Chapter 5

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bhīṣma uvāca |
kathaṃ satī dakṣasutā dehaṃ tyaktavatī śubhā |
dakṣayajñastu rudreṇa vidhvastaḥ kena hetunā || 1 ||
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etanme kautukaṃ brahmankathaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ |
jagāmātha krodhavaśaṃ tripurārirmahāyaśāḥ || 2 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
gaṃgādvāre purā bhīṣma dakṣo yajñamathārabhat |
tatra devāsuragaṇāḥ pitarotha maharṣayaḥ || 3 ||
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samājagmurmudāyuktāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ |
nāgā yakṣāḥ suparṇāśca vīrudoṣadhayastathā || 4 ||
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kaśyapo bhagavānatriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ |
pracetasoṃgirāścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca mahātapāḥ || 5 ||
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tatra vedīṃ samāṃ kṛtvā cāturhotraṃ nyaveśayat |
hotā vasiṣṭhastatrāsīdaṃgirādhvaryusattamaḥ || 6 ||
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bṛhaspatirathodgātā brahmā vai nāradastathā |
yajñakarmapravṛttau tu hūyamāneṣu cāgniṣu || 7 ||
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āgatā vasavaḥ sarva ādityā dvādaśaiva tu |
aśvinau marutaścaiva manavaśca caturdaśa || 8 ||
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evaṃ yajñe pravṛtte tu hūyamāneṣu cāgniṣu |
vibhūtiṃ tāṃ parāṃ tatra bhakṣyabhojyakṛtāṃ śubhām || 9 ||
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ālokya sarvato bhūmiṃ samaṃtāddaśayojanam |
mahāvedī kṛtā tatra sarvaistatra samanvitaiḥ || 10 ||
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sarvāndevānśakramukhyānyajñe dṛṣṭvā satī śubhā |
tadāsānunayaṃ vākyaṃ prajāpatimabhāṣata || 11 ||
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satyuvāca |
airāvataṃ samārūḍho devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ |
patnyā śacyā sahāyātaḥ kṛtāvāsaḥ śatakratuḥ || 12 ||
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pāpānāṃ yo yamayitā dharmeṇādharmiṇāṃ prabhuḥ |
patnyā dhūmorṇayā sārddhamihāyātaḥ sa dṛśyate || 13 ||
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yādasāṃ ca patirddevo varuṇo lokabhāvanaḥ |
gauryyā patnyā sahāyātaḥ pracetā maṃḍape tviha || 14 ||
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sarvayakṣādhipo devaḥ putro viśravaso muneḥ |
patnyā tviha samāyātaḥ saha devyā dhanādhipaḥ || 15 ||
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mukhaṃ yaḥ sarvadevānāṃ jaṃtūnāmudare sthitaḥ |
vedā yadarthamutpannāssoyaṃ yajñamupāgataḥ || 16 ||
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niṛtī rākṣasendro'sau dikpatitve niyojitaḥ |
sa ca tvihāgatastāta patnyā sārddhaṃ kratāviha || 17 ||
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āyuḥprado jagatyasminbrahmaṇā nirmitaḥ purā |
prāṇopānovyānaudānassamānāhvayastathā || 18 ||
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ekonapaṃcāśatkena gaṇena parivāritaḥ |
yajñe prajāpatiścāsau vāyurdevaḥsamāgataḥ || 19 ||
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dvādaśātmā grahādhyakṣaḥcakṣuṣī jagatastviha |
pāti vai bhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ devānāṃ yaḥ parāyaṇaḥ || 20 ||
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āyuṣaśca vanānāṃ ca divasānāṃ patirhi yaḥ |
saṃjñā patirihāyāto bhāskaro lokapāvanaḥ || 21 ||
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atrivaṃśasamudbhūto dvijarājo mahāyaśāḥ |
nayanānaṃdajanano lokanātho dharātale || 22 ||
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oṣadhīnāṃ patiścāpi vīrudhāmapi sarvaśaḥ |
uḍunāthaḥ sapatnīka ihāyātaḥ śaśī tava || 23 ||
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vasavoṣṭau samāyātā aśvinau ca samāgatau |
vṛkṣo vanaspatiścāpi gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ || 24 ||
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vidyādharā bhūtasaṃghā vetālā yakṣarākṣasāḥ |
piśācāścograkarmāṇastathānye jīvahārakāḥ || 25 ||
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nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca dvīpāśca saha parvataiḥ |
grāmyāraṇyāśca paśavo yadiṅgaṃ yacca neṅgati || 26 ||
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kaśyapo bhagavānatrirvasiṣṭhaścāparaiḥ saha |
pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ || 27 ||
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puṇyā rājarṣayaścaiva pṛthivyāṃ ye ca pārthivāḥ |
varṇāścāśramiṇaścaiva sarve ye karmakāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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kimatra bahunoktena brāhmī sṛṣṭirihāgatā |
bhaginyo bhāgineyāśca bhaginīpatayastvime || 29 ||
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svabhāryāsahitāḥ sarve saputrāssaha bāṃdhavāḥ |
tvayā samarcitāḥ sarve dānamānaparigrahaiḥ || 30 ||
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āmaṃtraṇā maṃtritānāṃ sarveṣāṃ mānanā kṛtā |
eka evātra bhagavānpatirme na samāgataḥ || 31 ||
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vinā tena tvidaṃ sarvaṃ śūnyavatpratibhāti me |
manye cāhaṃ tu bhavatā patirme na nimaṃtritaḥ || 32 ||
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vismṛtaste bhavennūnaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃsatu me bhavān |
pulasya uvāca |
tasyāstaduktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ || 33 ||
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patisneha samāyuktāṃ prāṇebhyopi garīyasīm |
aṃkamāropya tāṃ bālāṃ sādhvīṃ patiparāyaṇām || 34 ||
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pativratāṃ mahābhāgāṃ patipriyahitaiṣiṇīm |
prāha gaṃbhīrabhāvena śṛṇu vatse yathātatham || 35 ||
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yenādya kāraṇeneha patiste na nimaṃtritaḥ |
kapālapātradhṛkcarmī bhasmāvṛta tanustathā || 36 ||
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śūlī muṇḍī ca nagnaśca śmaśāne ramate sadā |
vibhūtyāṅgāni sarvāṇi parimārṣṭi ca nityaśaḥ || 37 ||
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vyāghracarmaparīdhāno hasticarmaparicchadaḥ |
kapālamālaṃ śirasi khaṭvāgaṃ ca kare sthitaṃ || 38 ||
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kaṭyāṃ vai gonasaṃ badhvā liṃge'sthnāṃ valayaṃ tathā |
pannagānāṃ tu rājānamupavītaṃ ca vāsukim || 39 ||
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kṛtvā bhramati cānena rūpeṇa satataṃ kṣitau |
nagnā gaṇāḥ piśācāśca bhūtasaṃghā hyanekaśaḥ || 40 ||
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trinetraśca triśūlī ca gītanṛtyaratassadā |
kutsitāni tathānyāni sadā te kurute patiḥ || 41 ||
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trapākaro bhavenmahyaṃ devānāṃ saṃnidhiḥ kathaṃ |
kīdṛkca vasanaṃ tasya ketanaṃ prati nārhati || 42 ||
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etairdoṣairmayā vatse lokānāṃ caiva lajjayā |
nāhvānaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tasya kāraṇena mayā sute || 43 ||
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yajñasyāsya samāptau tu pūjāṃ kṛtvā tvayā saha |
ānīya tava bharttāraṃ tvayā saha trilocanam || 44 ||
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trailokyasyādhikāṃ pūjāṃ kariṣyāmi ca satkṛtaiḥ |
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ trapāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ mahat || 45 ||
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nātra manyustvayā kāryaḥ sarvaḥ svaṃ bhāgamarhati |
anyajanmani yairyādṛkkṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham || 46 ||
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iha janmani te tādṛkputrike bhuṃjate phalam |
paritāpaṃ mā kṛthāstvaṃ phalaṃ bhuṃkṣva purākṛtam || 47 ||
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śriyaṃ paragatāṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpasaubhāgyaśobhanām |
rūpaṃ ca kāṃtisaubhāgyaṃ ramyāṇyābharaṇāni ca || 48 ||
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kulemahativaijanmavapuścātīvasuṃdaram |
pūrvabhāgyaistu labhyaṃte narairetāni suvrate || 49 ||
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mātmānaṃ pariniṃdethāmāca bhāgyāni suvrate |
phalaṃ caivaṃ vidhikṛtaṃ dātuṃ kasya tu kaḥ kṣamaḥ || 50 ||
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nāsti vai balavānkaścinnamūḍho na ca paṃḍitaḥ |
pāṃḍityaṃ ca balaṃ caiva jāyate pūrvakarmaṇaḥ || 51 ||
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ete devā divaṃ prāptāḥ śobhamānāḥ sthitāściram |
puṇyena tapasā caiva kṣetreṣuvividheṣuca || 52 ||
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yadebhirārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tasyaite phalabhāginaḥ |
evamuktā tataḥ sā tu satī bhīṣmaruṣānvitā || 53 ||
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viniṃdamānā pitaraṃ krodhenāruṇitekṣaṇā |
evametadyathā tāta tvayā coktaṃ mamāgrataḥ || 54 ||
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sarvo janaḥ puṇyabhāgī puṇyena labhate śriyaṃ |
puṇyena labhate janma puṇye bhogāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ || 55 ||
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tadayaṃ jagatāmīśaḥ sarveṣāmuttamottamaḥ |
sthānānyetāni sarveṣāṃ dattānyetena dhīmatā || 56 ||
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ye guṇāstasya devasya vaktuṃ jihvāpi vedhasaḥ |
na śaktā khyāpane tasya devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ || 57 ||
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bhasmāsthi ca kapālāni śmaśāne vasatistathā |
gonasādyāśca ye sarpāḥ sarve te bhūṣaṇīkṛtāḥ || 58 ||
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bhūtapretagaṇāstasya piśācā guhyakāstathā |
eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca eṣa pālayitā diśaḥ || 59 ||
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prasādena ca rudrasya prāptasvargaḥ puraṃdaraḥ |
yadi rudresti devatvaṃ yadi sarvagataḥ śivaḥ || 60 ||
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satyena tena te yajñaṃ vidhvaṃsayatu śaṃkaraḥ |
yadyasti me tapaḥ kiṃcitkaściddharmothavā kṛtaḥ || 61 ||
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phalena tasya dharmasya yajñaste nāśamarhati |
priyāhaṃ yadi devasya yadi māṃ tārayiṣyati || 62 ||
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tena satyena te garvaḥ samāptimabhigacchatu |
ityuktvā yogamāsthāya svadehasthena tejasā || 63 ||
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nirdadāha tadātmānaṃ sadevāsurapannagaiḥ |
kiṃkimetaditi prokte gaṃdharvagaṇaguhyakaiḥ || 64 ||
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gaṃgākūle tadā mukto deho vai kruddhayā tayā |
saunakaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṃgāyāḥ paścime taṭe || 65 ||
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śrutvā rudrastu tadvārttāṃ patnyānāśa suduḥkhitaḥ |
haṃtuṃ yajñaṃ dhīrabhavatdevānāmiha paśyatām || 66 ||
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gaṇakoṭiḥ samādiṣṭā grahā vaināyakāstathā |
bhūtapretapiśācāśca dakṣayajña vināśane || 67 ||
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tairgatvā vibudhāssarve yajñe nirjitya nāśitāḥ |
hate yajñe tadā dakṣo nirutsāho nirudyamaḥ || 68 ||
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upagamyābravīttrasto devadevaṃ pinākinam |
na jñātosi mayā deva devānāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ || 69 ||
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tvamasya jagatodhīśaḥ surāssarve tvayā jitāḥ |
kṛpāṃ kuru maheśāna gaṇānsarvānnivarttaya || 70 ||
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gaṇairnānāvidhairghorairnānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaiḥ |
nānāvadanadaṃtauṣṭhairnānā praharaṇodyataiḥ || 71 ||
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nānā nāgeṃdrasaṃdaṣṭa jaṭābhāropaśobhitaiḥ |
sudṛḍhoddhata darpāḍhyairghorairghoranighātibhiḥ || 72 ||
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kāmarūpairakāṃtaiśca sarvakāmasamanvitaiḥ |
anivāryabalaiścograiryogibhiryogagāmibhiḥ || 73 ||
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vyālolakesarajaṭairdaṃṣṭrotkaṭahasanmukhaiḥ |
karīṃdrakaraṭāṭopa pāṭavaiḥ siṃhadehibhiḥ || 74 ||
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kecitparamadāghrāṇa ghūrṇaddīpasamaprabhaiḥ |
vicitracitravasanairddhīradhīravāradibhiḥ || 75 ||
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mṛgavyāghrasiṃharutaistarakṣvajinadhāribhiḥ |
bhujaṃgahāravalayakṛtayajñopavītakaiḥ || 76 ||
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śūlāsipaṭṭiśadharaiḥ paraśuprāsahastakaiḥ |
vajrakrakacakodaṃḍakāladaṃḍāstrapāṇibhiḥ || 77 ||
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gaṇeśvaraiḥ sudurddharṣairvṛtaḥ sūryo grahairiva |
devadevamahādeva naṣṭo yajño divaṃ gataḥ || 78 ||
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mṛgarūpadharo bhūtvā bhayabhītastu śaṃkara |
namaḥ śaṅkhābhadevāya sagaṇāya sanaṃdine || 79 ||
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vṛṣāsanāya somāya kratukālāṃtakāya ca |
namo dikcarmavastrāya namaste tīvratejase || 80 ||
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brahmaṇe brahmadehāya brahmaṇyāyāmitāya ca |
girīśāya sureśāya īśānāya namonamaḥ || 81 ||
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rudrāya prativajrāya śivāya krathanāya ca |
surāsurādhipataye yatīnāṃ pataye namaḥ || 82 ||
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dhūmrogrāya virūpāya yajvane ghorarūpiṇe |
virūpākṣāśubhākṣāya sahasrākṣāya vai namaḥ || 83 ||
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muṃḍāya caṃḍamuṇḍāya varakhaṭvāṅgadhāriṇe |
kavyarūpāya havyāya sarvasaṃhāriṇe namaḥ || 84 ||
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bhaktānukaṃpinetyarthaṃ rudrajāpyastutāya ca |
virūpāya surūpāya rūpāṇāṃ śatakāriṇe || 85 ||
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paṃcāsyāya śubhāsyāya caṃdrāsyāya namo namaḥ |
varadāya varārhāya kūrmāya ca mṛgāya ca || 86 ||
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līlālakaśikhaṃḍāya kamaṃḍaludharāya ca |
viśvanāmnetha viśvāya viśveśāya namonamaḥ || 87 ||
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trinetratrāṇamasmākaṃ tripuraghnavidhīyatāṃ |
vāṅmanaḥ kāyabhāvaistu prapannasya maheśvara || 88 ||
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evaṃ stutastadā devo dakṣeṇāpannadehinā |
divyenānena stotreṇa bhṛśamārādhitastadā || 89 ||
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samagraṃ te yajñaphalaṃ mayā dattaṃ prajāpate |
sarvakāmaprasirddhythaṃphalaṃprāpsyasyanuttamam || 90 ||
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evamukto bhagavatā praṇamyātha sureśvaram |
jagāma svaniketaṃ tu gaṇānāmeva paśyatām || 91 ||
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patnyāḥ śokena vai devo gaṃgādvāre tadāsthitaḥ |
tāṃ satīṃ ciṃtayānastu kva nu sāmepriyāgatā || 92 ||
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tasya śokābhibhūtasya nārado bhavasaṃnnidhau |
sā te satī yā deveśa bhāryā prāṇasamāmṛtā || 93 ||
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himavadduhitā sā ca menāgarbhasamudbhavā |
jagrāha dehamanyaṃ sā vedavedārthavedinī || 94 ||
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śrutvā devastadā dhyānamavatīrṇāmapaśyata |
kṛtakṛtyamathātmānaṃ kṛtvā devastadāsthitaḥ || 95 ||
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saṃprāptayauvanā devī punareva vivāhitā |
evaṃ hi kathitaṃ bhīṣma yathā yajño hataḥ purā || 96 ||
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iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṇḍe dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsonāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
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