Chapter 410

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi pravakṣyāmi śaktipatnyāḥ parākramam |
vaśiṣṭho'sti brahmaṇoṃ'śo vedadraṣṭā ṛṣiḥ kṛtaḥ || 1 ||
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arundhatī satī sādhvī tasya patnī pativratā |
tasyāṃ vaśiṣṭho bhagavān sutānajanayacchatam || 2 ||
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tatra śaktisamākhyo vai jyeṣṭho'bhūd yasya yoṣiti |
parāśaraḥ ṛṣirjajñe yasyā'haṃ vyāsasaṃjñakaḥ || 3 ||
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putro'bhavaṃ mama putro brahma śukasvarūpavān |
yasya me sarvathā kīrtirgīyate mokṣasiddhaye || 4 ||
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rākṣaso rudhiro nāma śaktiṃ vaśiṣṭhaputrakam |
bhakṣayāmāsa tacchrutvā vaśiṣṭho bahuduḥkhitaḥ || 5 ||
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navanavatiputrāśca rudhireṇa prabhakṣitāḥ |
tacchrutvā'tha vaśiṣṭho'pi martuṃ cakre matiṃ tadā || 6 ||
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tadā tasya snuṣā prāha patnī śaktermahāmunim |
bhagavan brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tava dehamimaṃ śubham || 7 ||
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pālayasva vibho draṣṭuṃ tava pautraṃ mamātmajam |
garbhastho mama sarvārthasādhakaḥ śaktijo yataḥ || 8 ||
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tadā garbhagato bālaḥ ṛcamāha svareṇa vai |
tanniśamya vaśiṣṭho'bhūdāścaryavān kathaṃ kutaḥ || 9 ||
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tāvannārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sākṣādabhūt tadaṃgaṇe |
prāha tvatputraputrasyā''nanād ṛco viniḥsṛtāḥ || 10 ||
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matsamastava pautro'sau śaktijaḥ śaktimāniti |
tena satpautralābhena kulaṃ te saṃtariṣyati || 11 ||
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evamuktvā kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaścāntaradhīyata |
vaśiṣṭho dakṣahastena pasparśodaramādarāt || 12 ||
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adṛśyantyāḥ śaktipatnyā garbharakṣāṃ cakāra ha |
adṛśyantī satī sādhvī mahāpativratā tadā || 13 ||
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kālaṃ rudraṃ yamaṃ viśvāmitraṃ śaśāpa rākṣasam |
śakte śakte pate te'haṃ pātivratyaparāyaṇā || 14 ||
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yadi patnyasmi dharmiṣṭhā tvadarthārpitajīvitā |
śvaśrūścārundhatī cāsti ramātulyā pativratā || 15 ||
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tadā kālaśca rudraśca viśvāmitro yamastathā |
rākṣasaśceti sarve te bhavantu prastarā jaḍāḥ || 16 ||
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yatra yatraiva te santi tatra pāṣāṇarūpiṇa |
jaḍā niścetanāḥ santu yāvadābhūtasamplavam || 17 ||
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iti śaptāstadā yatra yatrā'bhavaṃśca te tadā |
śilārūpā hi sañjātāḥ sthāsyanti brahmaṇo vayaḥ || 18 ||
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kālo yatra pṛthivyādāvabhūt tatra hi sarvathā |
kṛṣṇavarṇāḥ śilā jātāḥ pṛthvīpīṭhātmikā hi tāḥ || 19 ||
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yadādhārā mṛttikā vai jāyante kālamūrtitaḥ |
atha rudro'bhavad grāvā lohakāntastu paścime || 20 ||
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raudrī śilā ca sā proktā śivakandaraputtalī |
ākarṣati svanikaṭaṃ sarvaloṣṭhāni vāridhau || 21 ||
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yāṃ bhūmiṃ cirakālenā''plāvayiṣyati vārnidhiḥ |
viśvāmitro'bhavaccaiva marubhūmau hi paścime || 22 ||
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yatra pāṣāṇarūpo'sau jātastasmātsthalātkhalu |
viśvāmitrī nadī tasya svedājjātā hi gaurjare || 23 ||
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śilā kālena saṃmagnā mūrtirbhūmau bhaviṣyati |
yamo'bhūcca tadā kṛṣṇavarṇo vai raivatācale || 24 ||
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mahiṣavāhanārūḍho bhayena śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
dāmodarasya sānnidhye tatra samahiṣo yamaḥ || 25 ||
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kṛṣṇapāṣāṇarūpo vai māhiṣaḥ parvato'bhavat |
rākṣasaḥ sa yayau bhītyā'vācyāṃ diśi tadā dravan || 26 ||
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śāpena patitaścābdhau setau giristadā'bhavat |
yo hanumatpravāse vai parvato vyomago'ruṇat || 27 ||
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hanumantaṃ mahākāyaṃ yuyodha jaḍacetanaḥ |
atha hāhākṛtaṃ cāsījjagatsarvaṃ jaḍīkṛtam || 28 ||
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vinā rudraṃ vinā kālaṃ vinā yamaṃ ca viśvakam |
devatā vyākulāḥ sarve brahmāṇamupapedire || 29 ||
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saviṣṇavaśca te sarve yayuryatra satī sthitā |
śakteḥ patnī vaśiṣṭhaścā'rundhatī yatra tān surāḥ || 30 ||
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te nemuduḥkhitā nāśaṃ nivedya lokapālinām |
sāntvayāmāsuratyarthaṃ jīvanāya supālinām || 31 ||
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mātarjīvaya lokānāṃ pālakān yena śaṃ bhavet |
adṛśyantī tataḥ prāha yadi matpatidevarān || 32 ||
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jīvayadhvaṃ tadā devān jīvayāmi na cānyathā |
brahmā prāha sati śaktyādayo rākṣasabhakṣitāḥ || 33 ||
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bhasmāsthicarmatadrajaścāvaśiṣṭaṃ na labhyate |
yatsaṃskāreṇa te cādya kṛtāḥ syuḥ saśarīrakāḥ || 34 ||
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yasya śavo'sthi māṃsaṃ ca bhasma mṛdvāpi labhyate |
tatra samantravāribhiḥ sadehaḥ sa viracyate || 35 ||
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śaktyādiśataputrāṇāṃ vinā māṃsāsthi śeṣakam |
na te jīvayituṃ śakyā vadātra sati kiṃ bhavet || 36 ||
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adṛśyantī tadā prāha yadi matpatidevarāḥ |
na cotpādayituṃ śakyā na vā jīvayituṃ tadā || 37 ||
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rudrādayo'pi na śakyāścetayituṃ mayā surāḥ |
mama patyādilābhe tu vo lābho lokapālinām || 38 ||
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yādṛśe tādṛśī pratikriyā nyāyo mayā mataḥ |
brahmā prāha sati śaktyādikān divyān dadāmi te || 39 ||
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videhān sūkṣmarūpāṃśca sthūlabhāvavivarjitān |
satī prāha tadā vedhaścāhamapi tathāvidhān || 40 ||
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kālarudrādikān sthaulyavarjitān sūkṣmarūpiṇaḥ |
dadāmi cetayāmyeva śilārūpātirekiṇaḥ || 41 ||
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dvitīyenā'ṇurūpeṇa kālo rudro yamastathā |
viśvāmitro rākṣasaśca kurvantu karma sṛṣṭigam || 42 ||
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na vai sthūlasvarūpeṇa śilāstiṣṭhantu sarvadā |
itiśrutvā'javiṣṇvādidevaiḥ śaktyādayastadā || 43 ||
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divyasūkṣmasvarūpāśca svargādānīya cārpitāḥ |
svargasthāḥ pṛthivīsthāśca vartante te'ṇumūrtayaḥ || 44 ||
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adṛśyantyā api tadā kālarudrādayo'pi vai |
tathaivāṇusvarūpāśca kṛtāḥ kāryādhikāriṇaḥ || 45 ||
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kare jalaṃ samādāya provāca śaktimāninī |
yathā me svāmino mūrtirdevarāṇāṃ ca yādṛśī || 46 ||
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tādṛśī cetanā mūrtiḥ kālādīnāṃ prapadyatām |
iti tayā kṛtāḥ kālādayaḥ sūkṣmādhikāriṇaḥ || 47 ||
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tato devā gatāḥ svargaṃ nā''parādhyanti vai satīḥ |
samarthā api kampante pātivratyaprabhāvataḥ || 48 ||
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sūryaścandro mahendraśca viṣṇuścānye'pi devatāḥ |
kampante vai satīnāmnā tadanyeṣāṃ tu kā kathā || 49 ||
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satīdharmaḥ paro dharmo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati |
nāryāṃ yādṛk pāravaśyaṃ nihitaṃ brahmaṇā tathā || 50 ||
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tejaḥ paraṃ mahatpātivratyamaiśvaryamarpitam |
abalā sevikā yadvat tadvat sā pārameśvarī || 51 ||
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sabalā'pi pātivratyadharmeṇa vartate sadā |
evaṃ vivartamānāyā adṛśyaśaktiyoṣitaḥ || 52 ||
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garbho jajñe mahājñānī samaye bālako muniḥ |
ṛṣiḥ parāśaraḥ so'yaṃ nāmnā khyāto'bhavad bhuvi || 53 ||
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yasya śrībhagavānasmi vyāsarūpaḥ sutaḥ sati |
jagustadā tu pitaro nanṛtuśca pitāmahāḥ || 54 ||
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prapitāmahāśca sarve hyavatīrṇe parāśare |
puṣkārādyā asṛjaṃśca puṣpavarṣaṃ ca khecarāḥ || 55 ||
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sarvatrā''sīnmahaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ parāśare samāgate |
divyān samāgatān pitṛnadbhrātṝn vīkṣya bālakaḥ || 56 ||
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jātamātro mahājñānī vadamāno nanāma tān |
sarvānānandayāmāsa vardhamāno dine dine || 57 ||
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aprāptayauvano yāvad jagau viṣṇukathānakam |
bhūtabhavyabhavatsarvākhyānabhṛtaṃ sumuktidam || 58 ||
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etad yaḥ śrāvayed bhaktyā śṛṇuyācchraddhayā tathā |
parāśaraṃ smareccāpi svepsitaṃ prāpnuyāddhi saḥ || 59 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne pativratāmāhātmye vaśiṣṭhasya putraśaktyādināṃ rākṣasadvārā nāśe sati śaktipatnyā adṛśantyā śaptāḥ kālarudrayamaviśvāmitrarākṣasāḥ śilārūpāḥ śailā jātāḥ tataḥ śaktyādayo brahmādyaiḥ kālādayastvadṛśyantyā sūkṣmarūpeṇa sajīvīkṛtāśca śaktiputraḥ parāśaro jātaścetyādinirūpaṇanāmā daśādhikacatuśśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 410 ||
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