Varaha Purana · Chapter 25

prajāpāla uvāca /
ahaṃkārāt kathaṃ jajñe kārttikeyo dvijottama /
etanme saṃśayaṃ chindhi pṛcchato vai mahāmune

mahātapā uvāca /
sarveṣāmeva tattvānāṃ yaḥ paraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tasmādavyaktamutpannaṃ tattvādi trividhaṃ tu tat

puruṣāvyaktayormadhye mahattvaṃ samapadyata /
sa cāhaṃkāra ityukto yo mahān samudāhṛtaḥ

puruṣo viṣṇurityuktaḥ śivo vā nāmataḥ smṛtaḥ /
avyaktaṃ tu umā devī śrīrvā padmanibhekṣaṇā

tatsaṃyogādahaṃkāraḥ sa ca senāpatirguhaḥ /
tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śrṛṇu rājan mahāmate

ādyo nārāyaṇo devastasmād brahmā tato'bhavat /
ataḥ svayaṃbhuvaścānye marīcyādyārkasaṃbhavāḥ

teṣvārabhya surā daityā gandharvā mānuṣāḥ khagāḥ /
paśavaḥ sarvabhūtāni sṛṣṭireṣā prakīrtitā

sṛṣṭyāṃ vistāritāyāṃ tu devadaityā mahābalāḥ /
sāpatnyaṃ bhāvamāsthāya yuyudhurvijigīṣavaḥ

daityānāṃ balinaḥ santi nāyakā yuddhadurmadāḥ /
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ pūrvaṃ hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ /
vipracittirvicittiśca bhīmākṣaḥ krauñca eva ca

ete'tibalinaḥ śūrā devasainyaṃ mahāmṛdhe /
anārataṃ sitairbāṇairjayante'nudinaṃ mṛdhe

teṣāṃ parājayaṃ dṛṣṭvā devānāṃ tu bṛhaspatiḥ /
uvāca hīnaṃ vaḥ sainyaṃ nāyakena vinā surāḥ

ekenendreṇa divyaṃ tu sainyaṃ pātuṃ na śakyate /
ataḥ senāpatiṃ kiñcidanveṣayata māciram

evamuktāstato devā jagmurlokapitāmaham /
senāpatiṃ ca no dehi vākyamūcuḥ sasaṃbhramam

tato dadhyau caturvaktraḥ kimeṣāṃ kriyate mayā /
brahmā'tha cintayāmāsa rudraṃ prati manogatam

tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ /
brahmāṇaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā jagmuḥ kailāsaparvatam

tatra dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ śivaṃ paśupatiṃ vibhum /
tuṣṭavurvividhaistotraiḥ śakrādyāstridivaukasaḥ

devā ūcuḥ /
namāma sarve śaraṇārthino vayaṃ
maheśvaraṃ tryambakabhūtabhāvanam /
umāpate viśvapate marutpate
jagatpate śaṃkara pāhi naḥ svayam

jaṭākalāpāgraśaśāṅkadīdhiti-
prakāśitāśeṣajagattrayāmala /
triśūlapāṇe puruṣottamācyuta
prapāhi daityācca jagattrayodare

tvamādidevaḥ puruṣottamo hari-
rbhavo maheśastripurāntako vibhuḥ /
bhagākṣihā daityaripuḥ purātano
vṛṣadhvajaḥ pāhi surottamottama

girīśajānātha giripriyāpriya
prabho samastāmaralokapūjita /
gaṇeśa bhūteśa śivākṣayāvyaya
prapāhi no daityavarāntakācyuta

pṛthvyāditattveṣu bhavān pratiṣṭhito
dhvanisvarūpo gagane viśeṣataḥ /
vāyau dvidhā tejasi ca tridhā jale
catuḥ kṣitau pañcaguṇaḥ prapāhi naḥ

agnisvarūpo'si tarau tathopale
sattvasvarūpo'si tathā jaleṣvapi /
tejaḥsvarūpo bhagavān maheśvaraḥ
prapāhi no daityagaṇārditān hara

nāsīdyadā'kāṇḍamidaṃ trilocana
prabhākarendradraviṇādhipāḥ kutaḥ /
tadā bhavāneva viruddhalocana
pramāṇabādhādivivarjitaḥ sthitaḥ

kapālamālin śaśikhaṇḍaśekhara
śmaśānavāsin sitabhasmaguṇṭhita /
phaṇīndrasaṃvītatano'ntakāpaha
prapāhi no dakṣadhiyā sureśvara

bhavān pumān śaktiriyaṃ gireḥ sutā
sarvāṅgarūpā bhagavaṃstathā tvayi /
triśūlarūpeṇa jagattrayaṃ kare
sthitaṃ trinetreṣu makhāgnayastrayaḥ

jaṭāsvarūpeṇa samastasāgarāḥ
kulācalāḥ sindhuvahāśca sarvaśaḥ /
śaśī paraṃ jñānamidaṃ tava sthitaṃ
na deva paśyanti kudṛṣṭayo janāḥ

nārāyaṇastvaṃ jagatāṃ samudbhava-
stathā bhavaḥ saiva caturmukho bhavān /
sattvādibhedena tathāgnibhedato
yugādibhedena ca saṃsthitastridhā

bhavantamete suranāyakāḥ prabho
bhavārthino'nyasya vadanti toṣayan /
yatastato no bhava bhūtibhūṣaṇa
prapāhi viśveśvara rudra te namaḥ

mahātapā uvāca /
evaṃ stutastadā devo rudraḥ paśupatiḥ suraiḥ /
uvāca devānavyagraḥ kiṃ kāryaṃ brūta mā ciram

devā ūcuḥ /
senāpatiṃ no deveśa dehi daityavadhāya vai /
devānāṃ brahmamukhyānāmetadeva hitaṃ bhavet

rudra uvāca /
dadāmi senānāthaṃ vo devā bhavata vijvarāḥ /
bhaviṣyamasti paurāṇaṃ yogādīnāmacintayan

evamuktvā haro devān visṛjya svāṅgasaṃsthitām /
śaktiṃ saṃkṣobhayāmāsa putrahetoḥ paraṃtapa

tasya kṣobhayataḥ śaktiṃ jvalanārkasamaprabhaḥ /
kumāraḥ sahajāṃ śaktiṃ bibhrajjñānaikaśālinīm

utpattistasya rājendra bahurūpā vyavasthitā /
manvantareṣvanekeṣu devasenāpatiḥ kila

yo'sau śarīrago devaḥ ahaṃkāreti kīrttitaḥ /
prayojanavaśād devaḥ saiva senāpatirvibho

tasmin jāte svayaṃ brahmā sarvadaivaiḥ samanvitaḥ /
pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ śivaṃ paśupatiṃ tadā

sarvaiśca devai ṛṣibhiśca siddhaiḥ
senāpatirvaradānena tena /
āpyāyitaḥ so'pi surānuvāca
sakhāyārthaṃ kraḍane kāryameva

śrutvā vacastasy mahānubhāvo
mahādevo vākyamidaṃ jagāda /
dadāmi te krīḍanakaṃ tu kukkuṭaṃ
tathānugau śākhaviśākhasaṃjñau /
kumāra bhūtagrahanāyako bhavān
bhavasva deveśvara senayāpatiḥ

evamuktvā tato devaḥ sarve devāśca pārthiva /
tuṣṭuvurvāgbhiriṣṭābhiḥ skandaṃ senāpatiṃ tadā

devā ūcuḥ /
bhavasva devasenānīrmaheśvarasuta prabho /
ṣaṇmukha skanda viśveśa kukkuṭadhvaja pāvake

kampitāre kumāreśa skanda bālagrahānuga /
jitāre krauñcavidhvaṃsa kṛttikāsuta mātṛja

bhūtagrahapatiśreṣṭha pāvaki priyadarśana /
mahābhūtapateḥ putra trilocana namo'stu te

evaṃ stutastadā devairvavardha bhavanandanaḥ /
dvādaśādityasaṃkāśo babhūvādbhutadarśanaḥ /
trailokyamapi tattejastāpayāmāsa pārthiva

prajāpāla uvāca /
kathaṃ taṃ kṛtrikāputramuktavantaḥ suraṃ gurum /
kathaṃ ca pāvakirasau kathaṃ vā mātṛnandanaḥ

mahātapā uvāca /
ādimanvantare deva utpattiryā mayoditā /
parokṣadarśibhirdevairevameva stutaḥ prabhuḥ

kṛttikā pāvakastvanyamātaro girijā tathā /
dvijīyajanmani guhasyaite utpattihetavaḥ

evametat tavākhyātaṃ pṛcchataḥ pārthivottama /
ātmavidyā'mṛtaṃ guhyamahaṃkārasya saṃbhavaḥ

svayaṃ skando mahādevaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ /
tasya ṣaṣṭhīṃ tithiṃ prādādabhiṣeke pitāmahaḥ

etāṃ phalāśano yastu kṣayenniyatamānasaḥ /
aputro'pi labhet putrānadhano'pi dhanaṃ labhet /
yaṃ yamiccheta manasā taṃ taṃ labhati mānavaḥ

yaścaitat paṭhati stotraṃ kārtikeyasya mānavaḥ /
tasya gehe kumārāṇāṃ kṣemārogyaṃ bhaviṣyati

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ