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# Prakriyapada 55: atha catuḥpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

Prakriyāpāda 55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [55.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.116) — 1 part

### atha catuḥpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.1)

nīlakaṇṭhastavaḥ  
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kasmin deśe mahāpuṇyametadākhyānamuttamaṃ  
vṛttaṃ brahmapurogāṇāṃ kasmin kāle mahādyute  
etadākhyāhi naḥ samyag yathā vṛttaṃ tapodhana

### [55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.2)

sūta uvāca | yathā śrutaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ vāyunā jagadāyunā (1)  
kathyamānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ satre varṣasahasrake

### [55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.3)

nīlatā yena kaṇṭhasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ  
tadahaṃ kīrttayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ saṃśitavratāḥ

### [55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.4)

uttare śailarājasya sarāṃsi sarito hradaḥ  
puṇyodyāneṣu tīrtheṣu devatāyataneṣu ca  
giriśṛṅgeṣu tuṅgeṣu gahvaropavaneṣu ca

### [55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.5)

devabhaktā mahātmāno munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ  
stuvanti ca mahādevaṃ yatra yatra yathāvidhi

### [55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.6)

ṛgyajuḥsāmavedaiśca nṛtyagītārccanādibhiḥ  
oṃkāreṇa namaskārairarcayanti sadā śivaṃ

### [55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.7)

pravṛtte jyotiṣāṃ cakre madhyavyāpte divākare  
daivatā niyatātmānaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti tāṃ kathāṃ  
atha niyamapravṛttāśca prāṇaśeṣavyavasthitāḥ

### [55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.8)

namaste nīlakaṇṭhāya ityuvāca mahāgatiḥ  
tacchrutvā bhāvitātmāno munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ  
vālakhilyetivikhyātāḥ pataṅgasahacāriṇaḥ

### [55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.9)

aśītisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrddharetasāṃ  
tasmāt pṛcchanti vai vāyuṃ vāyuparṇākhubhojanāḥ

### [55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.10)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | nīlakaṇṭhetidyat proktaṃ tvayā pavanasattama  
etadguhyaṃ pavitrāṇāṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ varāḥ

### [55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.11)

tadvayaṃ śrotumicchāmastvatprasādāt prabhañjana  
nīlatā yena kaṇṭhasya kāraṇenāmbikāpateḥ

### [55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.12)

śrotumicchāmahe samyaktva vaktāhiśeṣataḥ  
yāvadvācaḥ pravarttante sārthāstāśca tvayeritāḥ

### [55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.13)

varṇasthānagate vāyau vāgvidhiḥ saṃpravarttate  
jñānaṃ pūrvvamathotsāhastvatto vāyo pravarttate

### [55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.14)

tvayi niṣpandamāne tu śeṣā varṇapravṛttayaḥ  
yatra vāco nivarttante dehabandhāśca durlabhāḥ

### [55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.15)

tatrāpi te'sti sadbhāvaḥ sarvvagastvaṃ sadānila  
nānyaḥ sarvvagato devastvadṛte'sti samīragā

### [55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.16)

eṣa vai jīvalokaste pratyakṣaḥ sarvvato'nila  
vettha vācaspatiṃ devaṃ manonāyakamośvaraṃ

### [55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.17)

brūhi tat kaṇṭhadeśasya kiṃkṛtā rūpavikriyā  
śrutvā vākyantatasteṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanāṃ  
pratyuvāca mahātejā vāyurlokanamasakṛtaḥ

### [55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.18)

vāyuruvāca| purā kṛtayuge vipro vedanirṇayatatparaḥ  
vasiṣṭho nāma dharmmātmā mānaso vai prajāpateḥ

### [55.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.16-2)

papraccha kārttikeyaṃ vai mayūravaravāhanaṃ  
mahiṣāsuranārīṇāṃ nayanāñjanataskaraṃ

### [55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.20)

mahāsenaṃ mahātmānaṃ meghastanitanisvanaṃ  
umāmanaḥpraharṣeṇa bālakaṃ rudrarūpiṇaṃ

### [55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.21)

krauñcajīvitaharttāraṃ pārvatīhṛdi nandanaṃ  
vasiṣṭhaḥ pṛcchate bhaktyā kārttikeyaṃ mahābalaṃ

### [55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.22)

vasiṣṭha uvāca| namaste haranandāya umāgarbha namo'stu te  
namaste agnigarbhāya gaṅgāgarbha namo'stu te

### [55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.23)

namaste śaragarbhāya namaste kṛttikāsuta  
namo dvādaśanetrāya ṣaṇmukhāya tamo'stu te

### [55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.24)

namaste śaktihastāya divyaghaṇṭāpatākine  
evaṃ stutvā mahāsenaṃ papraccha śikhivāhanaṃ

### [55.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.25)

yadetad dṛśyate varṇaṃ śubhaṃ śubhrāñjanaprabhaṃ  
tatkimarthaṃ samutpannaṃ kaṇṭhe kundendusaṃprabhe

### [55.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.26)

etadācāya bhaktāya dāntāya brūhi pṛcchate (1)  
kathāṃ maṅgalasaṃyuktāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīṃ  
matpriyārthaṃ mahābhāga vaktumarhasyaśeṣataḥ

### [55.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.27)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tatastasya vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ  
pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ surāribalasūdanaḥ

### [55.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.28)

śṛṇuṣva vadatāṃ śreṣṭha kathyamānaṃ vaco mama  
umotsaṅga-niviṣṭena mayā pūrvaṃ yathā śrutaṃ

### [55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.29)

pārvatyā saha saṃvādaḥ sarvasya ca mahātmanaḥ  
tadahaṅkīrttayiṣyāmi tvatpriyārthaṃ mahāmune

### [55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.30)

kailāsaśikhare ramye nānādhātuvicitrite  
nānādrumalatākīrṇe cakravākopaśobhite

### [55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.31)

ṣaṭpadodgītabahule dhārāsampātanādite  
mattakrauñcamayarāṇāṃ nādairudghuṣṭa kandare (1)

### [55.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.32)

apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇe kinnaraiścopaśobhite  
jīvañjīvakajātīnāṃ voraṅgirupaśobhite

### [55.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.33)

kokilārāvamadhure siddhacāraṇasevite  
saurabheyīninādāḍhye meghastanitanisvane

### [55.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.34)

vināyakamayodvigne kuñjarairyuktakandare  
vīṇāvāditranirghoṣaiḥ śrotrendriyamanoramaiḥ

### [55.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.35)

dolālambitasampāte vanitāsaṅgasevite  
dhvajairlambitadolānāṃ ghaṇṭānāṃ ninadākule

### [55.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.36)

mukhamarddalavāditrairbalināṃ sphoṭitaistathā  
krīr̤āravavicārāṇāṃ nirghoṣaiḥ pūrṇamandire (2)

### [55.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.37)

hāsaiḥ santrāsajananairrvikarālamukhaistathā  
dehagandhairvicitraiśca prakrīr̤itagaṇeśvaraiḥ

### [55.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.38)

vajrasphaṭikasopānacitrapaṭṭiśilātalaiḥ  
vyāghrasiṃhamukhaiścānyairgajavājimukhaistathā

### [55.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.39)

bir̤ālavadanaiścograiḥ kroṣṭukākāramūrttibhiḥ  
hrasvaidīrghaiḥ kṛśaiḥ sthūlairlambodaramahodaraiḥ

### [55.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.40)

hrasvajaṅghaiśca lamboṣṭhai stālajaṅghaistathāparaiḥ  
gokarṇairekakarṇaiśca mahākarṇairakarṇakaiḥ

### [55.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.41)

bahupādairmahāpādairekapādairapādakaiḥ  
bahuśīrṣairmahāśīrṣairekaśīrṣairaśīrṣakaiḥ

### [55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.42)

bahunetrairmahānetrairekanetrairanetrakaiḥ  
evaṃvidhairmahāyogibhūtairbhūtapatirvṛtaḥ

### [55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.43)

viśuddhamuktāmaṇiratnabhūṣite  
śilātale hemamaye manorame  
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ madanāṅganāśanaṃ  
provāca vākyaṃ girirājaputrī

### [55.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.44)

devyuvāca | bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa govṛṣāṅkita śāsana  
tava kaṇṭhe mahādeva bhrājate'mbudasannibhaṃ

### [55.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.45)

nātyulbaṇaṃ nātiśubhraṃ nīlāñjanacayopamaṃ  
kimidandīṣyate deva kaṇṭhe kāmāṅganāśana

### [55.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.46)

ko hetuḥ kāraṇaṃ kiñca kaṇṭhe nīlatvamīśvara  
etatsarvvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ brūhi kautūhalaṃ hi me

### [55.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.47)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tatastasyāḥ pārvvatyāḥ pārvvatīpriyaḥ  
kathāṃ maṅgalasaṃyuktāṃ kathayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ

### [55.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.48)

mathyamāne'mṛte pūrvvaṃ kṣīrode suradānavaiḥ  
agre samutthitaṃ tasmin viṣaṅkālānalaprabhaṃ

### [55.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.49)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā surasaṅghāśca daityāścaiva varānane  
vipannavadanāḥ sarvve gatāste brahmaṇo'ntikaṃ

### [55.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.50)

dṛṣṭvā suragaṇān bhītān brahmovāca mahādyutiḥ  
kimarthaṃ bho mahābhāgā bhītā udvignacetasaḥ

### [55.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.51)

mayāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryyaṃ bhavatāṃ samprakalpitaṃ  
kena vyāvarttitanaiśvaryyā yūyaṃ vai surasattamāḥ

### [55.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.52)

trailokyaśekharā yūyaṃ sarvve vai vigatajvarāḥ  
prajāsarge na so'stīha ājñāṃ yo me nivarttayet

### [55.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.53)

vimānagāminaḥ sarve sarve svacchandagāminaḥ  
adhyātma cādhibhūte ca adhideve ca nityaśaḥ  
prajāḥ karmmavipākena śaktā yūyaṃ pravarttituṃ

### [55.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.54)

tat kimarthaṃ bhayodvignā mṛgāḥ siṃhārdditā iva  
• kiṃ duḥkhaṃ kena santāpaḥ kuto vā bhayamāgataṃ  
etatsarvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ śīghramākhyātumarhatha

### [55.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.55)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tatastasya brahmaṇo vai mahātmanaḥ  
ūcuste ṛṣibhiḥ sārddha suradaityendradānavāḥ

### [55.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.56)

surāsurairmathyamāne pāthodhī ca mahātmabhiḥ  
bhujaṅgabhṛṅgasaṅkāśaṃ nīlajīmūtasannibhaṃ  
prādurbhūtaṃ viṣaṃ ghoraṃ sambarttāgnisamaprabhaṃ

### [55.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.57)

kālamṛtyurivodbhūtaṃ yugāntādityavarcasaṃ  
trailokyātsādi sūryyābhaṃ prasphurantaṃ (1) samantataḥ

### [55.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.58)

viṣeṇottiṣṭhamānena kālānalasamatviṣā  
nirdagdho raktagaurāṅgaḥ kṛtakṛṣṇo janārddanaḥ

### [55.58-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.58-2)

dṛṣṭvā taṃ raktagaurāṅgaṃ kṛtakṛṣṇaṃ janārddanaṃ  
bhītāḥ sarve vayaṃ devāstvāmeva śaraṇaṅgatāḥ

### [55.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.60)

surāṇāmasurāṇāñca śrutvā vākyaṃ pitāmahaḥ  
pratyuvāca mahātejā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

### [55.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.61)

śa‍ṛṇudhvaṃ daivataḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ  
yattadagre samutpannaṃ mathyamāne mahodadhau

### [55.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.62)

viṣaṃ kālānalaprakhyaṃ kālakūṭetiviśrutaṃ  
yena prodbhūtamātreṇa kṛtakṛṣṇo janārdanaḥ

### [55.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.63)

tasya viṣṇorahañcāpi sarvve te surapuṅgavāḥ  
na śaknuvanti vai soḍhuṃ vegamanye tu śaṅkarāt

### [55.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.64)

ityuktā padmagarbhābhaḥ padmayonirayonijaḥ  
tatastotuṃ samārabdho brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

### [55.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.65)

namastubhyaṃ virūpākṣa namaste'nekacakṣuṣe  
namaḥ pinākahastāya vajrahastāya vai namaḥ

### [55.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.66)

namastrailokyanāthāya bhūtānāmpataye namaḥ  
namaḥ surārisaṃhartre tāpasāya vicakṣuṣe (1)

### [55.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.67)

brahmaṇe caiva rudrāya viṣṇave caiva te namaḥ  
sāṅkhyāya caiva yogāya bhūtagrāmāya vai namaḥ

### [55.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.68)

manmathāṅgavināśāya kālakālāya vai namaḥ  
rudrāya ca suraiśāya devadevāya te namaḥ (2)

### [55.66-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.66-2)

kaparddine karālāya śaṅkarāya kapāline (3)  
pirūpāyaikarūpāya śivāya varadāya ca

### [55.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.90)

tripuraghnāya vandyāya (1) mātṛṇāmpataye namaḥ  
buddhāya caiva śuddhāya muktāya kevalāya ca

### [55.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.91)

namaḥ kamatahastāya digvāsāya śikhaṇḍine  
lokatrayavidhātre ca candrāya (2) varuṇāya ca

### [55.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.72)

agyāya caiva cognāya vipāyāne kacakṣuṣe  
rajase caiva savāya tamase'vyaktayomaye

### [55.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.93)

nityāyānityarūpāya nityānilāya vai namaḥ  
vyaktāya caivāvyaktāya vyaktāvyaktāya vai namaḥ

### [55.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.94)

cintyāya caivācintyāya cintyācintyāya vai namaḥ  
bhaktānāmārttināśāya naranārāyaṇāya ca (3)

### [55.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.75)

umāpriyāya śarvāya nandicakrāṅkitāya ca (4)  
pattamāsārddhamāsāya namaḥ saṃvatsarāya ca

### [55.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.76)

bahurūpāya muṇḍāya daṇḍine'tha varūthine  
namaḥ kapālahastāya digvātāya śikhaṇḍine

### [55.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.77)

dhvajine rathine caiva yamine brahmacāriṇe  
ṛgyajuḥsāmavedāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca  
ityevamādicaritaistubhyaṃ deva namo'stu te

### [55.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.78)

śrīmahādeva uvāca| evaṃ stutastato devaiḥ praṇipatya varānane (5)

### [55.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.79)

jñātvā tu bhaktiṃ mama devadevo  
gaṅgājalāplāvitakeśadeśaḥ  
sūkṣmo'tiyogātiśayādacintyo  
na hi srutau vyaktamupaiti candraḥ

### [55.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.80)

evaṃ bhagavatā pūrvvaṃ brahmaṇā lokakarttṛṇā  
stuto'haṃ vividhaistotrairvedavedāṅga sambhavaiḥ

### [55.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.81)

tataḥ prīto'hyahantasmai brahmaṇe sumahātmane  
tato'haṃ sūkṣmayā vācā pitāmahamathābruvaṃ

### [55.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.82)

bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa lokanātha jagatpate  
kiṃ kāryyaṃ te mayā brahman karttavyaṃ vada suvrata

### [55.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.83)

śrutvā vākyaṃ tato brahmā pratyuvācāmbujekṣaṇaḥ  
bhūtabhavyabhavannātha śrūyatāṃ kāraṇeśvara

### [55.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.84)

surāsurairmathyamāne payodhāmvujekṣaṇa  
bhagavanmeghasaṅkāśaṃ nīlajīmūtasannibhaṃ

### [55.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.85)

prādurbhūtaṃ viṣaṅghoraṃ samvarttāgnisamaprabhaṃ  
kālamṛtyukhivodbhūtaṃ yugāntādityavarcasaṃ

### [55.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.86)

trailokyotsādi sūryābhaṃ visphurantaṃ samantataḥ  
agre samutthitaṃ tasmin viṣaṅkālānalaprabham

### [55.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.87)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu vayaṃ sarvve bhītāḥ sambhrāntacetasaḥ  
tat pivasva mahādeva lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā  
bhavānahyāsya bhoktā vai bhavāṃścaiva varaḥ prabhuḥ

### [55.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.88)

tvāmṛte'nyo mahādeva viṣaṃ soḍhuṃ na vidyate  
nāsti kaścit pumān śaktastvai lokeṣu ca gīyate

### [55.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.89)

evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ  
vāḍhamityeva tadvākyaṃ pratigṛhya varānane

### [55.90-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.90-2)

tato'haṃ pātumārabdho viṣamantakasannibhaṃ  
pivato me mahāghoraṃ viṣaṃ surabhayaṅkaraṃ  
kaṇṭhaḥ samabhavattūrṇa kṛṣṇo me varavarṇini

### [55.91-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.91-2)

taṃ dṛṣṭotpalapatrābhaṃ kaṇṭhe saktamivoragaṃ  
takṣakaṃ nāgarājānaṃ lelihānamivasthitaṃ

### [55.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.92)

athovāca mahātejā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ  
śobhase tvaṃ mahādeva kaṇṭhenānena suvrata

### [55.93-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.93-2)

tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā mayā girivarātmaje  
paśyatāṃ devasaṅghānāṃ daityānāñca varānane

### [55.94-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.94-2)

yakṣagandharvvabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasāṃ  
dhṛtaṃ kaṇṭhe viṣaṃ ghoraṃ nīlakaṇṭhastato'hyahaṃ

### [55.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.95)

tat kālakūṭaṃ viṣamugratejaḥ  
kaṇṭhe mayā parvvatarājaputri  
niveśyamānaṃ saradai ragaddhau  
dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayamājagāma

### [55.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.96)

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarvve sadaityoragarākṣasāḥ  
ūcuḥ prāñjalayo bhūtvā mattamātaṅgagāmini

### [55.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.97)

aho balaṃ vīryyaparākramaste  
aho punaryogabalaṃ tavaiva  
aho prabhutvaṃ tava devadeva  
gaṅgājalāsphālitamuktakeśa

### [55.68-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.68-2)

tvameva viṣṇuścaturānanastvaṃ  
tvameva sūryyasvarada̱stvameva  
tvameva sūryyo rajanīkaraśca  
tvameva bhūmiḥ salilaṃ tvameva

### [55.86-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.86-2)

tvameva yajño niyamastvameva  
tvameva bhūtaṃ bhavitā tvameva  
tvameva cādinidhanaṃ tvameva  
sthūlaśca sūkṣmaḥ (1) puruṣastvameva

### [55.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.100)

tvameva sūkṣmasya parasya sūkṣmaḥ  
tvameva vahniḥ pavanastvameva  
tvameva sarvvasya carācarasya  
lokasya karttā pralaye ca goptā

### [55.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.101)

itīdamuktā vacanaṃ surendrāḥ  
pragṛhya somaṃ praṇipatya mūrddhā  
gatā vimānairanigṛhya vegairmhātmano merumupetya sarvve

### [55.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.102)

ityetatparamaṃ guhyaṃ puṇyātpuṇyamahattaram (2)  
nīlakaṇṭheti yatproktaṃ vikhyātaṃ lokaviśrutaṃ (3)

### [55.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.103)

svayaṃ svayambhuvā proktāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīṃ  
yastu dhārayate nityamenāṃ brahmodbhavāṃ kathāṃ  
tasyāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi phalaṃ vai vipulaṃ mahat

### [55.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.104)

viṣaṃ tasya varārohe sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamantathā  
gātraṃ prāpya ca suśroṇi kṣipraṃ tatpratihanyate

### [55.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.105)

śamayatyaśubhaṃ ghoraṃ duḥsvapnañcāpakarṣati  
strīṣu vallabhatāṃ yāti sabhāyāṃ pārthivasya ca

### [55.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.106)

vivāde jayamāpnoti yuddhe śūratvameva ca  
gacchataḥ cemamadhvānaṃ gṛhe ca nityasampadaḥ

### [55.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.107)

śarīrabhede vakṣyāmi gatiṃ tasya varānane  
nīlakaṇṭho haritśmaśruḥ śaśāṅkaṅkitamūrddhajaḥ

### [55.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.108)

tvacastriśūlapāṇiśca vṛṣayānaḥ pinākadhṛk  
nanditulyabalaḥ śrīmān nanditulyaparākramaḥ

### [55.106-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.106-2)

vicarannacirāt sarvvān sarvvalokānājñā  
na hanyate gatistasya anilasya yathā'mbare  
mama tulyabalo bhūtvā tiṣṭhatyābhūtasaṃplavaṃ

### [55.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.110)

mama bhaktā varārohe ye ca śṛṇvanti mānavāḥ  
teṣāṃ gatiṃ pravakṣyāmi iha loke paratra ca

### [55.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.111)

brāhmaṇo vedamāpnoti kṣatriyo jayate mahīṃ  
vaiśyastu labhate lābhaṃ śūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt

### [55.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.112)

vyādhito mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt  
gurviṇī labhate putraṃ kanyā vindati satpatiṃ  
naṣṭañca labhate sarvvaṃ iha loke paratra ca

### [55.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.113)

gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalaṃ  
tatphalaṃ bhavati śrutvā vibhordivyāmimāṃ kathāṃ

### [55.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.114)

pādaṃ vā yadi vāpyarddha ślokaṃ ślokārddhameva vā  
yastu dhārayate nityaṃ rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

### [55.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.115)

kathāmimāṃ puṇyaphalādiyuktāṃ  
nivedya devyāḥ śaśiśekharamūrddhajaḥ  
vṛṣasya pṛṣṭhena sahomayā prabhurjagāma kiṣkindhaguhāṃ guhapriyaḥ

### [55.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.116)

krāntaṃ mayā pāpaharaṃ mahāpaḍhaṃ  
nivedya tebhyaḥ pradadau prabhañjanaḥ  
adhītya sarvvantvakhilaṃ sulakṣaṇaṃ  
jagāma ādityapathaṃ dvijottamaḥ

### [55.116.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.prakriyapada.55.116.p1)

iti śrīmadbhāpurāṇe vāyuprokte nīlakaṇṭhastavo nāma catuḥpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (6)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.25.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.7.12.584_129) — Sanskrit
- [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.bhagavata.satsandarbha.1.4.399) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit
- [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.120.6) — Sanskrit
- [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.other.skandapurana.65.1) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit
- [Sahyādrikhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.maharastra.sahyadrikhanda.65.1) — Sanskrit

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