Chapter 548

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi prabhāsasya pūrvasyāṃ śaṃkaroditam |
pārvatyai sumahattīrthaṃ prāṇyuddhārakaraṃ śubham || 1 ||
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guptaprayāgastatrā'sti devo'sti mādhavastathā |
jāhnavī yamunā devī sarasvatī ca tatra vai || 2 ||
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anyānyapi ca tīrthāni vasanti tatprayāgake |
śṛgāleśvaratīrthaṃ ca sannidhau vartate tathā || 3 ||
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triḥsaṃgamo nadīnāṃ ca tīrthaṃ tatparamaṃ śubham |
brahmakuṇḍo viṣṇukuṇḍo rudrakuṇḍastathā śubhaḥ || 4 ||
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kuṇḍamadhyād vinirgatya gaṃgā yamīṃ sugacchati |
anayorantare sūkṣme guptā cāste sarasvatī || 5 ||
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atra māghe snānakartā prayāgasnānajaṃ phalam |
tīrtharājaphalatulyaṃ labhati nātra saṃśayaḥ || 6 ||
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tasmiṃstīrthe mātaraśca rakṣikāḥ saṃvasanti hi |
bhūtādibhayanāśāya tā mātṛḥ saṃprapūjaye || 7 ||
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vṛṣabhastatra dātavyo yātrāphalopalabdhaye |
viṣṇukuṇḍe janaḥ snātvā yastu mādhavamarcayet || 8 ||
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sa tu yāsyati vaikuṇṭhaṃ yatra devo hariḥ svayam |
śṛgāleśvaranāmeśakṣetraṃ krośārdhamityapi || 9 ||
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gavāhatā dvijahatā ye daṃṣṭripaśubhirhatāḥ |
ātmaghātakarā ye ca sarpadaṣṭāśca ye mṛtāḥ || 10 ||
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śayyāmṛtāḥ śaucahīnāsteṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ tadatra vai |
kārayet tena muktā syurduḥkhaśokavivarjitāḥ || 11 ||
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tatra siddheśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ devaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ purā |
aṇimādikamaiśvaryaṃ smṛddhiṃ vindet prapūjanāt || 12 ||
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tato vai nāradādityaṃ tīrthaṃ gacched ravergṛham |
ekadā tu pṛthivyāṃ vai tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ || 13 ||
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nāradastvāgatastasya sūryakriyāprasaṃkramāt |
śaithilyaṃ samabhūd dehe yathā jarākṛtaṃ bhavet || 14 ||
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svargaṃ satyaṃ tato gantuṃ notsāhaṃ kurute muniḥ |
yato virūpatāṃ prāpto yauvanādivivarjitaḥ || 15 ||
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vijātīyādibhāvena satye loke vaset katham |
evaṃ cintayatastasya sūryaḥ sākṣāt babhūva ha || 16 ||
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vada nārada kā cintā jāyate tava mānase |
martyaloke ca ye'pyanye bahu bhramanti te khalu || 17 ||
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īśvarā vā ca devā vā ṛṣayo yogino'pi vai |
mama kriyābhirvyāptāśca yānti vai jīrṇatāṃ dhruvam || 18 ||
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yathā martyāstathā te'pi mama kālaprabhāvataḥ |
grasyante mānavaistulyā vṛddhā bhavanti sarvaśaḥ || 19 ||
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vada tvaṃ ṣoḍaśābdaśca dṛśyase satyalokagaḥ |
kintu cā'dya kṣitau jāto jarayā grasta eva yat || 20 ||
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mā tvaṃ cintāṃ kuru brahman yuvā san vicariṣyasi |
na prabhāvaḥ kiraṇānāṃ tavopari bhaviṣyati || 21 ||
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ityukto nāradastatra sudṛḍhaḥ ṣoḍaśābdikaḥ |
yathāpūrvaṃ hi saṃjātaḥ sūryaścādṛśyatāṃ gataḥ || 22 ||
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nāradena tadā tatra nāradādityanāmakaḥ |
sūryadevaḥ sthāpitaśca tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ ca pāvanam || 23 ||
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saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa yastaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ |
tasya rogabhayaṃ na syāt prasādād dyumaṇeḥ raveḥ || 24 ||
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anyat tīrthaṃ tatra cāste'paranārāyaṇāśrayam |
phālgunā'malapakṣe tu hyekādaśyāṃ vidhānataḥ || 25 ||
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pūjayet puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ nārāyaṇātmakam |
atha gaṃgā śubhaṃ tīrthaṃ tatreśānyāṃ hi vartate || 26 ||
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yatra trinetrakā matsyā vasanti rudracihninaḥ |
śṛṇu gaṃgāgamaṃ tatra matsyānāṃ ca trinetratām || 27 ||
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yadā rudro vivastraḥ san kadācidṛṣimaṇḍale |
āśrameṣu tu bhikṣārthaṃ vicacāra tadā ca taiḥ || 28 ||
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kruddhaistaiḥ ṛṣibhiḥ śapto hyajānadbhirmaheśvaraḥ |
gajavad bhramase loke lajjāhīnaḥ paśuryathā || 29 ||
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tasmād bhava gajastvaṃ cā'raṇyavāsīti śaṃkaraḥ |
drāgeva ca gajo bhūtvā'raṇyaṃ viveśa śaṃkaraḥ || 30 ||
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tatra bhṛguryogadṛṣṭyā viditvā śaṃkaraṃ ca tam |
nirānandaṃ jagat sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāha ṛṣīn parān || 31 ||
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ayaṃ tu śaṃkaraścāsīd gajarūpo'pi so'bhavat |
aparādho mahān jāta iti matvā ca śaṃkaram || 32 ||
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dhyāyantaḥ prārthayāmāsuratyarthaṃ ca prabhāsake |
kṣetre śṛgālanāmnyeva yatra guptaprayāgakaḥ || 33 ||
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tatra prāptāśca te sarve taponiṣṭhāstapoghanāḥ |
bhṛguratristathā maṃkiḥ kaśyapaḥ kaṇva ityapi || 34 ||
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gautamaḥ kauśikaścāpi kuśikaśca mahātapāḥ |
jātūkarṇyo vasiṣṭhaśca satyatapāḥ parāśaraḥ || 35 ||
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śāṇḍilyaśca pulastyaśca vatsaḥ sāvastirityapi |
śūkaro'pi bharadvājo bhārgavo dīrghatāpasaḥ || 36 ||
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ete cānye'pi bahavo'gastyādyāḥ ṛṣayo hi te |
tapaḥ kṛtvā haraṃ dhyātvā tallīnāste tadā'bhavan || 37 ||
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śaṃbhustadā tu sākṣādvai samājagāma tānprati |
uvāca varadānārthaṃ te ca sveṣṭaṃ pravavrire || 38 ||
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yadi prasanno deveśa gaṃgāmānaya prāgiha |
abhiṣekaṃ tatra kṛtvā'rcayitvā tvāṃ tataḥ param || 39 ||
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ajñānātte pradrogdhāro yāsyāmaḥ pūtatāṃ tataḥ |
dvābhyāṃ vayaṃ ca netrābhyāṃ na jñātaḥ śaṃkaro bhavān || 40 ||
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tena jātaste'parādhaḥ punaḥ syānna tathā ca naḥ |
dehi śaṃbho tṛtīyaṃ ca netraṃ divyaṃ yathā tava || 41 ||
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harerharasya cānyeṣāṃ pratyakṣaḥ syāt pramāṇadhṛk |
paricayastathā cakṣurāntaraṃ dehi śaṃkara || 42 ||
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śaṃbhuḥ prāha tathā'stveva yūyaṃ pāvanapāvanāḥ |
trinetrāśca sadā santu gaṃgā ceyaṃ samāgatā || 43 ||
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ityuktvā śaṃkarastūrṇaṃ tatsthānād vigato'bhavat |
ṛṣayaḥ pāpamuktāśca śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ || 44 ||
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yajñaṃ cakruvaiṣṇavaṃ ca tatra kṣetre dināṣṭakam |
brāhmaṇā devatāścānye tīrthānyaraṇyadevatāḥ || 45 ||
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samājagmustasya yajñe nārāyaṇaprasādajam |
annaṃ bhuktvā parāṃ tṛptiṃ gatā vai prāṇino'pare || 46 ||
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jalajāḥ sthalajāḥ sarve tṛptāstatra śubhe kratau |
matsyāḥ prāhurmunīn sarvān yathā vai dhīvarā hi naḥ || 47 ||
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jighāṃsavo na hanyurvai tathā''śīrdīyatāṃ hi naḥ |
ṛṣayaśca tadā prāhustrinetrāśca bhavantu vai || 48 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ divyanetraṃ ca dūradarśanakārakam |
śāṃkaraṃ rūpamevaitad bhavatāṃ jāyatāṃ sadā || 49 ||
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dhīvarebhyaśca ṛṣibhiḥ śāṃkarāste pradarśitāḥ |
trinetrā vai śubhā matsyā na hantavyāḥ kadācana || 50 ||
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trinetratve kāraṇaṃ ca proktaṃ gaṃgā''game tathā |
tatra kuṇḍe samāgatya snātvā matsyān vilokayet || 51 ||
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tebhyo dadyāccaṇakādīn hemaṃ viprāya cārpayet |
gāśca vastraṃ tilān dadyāt trinetraḥ sa bhaved dhruvam || 52 ||
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ṛṣitoyājale snātvā kuṇḍe taptodake tathā |
śaṃkaraṃ pūjayettatra sa bhaved bhuvanādhipaḥ || 53 ||
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tatra caturmukhaścāste vināyako mahābalaḥ |
somavāre pūjayitvā sveṣṭakāmān labhejjanaḥ || 54 ||
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tato gacchet paraṃ tīrthaṃ gopālasvāminaṃ harim |
sarvapāpaughaśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam || 55 ||
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bakulasvāminaṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ prapūjayet |
uttarārkaṃ tato gacchet sarvarogapraṇāśanam || 56 ||
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samudrasya taṭe tatra ṛṣitīrthaṃ hi vidyate |
pāṣāṇākṛtayastatra dṛśyante ṛṣayaḥ sadā || 57 ||
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maruddevīṃ tato yāyānmarudbhiḥ pūrvapūjitām |
kṣemādityaṃ tato gacchecchabarasthānamadhyagam || 58 ||
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tato gacchenmahādevīṃ śubhrāṃ kaṇṭakaśodhinīm |
ṛṣitoyātaṭe yajñaṃ cakruḥ purā maharṣayaḥ || 59 ||
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dhūmaiḥ samāvṛtaṃ vyoma yajñahomāgnihotrajaiḥ |
ghrātvā daityāḥ samudrasya madhyāttatra samāyayuḥ || 60 ||
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māyāvino mahākāyāḥ śyāmavarṇā mahodarāḥ |
lambabhrūśmaśrunāsāgrā raktākṣaraktamūrdhajāḥ || 61 ||
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upadravaṃ ca te cakruryajñavidhvaṃsahetave |
etān dṛṣṭvā ṛṣayaśca dudruvurbhayakātarāḥ || 62 ||
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patnīśālāṃ samāviṣṭāḥ keciddharyayutā drutam |
agnihotrahaviṣyaṃ ca havirvinyasya mantrataḥ || 63 ||
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susamiddhe juhuvuśca rakṣasāṃ nāśahetave |
hutamātre samutpannā śaktiṃrlokabhayaṃkarā || 64 ||
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khaḍgaśaktitriśūlāsicarmahastā mahojjvalā |
tayā te nihatā daityāḥ samastā atha tā tadā || 65 ||
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tuṣṭuvuḥ ṛṣayaḥ sarve prasannā sā'pyuvāca tān |
varaṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ munayo dadāmyatra yathepsitam || 66 ||
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munayo vavrire devakaṇṭakānāṃ viśodhinī |
kaṇṭakaśodhinīnāmnī sthāne'tra vasa rakṣa naḥ || 67 ||
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evamastu samuvāca tatraiva ca sthitā tataḥ |
aṣṭamyāṃ vā navamyāṃ ca pūjayettāṃ hitāvahām || 68 ||
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rākṣasebhyaḥ piśācebhyo bhayaṃ tasya na jāyate |
prāpnuyād yajñasiddhiṃ ca phalaṃ kratūdbhavaṃ tathā || 69 ||
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tato gacchedunnatākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ cottarabhūsthitam |
brahmeśvaraṃ pūjayecca tathā kṛṣṇanarāyaṇam || 70 ||
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ṛṣitoyātaṭe pūrvaṃ tepurvai brāhmaṇāstapaḥ |
atyugraṃ tena bhikṣuśca bhūtvā nārāyaṇo yayau || 71 ||
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tataḥ śaṃbhurvṛṣo bhūtvā cacāra ṛṣisannidhau |
trikāladarśibhistatra dṛṣṭo nārāyaṇo haraḥ || 72 ||
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dṛṣṭamātro virarāma śaṃkaro vṛṣarūpavān |
tatra śaṃbhurliṃgarūpaḥ saṃjātaścaṇḍikeśvaraḥ || 73 ||
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ahaṃ nārāyaṇo lakṣmi tadā taiḥ prārthito bahuḥ |
rakṣaṇārthamāsurebhyastadā mayā niveditam || 74 ||
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atra kuruta nagaraṃ nivāsāya mahāprabham |
hūyantāmagnihotrāṇi devatāḥ sarvadā dvijāḥ || 75 ||
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ijyantāṃ vividhairyajñaiḥ kriyatāṃ cāpi pūjanam |
ātithyaṃ jāyatāṃ nityaṃ bhaktirmama ca niścalā || 76 ||
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mama prasādataścānte muktirvaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati |
ṛṣayaste tadā prāhurnagarā'vanadurbalāḥ || 77 ||
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nagareṇeha kiṃ kurmastava bhaktimabhīpsavaḥ |
mokṣaṃ dehi mahārāja rakṣaṇaṃ naḥ sadā kuru || 78 ||
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hariḥ prāha sadā rakṣāṃ kariṣye bhavatāmaham |
sasmāra viśvakarmāṇaṃ viśvakarmā samāyayau || 79 ||
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yatra caṇḍīśvaraḥ śaṃbhustāṃ bhūmiṃ caturasrikām |
aṣṭayojanavistīrṇāṃ jagrāha nagarārthikām || 80 ||
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pūrve tu śaṃkaraḥ śrīmān paścime nyaṃkumatyapi |
uttare svarṇanandā ca dakṣiṇe sāgarāvadhim || 81 ||
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madhye nāgnaharakṣetraṃ nagaraṃ connataṃ param |
kārayitvā haristebhyo viprebhyo vāsakāraṇāt || 82 ||
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dadau nyūṣustatra viprā homayajñakriyāparāḥ |
unnato vighnarājaśca tatra rakṣaṇahetave || 83 ||
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sthāpitaḥ śrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇena śaṃmusannidhau |
pūjito dhanadaḥ putrasampadāṃ ca pradaḥ sadā || 84 ||
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kāmāṃśca muktiṃ ca pradāsyati na saṃśayaḥ |
vāstukārye gaṇeśaṃ ca śaṃkaraṃ śrīnarāyaṇam || 85 ||
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pupūjurviśvakarmāṇaṃ mātṛgaṇāṃśca bhūsurān |
kalaśaṃ saṃpupūjuśca tadā śaṃbhuḥ samāyayau || 86 ||
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pratyakṣaḥ kalaśāgre vai kalaśeśastato'bhavat |
yatra sthale pupūjuśca tatra sthaleśvaro'bhavat || 87 ||
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māghamāse'bhavat sarvaṃ nagaraṃ pūjanaṃ tathā |
tato jātaṃ connatākhyaṃ nagaraṃ vipratīrthakam || 88 ||
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viśvakarmeśvaraṃ cāpi liṃgaṃ tatraiva pūjitam |
brahmā bālasvarūpaśconnatākhye nyavasattataḥ || 89 ||
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raivate vāmano bālaḥ prabhāse bālako haraḥ |
unnate'jo bālarūpo vartate tat trayaṃ samam || 90 ||
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bālarūpe na māyā'sti kāpaṭyaṃ na ca vāsanā |
mokṣadaṃ bālarūpaṃ vai pūjyaṃ ramyaṃ nirāmayam || 91 ||
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kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobho mohādyā bālarūpiṇi |
nirmūlā eva notpannā vidyante naiva janmataḥ || 92 ||
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saṃgadoṣācca jāyante saṃskārādvā tataḥ param |
satyaṃ vrataṃ sadā tatra bālake cā'pyahiṃsanam || 93 ||
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asteyaṃ vartate tatra brahmavadvartanaṃ tathā |
aparigraha evāpi viśvāso mātṛnodite || 94 ||
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rāgeṇa hīnatā cāpi santoṣaṃ udaraṃbharaḥ |
śuddhiścātmani nirdveṣṭā tapaḥ poṣakadhīnatā || 95 ||
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vidyādhyāyaśceśabhāvaḥ sarve santi hi bālake |
saṃsārasya ca yadrūpaṃ viṣayābhigatipradam || 96 ||
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tattatra bālake nāsti tasmād viṣṇurhi bālakaḥ |
sarpo'pi bālakaṃ matvā prasṛpya bālakopari || 97 ||
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nirbhayaśca prayātyevā'jātaśatrukabālatā |
yasya kasyāpi vā'patyaṃ sadayaṃ lokyate sadā || 98 ||
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sarvayonigatairjīvaiḥ premṇā saṃlokyate tathā |
nārāyaṇasvarūpatvaṃ tadeva bālake matam || 99 ||
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dhruvaṃ bālaṃ ca prahlādaṃ sanakādīṃstathā śukam |
bālaṃ kṛṣṇasvarūpaṃ cārādhya mokṣaṃ gatāḥ purā || 100 ||
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yauvane vārdhake vāpi nare nāryāṃ napuṃsake |
syād yadi bālabhāvaśced doṣā'saṃkramaṇaṃ tathā || 101 ||
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pūjyate devavat so'pi nirdoṣo bālako yataḥ |
doṣahīnaṃ ca vārdhakyaṃ doṣahīnā ca bālatā || 102 ||
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dvayoḥ sāmyaṃ ca nairmalye pāvitryasya sthale hyubhe |
bālaṃ namanti vai candraṃ bālaṃ paśyanti mātaraḥ || 103 ||
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bālāṃ kanyāmudvahanti bālaṃ gṛhṇantyavaṃśinaḥ |
balaṃ nārāyaṇīyaṃ ca svacchaṃ yatrāsti sargajam || 104 ||
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tadvān bālaḥ sampradiṣṭastasmādbālo narāyaṇaḥ |
vidyādānaṃ bālakebhyo bhojyadānaṃ sahāyatām || 105 ||
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samarpayanti janatāstasmād bālaḥ praśasyate |
brahmacaryaṃ sadā bāle brahmaṇo rūpameva yat || 106 ||
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tasmād bālo brahmacārī brahmalokā'dhikāravān |
brahmamokṣapradaścāpi yathā kṛṣṇo narāyaṇaḥ || 107 ||
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gaurīṃ ca bālikāṃ saumyāṃ saṃpūjya labhate phalam |
pārvatīpūjanasyāpi lakṣmyarcanasya cāpi vai || 108 ||
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arajaskāḥ sadā devyo divi vasanti bālikāḥ |
sāvitrī cāpi gāyatrī śrīśca lakṣmīśca bālikāḥ || 109 ||
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tasya svāmī sadā bālo brahmā kṛṣṇo harastathā |
lokāḥ svānugatairbhāvaiḥ kalpayanti suyauvanam || 110 ||
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svavad vikṛtakākārān divyānapyatyadivyakān |
doṣahīnān sadā śuddhān daityā gṛhṇanti doṣitān || 111 ||
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sadoṣe vai kathaṃ mokṣo nirdoṣe vāsanā katham |
tasmānnirdoṣakā devā bālā mokṣapradāḥ sadā || 112 ||
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bālā nityāḥ sadā muktā rājante brahmadhāmani |
sadā kiśorā divyāśca praśastā bālakāstataḥ || 113 ||
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ityevamuktavān śaṃbhuḥ pārvatyai connatādikam |
tīrthaṃ mayā ca te lakṣmi kathitaṃ mokṣadaṃ śravāt || 114 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne guptaprayāgatīrthaśṛgāleśvarakṣetrā'paranārāyaṇatīrthatrinetratīrthonnatanagarasthāneśvarādinaikatīrthanirūpaṇaṃ bālatātparyārthanirūpaṇaṃ cetyādināmā'ṣṭacatvāriṃśadadhikapañcaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 548 ||
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