Skanda Purana · Verses 5.45-3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
eṣa eva purā praśnaḥ paripṛṣṭo maheśvaram /
rājñā cottānapādena ṛṣidevasamāgame

uttānapāda uvāca -
idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ param /
guhyādguhyataraṃ sthānaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ hara

śūlabhedaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kenaivotpāditaṃ purā /
māhātmyaṃ tasya tīrthasya vistarācchaṃsa me prabho

īśvara uvāca -
āsītpurā mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ /
martye na tādṛśaḥ kaścidvikrameṇa balena vā

sūnurbrahmasutasyāyamandhako nāma durmadaḥ /
nijasthāne vasan pāpaḥ kurvan rājyamakaṇṭakam

hṛṣṭapuṣṭo vasanmartye sa surairnābhibhūyate /
bhavanaṃ tasya pāpasya vahnerupavanaṃ yathā

etasminnandhakaḥ kāle cintayāmāsa bhārata /
toṣayāmi mahādevaṃ yena sānugraho bhavet

prārthayāmi varaṃ divyaṃ yo me manasi vartate /
paraṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā so'ndhako nirgato gṛhāt

revātaṭaṃ samāsādya dānavastapasi sthitaḥ /
ugraṃ tapaścacārāsau dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa nirāhāro'bhavattataḥ /
dvitīyaṃ tu sahasraṃ sa nyavasadvāribhojanaḥ

tṛtīyaṃ tu sahasraṃ sa dhūmapānarato'bhavat /
caturthaṃ varṣasāhasraṃ yogābhyāsena saṃsthitaḥ

kopīha nedṛśa cakre tapaḥ paramadāruṇam /
asthicarmāvaśeṣo'sau yāvattiṣṭhati bhārata

tasya mūrdhni tato rājan dhūmavārttirviniḥsṛtā /
devalokamatītyāsau kailāsaṃ vyāpya saṃsthitā

tāvaddevasamīpasthā umā vacanamabravīt /
ko'styayaṃ mānuṣe loke tapasogreṇa saṃsthitaḥ

caturvarṣasahasrāṇi vyatīyuḥ parameśvara /
na kenāpīdṛśaṃ taptaṃ tapo dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ tathā

avajñāṃ kuruṣe deva kimatra niyamānvite /
sarvasya datse śīghraṃ tvamalpena tapasā vibho

nākṣakrīḍāṃ kariṣye'dya tvayā saha maheśvara /
yāvannotthāpyate hyeṣa dānavo bhaktavatsala

īśvara uvāca -
sādhu sādhu mahādevi sarvalakṣaṇalakṣite /
ahaṃ taṃ na vijānāmi kliśyantaṃ dānaveśvaram

yogābhyāse sthito bhadre dhyāyaṃstatparamaṃ padam /
tatrāgaccha mayā sārddhaṃ yatra tapyatyasau tapaḥ

umayā sahito devo gatastatra maheśvaraḥ /
asthicarmāvaśeṣastu dṛṣṭo devena śambhunā

pratyuvāca prasanno'sau devadevo maheśvaraḥ /
bhobhoḥ kaṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ bhīmaṃ dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

īdṛśaṃ ca tapo ghoraṃ kasmādvatsa tvayā kṛtam /
varaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ vatsa yaste manasi vartate

andhaka uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varado yadi śaṅkara /
surān sarvān vijeṣyāmi tvatprasādānmaheśvara

īśvara uvāca -
svapne'pi tridaśāḥ sarve na yoddhavyāḥ kadācana /
asaṃbhāvyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ manaso yanna rocate

anyaṃ kimapi yācasva yaste manasi vartate /
svarge vā yadi vā martye pātāleṣu ca saṃsthitān

martyeṣu vividhān bhogān bhokṣyasi tvaṃ yathepsitān /
kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ svarge devapatiryathā

devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā so'ndhako vimanāḥ sthitaḥ /
vṛthā kleśaśca me jāto na kiṃcitsādhitaṃ mayā

niśvāsaṃ paramaṃ muktvā nipapāta dharātale /
mūlacchinno yathā vṛkṣo nirucchvāsastadābhavat

mūrcchāpannaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā devī vacanamabravīt /
yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayatyeṣa tamasmai dehi śaṅkara

bhaktānupekṣamāṇasya tavākīrtirbhaviṣyati

īśvara uvāca -
yadi dāsye varaṃ devi icchābhūtaṃ kadācana /
tato na maṃsyate viṣṇuṃ na brahmāṇaṃ na māmapi

uccatvamāpto deveśi anyānapi surāsurān

devyuvāca -
kamapyupāyamāśritya utthāpaya maheśvara /
viṣṇuvarjaṃ surānsarvāñjayasveti varaṃ vada

īśvara uvāca -
upāyaḥ śobhano devi yo me manasi vartate /
tamevāsmai pradāsyāmi yastvayā kathito varaḥ

tato'mṛtena saṃsiktaḥ svastho'bhūttatkṣaṇādayam /
tathā punarnavo jātaḥ sarvāvayavaśobhitaḥ

śṛṇuṣvaikamanā bhūtvā gṛhāṇa varamuttamam /
viṣṇuvarjaṃ pradāsyāmi yattavābhimataṃ priyam

sarvaṃ ca saphalaṃ tubhyaṃ mā dharmaste'nyathā bhavet /
dadāmīti varaṃ tubhyaṃ manyase yadi cāsura

viṣṇuvarjaṃ surān sarvāñjeṣyasi tvaṃ ca māṃ vinā

andhaka uvāca -
bhavatvevamiti prāha balamāsthāya kevalam /
viṣṇuvarjaṃ vijeṣye'haṃ svabalena maheśvara

kṛtārtho'haṃ hi saṃjāta ityuktvā praṇatiṃ gataḥ /
gaccha devomayāsārddhaṃ kailāsaśikharaṃ varam

vṛṣapuṃgavamāruhya devo'sāvumayā saha /
varaṃ dattvā sa tasyaivaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

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