Skanda Purana · Verses 2.18-2

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tataḥ pravavṛte sutyā nṛpatervājimedhikā //
tasyāṃ trailokyamabhavadekasadmanibhaṃ dvijāḥ

śāstraiḥ stotrairdivaspṛgbhirvarṇakramasamujjvalaiḥ //
yathāpadasvaranyāsairanye śabdāstirohitāḥ

dīnebhyo'vāritaṃ tatra dīyante vāñchitāni vai //
naṭanarttakasūtānāṃ sābhūtkalpadrumopamā

tanmadhye'vabhṛthe snātuṃ kṛtā yatropakārikā //
dakṣiṇe taṭabhūdeśe bilveśvarasamīpataḥ

niyuktāḥ sevakā rājñā sasaṃbhramamupasthitāḥ //
nyavedayanta nṛpatiṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭā dvijāḥ

deva dṛṣṭo mahānvṛkṣastaṭabhūmau mahodadheḥ //
praviṣṭāgrasamudrāṃtaḥ kallolaplavamūlakaḥ

maṃjiṣṭhavarṇaḥ sarvatra śaṃkhacakrāṃkitaḥ plavan //
snānaveśmasamīpe'sau dṛṣṭo'smābhiḥ paro'dbhutaḥ

na dṛṣṭapūrvo vṛkṣo'yamudyatsūryanibhoṃ'śunā //
gaṃdhena vāsayansarvā taṭabhūmiṃ sugaṃdhinā

drumaḥ sādhāraṇo nāyaṃ lakṣyate devabhūruhaḥ //
kaściddevastaruvyājādāgato lakṣyate dhuvam

niyuktānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā rājā nāradamabravīt //
tatkiṃ nimittaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ taruśreṣṭhaṃ vadaṃti te

nāradaḥ prahasanvākyamuvāca nṛpasattamam //
pūrṇāhutiḥ samāpnotu yathā syātsaphalaḥ kratuḥ

upasthitaṃ te tadbhāgyaṃ svapne yaddṛṣṭavānpurā //
śvetadvīpe viśvamūrtirdṛṣṭo yo viṣṇuravyayaḥ

tadaṃgaskhalitaṃ roma tarutvamupapadyate //
aṃśāvatāraḥ sthāsnuryaḥ pṛthivyāṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ

tadrūpāvataraṃ yāti bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ //
drumo hyapauruṣo yosau bhājanaṃ nāsya darśane

tvāmṛte puruṣavyāghra pṛthivyāṃ nṛpasattama //
tvadbhāgyavaśataḥ sarvalokānāṃ nayanātithiḥ

bhaviṣyati mahārāja sarvakalmaṣanāśanaḥ //
samāpyāvabhṛthasnānaṃ taṭāṃte saritāṃ pateḥ

utsavaṃ sumahatkṛtvā kṛtakautukamaṃgalam //
mahāvedyāṃ sthāpayātra yajñeśaṃ tarurūpiṇam

vicāryetthaṃ mudā yuktau tāvubhau nṛpanāradau //
susamṛddhau tatra yātau yatrāsau bhagavaddrumaḥ //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve brahma sākṣādupasthitam //
menire janmasāphalyaṃ jīvanmuktā mahodayāḥ

indradyumno'pi nṛpatirmamajjāmṛtasāgare //
svapne dṛṣṭvā jagannāthaṃ yathāsau bhagavatpriyaḥ

tathā dadarśa taṃ vṛkṣaṃ cakṣuḥśākhaṃ caturbhujam //
svakaṃ śramaṃ manyamānaḥ saphalaṃ nṛpasattamaḥ //

jahau śokaṃ nīlamaṇimādhavāṃtardhijaṃ dvijāḥ //
punaḥ punaḥ praṇamyainaṃ harṣāśrunayano nṛpaḥ

dvijairāhārayāmāsa taruṃ kallolalolitam //
śaṃkhakāhālamurajaḍhakkāpaṭahaniḥsvanaiḥ

gītavāditraninadairjayaśabdaiḥ sahasraśaḥ //
sugaṃdhipuṣpāṃjalibhirākāśātpatitairmuhuḥ

parito dhūpapātraiśca kṛṣṇāgurusudhūpitaiḥ //
veśyābhiryauvanonmattasurūpābhiḥ pracālitaiḥ

ratnadaṇḍaprakīrṇaiśca vījyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ //
patākābhirdivyapaṭṭadukūlābhiḥ suśobhitam

rājarṣirājavṛndaiśca turagaiḥ pattibhirvṛtam //
māgadhairvaṃdyamānaṃ tu stūyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ

ṛtvigbhirbrāhmaṇaiścaiva vidvadbhiḥ śrotriyaistathā //
rājanyairvaiśyakulajaiḥ sacchūdraiḥ paricāritam

stotrairbahuvidhaiḥ śrautaiḥ smārtaiḥ paurāṇikaistathā //
stūyamānaṃ taruṃ viṣṇorbhūrloke pariveṣṭitam

sraggandhālaṃkṛtaṃ divyaṃ mahāvedīṃ vininyatuḥ//
vitānavaracitrāyāṃ veṣṭitāyāṃ niraṃtaram

vedyāṃ taṃ sthāpayāmāsuriṃdradyumnasya śāsanāt //
vacasā nāradasyainaṃ pūjayāmāsa pārthivaḥ

sahasrairupacārāṇāṃ divyarūpairnṛpottamaḥ //
pūjāvasāne papraccha nāradaṃ munisattamam

kīdṛśyaḥ pratimā viṣṇorghaṭayiṣyati kaḥ punaḥ //
tacchrutvā taṃ muniḥ prāha aciṃtyamahimā guruḥ

ko veda tasya ceṣṭāṃ vai sarvalokottarāṃ nṛpa //
sraṣṭā yo jagatāṃ tasyāpyeṣā saṃśayagocarā

vicārayaṃtau tāvitthaṃ yāvannāradapārthivau //
aśarīrā tato vāṇī śuśruve cāṃtarikṣataḥ

tatra vismayamānānāṃ sarveṣāmeva śṛṇvatām //
apauruṣeyo bhagavānavicārapathe sthitaḥ

suguptāyāṃ mahāvedyāṃ svayaṃ so'vatariṣyati //
pracchādyatāṃ dinānyeṣā yāvatpaṃcadaśāni vai

upasthito'yaṃ yo vṛddhaḥ śastrapāṇistu varddhakiḥ //
enamaṃtaḥ praveśyaiva dvāraṃ badhnaṃtu yatnataḥ

bahirvādyāni kurvaṃtu yāvattu ghaṭanā bhavet //
śruto hi ghaṭanāśabdo bādhiryāṃdhatvadāyakaḥ

narake vasatiṃ caiva kuryātsaṃtānanāśanam //
nāṃtaḥpraveśanaṃ kuryānna paśyecca kadācana

niyuktādanyaḥ paśyeccedrājño rāṣṭrasya caiva ha //
draṣṭuścāpi mahābhītiraṃdhatā cakṣuṣoryuge

tasmānnāvekṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ yāvatpratimanirmitiḥ //
nirvyūḍhastu svayaṃ daivaḥ kṛtyāṃte tu vadiṣyati

yatkāryaṃ prayatnena sarvalokasukhāvaham //
tacchrutvā nāradādyāste yathoktaṃ viṣṇunā svayam

cikīrṣaṃti tathā karttuṃ tatrāyātaśca varddhakiḥ //
provāca nṛpatiṃ so'tha svapne dṛṣṭāstu yāstvayā //

tā evāhaṃ ghaṭiṣyāmi dāruṇā divyarūpiṇā //
ityuktvāṃtardadhe vedyāṃ vṛddhavarddhakirūpadhṛk

vaṃcanārthaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ sākṣānnārāyaṇo vibhuḥ

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde'ṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ