श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण दशम स्कन्ध अध्याय 88 श्लोक 26-40

dasham skandh: ashtashititam adhyay (poorvardh)

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: dasham skandh: ashtashititam adhyay shlok 26-40 ka hindi anuvad vaikunth mean svayan bhagavan narayan nivas karate haian. ekamatr ve hi un sannyasiyoan ki param gati haian jo sare jagath ko abhayadan karake shantabhav mean sthit ho gaye haian. vaikunth mean jakar jiv ko phir lautana nahian p data. bhaktabhayahari bhagavan ne dekha ki shankar ji to b de sankat mean p de hue haian. tab ve apani yogamaya se brahmachari banakar door se hi dhire-dhire vrikasur ki or ane lage. bhagavan ne mooanj ki mekhala, kala mrigacharm, dand aur rudraksh ki mala dharan kar rakhi thi. unake ek-ek aang se aisi jyoti nikal rahi thi, mano ag dhadhak rahi ho. ve hath mean kush liye hue the. vrikasur ko dekhakar unhoanne b di namrata se jhukakar pranam kiya. brahmachari-veshadhari bhagavan ne kaha- shakuninandan vrikasur ji! ap spasht hi bahut thake-se jan p date haian. aj ap bahut door se a rahe haian kya? tanik vishram to kar lijiye. dekhiye, yah sharir hi sare sukhoan ki j d hai. isi se sari kamanaean poori hoti haian. ise adhik kasht n dena chahiye. ap to sab prakar se samarth haian. is samay ap kya karana chahate haian? yadi mere sunane yogy koee bat ho to batalaiye. kyoanki sansar mean dekha jata hai ki log sahayakoan ke dvara bahut-se kam bana liya karate haian. shrishukadev ji kahate haian- parikshit! bhagavan ke ek-ek shabd se amrit baras raha tha. unake is prakar poochhane par pahale to usane tanik thaharakar apani thakavat door ki; usake bad kramashah apani tapasya, varadan-prapti tatha bhagavan shankar ke pichhe dau dane ki bat shuroo se kah sunayi. shribhagavan ne kaha- ‘achchha, aisi bat hai? tab to bhaee! ham usaki bat par vishvas nahian karate. ap nahian janate haian kya? vah to daksh prajapati ke shap se pishachabhav ko prapt ho gaya hai. ajakal vahi pretoan aur pishachoan ka samrath hai. danavaraj! ap itane b de hokar aisi chhoti-chhoti batoan par vishvas kar lete haian? ap yadi ab bhi use jagadguru manate hoan aur usaki bat par vishvas karate hoan to jhatapat apane sir par hath rakhakar pariksha kar lijiye. danavashiromane! yadi kisi prakar shankar ki bat asaty nikale to us asatyavadi ko mar daliye, jisase phir kabhi jhooth n bol sake. parikshit! bhagavan ne aisi mohit karane vali adbhut aur mithi bat kahi ki usaki vivek-buddhi jati rahi. us durbuddhi ne bhoolakar apane hi sir par hath rakh liya. bas, usi kshan usaka sir phat gaya aur vah vahian dharati par gira p da, mano us par bijali gir p di ho. us samay akash mean devata log ‘jay-jay, namo-namah, sadhu-sadhu!’ ke nare lagane lage. papi vrikasur ki mrityu se devata, rrishi, pitar aur gandharv atyant prasann hokar pushpoan ki varsha karane lage aur bhagavan shankar us vikat sankat se mukt ho gaye. ab bhagavan purushottam ne bhayamukt shankar ji se kaha ki ‘devadhidev! b de harsh ki bat hai ki is dusht ko isake papoan ne hi nasht kar diya. parameshvar! bhala, aisa kaun prani hai jo mahapurushoan ka aparadh karake kushal se rah sake? phir svayan jagadguru vishveshvar! apaka aparadh karake to koee sakushal rah hi kaise sakata hai?’ bhagavan anant shaktiyoan ke samudr haian. unaki ek-ek shakti man aur vani ki sima ke pare hai. sankat se chhu dane ki yah lila jo koee kahata ya sunata hai, vah sansar ke bandhanoan aur shatruoan ke bhay se mukt ho jata hai.