Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.103

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ param /
yacchrutaṃ vai mayā rājañchivasya vadataḥ purā

etadeva purā praśnaṃ gauryā pṛṣṭastu śaṅkaraḥ /
provāca nṛpaśārdūla guhyādguhyataraṃ śubham

īśvara uvāca -
śṛṇu devi paraṃ guhyaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā /
revāyāścottare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
bhrūṇahatyāharaṃ devi kāmadaṃ putravardhanam

pārvatyuvāca -
kathayasva mahādeva tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
bhrūṇahatyāharaṃ kasmātkāmadaṃ svargadarśanam

īśvara uvāca -
atrirnāma mahādevi mānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ /
agnihotrarato nityaṃ devatātithipūjakaḥ

somasaṃsthāśca saptaiva kṛtā vipreṇa pārvati /
anasūyeti vikhyātā bhāryā tasya guṇānvitā

pativratā patiprāṇā patyuḥ kāryahite ratā /
evaṃ yāti tataḥ kāle na putrā na ca putrikā

aparāhṇe mahādevi sukhāsīnau tu sundari /
vadantau sukhaduḥkhāni pūrvavṛttāni yāni ca

atriruvāca -
saumye śubhe priye kānte cārusarvāṅgasundari /
vidyāvinayasampanne padmapatranibhekṣaṇe

pūrṇacandranibhākāre pṛthuśroṇibharālase /
na tvayā sadṛśī nārī trailokye sacarācare

ratiputraphalā nārī paṭhyate vedavādibhiḥ /
putrahīnasya yatsaukhyaṃ tatsaukhyaṃ mama sundari

yathāhaṃ na tathā putraḥ samarthaḥ sarvakarmasu /
punnāmanarakādbhadre jātamātreṇa sundari

patantaṃ rakṣayeddevi mahāpātakinaṃ yadi /
mahāghore gatā vāpi duṣṭakarmapitāmahāḥ

taddharanti suputrāśca vaitaraṇyāṃ gatānapi /
putreṇa lokāñjayati pautreṇa paramā gatiḥ

atha putrasya pautreṇa pragacchedbrahma śāśvatam /
nāsti putrasamo bandhuriha loke paratra ca

ahaśca madhyarātre ca cintayānasya sarvadā /
śuṣyanti mama gātrāṇi grīṣme nadyudakaṃ yathā

anasūyovāca -
yattvayā śocitaṃ vipra tatsarvaṃ śocayāmyaham /
tavodvegakaraṃ yacca tanme dahati cetasi

yena putrā bhaviṣyanti āyuṣmanto guṇānvitāḥ /
tatkāryaṃ ca samīkṣasva yena tuṣyetprajāpatiḥ

atriruvāca -
tapastaptaṃ mayā bhadre jātamātreṇa duṣkaram /
vratopavāsaniyamaiḥ śākāhāreṇa sundari

kṣīṇadehastu tiṣṭhāmi hyaśakto'haṃ mahāvrate /
tena śocāmi cātmānaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā

anasūyovāca -
bhartuḥ pativratā nārī ratiputravivardhinī /
trivargasādhanā sā ca ślāghyā ca viduṣāṃ jane

japastapastīrthayātrā mṛḍejyāmantrasādhanam /
devatārādhanaṃ caiva strīśūdrapatanāni ṣaṭ

īdṛśaṃ tu mahādoṣaṃ strīṇāṃ tu vratasādhane /
vadanti munayaḥ sarve yathoktaṃ vedabhāṣitam

anujñātā tvayā brahmaṃstapastapsyāmi duṣkaram /
putrārthitvaṃ samuddiśya toṣayāmi surottamān

atriruvāca -
sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe mama saṃtoṣakāriṇi /
ājñātā tvaṃ mayā bhadre putrārthaṃ tapa āśraya

devatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ pitḥṇāmanṛṇo bhave /
na bhāryāsadṛśo bandhustriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

tena devāḥ praśaṃsanti na bhāryāsadṛśaṃ sukham /
sanmukhe manmukhāḥ putrāḥ vilome tu parāṅmukhāḥ

tena bhāryāṃ praśaṃsanti sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ /
mahāvrate mahāprājñe sattvavati śubhekṣaṇe

tapastapasva śīghraṃ tvaṃ putrārthaṃ tu mamājñayā /
etadvākyāvasāne tu sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatābravīt

tvatprasādena viprendra sarvānkāmānavāpnuyām /
haṃsalīlāgatiḥ sā ca mṛgākṣī varavarṇinī

niyamasthā tato bhūtvā samprāptā narmadāṃ nadīm /
śivasvedodbhavāṃ devīṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ /
snānamātreṇa vai yasyā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

ye pibanti mahādevi śraddadhānāḥ payaḥ śubham /
somapānena tattulyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

ye smaranti divā rātrau yojanānāṃ śatairapi /
mucyante sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ prayānti te

narmadāyāḥ samīpe tu tāvubhau yojanadvaye /
na paśyanti yamaṃ tatra ye mṛtā varavarṇini

tatastaduttare kūle eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame śubhe /
niyamasthā viśālākṣī śākāhāreṇa sundari

toṣayantī trīṃśca devāñchubhaiḥ stotrairvrataistathā /
grīṣmeṣu ca mahādevi pañcāgniṃ sādhayettataḥ

varṣākāle cārdravāsāścareccāndrāyaṇāni ca /
hemante tu tataḥ prāpte toyamadhye vasetsadā

prātaḥsnānaṃ tataḥ sandhyāṃ kuryāddevarṣitarpaṇam /
devānāmarcanaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

yajate vaiṣṇavāṃllokān snānajāpyahutena ca /
evaṃ varṣaśate prāpte rudraviṣṇupitāmahāḥ

samprāptā dvijarūpaistu eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame priye /
purataḥ saṃsthitāstasyā vedamabhyuddharanti ca

anasūyā japaṃ tyaktvā nirīkṣya tānmuhurmuhuḥ /
utthitā sā viśālākṣī arghaṃ dattvā yathāvidhi

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ /
darśanena tu viprāṇāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatābravīt /
kandamūlaphalaṃ śākaṃ nīvārānapi pāvanān /
prayacchāmyahamadyaiva munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

viprā ūcuḥ /
tapasā tu vicitreṇa tapaḥsatyena suvrate /
tṛptāḥ sma sarvakāmaistu suvrate tava darśanāt

asmākaṃ kautukaṃ jātaṃ tāpasena vratena yat /
svargamokṣasutasyārthe tapastapasi duṣkaram

anasūyovāca -
tapasā sidhyate svargastapasā paramā gatiḥ /
tapasā cārthakāmau ca tapasā guṇavānsutaḥ /
tapa eva ca me viprāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradam

viprā ūcuḥ /
tanvī śyāmā viśālākṣī snigdhāṅgī rūpasaṃyutā /
haṃsalīlāgatigamā tvaṃ ca sarvāṅgasundarī

kiṃ ca te tapasā kāryamātmānaṃ śocyase katham

anasūyovāca -
yadi rudraśca viṣṇuśca svayaṃ sākṣātpitāmahaḥ /
gūḍharūpadharāḥ sarve taccihnamupalakṣaye

tasyā vākyāvasāne tu svarūpaṃ darśayanti te /
svasvarūpaiḥ sthitā devāḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhāḥ

caturbhujo mahādevi śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
atasīpuṣpavarṇastu pītavāsā janārdanaḥ

garutmānvāhanaṃ yasya śriyā ca sahito hariḥ /
prasannavadanaḥ śrīmānsvayaṃrūpo vyavasthitaḥ

pītavāsā mahādevi caturvadanapaṅkajaḥ /
haṃsopari samārūḍho hyakṣamālākarodyataḥ

āgato narmadātīre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ /
yo'sau sarvajagadvyāpī svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ

vṛṣabhaṃ tu samārūḍho daśabāhusamanvitaḥ /
bhasmāṅgarāgaśobhāḍhyaḥ pañcavaktrastrilocanaḥ

jaṭāmukuṭasaṃyuktaḥ kṛtacandrārddhaśekharaḥ /
evaṃrūpadharo devaḥ sarvavyāpī maheśvaraḥ

anasūyā nirīkṣyaitaddevānāṃ darśanaṃ param /
vepamānā tataḥ sādhvī surāndṛṣṭvā muhurmuhuḥ

anasūyovāca -
kiṃ vyāpārasvarūpāstu viṣṇurudrapitāmahāḥ /
etadvai śrotumicchāmi hyaśeṣaṃ kathayantu me

brahmovāca -
prāvṛṭkālo hyahaṃ brahmā āpaścaiva prakīrtitāḥ /
megharūpo hyahaṃ prokto varṣayāmi ca bhūtale

ahaṃ sarvāṇi bījāni prāksandhyāsūdite ravau /
etadvai kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ param

viṣṇuruvāca -
hemantaśca bhavedviṣṇurviśvarūpaṃ carācaram /
pālanāya jagatsarvaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam

rudra uvāca -
grīṣmakālo hyahaṃ proktaḥ sarvabhūtakṣayaṃkaraḥ /
karṣayāmi jagatsarvaṃ rudrarūpastapasvini

evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca rudraścaiva mahāvrate /
trayo devāstrayaḥ sandhyāstrayaḥ kālāstrayo'gnayaḥ

tathā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca rudraścaikātmatāṃ gataḥ /
varaṃ dadyuśca te bhadre yastvayā manasīpsitam

anasūyovāca -
dhanyā puṇyā hyahaṃ loke ślāghyā vandyā ca sarvadā /
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca prasannavadanāḥ śubhāḥ

yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari /
asmiṃstīrthe tu sāṃnidhyādvaradāḥ santu me sadā

rudra uvāca -
evaṃ bhavatu te vākyaṃ yattvayā prārthitaṃ śubhe /
pratyakṣā vaiṣṇavī māyā eraṇḍīnāma nāmataḥ

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ /
caitramāse tu samprāpte ahorātroṣito bhavet

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame snātvā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātprabhāte bhojayeddvijān

yathoktena vidhānena piṇḍaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi /
pradakṣiṇāṃ tato dadyāddhiraṇyaṃ vastrameva ca

rajataṃ ca tathā gāvo bhūmidānamathāpi vā /
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktamiti svāyambhuvo'bravīt

ye mriyanti narā devi eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame śubhe /
yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu rudraloke vasanti te

ahorātroṣito bhūtvā japedrudrāṃśca vaidikān /
ekādaśaikasaṃjñāṃśca sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam /
putrārthī labhate putrāṃllabhetkāmān yathepsitān

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame snātvā revāyā vimale jale /
mahāpātakino vāpi te yānti paramāṃ gatim

anasūyovāca -
yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā mama bhaktipracoditāḥ /
mama putrā bhavantveva harirudrapitāmahāḥ

viṣṇuruvāca -
pūjyā yatputratāṃ yānti na kadācicchrutaṃ mayā /
śubhe dadāmi putrāṃste devatulyaparākramān /
rūpavanto guṇopetānyajvinaśca bahuśrutān

anasūyovāca -
īpsitaṃ tacca dātavyaṃ yanmayā prārthitaṃ hare /
nānyathā caiva kartavyā mama putraiṣaṇā tu yā

viṣṇuruvāca -
pūrvaṃ tu bhṛgusaṃvāde garbhavāsa upārjitaḥ /
tasyāhaṃ caiva pāraṃ tu naiva paśyāmi śobhane

smaramāṇaḥ purāvṛttaṃ cintayāmi punaḥpunaḥ /
evaṃ saṃcintya te devāḥ pitāmahamaheśvarāḥ

ayonijā bhaviṣyāmastava putrā varānane /
yonivāse mahāprājñi devā naiva vrajanti ca

sāṃnidhyātsaṅgame devi lokānāṃ tu varapradāḥ /
eraṇḍī vaiṣṇavī māyā pratyakṣā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

trayo devāḥ sthitāḥ pātha revāyā uttare taṭe /
varaprāptā tu sā devī gatā māhendraparvatam

kṣīṇāṅgī śukladehā ca rūkṣakeśī sudāruṇā /
kṛtayajñopavītā sā taponiṣṭhā śubhekṣaṇā

śilātalaniviṣṭo'sau dṛṣṭaḥ kānto mahāyaśāḥ /
hṛṣṭacitto'bhavaddevi uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha sābravīt

atriruvāca -
sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe hyanasūye mahāvrate /
acintyaṃ gālavādīnāṃ varaṃ prāptāsi durlabham

anasūyovāca -
tvatprasādena devarṣe varaṃ prāptāsmi durlabham /
tena devāḥ praśaṃsanti siddhāśca ṛṣayo'malāḥ

evamuktā tu sā devī harṣeṇa mahatā yutā /
ālokayettataḥ kāntaṃ tenāpi śubhadarśanā

īkṣaṇāccaiva saṃjātaṃ lalāṭe maṇḍalaṃ śubham /
navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ raśmibhirvṛtam

kadambagolakākāraṃ triguṇaṃ parimaṇḍalam /
tasya madhye tu deveśi puruṣo divyarūpadhṛk

hemavarṇo'mṛtamayaḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ /
ādyaḥ putro'nasūyāyāḥ svayaṃ sākṣātpitāmahaḥ

candramā iti vikhyātaḥ somarūpo nṛpātmaja /
iṣṭāpūrte ca saṃpāti kalāṣoḍaśakena tu

pratipacca dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca maheśvari /
caturthī pañcamī caiva avyayā ṣoḍaśī kalā

caturvidhasya lokasya sūkṣmo bhūtvā varānane /
āprīṇāti jagatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

sarve te hyupajīvanti hutaṃ dattaṃ śaśisthitam /
vanaspatigate some dhanavāṃśca varānane

bhuñjan paragṛhe mūḍho dadedabdakṛtaṃ śubham /
vanaspatigate some yastu chindyādvanaspatīn /
tena pāpena deveśi narā yānti yamālayam

vanaspatigate some maithunaṃ yo niṣevate /
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

vanaspatigate some manthānaṃ yo'dhivāhayet /
gāvastasya praṇaśyanti yāśca vai pūrvasaṃcitāḥ

vanaspatigate some hyadhvānaṃ yo'dhigacchati /
bhavanti pitarastasya taṃ māsaṃ reṇubhojanāḥ

amāvasyāṃ mahādevi yastu śrāddhaprado bhavet /
abdamekaṃ viśālākṣi tṛptāstatpitaro dhruvam

hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ yo dadāti dvijātiṣu /
sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ devi labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

evaṃ guṇaviśiṣṭo'sau somarūpaḥ prajāpatiḥ /
saṃjātaḥ prathamaḥ putro hyanasūyāsunandanaḥ

dvitīyastu mahādevi durvāsā nāma nāmataḥ /
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartā ca svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ

ṛṣimadhyagato devi tapastapati duṣkaram /
so'pi rudratvamāyāti samprāpte bhūtaviplave

indro'pi śaptastenaiva durvāsasā varānane /
dvitīyasya tu putrasya sambhavaḥ kathito mayā

dattātreyasvarūpeṇa bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ /
jagadvyāpī jagannāthaḥ svayaṃ sākṣājjanārdanaḥ

ete devāstrayaḥ putrā anasūyāyā maheśvari /
varadānena te devā hyavatīrṇā mahītale

putraprāptikaraṃ tīrthaṃ revāyāścottare taṭe /
anasūyākṛtaṃ pārtha sarvapāpakṣayaṃ param

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
āścaryabhūtaṃ loke'sminnarmadāyāṃ purātanam /
bhrūṇahatyā gatā tatra brāhmaṇasya narādhipa

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
itihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kathayasva mamānagha /
sarvapāpaharaṃ loke duḥkhārtasya ca kathyatām

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
suvarṇaśilake grāme gautamānvayasambhavaḥ /
kṛṣīvalo mahādevi bhāryāputrasamanvitaḥ

vasate tatra govindaḥ saṃjāto vipule kule /
putradārasamopeto gṛhakṣetrarataḥ sadā

śakaṭaṃ pūrayitvā tu kāṣṭhānāmagamadguham /
prakṣiptāni ca kāṣṭhāni hyekākī kṣudhayānvitaḥ

riṅgamāṇastadā putraḥ pituḥ śabdātsamāgataḥ /
na dṛṣṭastena vai putraḥ kāṣṭhaiḥ saṃchādito'vaśaḥ

āgatastvarito gehe pipāsārto narādhipa /
śakaṭaṃ mocya taddvāri savṛṣaṃ rajjusaṃyutam

bhāryā tasyaiva yā dṛṣṭā cittajñā vaśavartinī /
dṛṣṭvā nipātitaṃ putraṃ kāṣṭhairnirbhinnamastakam

ajalpamānākaruṇaṃ nikṣiptaṃ jñolikāṃ śiśum /
śuśrūṣaṇe ratā sādhvī priyasya ca narādhipa

tataḥ snānādikaṃ kṛtvā bhojanācchayanaṃ śubham /
putraṃ putravatāṃ śreṣṭhā hyutthāpayati śāsanaiḥ

yadā ca notthitaḥ suptaḥ putraḥ pañcatvamāgataḥ /
tadā sā dīnavadanā ruroda ca mumoha ca

tacchrutvā ruditaṃ śabdaṃ govindastrastamānasaḥ /
kimetaditi coktvā tu patito dharaṇītale

dvāvetau muktakeśau tu bhūmau nipatitau nṛpa /
vilepāte ca rājendra niḥśvāsocchvāsitena ca

kaṃ paśye prāṅgaṇe putraṃ dṛṣṭvā krīḍantamāturam /
saṃdhārayiṣye hṛdayaṃ sphuṭitaṃ tava kāraṇe

tvajjanmāntaṃ yaśo nityamakṣayāṃ kulasantatim /
dṛṣṭvā kimanṛṇībhūto yāsyāmi paramāṃ gatim

mama vṛddhasya dīnasya gatistvaṃ kila putraka /
ete manorathāḥ sarve cintitā viphalā gatāḥ

imāṃ tu vikalāṃ dīnāṃ vihīnāṃ sutabāndhavaiḥ /
rudantīṃ patitāṃ pāhi mātaraṃ dharaṇītale

punnāmno narakādyasmātpitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ /
tena putra iti proktaḥ svayameva svayambhuvā

aputrasya gṛhaṃ śūnyaṃ diśaḥ śūnyā hyabāndhavāḥ /
mūrkhasya hṛdayaṃ śūnyaṃ sarvaśūnyaṃ daridratā

mṛṣāyaṃ vadate lokaścandanaṃ kila śītalam /
putragātrapariṣvaṅgaścandanādapi śītalaḥ

śmaśrugrahaṇakrīḍantaṃ dhūlidhūsaritānanam /
puṇyahīnā na paśyanti nijotsaṅgasamāsthitam

digambaraṃ gatavrīḍaṃ jaṭilaṃ dhūlidhūsaram /
puṇyahīnā na paśyanti gaṅgādharamivātmajam

vīṇāvādyasvaro loke susvaraḥ śrūyate kila /
ruditaṃ bālakasyaiva tasmādāhlādakārakam

mṛgapakṣiṣu kākeṣu paśūnāṃ svarayoniṣu /
putraṃ teṣu samasteṣu vallabhaṃ bruvate budhāḥ

matsyāśvaprakarāścaiva kūrmagrāhādayo'pi vā /
putrotpattau ca hṛṣyanti vipattau yānti duḥkhitām

devagandharvayakṣāśca hṛṣyante putrajanmani /
pañcatve te'pi śocanti mandabhāgyo'smi putraka

ṛṣimelāpakaṃ cakre putrārthe rāghavo nṛpa /
indrasthāne sthitastasya prokṣate hyāsanaṃ yataḥ

svargavāsaṃ sutādbāhyaṃ vidyate na tu pāṇḍava /
cakre daśarathastasmātputrārthaṃ yajñamuttamam

rāmo lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau bharatastatra sambhavāt /
kārtavīryo jito yena rāmeṇāmitatejasā

sa rāmo rāmacandreṇa aṣṭavarṣeṇa nirjitaḥ /
ekākinā hato vālī plavagaḥ śatrudurjayaḥ

rāvaṇo brahmaputro yastrailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate /
hataḥ sa rāmacandreṇa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ

evaṃ putraṃ vinā saukhyaṃ martyaloke na vidyate /
vaṃśārthe maithunaṃ yasya svargārthe yasya bhāratī

mṛṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇasyārthe svarge vāsaṃ tu yānti te /
brahmahatyāśvamedhābhyāṃ na paraṃ pāpapuṇyayoḥ

putrotpattivipattibhyāṃ na paraṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ /
kiṃ bravīmīti bho vatsa na tu saukhyaṃ sutaṃ vinā

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ pralapitvā punaḥpunaḥ /
janaiścāśvāsito vipro bālaṃ gṛhya bahirgataḥ

tataḥ saṃskṛtya taṃ bālaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā /
samavetau tu duḥkhārtāvāgatau svagṛhaṃ punaḥ

evaṃ gṛhāgate vipre rātrirjātā yudhiṣṭhira /
bhūmau prasupto govindaḥ putraśokena pīḍitaḥ

yāvannirīkṣate bhāryā bhartāraṃ duḥkhapīḍitam /
kṛmirāśigataṃ sarvaṃ govindaṃ samapaśyata

duḥkhādduḥkhatare magnā dṛṣṭvā taṃ pātakānvitam /
evaṃ duḥkhanimagnāyāḥ śarvarī vigatā tadā

paśupālastu mahiṣīmuktvāraṇye'gamadgṛhāt /
araṇye mahiṣīḥ sarvā rakṣayitvā gṛhāgataḥ

vijñaptaḥ paśupālena govindo brāhmaṇottamaḥ /
yāvadbhokṣyāmyahaṃ svāminmahiṣīstvaṃ ca rakṣase

tataḥ sa tvarito vipro jagāma mahiṣīḥ prati /
na tatra mahiṣīḥ paśyetpaścātkṣetrābhisammukham

dhāvamānaśca viprastu eraṇḍīsaṅgame gataḥ /
tataḥ praviṣṭastu jale revairaṇḍyostu saṅgame

tajjalaṃ pītamātraṃ tu tvarayā cātitarṣitaḥ /
akāmātsalilaṃ pītvā prakṣālya nayane śubhe

ājagāma tataḥ paścādbhavanaṃ divasakṣaye /
bhuktvā duḥkhānvito rātrau govindaḥ śayanaṃ yayau

nidrābhibhūtaḥ śokena śrameṇaiva tu kheditaḥ /
punastaccārdharātre tu tasya bhāryā yudhiṣṭhira

kṛmibhirveṣṭitaṃ gāntraṃ kvacitpaśyatyaveṣṭitam /
punaḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā tasya bhāryā guṇānvitā /
uvāca duṣkṛtaṃ tasya sādhvasāviṣṭacetasā

bhāryovāca -
atīte pañcame cāhni tvindhanaṃ kṣipatastu te /
gṛhapaścādgato bālo hyajñānādghātitastvayā

mayā tatpātakaṃ ghoraṃ rahasyaṃ na prakāśitam /
tena pracchannapāpena dahyamānā divāniśam

na sukhaṃ tava gātrasya paśyāmi na hi cātmanaḥ /
nidrā mama śamaṃ yātā ratiścaiva tvayā saha

śrūyate mānave śāstre śloko gīto maharṣibhiḥ /
smṛtvā smṛtvā tu taṃ citte paritāpo na śāmyati

kīrtanānnaśyate dharmo vardhate'sau nigūhanāt /
iha loke pare caiva pāpasyāpyevameva ca

evaṃ saṃcityamānāhaṃ sthitā rātrau bhayāturā /
kṛmirāśigataṃ tvāṃ hi kasyāhaṃ kathayāmi kim

punastvaṃ cādya me dṛṣṭo bhrūṇahatyākṛmiśritaḥ /
kvacidbhindanti te gātraṃ kvacinnaṣṭāḥ samantataḥ

etatsaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya vimṛśāmi punaḥpunaḥ /
na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitpṛcchantyāḥ kathayasva me

taḍāgaṃ vā saridvāpi tīrthaṃ vā devatārcanam /
yaṃ gato'si prabhāvo'yaṃ tasya nānyasya me sthitam

evamuktastu vipro'sau kathayāmāsa bhārata /
bhāryāyā yaddivā vṛttaṃ śaṅkamāno nṛpottama

adyāhaṃ mahiṣīsārthaṃ eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ gataḥ /
nābhimātre jale gatvā pītavānsalilaṃ bahu

nānyattīrthaṃ vijānāmi saritaṃ sara eva vā /
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ kathitaṃ tava bhāmini

evaṃ jñātvā tu sā sarvamupavāsakṛtakṣaṇā /
sapatnīko gatastatra saṅgame varavarṇini

snātvā tatra jale ramye natvā devaṃ tu bhāskaram /
snāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ comayā saha

pañcagavyaghṛtakṣīrairdadhikṣaudraghṛtairjalaiḥ /
gandhamālyādidhūpaiśca naivedyaiśca suśobhanaiḥ

pūjya trayīmayaṃ liṅgaṃ devīṃ kātyāyanīṃ śubhām /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā patyāsi pativratā

tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvijānsampūjya yatnataḥ /
godānena hiraṇyena vastreṇānnena bhārata

govindaḥ pūjayāmāsa svaśaktyā brāhmaṇāñchubhān /
muktapāpo gṛhāyātaḥ svabhāryāsahito nṛpa

evaṃ yaḥ śṛṇute bhaktyā govindākhyānamuttamam /
paṭhate parayā bhaktyā bhrūṇahatyā praṇaśyati

krīḍate śāṃkare loke yāvadābhūtasamplavam /
yaścaivāśvayuje māsi caitre vā nṛpasattama

saptamyāṃ ca site pakṣe sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
sāttvikīṃ vāsanāṃ kṛtvā yo vasecchivamandire

dhyāyamāno virūpākṣaṃ triśūlakarasaṃsthitam /
kaṃsāsuranihantāraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

pakṣirājasamārūḍhaṃ trailokyavaradāyakam /
pitāmahaṃ tato dhyāyeddhaṃsasthaṃ caturānanam

sargapradaṃ samastasya kamalākaraśobhitam /
yo hyevaṃ vasate tatra triyame sthāna uttame

tataḥ prabhāte vimale hyaṣṭamyāṃ ca narādhipa /
brāhmaṇān pūjayedbhaktyā sarvadoṣavivarjitān

sarvāvayavasampūrṇānsarvaśāstraviśāradān /
vedābhyāsaratānnityaṃ svadāraniratānsadā

śrāddhe dāne vrate yogyān brāhmaṇān pāṇḍunandana /
pretānāṃ pūjanaṃ tatra devapūrvaṃ samārabhet

pretatvānmucyate śīghrameraṇḍyāṃ piṇḍatarpaṇaiḥ /
dānāni tatra deyāni hyannamukhyāni sarvadā

hiraṇyabhūmikanyāśca dhūrvāhau śubhalakṣaṇau /
sīreṇa sahitau pārtha dhānyaṃ droṇakasaṃkhyayā

alaṃkṛtāṃ savatsāṃ ca kṣīriṇīṃ taruṇīṃ sitām /
raktāṃ vā kṛṣṇavarṇāṃ vā pāṭalāṃ kapilāṃ tathā

kāṃsyadohanasaṃyuktāṃ rukmakhuravibhūṣaṇām /
svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ savatsāṃ ca brāhmaṇāyopapādayet

prīyatāṃ me jagannāthā harakṛṣṇapitāmahāḥ /
saṃsārarakṣaṇī devī surabhī māṃ samuddharet

putrārthaṃ yāḥ striyaḥ pārtha hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛpa /
snāpyante rudrasūktaiśca caturvedodbhavaistathā

caturbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ śastaṃ dvābhyāṃ yogyaiśca kārayet /
ekena sārdrakumbhena dāmpatyamabhiṣecayet

daivajñenaiva caikena athavā sāmagena vā /
pañcaratnasamāyuktaṃ kumbhe tatraiva kārayet

gandhatoyasamāyuktaṃ sarvauṣadhivimiśritam /
āmrapallavasaṃyuktamaśvatthamadhukaṃ tathā

guṇṭhitaṃ sitavastreṇa sitacandanacarcitam /
sitapuṣpaistu saṃchannaṃ siddhārthakṛtamadhyamam

kāṃsyapātre tu saṃsthāpya putrārthī deśikottamaḥ /
aṅgalagnaṃ tu yadvastraṃ kaṭakābharaṇaṃ tathā

tatsarvaṃ maṇḍale tyājyaṃ siddhyarthaṃ cātmanastadā /
praṇamya bhāskaraṃ paścādācāryaṃ rudrarūpiṇam

madhuraṃ ca tato'śnīyāddevyā bhuvana uttame /
phaladānaṃ ca viprāya chatraṃ tāmbūlameva ca

upānahau ca yānaṃ ca sa bhavedduḥkhavarjitaḥ /
bhāskare krīḍate loke yāvadābhūtasamplavam

dānaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ sarvaṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham /
yathā nadīnadāḥ sarve sāgare yānti saṃkṣayam

evaṃ pāpāni naśyanti hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛṇām /
samantācchastrapātena hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛpa

bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate śaṅkaro'bravīt /
prāṇatyāgaṃ ca yo bhaktyā jātavedasi kārayet

anāśakaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha jale vā tadanantaram /
pañcasāhasrikaṃ mānaṃ varṣāṇāṃ jātavedasi

jale trīṇi sahasrāṇyanāśake ṣaṣṭiṃ bhuñjate /
kākā bakāḥ kapotāśca hyulūkāḥ paśavastathā

saṃgamodakasaṃspṛṣṭāste yānti paramāṃ gatim /
vṛkṣāśca tatpadaṃ jñātvā yāṃ gatiṃ yānti yoginaḥ

eraṇḍikā mayā devī dṛṣṭo me manmatheśvaraḥ /
kiṃ samartho yamo ruṣṭo bhadro bhadrāṇi paśyati

mṛttikāṃ saṅgamodbhūtāṃ ye ca guṇṭhanti nityaśaḥ /
bhrūṇahatyādipāpāni naśyante nātra saṃśayaḥ

eraṇḍīsaṅgame martyo luṇṭhyamāno narādhipa /
sarvapāpairvinirmuktaḥ padaṃ gacchatyanāmayam

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgamaṃ martyāḥ kīrtayantyāśramasthitāḥ /
vimuktapāpā jāyante satyaṃ śaṅkarabhāṣitam

eraṇḍīpādapāgraistu dṛṣṭaiḥ pāpaṃ vyapohati

tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ ye paṭhiṣyanti mānavāḥ /
śṛṇvanti cāpare bhaktyā muktapāpā bhavanti te

etatte sarvamākhyātameraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ nṛpa /
bhūyaścānyatpravakṣyāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe eraṇḍīsaṅgamatīrthaphalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tryadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //