Chapter 96

śrīśvetavyāsa uvāca |
suśikha  śaṃkaraḥ prāha deveśīṃ tu purāvṛtam |
vaivasvatamanoḥ patnī śatarūpā hyaputriṇī || 1 ||
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śuśoca niṣphalaṃ janma dhanamaiśvaryamityapi |
gṛhasthānāṃ gṛhaṃ smṛddhaṃ vinā putraṃ na śobhate || 2 ||
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tapodānodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ janmāntarakṛtaṃ bhavet |
tadā putrīputramukhadarśanaṃ jāyate nṛṇām || 3 ||
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phalaṃ punnāmanarakāttāraṇaṃ putrataḥ smṛtam |
suśive  niṣkiṃcanā''rṣā apīcchanti suśiṣyakam || 4 ||
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svayaṃ nārāyaṇo devo vinā śiṣyaṃ na tiṣṭhati |
śiṣyaḥ putro hyadārāṇāṃ sadārasya suto dhanam || 5 ||
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nityavandhyāvidhurayoḥ putrā menāśukādayaḥ |
tasmāt sutaṃ vinā vāso varo bhavati tāpasaḥ || 6 ||
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rājyaṃ cābhijano lakṣmīrnirarthaṃ sutamantarā |
aputriṇormukhaṃ prātarna vai paśyanti mānavāḥ || 7 ||
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mukhaṃ darśayituṃ lajjāṃ samavāpnotyaputrakaḥ |
ityevaṃ śokasantaptā brahmaṇe'vedayattadā || 8 ||
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brahmovāca śṛṇu vatse māghaśuklatrayodaśī |
puṇyakavratayogyā sā tadārabhya tu vatsaram || 9 ||
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vrataṃ kuru yathoktaṃ vai labha viṣṇusamaṃ sutam |
brahmaṇo vacanātsā tu cakāra vidhinā vratam || 10 ||
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priyavratottānapādau lebhe putrau manoharau |
devahūtirvrataṃ kṛtvā labdhvā nārāyaṇādvaram || 11 ||
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nārāyaṇāṃśaṃ kapilaṃ lebhe siddhamuniṃ sutam |
arundhatī vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe śaktyabhidhaṃ sutam || 12 ||
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śaktikāntā vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe putraṃ parāśaram |
aditiśca vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe putraṃ tu vāmanam || 13 ||
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śacyapīdaṃ vrataṃ kṛtvā jayantamāpa vai sutam |
uttānapādapatnīdaṃ kṛtvā lebhe dhruvaṃ sutam || 14 ||
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anasūyā vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe candraṃ sutaṃ śubham |
aṃgiro bhāryayā bṛhaspatirlabdho vratena vai || 15 ||
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bhṛgoḥ khyātirvrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe śukraṃ sutaṃ śubham |
tathā vrataprabhāveṇa svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ sutaḥ || 16 ||
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kaṃbharāyā gṛhe jātaḥ sa te putro bhaviṣyati |
kathayitveti deveśīṃ datvā bahugaṇaṃ dhanam || 17 ||
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sādhanāni kathayitvā śivo dhyāne vyavasthitaḥ |
harerārādhanaparo jñānānandābdhibhāvanaḥ || 18 ||
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pārvatī sarvadravyāṇi cānīya vratahetave |
vipraṃ sanatkumāraṃ vai vidhaye cā'vṛṇottadā || 19 ||
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deveśāstu samājagmurjñātvā vratamahotsavam |
brahmā''jagāma sabhāryaḥ salakṣmīkaścaturbhujaḥ || 20 ||
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dhyānaṃ tyaktvā tadā śaṃbhurājagāma vratasthale |
sanakaśca sanandaśca kapilaśca sanātanaḥ || 21 ||
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āsuriśca kraturhaṃso voḍhuḥ pañcaśikho'ruṇiḥ |
yatirvaśiṣṭhaḥ sumatiḥ pulastyaḥ pulaho bhṛguḥ || 22 ||
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agastyo'triraṃgirāśca durvāsāścyavanastathā |
patnīvrataḥ pracetāśca kaṇvo marīcikaśyapau || 23 ||
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gautamaśca jaratkārurbṛhaspatiśca saubhariḥ |
utathyo jamadagniśca jaigiṣavyaśca devalaḥ || 24 ||
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saṃvarto vāmadevaśca viśvāmitro vibhāṇḍakaḥ |
ṛṣyaśṛṃgaḥ pāribhadro mārkaṇḍeyaśca lomaśaḥ || 25 ||
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gokarṇaśca mṛkaṇḍuśca puṣkaraḥ pippalāyanaḥ |
kautso dvītaścaikataśca trīto vatsaśca lekhanaḥ || 26 ||
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śaṃkhaḥ śaṃkurāpiśaliḥ svayaṃprakāśa āruṇiḥ |
dakṣaḥ kaṇādo bālāgniraghamarṣaṇapāṇinī || 27 ||
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kātyāyano nāradaśca naro nārāyaṇastathā |
brahmavrato mahāśvetavyāsaścānye maharṣayaḥ || 28 ||
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gītā jayantyo gāyatrī lakṣmīrvidyā sarasvatī |
stutiścārādhanā pūjā bhaktirnīrājanā ramā || 29 ||
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ekādaśyaśca yoginyaḥ sāṃkhyayoginya ityapi |
sādhvyaśca vītarāgiṇyo nyāsinyaḥ siddhayastathā || 30 ||
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mātaraḥ saritaḥ puryastathā'nyā vividhāḥ striyaḥ |
ājagmustatra pārvatyā vratotsavasamutsukāḥ || 31 ||
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pradikpālāstathā devā yakṣā gandharvakinnarāḥ |
kiṃpuruṣāścāraṇāśca parvatā divyavigrahāḥ || 32 ||
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himālayo harṣabharaḥ sāpatyaśca sabhāryakaḥ |
samājagāma sagaṇo dravyaratnamaṇīnnayan || 33 ||
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vrate yāvanti dānāni tāni saṃgṛhya cā''yayau |
pārvatyai tāni dattāni vratasiddhiprapūrtaye || 34 ||
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anantaratnaprabhavaḥ śailaḥ putryai dadau bahu |
brāhmaṇā manavaḥ siddhā nāgā vidyādharāstathā || 35 ||
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sādhavo bhikṣuko bandijanā sūtāśca māgadhāḥ |
vidyādharyaśca nartakyo nartakā'psarasastathā || 36 ||
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ājagmurvratakartryāstu pārvatyāstoṣahetave |
āśīrvādāḥ pradattāstaistābhiḥ putravatī bhava || 37 ||
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sarveṣāṃ svāgataṃ sevā bhojanātithyamānanam |
śaṃbhunā satkṛtaṃ sarve tuṣṭā daduḥ śubhāśiṣaḥ || 38 ||
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natāḥ kṛtā''dhicaryāśca pūjitā bhojitāśca te |
kailāse tu mahatyāṃ vai sabhāyāṃ saṃhitāḥ surāḥ || 39 ||
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ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ śrīhariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ narāyaṇam |
mahādeva uvācedaṃ śrīnivāsa śṛṇu prabho || 40 ||
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vratānāṃ phalado devo mantrāṇāṃ phalado bhavān |
pārvatī tu vrate naiva putraṃ vāñchati saukhyadam || 41 ||
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viṣṇuḥ prāha mahādeva nārāyaṇo jagadguruḥ |
bhaktaprāṇaśca bhakteśo bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ || 42 ||
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bhaktyadhīno hi bhagavān sarvasiddhiṃ pradāsyati |
kṛṣṇavrataṃ kṛṣṇamantraṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam || 43 ||
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vrate pūrṇe tu sampanne pārvatyā saha saṃgame |
tava dhātorbahiḥskannāttvayonijaḥ suputrakaḥ || 44 ||
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vijetā sarva sainyānāṃ kāryāṇāṃ maṃgalapradaḥ |
bhaviṣyati na sandeho devāḥ kāṃkṣanti taṃ sutam || 45 ||
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ityevamucyamāne ca tadā devādisannidhau |
pārvatī kṛṣṇacaraṇe namanāya samāgatā || 46 ||
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natvā pādāvavanejya prāha viṣṇuṃ janārdanam |
bhaktakalpataro śrīmannārāyaṇa  namo'stu te || 47 ||
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kṛtena tava puṇyakavratena sutavatyaham |
yathā syāṃ tattathā deva  saṃkalpaṃ ca kṛpāṃ kuru || 48 ||
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kṛṣṇaḥ prāha tadā devīṃ sāvadhānatayā tvayā |
kartavyaṃ vratameva tvāṃ drakṣye pūrṇe vrate punaḥ || 49 ||
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devakāryasahāyā'nuṣṭhātṛputravatī bhava |
gacchāmi svasya golokaṃ vrate tandrāṃ tu mā kuru || 50 ||
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satkṛtaḥ pūjito devastathā'nye'pi divaukasaḥ |
āśiṣaśca tadā devyaḥ prayuñjya svagṛhān yayuḥ || 51 ||
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pārvatī māghaśuklasya dvādaśyāṃ dehaśuddhaye |
upavāsena sākaṃ vai sarvaṃ kṛtavatī satī || 52 ||
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trayodaśyāmāhnikaṃ yatprātaḥkṛtyaṃ vidhāya tat |
sarvaratnamaṇidhānyadravyavastrādibhiḥ saha || 53 ||
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maṇḍape tu samāgatya saṃsthitā'pūjayad gurūn |
natvā sarvāṃstatrasaṃsthān hariṃ natvā'ntarātmanā || 54 ||
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saṃsthāpya ratnakalaśaṃ śukladhānyopari sthiram |
pañcapallavasaṃyuktaṃ phalākṣatādiśobhitam || 55 ||
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candanā'gurukastūrīkuṃkumādivirājitam |
tathā purohitaṃ natvā pūjayitvā tridevatāḥ || 56 ||
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samārebhe pūjanaṃ tu svastivācanapūrvakam |
āvāhyābhīṣṭadevaṃ taṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ maṃgale ghaṭe || 57 ||
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bhaktyā dadau krameṇaiva copacārāṃstu ṣoḍaśa |
yāni vrate vidheyāni deyadravyāṇi yāni ca || 58 ||
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vedamantreṇa sarvāṇi dattvā homān vyadhāpayat |
trilakṣāṇi tadā homān tilaiśca sarpiṣā tathā || 59 ||
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mantrajāpaṃ tathā kṛṣṇaṃ smarantī brāhmaṇān bahūn |
bhojayāmāsa vidhinā pratyahaṃ pūrṇavatsaram || 60 ||
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samāptidivase kṛṣṇaḥ sarvātmā smārito muhuḥ |
āgacchatu svayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prasannaḥ pūjanasthale || 61 ||
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tuṣṭuvustaṃ tadā sarve sāyudhaṃ ca caturbhujam |
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ koṭimanmathamohanam || 62 ||
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prasannavadanaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ koṭicandrasamaprabham |
vāsayāmāsa taṃ devaṃ ratnasiṃhāsane vare || 63 ||
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taṃ praṇemuśca śirasā brahmaśaktiśivādayaḥ |
svāgatottaramārādhyo vratenāplāvito hariḥ || 64 ||
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prāha devi  vrataṃ pūrṇaṃ tava jātaṃ suputradam |
pārvatī ca tadā prāha devadeva mahāprabho || 65 ||
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putraṃ dehi vijetāraṃ sarvā'grārcyaṃ sutaṃ tathā |
kṛṣṇaḥ prāha tadā devīṃ tathāstviti bruvanprabhuḥ || 66 ||
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devā daityavināśāya tārakāsurahānaye |
prārthayanti muhustasmād vijetṝṇāṃ śiromaṇiḥ || 67 ||
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putraścaiko bhavitā te dvitīyo'pi sutaḥ śubhaḥ |
sarvadevāgrapūjyaśca sarvamaṃgaladastava || 68 ||
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bhavitā cetyubhau putrāvayonijau tu vīryataḥ |
śaṃkarasya bhavetāṃ vai patiṃ raṃjaya bhāmini || 69 ||
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śivā prāha tadā viṣṇuṃ karmaṇāṃ phaladāyakam |
dhyāyanti yoginaḥ kecicchāntaṃ sākāramadbhutam || 70 ||
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pītāmbaraṃ caturhetiṃ lakṣmīkāntaṃ caturbhujam |
kecitkiśoraṃ dvibhujaṃ sundaraṃ ratnabhūṣitam || 71 ||
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śyāmaṃ gopāṃganākāntaṃ māyānāthaṃ manoharam |
ahaṃ putrapradaṃ devaṃ dhyāyāmi kṛṣṇamacyutam || 72 ||
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tava preraṇayā nātha tava tejoṃśasaṃbhavā |
māyayā tava māyā'haṃ mohayitvā'surānpurā || 73 ||
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nihatya sarvān śailendramagamaṃ taṃ himālayam |
tato'haṃ saṃstutā devaistārakākṣeṇa pīḍitaiḥ || 74 ||
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abhavaṃ dakṣajāyāyāṃ śivastrī bhavajanmani |
tyaktvā dehaṃ dakṣayajñe śivā'haṃ śivanindayā || 75 ||
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abhavaṃ śailajāyāyāṃ menakāyāṃ tu kālikā |
anekatapasā prāptaḥ śivaścātrāpi janmani || 76 ||
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pāṇiṃ jagrāha me yogī prārthito vedhasā muhuḥ |
śrṛṃgārajaṃ ca tattejo nā'labhaṃ devamāyayā || 77 ||
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staumi tvāmeva deveśa vinā putraṃ tu duḥkhitā |
vrate bhavadvidhaṃ putraṃ labdhumicchāmi sāmpratam || 78 ||
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sarvasenāvijetāraṃ sarvapūjyaṃ ca vā'param |
śrutvā sarvaṃ kṛpāsindho  kṛpāṃ me kartumarhasi || 79 ||
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ityabhyarthya tadā devī tūṣṇīmāsa ca pārvatī |
svasmin kṛṣṇena divyau dvau putrau devyai pradarśitau || 80 ||
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itiśrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne putrārthaṃ vratakartrīṇāṃ dṛṣṭāntāni devarṣiṇāṃ samāgamanamāśīrvādāśca śrīkṛṣṇadarśanaṃ cetyādivarṇananāmā ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 96 ||
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