Vayu Purana · Chapter 44

nārada uvāca//
gayāsuraḥ kathaṃ jātaḥ kiṃprabhāvaḥ kimātmakaḥ /
tapastaptaṃ kathaṃ tena kathaṃ dehapavitratā

sanatkumāra uvāca//
viṣṇornābhyambujājjāto brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ/
prajāḥ sasarja saṃproktaḥ pūrvvaṃ devena viṣṇunā

āsureṇaiva bhāvena hyasurānasṛjatpurā/
saumanasyena bhāvena devānsumanaso'sṛjat

gayāsuro'surāṇāñca mahābalaparākramaḥ/
yojanānāṃ sapādañca śataṃ tasyocchrayaḥ smṛtaḥ

sthūlaḥ ṣaṣṭiryojanānāṃ śreṣṭho'sau vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ/
kolāhalagirivare tapastepe sudāruṇam

bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi nirucchvāsaṃ sthiro'bhavat/
tattapastāpitā devāḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ

brahmalokaṃ gatā devāḥ procuste'tha pitāmaham/
gayāsurādrakṣa deva brahmā devāṃstato'bravīt

vrajāmaḥ śaṅkaraṃ devā brahmādyāśca gatāḥ śivam/
kailāse cābruvannatvā rakṣa deva mahāsurāt

brahmādyānabravīcchambhurvrajāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ harim/
kṣīrābdhau devadeveśaḥ sa naḥ śreyo vidhāsyati/
brahmā maheśvaro devā viṣṇuṃ natvā pratuṣṭuvuḥ

devā ūcuḥ //
ॐ namo viṣṇavo bhartre sarvveṣāṃ prabhaviṣṇave/
rociṣṇave jiṣṇave ca rākṣasādigrasiṣṇave

dhariṣṇave'khilasyāsya yogināṃ pārayiṣṇave /
varddhiṣṇave hyanantāya namo bhrājṣṇive namaḥ

sanatkumāra uvāca//
evaṃ stuto vāsudevaḥ surāṇāṃ darśanaṃ dadau/
kimarthamāgatā devā viṣṇunoktāstamabruvan

gayāsurabhayāddeva rakṣāsmānabravīddharim/
brahmādyā yāntu taṃ daityamāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ tataḥ

keśave garuḍārūḍho varaṃ dātuṃ gayāsure/
sarvve svaṃ svaṃ samāsthāya yayurvāhanamuttamam

ūcustaṃ vāsudevādyāḥ kimarthaṃ tapyate tvayā/
santuṣṭāḥ svāgatāḥ sarve varaṃ brūhi gayāsura

gayāsura uvāca//
yadituṣṭāḥ stha me devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ/
sarvvadevadvijātibhyo yajñatīrthaśiloccayāt

devebhyo'tipavitro'hamṛṣibhyo'pi śivāvyayāt/
mantrebhyo devadevebhyo yogibhyaścāpi sarvvaśaḥ

nyāsibhyaścāpi karmmibhyo dharmmibhyaśca tathā punaḥ/
jñātibhyo'tipavitrebhyaḥ pavitraḥ syāṃ sadā surāḥ

pavitramastu taṃ devā daityamuktvā yayurdivam/
daityaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca spṛṣṭvā ca sarvve haripuraṃ yayuḥ

śūnyaṃ lokatrayaṃ jātaṃ śūnyā yamapurī hyabhūt/
yama indrādibhiḥ sārddhaṃ brahmalokaṃ tato'gamat

brahmāṇamūcire devā gayāsuravilopitāḥ/
tvayā datto'dhikāro vai gṛhāṇa tvaṃ pitāmaha

brahmābravīttato devānvrajāmo viṣṇumavyayam/
brahmādayo'bruvanviṣṇuṃ tvayā dattavare'sure

taddarśanādyayuḥ svargaṃ śūnyaṃ loka trayaṃ hyabhūt/
devairukto vāsudevo brahmāṇaṃ sa vaco'bravīt

gatvāsuraṃ prārthayasva yajñārthaṃ dehi dehakam/
viṣṇūktaḥ sasuro brahmā gatvā'paśyanmahāsuram

gayāsuro'bravīddṛṣṭvā brahmāṇaṃ tridaśaiḥ sahaḥ/
saṃpūjyotthāya vidhivatpraṇtaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ

//gayāsura uvāca//
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ/
yadāgato'tithirbrahmā sarvvaṃ prāptaṃ mayādya vai

yoginyogāṅgavitsarvvalokasvāminpitarguro/
yadarthamā gato brahmanstatkāryyaṃ karavāṇyaham

//brahmovāca//
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni dṛṣṭāni bhramatā mayā/
yajñārthaṃ na tu te tāni pavitrāṇi śarīrataḥ

tvayā dehe pavitratvaṃ prāptaṃ viṣṇuprasādataḥ/
ataḥ pavitraṃ dehaṃ tvaṃ yajñārthaṃ dehime'sura

//gayāsura uvāca//
dhanyo'haṃ deva deveśa yaddehaṃ prārthyate tvayā/
pitṛvaṃśaḥ kṛtārtho me dehe yāgaṃ karoṣi cet

tvayaivotpādito dehaḥ pavitrastu tvayā kṛtaḥ/
sarvveṣāmupakārāya yāgo'vaśyaṃ bhavatviti

ityuktvā so'patadbhūmau śvetakalpe gayāsuraḥ/
naiṛtīṃ diśamāśritya tadā kolāhale girau

śiraḥ kṛtvottare daityaḥ pādau kṛtvā tu dakṣiṇe/
brahmā sambhṛtasambhāro mānasānṛtvijo'sṛjat

agniśarmāṇammṛtaṃ śaunakaṃ yāñjaliṃ mṛdum/
kumuthiṃ veda kauṇḍilyaṃ hārītaṃ kāśyapaṃ kṛpam

gargaṃ kauśikavāsiṣṭhau muniṃ bhārgavamavyayam/
vṛddhaṃ pārāśaraṃ kaṇvaṃ māṇḍavyaṃ śrutikevalam

śvetaṃ sutālaṃ damanaṃ suhotraṃ kaṅkameva ca/
laukākṣiñca mahābāhuṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ tathaiva ca

dadhipañcamukhaṃ vipramṛṣabhaṃ karkameva ca/
kātyāyanaṃ gobhilañca munimugramagāvratam

supālakaṃ gautamañca tathā vedaśirovratam/
jaṭāmālinamavyagraṃ cāṭuhāsañca dāruṇam

ātreyaṃ cāpyaṅgirasamaupamanyuṃ mahā vratam/
gokarṇañca guhāvāsaṃ śikhaṇḍinamumāvratam

etānanyāṃśca viprendrānvedhā lokapitāmahaḥ /
parikalpyākarodyāgaṃ gayāsuraśarīrake

agniśarmāpi pañcāgnīnmukhādetānathāsṛjat/
dakṣiṇāgniṃ gārhapatyāhavanīyau tapo'vyayaḥ

satyāvasathyau devarṣe yeṣu yajñāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ/
yajñasya ca pratiṣṭhārthaṃ viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadau

hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ brahnā snātvā cāvabhṛthena tu/
yajñayūpaṃ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ samānīya vyaropayat

brahmaṇaḥ sahasā śreṣṭhe sarasyevāśritaṃ śubham/
calitaścakito brahmā dharmmarājamabhāṣata

jātā gṛhe tava śilā samānīyāvicārayan/
daityasya śīghraṃ śirasi tāṃ dhāraya mamājñayā

niścalārthaṃ yamaḥ śrutvā dhārayanmastake śilām/
śilāyāṃ dhāritāyāntu saśilaścāsuro'calat

devānūce'tha rudrādīñchilāyāṃ niścalāḥ kila/
tiṣṭhantu devāḥ sakalāstathetyuktvā ca te sthitāḥ

devāḥ pādairlakṣayitvā tathāpi calito'suraḥ/
brahmātha vyākulo viṣṇuṃ gataḥ kṣīrābdhiśāyinam/
tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā natvā cādṛtya taṃ prabhum

/.brahmovāca//
brahmāṇḍasya pate nātha namāmi jagatāṃ patim/
katiṃ kīrttimatāṃ nṝṇāṃ buktimuktipradāyakam

viṣvakseno'bravīdviṣṇuṃ deva tvāṃ stauti padmajaḥ/
harirāhānaya tvaṃ taṃ viṣṇūktaḥ sa tamānayat/
ajamūce hariḥ kasmādāgato'si vadasva tat

//brahmovāca//
devadeva kṛte yoge pracacāla gayāsuraḥ/
śilāyāṃ devarūpiṇyāṃ nyastāyāṃ tasya mastake

rudrādiṣu ca deveṣu saṃsthiteṣvasuro'calat/
idānīṃ niścalārthaṃ hi prasādaṃ kuru mādhava

brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā hyākṛṣya svaśarīrataḥ /
mūrttiṃ dadau niścalārthaṃ brahmaṇe bhagavānhariḥ

ānīya mūrttiṃ brahmāpi śilāyāṃ samadhārayat/
tathāpi calitaṃ vīkṣya punardevamathāhvayat

āgatya viṣṇuḥ kṣīrābdheḥ śilāyāṃ saṃsthito'bhavat/
janārddanābhidhānena puṇḍarīketi nāmataḥ/
śilāyāṃniścalārthaṃ hi svayamādigadādharaḥ

niścalārthaṃ pañcadhāsīcchilāyāṃ prapitāpahaḥ/
pitāmaho'tha phalgvīśaḥ kedāraḥ kanakeśvaraḥ

brahmā sthitaḥ svayaṃ tatra gajarūpī vināyakaḥ/
gayādityaścottarārko dakṣiṇārkastridhā raviḥ

lakṣmīḥ sītābhidhānena gaurī ca maṅgalāhvayā/
gāyatrī caiva sāvitrī trisandhyā ca sarasvatī

indro bṛhaspatiḥ pūṣā vasavo'ṣṭau mahābalāḥ/
viśvedevāścāśvineyau māruto viśvanāyakaḥ/
sayakṣoragagandharvvāstasthurdevāḥ svaśāktibhiḥ

ādyayā gadayā cāsau yasmāddaityaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ/
sthita ityeva hariṇā tasmādādigadādharaḥ

ūce gayāsuro devānkimarthaṃ vañcito hyaham/
yajñārthaṃ brahmaṇe dattaṃ śarīramamalaṃ mayā/
viṣṇorvacanamātreṇa kiṃ na syāṃ niścalo hyaham

yatsuraiḥ pīḍito'tyarthaṃ gadayā hariṇā tathā/
pīḍito yadyahaṃ devāḥ prasannāḥ santu sarvadā

gadādharādayastuṣṭāḥ procuḥ sārddhaṃ gayāsuram/
varaṃ brūhi prasannāḥ smo devānūce gayāsuraḥ

yāvatpṛthvī parvatāśca yāvaccandrārkatārakāḥ/
tāvacchilāyāṃ tiṣṭhantu brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ/
anye ca sakalā devā mannāmnā kṣetramastu vai

pañcakrośaṃ gayākṣetraṃ krośamekaṃ gayāśiraḥ /
tanmadhye sarvatīrthāni prayacchantu hitaṃ nṛṇām

snānāditarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā piṇḍadānātphalādhikam/
mahātmā vai sahasrañca kulānāṃ coddharennaraḥ

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpeṇa yūyaṃ tiṣṭhata sarvadā/
gadādharaḥ svayaṃ lokādbhūyātsarvāghanāśanāt

śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍakaṃ yeṣāṃ brahmalokaṃ prayāntu te/
brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyatu ca sevinām

naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ gaṅgā prayāgaścāvimuktikam/
etānyanyāni tīrthāni divi bhuvyantarikṣataḥ/
samāyāntu sadā nṝṇāṃ prayacchantu hitaṃ surāḥ

kiṃ bahūktyā suragaṇā yuṣmāsvekāpi devatā/
cenna tiṣṭhedahaṃ cāpi samayaḥ pratipālyatām

gayāsuravacaḥ śrutvā procurviṣṇvādayaḥsurāḥ/
tvayā yatprārthitaṃ sarvvaṃ tadbhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam

asmatpādānarccayitvā yāsyanti paramāṃ gatim/
devairdattavaro daityo harṣito niścalo'bhavat

sthiteṣu caiva deveṣu brāhmaṇebhyo dadāvajaḥ/
grāmāṃśca pañcapañcāśatpañcakrośīṃ gayāṃ tathā/
gṛhānkṛtvā dadau divyānsarvvopaskarasaṃyutān

kāmadhenuṃ kalpavṛkṣaṃ pārijātādikāṃstarūn/
mahānadīṃ kṣīravahāṃ ghṛtakulyāstathaiva ca

madhuśravāṃ madhukulyāṃ dadhyādyāḍhyasarāṃsi ca/
suvarṇadīrghikāṃ caiva bahūnannādiparvvatān

bhakṣyabhojyaphalādīṃśca sarvvaṃ brahmā sṛjandadau/
na yācayadhvaṃ viprendrā anyānuktvā dadāvajaḥ

dattvā yayau brahmalokaṃ natvā hyādigadādharam /
dharmmāraṇye tatra dharmmaṃ yājayitvā yayācire

dharmmayāge ca lobhādvai pratigṛhya dhanādikam/
tato brahmā samāgatya brāhmaṇāṃstāñchaśāpa ha

kṛtavanto yato lobhaṃ maddatteṣvakhileṣvapi/
tasmādṛṇādhikā yūyaṃ bhaviṣyanti sadā dvijaḥ

yuṣmākaṃ syādvārivahā nadī pāṣāṇaparvvatāḥ/
nadyādayo vārivahā mṛnmayāśca yathā gṛhāḥ

kāmadhenuḥ kalpavṛkṣo mallokamupatiṣṭhatām/
evaṃ śaptā brahmaṇā te prārthayanto'bruvannajam

tvayā yaddattamakhilaṃ tatsarvaṃ śāpato gatam/
jīvanārthaṃ prasādaṃ no bhagavānkarttumarhasi

tacchrutvā brāhmaṇānbrahmā provācedaṃ dayānvitaḥ/
tīrthopajīvikā yūyamācandrārkaṃ bhaviṣyatha

lokāḥ puṇyā gayāyāṃ ye śrāddhino brahmalokagāḥ/
yuṣmānye pūjayiṣyanti tairahaṃ pūjitaḥ sadā

ākrāntaṃ daityajaṭharaṃ dharmmeṇa virajādriṇā/
nābhikūpasamīpe tu devī yā virajā sthitā/
tatra piṇḍādikaṃ kṛtvā triḥsaptakulamuddharet

mahendragiriṇā tasya kṛtau pādau suniścalau/
itatra piṇḍādikṛtsapta kulānyuddharate naraḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte gayāmāhātmyaṃ nāma catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ