Vayu Purana · Verses 25-2

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saṃpibanniva tau dṛṣṭvā madhupiṅgāyatekṣaṇaḥ /
prahṛṣṭavadano'tyarthamabhavacca svakīrttanāt

umāpatirvirūpākṣo dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ/
pinākī khaṇḍaparaśurbhūtaprāntastrilocanaḥ

tataḥ sa bhagavān devaḥ śrutvā vākyāmṛtaṃ tayoḥ/
jānannapi mahābhāgaḥ prītapūrvamathābravīt

kau bhavantau mahātmānau parasparahitaiṣiṇau/
sametāvambujābhākṣau tasmin ghore jalaplave

tāvūcatūrmahātmānau sannirīkṣya parasparam/
bhagavan kiñca tathyena vijñātena tvayā vibho/
kutra vā sukhamānantyamicchācāramṛte tvayā

uvāca bhagavān devo madhuraślakṣṇayā girā/
bho bho hiraṇyagarbha tvāṃ tvāṃ ca kṛṣṇa vadāmyaham

prīto'hamanayā bhaktyā śāśvatākṣarayuktayā/
bhavantau mānanīyau vai mama hyarhatarāvubhau/
yuvābhyāṃ kiṃ dadāmyadya varāṇāṃ varamuttamam

tenaivamukte vacane brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇurabravīt /
brūhi brūhi mahābhāga varo yaste vivakṣitaḥ

prajākāmo'smyahaṃ viṣṇo putramicchāmi dhūrvaham/
tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā verapsuḥ putralipsayā

atha viṣṇuruvācedaṃ prajākāmaṃ prajāpatim/
vīramapratimaṃ putraṃ yattvamicchasi dhūrvaham

putratvenābhiyuṅkṣva tvaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram/
satasya vākyaṃ saṃpūjya keśavasya pitāmahaḥ

īśānaṃ varadaṃ rudramabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ /
uvāca putrakāmastu vākyāni saha viṣṇunā

yadi me bhagavān prītaḥ putrakāmasya nityaśaḥ/
putro me bhava viśvātman svatulyo vāpi dhūrvvahaḥ/
nānyaṃ varamahaṃ vavre prīte tvayi maheśvara

tasya tāṃ prārthanāṃ śrutvā bhagavān bhaganetrahā/
niṣkalmaṣamamāyañca bāḍhamityabravīdvacaḥ

yadā kāryasamārambhe kasmiṃścittava suvrata/
aniṣṇattau ca kāryasya krodhastvāṃ samupeṣyati/
ātmaikādaśa ye rudrā vihitāḥ prāṇa hetavaḥ

so'hamekādaśātmā vai śūlahastaḥ sahānugaḥ/
ṛṣirmmitro mahātmā vai lalāṭādbhavitā tadā

prasādamatulaṃ kṛtvā brahmaṇastādṛśaṃ purā/
viṣṇuṃ punaruvācedaṃ dadāmi ca varantava

sa hovāca mahābhāgo viṣṇurbhavamidaṃ vacaḥ/
sarvvametat kṛtaṃ deva parituṣṭo'si me yadi/
tvayi me supratiṣṭhā'stu bhaktirambudavāhana

evamuktastato devastamabhāṣata keśavam/
viṣṇo śrṛṇu yathā deva prīto'hantava śāśvata

prakāśañcāprakāśañca jaṅgamaṃ sthāvarañca yat /
viśvarūpamidaṃ sarvvaṃ rudranārāyaṇātmakam

ahamagnirbhavān somo bhavān rātrirahaṃ dinam/
bhavānṛtamahaṃ satyaṃ bhavān kraturahaṃ phalam

bhavān jñānamahaṃ jñeyaṃ yajjapitvā sadā janāḥ /
māṃ viśanti tvayi prīte janāḥ sukṛtakāriṇaḥ/
āvābhyāṃ sahitā caiva gatirnānyā yugakṣaye

ātmānaṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi māṃ viddhi puruṣaṃ śivam/
bhavānarddhaśarīraṃ me tvahantava yathaiva ca

vāmapārśvamahammahyaṃ śyāmaṃ śrīvatsalakṣaṇam /
tvañca vāmetaraṃ pārśvaṃ tvahaṃ vai nīlalohitaḥ

tvañca me hvadayaṃ viṣṇo tava cāhaṃ hṛdi sthitaḥ/
bhavān sarvvasya kāryasya karttāhamadhidaivatam

tadehi svasti te vatsa gamiṣyāmyambudaprabha/
evamuktvā gato viṣṇordevo'ntarddhānamīśvaraḥ

tataḥ so'ntarhite deve saṃprahṛṣṭastadā punaḥ/
aśeta śayane bhūpa praviśyāntarjale hariḥ

taṃ padmaṃ padmagarbhābhaṃ padmākṣaḥ padmasambhavaḥ/
samprahṛṣṭamanā brahmā bheje brāhmaṃ tadāsanam

atha dīrghaṇa kālena tatrāpyapratimāvubhau/
mahābalau mahāsattvau bhrātarau madhukaiṭabhau

ūcatuśvaiva vacanaṃ bhakṣyo vai nau bhaviṣyasi /
evamuktvā tu tau tasminnantarddhānaṃ gatāvubhau

dāruṇantu tayorbhāvaṃ jñātvā puṣkarasambhavaḥ /
māhātmyaṃ cātmano buddhvā vijñātumupacakrame

karṇikāghaṭanaṃ bhūyo nābhyajānādyadā gatim/
tataḥ sa padmanālena avatīryya rasātalam/
kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṅgandadṛśe'ntarjale harim

sa ca taṃ bodhayāmāsa vibuddhaṃ cedamabravīt /
bhūtebhyo me bhayaṃ deva trāyasvottiṣṭha śaṅkuru

tataḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ saprahāsamarindamaḥ/
na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavyamityuvāca muniḥ svayam

tasmātpūrvaṃ tvayā coktaṃ bhūtebhyo me mahadbhayam/
tasmādbhūtādivākyaistau daityau tvaṃ nāśayiṣyasi

bhūrbhūvaḥsvastato devaṃ viviśustamayonijam /
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā tamevāsīnamāgatam

gate tasmiṃtato'nanta udgīrya bhrātarau mukhāt/
viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuñca provāca brahmāṇamabhirakṣatām/
madhukaiṭabhayorjñātvā tayorāgamanaṃ punaḥ

cakrāte rūpa sādṛśyaṃ viṣṇorjiṣṇośca sattamau/
kṛtasādṛśyarūpau tau tāvevābhimukhau sthitau

tatastau procaturddaityau brahmāṇaṃ dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ/
asmākaṃ yudhyamānānāṃ madhye vai prāśniko bhava

tatastau jalamāviśya saṃstambhyāpaḥ svamāyayā /
cakratustumulaṃ yuddhaṃ yasya yenepsitaṃ tadā

teṣāntu yudhyamānānāṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṅgatam/
na ca yuddhamadotseko hyanyonyaṃ saṃnyavarttata

lakṣaṇadvayasaṃsthānādrūpavantau sthiteṅgitau/
sādṛśyādvyākulamanā brahmā dhyānamupāgamat

sa tayorantaraṃ buddhvā brahmā divyena cakṣuṣā/
padmakesarajaṃ sūkṣmaṃ babandha kavacantayoḥ/
āmekhalañca gātrañca tato mantramudāharat

japatastvabhavatkanyā viśvarūpasamutthitā/
padmenduvadanaprakhyā padmahastā śubhā satī/
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vyathitau daityau bhayādvarṇavivarjjitau

tataḥ provāca tāṃ kanyāṃ brahmā madhurayā girā/
kā'tra tvamavagantavyā brūhi satyamanindite

sāmnā saṃpūjya sā kanyā brahmāṇaṃ prāñjalistadā /
mohinīṃ viddhi māṃ māyāṃ viṣṇoḥ sandeśakāriṇīm

tvayā saṅkīrttyamānā'haṃ brahman prāptā tvarāyutā/
asyāḥ prītamanā brahmā gauṇaṃ nāma cakāra ha

mayā ca vyāhṛtā yasmāttvañcaiva samupasthitā/
mahāvyāhṛtirityeva nāma te vicariṣyati

utthitā ca śiro bhittvā sāvitrī tena cocyate/
ekānaṃśāttu yasmāttvamanekāṃśā bhaviṣyasi

gauṇāni tāvadetāni karmajānyaparāṇi ca/
nāmāni te bhaviṣyanti matprasādāt śubhānane

tatastau pīḍyamānau tu varamenamayācatām/
anāvṛtaṃ nau maraṇaṃ putratvañca bhavettava

tathetyuktvā tatastūrṇamanayat yamasādanam/
anayat kaiṭabhaṃ viṣṇurjiṣṇuścāpyanayanmadhum

evantau nihatau daityau viṣṇunā jiṣṇunā saha/
prītena brahmaṇā cātha lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

putratvamīśena yathā hyātmā datto nibodhata/
viṣṇunā jiṣṇunā sārddhaṃ madhukaiṭabhayostathā/
samparāye vyatikrānte brahmā viṣṇumabhāṣata

adya varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ samayaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ/
saṃkṣepasaṃplavaṅghoraṃ svasthānaṃ yāmi cāpyaham

sa tasya vacasā devaḥ saṃhāramakarottadā/
mahīṃ nisthāvarāṃ kṛtvā prakṛtisthāṃśca jaṅgamān

yadi govinda bhadrante kṣiptaste yādasāṃ patiḥ/
brūhi yat karaṇīyaṃ syānmayā te lakṣmivarddhana

bāḍhaṃ śrṛṇu hemābha padmayone vaco mama /
prasādo yastvayā labdha īśvarāt putralipsayā

tantathā saphalaṃ kṛtvā matto'bhūdanṛṇo bhavān/
caturvidhāni bhūtāni sṛja tvaṃ visṛjasva vā

avāpya saṃjñāṅgovindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ/
prajāḥ sraṣṭumanāstepe tapa ugraṃ tato mahat

tasyaivantapyamānasya na kiñcitsamavarttata/
tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥkhāt krodho vyavarddhata

sakrodhāviṣṭanetrabhyāmapatannaśrubindavaḥ /
tatastebhyo'śrubindubhyo vātapittakaphātmakāḥ

mahābhāgā mahāsattvāḥ svastikairabhyalaṅkṛtāḥ/
prakīrṇakeśāḥ sarpāste prādurbhūtā mahāviṣāḥ

sarpāṃstathāgrajān dṛṣṭvā brahmātmānamanindata/
aho dhik tapasā mahyaṃ phalamīdṛśakaṃ yadi/
lokavaināśikī jajñe ādāveva prajā mama

tasya tīvrābhavanmūrcchā krodhāmarṣasamudbhavā/
mūrcchābhitāpena tadā jahau prāṇān prajāpatiḥ

tasyāpratimavīryasya dehāt kāruṇyapūrvakam/
ātmaikādaśa te rudrāḥ prodbhūtā rudatastathā/
rodanāt khalu rudrāste rudratvaṃ tena teṣu tat

ye rudrāḥ khalu te prāṇā ye prāṇāste tadātmakāḥ/
prāṇāḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ jñeyāḥ sarvabhūteṣvavasthitāḥ

atyugrasya mahattvasya sādhunā caritasya ca/
tasya prāṇān dadau bhūyastriśūlī nīlalohitaḥ/
lalāṭāt padmayonestu prabhurekādaśātmakaḥ

brahmaṇaḥ so'dadāt prāṇānātmajaḥ sa tadā prabhuḥ/
prahṛṣṭavadano rudraḥ kiṃcit pratyāgatāsavam/
abhyabhāṣattadā devo brahmāṇaṃ paramaṃ vacaḥ

upayācasva māṃ brahman smarttumarhasi cātmanaḥ/
māṃ ca vetthātmajaṃ rudraṃ prasādaṃ kuru me prabho

śrutvā tvidaṃ vacastasya prabhūtañca manogatam/
pitāmahaḥ prasannātmā netre phullāmbujaprabhaiḥ

tataḥ pratyāgataprāṇaḥ snigdhagambhīrayā girā/
uvāca bhagavān brahmā śuddhajāmbūnadaprabhaḥ

bho bho vada mahābhāga ānandayasi me manaḥ/
ko bhavān viśvabhūtistvaṃ sthita ekādaśātmakaḥ

evamukto bhagavatā brahmaṇā'nantatejasā/
tataḥ pratyavadadrudro hyabhivādyātmajaiḥ saha

yatte varamahaṃ brahman yācito viṣṇunā saha/
putro me bhava deveti tvattulyo vāpi dhūrvahaḥ

lokeṣu viśrutaiḥ kāryaṃ sarvairviśvātmasambhavaiḥ/
viṣādantyaja deveśa lokāṃstvaṃ sraṣṭumarhasi

evaṃ sa bhagavānukto brahmā prītamanābhavat /
rudraṃ pratyavadadbhūyo lokānte nīlalohitam

sāhāyyaṃ mama kāryārthaṃ prajāḥ sṛja mayā saha/
bījī tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tatprapannastathā bhava/
bāḍhamityeva tāṃ vāṇīṃ pratijagrāha śaṅkaraḥ

tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā kṛṣṇājinavibhūṣitaḥ/
mano'gre so'sṛjaddevo bhūtānāṃ dhāraṇāṃ tataḥ/
jihvāṃ sarasvatīñcaiva tatastāṃ viśvarūpiṇīm

bhṛgumaṅgirasaṃ dakṣaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum/
vasiṣṭhañca mahātejāḥ sasṛje sapta mānasān

putrānātmasamānanyān so'sṛjadviśvasambhavān /
teṣāṃ bhūyo'numārgeṇa gāvo vakrādvijajñire

oṅkārapramukhān vedānabhimānyāśca devatāḥ/
evametān yatāproktān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

dakṣādyān mānasān putrān provāca bhagavān prabhuḥ/
prajāḥ sṛjata bhadraṃ vo rudreṇa saha dhīmatā

anugamya mahātmānaṃ prajānāṃ patayastadā/
vayamicchāmahe deva prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ tvayā saha/
brahmaṇastveṣa sandeśastava caiva maheśvara

tairevamukto bhagavān rudraḥ provāca tān prabhuḥ/
brahmaṇaścātmajā mahyaṃ prāṇān gṛhya ca vai surāḥ

kṛtvāgrajāgrajānetān brāhmaṇānātmajānmama/
brahmādistambaparyantān saptalokānmamātmakān/
bhavantaḥ sraṣṭumarhanti vacanānmama svasti vaḥ

tenaivamuktāḥ pratyūcuḥ rudramādyantriśūlinam/
yathājñāpayase deva tathā tadvai bhaviṣyati

anumānya mahādevaṃ prajānāṃ patayastadā/
ūcurdakṣaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhavān śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ/
tvāṃ puraskṛtya bhadrante prajāḥ srakṣyāmahe vayam

evamastviti vai dakṣaḥ pratyapadyata bhāṣitam/
taiḥ saha sraṣṭumārebhe prajākāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ/
sargasthite tataḥ sthāṇau brahmā sargamathāsṛjat

athāsya saptame'tīte kalpe vai sambabhūvatuḥ/
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumāraśca tapo lokanivāsinau/
tatau maharṣīnanyān sa mānasānasṛjat prabhuḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhukaiṭabhotpattivināśavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo' dhyāyaḥ