Chapter 351

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi tatra pure gokṣure brāhmaṇaṃ śukaḥ |
provāca yamunāyātrākaraṇārthaṃ punaḥ punaḥ || 1 ||
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svasya vai nidhanaṃ yamyāṃ smārayāmāsa vai śukaḥ |
naya māṃ māthurīṃ bhūmiṃ kuru yātrāṃ priyā''tmajaiḥ || 2 ||
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janmanastava sāphalyaṃ kuru gokarṇa sarvathā |
gokarṇeśvaradevasya tvaddāturdarśanaṃ kuru || 3 ||
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śrutvā śukavaco vipro gokarṇaḥ sakuṭumbakaḥ |
vaihāyasena yānena yayau māthuramaṇḍalam || 4 ||
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viśrāntitīrthake snātvā gokarṇeśvaradarśanam |
kṛtvā ca prakramaṃ bhaktyā mathurāmaṇḍalasya saḥ || 5 ||
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mathurāyāṃ cakārā''śu viṣṇuyāgaṃ sudakṣiṇam |
vinirvṛtte kratau śukodo mṛtyuṃ yayau śukaḥ || 6 ||
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vimānavaramāsādya devo bhūtvā divaṃ gataḥ |
śukaṃ hṛdi samāśliṣya praruroha sa vai vaṇik || 7 ||
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yatra śuko mṛtastatra gokarṇena mahātmanā |
śukanāmnā kṛtaṃ ramyaṃ śivasyāyatanaṃ mahat || 8 ||
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śukeśvaraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya divyaṃ satraṃ cakāra saḥ |
brāhmaṇānāṃ śate dve ca miṣṭānnavarabhojanam || 9 ||
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prāpnutaḥ pratimadhyāhnaṃ khyātaṃ tacchukasatrakam |
satrasya paritastatra phalapuṣpapradaṃ varam || 10 ||
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mathurāvāsibhirlokairudyānaṃ so'pyakārayat |
yatra tā divyarūpā vai devyo vallīsvarūpikāḥ || 11 ||
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samāgatyā'vasaṃstatra gokarṇena vilokitāḥ |
tāsāṃ jalaghaṭīyantraṃ jalāpānārthamāvyadhāt || 12 ||
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gokarṇaśca sarasvatyāḥ saṃgame saṃvidhāya tu |
snānaṃ prapūjanaṃ cāpi sadārasutabhṛtyakaḥ || 13 ||
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vimānavaramāruhya samāyāti gṛhaṃ prati |
madhye vai puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ kartuṃ vipro mano dadhe || 14 ||
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puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya vimānaṃ tvavatārayat |
susthalyāṃ puṣkarasaro'ntike vṛkṣaghaṭāsu vai || 15 ||
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nyaṣīdattu kṣaṇaṃ yāvat sadārasutabhṛtyakaḥ |
gokarṇastatra cā'paśyat pañca pretānsubhīṣaṇān || 16 ||
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tāndṛṣṭvā vikṛtākārān trāsamutsṛjya dūrataḥ |
papraccha dhairyamālambya ke yūyaṃ raudramūrtayaḥ || 17 ||
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pretā ūcuḥ kṣutpipāsāturā nityaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ |
na jānīmo diśaṃ cāpi vidiśaṃ ca divāniśam || 18 ||
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yadetadduḥkhamāpannaṃ duṣkṛtairnijakarmabhiḥ |
ahaṃ paryuṣito nāma paraḥ sūcīmukho hyayam || 19 ||
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śīghramastu tṛtīyo'sti caturtho rodhako'sti ca |
pañcamo lekhakaśceti karmanāmnā vayaṃ tathā || 20 ||
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ahaṃ svādu sadā'śnāmi dadmi paryuṣitaṃ dvije |
tena doṣeṇa sañjāto nāmnā paryuṣitaḥ svayam || 21 ||
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sūcitā bahavo'nena bhikṣukāstvannakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |
etena karmaṇā cāyaṃ sūcīmukho vyajāyata || 22 ||
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dānamadhye hyayaṃ śīghraṃ nirodhārthaṃ prayāti ca |
etena karmaṇā nāmnā śīghragastvabhavat paraḥ || 23 ||
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bahūn pratārya caikākī dvāre pidhāya vai tataḥ |
bhuṃkte'yaṃ bhikṣukabhayād rodhakastena cetaraḥ || 24 ||
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bhitukairyogyakāle'yaṃ yācito'pyalikhan mahīm |
na dadāti kvacit kiñcit karmaṇā tena lekhakaḥ || 25 ||
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paśya vipra gatiṃ no'tra kṛtena pāpakarmaṇā |
madena lekhako yāti rodhakastu hyavākchirāḥ || 26 ||
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paṅguḥ san śīghrago yāti sūcīvanmukhavān paraḥ |
bṛhadvṛṣaṇalamboṣṭhaḥ paryuṣito mahodaraḥ || 27 ||
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evaṃ vayaṃ mahāduḥkhā duṣṭabhraṣṭaprabhojinaḥ |
yacchutvā nindase vipra śrotavyā'rhaṃ na vai tu tat || 28 ||
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śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi bālānāṃ yoṣitāṃ gṛhe |
kṣetre tyaktānyaśaucāni pretā bhuñjanti tāni vai || 29 ||
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devārpaṇavihīnāni malamūtrabhṛtāni ca |
aśuddhau randhitānyeva pretā bhuñjanti tāni vai || 30 ||
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kṣiptāni nālikāyāṃ tu bhraṣṭapātrasthitāni ca |
rājasvalyādiduṣṭāni pretā bhuñjanti tāni hi || 31 ||
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atithyarpaṇahīnāni kalahotpādakāni ca |
ninditāni tathā'nnāni pretā bhuñjanti sarvadā || 32 ||
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duṣkarmā'nnaṃ sūtakānnaṃ kledyānnaṃ no'bhitiṣṭhati |
tathāpi kṣunna hi pretaṃ tyajatyapi kadācana || 33 ||
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jalamaśuddhisaṃspṛṣṭamupayāti ca no'lpakam |
nānyatra jalapānaṃ syādvāruṇabhṛtyapālite || 34 ||
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bhraṣṭānnena tu bhuktena mānavo mriyate yadi |
tenaiva codarasthena sa preto jāyate dvija || 35 ||
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manuṣyādiśiraḥkapālikāyāṃ bhuṃjate tu ye |
te mṛtāḥ pretatāṃ yānti paśubhiḥ sahabhojinaḥ || 36 ||
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madyamāṃsāśano duṣṭavāsanādyatimohitaḥ |
devavipragurudravyahartā preto'bhijāyate || 37 ||
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mātaraṃ pitaraṃ bhrātṝn bhaginīśca striyaṃ sutam |
aduṣṭān yastyajetpāpaḥ preto bhavati vai dhruvam || 38 ||
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duṣṭakarmakṛtāṃ saṃgo pāpātpreto'bhijāyate |
brahmahā ca kṛtaghnaśca bālaghno goghna ityapi || 39 ||
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bhūmikanyādhanahartā gurordveṣṭā ca nāstikaḥ |
sa pāpo jāyate preta stvāhārādivivarjitaḥ || 40 ||
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tasmāt puṇyaṃ prakartavyaṃ na dveṣṭavyaṃ kadācana |
paropakārakārī vai preto naiva prajāyate || 41 ||
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sukhiteṣu sadā maitrīṃ duḥkhiteṣu dayāṃ śubhām |
puṇyavatsu muditāṃ ca kurvan preto na jāyate || 42 ||
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apuṇyaśāliṣu yo na sajjate vai kadācana |
upekṣāṃ kurute teṣu na sa preto'bhijāyate || 43 ||
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vrataṃ karoti devānāṃ tathā cāndrāyaṇādikam |
rāgaśūnyaḥ svacchabuddhirna sa preto'bhijāyate || 44 ||
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annajalapradātā yaḥ śraddhayā dharmakāryakṛt |
sādhudevayatipūjākartā preto na jāyate || 45 ||
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paropakārakartā ca parapoṣaṇatatparaḥ |
sarvabhūtadayāluśca na preto jāyate kvacit || 46 ||
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pitṛsurā'tithipūjyapūjāyāḥ kārakastu yaḥ |
parātmatoṣako vipra na preto jāyate kvacit || 47 ||
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kāmakrodhamahālobhamohatṛṣṇāvivarjitaḥ |
kṣamādānadayāśīlo na pretaḥ saṃbhavet kvacit || 48 ||
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jayantīnāṃ vratakartā kathānāṃ vācakaḥ sadā |
gobhūviprasatīsādhutīrthamantā sudharmavān || 49 ||
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snānasandhyājapahomakartā preto na jāyate |
mātṛsevāṃ pitṛsevāṃ guroḥ sevāṃ karoti yaḥ || 50 ||
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gavāṃ sevā patisevā patnīsaukhyaṃ karoti yaḥ |
dīnā'nāthādisevākṛnna preto jāyate kvacit || 51 ||
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śuddhyannaṃ śuddhikṛddravyaṃ yaḥ svārthaṃ sayunakti vai |
sarvāśīrvādasaṃgrāhī na preto jāyate kvacit || 52 ||
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pretānāṃ cābhijātānāṃ gatiṃ jānāsi ced vad |
asmākaṃ kuru coddhāraṃ cet samuddhartumarhasi || 53 ||
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iti pretavacaḥ śrutvā gokarṇaḥ prāha tāṃstadā |
ye dharmavimukhā mūḍhā dayādānavivarjitāḥ || 54 ||
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pretā jātāśca vai teṣāṃ mathurāsaṃgame gatiḥ |
śravaṇadvādaśīyoge snātvā yamyāṃ tu bhādrake || 55 ||
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vāmanārcanamevātha havanaṃ kārayettathā |
chatropānatsuvarṇānnaṃ vastradānaṃ prakārayet || 56 ||
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pitṝṃśca tarpayet tena pretā yānti paraṃ padam |
mathurātīrthake snānaṃ janaṃ dhyātvā hariṃ smaret || 57 ||
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pretastīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyācced gatiṃ labhet |
vimānavaramāruhya viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 58 ||
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māsi bhādrapade śuddhā dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā |
tasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ snātaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet || 59 ||
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yamīsarasvatīsandhau snātvā sampūjya vāmanam |
kalaśaṃ vidhinā datvā pretabhāvo na vidyate || 60 ||
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kapilānāṃ śataṃ datvā hiraṇyopaskarāñcitam |
dvādaśyāṃ tatphalaṃ syādvai snātvā nadyostu saṃgame || 61 ||
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rākṣasatvaṃ bhavennaṣṭaṃ śravaṇadvādaśīvratāt |
svarge vasati tāvadvai yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || 62 ||
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tataḥ svargād bhuvaṃ yāti vipro bhavati vedavit |
jātismaro mahāyogī mokṣamārgaparāyaṇaḥ || 63 ||
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dhyānayuktena bhāvena sevayā paramātmanaḥ |
āśīrvādena pitrośca mukto yātyapunarbhavam || 64 ||
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yathālabdhasuvarṇena kārayitvā tu vāmanam |
upānacchatrasaṃyuktaṃ pūjayedvidhivattu tam || 65 ||
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āvāhayet tathā taṃ ca snāpayet pañcakāmṛtaiḥ |
jalenābhiṣecayecca vastrādi dhārayettathā || 66 ||
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alaṃkārān sugandhisaddravyatailādikaṃ dadet |
candanāni kuṃkumaṃ ca kajjalaṃ copavītakam || 67 ||
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arpayecca tathā dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ naivedyamuttamam |
phalaṃ tāmbūlakaṃ vāri śrīphalaṃ cārghyameva vā || 68 ||
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dadyānnīrājayed devaṃ chatracāmaramarpayet |
dakṣiṇāṃ ca namaskāraṃ godānaṃ karakārpaṇam || 69 ||
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stutiṃ kuryācca tasyā'gre tato devaṃ visarjayet |
evaṃ tu vidhinā kṛtvā pretamuktirbhaved dhruvam || 70 ||
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yastu sarasvatīyoge yamunāyāḥ susaṃgame |
karoti vidhinā'nena tasya puṇyaṃ śatottaram || 71 ||
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śrāvaṇadvādaśīyoge bhādre śukle vrataṃ caret |
tena muktirbhaved dhrauvyā golokādinivāsadā || 72 ||
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pretā ūcuśca taṃ gokarṇaṃ vipraṃ śaraṇāgatāḥ |
bho vidvaṃstadvrataṃ kartuṃ pretānāṃ śaktireva na || 73 ||
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tasmātpuṇyapradānena kurvasmākaṃ vimokṣaṇam |
gokarṇaśca dyāṃ kṛtvā dadau snānajapuṇyakam || 74 ||
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dade padorajaścāpi dadau padorjalaṃ tathā |
tena muktāśca te sarve jātā vai pretayonitaḥ || 75 ||
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ākāśe dundubhidhvānamabhūd devakṛtaṃ tadā |
pretānāṃ tu samūhāścāgatā draṣṭuṃ samantataḥ || 76 ||
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devadūta uvācedaṃ pretānāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tadā |
asya viprasya saṃbhāṣātsnānapuṇvasamaparṇāt || '' |
caraṇasya rajolābhājjalalābhācca sarvathā |
pretabhāvavimuktaḥ stha tīrthasya śravaṇādapi || 78 ||
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tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kartavyaṃ tīrthasevanam |
sadbhiḥ saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ satāṃ samyak prasevanam || 79 ||
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tīrthaśraddhā vrataśraddhā kathāśraddhā ca mānase |
kartavyā sarvathā pretāḥ muktidā'sti tu sā yataḥ || 80 ||
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tīrthābhiṣekipuruṣapādaprakṣālanaṃ jalam |
pātavyaṃ cāpi muktyarthaṃ yathaiteṣāṃ vimuktidam || 81 ||
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pretānāmakṣayaḥ svargaḥ sarasvatyāśca saṃgamāt |
prāptaṃ tīrthaprabhāvasya pretairvai śravaṇāt phalam || 82 ||
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āgatāni vimānāni pretānāṃ divyavarṣmaṇām |
devānāṃ ca kṛte pañcā''ruhya te svargamuttamam || 83 ||
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gatā lakṣmi paraṃ lokaṃ vinā sādhanasampadam |
gokarṇaḥ puṣkaraṃ tīrtha kṛtvā gokṣuramāyayau || 84 ||
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yaḥ paṭhetparayā bhaktyā śṛṇuyād bhaktitatparaḥ |
śrāvayecca smaret tīrthaॆ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 85 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne māthurakṣetramāhātmye śukoktyā gokarṇasya mathurāyātrā śukamokṣaḥ śukeśvarasthāpanā mārge parāvṛtasya gokarṇasya pañcapretamilāpaḥ puṣkare pretā'pretatvakāraṇasaṃvādaḥ bhādraśukladvādaśyāṃ vāmanapūjā snānapuṇyadānena pretānāṃ muktiścetyādinirūpaṇa |
nāmaikapaṃcāśadadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 351 ||
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