Vayu Purana · Chapter 35

manuṣyaprakṛtīn devān kīrtyamānānnibodhata /
saṅkarṣaṇo vāsudevaḥ pradyumnaḥ sāmba eva ca

aniruddhaśca pañcaite vaṃśavīrāḥ prakīrttitāḥ/
saptarṣayaḥ kuberaśca yakṣo maṇivarastathā

śālakī badaraścaiva vidvān dhanvantaristathā/
nandinaśca mahādevaḥ śālaṅkāyana ucyate/
ādidevastadā jiṣṇurebhiśca saha daivataiḥ

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ //
viṣṇuḥ kimarthaṃ sambhūtaḥ smṛtāḥ sambhūtayaḥ kati/
bhaviṣyāḥ kati vānye tu prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ

brahmakṣetre yugānteṣu kimarthamiha jāyate /
punaḥ punarmmanuṣyeṣu tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām

vistareṇaiva sarvāṇi karmmāṇi ripughātinaḥ/
śrotumicchāmahe samyag dehaiḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ

karmmaṇāmānupūrvyañca prādurbhāvāśca ye prabho /
yā cāsya prakṛtiḥ sūta tāścāsmān vaktumarhasi

kathaṃ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sureṣvariniṣūdanaḥ/
vasudevakule dhīmān vāsudevatvamāgataḥ

amaraiḥ sūta kiṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhiralaṃkṛtam/
devalokaṃ samutsṛjya martyalokamihāgataḥ

devamānuṣayornetā bhūrbhuvaḥprasavo hariḥ/
kimarthaṃ divyamātmānaṃ mānuṣe samaveśayat

yaścakraṃ vartayatyeko manuṣyāṇāṃ manomayam/
manuṣye sa kathaṃ buddhiṃ cakre cakrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

gopāyanaṃ yaḥ kurute jagatāṃ sārvvalaukikam/
sa kathaṃ gāṃ gato viṣṇurgopamanvakarotprabhuḥ

mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā yo dadāra cakāra ha/
śrīgarbhaḥ sa kathaṃ garbhe striyā bhūcarayā dhṛtaḥ

yena lokān kramairjittvā tribhistrīṃstridaśepsayā/
sthāpitā jagato mārgāstrivargapravarāstrayaḥ

yo'ntakāle jagatpītvā kṛtvā toyamayaṃ vapuḥ/
lokamekārṇavaṃ cakre dṛśyādṛśyena vartmanā

yaḥ purāṇe purāṇātmā vārāhaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ/
dadau jittvā vasumatīṃ surāṇāṃ surasattamaḥ

yena saiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā dvidhākṛtvā ca yatpunaḥ/
pūrvvadaityo mahāvīryyo hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ

yaḥ purā hyanalo bhūtvā aurvvaḥ saṃvarttako vibhuḥ/
pātālastho'rṇavagataḥ papau toyamayaṃ haviḥ

sahasracaraṇaṃ devaṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasraśaḥ/
sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ yamāhurvai yuge yuge

nābhyāraṇyāḥ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham/
ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṅkajamapaṅkajam

yena te nihatā daityāḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye/
sarvvadevamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvāyudhadharaṃ vapuḥ

garuḍasthena cotsiktaḥ kālanemirnipātitaḥ/
uttarāṃśe samudrasya kṣīrodasyāmṛtodadheḥ/
yaḥ śete śāśvataṃ yogamāsthāya timiraṃ mahat

purāṇī garbhamadhatta divyaṃ tapaḥprakarṣādaditiḥ purā yam/
śakrañca yo daityagaṇāvaruddhaṃ garbhāvamānena bhṛśaṃ cakāra

yadānilo lokapadāni hṛtvā cakāra daityān salileśayāṃstān /
kṛtvādidevastridivasya devāṃścakre sureśaṃ puruhūtameva

gārhapatyena vidhinā anvāhāryyeṇa karmmaṇā/
agnimāhavanīyañca vediñcaiva kuśasravam

prokṣaṇīyaṃ sruvañcaiva avabhṛthaṃ tathaiva ca/
atha trīniha yaścakre havyabhāga pradānmakhe

havyādāṃśca surāṃścakre kavyādāṃśca pitṝnapi/
bhogārthaṃ yajñavidhinā yo yajño yajñakarmmaṇi

yūpān samitsruvaṃ somaṃ pavitraṃ paridhīnapi/
yajñiyāni ca dravyāṇi yajñīyāṃśca tathānalān

sadasyān yajamānāṃśca aśvamedhān kratūttamān/
vibabhrāja purā yaśca pārameṣṭhyena karmmaṇā

yugānurūpaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā trīllom̐kān hi yathākramam/
kṣaṇā nimeṣāḥ kāṣṭhāśca kalāstraikālameva ca

muhūrttāstithayo māsā dinasaṃvatsarāstathā/
ṛtavaḥ kālayogāśca pramāṇaṃ trividhantathā

āyuḥ kṣetrāṇyupacayaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ rūpasauṣṭhavam/
medhā vittaṃ ca śauryyañca śāstrasyaiva ca pāraṇam

trayo varṇāstrayo lokāstraividyaṃ pāvakāstrayaḥ/
traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmmāṇi tisro māyāstrayo guṇāḥ

sṛṣṭā lokāḥ surāścaiva yenātyantena karmmaṇā/
sarvvabhūtagaṇāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ sarvvabhūtagaṇātmanā

nṛṇāmindriyapūrvveṇa yogena ramate ca yaḥ /
gatāgatānāṃ yo netā sarvvatra vividheśvaraḥ

yo gatirdharmayuktānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmmaṇām/
cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaścāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā

cāturvidyasya yo vettā caturāśramasaṃśrayaḥ/
digantaraṃ nabho bhūmirāpo vāyurvibhāvasuḥ

candrasūryyadvayaṃ jyotiryugeśaḥ kṣaṇadācaraḥ/
yaḥ paraḥ śrūyate devo yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ

yaḥ parantapasaḥ prāhuryaḥ paramparamātmavān/
ādityādistu yo devo yaśca daityāntako vibhuḥ

yugānteṣvantako yaśca yaśca lokāntakāntakaḥ/
seturyo lokasetūnāṃ medhyo yo medhyakarmmaṇām

vedyo yo vedaviduṣāṃ prabhuryaḥ prabhavātmanām/
somabhūtastu bhūtānāmagnibhūto'gnivarcasām

manuṣyāṇāṃ manobhūtastapobhūtastapasvinām /
vinayo nayatṛptānāṃ tejastejasvināmapi

vigraho vigrahāṇāṃ yo gatirgatimatāmapi/
ākāśa prabhavo vāyurvāyuprāṇā hutāśanaḥ

divā hutāśanaprāṇāḥ prāṇo'gnermadhusūdanaḥ/
raso'bhavacchoṇitaṃ vai śoṇitānmāṃsamucyate

māṃsāttu medaso janma medaso'sthi nirūpyate/
asthnā majjā samabhavanmajjātaḥ śukrasambhavaḥ

śukrādgharbhaḥ samabhavadrasamūlena karmmaṇā/
tatrāpi prathamañcāpastāḥ saumyarāśirucyate

garbhoṣmasambhavo jñeyo dvitīyo rāśirucyate/
śukraṃ somātmakaṃ vidyādārttavaṃ pāvakātmakam

bhāvau rasānugāvetau vīryye ca śaśipāvakau/
kaphavarge'bhavacchukraṃ pittavarge ca śoṇitam

kaphasya hṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ nābhyāṃ pittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam/
dehasya madhye hṛdayaṃ sthānantu manasaḥ smṛtam

nābikoṣṭhāntaraṃ yattu tatra devo hutāśanaḥ/
manaḥ prajāpatirjñeyaṃ kaphaḥ somo vibhāvyate

pittamagniḥ smṛtāvetāvagnisomātmakaṃ jagat/
evaṃ pravarttito garbho varttate'mbudasannibhaḥ

vāyuḥ praveśanaṃ cakre saṅgataḥ paramātmanā/
sa pañcadhā śarīrastho vidyate varddhayet punaḥ

prāṇāpānau samānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca/
prāṇo'sya paramātmānaṃ varddhayan parivarttate

apānaḥ paścimaṃ kāyamudānorddhvaśarīragaḥ/
vyāno vyānasyate yena samānaḥ sarvvasandhiṣu

bhūtāvāptistatastasya jāyatendriyagocarā/
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam

sarvvendriyā niviṣṭāstaṃ svaṃ svaṃ yogaṃ pracakrire/
pārthivaṃ dehamāhustaṃ prāṇātmānaṃ ca mārutam

chidrāṇyākāśayonīni jalāsrāvaṃ pravarttate /
tejaścakṣuḥṣvitā jyotsnā teṣāṃ yannāmataḥ smṛtam/
saṅgrāmā viṣayāścaiva yasya vīryyātpravarttitāḥ

ityetān puruṣaḥ sarvvān sṛjam̐llokān sanātanaḥ/
naidhane'smin kathaṃ loke naratvaṃ viṣṇurāgataḥ

eṣa naḥ saṃśayo dhīmanneṣa vai vismayo mahān /
kathaṃ gatirgatimatāmāpanno mānuṣīṃ tanum

śrotumicchāmahe viṣṇoḥ karmmāṇi ca yathākramam/
āścaryyāṇi paraṃ viṣṇurvedadevaiśca kathyate

viṣṇorutpattimāścaryyaṃ kathayasva mahāmate/
etadāścaryyamākhyānaṃ kathyatāṃ vai sukhāvaham

prakhyātabalavīryyasya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ/
karmmaṇāścaryyabhūtasya viṣṇoḥ sattvamihocyatām

//sūta uvāca//
ahañca kīrttayiṣyāmi prādurbhāvaṃ mahātmanaḥ/
yathā sa bhagavāñjāto mānuṣeṣu mahātapāḥ

saptasaptatapaḥ proktā bhṛguśāpena mānuṣe/
jāyate ca yugānteṣu devakāryyarthasiddhaye

tasya divyatanuṃ viṣṇorgadato me nibodhata/
yugadharmme parāvṛtte kāle ca śithile prabhuḥ

kartuṃ dharmmavyavasthānaṃ jāyate mānuṣeṣviha/
bhṛgoḥ śāpanimittena devāsurakṛtena ca

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
kathaṃ devāsurakṛte adhyāhāramavāpnuyāt/
etadveditumicchāmo vṛttaṃ daivāsuraṃ katham

//sūta uvāca//
daivāsuraṃ yathāvṛttaṃ bruvatastannibodhata/
hiraṇyakaśipurdaityastrailokyaṃ prāk praśāsati

balinādhiṣṭhitaṃ rāṣṭraṃ punarlokatraye kramāt/
sakhyamāsītparaṃ teṣāṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha

yugaṃ vai daśasaṅkīrṇamāsīdavyāhataṃ jagat/
nideśasthāyinaścaiva tayordevāsurābhavan

balavān vai vivādo'yaṃ saṃpravṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ/
devāsurāṇāṃ ca tadā ghorakṣayakaro mahān

teṣāṃ dāyanimittaṃ vai saṃgrāṇā bahavo'bhavan/
vārāhe'smin daśa dvau ca ṣaṇḍāmārkottarāḥ smṛtā

nāmatastu samāsena śrṛṇudhvaṃ tān vivakṣataḥ/
prathamo nārasiṃhastu dvitīyaścāpi vāmanaḥ

tṛtīyaḥ sa tu vārāhaścaturtho'mṛtamandhanaḥ/
saṃgrāmaḥ pañcamaścaiva sughorastārakāmayaḥ

ṣaṣṭho hyāḍībakasteṣāṃ saptamastraipuraḥ smṛtaḥ/
andhakāro'ṣṭamasteṣāṃ dhvajaśca navamaḥ smṛtaḥ

vārttaśca daśamo jñeyastato hālā halaḥ smṛtaḥ/
smṛto dvādaśamasteṣāṃ ghorakolāhalo'paraḥ

hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo narasiṃhena sūditaḥ/
vāmanena balirvaddhastrailokyākramaṇe kṛte

hiraṇyākṣo hato dvandve prativāde tu daivataiḥ/
mahābalo mahāsattvaḥ saṃgrāmeṣvaparājitaḥ

daṃṣṭrāyāntu varāheṇa samudrādbhūryadā kṛtā /
prāhlādo nirjito yuddhe indreṇāmṛtamanthane

virocanastu prāhlādirnityamindravadhodyataḥ/
indreṇaiva sa vikramya nihatastārakāmaye

bhavādavadhyatāṃ prāpya viśeṣāstrādibhistu yaḥ/
sañjabho nihataḥ ṣaṣṭhe śakrāviṣṭena viṣṇunā

aśaknuvanto deveṣu puraṃ goptuṃ tridaivatam /
nihatā dānavāḥ sarve tripurastryambakeṇa tu

aṣṭame tvasurāścaivaṃ rākṣasāścāndhakārakāḥ/
jitadevamanuṣyaistu pitṛbhiścaiva saṅgatān

saṃvṛtān dānavāṃścaiva saṅgatān kṛtsnaśaśca tān /
tathā viṣṇusahāyena mahendreṇa nibarhitāḥ

hato dhvajo mahendreṇa māyācchannaśca yodhayan/
dhvaje lakṣyaṃ samāviśya vipravarttirmahābhujaḥ

daityāṃśca dānavāṃścaiva saṃhatān kṛtsnaśaśca tān/
rajiḥ kolāhale sarvān devaiḥ parivṛto'jayat/
yajñāmṛtena vijitau ṣaṇḍāmārkau tu daivataiḥ

ete daivāsurā vṛttāḥ saṃgrāmā dvādaśaiva tu/
devāsurakṣayakarāḥ prajānāmaśivāya ca

hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ babhau/
tathā śatasahasrāṇi hyadikāni dvisaptatiḥ /
aśītiṃ ca sahasrāṇi trailokyasyeśvaro'bhavat

paryāye tasya rājā'nu balirvarṣārbudaṃ punaḥ /
ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi triṃśataṃ niyutāni ca

bale rājyādhikārastu yāvatkālaṃ babhūva ha/
prahlādena gṛhīto'bhūttāvatkālaṃ tadāsuraiḥ

indrāstrayaste vikhyātā asurāṇāṃ mahaujasaḥ /
daityasaṃsthamidaṃ sarvamāsīddaśayugaṃ kila

asapatnaṃ tataḥ sarvaṃ rāṣṭraṃ daśayugaṃ purā/
trailokyamavyayamidaṃ mahendreṇa tu pālyate

prahlādasya tataścādastrailokyaṃ kālaparyayāt /
paryāyeṇa ca saṃprāpte trailokye pākaśāsanaḥ

tato'surān parityajya yajñe devā upāgaman /
yajñe devānatha gate kāvyaṃ te hyasurābruvan

kṛtaṃ no miṣatāṃ rāṣṭraṃ tyaktvā yajñaṃ punargatāḥ/
sthātuṃ na śaknumo hyadya praviśāmo rasātalam

evamukto'bravīdetān viṣaṇṇaḥ sāntvayan girā/
mābhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena cāsurāḥ

vṛṣṭiroṣadhayaścaiva rasā vasu ca yadvayam/
kṛtsnā mayi ca tiṣṭhanti pādasteṣāṃ sureṣu vai/
yuṣmadarthaṃ pradāsyāmi tatsarvaṃ dhāryate mayā

tato devāsurān dṛṣṭvā dhṛtān kāvyena dhīmatā/
amantrayaṃstadā te vai saṃvignā vijigīṣayā

eṣa kāvya idaṃ sarvaṃ vyāvarttayati no balāt /
sādhu gacchāmahe tūrṇaṃ kṣīṇānnāpyāyayasva tān /
prasahya hatvā śiṣṭān vai pātālaṃ prāpayāmahe

tato devāḥ susaṃrabdhā dānavānabhisṛtya vai/
jadhnustai rvadhyamānāste kāvyamevābhidudruvuḥ

tataḥ kāvyastu tāndṛṣṭvā tūrṇaṃ devairabhidrutān/
samare'ktrakṣatārttāṃstān devebhyastān diteḥ sutān

kāvyo dṛṣṭvā sthitān devān tatra devo'bhyacintayat/
tānuvāca tato dhyātvā pūrvavṛttamanusmaran

trailokyaṃ vijitaṃ sarvaṃ vāmanena tribhiḥ kramaiḥ /
balirbaddho hato jambho nihataśca virocanaḥ

mahārheṣu dvādaśasu saṃgrāmeṣu surairhatāḥ/
taistairupāyairbhūyiṣṭhā nihatā ye pradhānataḥ

kiñcicchiṣṭāstu vai yūyaṃ yuddheṣvantyeṣu vai svayam/
nītiṃ vo hi vidhāsyāmi kālaḥ kaścitpratīkṣyatām

yāsyāmyahaṃ mahādevaṃ mantrārthe vijayāya vaḥ/
agnimāpyāyayeddhotā mantraireva bṛhaspatiḥ

tato yāsyāmyahaṃ devaṃ mantrārthe nīlalohitam/
yuṣmānanugrahīṣyāmi punaḥ paścādihāgataḥ

yūyaṃ tapaścaradhvaṃ vai saṃvṛtā valkalairvane/
na vai devā vadhiṣyanti yāvadāgamanaṃ mama

apratīpāṃstato mantrān devāt prāpya maheśvarāt/
yotsyāmahe punardevāṃstataḥ prāpsyatha vai jayam

tataste kṛtasaṃvādā devānūcustato'surāḥ/
nyastavādā vayaṃ sarve lokān yūyaṃ kramantu vai

vayaṃ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ saṃvṛtā valkalairvane/
prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā satyavyāharaṇaṃ tu tat

tato devā nivṛttā vai vijvarā muditāśca ha/
nyastaśastreṣu daityeṣu svān vai jagmuryathāgatān

tatastānabravītkāvyaḥ kañcitkālamupāsyatām/
nirutsukaistapoyuktaiḥ kālaṃ kāryārthasādhakaiḥ/
piturmamāśramasthā vai sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

sa sandiśyāsurān kāvyo mahādevaṃ prapadya ca/
praṇamyenasuvācātha jagatprabhavamīśvaram

mantrānicchāmyahaṃ deva me nasanti bṛhaspatau/
parābhavāya devānāmasureṣvabhayāvahān

evamukto'bravīddevo mantrānicchasi vai dvija/
vrataṃ cara mayo ddiṣṭaṃ brahmacārī samāhitaḥ

pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai kuṇḍadhūmamavākśirāḥ/
yadyupāsyasi bhadrante matto mantramavāpsyasi

tathokto deva devena sa śukrastu mahātapāḥ/
pādau saṃspṛśya devasya bāḍhamityabhyabhāṣata

vrataṃ carāmyahaṃ śeṣaṃ yathoddiṣṭo'smi vai prabho/
tato niyukto devena kuṇḍadhāro'sya dhūmakṛt

asurāṇāṃ hitārthāya tasmiñchukre gate tadā/
mantrārthaṃ tatra vasati brahmacarye maheśvaraḥ

tadbuddhvā nātipūrvantu rājyaṃ nyastaṃ tadāsuraiḥ/
tasmiñchidre tadāmarṣā devāstān samabhidravan/
niśitāttāyudhāḥ sarve bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ

dṛṣṭvāsuragaṇā devān pragṛhītāyudhān punaḥ/
utpetuḥ sahasā sarve santrastāste tato'bhavan

nyastaśastre jaye datte ācāryavratamāsthite/
santyajya. samayaṃ devāste sapatnajighāṃsavaḥ

anācāryāstu bhadraṃ vo viśvastāstapasi sthitāḥ/
cīravalkājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ

raṇe vijetuṃ devān vai naśakṣyāmaḥ kathañcana/
aśuddhena prapadyāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram

jñāpayāmastatamidaṃ yāvadāgamanaṃ guroḥ/
vinivṛtte tataḥ kāvye yotsyāmo yudhi tān surān

evamuktvā surān yogyaṃ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram/
prāpadyanta tato bhītāstadā caiva tadā'bhayam

dattanteṣāntu bhītānāṃ daityā nāmabhayārthinām/
na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavya bhayantyajata dānavāḥ

matsannidhau vartatāṃ vo na bhīrbhavitumarhati/
bhayāccāpyabhipannāṃstān dṛṣṭvā devāsurāṃstadā

abhijagmuḥ prasahyaitānavicārya balābalam/
tāṃstrastān vadhyamānāṃśca devairdṛṣṭvāsurāṃstadā

devī kruddhābravīdenānanindratvaṃ karomyaham/
saṃstabhya śīghraṃ saṃrambhādindraṃ sā'bhyacarattataḥ

tataḥ saṃstambhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakraṃdevāstu yūpavat/
vyadravanta tato bhītā dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ vaśīkṛtam

gateṣu surasaṅgheṣu viṣṇurindramabhāṣata/
māṃtvaṃ praviśa bhadrante neṣyāmi tvāṃ sureśvara

evamuktastato viṣṇuṃ praviveśa purandaraḥ/
viṣṇunā rakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā devī kruddhā vaco'vadat

eṣā tvāṃ viṣṇunā sārddhaṃ dahāmi maghavāniva/
miṣatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dṛśyatāṃ me tapobalam

tayābhibhūtau tau devāvindraviṣṇū jajalpatuḥ/
kathaṃ mucyeva sahitau viṣṇurindramabhāṣata

indro'bravījjahi hyenāṃ yāvannau na dahedvibho/
viśeṣeṇābhibhūto'hamatastvañca hi mā ciram

tataḥ samīkṣya tāṃ viṣṇuḥ strīvadhaṃ karttumāsthitaḥ/
abhidhyāya tataścakramāpannaḥ satvaraṃ prabhuḥ

tasyāḥ satvaramāṇāyāḥ śīghrakārī surārihā/
striyā viṣṇustato devyā krūraṃ buddhvā cikīrṣitam/
kruddhastadastramāviddhya śiraściccheda mādhavaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā strīvadhaṃ ghoraṃ cukopa bhṛgurīśvaraḥ/
tato'bhiśasto bhṛguṇā viṣṇurbhāryāvadhe tadā

yasmātte jānatā dharmānavadhyā strī niṣūditā/
tasmāttvaṃ saptakṛtvo vai mānuṣeṣu prapatsyasi

tatastenābhiśāpena naṣṭe dharme punaḥ punaḥ/
loke sarvahitārthāya jāyate mānuṣeṣviha

anuvyāhṛtya viṣṇuṃ sa tadādāya śiraḥ svayam/
samānīya tataḥ kāye apo gṛhyedamabravīt

eṣa tvāṃ viṣṇunā satye hatāṃ saṃjīvayāmyaham /
yadi kṛtsno mayā dharmaścarito jñāyate'pi vā/
tena satyena jīvasva yadi satyaṃ bravīmyaham

satyābhivyāhṛtā tasyā devī saṃjīvitā tadā/
tadā tāṃ prokṣya śītābhiradbhirjīveti so'bravīt

tatastāṃ sarvabhūtāni dṛṣṭvā suptotthitāmiva/
sādhu sādhvityadṛśyānāṃ vācastāḥ sasvarurdiśaḥ

dṛṣṭvā sañjīvitāmevaṃ devīṃ tāṃ bhṛguṇā tadā/
miṣatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat

asaṃbhrāntena bhṛguṇā patnīṃ sañjīvitāṃ tataḥ/
dṛṣṭvā śakro na lebhe'tha śarma kāvyabhayāttataḥ

prajāgare tataścendro jayantīmātmanaḥ sutām/
provāca matimān vākyaṃ svāṃ kanyāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ

eṣa kāvyo hyanindrāya carate dāruṇaṃ tapaḥ/
tenāhaṃ vyākulaḥ putri kṛto dhṛtimatā dṛḍham

gaccha sambhāvayasvainaṃ śramāpanayanaiḥ śubhaiḥ/
taistairmanonukūlaiśca hyupacārairatandritā

devī sā hīndratuhitā jayantī śubhacāriṇī/
yuktadhyānañca śāmyaṃ taṃ durbalaṃ dhṛtimāsthitam

pitrā yathoktaṃ kāvyaṃ sā kāvye kṛtavatī tadā/
gīrbhiścaivānukūlābhiḥ stuvatī valgubhāṣiṇī

gātrasaṃvāhanaiḥ kāle sevamānā sukhāvahaiḥ /
śuśrūṣantyanukūlā ca uvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ

pūrṇe dhūmavrate cāpi ghore varṣasahasrike /
vareṇa cchandayāmāsa kāvyaṃ prīto'bhavattadā

evaṃ bruvaṃstvayaikena cīrṇaṃ nānyena kenacit/
tasmāttvaṃ tapasā buddhyā śrutena ca balena ca

tejasā cāpi vibudhān sarvānabhibhaviṣyasi/
yacca kiñcinmama brahman vidyate bhṛgunandana

sāṅgañca sarahasyañca yajñopaniṣadāntathā/
pratibhāsyati te sarvaṃ taccādyantaṃ na kasyacit

sarvābhibhāvī tena tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho bhaviṣyasi/
evaṃ dattvā varāṃstasmai bhārgavāya punaḥ punaḥ

ajeyatvaṃ dhaneśatvamavadhyatvaṃ ca vai dadau/
etān labdhvā varān kāvyaḥ samprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ

harṣāt prādurbabhau tasya devastotraṃ maheśvaram/
tadā tiryaksthitastvevaṃ tuṣṭuve nīlalohitam

namo'stu śitikaṇṭhāya surāpāya suvarcase/
ririhāṇāya lopāya vatsarāya jagatpate

kapardine hyūrddhvaromṇe hayāya karaṇāya ca/
saṃskṛtāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase

uṣṇīṣiṇe suvakrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe/
vasuretāya rudrāya tapase cīravāsase

hrasvāya muktakeśāya senānye rohitāya ca

kavaye rājavṛddhāya takṣakakrīḍanāya ca/
giriśāyārkanetrāya yatine jāmbavāya ca/
suvṛttāya suhastāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca

sahasrabāhave caiva sahasrāmalacakṣuṣe/
sahasrakukṣaye caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca

sahasraśirase caiva bahurūpāya vedhase/
bhavāya viśvarūpāya śvetāya puruṣāya ca

niṣaṅgiṇe kavacine sūkṣmāya kṣapaṇāya ca/
tāmrāya caiva bhīmāya ugrāya ca śivāya ca

babhrave ca piśaṅgāya piṅgalāyāruṇāya ca/
mahādevāya śarvvāya viśvarūpaśivāya ca

hiraṇyāya ca śiṣṭāya śreṣṭhāya madhyamāya ca /
pinākine ceṣumate citrāya rohitāya ca

dundubhyāyaikapādāya arhāya buddhaye tathā/
mṛgavyādhāya sarpāya sthāṇave bhīṣaṇāya ca

bahurūpāya cogrāya trinetrāyeśvarāya ca/
kapilāyaikavīrāya mṛtyave tryambakāya ca

vāstoṣpate vinākāya śaṅkarāya śivāya ca/
āraṇyāya guhasthāya yatine brahmacāriṇe

sāṅkhyāya caiva yogāya dhyānine dīkṣitāya ca/
antarhitāya śarvvāya mānyāya māline tathā

buddhāya caiva puṇyāya dhārmikāya śubhāya ca/
rodhase cekitānāya brahmiṣṭhāya maharṣaye

catuṣpādāya medhyāya dharmiṇe śīghragāya ca/
śikhaṇḍine kapālāya daṃṣṭriṇe viśvamedhase

apratīghātāya dīptāya bhāskarāya sumedhase/
krūrāya vikṛtāyaiva bībhatsāya śivāya ca

saumyāya caiva puṇyāya dhārmikāya śubhāya ca/
avadhyāya mṛtāṅgāya nityāya śāśvatāya ca

sādyāya śarabhāyaiva śūline ca tricakṣuṣe/
somapāyājyapāyaiva dhūmapāyoṣmapāya ca

śucaye rerihāṇāya sadyojātāya mṛtyave/
piśitāśāya kharvāya medhāya vaidyutāya ca

vyāśritāya śraviṣṭāya bhāratāyāntarikṣaye/
kṣamāya saha mānāya satyāya tapanāya ca

tripuraghnāya dīptāya cakrāya romaśāya ca/
tigmāyudhāya medhyāya siddhāya ca pulastaye

rocamānāya khaṇḍāya sphītāya ṛṣabhāya ca/
bhogine puñjamānāya śāntāyaivorddhvaretase

aghaghnāya makhghnāya mṛtyave yajñiyāya ca/
kṛśānave pracetāya vahnaye kiśalāya ca

sikatyāya prasannāya vareṇyāyaiva cakṣuṣe/
kṣipregave sudhanvāya pramedhyāya priyāya ca

rakṣoghnāya paśughnāya vighnāya śayanāya ca/
vibhrāntāya mahantāya antaye durgamāya ca

dakṣāya ca jaghanyāya lokānāmīśvarāya ca/
anāmayāya corddhvāya saṃhatyādhiṣṭhitāya ca

hiraṇyabāhave caiva satyāya śamanāya ca/
asikalyāya māghāya rīriṇyāyaikacakṣuṣe

śreṣṭhāya vāmadevāya īśānāya ca dhīmate/
mahākalpāya dīptāya rādenāya hasāya ca

vṛtadhanvane kavicine rathine ca varūthine/
bhṛgunāthāya śukrāya vahniriṣṭāya dhīmate

aghāya aghaśaṃsāya vipriyāya priyāya ca /
digvāsaḥkṛttivāsāya bhagaghnāya namo'stu te

paśūnāṃ pataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ/
praṇane ṛgyajuḥsāmne svadhāyai ca sudhāya ca

vaṣaṭkāratamāyaiva tubhyamantātmane namaḥ /
sraṣṭre dhātre tathā hotre hartre ca kṣapaṇāya ca

bhūtabhavyabhavāyaiva tubhyaṃ kālātmane namaḥ/
vasave caiva sādhyāya rudrādityāśvināya ca

viśvāya marute caiva tubhyandevātmane namaḥ/
agnisomartvigijyāya paśumantrauṣadhāya ca

dakṣiṇāvabhṛthāyaiva tubhyaṃ yajñātmane namaḥ /
tapase caiva satyāya tyāgāya ca śamāya ca

ahiṃsāyāpyalobhāya suveśāyātiśāya ca/
sarvabhūtātmabhūtāya tubhyaṃ yogātmane namaḥ

pṛthivyai cāntarikṣāya divāya ca mahāya ca/
janastapāya satyāya tubhyaṃ lokātmane namaḥ

avyaktāyātha mahate bhūtāyaivondriyāya ca /
tanmātrāya mahāntāya tubhyaṃ tattvātmane namaḥ

nityāya cārthaliṅgāya sūkṣmāya cetanāya ca/
śuddhāya vibhave caiva tubhyaṃ nityātmane namaḥ

namaste triṣu lokeṣu svarānteṣu bhavādiṣu/
satyānteṣu mahānteṣu caturṣu ca namo'stu te

namaḥstotre mayā hyasmin sadasadvyāhṛtaṃ vibho/
madbhakta iti brahmaṇya sarvantat kṣantumarhasi

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte viṣṇumāhātmye śambhustavakīrttanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ