Skanda Purana · Verses 5.8-3

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
naṣṭe loke punaścānye salilena samāvṛte /
mahārṇavasya madhyastho bāhubhyāmataraṃ jalam

divye varṣaśate pūrṇe śrānto'haṃ nṛpasattama /
dhyātuṃ samārabhaṃ devaṃ mahadarṇavatāraṇam

dhyāyamānastataḥ kāle apaśyaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ param /
hārakundendusaṃkāśaṃ bakaṃ gokṣīrapāṇḍuram

tato'haṃ vismayāviṣṭastaṃ bakaṃ samudīkṣya vai /
asminmahārṇave ghore kuto'yaṃ pakṣisaṃbhavaḥ

taranbāhubhiraśrāntastaṃ bakaṃ pratyabhāṣiṣi /
pākṣarūpaṃ samāsthāya kastvamekārṇavīkṛte

bhramase divyayogātmanmohayanniva māṃ prabho /
etatkathaya me sarvaṃ yo'si so'si namo'stu te

so'bravīnmāṃ mahādevo brahmāhaṃ viṣṇureva ca /
jagatsarvaṃ mayā vatsa saṃhṛtaṃ kiṃ na budhyase

tava mātā pitāhaṃ vai viśvasya ca mahāmune /
kāruṇyaṃ mama saṃjātaṃ dṛṣṭvā magnaṃ mahārṇave

pakṣirūpaṃ samāsthāya ato'trāhaṃ samāgataḥ /
kimarthamāturo bhūtvā bhramasītthaṃ mahārṇave

śīghraṃ praviśa matpakṣau yena viśramase dvija /
evamuktastatastena devenāhaṃ nareśvara

tato'haṃ tasya pakṣānte pralīnastu bhramañjale /
kāle yugasāhasrānte aśrānto'rṇavamadhyagaḥ

tataḥ śṛṇomi sahasā dikṣu sarvāsu suvrata /
kiṃcinnūpurasaṃmiśramadbhutaṃ śabdamuttamam

tadārṇavajalaṃ sarvaṃ saṃkṣiptaṃ sahasābhavat /
kimetaditi saṃcintya diśaḥ samavalokayam

daśa kanyāstato dikṣu āgatāśca mahārṇave /
vastrālaṃkārasahitā digbhyo nūpurabhūṣitāḥ

kāciccandrasamābhāsā kācidādityasaprabhā /
kācidaṃjanapuñjābhā kācidraktotpalaprabhā

nānārūpadharā saumyā nānābharaṇabhūṣitā /
arghyapādyādibhirmālyairbakamabhyarcya suvratāḥ

tatastaṃ parvatākāraṃ guhyaṃ pakṣiṇamavyayam /
praviveśa mahāghoraṃ parvato hyarṇavaṃ svarāṭ

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca /
triṃśadyojanasāhasraṃ yāvadbhūmaṇḍalaṃ tviti

tato bhūmaṇḍalaṃ divyaṃ pañcaratnasamākulam /
divyasphaṭikasopānaṃ rukmastaṃbhamanoramam

yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu vistarāddviguṇāyatam /
vāpīkūpasamākīrṇaṃ prāsādāṭṭālakāvṛtam

kalpavṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ dhvajaṣaṣṭivibhūṣitam /
tasminpuravare ramye nānāratnopaśobhitam

tathānyacca puraṃ ramyaṃ patākojjvalavedikam /
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ tāvaddviguṇamāyatam

puramadhye tatastasminnadī paramaśobhanā /
mahatī puṇyasalilā nānāratnaśilā tathā

tasyāstīre mayā dṛṣṭaṃ taḍitsūryasamaprabham /
indranīlamahānīlaiścitaṃ ratnaiḥ samantataḥ

kvacidvahnisamākāraṃ kvacidindrāyudhaprabham /
kvaciddhūmraṃ kvacitpītaṃ kvacidraktaṃ kvacitsitam

nānāvarṇaiḥ samāyuktaṃ liṅgamadbhutadarśanam /
brahmaviṣṇvindrasādhyaiśca samantātparivāritam

nandīśvaragaṇādhyakṣaiścendrādityaiśca tadvṛtam /
paśyāmi liṅgamīśānaṃ mahāliṅgaṃ tameva ca

parivārya tatastaṃ tu prasuptāndevadānavān /
nimīlitākṣānpaśyāmi divyābharaṇabhūṣitān

tatastāḥ padmapatrākṣyo nāryaḥ paramasaṃmatāḥ /
nadyāstasyā jale snātvā divyapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ

dattvārghapādyaṃ vidhivalliṃgasya saha pakṣiṇā /
arcayantīrvarārohā daśa tāḥ pramadottamāḥ

tatastvabhyarcya talliṅgaṃ tasminneva purottame /
sarvā adarśanaṃ jagmurvidyuto'bhragaṇeṣviva

na cāsau pakṣirāṭtasminna striyo na ca devatāḥ /
tadevaikaṃ sthitaṃ liṅgamarcayanvismayānvitaḥ

tato'haṃ duḥkhamūḍhātmā rudramāyeti cintayan /
tataḥ kanyāḥ samuttīrya divyāṃbaravibhūṣaṇāḥ

bhāsayantyo jagatsarvaṃ vidyuto'bhragaṇāniva /
padmairhiraṇmayairdivyairarcayitvā śubhānanāḥ

viviśustajjalaṃ kṣipraṃ samaṃtādvarabhūṣaṇāḥ /
tasminpuravare cānye tāmevāhaṃ punaḥpunaḥ

paśyāmi hyamarāṃ kanyāmarcayantīṃ maheśvaram /
tato'haṃ tāṃ varārohāmapṛcchaṃ kamalekṣaṇām

kā tvamasminpure devi vasase śivamarcatī /
tāścāgatāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kva gatāste gaṇeśvarāḥ

namo'stu te mahābhāge brūhi puṇye maheśvari /
tava prasādādvijñātumetadicchāmi suvrate /
dayāṃ kṛtvā mahādevi kathayasva mamānaghe

śryuvāca -
vismṛtāhaṃ kathaṃ vipra dṛṣṭvā kalpe purātane /
mā te'bhūtsmṛtivibhraṃśaḥ sā cāhaṃ kalpavāhinī

narmadā nāma vikhyātā rudradehādviniḥsṛtā /
yāstāḥ kanyāstvayā dṛṣṭā hyarcayantyo maheśvaram

yābhistviha samānītaḥ pakṣirājasamanvitāḥ /
diśastā viddhi sarveśāḥ sarvāstvaṃ munisattama

tiryakpakṣisvarūpeṇa mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ /
ebhiḥ śivapurādvipra ānītaḥ sa maheśvaraḥ

saiṣa devo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirvyavasthitaḥ /
arcyate brahmaviṣṇvindraiḥ surāsurajagadguruḥ

layamāyāti yasmāddhi jagatsarvaṃ carācaram /
tena liṅgamiti proktaṃ purāṇajñairmaharṣibhiḥ

tena devagaṇāḥ sarve saṃkṣiptā māyayā purā /
pralīnāścaiva lokeśa na dṛśyante hi sāṃpratam

punardṛśyā bhaviṣyanti sṛjamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā /
sāhaṃ liṅgārcanaparā narmadā nāma nāmataḥ

kālaṃ yugasahasrasya rudrasya paricārikā /
asya prasādādamarastathā tvaṃ dvijapuṃgava

satyārjavadayāyuktaḥ siddho'si tvaṃ śivārcanāt /
evamuktvā tu sā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata

tāḥ striyaḥ sa ca deveśo bakarūpo maheśvaraḥ /
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā avatīrya mahānadīm

snātvā samarcaya tvaṃ hi vidhinā mantrapūrvakam /
tato'haṃ sahasā tasmātsamuttīrya jalāśayāt

na ca paśyāmi talliṅgaṃ na ca tāṃ nimnagāṃ nṛpa /
tadaiva lokāḥ saṃjātāḥ kṣitiścaiva sakānanā

ṛkṣacandrārkavitataṃ tadeva ca nabhastalam /
yathāpūrvamadṛṣṭaṃ tu tathaiva ca punaḥ kṛtam /
nato'haṃ manasā devamapūjayaṃ maheśvaram

evaṃ bake purā kalpe mayā dṛṣṭeyamavyayā /
narmadā martyalokasya mahāpātakanāśinī

tasmāddharmaparairvipraiḥ kṣatraśūdraviśādibhiḥ /
sadā sevyā mahābhāgā dharmavṛddhyarthakāribhiḥ

ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram /
snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam

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