Vayu Purana · Verses 14-2

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na caivamāgato jñānādrāgāt karmma samācaret/
rājasaṃ tāmasaṃ vāpi bhuktvā tatraiva yujyate

tathā sukṛtakarmmā tu phalaṃ svarge samaśrute/
tasmāt sthānāt punarbhraṣṭo mānuṣyamanupadyate

tasmādbrahma paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ brahma śāśvatamucyate/
brahma eva hi seveta brahmaiva paramaṃ sukham

pariśramastu yajñānāṃ mahatārthena varttate/
bhūyo mṛtyuvaśaṃ yāti tasmānmokṣaḥ paraṃ sukham

atha vai dhyānasaṃyukto brahmayajñaparāyaṇaḥ /
na sa syād vyāpituṃ śakyo manvantaraśatairapi

dṛṣṭvā tu puruṣaṃ divyaṃ viśvākhyaṃ viśvarūpiṇam/
viśvapāda śirogrīvaṃ viśveśaṃ viśvabhāvanam/
viśvagandhaṃ viśvamālyaṃ viśvāmbaradharaṃ prabhum

gobhirmahī saṃyatate patatriṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ paramamatiṃ vareṇyam/
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāraṃ sūkṣmācca sūkṣmaṃ mahato mahāntam/
yogena paśyanti na cakṣuṣā taṃ nirindriyaṃ puruṣaṃ rukmavarṇam

aliṅginaṃ puruṣaṃ rukmavarṇaṃ saliṅginaṃ nirguṇaṃ cetanaṃ ca/
nityaṃ sadā sarvagatantu śaucaṃ paśyanti yuktyā hyacalaṃ prakāśam

tadbhāvitastejasā dīpyamānaḥ apāṇipādodarapārśvajihvaḥ/
atīndriyo'dyāpi susūkṣma ekaḥ paśyatyacakṣuḥ sa śrṛṇotyakarṇaḥ

nāsyāstyabuddhaṃ na ca buddhirasti sa veda sarvaṃ na ca vedavedyaḥ/
tamāhuragryaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntaṃ sacetanaṃ sarvvagataṃ susūkṣmam

tāmāhurmunayaḥ sarvve loke prasavadharmiṇīm/
prakṛtiṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ yuktāḥ paśyanti cetasā

sarvvataḥ pāṇipādāntaṃ sarvvato'kṣiśiromukham/
sarvvataḥ śruti (ma) mām̐lloke sarvvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati

yuktā yogena ceśānaṃ sarvvataśca sanātanam/
puruṣaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ tasmāddhyātā na muhyate

bhūtātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ paramātmānamavyayam/
sarvvātmānaṃ paraṃ brahma tadvai dhyātvā na muhyati

pavano hi yathā grāhyo vicaran sarvvamūrtiṣu/
puri śete tathābhre ca tasmāt puruṣa ucyate/
atha celluptadharmmāttu saviśeṣaiśca karmmābhiḥ

tatastu brahma yonyāṃ vai śukraśoṇitasaṃyutam/
strīpumāṃsaprayogeṇa jāyate hi punaḥ punaḥ

tatastu garbhakāle tu kalanaṃ nāma jāyate/
kālena kalanañcāpi budbudaśca prajāyate

mṛtpiṇḍastu yathā cakre cakravātena pīḍitaḥ/
hastābhyāṃ kriyamāṇastu viśvatvamupagacchati

evamātmāsthisaṃyukto vāyunā samudīritaḥ/
jāyate mānuṣastatra yathā rūpaṃ tathā manaḥ

vāyuḥ sambhavate teṣāṃ vātāt sañjāyate jalam/
jalātsaṃbhavati prāṇaḥ prāṇācchukraṃ vivarddhate

raktabhāgāstrayastriṃśacchukra bhāgāścaturddaśa/
bhāgato'rddhapalaṃ kṛtvā tato garbhe niṣevate

tatastu garbhasaṃyuktaḥ pañcabhirvāyubhirvṛtaḥ/
pituḥ śarīrāt pratyaṅgarūpamasyopajāyate

tato'sya māturāhārāt pītalīḍhapraveśitam/
nābhi srotaḥpraveśena prāṇādhāro hi dehinām

navamāsān parikliṣṭaḥ saṃveṣṭitaśirodharaḥ /
veṣṭitaḥ sarvvagātraiśca aparyyāyakramāgataḥ/
navamāsoṣitaścaiva yonicchidrādavāṅ‌mukhaḥ

tatastu karmmabhiḥ pāpairnirayaṃ pratipadyate/
asipatravanañcaiva śālmalīcchedabhedayoḥ

tatra nirbhartsanañcaiva tathā śoṇitabhojanam /
etāstu yātan ghorāḥ kumbhīpākasuduḥsahāḥ

yathā hyāpastu vicchinnāḥ svarūpamupayānti vai /
tasmācchinnāśca bhinnāśca yātanāsthānamāgataḥ

evaṃ jīvastu taiḥ pāpaistapyamānaḥ svayaṃ kṛtaiḥ /
prāpnuyāt karmmabhirduḥkhaṃ śeṣaṃ vā yādi cetaram

ekenaiva tu gantavyaṃ sarvvamṛtyuniveśanam/
ekanaiva ca bhoktavyaṃ tasmāt sukṛtamācaret

na hyenaṃ prasthitaṃ kaścidgacchantamanugacchati/
yadanena kṛtaṃ karmma tadenamanugacchati

te nityaṃ yamaviṣaye vibhinnadehāḥ krośantaḥ satatamaniṣṭasaṃprayogaiḥ/
śuṣyante parigatavedanāśarīrāḥ bahvībhiḥ subhṛśamadharmmayātanābhiḥ

karmaṇāḥ manasā vācā yadabhīṣṭaṃ niṣevyate/
tat prasadya haret pāpaṃ tasmāt‌ sukṛtamācaret

yādṛg jātāni pāpāni pūrvvaṃ karmmāṇi dehinaḥ/
saṃsāraṃ tāmasaṃ tādṛk ṣah‌vidhaṃ pratipadyate

mānuṣyaṃ paśubhāvañca paśubhāvānmṛgo bhavet/
mṛgatvāt pakṣibhāvantu tasmāccaiva sarīsṛpaḥ

sarīsṛpatvādgacchoddhi/
sthāvaratvanna saṃśayaḥ/
sthāvaratvaṃ punaḥ prāpto
yāvadunmiṣate naraḥ/
kulālacakavadbhāntastatraivaparikīrtitaḥ

ityevaṃ hi manuṣyādiḥ saṃsāre sthāvarāntake/
vijñeyastāmaso nāma tatraiva parivarttate

sāttvikaścāpi saṃsāro brahmādiḥ parikīrttitaḥ/
piśācāntaḥ savijñeyaḥ svargasthāneṣu dehinām

brāhme tu kevalaṃ sattvaṃ sthāvare kevalaṃ tamaḥ/
caturddaśānāṃ sthānānāṃ madhye viṣṭambhakaṃ rajaḥ/
marmasu cchidyamāneṣu vedanārttasya dehinaḥ

tatastu paramaṃ brahma kathaṃ vipraḥ smariṣyati /
saṃskārāt pūrvadharmasya bhāvanāyāṃ praṇoditaḥ/
mānuṣyaṃ bhajate nityaṃ tasmānnityaṃ samādadhet

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pāśupatayogo nāma caturddaśo'dhyāyaḥ