Skanda Purana · Verses 2.17-6

vālmīke:pūrvajanmasya kathā
"śrutakīrtiruvāca//
vaiśākhadharmānakhilānihāmutra phalapradā//
bhūyo'pi śṛṇvataścāsīttṛptirnā'dyāpi mānada

yatra cākaitavo dharmo yatra viṣṇukathā śubhāḥ//
tacchāstraṃ śṛṇvato naiva tṛptiḥ karṇarasāyanam

pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ diṣṭyā pāramupāgatam //
ātithyavyapadeśena yadbhavāngṛhamāgataḥ

vaco'mṛtaṃ mukhāṃbhojaniḥsṛtaṃ paramādbhutam//
pītvā tṛptaḥ pārameṣṭhyaṃ mokṣaṃ vā ca na kāmaye

tasmāttāneva dharmānme bhuktimuktipradāyakān//
viṣṇuprītikarāndivyānbhūyo vistarato vada

ityuktastu purā rājñā śrutadevo mahāyaśāḥ//
saṃhṛṣṭā''tmā śubhāndharmānpunarvyāhartumārabhat

"śrutadeva uvāca//
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm //
vaiśākhadharmaviṣayāṃ bhāvitāṃ munibhirmuhuḥ

pampātīre dvijaḥ kaścicchaṃkhonāma mahāyaśāḥ//**
gurau siṃhagate cāgānnadīṃ godāvarīṃ śubhām

tīrtvā bhīmarathīṃ puṇyāṃ kāntāre kaṇṭakācale//
nirjale nirjane ghore vaiśākhe tapakarṣitaḥ

vṛkṣe copaviveśā'sau madhyāhnasamaye dvijaḥ //
tadā kaściddurācāro vyādhaścāpadharaḥ śaṭhaḥ

nirghṛṇaḥ*sarvabhūteṣu kālāntaka ivā'paraḥ//
taṃ kuṇḍaladharaṃ vipraṃ dīkṣitaṃ bhāskaropamam

dṛṣṭvā baddhvā sa jagrāha kuṇḍalādikamugradhīḥ//
upānahau cacchatraṃ ca akṣamālāṃ kamaṇḍalum

paścādvisṛjya taṃ vipraṃ gacchetyāha vimūḍhadhīḥ

tataḥ sa gacchanpathi śarkarā''vile sūryāṃśutapte jalavarjite khare//
santaptapādastṛṇachādite sthale kvaciccacāropavasannūrdhvaretāḥ

sa vai drutaṃ sampatankvāpi tuṣyanhāheti vādī sa jagāma tūrṇam//
dṛṣṭvā muniṃ khidyamānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ madhyaṃ gate pūṣṇi dayā babhūva

vyādhasya dharmavimukhasya ca pāpabuddhestasmai dadāmi sukhadāṃ khalu pādarakṣām

cauryeṇaiva svadharmeṇa yā gṛhītā vanāntare//
tadīyameva tatsarvaṃ vyādhānāṃ dharmanirṇayaḥ//
tasmādupānahau dāsye muhurduḥkhāpanuttaye

tena śreyo bhavedyacca tadbhavenmama pāpinaḥ//
jīrṇe copānahau dve ca vartete pādayormama//
na tābhyāmasti me kṛtyaṃ tasmātte vai dadāmyaham//

iti niścitya manasi tūrṇaṃ gatvā dadau ca te//
śarkarātaptapādāya dvijavaryāya sīdate

upānahau gṛhītvā te nirvṛtiṃ ca parāṃ yayau//
sukhī bhaveti taṃ vyādhamāśīrbhirabhinandya ca

nūnaṃ supakvapuṇyo'yaṃ vaiśākhe dattavānamū //
vyādhasyāpi ca durbuddheḥ prāyo viṣṇuḥ prasīdati

*
sarvasyā''ptyā ca bhūyo'pi yatsukhaṃ tadabhūnmama//
tato'bhiśrutya tadvākyaṃ kimetaditi vismitaḥ

vyājahāra punarvipraṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ brahmavādinam //
tvadīyaṃ tu mayā dattaṃ kathaṃ puṇyaṃ bhavenmama

praśaṃsasi ca vaiśākhaṃ haristuṣṭo bhavediti//
etadācakṣva me brahmanko vaiśākhastu ko hariḥ

ko dharmaḥ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya śuśrūṣorme dayānidhe//
iti vyādhavacaḥ śrutvā śaṃkhastuṣṭamanā abhūt

praśaṃsansa ca vaiśākhaṃ punarvismitamānasaḥ //
idānīṃ dattavānpādatrāṇe me lubdhakaḥ śaṭhaḥ

yaddurbuddheśca vaiṣamyaṃ jātaṃ citramaho vata//
sarveṣāmeva dharmāṇāṃ phalaṃ janmāṃtareṣu vai

vaiśākhamāsadharmāṇāṃ phalaṃ sadyaḥ kṣaṇe nṛṇām //
pāpācārasya durbuddhervyādhasyāpi durātmanaḥ

daivādupānahordānātsattvaśuddhirabhūdaho //
yacca viṣṇoḥ priyaṃ karma yattatsantoṣanirmalam

tadeva dharmamityā hurmanvādyā dharmavittamāḥ//
dharmā mādhavamāsīyāḥ priyā viṣṇoratīva te

dharmairmādhavamāsīyairyathā tuṣyati keśavaḥ//
na tathā sarvadānaiśca tapobhiśca mahāmakhaiḥ

nānena sadṛśo dharmaḥ sarvadharmeṣu vidyate //
mā gayāṃ yāṃtu mā gaṃgāṃ mā prayāgaṃ tu puṣkaram

mā kedāraṃ kurukṣetraṃ mā prabhāsaṃ syamantakam //
mā godā mā ca kṛṣṇāṃ ca mā setuṃ mā marudvṛdham

vaiśākhadharmamāhātmyaṃ śaṃsaṃtī ca kathā''pagā//
tatra snātasya vai viṣṇuḥ sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate

māse mādhavasaṃjñe'sminyastvalpenaiva sādhyate //
na tadbahuvyayairdānairna dharmairvā'pi vai makhaiḥ

māso'yaṃ mādhavonāma* vyādha puṇyavivarddhanaḥ //
tasminmahyaṃ tvayā datte pāduke tāpanāśane

tena te pūrvakālīnaṃ puṇyaṃ pākamupāgatam//
tuṣṭastu bhagavānprāyaḥ śreyo vyādhavidhāsyati

anyathā te kathaṃ bhūyādbuddhiretādṛśī śubhā //
munāvevaṃ bruvāṇe ca mṛtyunā prerito balī

siṃho vyāghravadhārthāya prādravatkrodhavihvalaḥ //
madhye dṛṣṭvā ca mātaṅgaṃ daivāddevena kalpitam

taṃ haṃtumudyato'gacchatpadākrāṃtaṃ vyavasthitam//
tayoryuddhamabhūdrājansiṃhamātaṃgayorvane

śrāntau yuddhācca viratau nirīkṣantau ca tasthatuḥ //
vyādhamuddiśya yaccoktaṃ muninā ca mahātmanā

samastapātakadhvaṃsi daivācchuśruvatuśca tau //
tenaiva māsamāhātmyaśravaṇenāmalāśayau

śāpānmuktau ca tau dehātsadyo muktau divaṃ gatau //
divyarūpadharau divyau divyagandhānulepanau

divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhau divyanārīniṣevitau//
sadyo'vanatamūrddhānau prāñjalī copatasthatuḥ

munīṃdro dharmavaktā ca vyādhamuddiśya vai pathi //
tau dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ prāha kau yuvāmiti niścalaḥ

duryonau tu kuto janma yuvayorvā kathaṃ mṛtiḥ //
ahetorvipine cā'snmiparasparavadhodyatau

etatsarvaṃ suvistārya samyagvadata me'naghau//
ityuktau muninā tena vacaḥ pratyūcatuḥ punaḥ

mataṃgasya muneḥ putrau dantilaḥ kohalo'paraḥ //
śāpadoṣeṇa tau jātau nāmnā dantilakohalau

rūpayauvanasaṃpannau sarvavidyāviśāradau//
āvāmuddiśya provāca pitā dharmārthakovidaḥ

mataṃgonāma brahmarṣiḥ sarvadharmaviduttamaḥ //
vaiśākhe māsi tanayau madhusūdanavallabhe

prapāṃ kuruta mārge ca janānvījayataṃ kṣaṇam//
mārge chāyā vidhattāṃ ca bhūryannaṃ śītalāṃbu ca

kurutaṃ snānamuṣasi tathaivārcayataṃ vibhum //
kathāṃ ca śṛṇutaṃ nityaṃ yayā bandho nivartate

evaṃ ca bahubhirvākyairbodhitāvapi durmatī //
kuddho'bhavaṃ dantilo'haṃ matto'haṃ kohalāhvayaḥ

kruddhaḥ śaśāpa tau sadyaḥ pitā dharmeṣu lālasaḥ

putraṃ ca dharmavimukhaṃ bhāryāṃ cā'priyavādinīm //
abrahmaṇyaṃ ca rājānaṃtyajetsadyo na cetpatet/५५//
dākṣiṇyādarthalobhādvā saṃsargaṃ ye prakurvate//
te sarve narakaṃ yāṃti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa//
iti jñātvā śaśāpāvāṃ madakrodhapariplutau

kuddho'yaṃ daṃtilo bhūyātsiṃhaḥ krodhapariplutaḥ//
mattastu kohalo bhūyānmatto mātaṃgayūthapaḥ

kṛtānutāpau paścāttu prārthayāvo vimocanam//
āvābhyāṃ prārthito bhūyo viśāpaṃ ca dadaupitā

yuvāṃ prāpya ca duryoniṃ kiyatkālāntare'pi ca //
saṃgamo bhavitā tatra parasparavadheṣiṇoḥ

tasminneva hi samaye saṃvādo vyādhaśaṃkhayoḥ //
vaiśākhadharmaviṣayo daivādvāṃ śravaṇe'pi ca

gamiṣyati kṣaṇādeva tasmānmuktirbhaviṣyati //
śāpānmuktau pūrvameva rūpamāsthāya putrakau

māmeva prāpya vasataṃ nānyathā me vaco bhavet//
iti śaptau ca guruṇā duryoniṃ prāpya durmatī

prāpya daivātsaṃgatiṃ ca parasparavadhaiṣiṇau //
saṃvādaṃ yuvayordivyaṃ śubhaṃ taṃ śuśruvāvahe

tena sadyo vimuktiśca kṣaṇādevā''vayorabhūt//
iti sarvaṃ samākhyāya praṇamya ca munīśvaram

samāmaṃtryābhyanujñātau jagmatuḥ pituraṃtikam//
tadevaṃ saṃpradṛśyāha munirvyādhaṃ dayānidhiḥ

paśya vaiśākhamāhātmyaśravaṇasya phalaṃ mahat //
muhūrtaśravaṇādeva tayormuktiḥ kare sthitā

iti bruvāṇaṃ munipuṃgavaṃ taṃ dayānidhiṃ niḥspṛhamagryabuddhim//
viśuddhasattvaṃ sukṛtaikapātraṃ sa nyastaśastraḥ punarāha vyādhaḥ

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye nāradāmbarīṣasaṃvāde daṃntilakohalamuktiprāptivṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ