyavidhinā pare

manyaṃte bhrūṇahatyāpi viśiṣṭā nāsya karmaṇaḥ//
aghnyā iti gavāṃ nāma śrutau tāḥ pīḍayetkatham

bhūmiṃ bhūmiśayāṃścaiva haṃti kāṣṭhamayomukham//
paṃceṃdriyeṣu jīveṣu sarvaṃ vasati daivatam

ādityaścaṃdramā vāyuḥ prabhūtyaiva ca tāṃstu yaḥ//
vikrīṇāti sumūḍhasya tasya kā nu vicāraṇā

ajo'gnirvaruṇo meṣaḥ sūryaśca pṛthivī virāṭ//
dhenurvatsaśca somo vai vikrīyaitānna sidhyati

evaṃvidhasahasraiśca yutā doṣaiḥ kṛṣiḥ sadā//
aṣṭāgavaṃ syāddhi halaṃ triṃśadbhāgaṃ tyajetkṛṣeḥ

dharme dadyātpaśūnvṛddhānpuṣyādeṣā kṛṣiḥ kutaḥ//
sārametatkṛṣestena naṃdabhadreṇa cādṛtam

visādhitavyānyannāni svaśaktyā devapitṛṣu//
manuṣya dvijabhūteṣu niyujyāśnīta sarvadā

kecicchaṃsaṃti caiśvaryaṃ naṃdabhadro na manyate//
mānuṣā mānuṣāneva dāsabhāvena bhuṃjate

vadhabaṃdhanirodhena pīḍayaṃti divāniśam//
dehaṃ kimetaddhātuḥ svaṃ māturvā janakasya vā

mātuḥ piturvā balinaḥ kreturagneḥ śuno'pi vā//
iti saṃciṃtya vyaharannamarā iva īśvarāḥ

aiśvaryamadapāpiṣṭhā mahāmadyamadādayaḥ//
aiśvaryamadamatto hi nā patitvā hi mādyati

ātmavatsarvabhṛtyeṣu śriyā naiva ca mādyati

ātmapratyayavāndehī kveśvaraścedṛśo'sti hi//
aiśvaryasyāpi sāraṃ sa jagrāhaitanniśāmaya

svaśaktyā sarva bhūteṣu yadasau na parāṅmukhaḥ//
tīrthāyeke praśaṃsaṃti naṃdabhadro na manyate

śrameṇa saṃkarāttāpaśītavātakṣudhā tṛṣā//
krodhena dharmagehasya nāpi nāśamavāpnuyāt

saukhyena vā dhanasyāpi śraddhayā svalpagorthavān//
samartho hi mahatpuṇyaṃ śakta āptuṃ kva vāsti saḥ

sadā śucirdevayājī tīrthasāraṃ gṛhegṛha//
nāpaḥ punaṃti pāpāni na śailā na mahāśramāḥ

ātmā punāti pāpāni yadi pāpānnivartate//
evameva samācāraṃ prādurbhūtaṃ tatastataḥ

ekīkṛtya sadā dhīmānnaṃdabhadraḥ samāsthitaḥ//
tasyaivaṃ vartataḥ sādhoḥ spṛhayaṃtyapi devatāḥ

vāsavapramukhāḥ sarve vismayaṃ ca paraṃ yayuḥ//
atraiva sthānake cāpi śūdro'bhūtprativeśmakaḥ

sa naṃdabhadraṃ dharmiṣṭhaṃ punaḥ punarasūyata//
nāstikaḥ sa durācāraḥ satyavrata iti śrutaḥ

sa sadā naṃdabhadrasya vilokayati cāṃtaram//
chidraṃ cedasya paśyāmi tato dharmānnivartaye

svabhāva eva krūrāṇāṃ nāstikānāṃ durātmanām//
ātmānaṃ pātayaṃtyeva pātayaṃtyaparaṃ ca yat

tatastvevaṃ vartato'sya naṃdabhadrasya dhīmataḥ//
eko'bhūttanayaḥ kaṣṭādvārdhike so'pyanaśyata

tacca daivakṛtaṃ matvā na śuśoca mahāmatiḥ//
devo vā mānavo vāpi ko hi devādvimucyate

tato'sya supriyā bhāryā sarvaiḥ sādhvīguṇairyutā//
gṛhadharmasya mūrtiryā sākṣādiva aruṃdhatī

vināśamāgatā pārtha kanakānāma nāmataḥ//
tato yateṃdriyo'pyeṣa gṛhadharmavināśataḥ

śuśoca hā kaṣṭamiti pāpohamiti cāsakṛt//
tattasya cāṃtaraṃ dṛṣṭvā'hṛṣyatyavrataścirāt

upāvrajya ca hā kaṣṭaṃ bruvaṃstaṃ naṃdabhadrakam//
dadhikarṇa ivāsādya naṃdabhadramuvāca saḥ

hā naṃdabhadra yadyevaṃ tavāpyevaṃvidhaṃ phalam//
etena manye manasi dharmopyeṣa vṛthaiva yat

ityādi bahudhā procya tattadvākyaṃ tatastataḥ//
satyavratastataḥ prāha naṃdabhadraṃ kṛpānvitaḥ

naṃdabhadra sadā tubhyaṃ vaktukāmosmi kiṃcana//
prastāvasyāpyabhāvācca noditaṃ ca mayā kvacit

aprastāvaṃ bruvanvākyaṃ bṛhaspatirapidhruvam//
labhate buddhyavajñānamavamānaṃ ca hīnavat

//nandabhadra uvāca//
brūhibrūhi na me kiṃcitsādhu gopyaṃ priyaṃ param//
vacobhiḥ śuddhasattvānāṃ na mokṣo'pyupamīyate

//satyavrata uvāca//
navabhirnavabhiścaiva vimuktaṃ vāgvidūṣaṇaiḥ//
navabhirbuddhidoṣaiśca vākyaṃ vakṣyāmyadoṣavat

saukṣmyaṃ saṃkhyākramaścāpi nirṇayaḥ saprayojanaḥ//
paṃcaitānyarthajātāni yatra tadvākyamucyate

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ coddiśya cocyate//
prayojanamiti proktaṃ prathamaṃ vākyalakṣaṇam

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu pratijñāya viśeṣataḥ//
idaṃ taditi vākyāṃte procyate sa vinirṇayaḥ

idaṃ pūrvamidaṃ paścādvaktavyaṃ yatkrameṇa hi//
kramayogaṃ tamapyāhurvākyatattavido budhāḥ

doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca pramāṇaṃ pravibhāgataḥ//
ubhayārthamapi prekṣya sā saṃkhyetyupadhāryatām

vākyajñeyeṣu bhinneṣu yatrābhedaḥ pradṛśyate//
tatrātiśayahetutvaṃ tatsaukṣmyamiti nirdiśet

iti vākyaguṇānāṃ ca vāgdoṣāndvinava śrṛṇu//
apetārthamabhinnārthamapavṛttaṃ tathādhikam

aślakṣṇaṃ cāpi saṃdigdhaṃ padāṃte guru cākṣaram//
parāṅmukhamukhaṃ yacca anṛtaṃ cāpyasaṃskṛtam

viruddhaṃ yattrivargeṇa nyūnaṃ kaṣṭātiśabdakam//
vyutkramābhihṛtaṃ yac saśeṣaṃ cāpyahetukam

niṣkāraṇaṃ ca vāgdoṣānbuddhijāñchṛṇu tvaṃ ca yān//
kāmātkrodhādbhayāccaiva lobhāddainyādanāryakāt

hīnānukrośato mānānna ca vakṣyāmi kiṃcana//
vaktā śrotā ca vākyaṃ ca yadā tvavikalaṃ bhavet

samameti vivakṣāyāṃ tadā so'rthaḥ prakāśate//
vaktavye tu yadā vaktā śrotāramavamanyate

śrotā cāpyatha vaktāraṃ tadā vākyaṃ na rohati//
atha yaḥ svapriyaṃ brūyācchroturvotsṛjyayadṛtam

viśaṃkā jāyate tasminvākyaṃ tadapi doṣavat//
tasmādyaḥ svapriyaṃ tyaktvā śrotuścāpyatha yatpriyam

satyameva prabhāṣeta sa vaktā netaro bhuvi//
mithyāvādāñchāstrajālasaṃbhavānyadvihāya ca

satyameva vrataṃ yasmāttasmātsatyavratastvaham//
satyaṃ te saṃpravakṣyāmi maṃtumarhasi tattathā

yadāprabhṛti bhadra tvaṃ pāṣāṇasyārcane rataḥ//
tadāprabhṛti kiṃcicca na hi paśyāmi śobhanam

ekaḥ so'pi suto naṣṭo bhāryā cāryā'pyanaśyata//
kūṭānāṃ karmaṇāṃ sādho phalamevaṃvidhaṃ bhavet

kva devāḥ saṃti mithyaitaddṛśyaṃte cedbhavaṃtyapi//
sarvā ca kūṭaviprāṇāṃ dravyāyaiṣā vikalpanā

pitṝnuddiśya yacchaṃti mama hāsaḥ prajāyate//
annasyopadravaṃ yacca mṛto hi kimaśiṣyata

yattvidaṃ bahudhā mūḍhā varṇayaṃti dvijādhamāḥ//
viśvanirmāṇamakhilaṃ tathāpi śrṛṇu satyataḥ

utpattiścāpi bhaṃgaśca viśvasyaitaddvayaṃ mṛṣā//
evameva hi sarvaṃ ca sadidaṃ vartate jagat

svabhāvato viśvamidaṃ hi vartate svabhāvataḥ sūryamukhā bhramaṃtyamī//
svabhāvato vāyavo vāṃti nityaṃ svabhāvato varṣati cāṃbudo'yam

svabhāvato rohati dhānyajātaṃ svabhāvato varṣaśītātapatvam//
svabhāvataḥ saṃsthitā medinī ca svabhāvataḥ saritaḥ saṃsravaṃti

svabhāvataḥ parvatā bhāṃti nityaṃ svabhāvato vāridhireṣa saṃsthitaḥ//
svabhāvato garbhiṇī saṃprasūte svabhāvato'mī bahavaśca jīvāḥ

yathā svabhāvena bhavaṃti vakrā ṛtusvabāvādbadarīṣu kaṇṭakāḥ//
tathā svabhāvena hi sarvametatprakāśate ko'pi kartā na dṛśyaḥ

tadevaṃ saṃsthite loke mūḍho muhyati mattavat//
mānuṣyamapi yaddhūrtā vadaṃtyagryaṃ śrṛṇuṣvatat

mānuṣyānna paraṃ kaṣṭaṃ vairiṇāṃ no bhaveddhi tat//
śokasthānasahasrāṇi manuṣyasya kṣaṇekṣaṇe

mānuṣyaṃ hi smṛtākāraṃ sabhāgyo'smādvimucyate//
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ kīṭāḥ kṛmayaśca yathāsukham

abaddhā viharaṃtyete yonireṣāṃ sudurlabhā//
niściṃtāḥ sthāvarā hyete saukhyameṣāṃ mahadbhuvi

bahunā kiṃ manuṣyebhyaḥ sarvo dhanyo'nyayonijaḥ//
svabhāvameva jānīhi puṇyāpuṇyādikalpanā

yadeke sthāvarāḥ kīṭāḥ pataṃgā mānuṣādikāḥ//
tasmānmityā parityajya naṃdabhadra yathāsukham//
piba krīḍanakaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhogānsatyamidaṃ bhuvi

//nārada uvāca//
ityetairamukhairvākyairayuktairasamaṃjasaiḥ

satyavratasya nākampannaṃdabhadro mahāmanāḥ//
prahasanniva taṃ prāha svakṣobhyaḥ sāgaro yathā

yadbhavānāha dharmiṣṭhāḥ sadā duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ//
tanmithyā duḥkhajālāni paśyāmaḥ pāpināmapi

vadhabaṃdhaparikleśāḥ putradārādi paṃcatā//
pāpināmapi dṛśyaṃte tasmāddharmo gururmataḥ

ayaṃ sādhuraho kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭamasya mahājanāḥ//
sādhorvadaṃtyetadapi pāpināṃ durlabhaṃ tvidam

dārādidravyalobhāryaṃ viśataḥ pāpino gṛhe//
bhavānapi bibhetyasmāddveṣṭi kupyati tadvṛthā

yathāsya jagato brūṣe nāsti heturmaheśvaraḥ//
tadbālabhāṣitaṃ tubhyaṃ kiṃ rājānaṃ vinā prajāḥ

yacca bravīṣi pāṣāṇaṃ mithyā liṃgaṃ samarcasi//
tadbhavām̐lliṃgamāhātmyaṃ vetti nāṃdho yathā ravim

brahmādāyaḥ surā sarve rājānaśca maharddhikāḥ//
mānavā munayaścaiva sarve liṃgaṃ yajaṃti ca

svanāmakāni cihnāni teṣāṃ liṃgāni saṃti ca//
ete kiṃ tvabhavatmūrkhāstvaṃ tu satyavrataḥ sudhīḥ

pratiṣṭhāpya purā brahmā puṣkare nīlalohitam//
prāptavānparamāṃ siddhiṃ sasarjemāḥ prajāḥ prabhuḥ

viṣṇunāpi nihatyājau rāvaṇaṃ payasāṃnidheḥ//
tīre rāmeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ cāsti kiṃ mudhā

vṛtraṃ hatvā purā śakro maheṃdre sthāpya śaṃkaram//
liṃgaṃ vimuktapāpo'tha tridivedyāpi modate

sthāpayitvā śivaṃ sūryo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame//
nirāmayo'bhūtsomaśca prabhāse paścimodadhau

kāśyāṃ yamaśca dhanadaḥ sahye garuḍakaśyapau//
naimiṣe vāyuvaruṇau sthāpya liṃgaṃ pramoditāḥ

asminneva staṃbhatīrthe kumāreṇaṃ guho vibhuḥ//
liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa sarvapāpaharaṃ na kim

evamanyaiḥ surairyāni pārthivairmunibhistathā//
saṃstāpitāni liṃgāni tanna saṃkhyātumutsahe

pṛthivīvāsinaḥ sarve ye ca svarganivāsinaḥ//
pātālavāsinastṛptā jāyaṃte liṃgapūjayā

yacca bravīṣi gīrvāṇā na saṃti santi cetkutaḥ//
kutrāpi naiva dṛśyaṃte tena me vismayo mahān

raṃkavatkiṃ sma te devā yācaṃtāṃ tvāṃ kulatthavat//
yamicchisi mahāprājña sādhako hi gurustava

svabāvānnaiva sarvārthāḥ saṃsiddhā yadi te mate//
bhojanādi kathaṃ sidhyedvada kartāramaṃtarā

badarīmaṃtareṇāpi dṛśyaṃte kaṇṭakā na hi//
tasmātkasyāsti nirmāṇaṃ yasya yāvattathaiva tat

yacca bravīṣi paśvādyāḥ sukhino dhanyakāstvamī//
tvadṛte nedamuktaṃ ca kenāpi śrutameva vā

tāmasā vikalā ye ca kaṣṭaṃ teṣāṃ ca ślāghyatām//
sarveṃdriyayutāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kuto dhanyā na mānuṣāḥ

satyaṃ tava vrataṃ manye narakāya tvayā''dṛtam//
atyanarthe na bhīḥ kāryā kāmoyaṃ bhavitācirāt

ādāvāḍaṃbareṇaiva dhruvato'jñānameva me//
itthaṃ niḥsāratā vyaktamādāvāḍaṃbārāttu yat

māyāvināṃ hi bruvatāṃ vākyaṃ cāṃḍabarāvṛtam//
kunāṇakamivoddīptaṃ parīkṣeyaṃ sadā satām

ādau madhye tathā cāṃte yeṣāṃ vākyamadoṣavat//
kaṣadāhaiḥ svarṇamiva cchede'pi syācchubhaṃ śubham

tvayānyathā pratijñātamuktaṃ caivānyathā punaḥ//
tvaddoṣo nāyamasmākaṃ tadvacaḥ śrṛṇumo hi ye

nāstikānāṃ ca sarpāṇāṃ viṣasya ca guṇastvayam//
mohayaṃti paraṃ yacca doṣo naiṣaparasya tu

āpo vastraṃ tilāstailaṃ gaṃdho vā sa yathā tathā//
puṣpāṇāmadhivāsena tathā saṃsargajā guṇāḥ

mohajālasya yo yonirmūḍhairiha samāgamaḥ//
ahanyahani dharmasya yoniḥ sādhusamāgamaḥ

tasmātprājñaiśca vṛddhaiśca śuddhabhāvaistapasvibhiḥ//
sadbhiśca saha saṃsargaḥ kāryaḥ śamaparāyaṇaiḥ

na nīcairnāpyavidvadbhirnānātmajñairviśeṣataḥ//
yeṣāṃ trīṇyavadātāni yonirvidyā ca karma ca

tāṃśca sevedviśeṣeṇa śāstraṃ yeṣāṃ hi vidyate//
asatāṃ darśanasparśasaṃjalpāsanabhojanaiḥ

dharmācārātprahīyaṃte na ca sidhyaṃti mānavāḥ//
buddhiśca hīyate puṃsāṃ nīcaiḥ saha samāgamāt

madhyaiśca madhyatāṃ yāti śreṣṭhatāṃ yāti cottamaiḥ//
iti dharmaṃ smarannāhaṃ saṃgamārthī punastava//
yannindasi dvijāneva yairapeyo'rṇavaḥ kṛtaḥ

vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ smṛtayaḥ pramāṇaṃ dharmārthayuktaṃ vacanaṃ pramāṇam//
naitattrayaṃ yasya bhavetpramāṇaṃ kastasya kuryādvacanaṃ pramāṇam

itīrayitvā vacanaṃ mahātmā sa naṃdabhadraḥ sahasā tadaiva//
gṛhādviniḥsṛtya jagāma puṇyaṃ bahūdakaṃ bhaṭṭaravestu kuṃḍam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmye naṃdabhadravaṇigvṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ