Vāmanapurāṇa, Saromāhātmya · Chapter 3

iti kṣīvāmanapurāṇe saromāhātmye dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
devānāṃ brūhi naḥ karma yadvṛttāste parājitāḥ /
kathaṃ devātidevo 'sau viṣṇurvāmanatāṃ gataḥ

lomaharṣaṇa uvāca//
balisaṃsthaṃ ca trailokyaṃ dṛṣṭvā devaḥ purandaraḥ/
meruprasthaṃ yayau śakraḥ svamāturnilayaṃ śubham

samīpaṃ prāpya mātuśca kathayāmāsa tāṃ giram /
ādityāśca yathā yuddhe dānavena parājitāḥ

aditiruvāca//
yadyevaṃ putra yuṣmābhirna śakyo hantumāhave /
balirvirocanasutaḥ sarvaiścaiva marudgaṇaiḥ

sahasraśirasā śakyaḥ kevalaṃ hantumāhave /
tenaikena sahasrākṣa na sa hyanyena śakyate

tadvat pṛcchāmi pitaraṃ kaśyapaṃ brahmavādinam/
parājayārthaṃ daityasya balestasya mahātmanaḥ

tato 'dityā saha surāḥ paṃprāptāḥ kaśyapāntikam /
tatrāpaśyanta mārīcaṃ muniṃ dīptataponidhim

ādyaṃ devaguruṃ divyaṃ pradīptaṃ brahmavarcasā /
tejasā bhāskarākāraṃ sthitamagniśikhopamam

nyastadaṇḍaṃ tapoyuktaṃ baddhakṛṣṇājināmbaram /
valkalājinasaṃvītaṃ pradīptamiva tejasā

hutāśamiva dīpyantamājyagandhapuraskṛtam /
svādhyāyavantaṃ pitaraṃ vapuṣmantamivānalam

brahmavādisatyavādisurāsuraguruṃ prabhum /
brāhmaṇyāpratimaṃ lakṣmyā kaśyapaṃ dīptatejasam

yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvalokānāṃ prajānāṃ patiruttamaḥ /
ātmabhāvaviśeṣeṇa tṛtīyo yaḥ prajāpatiḥ

atha praṇamya te vīrāḥ sahādityā surarṣabhāḥ /
ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve brahmāṇamiva mānasāḥ

ajeyo yudhi śakreṇa balirdaityo balādhikaḥ /
tasmād vidhatta naḥ śreyo devānāṃ puṣṭivardhanam

śrutvā tu vacanaṃ teṣāṃ putrāṇāṃ kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ /
akarod gamane buddhi brahmalokāya lokakṛt

kaśyapa uvāca
śakra gacchāma sadanaṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramādbhutam /
tathā parājayaṃ sarve brahmaṇaḥ khyātumudyatāḥ

sahādityā tato devāyātāḥ kāśyapamāśramam /
prasthitā brahmasadanaṃ maharṣigaṇasevitam

te muhūrtena saṃprāptā brahmalokaṃ suvarcasaḥ /
divyaiḥ kāmagamairyānairyathārhaiste mahābalāḥ

brahmāṇaṃ draṣṭumicchantastaporāśinamavyāyam /
adhyagacchanta vistīrṇā brahmaṇaḥ paramāṃ sabhām

ṣaṭpadodgītamadhurāṃ sāmagaiḥ samudīritām /
śreyaskarīmamitraghnīṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃjahṛṣustadā

ṛco bahvacamukhyaiśca proktāḥ kramapadākṣarāḥ /
śuśruvurvibudhavyāghrā vitateṣu ca karmasu

yajñavidyāvedavidaḥ padakramavidastathā /
svareṇa paramarṣiṇāṃ sā babhūva praṇāditā

yajñasaṃstavavidbhiśca śikṣāvidbhistathā dvijaiḥ /
chandasāṃ caiva cārthajñaiḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaiḥ

lokāyatikamukhyaiśca śuśruvuḥ svaramīritam /
tatra tatra ca viprendrā niyatāḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

japahomaparā mukhyā dadṛśuḥ kaśyapātmajāḥ /
tasyāṃ sabhāyāmāste sa brahma lokapitāmahaḥ

surāsuraguruḥ śrīmān vidyayā vedamāyayā /
upāsanta ca tatraiva prajānāṃ patayaḥ prabhum

dakṣaḥ pracetāḥ pulaho marīciśca dvijottamāḥ /
bhṛguratrirvasiṣṭhaśca gautamo nāradastathā

vidyāstathāntarikṣaṃ ca vāyustejo jalaṃ maho /
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhastathaiva ca

prakṛtiśca vikāraśca yaccānyat kāraṇaṃ mahat /
sāṅgopāṅgāśca catvāro vedā lokapatistathā

nayāśca kratavaścaiva saṅkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca /
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ svayaṃbhuvamupāsate

artho dharmaśya kāmaśca krodho harṣaśca nityaśaḥ /
sakro bṛhaspatiścaiva saṃvarta'tha budhastathā

śanāścaraśca rāhuśca grahāḥ sarve vyavasthitāḥ /
maruto viśvakarmā ca vasavaśca dvijottamāḥ

divākaraśca somaśca divā rātristathaiva ca /
arddhamāsāśca māsāśca ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca saṃsthitāḥ

tāṃ praviśya sabhāṃ divyāṃ brahmaṇaḥ sarvakāmikām /
kaśyapastridaśaiḥ sārddha putrairdharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

sarvatejomayīṃ divyāṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitām /
brāhmyā śriyā sevyamānām acintyāṃ vigataklamām

brahmaṇaṃ prakṣya te sarve paramāsanamāsthitam /
śirobhiḥ praṇatā devaṃ devā brahmarṣibhiḥ saha

tataḥ praṇamya caraṇau niyatāḥ paramātmanaḥ /
vimuktāḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śāntā vigatakalmaṣāḥ

dṛṣṭvā tu tān surān sarvān kaśyapena sahāgatān /
āha brahma mahātejā devānāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ