Vayu Purana · Verses 2-2

śuka uvāca//
pratyabruvan punaḥ sūtamṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ/
kutra satraṃ samabhavat teṣāmadbhutakarmaṇām

kiyantaṃ caiva tatkālaṃ kathaṃ ca samavarttata/
ācacakṣa purāṇaṃ ca kathaṃ tebhyaḥ prabhañcanaḥ

ācakṣva vistareṇedaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ/
iti sannoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ

śrṛṇudhvaṃ yatra te dhīrā ījire satramuttamam/
yāvantaṃ cābhavat kālaṃ yathā ca samavartata

sisṛkṣamāṇā viśvaṃ hi yatra viśvasṛjaḥ purā/
satraṃ hi ījire puṇyaṃ sahasraṃ parivatsarān

tapo gṛhapatiryatra brahmā brahmā'bhavat svayam/
ilāyā yatra patnītvaṃ śāmitraṃ yatra buddhimān/
mṛtyuścakre mahātejāstasmin satre mahātmanām

vibudhā ījire tatra sahasraṃ prativatsarān/
bhramato dharmacakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata/
karmaṇā tena vikhyāta naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam

yatra sā gomatī puṇyā siddhacāraṇa sevitā/
rohiṇī suṣuve tatra tataḥ saumyo'bhavat sutaḥ

śaktirjyeṣṭhaḥ samabhavadvasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ/
arundhatyāḥ sutā yatra śatamuttamatejasaḥ

kalmāṣapādo nṛpatiryatra śaptaśca śaktinā/
yatra vairaṃ samabhavadviśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ

adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavanmuniryatra parāśaraḥ/
parābhavo vasiṣṭhasya yasmin jāte'pyavarttata

tatra te ījire satraṃ naimiṣe brahmavādinaḥ/
naimiṣe ījire yatra naimiṣeyāstataḥ smṛtāḥ

tatsatramabhavatteṣāṃ samā dvādaśa dhīmatām/
purūravasi vikrānte praśāsati vasundharām

aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnan purūravāḥ/
tutoṣa naiva ratnānāṃ lobhāditi hi naḥ śrutam

urvaśī cakame yaṃ ca devahūtipraṇoditā/
ājahāra ca tatsatraṃ svarveśyāsahasaṅgataḥ

tasminnarapatau satraṃ naimiṣeyāḥ pracakrire/
yaṃ garbhe suṣuve gaṅgā pāvakāddīptatejasam/
tadulbaṃ parvate nyastaṃ hiraṇyaṃ pratyapadyata

hiraṇmayaṃ tataścakre yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanām/
viśvakarmā svayaṃ devo bhāvayan lokabhāvanam

bṛhaspatistatastatra teṣāmamitatejasām/
ailaḥ purūravā bheje taṃ deśaṃ mṛgayāṃ caran

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścāryaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam/
lobhena hatavijñānastadādātuṃ pracakrame

naimiṣeyāstatastasya cukrudhurnṛpaterbhṛśam/
nijaghnuścāpi saṃkruddhāḥ kuśavajrairmanīṣiṇaḥ/
tato niśānte rājānaṃ munayo daivanoditāḥ

kuśavajrairviniṣpiṣṭaḥ sa rājā vyajahāttanum /
aurvaśeyaṃ tatastasya putrañcakrurnṛpaṃ bhuvi

nahuṣasya mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ yaṃ pracakṣate/
sa teṣu varttate samyag dharmaśīlo mahīpatiḥ/
āyurārogyamatyugraṃ tasmin sa narasattamaḥ

sāntvayitvā ca rājānaṃ tato brahmavidāṃ varāḥ/
satramārebhire karttuṃ yathāvaddharmabhūtaye

babhūva satraṃ tatteṣāṃ bahvāścaryaṃ mahātmanām/
viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā viśvasṛjāmiva

vaikhānasaiḥ priyasakhairvālakhilyairmarīcikaiḥ/
anyaiśca munibhirjuṣṭaṃ sūryavaiśvānaraprabhaiḥ

pitṛdevāpsaraḥsiddhairgandharvoragacāraṇaiḥ/
sambhāraistu śubhairjuṣṭaṃ tairevendrasado yathā

stotrasatragrahairdevān pitṛn pitryaiśca karmabhiḥ/
ānarcuśca yathājāti gandharvādīn yathāvidhi

ārādhayitumicchantastataḥ karmāntareṣvatha/
jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ

vyājahurmunayo vācaṃ citrākṣarapadāṃ śubhām/
mantrāditattvavidvāṃso jagaduśca parasparam

vitaṇḍāvacanāścaike nijaghnuḥ prativādinaḥ/
ṛṣayastatra vidvāṃsaḥ sāṅkhyārthanyāyakovidāḥ

na tatra duritaṃ kiṃcidvidadhurbrahmarākṣasāḥ/
na ca yajñahano daityā na ca yajñamuṣo'surāḥ

prāyaścittaṃ duriṣṭaṃ vā na tatra samajāyata/
śaktiprajñā kriyāyogairvidhirāsīt svanuṣṭhitaḥ

evaṃ vitenire satraṃ dvādaśābdaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ/
bhṛgvādyā ṛṣayo dhīrā jyotiṣṭomān pṛthak pṛthak/
cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanān sarvānayutadakṣiṇān

samāptayajñāste sarve vāyumeva mahādhipam/
papracchuramitātmānaṃ bhavadbhiryadahaṃ dvijāḥ/
praṇoditaśca vaṃśārthaṃ sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ

śiṣyaḥ svayambhuvo devaḥ sarvapratyakṣadṛgvaśī/
aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryairyaḥ samanvitaḥ

tiryagyonyādibhirdharmaiḥ sarvalokānbibhartti yaḥ/
saptaskandhādikaṃ śaśvat plavate yojanādvaraḥ

viṣaye niyatā yasya saṃsthitāḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ/
vyūhāṃstrayāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ kurvan yaśca mahābalaḥ/
tejasaścāttyupadhyānandadhātīmaṃ śarīriṇam

prāṇādyā vṛttayaḥ pañca karaṇānāṃ ca vṛttibhiḥ/
preryamāṇāḥ śarīrāṇāṃ kurvate yāstu dhāraṇam

ākāśayonirhi guṇaḥ śabdasparśasamanvitaḥ/
taijasaprakṛtiścokto'pyayaṃ bhāvo manīṣibhiḥ

tatrābhi mānī bhagavān vāyuścātikriyātmakaḥ/
vātāraṇiḥ samākhyātaḥ śabdaśāstraviśāradaḥ

bhāratyā ślakṣṇayā sarvān munīn prahlādayanniva/
purāṇajñaḥ sumanasaḥ purāṇāśrayayuktayā

iti śrīvāyumahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte dvādaśavārṣikasatranirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

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