Chapter 1

śriyaṃ diśatu vaḥ śaṃbhoḥ śyāmaḥ kaṇṭho manobhuvā |
aṅkasthapārvatīdṛṣṭipāśairiva viveṣṭitaḥ || 1 ||
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saṃdhyānuttotsave tārāḥ kareṇoddhūya vighnajit |
sītkārasīkarairanyāḥ kalpayanniva pātu vaḥ || 2 ||
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praṇamya vācaṃ niḥśeṣapadārthodyotadīpikām |
bṛhatkathāyāḥ sārasya saṃgrahaṃ racayāmyaham || 3 ||
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ādyamatra kathāpīṭhaṃ kathāmukhamataḥ param |
tato lāvānako nāma tṛtīyo lambako bhavet || 4 ||
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naravāhanadattasya jananaṃ ca tataḥ param |
syāccaturdārikākhyaśca tato madanamañcukā || 5 ||
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tato ratnaprabhā nāma lambakaḥ saptamo bhavet |
sūryaprabhābhidhānaśca lambakaḥ syādathāṣṭamaḥ || 6 ||
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alaṃkaravatī cātha tataḥ śaktiyaśā bhavet |
velālambakasaṃjñaśca bhavedekādaśastataḥ || 7 ||
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śaśāṅkavatyapi tathā tataḥ syānmadirāvatī |
mahābhiṣekānugatastataḥ syātpañcalambakaḥ || 8 ||
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tataḥ suratamañjaryapyatha padmavatī bhavet |
tato viṣamaśīlākhyo lambako 'ṣṭādaśo bhavet || 9 ||
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yathā mūlaṃ tathaivaitanna manāgapyatikramaḥ |
granthavistarasaṃkṣepamātraṃ bhāṣā ca bhidyate || 10 ||
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aucityānvayarakṣā ca yathāśakti vidhīyate |
kathārasāvighātena kāvyāṃśasya ca yojanā || 11 ||
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vaidagdhyakhyātilobhāya mama naivāyamudyamaḥ |
kiṃ tu nānākathājālasmṛtisaukaryasiddhaye || 12 ||
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asti kiṃnaragandharvavidyādharaniṣevitaḥ |
cakravartī girīndrāṇāṃ himavāniti viśrutaḥ || 13 ||
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māhātmyam iyatīṃ bhūmim ārūḍhaṃ yasya bhūbhṛtām |
yadbhavānīṃ sutābhāvaṃ trijagajjananī gatā || 14 ||
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uttaraṃ tasya śikharaṃ kailāsākhyo mahāgiriḥ |
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi bahūnyākramya tiṣṭhati || 15 ||
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mandaro mathite 'pyabdhau na sudhāsitatāṃ gataḥ |
ahaṃ tvayatnāditi yo hasatīva svakāntibhiḥ || 16 ||
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carācaragurus tatra nivasatyambikāsakhaḥ |
gaṇair vidyādharaiḥ siddhaiḥ sevyamāno maheśvaraḥ || 17 ||
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piṅgottuṅgajaṭājūṭagato yasyāśnute navaḥ |
saṃdhyāpiśaṅgapūrvādriśṛṅgasaṅgasukhaṃ śaśī || 18 ||
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yenāndhakāsurapaterekasyārpayatā hṛdi |
śūlaṃ trijagato 'pyasya hṛdayāccitramuddhṛtam || 19 ||
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cūḍāmaṇiṣu yatpādanakhāgrapratimāṅkitāḥ |
prasadaprāptacandrārdhā iva bhānti surāsurāḥ || 20 ||
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taṃ kadācitsamutpannavisrambhā rahasi priyā |
stutibhistoṣayāmāsa bhavānīpatimīśvaram || 21 ||
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tasyāḥ stutivacohṛṣṭas tām aṅkam adhiropya saḥ |
kiṃ te priyaṃ karomīti babhāṣe śaśiśekharaḥ || 22 ||
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tataḥ provāca girijā prasanno 'si yadi prabho |
ramyāṃ kāṃcitkathāṃ brūhi devādya mama nūtanām || 23 ||
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bhūtaṃ bhavad bhaviṣyad vā kiṃ tat syāj jagati priye |
bhavatī yan na jānīyād iti śarvo 'py uvāca tām || 24 ||
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tataḥ sa vallabhā tasya nirbandhamakarotprabhoḥ |
priyapraṇayahevāki yato mānavatīmanaḥ || 25 ||
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tatastaccāṭubuddhyaiva tatprabhāvanibandhanām |
tasyāḥ svalpāṃ kathāmevaṃ śivaḥ saṃpratyavarṇayat || 26 ||
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asti māmīkṣituṃ pūrvaṃ brahmā nārāyaṇastathā |
mahīṃ bhramantau himavatpādamūlamavāpatuḥ || 27 ||
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tato dadṛśatustatra jvālāliṅgaṃ mahatpuraḥ |
tasyāntamīkṣituṃ prāyādeka ūrdhvamadho 'paraḥ || 28 ||
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alabdhāntau tapobhirmāṃ toṣayāmāsatuśca tau |
āvirbhūya mayā coktau varaḥ ko 'pyarthyatāmiti || 29 ||
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tacchrutvaivābravīdbrahmā putro me 'stu bhavāniti |
apūjyastena jāto 'sāvalyāroheṇa ninditaḥ || 30 ||
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tato nārāyaṇo devaḥ sa varaṃ mām ayācata |
bhūyāsaṃ tava śuśrūṣāparo 'haṃ bhagavanniti || 31 ||
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ataḥ śarīrabhūto 'sau mama jātastvadātmanā |
yo hi nārāyaṇaḥ sā tvaṃ śaktiḥ śaktimato mama || 32 ||
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kiṃ ca me pūrvajāyā tvamityuktavati śaṃkare |
kathaṃ te purvajāyāhamiti vakti sma pārvatī || 33 ||
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pratyuvāca tato bhargaḥ purā dakṣaprajāpateḥ |
devi tvaṃ ca tathānyāśca bahvyo 'jāyanta kanyakāḥ || 34 ||
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sa mahyaṃ bhavatīṃ prādāddharmādibhyo 'parāśca tāḥ |
yajñe kadācidāhūtāstena jāmātaro 'khilāḥ || 35 ||
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varjitas tv aham evaikas tato 'pṛcchyata sa tvayā |
kiṃ na bhartā mamāhūtastvayā tātocyatāmiti || 36 ||
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kapālamālī bhartā te kathamāhūyatāṃ makhe |
ityuvāca giraṃ so 'tha tvatkarṇaviṣasūcikām || 37 ||
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pāpo 'yam asmāj jātena kiṃ dehena mamāmunā |
iti kopātparityaktaṃ śarīraṃ tatpriye tvayā || 38 ||
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sa ca dakṣamakhastena manyunā nāśito mayā |
tato jātā himādrestvamabdheścandrakalā yathā || 39 ||
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atha smara tuṣārādriṃ tapo 'rthamahamāgataḥ |
pitā tvaṃ ca niyuṅkte sma śuśrūṣāyai mamātitheḥ || 40 ||
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tārakāntakamatputraprāptaye prahitaḥ suraiḥ |
labdhāvakāśo 'vidhyanmāṃ tatra dagdho manobhavaḥ || 41 ||
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tatastīvreṇa tapasā krīto 'haṃ dhīrayā tvayā |
tacca tatsaṃcayāyaiva mayā soḍhaṃ tava priye || 42 ||
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itthaṃ me pūvajāyā tvaṃ kimanyatkathyate tava |
ityuktvā virate śaṃbhau devī kopākulābravīt || 43 ||
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dhūrtastvaṃ na kathāṃ hṛdyāṃ kathayasyarthito 'pi san |
gaṅgāṃ vahannamansaṃdhyāṃ vijito 'si na kiṃ mama || 44 ||
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tac chrutvā pratipede 'sya vihitānunayo haraḥ |
kathāṃ kathayituṃ divyāṃ tataḥ kopaṃ mumoca sā || 45 ||
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neha kaiścit praveṣṭavyam ity uktena tayā svayam |
niruddhe nandinā dvāre haro vaktuṃ pracakrame || 46 ||
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ekāntasukhino devā manuṣyā nityaduḥkhitāḥ |
divyamānuṣaceṣṭā tu parabhāge na hāriṇī || 47 ||
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vidyādharāṇāṃ caritam atas te varṇayāmy aham |
iti devyā haro yāvad vakti tāvad upāgamat || 48 ||
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prasādavittakaḥ śaṃbhoḥ puṣpadanto gaṇottamaḥ |
nyaṣedhi ca praveśo 'sya nandinā dvāri tiṣṭhatā || 49 ||
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niṣkāraṇaṃ niṣedho 'dya mamāpīti kutūhalāt |
alakṣito yogavaśātpraviveśa sa tatkṣaṇāt || 50 ||
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praviṣṭaḥ śrūtavānsarvaṃ varṇyamānaṃ pinākinā |
vidyādharāṇāṃ saptānāmapūrvaṃ caritādbhutam || 51 ||
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śrutvātha gatvā bhāryāyai jayāyai so 'pyavarṇayat |
ko hi vittaṃ rahasyaṃ vā strīṣu śaknoti gūhitum || 52 ||
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sāpi tadvismayāviṣṭā gatvā girisutāgrataḥ |
jagau jayā pratīhārī strīṣu vāksaṃyamaḥ kutaḥ || 53 ||
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tataścukopa girijā nāpūrvaṃ varṇitaṃ tvayā |
jānāti hi jayāpyetaditi ceśvaramabhyadhāt || 54 ||
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praṇidhānādatha jñātvā jagādaivamumāpatiḥ |
yogī bhūtvā praviśyedaṃ puṣpadantastadāśṛṇot || 55 ||
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jayāyai varṇitaṃ tena ko 'nyo jānāti hi priye |
śrutvetyānāyayaddevī puṣpadantamatikrudhā || 56 ||
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martyo bhavāvinīteti vihvalaṃ taṃ śaśāpa sā |
mālyavantaṃ ca vijñaptiṃ kurvāṇaṃ tatkṛte gaṇam || 57 ||
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nipatya pādayostābhyāṃ jayayā saha bodhitā |
śāpāntaṃ prati śarvāṇī śanairvacanamabravīt || 58 ||
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vindhyāṭavyāṃ kuberasya śāpātprāptaḥ piśācatām |
supratīkābhidho yakṣaḥ kāṇabhūtyākhyayā sthitaḥ || 59 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃsmarañjātiṃ yadā tasmai kathāmimām |
puṣpadanta pravaktāsi tadā śāpādvimokṣyase || 60 ||
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kāṇabhūteḥ kathāṃ tāṃ tu yadā śroṣyati mālyavān |
kāṇabhūtau tadā bhukte kathāṃ prakhyāpya mokṣyate || 61 ||
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ityuktvā śailatanayā vyaramattau ca tatkṣaṇāt |
vidyutpuñjāviva gaṇau dṛṣṭanaṣṭau babhūvatuḥ || 62 ||
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atha jātu yāti kāle gaurī papraccha śaṃkaraṃ sadayā |
deva mayā tau śaptau pramathavarau kutra bhuvi jātau || 63 ||
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avadacca candramauliḥ kauśāmbītyasti yā mahānagarī |
tasyāṃ sa puṣpadanto vararucināmā priye jātaḥ || 64 ||
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anyac ca mālyavān api nagaravare supratiṣṭhitākhye saḥ |
jāto guṇāḍhyanāmā devi tayor eṣa vṛttāntaḥ || 65 ||
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evaṃ nivedya sa vibhuḥ satatānuvṛttabhṛtyāvamānanavibhāvanasānutāpām |
kailāsaśailataṭakalpitakalpavallilīlāgṛheṣu dayitāṃ ramayann uvāsa || 66 ||
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