Chapter 12

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sanatkumāra uvāca |
etasminnaṃtare śaṃbhuṃ prasannaṃ vīkṣya dānavaḥ |
tatrājagāma suprīto mayo'dagdhaḥ kṛpābalāt || 1 ||
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praṇanāma haraṃ prītyā surānanyānapi dhruvam |
kṛtāṃjalirnataskaṃdhaḥ praṇanāma puna śśivam || 2 ||
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athotthāya śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā premṇā gadgadasusvaraḥ |
tuṣṭāva bhaktipūrṇātmā sa dānavavaro mayaḥ || 3 ||
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maya uvāca || devadeva mahādeva bhaktavatsala śaṃkaraḥ |
kalpavṛkṣasvarūposi sarvapakṣavivarjitaḥ || 4 ||
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jyotīrūpo namastestu viśvarūpa namo'stu te |
namaḥ pūtātmane tubhyaṃ pāvanāya namonamaḥ || 5 ||
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citrarūpāya nityāya rūpātītāya te namaḥ |
divyarūpāya divyāya sudivyākṛtaye namaḥ || 6 ||
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namaḥ praṇatasarvārtināśakāya śivātmane |
kartre bhartre ca saṃhartre trilokānāṃ namonamaḥ || 7 ||
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bhaktigamyāya bhaktānāṃ namastubhyaṃ kṛpā lave |
tapassatphaladātre te śivākāṃta śiveśvara || 8 ||
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na jānāmi stutiṃ kartuṃ stutipriya pareśvara |
prasanno bhava sarveśa pāhi māṃ śaraṇāga tam || 9 ||
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|| sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityākarṇya mayoktā hi saṃstutiṃ parameśvaraḥ |
prasanno'bhūddvijaśreṣṭha mayaṃ provāca cādarāt || 10 ||
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|| śiva uvāca |
varaṃ brūhi prasanno'haṃ maya dānavasattama |
mano'bhilaṣitaṃ yatte taddāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || 11 ||
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|| sanatkumāra uvāca |
śrutvā śivaṃ vacaśśaṃbhossa mayo dānavarṣabhaḥ |
pratyuvāca prabhuṃ natvā nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ || 12 ||
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maya uvāca |
devadeva mahādeva prasanno yadi me bhavān |
varayogyo'smyahaṃ ceddhi svabhaktiṃ dehi śāśvatīm || 13 ||
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svabhakteṣu sadā sakhyaṃ dīneṣu ca dayāṃ sadā |
upekṣāmanyajīveṣu khaleṣu parameśvara || 14 ||
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kadāpi nāsuro bhāvo bhavenmama maheśvara |
nirbhayaḥ syāṃ sadā nātha magnastvadbhajane śubhe || 15 ||
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|| sanatkumāra uvāca |
iti saṃprārthyamānastu śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ |
pratyuvāca maye nātha prasanno bhaktavatsalaḥ || 16 ||
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maheśvara uvāca |
dānavarṣabha dhanyastvaṃ madbhakto nirvikāravān |
pradattāste varāssarve'bhīpsitā ye tavādhunā || 17 ||
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gaccha tvaṃ vitalaṃ lokaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ divo'pi hi |
sametaḥ parivāreṇa nijena mama śāsanāt || 18 ||
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nirbhayastatra saṃtiṣṭha saṃhṛṣṭo bhaktimānsadā |
kadāpi nāsuro bhāvo bhaviṣyati madājñayā || 19 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityājñāṃ śirasādhāya śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ |
taṃ praṇamya surāṃścāpi vitalaṃ prajagāma saḥ || 20 ||
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etasminnaṃtare te vai muṇḍinaśca samāgatāḥ |
praṇamyocuśca tānsarvānviṣṇubrahmādikān surān || 21 ||
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kutra yāma vayaṃ devāḥ karma kiṃ karavāmahe |
ājñāpayata naśśīghraṃ bhava dādeśakārakān || 22 ||
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kṛtaṃ duṣkarma cāsmābhirhe hare he vidhe surāḥ |
daityānāṃ śivabhaktānāṃ śivabhaktirvināśitā || 23 ||
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koṭikalpāni narake no vāsastu bhaviṣyati |
noddhāro bhavitā nūnaṃ śivabhaktavirodhinām || 24 ||
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parantu bhavadicchāta idaṃ duṣkarma naḥ kṛtam |
tacchāṃtiṃ kṛpayā brūta vayaṃ vaśśaraṇāgatāḥ || 25 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇubrahmādayassurāḥ |
abru vanmuṃḍinastāṃste sthitānagre kṛtāṃjalīn || 26 ||
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viṣṇvādaya ūcuḥ |
na bhetavyaṃ bhavadbhistu muṃḍino vai kadācana |
śivājñayedaṃ sakalaṃ jātaṃ caritamuttamam || 27 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ bhavitā naiva kugatirduḥkhadāyinī |
śivavāsā yato yūyaṃ devarṣihitakārakāḥ || 28 ||
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surarṣihitakṛcchaṃbhussurarṣihitakṛtpriyaḥ |
surarṣihitakṛnnṝṇāṃ kadāpi kugatirnahi || 29 ||
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adyato matametaṃ hi praviṣṭānāṃ nṛṇāṃ kalau |
kugatirbhavitā brūmaḥ satyaṃ naivātra saṃśayaḥ || 30 ||
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bhavadbhirmuṃḍino dhīrā guptabhāvānmamājñayā |
tāvanmarusthalī sevyā kaliryāvātsamāvrajet || 31 ||
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āgate ca kalau yūyaṃ svamataṃ sthāpayiṣyatha |
kalau tu mohitā mūḍhāssaṃgrahīṣyaṃti vo matam || 32 ||
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ityājñaptāḥ sureśaiśca muṃḍinaste munīśvara |
namaskṛtya gatāstatra yathoddiṣṭaṃ svamāśramam || 33 ||
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tatassa bhagavānrudro dagdhvā tripuravāsinaḥ |
kṛtakṛtyo mahāyogī brahmādyairabhipūjitaḥ || 34 ||
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svagaṇairnikhilairdevyā śivayā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ |
kṛtvāmaramahatkāryaṃ sasutoṃtaradhādatha || 35 ||
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tataścāṃtarhite deve parivārānvite śive |
dhanuśśarasthādyaśca prākāroṃtarddhimāgamat || 36 ||
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tato brahmā harirdevā munigaṃdharvakinnarāḥ |
nāgāssarpāścāpsarasassaṃhṛṣṭāścātha mānuṣāḥ || 37 ||
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svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ mudā jagmuśśaṃsaṃtaḥ śāṃkaraṃ yaśaḥ |
svaṃsvaṃ sthānamanuprāpya nivṛtiṃ paramāṃ yayuḥ || 38 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ |
tripurakṣayasaṃsūci paralīlānvitaṃ mahat || 39 ||
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dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dhanadhānyapravarddhakam |
svargadaṃ mokṣadaṃ cāpi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 40 ||
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idaṃ hi paramākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchraṇuyātsadā |
iha bhuktvākhilānkāmānaṃte muktimavāpnuyāt || 41 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṃḍe sanatkumārapārāśaryyasaṃvāde tripuravadhānaṃtaradevastutimayastutimuṃḍiniveśanadevasvasthānagamanavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
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