Vayu Purana · Chapter 41

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
sūta sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam/
prajānāṃ manubhiḥ sārddhaṃ devānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha

pitṛgandharvabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasām/
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāmeva pakṣiṇām

atyadbhutāni karmmāṇi vidhimāndharmmaniścayaḥ/
vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam

tatkathyamānamasmākaṃ bhavatā ślakṣṇayā girā/
manaḥkarmasukhaṃ saute prīṇātyābhūtasambhavam

evamārādhya te sūtaṃ satkṛtya ca maharṣayaḥ /
papracchuḥ satriṇaḥ sarve punaḥ sargapravarttanam

kathaṃ sūta mahāprājña punaṃ sargaḥ prapatsyate/
bandheṣu sampralīneṣu guṇasāmye tamomaye

vikāreṣvavisṛṣṭoṣu hyavyakte cātmani sthite/
apravṛttau brahmaṇastu mahāsāyujyagaistadā /
kathaṃ prapatsyate sargastannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām

evamuktastataḥ sūtastadāsau lomaharṣaṇaḥ /
vyākhyātumupacakrāma punaḥ sargapravarttanam

ahaṃ vau varttayiṣyāmi yathā sargaḥ prapatsyate/
pūrvavatsa tu vijñeyaḥ samāsāttaṃ nibodhata

dṛṣṭaṃ caivānumeyañca tarkaṃ vakṣyāmi yuktitaḥ/
tasmādvāco nivarttante hyaprāpya manasā saha

avyaktavat parokṣatvādghrahaṇaṃ taddurāsadam/
vikāraiḥ pratisaṃdṛṣṭe guṇasāmye nivarttate

pradhānaṃ puruṣāṇāñca sādharmmyeṇaiva tiṣṭhati/
dharmmādharmmau pralīyete avyaktau prāṇināṃ sadā

sattvamātrātmako dharmmo guṇasattve pratiṣṭhitaḥ/
tamomātrātmako'dharmmo guṇe tamasi tiṣṭhati

avibhāgavatāvetau guṇasāmyasthitāvubhau/
sarvakāryye buddhipūrvaṃ pradhānasya prapatsyate

abuddhipūrvaṃ kṣetrajña adhiṣṭhāsyati tān guṇān/
evaṃ tānabhimānena prapatsyeta purastadā

yadā pravarttitavyantu kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ/
bhojyabhoktṛtvasambandhaṃ prapatsyete yutāvubhau

tasmāccharaṇamavyaktaṃ sāmye sthitvā guṇātmakān/
kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ tacca vaiṣamyaṃ bhajate tu tat

tataḥ prapatsyate vyaktaṃ kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ/
kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattvaṃ vikāraṃ janayiṣyati

mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ caturviṃśaguṇātmakam/
kṣetrajñasya pradhānasya puruṣasya prapatsyate

brahmāṇḍe prathamaḥ so'tha bhavitā ceśvaraḥ punaḥ/
tato jñeyasya kṛtsnasya sarvabhūtapatiḥ śivaḥ

īśvaraḥ sarvvamuktānāṃ brahmā brahmamayo mahān/
ādi devaḥ pradhānasyānugrahāya pravakṣyate

anādyau svayamutpannāvubhau sūkṣmau tu tau smṛtau /
anādisaṃyogayutau sarvakṣetrajñameva ca

abuddhi pūrvakaṃ yuktau maśakau tu varau tadā/
apratyayamanādyaṃ ca sthitāvudakamapsyaśaḥ

pravṛtte pūrvataḥ pūrvaṃ punaḥ sarge prapatsyate/
ajñāguṇaiḥ pravarttante rajaḥsattvatamātmakam

pravṛttikāle rajasābhipannamahattvabhūtādiviśeṣyatāñca/
viśeṣatāṃ cendriyatāñca yānti guṇāvasāne patibhirmanuṣyāḥ

satyābhidhyāyinastasya dhyāyinaḥ sannimittakam/
rajaḥsattvatamā vyaktā vidharmmāṇaḥ parasparam

ādyante saṃprapatsyante kṣetratajjñāstu sarvaśaḥ/
saṃsiddhakāryyakaraṇā utpadyante'bhimāninaḥ

sarve satvāḥ prapadyante hyavyaktātpūrvameva ca/
prasūte yā ca suvahāḥ sādhikāścāpyasādhikā

saṃsarantastu te sarve stānaprakaraṇaiḥ saha/
kāryyāṇi pratipatsyante utpadyante punaḥ punaḥ

guṇamātrātmakāścaiva dharmmādharmmau parasparam/
ārapsantīha cānyonyaṃ vareṇānugraheṇa ca

sarve tulyāḥ prasṛṣṭārthaṃ sarggadau yānti vikriyām/
guṇāstatpratidhāvante tasmāttattasya rocate

guṇāste yāni sarvāṇi prāk dṛṣṭeḥ pratipedire/
tānyeva pratipadyante sṛṣṭamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ

hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmmādharmmāvṛtānṛte/
tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate

mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrttiṣu/
viprayogāśca bhūtānāṃ yuṇobhyaḥ saṃpravarttate

ityeṣa vo mayā khyātaḥ punaḥ sargaḥ samāsataḥ/
samāsādeva vakṣyāmi brahmaṇo'tha samudbhavam

avyaktātkāraṇāttasmānnityātsadasadātmakāt/
pradhāna puruṣābhyāntu jāyate ca maheśvaraḥ

sa punaḥ sambhāvayitā jāyate brahmasaṃjñitaḥ/
sṛjate sa punarlokānabhimānaguṇātmakān

ahaṅkārastu mahatastasmādbhūtāni cātmanaḥ/
yugapat sampravarttante bhūtānyevendriyāṇi ca/
bhūtabhedāśca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ pravarttate

vistarāvayavasteṣāṃ yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam/
kīrttitaṃ vo yathā pūrvaṃ tathaivābhyupadhāryyatām

etacchrutvā naimiṣeyāstadānīṃ lokotpattiṃ saṃsthitiṃ ca vyayañca/
tasmin satre'vabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ puṇyaṃ lokamṛṣayaḥ prāpnuvanti

yathā yūyaṃ vidhivaddevatādīniṣṭvā caivāvabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ/
tyaktvā dehānāyuṣo'nte kṛtārthānpuṇyām̐llokānprāpya yatheṣṭaṃ cariṣyatha

ete te naimiṣeyā vai iṣṭvā sṛṣṭvā ca vai tadā/
jagmuścāvabhṛdhasnātāḥ svargaṃ sarve tu satriṇaḥ

viprāstathā yūyamapi ceṣṭvā bahuvidhairmakhaiḥ /
āyuṣo'nte tataḥ svargaṃ gantāraḥ stha dvijottamāḥ

prakriyā prathame pāde kathāvastuparigrahaḥ/
anuṣaṅga upodvāta upasaṃhāra eva ca

evametaccatuṣpādaṃ purāṇaṃ lokasammatam/
uvāca bhagavān sākṣādvāyurlokahite rataḥ

naimiṣe satramāsādya munibhyo munisattamāḥ /
tatprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ bhūtotpattilayāni ca

prādhānikīmimāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tathaiveśvarakāritām/
samyagviditvā medhāvī na mohamadhigacchati

idaṃ yo brāhmaṇo vidvānitihāsaṃ purātanam/
śrṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi tathādhyāpayate'pi ca

sthāneṣu sa mahendrasya modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ/
brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā brahmaṇā saha mokṣyate

teṣāṃ kīrttimatāṃ kīrttiṃ prajeśānāṃ mahātmanām/
prathayanpṛthivīśānāṃ brahmabhūyāya gacchati

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammatam/
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenoktaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmavādinā

manvantareśvarāṇāṃ ca yaḥ kīrtiṃ prathayedimām/
devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca bhūridraviṇatejasām/
sa sarvairmucyate pāpaiḥ puṇyañca mahadāpnuyāt

yaścedaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsadā parvaṇi parvaṇi/
dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya kalpate

yaścedaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇānpādamantataḥ/
akṣayaṃ sārvakāmīyaṃ pitṝṃstaccopatiṣṭhati

yasmātpurā hyanantīdaṃ purāṇaṃ tena cocyate/
niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

tathaiva triṣu varṇeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ/
itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā dharmāya vidadhe matim

yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ/
tāvatkoṭi sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate/
brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā daivataiḥ saha modate

sarvvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitrañca yaśasvi ca/
brahmā dadau śāstramidaṃ purāṇaṃ mātariśvane

tasmāccośanasā prāptaṃ tasmāccāpi bṛhaspatiḥ/
bṛhaspatistu prevāca savitre tadanantaram

savitā mṛtyave prāha mṛtyuścendrāya vai punaḥ/
indraścāpi vasiṣṭhāya so'pi sārasvatāya ca

sārasvatastridhāmne ca tridhāmā ca śaradvate/
śaradvatastriviṣṭāya so'ntarikṣāya dattavān

varṣiṇe cāntarikṣo vai so'pi trayyāruṇāya ca/
trayyāruṇo dhanañjaye sa ca prādātkṛtañjaye

kṛta ñjayāttṛṇañjayo bharadvājāya so'pyatha/
gautamāya bharadvājaḥ so'pi niryyantare punaḥ

niryantarastu provāca tathā vājaśravāya ca/
sa dadau somaśūṣmāya sa dadau tṛṇabindave

tṛṇabindustu dakṣāya dakṣaḥ provāca śaktaye/
śakteḥ parāśaraścāpi garbhasthaḥ śrutavānidam

parāśarājjātukarṇastasmāddvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ/
dvaipāyanātpunaścāpi mayā prāptaṃ dvijottamāḥ

śāṃśapāyana uvāca //
mayā vai tatpunaḥ proktaṃ putrāyāmitabuddhaye/
ityeva vācā brahmādiguruṇā samudāhṛtā

namaskāryyaśca guravaḥ prayatnena manīṣibhiḥ/
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvārthasādhakam

pāpaghnaṃ niyamenedaṃ śrotavyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ sadā/
nāśucau nāpi pāpāya nāpyasaṃvatsaroṣite

nāśraddadhānāviduṣe nāputrāya kathañcana/
nāhitāya pradātavyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam

avyaktaṃ vai yasya yoniṃ vadanti vyaktaṃ dehaṃ kālamantargatañca /
vahniṃ vakraṃ candra sūryyau ca netre diśaḥ śrotre ghrāṇamāhuśca vāyum

vāyo vedāṃścāntarikṣaṃ śarīraṃ kṣitiṃ pādau tārakā romakūpān /
sarvāṇi cāṅgāni tathaiva tāni vidyāssarvā yasya pucchaṃ vadanti

taṃ devadevaṃ jananaṃ janānāṃ sarvveṣu lokeṣu pratiṣṭhitañca/
varaṃ varāṇāṃ varadaṃ maheśvaraṃ brahmāṇamādiṃ prayato namasye

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte sṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma ekacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ