Vayu Purana · Verses 30-2

//sūta uvāca//
brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ putrān pūrve svāyambhuve'ntare/
ambhāṃsi jajñire tāni manuṣyāsuradevatāḥ

pitṛvanmanyamānasya jajñire pitaro'sya vai/
teṣānnisargaḥ prāgukto vistarastasya vakṣyate

devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā devo'bhyabhāṣata/
pitṛvanmanyamānasya jajñire vopayakṣitāḥ

madhvādayaḥ ṣaḍṛtavastān pitṝn paricakṣate/
ṛtavaḥ pitaro devā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ

manvantareṣu sarveṣu hyatītānāgateṣvapi/
ete svāyambhuve pūrvamutpannā hyantare śubhe

agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtā nāmnā tathā barhiṣadaśca vai/
ayajvānastathā teṣāmāsan vai gṛhamedhinaḥ/
agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtāste vai pitaro'nāhitāgnayaḥ

yajvānasteṣu ye hyāsan pitaraḥ somapīthinaḥ/
smṛtā barhiṣadaste vai pitarastvagnihotriṇaḥ/
ṛtavaḥ pitaro devāḥ śāstre'sminniścayo mataḥ

madhumādhavau rasau jñeyau śuciśukrau tu śuṣmiṇau/
nabhaścaiva nabhastaśca jīvāvetāvudāhṛtau

iṣaścaiva tathorjaśca sudhāvantāvudāhṛtau/
sahaścaiva sahasyaśca manyumantau tu tau smṛtau/
tapaścaiva tapasyaśca ghorāvetau tu śaiśirau

kālāvasthāstu ṣaṭ teṣāmmāsākhyā vai vyavasthitāḥ/
ta ime ṛtavaḥ proktāścetanācetanāstu vai

ṛtavo brahmaṇaḥ putrā vijñeyāste'bhimāninaḥ/
māsārddhamāsasthāneṣu sthānañca ṛtavorttavāḥ

sthānānāṃ vyatirekeṇa jñeyāḥ sthānābhimāninaḥ/
ahorātrañca māsāśca ṛtavaścāyanāni ca

saṃvatsarāśca sthānāni kālāvasthābhimāninaḥ/
nimeṣāśca kalāḥ kāṣṭhā muhūrttā vai dinakṣapāḥ

eteṣu sthānino ye tu kālāvasthāsvavasthitāḥ/
tanmayatvāttadātmānastān vakṣyāmi nibodhata

parvvaṇyāstithayaḥ sandhyāḥ pakṣā māsārddhasaṃjñitāḥ/
dvāvarddhamāsau māsastu dvau māsāvṛturucyate

ṛtutrayaṃ cāyanaṃ dve ayane dakṣiṇottare /
saṃvatsaraḥ sumekastu sthānānyetāni sthāninām

ṛtavaḥ sumekaputrā vijñeyā hyaṣṭadhā tu ṣaṭ/
ṛtuputrāḥ smṛtāḥ pañca prajāstvārttavalakṣaṇāḥ

yasmāccaivārttaveyāstu jāyante sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ/
ārttavāḥ pitaraścaiva ṛtavaśca pitāmahāḥ

sumekāttu prasūyante mriyante ca prajātayaḥ/
tasmāt smṛtaḥ prajānāṃ vai sumekaḥ prapitāmahaḥ

sthāneṣu sthānino hyete sthānātmānaḥ prakīrtitāḥ/
tadākhyāstanmayatvācca tadātmanaśca te smṛtāḥ

prajāpatiḥ smṛto yastu sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ/
saṃvatsaraḥ smṛto hyagniḥ ṛtamityucyate dvajaiḥ

ṛtāttu ṛtavo yasmājjajñire ṛtavastataḥ/
māsāḥ ṣaḍṛtavo jñeyāsteṣāṃ pañcārttavāḥ sutāḥ

dvipadāñcatuṣpadāñcaiva pakṣisaṃsarpatāmapi/
sthāvarāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ puṣpaṃ kālārttavaṃ smṛtam

ṛtutvamārttavatvañca pitṛtvañca prakīrtitam/
ityete pitaro jñeyā ṛtavaścārttavāśca ye

sarvabhūtāni tebhyo'tha ṛtukālādvijajñire/
tasmādete'pi pitara ārttavā iti naḥ śrutam

manvantareṣu sarveṣu sthitāḥ kālābhimāninaḥ/
sthānābhimānino hyete tiṣṭhantīha prasaṃyamāt

agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ pitaro dvividhāḥ smṛtāḥ/
jajñāte ca pitṛbhyastu dve kanye lokaviśrute

menā ca dhāriṇī caiva yābhyāṃ viśvamidaṃ dhṛtam/
pitaraste nije kanye dharmārthaṃ pradaduḥ śubhe/
ta ubhe vrahmavādinyau yoginyau caiva te ubhe

agniṣvāttāstu ye proktāsteṣāṃ menā tu mānasī/
dhāraṇī mānasī caiva kanyā barhiṣadāṃ smṛtā

merostu dhāraṇīṃ nāma patnyarthaṃ vyasṛjan śubhām/
pitaraste barhiṣadaḥ smṛtā ye somapīthinaḥ

agniṣvāttāstu tāṃ menāṃ patnīṃ himavate daduḥ/
smṛtāste vai tu dauhitrāstaddauhitrān nibodhata

menā himavataḥ patnī mainākaṃ sānvasūyata/
gaṅgā saridvarā caiva patnī yā lavaṇo dadheḥ/
mainākasyānujaḥ krauñcaḥ krauñcadvīpo yataḥ smṛtaḥ

merostu dhāraṇī patnī divyauṣadhisamanvitam/
mandaraṃ suṣuve putraṃ tisraḥ kanyāśca viśrutāḥ

velā ca niyatiścaiva tṛtīyā cāyatiḥ punaḥ/
dhātuścaivāyatiḥ patnī vidhāturniyatiḥ smṛtā

svāyambhuve'ntare pūrvantayorvai kīrtitāḥ prajāḥ/
suṣuve sāgarādvelā kanyāmekāmaninditām

sāvarṇinā ca sāmudrī patnī prācīnabarhiṣaḥ/
savarṇā sātha sāmudrī daśaprācīnabarhiṣaḥ/
sarve pracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ

teṣāṃ svāyambhuvau dakṣaḥ putratve jajñivān prabhuḥ/
tryambakasyābhiśāpena cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ

etacchutvā tataḥ sūtamapṛcchacchāṃśapāyanaḥ/
utpannaḥ sa kathaṃ dakṣo hyabhiśāpādbhavasya tu/
cākṣuṣasyānvaye pūrvaṃ tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām

ityuktaḥ kathayāmāsa sūto dakṣāśritāṃ kathām/
śāṃśapāyanamāmantrya tryambakācchāpakāraṇam

dakṣasyāsan sutā hyaṣṭau kanyā yāḥ kīrtitā mayā/
svebyo gṛhebhyo hyānāyya tāḥ pitābhyarccayadgṛhe/
tatastvabhyarcitāḥ sarvā nyavasaṃstāḥ piturgṛhe

tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā satī nāma patnī yā tryambakasya vai/
nājuhāvātmajāṃ tāṃ vai dakṣo rudramabhidviṣan

akarotsa natiṃ dakṣe na kadācinmaheśvaraḥ/
jāmātā śvaśure tasmin svabhāvāt tejasi sthitaḥ

tato jñātvā satī sarvāḥ svasraḥ prāptāḥ pitṛrgṛham/
jagāma sāpyanāhūtā satī tat svaṃ piturgṛham

tato'bravīt sā pitaraṃ devī krodhādamarṣitā/
yavīyasībyo jyāyasīṃ kintu pūjāmimāṃ prabho/
asammatāmavajñāya kṛtavānasi garhitām

ahaṃ jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā hi na tvasat karttumarhasi/
evamukto'bravīdenāṃ dakṣaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ

tvantu śreṣṭha variṣṭhā ca pūjyā bālā sadā mama/
tāsāṃ ye caiva bharttāraste me bahumatāḥ sadā

brahnamaṣṭhāśca tapiṣṭhāśca mahāyogāḥ sudhārmikāḥ/
guṇaiścaivādhikāḥ ślāghyāḥ sarve te tryambakātsati

vasiṣṭho'triḥ pulastyaśca aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ/
bhṛgurmarīciśca tathā śreṣṭhā jāmātaro mama

tasyātmā sa ca te śarvo bhaktā cāsi hi taṃ sadā/
tena tvāṃ na bubhūṣāmi pratikūlo hi me bhavaḥ

ityuvāca tadā dakṣaḥ saṃpramūḍhena cetasā/
śāpārthamātmanaścaiva ye coktāḥ paramarṣayaḥ

tathoktā pitaraṃ sā vai kruddhā devīdamabravīt /
vāṅmanaḥkarmabhiryasmādaduṣṭhāṃ māṃ vigarhase/
tasmāttyajāmyahandehamidantāta tavātmajam

tatastenāvamānena satī duḥkhādamarṣitā/
abravīdvacanaṃ tevī namaskṛtya maheśvaram

yatrāhamupapatsyehaṃ punardehena bhāsvatā/
tatrāpyahamasaṃmūḍhā sambhūtā dhārmikī punaḥ/
gaccheyaṃ dharmapatnītvaṃ tryambakasyaiva dharmataḥ

tatraivātha samāsīnā yuktātmānaṃ samādadhe/
dhārayāmāsa cāgneyīṃ dhāraṇāṃ manasātmanaḥ

tata āgneyīsamutthena vāyunā samudīritaḥ/
sarvāṅgebhyo viniḥ sṛtya vahnirbhasma cakāra tām

tadupaśrutya nidhanaṃ satyā devo'tha śūladhṛk/
saṃvādañca tayorbuddhvā yāthātathyena śaṅkaraḥ/
dakṣasyātha ṛṣīṇāñca cukopa bhagavān prabhuḥ

yasmādavamatā dakṣa matkṛte māna sā satī/
praśastāścetarāḥ sarvāḥ svasutā bhartṛbhiḥ saha

tasmādvaivasvataṃ prāpya punareva maharṣayaḥ/
utpatsyante dvitīye vai mama yajñe hyayonijāḥ

hute vai brahmaṇā śukte cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ/
abhivyāhṛtya ca ṛṣīn dakṣamabhyagamat punaḥ

bhavitā cākṣuṣo rājā cāśruṣasya samanvaye/
prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva pracetasaḥ

dakṣa ityeva nāmnā tvaṃ mārṣāyāṃ janayiṣyasi/
kanyāyāṃ śākhināñcaiva prāpte vai cākṣuṣe'ntare

//dakṣa uvāca//
ahaṃ tatrāpi te vighnamācariṣyāmi durmate/
dharmārthakāmayukteṣu karmasviha punaḥ punaḥ

yasmāt tvaṃ matkṛte krūramṛṣīn vyāhṛtavānasi/
tasmātsārddhaṃ surairyajñe na tvāṃ yakṣyanti vai dvijāḥ

hutvāhutiṃ tataḥ krūraḥ apastyakṣyanti karmasu/
ihaiva vatsyasi tathā divaṃ hitvā yugakṣayāt

//rudra uvāca//
sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ bhūrlokastvādirucyate/
tamahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi nideśāt parameṣṭhinaḥ

asyāṃ kṣitau vṛtā lokāḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti bhāskarāḥ/
tānahaṃ dhārayāmīha satataṃ na tavājñayā

cāturvarṇyaṃ hi devānāṃ te cāpyekatra bhuñjate/
nāhaṃ taiḥ saha bhokṣyāmi tato dāsyanti te pṛthak/
tato devaiḥ sa taiḥ sārddhaṃ nejyate pṛthagijyate

tato'bhivyāhṛto dakṣo rudreṇāmitatejasā/
svāyambhuve'ntare tyaktvā utpanno mānuṣeṣviha

jñātvā gṛhapatiṃ dakṣaṃ jñānānāmīśvaraṃ prabhum/
dakṣo nāma mahāyajñaiḥ so'yajaddaivataiḥ saha

atha devī satī yā tu prāpte vaivasvate'ntare/
maināyāṃ tāmumāṃ devīṃ janayāmāsa śailarāṭ

sā tu devī satī pūrvaṃ tataḥ paścādumā'bhavat/
saha vratā bhavasyaiṣā na tayā mucyate bhavaḥ/
yāvadicchati saṃsthātuṃ prabhurmanvantareṣviha

mārīcaṃ kaśyapaṃ devī yathāhitiranuvratā/
sādhyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ śrīstu maghavantaṃ śacī yathā

viṣṇuṃ kīrtī ruciḥ sūryaṃ vasiṣṭhañcāpyarūndhatī/
naitāstu vijahatyetān bhartṝn devyaḥ kathaṃcana/
āvarttamānakalpeṣu punarjāyanti taiḥ saha

evaṃ prācetaso dakṣo jajñe vai cākṣuṣe'ntare/
prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva pracetasaḥ

daśabhyastu pracetobhyo mārṣāyāñca punarnṛpaḥ/
jajñe rudrābhiśāpena dvitīye'sminniti śrutiḥ

bhṛgvādayastu te sarve jajñire vai maharṣayaḥ/
ādye tretāyuge pūrvaṃ manorvaivasvatasya ha/
devasya mahato yajñe rudrābhiśāpena dvitīye'sminniti śrutiḥ

iti sānuśayo'hyāsīttayorjātyantarāgataḥ/
prajāpatestu dakṣasya tryambakasya ca dhīmataḥ

tasmānnānuśayaḥ kāryo vairiṣviha kadācana/
jātyantaragatasyāpi bhāvitasya śubhāśubhaiḥ/
jantuṃ na muñcati khyātistatra kāryaṃ vijānatā

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
prācetasasya dakṣasya kathaṃ vaivasvate'ntare/
vināśāmagamat sūta hayamedhaḥ prajāpateḥ

devyā mṛtyuṃ kṛtaṃ matvā kruddhaṃ sarvātmakaṃ prabhum/
kathaṃ prasādayaddakṣaḥ sa yajñaḥ sādhitaḥ katham/
etadveditumicchāmastanno brūhi yathātatham

//sūta uvāca//
pūrā merordvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śrṛṅgaṃ trailokyaviśrutam/
jyotiṣkaṃ nāma sāvitraṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam

aprameyamanādhṛṣyaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam/
tasmin devo giriśreṣṭhe sarvadhātu vibhūṣite/
paryaṅka iva vibhrājannupaviṣṭo babhūva ha

śailarājasutā cāsya nityaṃ pārśvasthitā'bhavat/
ādhityāśca mahātmāno vasavaścāmitaujasaḥ

tathaiva ca mahātmānāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau/
tathā vaiśravaṇo rājā guhyakaiḥ parivāritaḥ

yakṣāṇāmīśvaraḥ śrīmān kailāsanilayaḥ prabhuḥ/
upāsate mahātmānaṃ uśanā ca mahāmuniḥ.
sanatkumārapramukhāste caiva paramarṣayaḥ

aṅgiraḥpramukhāścaiva tathā devarṣayo'pare/
viśvāvasuśca gandharvastathā nāradaparvatau

apsarogaṇasaṅghāśca samājagmuranekaśaḥ/
vavau śivaḥ sukho vāyurnānāgandhavahaḥ śuciḥ

sarvartukusumopetāḥ puṣpavanto drumā stathā/
tathā vidyādharāścaiva siddhāścaiva tapodhanāḥ

mahādevaṃ paśupatiṃ paryupāsanti tatra vai/
bhūtāni ca tathānyāni nānārūpadharāṇyatha

rākṣasāśca mahāraudrāḥ piśācāśca mahābalāḥ/
bahurūpadharā hṛṣṭā nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ

devasyānucarāstatra tasthurvaiśvānaropamāḥ/
nandīśvaraśca bhagavān devasyānuma te sthitaḥ

pragṛhya jvalitaṃ śūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā/
gaṅgā ca saritāṃ śveṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbhavā/
paryupāsata tandevarūpiṇī dvijasattamāḥ

evaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra dīpyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ/
devaiśca sumahābāgairmahādevo vyavasthitaḥ

purā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣo vai yajñamārabhat/
gaṅgādvāre śubhe deśe ṛṣisiddhaniṣevite

tatastasya makhe devāḥ śatakratupurogamāḥ/
gamanāya samāgamya buddhimāpedire tadā

svairvimānairmahātmāno jvaladbhirjvalanaprabhāḥ/
devasyānumane'gacchan gaṅgādvāra iti śrutiḥ

gandharvāpsarasākīrṇaṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam/
ṛṣisaṅghaiḥ parivṛtaṃ dakṣaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam

pṛthivyāmantarikṣe vā ye ca svarlokavāsinaḥ/
sarve prāñjalayo bhūtvā upatasthuḥ prajāpatim

ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyāḥ saha marudgaṇaiḥ/
jiṣṇunā sahitāḥ sarve āgatā yajñabhāginaḥ

ūṣmapāḥ somapāścaiva ājyapā dhūmapāstathā/
aśvinau pitaraścaiva āgatā brahmaṇā saha

ete cānye ca bahavo bhūtagrāmāstathaiva ca/
jarāyujāṇḍajāścaiva svedajodbhijjakāstathā

āhūtā mantrataḥ sarve devāśca saha patnibhiḥ/
virājante vimānasthā dīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ

tān daṣṭvā manyumāviṣṭo dadhīco vākyamabravīt/
apūjyapūjane caiva pūjyānāṃ cāpyapūjane/
naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ

evamuktvā tu viprarṣiḥ punardakṣamabhāṣata/
pūjyantu paśubharttāraṃ kasmānnāhvayase prabhum

//dakṣa uvāca//
santi me bahavo rudrāḥ śūlahastāḥ kaparddinaḥ/
ekādaśāvasthagatā nānyaṃ vejhi maheśvaram

//dadhīca uvāca//
sarve nimantritā devā yena īśo nimantritaḥ/
yathāhaṃ śaṅkarādūrddhvaṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmi daivatam/
tathā dakṣasya vipulo yajño'yaṃ na bhaviṣyati

//dakṣa uvāca//
etanmakhe śūra suvarṇapātre haviḥ samastaṃ vidhimantrapūtam/
viṣṇornayāmyapratimasya sarvaṃ prabhorvibho hyāhavanīyanityam

gatāstu devatā jñātvā śailarājasutā tadā/
uvāca vacanaṃ sādhvī devaṃ paśupatiṃ tadā

//umovāca//
bhagavan vka gatā hyete devā- śakrapurogamāḥ /
būhi tattvena tattvajña saṃśayo me mahānayam

//maheśvara uvāca//
dakṣo nāma mahābhāgo prajānāṃ patirūttamaḥ/
hayamedhena yajate tatra yānti divaukasaḥ

//devyuvāca//
yajñametaṃ mahābhāga kimarthaṃ na gato'si vai/
kena vā pratiṣedhena gamanaṃ pratiṣidhyate

//maheśvara uvāca //
suraireva mahābhāge sarvametadanuṣṭhitam/
yajñeṣu mama sarveṣu na bhāga upakalpitaḥ

pūrvopāyopapannena mārgeṇa varavarṇini/
na me surāḥ prayacchanti bhāgaṃ yajñasya dhīmataḥ

//devyuvāca//
bhagavan sarvadeveṣu prabhāvānadhiko guṇaiḥ /
ajeyaścāpyadhṛṣyaśca tejasā yaśasā śriyā

anena tu mahābhāga pratiṣedhena nāmataḥ /
atīva duḥkhamāpannā vepathuśca mamānagha

kiṃ nāma dānaṃ niyamantapo vā kuryyāmahaṃ yena patirmamādya/
labheta bhāgaṃ bhagavānacintyo yajñasya cārddhaṃ tvatha vā tṛtīyam

evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ bhagavānacintyaḥ patnīṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ kṣubhitāmuvāca/
na vetsi deveśi kṛśodarāṅgi kiṃ nāma yuktaṃ vacanantavedam

ahaṃ hi jānāmi viśālanetre dhyānena sarvaṃ hi vadanti santaḥ/
na vādya mohena mahendradevo lokatrayaṃ sarvathā saṃpramūḍham

māmadhvare śaṃsitāraḥ stuvanti rathantare sāma gāyanti geyam/
māṃ brāhmaṇā brahmasatre yajante mādhvaryyavaḥ kalpayante ca bhāgam

//devyuvāca//
aprākṛto'pi bhagavān sarvastrījanasaṃsadi/
stauti gopā yate vāpi svamātmānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

//bhagavānuvāca//
nātmānaṃ staumi deveśi paśya tvamupagaccha ca/
yaṃ srakṣyāmi varārohe bhāgārthaṃ varavarṇini

evamuktvā tu bhagavān patnīṃ prāṇairapi priyām/
so'sṛjadbhagavānvakrādbhūtaṃ krodhāgnisannibham

sahasraśīrṣaṃ devañca sahasracaraṇe kṣaṇam/
sahasramudgaradharaṃ sahasraśarapāṇinam

śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ dīptakārmukadhāriṇam/
paraśvasidharaṃ devaṃ mahāraudraṃ bhayāvaham

ghora rūpeṇa dīpyantaṃ candrārdhakṛtabhūṣaṇam/
vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ mahārudhiraniḥsravam

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ vibhrāntaṃ mahāvaktraṃ mahodaram/
vidyujjihvaṃ pralamboṣṭhaṃ lambakarṇaṃ durāsadam

kuliśodyotitakarambhābhirjvalitamūrddhajam/
jvālāmālāparikṣiptaṃ muktādāmavibhūṣitam

tejasā caiva dīpyantaṃ yugāntamiva pāvakam/
ākarṇadāritāsyāntañcaturdikṣu bhayānakam

mahābalaṃ mahātejaṃ mahāpuruṣamīśvaram/
viśvahartṛmahā kāyaṃ mahānyagrodhamaṇḍalam/
yugapaccandraśatavaddīpyantaṃ manmathāgnivat

caturmahāsyaṃ sitatīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ mahogratejobalakautukāḍhayam/
yugāntasūryyāgnisahasrabhāsaṃ sahasracandrāmalakāntikāntam/
pradīptasarvauṣadhimandarābhaṃ sumerukailāsahimādritulyam

yugārkābhaṃ mahāvīryyaṃ cārunāsaṃ mahānanam/
pracaṇḍagaṇḍaṃ dīptākṣamagnijvālāvilānanam

mṛgendrakṛttivasanaṃ mahābhujagaveṣṭitam/
uṣṇīṣiṇaṃ candradharaṃ vkacidugraṃ vkacitsamam

nānākusumamūrddhānaṃ nānāgandānulepanam /
nānāratnavicitrāṅgaṃ nānābharaṇabhūṣitam

karṇikārasrajaṃ dīptaṃ krodhādudbhrāntalocanam/
vkacinnṛtyati citrāṅgaṃ vkacidvadati susvaram

vkaciddhyāyati yuktātmā vkacitstūlaṃ pramārjati/
vkacidgāyati viśvātmā vkacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ

jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryyaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ/
prabhutvamātmasaṃbodho hyadhiṣṭhānaguṇairyutaḥ

jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā praṇataḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ/
ājñāpaya tvaṃ deveśa kiṃ kāryyaṃ karavāṇi te

tamuvācākṣipa makhaṃ dakṣasyeha maheśvaraḥ/
devasyānumatiṃ śrutvā vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ/
praṇamya śirasā pādau deveśasya umāpateḥ

tato bandhāt pramuktena siṃheneveha līlayā/
devyā manyukṛtaṃ matvā hato dakṣasya sa kratuḥ

manyunā ca mahābhīmā bhadrakālī maheśvarī/
ātmanaḥ sarvasākṣitve tena sārddha sahānugā

sa eṣa bhagavān kruddhaḥ pretāvāsakṛtālayaḥ/
vīrabhadra iti khyāto devyā manyupramārjakaḥ

so'sṛjadromakūpebhyo raudrānnāma gaṇeśvarān/
rudrānugā mahāvīryyā rudravīryaparākramāḥ

rudrasyānucarāḥ sarve sarve rudrasamaprabhāḥ/
te nipetustatastūrṇaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

tataḥ kilakilāśabda ākāśaṃ pūrayanniva/
tena śabdena mahatā trastāḥ sarve divaukasaḥ

parvatāśca vyaśīryanta kampate ca vasundharā/
meruśca ghūrṇate viprāḥ kṣubhyante varuṇālayāḥ

agnayo naiva dīpyante na ca dīpyanti bhāskarāḥ/
grahā naiva prakāśante nakṣatrāṇi na tārakāḥ

ṛṣayo nābhyabhāṣanta na devā na ca dānavāḥ/
evaṃ hi timirībhūtaṃ nirddahanti vimānitāḥ

siṃhanādaṃ pramuñcante ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ/
prabhañjante pare ghorā yūpānutpāṭayanti ca

pramarddanti tathā cānye vinṛtyanti tatā'pare/
ādhāvanti pradhāvanti vāyuvegā manojavāḥ

cūrṇante yajñapātrāṇi yāgasyāyatanāni ca/
śīryamāṇāni dṛśyante tārā iva nabhastalāt

divyānnapānabhakṣāṇāṃ rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ/
kṣīra nadyastathā cānyā ghṛtapāyasakardamāḥ.
madhumaṇḍodakā divyāḥ khaṇḍaśarkaravālukāḥ

ṣaḍrasānnivahantyanyā guḍakulyā manoramāḥ/
uccāvacāni māṃsāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca

yāni kāni ca divyāni lehyañcoṣyaṃ tathāpare/
bhuñjate vividhairvaktrairviluṇṭhanti ca sarvasaḥ/
krīḍanti vividhākārāścikṣipuḥ surayoṣitaḥ

rudrakopaprayuktāstu sarvadevaiḥ surakṣitam/
taṃ yajñamahanan śīghraṃ rudrakalpāḥ samīpataḥ

cakruranye tathā nādān sarvabhūtabhayaṃkarān/
chittvā śiro'nye yajñasya vinadanti bhayaṅkarāḥ

dakṣo dakṣapatiścaiva devo yajñapatistathā/
mṛgarūpeṇa cākāśe prapalāyitumārabhat

vīrabhadro'prameyātmā jñātvā tasya balantadā/
antarikṣagatasyāśu cicchedāsya śiro mahān

dakṣaḥ prajāpatiścaiva vinaṣṭa bhrāntacetanaḥ/
kruddhena vīrabhadreṇa śiraḥ pādena pīḍitaḥ/
jarābhibhūtatīvrātmā nipapāta mahītale

trayastriṃśaddevatānāṃ tāḥ koṭayo vimalātmakāḥ/
pāśenāgnibalenāśu baddhāḥ siṃhabalena ca

tato jagmurmahātmānaṃ sarve devā mahābalam/
prasīda bhagavan rudra bṛtyānāṃ mā kudhaḥ prabho

tato brahmādayo devā dakṣaścaiva prajāpatiḥ/
ūcuḥ prāñjalayo bhūtvā kathyatāṃ ko bhavāniti

//vīrabhadra uvāca//
na ca devo na cādityo na ca bhoktumihāgataḥ/
naivadraṣṭuṃ hi devendrānna ca kautūhalānvitaḥ

dakṣayajñavināśārthaṃ samprāptaṃ viddhi māmiha/
vīrabhadra iti khyātaṃ rudrakopādvinirgatam

bhadrakālī ca vijñeyā devyāḥ krodhādvinirgatā/
preṣitā devadevena yajñāntikamihāgatā

śāraṇaṃ gaccha rājendra devaṃ te tvamumāpatim/
varaṃ krodho'pi rudrasya varadānaṃ na devataḥ

vīrabhadravacaḥ śrutvā dakṣo dharmmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ/
toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram

praduṣṭe yajñavāde tu vidruteṣu dvijātiṣu/
tārāmṛgamaye dīpte raudre bhīmamahānale

śūlanirbhinnavadanaiḥ kūjadbhiḥ paricārakaiḥ/
nikhātotpāṭitairyūpairapaviddhai ryyatastataḥ

utpatdbhiḥ patadbhiśca gṛdhrairāmiṣagṛdhrubhiḥ/
pakṣapātavinirdhūtaiḥ śivāśatanināditaiḥ

prāṇāpānau sannirudhya tataḥ sthānena yatnataḥ/
vicārya sarvato dṛṣṭiṃ bahudṛṣṭiramitrajit

sahasā devadeveśaḥ agnikuṇḍādupāgataḥ/
candrasūryyasahasrasya tejaḥ saṃvarttakopamam

prahasya cainaṃ bhagavānidaṃ vacanamabravīt/
naṣṭaste jñānato dakṣa prītiste mayi sāṃpratam

smitaṃ kṛtvābravīdvākyaṃ brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te/
śrāvitañca samākhyāya devānāṃ gurubhiḥ saha

tamuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā dakṣo devaṃ prajāpatiḥ/
bhītaśaṅkitavitrastaḥ sabāṣpavadanekṣaṇaḥ

yadi prasanno bhagavān yadi vāhaṃ tava priyaḥ/
yadi vāhamanugrāhyo yadi deyo varo mama

yajjagdhaṃ bhakṣitaṃ pītamaśitaṃ yacca nāśitam/
cūrṇīkṛtañjāpaviddhaṃ yajñasambhāramīdṛśam

dīrghakālena mahatā prayatnena ca sañcitam/
tanna mithyā bhavenmahyaṃ varametaṃ vṛṇomyaham

tathāstvityāha bhagavān bhaganetrahayo haraḥ/
dharmādhyakṣaṃ mahādevaṃ tryakṣantaṃ vai prajāpatiḥ

jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā dakṣo labdhvā bhavādvaram/
nāmnāmaṣṭasahasreṇa stutavān vṛṣabhadhvajam

//dakṣa uvāca//
namaste devadeveśa devāribalasūdana/
devendra hyamaraśreṣṭha devadānavapūjita

sahasrākṣa virūpākṣa tryakṣa yakṣādhipapriya/
sarvataḥ pāṇipādastvaṃ sarvato'kṣiśiromukhaḥ/
sarvataḥ śrutimān loke sarvānāvṛtya tiṣṭhasi

śaṅkukarṇa mahākarṇa kumbhakarṇārṇavālaya/
gajendrakarṇa gokarṇa pāṇikarṇa namo'stu te

śatodara śatāvartta śatajihva śatānana/
gāyanti tvāṃ gāyatriṇo hyarccayanti tathārccinaḥ

devadānavagoptā ca brahmā ca tvaṃ śatakratuḥ/
mūrttīśastvaṃ mahāmūrte samudrāmbu dharāya ca

sarvā hyasmin devatāste gāvo goṣṭha ivāsate/
śarīrante prapaśyāmi somamagniṃ jaleśvaram

ādityamatha viṣṇuñca brahmāṇaṃ sabṛhaspatim/
kriyā kāryyaṃ kāraṇañca karttā karaṇameva ca

asacca sadasaccaiva tathaiva prabhavāvyayam/
namo bhavāya śarvāya rudrāya varadāya ca

paśūnāṃ pataye caiva namastvandhakaghātine/
trijaṭāya triśīrṣāya triśūlavaradhāriṇe

tryambakāya trinetrāya tripuraghnāya vai namaḥ/
namaścaṇḍāya muṇḍāya pracaṇḍāya dharāya ca

daṇḍi(?) māsaktakarṇāya daṇḍimuṇḍāya vai namaḥ/
namo'rddhadaṇḍakeśāya niṣkāya vikṛtāya ca

vilohitāya dhūmrāya nālagrīvāya te namaḥ/
namastvapratirūpāya śivāya ca namo'stu te

sūryyāya sūryyapataye sūryyadhvajapatākine/
namaḥ pramathanāthāya vṛṣaskandhāya dhanvine

namo hiraṇyagarbhāya hiraṇyakavacāya ca/
hiraṇyakṛtacūḍāya hiraṇyapataye namaḥ

satraghātāya daṇḍāya varṇapānapuṭāya ca/
namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya vai namaḥ

sarvāyābhakṣyabhakṣyāya sarvabhūtānttarātmane/
namo hotrāya mantrāya śukladhvajapatākine

namo namāya namyāya namaḥ kilikilāya ca/
namaste śayamānāya śayitāyotthitāya ca

sthitāya calamānāya mudrāya kuṭilāya ca/
napno narttanaśīlāya mukhavāditrakāriṇe

nāṭyopahāralubdhāya gītavādyaratāya ca/
namo jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya balapramathanāya ca

kalanāya ca kalpāya kṣayāyopakṣayāya ca/
bhīmadundubhihāsāya bhīmasenapriyāya ca

ugrāya ca namo nityaṃ namaste daśabāhave/
namaḥ kapālahastāya citābhasmapriyāya ca

vibhīṣaṇāya bhīṣmāya bhīṣmavratadharāya ca/
namo vikṛtavakṣāya khaḍgajihvāgradaṃṣṭriṇe

pakvāmamāṃsalubdhāya tumbavīṇāpriyāya ca/
namo vṛṣāya vṛṣyāya vṛṣṇaye vṛṣaṇāya ca

kaṭaṅkaṭāya caṇḍāya namaḥ sāvayavāya ca/
namaste varakṛṣṇāya varāya varadāya ca

varagandhamālyavastrāya varātivaraye namaḥ /
namo varṣāya vātāya chāyāyai ātapāya ca

namo raktaviraktāya śobhanāyākṣamāline/
sambhinnāya vibhānnāya viviktavikaṭāya ca

aghorarūparūpāya ghoraghoratarāya ca /
namaḥ śivāya śāntāya namaḥ śāntatarāya ca

ekapādbahunetrāya ekaśīrṣannamo'stu te/
namo vṛddhāya lubdhāya saṃvibhāgapriyāya ca

pañcamālārcitāṅgāya namaḥ pāśupatāya ca/
namaścaṇḍāya ghaṇṭāya ghaṇṭayā jagdharandhriṇe

sahasaśataghaṇṭāya ghaṇṭāmālāpriyāya ca/
prāṇadaṇḍāya tyāgāya namo hilihilāya ca

hūṃhūṅkārāya pārāya hūṃhūṅkārapriyāya ca/
namaśca śambhave nityaṃ giri vṛkṣakalāya ca

garbhamāṃsaśrṛgālāya tārakāya tarāya ca /
namo yajñādhipataye drutāyopadrutāya ca

yajñavāhāya dānāya tapyāya tapanāya ca/
namastaṭāya bhavyāya taḍitāṃ pataye namaḥ

annadāyānnapataye namo'stvannabhavāya ca/
namaḥ sahasraśīrṣṇe ca sahasracaraṇāya ca

sahasrodyataśūlāya sahasranayanāya ca/
namo'stu bālarūpāya bālarūpadharāya ca

bālānāñcaiva goptre ca bālakrīḍanakāya ca/
namaḥ śuddhāya buddhāya kṣobhaṇāyākṣatāya ca

taraṅgāṅkitakeśāya muktakeśāya vai namaḥ/
namaḥ ṣaṭkarmaniṣṭhāya trikarmaniratāya ca

varṇāśramāṇāṃ vidhivat pṛthakkarmapravartine/
mano ghoṣāya ghoṣyāya namaḥ kalakalāya ca

śvetapiṅgalanetrāya kṛṣṇaraktakṣaṇāya ca /
dharmārtha kāmamokṣāya krathāya kathanāya ca

sāṅkhyāya sāṅkhyamukhyāya yogādhipataye namaḥ/
namorathyavirathyāya catuṣpatharatāya ca

kṛṣṇā jinottarīyāya vyālayajñopavītine/
īśānavajrasaṃhāya harikeśa namo'stu te/
avivekaikanāthāya vyaktāvyakta namo'stu te

kāma kāmada kāmadhna dhṛṣṭodṛptaniṣūdana/
sarva sarvada sarvajña sandhyārāga namo'stu te

mahābāla mahābāho mahāsattva mahādyute/
mahāmeghavaraprekṣa mahākāla namo'stu te

sthūlajīrṇaṇāṅgajaṭine valkalājinadhāriṇe/
dīptaśūryāgnijaṭine valkalājinavāsase/
sahasrasūryapratima taponitya namo'stu te

unmādanaśatāvartta gaṅgātoyārddhamūrddhaja/
candrāvartta yugāvartta meghāvartta namo'stu te

tvamannamannakarttā ca annadaśca tvameva hi/
annasraṣṭā ca paktā ca pakvabhuktapace namaḥ

jarāyujo'ṇḍajaścaiva svedajodbhijja eva ca/
tvameva devadevaśo bhūtagrāmaścaturvidhaḥ // ३०.२२६ .
carācarasya brahmā tvaṃ pratiharttā tvameva ca/
tvameva brahmaviduṣāmapi brahmavidāṃ varaḥ

sattvasya paramā yonirabvāyujyotiṣāṃ nidhiḥ/
ṛksāmani tathoṅkāramāhustvāṃ brahmavādinaḥ

havirhāvī havo hāvī huvāṃ vācāhutiḥ sadā/
gāyanti tvāṃ suraśreṣṭha sāmagā brahmavādinaḥ

yajurmayo ṛṅmayasva sāmātharvamayastathā/
paṭhyase brahmavidbhistvaṃ kalpopaniṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā varṇāvarāśca ye/
tvāmeva meghasaṅghāśca viśvasta nitagarjjitam

saṃvatsarastvamṛtavo māsā māsārddhameva ca/
kalā kāṣṭhā nimeṣāśca nakṣatrāṇi yugā grahāḥ

vṛṣāṇāṃ kakudaṃ tvaṃ higirīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca/
siṃho mṛgāṇāṃ patatāṃ tārkṣyo'nantaśca bhoginām

kṣīrodo hyudadhīnāñca yantrāṇāṃ dhanureva ca/
vajrampraharaṇānāñca vratānāṃ satyameva ca

icchā dveṣaśca rāgaśca mohaḥ kṣāmo damaḥ śamaḥ/
vyavasāyo dhṛtirlobhaḥ kāmakrodhau jayājayau

tvaṃ gadī tvaṃ śarī cāpi khaṭvāṅgī jharjharī tathā /
chettā bhettā praharttā ca tvaṃ netāpyantako mataḥ

daśalakṣaṇasaṃyukto dharmo'rthaḥ kāma eva /
indraḥ samudrāḥ saritaḥ palvalāni sarāṃsi ca

latāvallī tṛṇauṣadhyaḥ paśavo mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ/
dravyakarmaguṇārambhaḥ kālapuṣpaphalapradaḥ

ādiśvāntaśca madhyaśca gāyatryoṅkāra eva ca/
harito lohitaḥ kṛṣṇo nīlaḥ pītastathāruṇaḥ

kadruśca kapilaścaiva kapoto mecakastathā/
suvarṇaretā vikhyātaḥ suvarṇa ścāpyato mataḥ

suvarṇanāmā ca tathā suvarṇapriya eva ca/
tvamindro'tha yamaścaiva varuṇo dhanado'nalaḥ

utphullaścitrabhānuśca svarbhānurbhānureva ca/
hotraṃ hotā ca homastvaṃ hutañca prahutaṃ prabhuḥ

suparṇañca tathā brahma yajuṣāṃ śatarudriyam/
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāñca maṅgalam

giriḥ stokastathā vṛkṣo jīvaḥ pudgala eva ca/
sattvaṃ tvañca rajastvañca tamaśca prajanaṃ tathā

prāṇo'pānaḥ sāmānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca/
unmeṣaścaiva meṣaśca tathā jṛmbhitameva ca

lohitāṅgo gadī daṃṣṭrī mahāvaktro mahodaraḥ/
suciromā haricchmaśrurūrddhvakeśastrilocanaḥ

gītavāditranṛtyāṅgo gītavādanakapriyaḥ/
matsyo jalī jalo jalya javaḥ kālaḥ kalī kalaḥ

vikālaśca sukālaśca duṣkālaḥ kalanāśanaḥ/
mṛtyuścaiva kṣayo'ntaśca kṣamāpāyakaro haraḥ

saṃvarttako'ntakaścaiva saṃvarttakabalāhakau/
ghaṭo ghaṭīko ghaṇṭīko cūḍālolabalo balam

brahmakālo'gnivaktraśca daṇḍī muṇḍī ca daṇḍadhṛk/
caturyugaścaturvedaścaturhotraścatuṣpathaḥ

caturā śramavettā ca cāturvarṇyakaraśca ha/
kṣarākṣarapriyo dhūrtto'gaṇyo'gaṇyagaṇādhipaḥ

rudrākṣamālyāmbaradharo giriko girikapriyaḥ/
śilpīśaḥ śilpināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśilpapravarttakaḥ

bhaganetrāntakaścandraḥ pūṣṇo dantavināśanaḥ/
gūḍhāvarttaśca gūḍhaśca gūḍhapratiniṣevitā

taraṇastā rakaścaiva sarvabhūtasutāraṇaḥ/
dhātā vidhātā satvānāṃ nidhātā dhāraṇo dharaḥ

tapo brahma ca satyañca brahmacaryamathārjavam /
bhūtātmā bhūtakṛdbhūto bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ

bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritaścaiva tathotpattirmaheśvaraḥ/
īśāno vīkṣaṇaḥ śānto durdānto dantanāśanaḥ

brahmāvartta surāvartta kāmāvartta namo'stu te/
kāmabimbaniharttā ca karṇikārarajaḥpriyaḥ

mukhacandro bhīmamukhaḥ sumukho durmukho mukhaḥ/
caturmukho bahumukho raṇe hyabhimukhaḥ sadā

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śakunirmahodadhiḥ paro virāṭ /
adharmahā mahādaṇḍo daṇḍadhāro raṇapriyaḥ

gotamogopratāraśca govṛṣeścaravāhanaḥ/
dharmakṛddharmasraṣṭā ca dharmo dharmaviduttamaḥ

trailokyagoptā govindo mānado māna eva ca/
tiṣṭhan sthiraśca sthāṇuśca niṣkampaḥ kampa eva ca

durvāraṇo durviṣado duḥsaho duratikramaḥ/
durddharo duṣprakampaśca durvido durjjayo jayaḥ

śaśaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ śamanaḥ śītoṣṇaṃ durjarā'tha tṛṭ/
ādhayo vyādhayaścaiva vyādhihā vyādhigaśca ha

sahyo yajño mṛgā vyādhā vyādhīnāmākaro'karaḥ /
śikhaṇḍī puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ puṇḍarīkāvalokanaḥ

daṇḍadharaḥ sadaṇḍaśca daṇḍamuṇḍavibhūṣitaḥ/
viṣapo'mṛtapaścaiva surāpaḥ kṣīrasomapaḥ

madhupaścājyapaścaiva sarvapaśca mahābalaḥ/
vṛṣāśvavāhyo vṛṣabhastathā vṛṣabhalocanaḥ

vṛṣabhaścaiva vikhyāto lokānāṃ lokasatkṛtaḥ/
candrādityau cakṣuṣī te hṛdayañca pitāmahaḥ/
agnirāpastathā devo dharmakarmaprasādhitaḥ

na brahmā na ca govindaḥ purāṇaṛṣayo na ca/
māhātmyaṃ vedituṃ śaktā yāthātathyena te śiva

yā mūrttayaḥ susūkṣmāste na mahyaṃ yānti darśanam/
tābhirṇāṃ satataṃ rakṣa pitā putramivaurasam

rakṣa māṃ rakṣaṇīyo'haṃ tavānagha namo'stu te //
bhaktānukampī bhagavān bhaktaścāhaṃ sadā tvayi

yaḥ sahasrāṇyanekāni puṃsāmāhṛtya durddaśaḥ/
tiṣṭhatyekaḥ samudrānte sa me goptāstu nityaśaḥ

yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsāḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ/
jyotiḥ paśyanti yuñjānāstasmai yogātmane namaḥ

sambhakṣya sarva bhūtāni yugānte samupasthite/
yaḥ śete jalamadhyasthastaṃ prapadye'psuśāyinam

praviśya vadane rāhoryaḥ somaṃ grasate niśi /
grasatyarkañca svarbhānurbhutvā somāgnireva ca

ye'ṅguṣṭhamātrāḥ puruṣā dehasthāḥ sarvadehinām/
rakṣantu te hi māṃ nityaṃ nityamāpyāyayantu mām

ye cāpyutpatitā garbhādadhobhāgagatāśca ye/
teṣāṃ svāhāḥ svadhāścaiva āpnuvantu svadantu ca

ye na rodanti dehasthāḥ prāṇino rodayanti ca/
harṣayanti ca hṛṣyanti namastebhyo'stu nityaśaḥ

ye samudre nadīdurge parvateṣu guhāsu ca/
vṛkṣamūleṣu goṣṭheṣu kāntāragahaneṣu na

catuṣpatheṣu rathyāsu catvareṣu sabhāsu ca/
candrārkayormadhyagatā ye ca candrārkaraśmiṣu

rasātalagatā ye ca ye ca tasmātparaṅgatāḥ/
namastebhyo namastebhyo namastebhyaśca nityaśaḥ/
sūkṣmāḥ sthūlāḥ kṛśā hrasvā namastebhyastu nityaśaḥ

sarvastvaṃ sarvago deva sarvabhūtapatirbhavān/
sarvabhūtāntarātmā ca tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ

tvameva cejyase yasmādyajñairvividhadakṣiṇaiḥ/
tvameva karttā sarvasya tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ

atha vā māyayā deva mohitaḥ sūkṣmayā tvayā/
etasmāt kāraṇādvāpi tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ

prasīda mama deveśa tvameva śaraṇaṃ mama/
tvaṃ gatistvaṃ pratiṣṭhā ca na cānyāsti na me gatiḥ

stutvaivaṃ sa mahādevaṃ virarāma prajāpātiḥ/
bhagavānapi suprītaḥ punardakṣamabhāṣata

parituṣṭo'smi te dakṣa stavenānena suvrata/
bahunātra kimuktena matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyasi

athainamabravīdvākyaṃ trailokyādhipatirbhavaḥ/
kṛtvāśvāsakaraṃ vākyaṃ vākyajño vākyamāhatam

dakṣa dakṣa na karttavyo manyurvighnamimaṃ prati/
ahaṃ yajñahā na tvanyo dṛśyate tatpurā tvayā

bhūyaśca taṃ varamimaṃ matto gṛhṇīṣva suvrata/
prasannavadano bhūtvā tvamekāgramanāḥ śrṛṇu

aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca/
prajāpate matprasādāt phalabhāgī bhaviṣyasi

vedān ṣaḍaṅgānuddhṛtya sāṅkhyānyogāṃśca kṛtsnaśaḥ/
tapaśca vipulaṃ taptvā duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ

arthairddaśārddhasaṃyuktairgūḍhamaprājñanirmmitam/
varṇāśramakṛtairdharmaiṃrviparītaṃ kvacitsamam

śrutyarthairadhyavasitaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam/
sarveṣāmāśramāṇāntu mayā pāśupataṃ vratam/
utpāditaṃ śubhaṃ dakṣa sarvapāpavimokṣaṇam

asya cīrṇasya yatsamyak phalaṃ bhavati puṣkalam/
tadastu te mahābhāga mānasastyajyatāṃ jvaraḥ

evamuktvā mahādevaḥ sapatnīkaḥ sahānugaḥ/
adarśanamanuprāpto dakṣasyāmitavikramaḥ

avāpya ca tadā bhāgaṃ yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā bhavaḥ/
jvarañca sarvadharmajño bahudhā vyabhajattadā/
śāntyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śrṛṇudhvaṃ tatra vai dvijāḥ

śīrṣābhitāpo nāgānāṃ parvatānāṃ śilārujaḥ/
apāntu nālikāṃ vidyānnirmokambhujageṣvapi

śaurakaḥ saurabheyāṇāmūṣaraḥ pṛthivītale /
ibhā nāmapi dharmajña dṛṣṭipratyavarodhanam

randhrodbhūtaṃ tathāśvānāṃ śikhodbhedaśca barhiṇām/
netrarogaḥ kokilānāṃ jvaraḥ prokto mahātmabhiḥ

ajānāṃ pittabhedaśca sarveṣāmiti naḥ śrutam/
śukānāmapi sarveṣāṃ himikā procyate jvaraḥ/
śārdūleṣvapi vai viprāḥ śramo jvara ihocyate

mānuṣeṣu tu sarvajña jvaro nāmaiṣa kīrtitaḥ/
maraṇe janmani tathā madhye ca viśate sadā

etanmāheśvaraṃ tejau jvaro nāma sudāruṇaḥ/
namasyaścaiva mānyaśca sarvaprāṇibhirīśvaraḥ

imāṃ jvarotpattimadīnamānasaḥ paṭhetsadā yaḥ susamāhito naraḥ /
vimuktarogaḥ sa naro mudā yuto labheta kāmān sa yathāmanīṣitān

dakṣaproktaṃ stavañcāpi kīrttayedyaḥ śrṛṇoti vā/
nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiñciddīrghañcāyuravāpnuyāt

yathā sarveṣu deveṣu variṣṭho yogavān haraḥ/
tathā stavo variṣṭho'yaṃ stavānāṃ brahmanirmitaḥ

yaśorājyasukhaiśvaryavittāyurdhanakāṅkṣibhiḥ/
stotavyo bhaktimāsthāya vidyākāmaiśca yatnataḥ

vyādhito duḥkhito dīnaścauratrasto bhayārditaḥ/
rājakāryaniyukto vā mucyate mahato bhayāt

anena caiva dehena gaṇānāṃ sa gaṇādhipaḥ/
iha loke sukhaṃ prāpya gaṇa evopapadyate

na ca yakṣāḥ piśācā vā na nāgā na vināyakāḥ/
kuryurvighnaṃ gṛhe tasya yatra saṃstūyate bhavaḥ

śrṛṇuyādvā idaṃ nārī subhaktyā brahmacāriṇī/
pitṛbhirbhartṛpakṣābhyāṃ pūjyā bhavati devavat

śrṛṇuyādvā idaṃ sarva kīrttayedvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ/
tasya sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhiṃ gacchantyavighnataḥ

manasā cintitaṃ yacca yacca vācāpyudāhṛtam/
sarvaṃ sampadyate tasya stavanasyānukīrttanāt

devasya saguhasyātha devyā nandīśvarasya tu/
baliṃ vibhavataḥ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca

tataḥ sa yukto gṛhṇīyānnāmānyāśu yathākramam/
īpsitān labhate'tyarthaṃ kāmān bhogāṃśca mānavaḥ/
mṛtaśca svargamāpnoti strīsahasraparivṛtaḥ

sarva karmasu yukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ/
paṭhan dakṣakṛtaṃ stotraṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate/
mṛtaśca gaṇasālokyaṃ pūjyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ

vṛṣeva vidhiyuktena vimānena virājate/
ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī rudrasyānucaro bhavet

ityāha bhagavān vyāsaḥ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ /
naitadvedayate kaścinnedaṃ śrāvyantu kasyacit

śrutvaitatparamaṃ guhyaṃ ye'pi syuḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ/
vaiśyāḥ striyaśca śūdrāśca rudralokamavāpnuyuḥ

śrāvayedyastu viprebhyaḥ sadā parvasu parvasu/
rudralokamavāpnoti dvijo vai nātra saṃśayaḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte dakṣaśāpavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ