Vamana Purana · Chapter 23

devadeva uvāca /
tasyāṃ tapatyāṃ narasattamena jātaḥ sutaḥ pārthivalakṣaṇastu /
sa jātakarmādibhireva saṃskṛto vivarddhatājyena huto yathāgniḥ

kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena /
navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt

tataścatuḥpaḍbhirapīha varṣaiḥ sarvajñatāmabhyagamata tato 'sau /
khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ puruṣottamo 'sau nāmnā kuruḥ saṃvaraṇasya putraḥ

tato narapatirdṛṣṭvā dharmikaṃ tanayaṃ śubham /
dārakriyārthamakarod yatnaṃ śubhakule tataḥ

sodāminīṃ sudāmnastu sutāṃ rūpādhikāṃ napaḥ /
kurorarthāya vatavān sa prādāt kurave 'pi tām

sa tāṃ nṛpasutāṃ labdhvā dharmārthāvavirodhayan /
reme tanvyā saha tayā paulomyā maghavāniva

tato narapatiḥ putraṃ rājyabhārakṣamaṃ balī /
viditvā yovarājyāya vidhānenābhyaṣecayat

tato rājye 'bhiṣiktastu kuruḥ pitrā nije pade /
pālayāmāsa sa mahīṃ putravacca svayaṃ prajāḥ

sa eva kṣetrapālo 'bhūt paśupālaḥ sa eva hi /
sa sarvapālakaścāsīt prajāpālo mahābalaḥ

tato 'sya buddhirupannā kīrtirloke garīyasī /
yāvatkīrtiḥ susaṃsthā hi tāvadvāsaḥ suraiḥ saha

sa tvevaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭho yāthātathyamavekṣya ca /
vicacāra mahīṃ sarvāṃ kīrtyarthaṃ tu narādhipaḥ

tato dvaitavanaṃ nāma puṇyaṃ lokeśvaro balī/ /
tadāsādya susaṃtuṣṭo viveśābhyāntaraṃ tataḥ

tatra devīṃ dadarśātha puṇyāṃ pāpavimocanīm /
plakṣajāṃ brahmaṇaḥ putrīṃ harijihvāṃ sarasvatīm

sudarśanasya jananīṃ hvandaṃ kṛtvā suvistaram /
sthitāṃ bhagavatīṃ kūle tīrthakoṭibhirāplutām

tasyāstajjalamīkṣyaiva snātvā prīto 'bhavannṛpaḥ /
samājagāma ca punaḥ brahmaṇo vedimuttarām

samantapañcakaṃ nāma dharmasthānamanuttamam /
ākamantād yojanāni pañca ca sarvataḥ

devā ūcuḥ /
kiyantyo vedayaḥ santi brahmaṇaḥ puruṣottama /
yenottaratayā vedirgāditā sarvapañcakā

devadeva uvāca/ /
vedayo lokanāthasya pañca dharmasya setavaḥ /
yāsu yaṣṭaṃ sureśena lokanāthena śaṃbhunā

prayāgo madhyamā vediḥ pūrvā vedirgayāśiraḥ /
virajā dakṣiṇā vediranantaphaladāyinī

pratīcī puṣkarā vedistribhiḥ kuṇḍairalaṅkṛtā /
samantapañcakā coktā vedirevottarāvyayā

tamamanyata rājarṣiridaṃ kṣetraṃ mahāphalam /
kariṣyāmi kṛṣiṣyāmi sarvān kāmān yathepsitān

iti saṃcintya manasā tyaktvā syantanamuttamam /
cakre kīrtyarthamatulaṃ saṃsthānaṃ pārthivarṣabhaḥ
kṛtvā sīraṃ sa sauvarṇaṃ gahya rudravṛṣaṃ prabhuḥ /
pauṇḍrakaṃ yāmyamahiṣaṃ svayaṃ karṣitumudyataḥ

taṃ karṣantaṃ naravaraṃ samabhyetya takratuḥ /
provāca rājan kimidaṃ bhavān kartumihodyataḥ

taṃ karṣantaṃ naravaraṃ samabhyetya śatakratuḥ /
provāca rājan kimidaṃ bhavān kartumihodyataḥ

rājābravīt suravaraṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamāṃ dayām /
kṛṣāmi śaucaṃ dānaṃ ca yogaṃ ca brahmacāritām

tasyovāca harirdevaḥ kasmādbījo nareśvara /
labdho 'ṣṭāṅgeti sahasā avahasya gatastataḥ

gate 'pi śakra rājarṣirahanyahani sīradhṛk /
kṛṣate 'nyān samantācca saptakrośān mahīpatiḥ

tato 'hamabruvaṃ gatvā kuro kimidamityatha /
tadāṣṭāṅgaṃ mahādharmaṃ samākhyātaṃ nṛpeṇa hi

tato mayāsya gaditaṃ nṛpa bījaṃ kva tiṣṭhati /
sa cāha mama dehasthaṃ bījaṃ tamahamabruvam /
dehyahaṃ vāpayiṣyāmi sīraṃ kṛṣatu vai bhavān

tato nṛpatinā bāhurdakṣiṇaḥ prasṛtaḥ kataḥ /
prasṛtaṃ taṃ bhujaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā cakreṇa vegataḥ

sahasradhā tataśchidya datto yuṣmākameva hi /
tataḥ savyo bhujo rājñā dattaś chinno 'pyasau mayā

tathaivoruyugaṃ prādānmayā chinnau ca tāvubhau /
tataḥ sa me śiraḥ prādāt tena prīte 'smi tasya ca /
varado 'smītyathetyukte kururvaramayācata

yāvadetanmayā kṛṣṭaṃ dharmakṣetraṃ tadastu ca /
snātānāṃ ca mṛtānāṃ ca mahāpuṇyaphalaṃ tviha

upavāsaṃ ca dānaṃ ca snānaṃ japyaṃ ca mādhava /
homayajñādikaṃ cānyacchubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vibho

tvatprasāddhṛṣīkeśa śaṅkhacakragadādhara /
akṣayaṃ pravare kṣetre bhavatvatra mahāphalam

tathā bhavān suraiḥ sārdhaṃ samaṃ devena śalinā /
vasa tvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa mannāmavyañjake 'cyuta /
ityevamuktastenāhaṃ rājñā bāḍhamuvāca tam

tathā ca tvaṃ divyavapurbhava bhūyo mahīpate /
tathāntakāle māmeva layaṭameṣyasi suvrata

kīrtiśca śāśvatī tubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
tatraiva yājakā yajñān yajiṣyanti sahasraśaḥ

tasya kṣetrasya rakṣārthaṃ dadau sa puruṣottamaḥ /
yakṣaṃ ca candranāmānaṃ vāsukiṃ cāpi pannagam

vidyādharaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ sukeśiṃ rākṣaseśvaram /
ajāvanaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ mahodevaṃ ca pāvakam

etāni sarvato 'bhyetya rakṣanti kurujāṅgalam /
amīṣāṃ balino 'nye ca bhṛtyāścaivānuyāyinaḥ

aṣṭau sahasrāṇi dharanurdharāṇāṃ ye vārayantīha suduṣkṛtān vai /
snātuṃ na yacchanti mahograrūpāstavanyasya bhūtāḥ sacarācarāṇām

tasyaiva madhye bahupuṇya uktaḥ pṛthūdakaḥ pāpaharaḥ śivaśca /
puṇyā nadī prāṅmukhatāṃ prayātā yatraughayuktasya śubhā jatāḍhyā

pūrvaṃ prajeyaṃ prapitāmahena sṛṣṭā samaṃ bhūtagaṇaiḥ samastaiḥ /
mahī jalaṃ vahnisamīrameva khaṃ tvevamādau vibabhau pṛthūdakaḥ

tathā ca sarvāṇā mahārṇavāni tīrthāni nadyaḥ stravaṇāḥ sarāṃsi /
saṃnirmitānīha mahābhujena taccaikyamāgāt salilaṃ mahīṣu