Skanda Purana · Verses 5.19-3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tatastvekārṇave tasminmumūrṣurahamāturaḥ /
kākūcchvāsastaraṃstoyaṃ bāhubhyāṃ nṛpasattama

śṛṇomyarṇavamadhyastho niḥśabdastimite tadā /
ambhoravamanaupamyaṃ diśo daśa vinādinam

haṃsakudendusaṃkāśāṃ hāragokṣīrapāṇḍurām /
nānāratnavicitrāṅgīṃ svarṇaśṛṅgāṃ manoramām

suraiḥ pravālakamayairlāṅguladhvajaśobhitām /
pralambaghoṇāṃ nardantīṃ khurairarṇavagāhinīm

gāṃ dadarśāhamudvigno māmevābhimukhīṃ sthitām /
kiṃkiṇījālamuktābhiḥ svarṇaghaṇṭāsamāvṛtām

tasyāścaraṇavikṣepaiḥ sarvamekārṇavaṃ jalam /
vikṣiptaphenapuñjaughairnṛtyantīva samaṃ tataḥ

rarāsa salilotkṣepaiḥ kṣobhayantī mahārṇavam /
sā māmāha mahābhāga ślakṣṇagambhīrayā girā

mā bhaiṣīrvatsa vatseti mṛtyustava na vidyate /
mahādevaprasādena na mṛtyuste mamāpi ca

mamāśrayasva lāṅgūlaṃ tvāmatastārayāmyaham /
ghorādasmādbhayādvipra yāvatsaṃplavate jagat

kṣuttṛṣāpratighātārthaṃ stanau me tvaṃ pibasva ha /
payo'mṛtāśrayaṃ divyaṃ tatpītvā nirvṛto bhava

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣātpīto mayā stanaḥ /
na kṣuttṛṣā pītamātre stane mahyaṃ tadābhavat

divyaṃ prāṇabalaṃ jajñe samudraplavanakṣamam /
tatastāṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kā tvamekārṇavīkṛte

bhramase brūhi tattvena vismayo me mahānhṛdi /
bhramato'tra mamārtasya mumūrṣoḥ prahatasya

tvaṃ hi me śaraṇaṃ jātā bhāgyaśeṣeṇa suvrate

gauruvāca -
kimahaṃ vismṛtā tubhyaṃ viśvarūpā maheśvarī /
narmadā dharmadā nḥṇāṃ svargaśarmabalapradā

dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ sīdamānaṃ tu rudreṇāhaṃ visarjitā /
taṃ dvijaṃ tārayasvārye mā prāṇāṃstyajatāṃ jale

gorūpeṇa vibhorvākyāttvatsakāśamihāgatā /
mā mṛṣāvacanaḥ śambhurbhavediti ca satvarā

evamuktastayāhaṃ tu indrāyudhanibhaṃ śubham /
lāṅgūlamavyayaṃ jñātvā bhujābhyāmavalambitaḥ

tato'taraṃ taṃ jaladhiṃ lāṅgūladhvajamāśritaḥ /
asau devo mahādeva iti māṃ pratyabhāṣata

tato yugasahasrāntamahaṃ kālaṃ tayā saha /
vyacaraṃ vai tamobhūte sarvataḥ salilāvṛte

mahārṇave tatastasmin bhramangoḥ pucchamāśritaḥ /
nirvāte cāndhakāre ca nirāloke nirāmaye

akasmātsalile tasminnatasīpuṣpasannibham /
vibhinnāṃjanasaṅkāśamākāśamiva nirmalam

nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ pītavāsasamavyayam /
kirīṭenārkavarṇena vidyudvidyotakāriṇā

bhrājamānena śirasā khamivātyantarūpiṇam /
kuṇḍaloddhaṣṭagallaṃ tu hāroddyotitavakṣasam

jāmbūnadamayairdivyairbhūṣaṇairupaśobhitam /
nāgopadhānaśayanaṃ sahasrādityavarcasam

anekabāhūrudharaṃ naikavaktraṃ manoramam /
suptamekārṇave vīraṃ sahasrākṣaśirodharam

jaṭājūṭena mahatā sphuradvidyutsamārciṣā /
ekārṇavaṃ jagatsarvaṃ vyāpya devaṃ vyavasthitam

grasitvā śaṅkaraḥ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānavam /
prapaśyāmyahamīśānaṃ suptamekārṇave prabhum

sarvavyāpinamavyaktamanantaṃ viśvatomukham /
tasya pādatalābhyāśe svarṇakeyūramaṇḍitām

viśvarūpāṃ mahābhāgāṃ viśvamāyāvadhāriṇīm /
śrīmayīṃ hrīmayīṃ devīṃ dhīmayīṃ vāṅmayīṃ śivām

siddhiṃ kīrtiṃ ratiṃ brāhmīṃ kālarātrimayonijām /
tāmevāhaṃ tadātyantamīśvarāntikamāsthitām

adrākṣaṃ candravadanāṃ dhṛtiṃ sarveśvarīmumām

śāntaṃ prasuptaṃ navahemavarṇamumāsahāyaṃ bhagavantamīśam /
tamovṛtaṃ puṇyatamaṃ variṣṭhaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya namaskaromi

tataḥ prasuptaḥ sahasā vibuddho rātrikṣaye devavaraḥ svabhāvāt /
vikṣobhayan bāhubhirarṇavāmbho jagatpraṇaṣṭaṃ salile vimṛśya

kiṃ kāryamityeva vicintayitvā vārāharūpo'bhavadadbhutāṅgaḥ /
mahāghanāmbhodharatulyavarcāḥ pralambamālāmbaraniṣkamālī

saśaṅkhacakrāsidharaḥ kirīṭī savedavedāṅgamayo mahātmā /
trailokyanirmāṇakaraḥ purāṇo devatrayīrūpadharaśca kārye

sa eva rudraḥ sa jagajjahāra sṛṣṭyarthamīśaḥ prapitāmaho'bhūt /
saṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ jagataḥ sa eva hariḥ sucakrāsigadābjapāṇiḥ

teṣāṃ vibhāgo na hi kartumarho mahātmanāmekaśarīrabhājām /
mīmāṃsāhetvarthaviśeṣatarkairyasteṣu kuryātpravibhedamajñaḥ

sa yāti ghoraṃ narakaṃ krameṇa vibhāgakṛddveṣamatirdurātmā /
yā yasya bhaktiḥ sa tayaiva nūnaṃ dehaṃ tyajan svaṃ hyamṛtatvameti

saṃmohayanmūrtibhiratra lokaṃ sraṣṭā ca goptā kṣayakṛtsa devaḥ /
tasmānna mohātmakamāviśeta dveṣaṃ na kuryātpravibhinnamūrtiḥ

vārāhamīśānavaro'pyato'sau rūpaṃ samāsthāya jagadvidhātā /
naṣṭe triloke'rṇavatoyamagne vimārgitoyaughamaye'ntarātmā

bhittvārṇavaṃ toyamathāntarasthaṃ viveśa pātālatalaṃ kṣaṇena /
jale nimagnāṃ dharaṇīṃ samastāṃ samaspṛśatpaṅkajapatranetrām

viśīrṇaśailopalaśṛṅgakūṭāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ tāṃ pralaye pralīnām /
daṃṣṭraikayā viṣṇuratulyasāhasaḥ samuddadhāra svayameva devaḥ

sā tasya daṃṣṭrāgravilambitāṅgī kailāsaśṛṅgāgragateva jyotsnā /
vibhrājate sāpyasamānamūrtiḥ śaśāṅkaśṛṅge ca taḍidvilagnā

tāmujjahārārṇavatoyamagnāṃ karī nimagnāmiva hastinīṃ haṭhāt /
nāvaṃ viśīrṇāmiva toyamadhyādudīrṇasattvo'nupamaprabhāvaḥ

sa tāṃ samuttārya mahājalaughātsamudramāryo vyabhajatsamastam /
mahārṇaveṣveva mahārṇavāmbho nikṣepayāmāsa punarnadīṣu

śīrṇāṃśca śailānsa cakāra bhūyo dvīpānsamastāṃśca tathārṇavāṃśca /
śailopalairye vicitāḥ samantācchiloccayāṃstānsa cakāra kalpe

anekarūpaṃ pravibhajya dehaṃ cakāra devendragaṇānsamastān /
mukhācca vahnirmanasaśca candraścakṣośca sūryaḥ sahasā babhūva

jajñe'tha tasyeśvarayogamūrteḥ pradhyāyamānasya surendrasaṅghaḥ /
vedāśca yajñāśca tathaiva varṇāstathā hi sarvauṣadhayo rasāśca

jagatsamastaṃ manasā babhūva yatsthāvaraṃ kiṃcidihāṇḍajaṃ vā /
jarāyujaṃ svedajamudbhijjaṃ vā yatkiṃcidā kīṭapipīlakādyam

tato vijajñe manasā kṣaṇena anekarūpāḥ sahasā maheśā /
cakāra yanmūrtibhiravyayātmā aṣṭābhirāviśya punaḥ sa tatra

līlāṃ cakārātha samṛddhatejā ato'tra me paśyata eva viprāḥ /
teṣāṃ mayā darśanameva sarvaṃ yāvanmuhūrtātsamakāri bhūpa

kṛtvā tvaśeṣaṃ kila līlayaiva sa devadevo jagatāṃ vidhātā /
sarvatradṛksarvaga eva devo jagāma cādarśanamādikartā

yattanmuhūrtādiha nāmarūpaṃ tāvatprapaśyāmi jagattathaiva /
dvīpaiḥ samudrairabhisaṃvṛtaṃ hi nakṣatratārādivimānakīrṇam

viyatpayodagrahacakracitraṃ nānāvidhaiḥ prāṇigaṇairvṛtaṃ ca /
tāṃ vai na paśyāmi mahānubhāvāṃ gorūpiṇīṃ sarvasureśvarīṃ ca

kva sāṃprataṃ seti vicintya rājanvibhrāntacittastvabhavaṃ tadaiva /
diśo vibhāgānavalokayānṛte punastāṃ kathamīśvarāṅgīm

paśyāmi tāmatra punaśca śubhrāṃ mahābhranīlāṃ śuciśubhratoyām /
vṛkṣairanekairupaśobhitāṅgīṃ gajaisturaṅgairvihagairvṛtāṃ ca

yathā purātīramupetya devyāḥ samāsthitaścāpyamarakaṇṭake tu /
tathaiva paśyāmi sukhopaviṣṭa ātmānamavyagramavāptasaukhyam

tathaiva puṇyā malatoyavāhāṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ kalpaparikṣaye'pi /
ambāmivāryāmanukampamānāmakṣīṇatoyāṃ virujāṃ viśokaḥ

evaṃ mahatpuṇyatamaṃ ca kalpaṃ paṭhanti śṛṇvanti ca ye dvijendrāḥ /
mahāvarāhasya maheśvarasya dine dine te vimalā bhavanti

aśubhaśatasahasraṃ te vidhūya prapannāstridivamamarajuṣṭaṃ siddhagandharvayuktam /
vimalaśaśinibhābhiḥ sarva evāpsarobhiḥ saha vividhavilāsaiḥ svargasaukhyaṃ labhante

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