Vratakhanda 95.p3.2

95.p3.2

nnirāmayaṃ yat pravadanti santaḥ
rājyaṃ śriyaṃ jagati sādhujanopabhogya
māpnoti cāpi śivalokamathāmṛtatvam
nāvāpyamasti bhuvaneṣu dṛḍhavratānāṃ
tasmātsadā vratapareṇa nareṇa bhāvyam
ye sarvvadā vrataparāśca śivaṃ smaranti
teṣāṃ na dṛṣṭipathamapyupayānti dūtāḥ
yāmya| mahābhayakkṛto'pi ca pāśahastāḥ
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanā vikaṭograveṣā dūti
tathā skandapurāṇe
śivaṃ prati pārvvatīvākyaṃ
yadi te'hamanugrāhyā yadi te mayi sauhṛdaṃ
yatpṛcchāmi mahādeva tanme brūhi yathātatham
yāṃśca vai niyamān kuryyubrāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ
ye cānye niyamāḥ kecitteṣāṃ vai brūhi yat phalam
niyamovratam
niyamānāṃ hi dṛśyante samṛddhīḥ phalasiddhayaḥ
yathā vinimayānāñca dhīrā vyāpattayo'nagha
īśvara uvāca
eṣa eṣaiva niyamo niyamasyaiḥ sulocane
bahudhā kriyate pudbhiḥ kāyakleśakaraḥ paraḥ
niyamastatra karttavyo yadyasai yasya rocate
duṣkaraṃ devi kurvvāṇaḥ sahasraphalamaśrute
anitye sukhavitte hi mānuṣyaṃ budbudopamaṃ
tena vaicityamāpannobhinatti niyamaṃ budhaḥ
duṣkaro niyamaḥ kattuṃ manuṣeṣva viśeṣataḥ
rāgalobhābhibhūtānarā dharmmābhigaṅkṣinaḥ
varttamānasakhāsaktā adharmmahṛdayo'budhāḥ
udyamāyādya niyamaṃ karotyatimanā naraḥ
sa tu varṣasahasrāṇi bahvaṃśaṃ phalamaśrute
asidhārāvrataṃ yadvatsahasiyamaśīlanaṃ
tena dhāraṇaśīlena niyamasyānupālanaṃ
devatvaṃ devatā prāptā niyamāciyamanvite
tārārūpā jvalantyete niyamātsu tapodhane
niyamena varārohe-velāca kramate'rṇavaḥ
niyamājjvalate cāgnistapate niyamādraviḥ
niyamādvarddhate vāyurniyamādriyate jagat
niṣkallāṣaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā niyamañca yathātathaṃ