Chapter 71

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yayātiruvāca |
yattvayā sarvamākhyātaṃ dharmādharmamanuttamam |
śṛṇvato'tha mama śraddhā punareva pravartate || 1 ||
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devānāṃ lokasaṃsthānāṃ vada saṃkhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
yasya puṇyaprasaṃgena yena prāptaṃ ca mātale || 2 ||
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mātaliruvāca |
yogayuktaṃ pravakṣyāmi tapasā yadupārjitam |
devānāṃ lokasaṃsthānaṃ sukhabhogapradāyakam || 3 ||
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dharmabhāvaṃ pravakṣyāmi āyāsairarjitaṃ pṛthak |
upariṣṭācca lokānāṃ svarūpaṃ cāpyanukramāt || 4 ||
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tatrāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ pārthivaṃ piśitāśinām |
tasmātsadyo gatānāṃ ca narāṇāṃ tatsamaṃ smṛtam || 5 ||
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rakṣasāṃ ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ pārthivānāṃ ca tadvidham |
evaṃ niravaśeṣaṃ ca yaccheṣaṃ kulatejasām || 6 ||
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gaṃdharvāṇāṃ ca vāyavyaṃ yākṣaṃ ca sakalaṃ smṛtam |
pāṃcabhautikamiṃdrasya catvāriṃśadguṇaṃ mahat || 7 ||
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somasya mānasaṃ divyaṃ viśveśaṃ pāṃcabhautikam |
saumyaṃ prajāpatīśānāmahaṃkāraguṇādhikam || 8 ||
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catuṣṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ brāhmaṃ baudhamaiśvaryamuttamam |
viṣṇoḥ prādhānikaṃ taṃtramaiśvaryaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam || 9 ||
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śrīmacchivapure divye aiśvaryaṃ sarvakāmikam |
anaṃtaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ śivasyātmaguṇaṃ mahat || 10 ||
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ādimadhyāṃtarahitaṃ viśuddhaṃ tattvalakṣaṇam |
sarvāvabhāsakaṃ sūkṣmamanaupamyaṃ parātparam || 11 ||
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susaṃpūrṇaṃ jagadveṣaṃ paśupāśāvimokṣaṇam |
yo yatsthānamanuprāptastasya bhogastadātmakaḥ || 12 ||
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vimānaṃ tatsamānaṃ ca bhavedīśaprasādataḥ |
nānārūpāṇi tārāṇāṃ dṛśyaṃte koṭayastvimā || 13 ||
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aṣṭaviṃśatirevaṃ te saṃdīptāḥ sukṛtātmanām |
ye kurvaṃti namaskāramīśvarāya kvacitkvacit || 14 ||
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saṃparkātkautukāllobhāttadvimānaṃ labhaṃti te |
nāmasaṃkīrtanādvāpi prasaṃgena śivasya yaḥ || 15 ||
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kuryādvāpi namaskāraṃ na tasya vilayo bhavet |
ityetā gatayastatra mahatyaḥ śivakarmaṇi || 16 ||
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karmaṇābhyaṃtareṇāpi puṃsāmīśānabhāvataḥ |
prasaṃgenāpi ye kuryuḥ śaṃkarasmaraṇaṃ narāḥ || 17 ||
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tairlabhyaṃ tvatulaṃ saukhyaṃ kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaiḥ |
viṣṇuciṃtāṃ prakurvaṃti dhyānena gatamānasāḥ || 18 ||
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te yāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam |
śaivaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ rūpamekarūpaṃ narottama || 19 ||
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dvayośca aṃtaraṃ nāsti ekarūpamahātmanoḥ |
śivāya viṣṇurūpāya śivarūpāya viṣṇave || 20 ||
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śivasya hṛdayaṃ viṣṇurviṣṇośca hṛdayaṃ śivaḥ |
ekamūrtistrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || 21 ||
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trayāṇāmaṃtaraṃ nāsti guṇabhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
śivabhaktosi rājeṃdra tathā bhāgavatosi vai || 22 ||
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tena devāḥ prasannāste brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ |
suprītā varadā rājankarmaṇastava suvrata || 23 ||
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iṃdrādeśātsamāyātaḥ sannidhau tava mānada |
aiṃdramenaṃ padaṃ yāhi paścādbrāhmaṃ maheśvaram || 24 ||
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vaiṣṇavaṃ ca prayāhi tvaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam |
anenāpi vimānena divyena sarvagāminā || 25 ||
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divyamūrtirato bhuṃkṣva divyabhogānmanoramān |
samāruhya vimānaṃ tvaṃ puṣpakaṃ sukhagāminam || 26 ||
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sukarmovāca |
evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭha maunavānmātalistadā |
rājānaṃ dharmatattvajñaṃ yayātiṃ nahuṣātmajam || 27 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāti |
caritre ekasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 71 ||
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