Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.131

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle nāgatīrthamanuttamam /
yatra siddhā mahānāgā bhaye jāte tato nṛpa

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
mahābhayānāṃ lokasya nāgānāṃ dvijasattama /
kathaṃ jātaṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ yena te tapasi sthitāḥ

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca yatsurāsuramānave /
tāta te viditaṃ sarvaṃ tena me kautukaṃ mahat

mama saṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ duryodhanasamudbhavam /
tava vaktrāmbujaughena plāvitaṃ nirvṛtiṃ gatam

śrutvā tava mukhodgītāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm /
bhūyo bhūyaḥ smṛtirjātā śravaṇe mama suvrata

na kleśatvaṃ dvije yuktaṃ na cānyo jānate phalam /
vidyādānasya mahataḥ śrāvitasya sutasya ca

evaṃ jñātvā yathānyāyaṃ yaḥ praśnaḥ pṛcchito mayā /
kathā tu kathyatāṃ vipra dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
yathā yathā tvaṃ nṛpa bhāṣase ca tathā tathā me sukhameti bhāratī /
śaithilyabhāvājjarayānvitasya tvatsauhṛdaṃ naśyati naiva tāta

kathayāmi yathāvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
kathitaṃ pūrvato vṛddhaiḥ pāramparyeṇa bhārata

dve bhārye kaśyapasyāstāṃ sarvalokeṣvanuttame /
garutmato vai vinatā sarpāṇāṃ kadrureva ca

aśvasaṃdarśanāttābhyāṃ kalirūpaṃ vyavasthitam /
prabhātakāle rājendra bhāskarākāravarcasam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vinatā rūpamaśvaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram /
atha tāṃ kadrūmavocatsā paśya paśya varānane

uccaiḥśravasaḥ sādṛśyaṃ paśya sarvatra pāṇḍuram /
dhāvamānamaviśrāntaṃ javena pavanopamam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā yāntamīrṣyābhāvena mohitā /
kṛṣṇaṃ matvā tathājalpattayā saha nṛpottama

vinate tvaṃ mṛṣā loke nṛśaṃse kulapāṃsani /
kṛṣṇaṃ cainaṃ vada śvetaṃ narakaṃ yāsyase param

vinatovāca -
satyānṛte tu vacane paṇo'yaṃ te mamaiva tu /
sahasraṃ vatsarāndāsī bhaveyaṃ tava veśmani

tatheti te pratijñāya rātrau gatvā svakaṃ gṛham /
parityajya ubhe te tu krodhamūrchitamūrchite

bandhugarvasya gatvā tu kathayāmāsa taṃ paṇam /
kadrūrvinatayā sārddhaṃ yadvṛttaṃ pramadālaye

tacchrutvā bāndhavāḥ sarve kadrūputrāstathaiva ca /
na manyante hitaṃ kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ mātrā vigarhitam

akṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇatāmamba kathaṃ gaccheddhayottamaḥ /
dāsatvaṃ prāpsyase tvaṃ hi paṇenānena suvrate

kadrūruvāca -
bhaveyaṃ na yathādāsī tatkurudhvaṃ hi satvaram /
viśadhvaṃ romakūpeṣu tasyāśvasya matirmama

kṣaṇamātraṃ kṛte kārye sā dāsī ca bhavenmama /
tataḥ svasthoragāḥ sarve bhaviṣyatha yathāsukham

sarpā ūcuḥ /
yathā tvaṃ jananī devi pannagānāṃ matā bhuvi /
tathāpi sā viśeṣeṇa vañcitavyā na karhicit

kadrūruvāca -
mama vākyamakurvāṇā ye kecidbhuvi pannagāḥ /
havyavāhamukhaṃ sarve te yāsyantyavicāritāḥ

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ ghoraṃ mātṛmukhodbhavam /
kecitpraviṣṭā romāṇi tathānye girisaṃsthitāḥ

kecitpraviṣṭā jāhnavyāmanye ca tapasi sthitāḥ

tato varṣasahasrānte tutoṣa parameśvaraḥ /
mahādevo jagaddhātā hyuvāca parayā girā

bho bhoḥ sarpā nivartadhvaṃ tapaso'sya mahatphalam /
yamicchatha dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

sarpā ūcuḥ /
kadrūśāpabhayādbhītā devadeva maheśvara /
tava pārśve vasiṣyāmo yāvadābhūtasamplavam

devadeva uvāca -
ekaścāyaṃ mahābāhurvāsukirbhujagottamaḥ /
mama pārśve vasennityaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhayarakṣakaḥ

anyeṣāṃ caiva sarpāṇāṃ bhayaṃ nāsti mamājñayā /
āplutya narmadātoye bhujagāste ca rakṣitāḥ

nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ teṣāṃ vasadhvaṃ yatra cepsitam /
kadrūśāpabhayaṃ nāsti hyeṣa me vistaraḥ paraḥ

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ /
jagāmākāśamāviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam

gate cādarśanaṃ deve vāsukipramukhā nṛpa /
sthāpayitvā tathā jagmurdevadevaṃ maheśvaram

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitpañcamyāmarcayecchivam /
tasya nāgakulānyaṣṭau na hiṃsanti kadācana

mṛtaḥ kālena mahatā tatra tīrthe nareśvara /
śivasyānucaro bhūtvā vasate kālamīpsitam

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