Chapter 3

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
nadīnāṃ parvatānāṃ ca nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ |
tathā janapadānāṃ ca ye cānye bhūmimāśritāḥ || 1 ||
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pramāṇaṃ ca pramāṇajña pṛthivyāḥ kila sarvataḥ |
nikhilena samācakṣva kānanāni ca sattama || 2 ||
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sūta uvāca |
paṃcemāni mahāprājña mahābhūtāni saṃgrahāt |
jagatīsthāni sarvāṇi samānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || 3 ||
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bhūmirāpastathā vāyuragnirākāśameva ca |
guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi teṣāṃ bhūmiḥ pradhānataḥ || 4 ||
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śabdasparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gaṃdhaśca paṃcamaḥ |
bhūmereteguṇāḥ proktā ṛṣibhistattvavedibhiḥ || 5 ||
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catvāropsuguṇā viprā gaṃdhastatra na vidyate |
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca tejasotha guṇāstrayaḥ || 6 ||
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śabdaḥ sparśaśca vāyostu ākāśe śabda eva ca |
ete paṃca guṇā viprā mahābhūteṣu paṃcasu || 7 ||
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vartaṃte sarvalokeṣu yeṣu bhūtāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
anyonyaṃ nātivartaṃte sāmyaṃ bhavati vai tadā || 8 ||
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yadā tu viṣamībhāvamāviśaṃti parasparam |
tadā dehairdehavaṃto vyatirohaṃti nānyathā || 9 ||
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ānupūrvyā vinaśyaṃti jāyaṃte cānupūrvaśaḥ |
sarvāṇyaparimeyāṇi tadeṣāṃ rūpamaiśvaram || 10 ||
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yatrayatra hi dṛśyaṃte dhāvaṃti pāṃcabhautikāḥ |
teṣāṃ manuṣyāstarkeṇa pramāṇāni pracakṣate || 11 ||
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aciṃtyāḥ khalu ye bhāvāstānna tarkeṇa sādhayet |
sudarśanaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvīpaṃ tu munipuṃgavāḥ || 12 ||
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parimaṃḍalo mahābhāgā dvīpo'sau cakrasaṃsthitaḥ |
nadījalaparicchinnaḥ parvataiścābdhisannibhaiḥ || 13 ||
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puraiśca vividhākārai ramyairjanapadaistathā |
vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpaphalopetaiḥ saṃpanno dhanadhānyavān || 14 ||
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lavaṇena samudreṇa samaṃtātparivāritaḥ |
yathā hi puruṣaḥ paśyedādarśe mukhamātmanaḥ || 15 ||
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evaṃ sudarśano dvīpo dṛśyate cakramaṃḍalaḥ |
dviraṃśe pippalastasya dviraṃśe ca śaśo mahān || 16 ||
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sarvauṣadhiṃ samādāya sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ |
āpastatonyā vijñeyāḥ śeṣaḥ saṃkṣepa ucyate || 17 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
ukto yasya ca saṃkṣepo buddhimanvidhivattvayā |
tattvajñaścāsi sarvasya vistaraṃ sūta no vada || 18 ||
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yāvānbhūmyavakāśoyaṃ dṛśyate śaśalakṣaṇe |
tasya pramāṇaṃ prabrūhi tato vakṣyasi pippalam || 19 ||
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evaṃ taiḥ kila pṛṣṭaḥ sa sūto vākyamathābravīt |
sūta uvāca |
prāgāyatā mahāprājñāḥ ṣaḍete ratnaparvatāḥ || 20 ||
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avagāḍhā hyubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau |
himavānhimakūṭaśca niṣadhaśca nagottamaḥ || 21 ||
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nīlaśca vaiḍūryamayaḥ śvetaśca śaśisannibhaḥ |
sarvadhātupinaddhaśca śṛṃgavānnāmaparvataḥ || 22 ||
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ete vai parvatā viprāḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ |
teṣāmaṃtaraviṣkuṃbhau yojanāni sahasraśaḥ || 23 ||
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tatra puṇyā janapadāstāni varṣāṇi sattamāḥ |
vasaṃti teṣāṃ sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ || 24 ||
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idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tato haimavataṃ param |
hemakūṭātparaṃ caiva harivarṣaṃ pracakṣate || 25 ||
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dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa ca |
prāgāyato mahābhāgā mālyavānnāma parvataḥ || 26 ||
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tataḥ paraṃ mālyavataḥ parvato gaṃdhamādanaḥ |
parimaṃḍalastayormadhye meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ || 27 ||
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ādityataruṇābhāso vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ |
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturaśītirucchritaḥ || 28 ||
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adhastāccaturaśītiryojanānāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
ūrdhvamadhaśca tiryakca lokānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati || 29 ||
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tasya pārśveṣvamī dvīpāścatvāraḥ saṃsthitā dvijāḥ |
bhadrāśvaḥ ketumālaśca jaṃbūdvīpaśca sattamāḥ || 30 ||
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uttarāścaiva kuruvaḥ kṛtapuṇya pratiśrayāḥ |
vihaṃgasumukho yastu supārśvasyātmajaḥ kila || 31 ||
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sa vai viciṃtayāmāsa sauvarṇānprekṣya vāyasān |
meruruttamamadhyānāmadhamānāṃ ca pakṣiṇām || 32 ||
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aviśeṣakaro yasmāttasmādenaṃ tyajāmyaham |
tamādityonuparyeti satataṃ jyotiṣāṃ varaḥ || 33 ||
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caṃdramāśca sanakṣatro vāyuścaiva pradakṣiṇaḥ |
sa parvato mahāprājñā divyapuṣpasamanvitaḥ || 34 ||
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bhavanairāvṛtaiḥ sarvaiḥ rjāṃbūnadamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
tatra devagaṇā viprā gaṃdharvāsurarākṣasāḥ || 35 ||
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apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śaile krīḍaṃti sarvadā |
tatra brahmā ca rudraśca śakraścāpi sureśvaraḥ || 36 ||
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sametya vividhairyajñairyajaṃte'neka dakṣiṇaiḥ |
tuṃbururnāradaścaiva viśvāvasurhāhā hūhūḥ || 37 ||
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abhigamyāmaraśreṣṭhaṃ stuvaṃti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ |
saptarṣayo mahātmānaḥ kaśyapaśca prajāpatiḥ || 38 ||
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tatra gacchaṃti bhadraṃ vaḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi |
tasyaiva mūrddhanyuśanā kāvyo daityairmahīyate || 39 ||
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tasya haimāni ratnāni tasyaite ratnaparvatāḥ |
tasmātkubero bhagavāṃścaturthaṃ bhāgamaśnute || 40 ||
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tataḥ kalāṃśaṃ vittasya manuṣyebhyaḥ prayacchati |
parvatasyāṃtare divyaṃ sarvartukusumaiścitam || 41 ||
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karṇikāravanaṃ ramyaṃ śilājālasamucchritam |
tatra sākṣātpaśupatirdivyabhūtaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ || 42 ||
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umāsahāyobhagavānramate bhūtabhāvanaḥ |
karṇikāramayīṃ mālāṃ bibhradāpādalaṃbinīm || 43 ||
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tribhirnetraiḥ kṛtoddyotastribhiḥ sūryairivoditaiḥ |
tamugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ || 44 ||
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paśyaṃti nahi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ |
tasya śailasya śikharātkṣīradhārā dvijottamāḥ || 45 ||
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viśvarūpātparamitā bhīmanirghātanisvanā |
puṇyāpuṇyatamairjuṣṭā gaṃgā bhāgīrathī śubhā || 46 ||
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plavaṃtī ca pravegena hrade caṃdramasaḥ śubhe |
tayā hyutpāditaḥ puṇyaḥ sa hradaḥ sāgaropamaḥ || 47 ||
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tāṃ dhārayāmāsa tadā durddharāṃ parvatairapi |
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi śirasaiva pinākadhṛk || 48 ||
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merostu paścime pārśve ketumālo dvijottamāḥ |
jaṃbūkhaṃḍe tu tatraiva mahājanapado dvijāḥ || 49 ||
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āyurdaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatra sattamāḥ |
suvarṇavarṇāśca narā striyaścāpsarasāṃ samāḥ || 50 ||
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anāmayā vītaśokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ |
jāyaṃte mānavāstatra nistaptakanakaprabhāḥ || 51 ||
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gaṃdhamādanaśṛṃgeṣu kuberaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ |
saṃvṛtopsarasāṃ saṃghairmodate guhyakādhipaḥ || 52 ||
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gaṃdhamādanapārśve tu pare vigatapātakāḥ |
ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ paramāyuṣaḥ || 53 ||
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tatra kṛṣṇā narā viprāstejoyuktā mahābalāḥ |
striyaścotpalapatrābhāḥ sarvāḥ supriyadarśanāḥ || 54 ||
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nīlotpaladharaṃ śvetaṃ śvetāddhairaṇyakaṃ varam |
varṣamairāvataṃ viprā nānājanapadāvṛtam || 55 ||
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dhanukhaṃḍeḥ mahābhāgā dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare |
ilāvṛttaṃ madhyagaṃ tu paṃcavarṣāṇi caiva hi || 56 ||
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uttarottarametebhyo varṣamudricyate guṇaiḥ |
āyuḥ pramāṇamārogyaṃ dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ || 57 ||
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samanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu sarveṣu sattamāḥ |
evameṣā mahābhāgāḥ parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā || 58 ||
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hemakūṭastu sumahānkailāso nāma parvataḥ |
tatra vaiśravaṇo devo guhyakaiḥ saha modate || 59 ||
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astyuttareṇa kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati |
hiraṇyaśṛṃgaḥ sumahāndivyo maṇimayo giriḥ || 60 ||
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tasya pārśve mahaddivyaṃ śubhraṃ kāṃcanavālukam |
ramyaṃ viṣṇusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ || 61 ||
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dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ gaṃgāmuvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ |
yūpā maṇimayāstatra kṣetrāścāpi hiraṇmayāḥ || 62 ||
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tatreṣṭvā tu gataḥ siddhiṃ sahasrākṣo mahāyaśāḥ |
sraṣṭā bhūtipatiryatra sarvalokaiḥ sanātanaḥ || 63 ||
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upāsyate tigmatejā yatra bhūtaḥ samaṃtataḥ |
naranārāyaṇau brahmā manuḥ sthāṇuśca paṃcamaḥ || 64 ||
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tatra divyā tripathagā prathamaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitā |
brahmalokādapākrāṃtā saptadhā pratipadyate || 65 ||
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vaṭodakā sā nalinī pārvatī ca sarasvatī |
jaṃbūnadī ca sītā ca gaṃgā siṃdhuśca saptamī || 66 ||
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aciṃtyā divyasaṃjñā sā prabhāvaiśca samanvitā |
upāsyate yatra satraṃ sahasrayugaparyaye || 67 ||
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dṛśyādṛśyā ca bhavati tatratatra sarasvatī |
etā divyāḥ saptagaṃgāstriṣulokeṣu viśrutāḥ || 68 ||
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rakṣāṃsi vai himavatī hemakūṭe ca guhyakāḥ |
sarpā nāgāśca niṣadhe gokarṇaṃ ca tapovanam || 69 ||
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devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śvetaḥ parvatamucyate |
gaṃdharvā niṣadhe nityaṃ nīle brahmarṣayastathā || 70 ||
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śṛṃgavāṃstu mahābhāgā devānāṃ pratisaṃcaraḥ |
ityetāni mahābhāgāḥ saptavarṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ || 71 ||
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bhūtānyupaniviṣṭāni gatimaṃti dhruvāṇi ca |
teṣāmṛddhirbahuvidhā dṛśyate devamānuṣā || 72 ||
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aśakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddhe yā tu vibhūṣitā |
yāṃ tu pṛcchatha māṃ viprā divyamenāṃ śaśākṛtim || 73 ||
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pārśve śaśasya dve varṣe ukte ye dakṣiṇottare |
karṇe tu nāgadvīpaśca kāśyapadvīpa eva ca || 74 ||
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karṇadvīpaśilo viprāḥ śrīmānmalayaparvataḥ |
etaddvitīyaṃ dvīpasya dṛśyate śaśisaṃsthitam || 75 ||
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iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||
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