Chapter 14

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nārada uvāca |
narmadā tu nadīśreṣṭhā puṇyā puṇyatamā triṣu |
munibhistu mahābhāgairvibhaktā dharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ || 1 ||
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yajñopavītamātrāṇi pravibhaktāni pāṃḍava |
teṣu snātvā tu rājeṃdra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 2 ||
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jaleśvaraṃ ca yattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam |
tasyotpattiṃ kathayataḥ śṛṇu pāṃḍavanaṃdana || 3 ||
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purā munigaṇāḥ sarve sendrāścaiva marudgaṇāḥ |
stuvaṃti te mahātmānaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram || 4 ||
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stuvamānāstu saṃprāptā yatra devo maheśvaraḥ |
vijñāpayaṃti deveśaṃ seṃdrāścaiva marudgaṇāḥ |
bhayodvignānvirūpākṣa paritrāyasva naḥ prabho || 5 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
svāgataṃ tu muniśreṣṭhāḥ kimarthamiha cāgatāḥ |
kiṃ duḥkhaṃ ko'nusaṃtāpaḥ kuto vā bhayamāgatam || 6 ||
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kathayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā etadicchāmi veditum |
evamuktāstu rudreṇākathayannamitavratāḥ || 7 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
api ghoro mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ |
bāṇo nāmeti vikhyāto yasya vai tripuraṃ puram || 8 ||
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gagane tu vasaddivyaṃ bhramate tasya tejasā |
tasmādbhītā virūpākṣa tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 9 ||
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trāyasva mahato duḥkhāddevatvaṃ hi parā gatiḥ |
evaṃ prasādaṃ deveśa sarveṣāṃ kartumarhasi || 10 ||
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yena devāḥ suprasannāḥ sukhamedhaṃti śaṃkara |
parāṃ nirvṛtimāyāṃti tatprabho kartumarhasi || 11 ||
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deva uvāca |
etatsarvaṃ kariṣyāmi mā viṣādaṃ kariṣyatha |
acireṇaiva kālena kuryāṃ yuṣmatsukhāvaham || 12 ||
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āśvāsayitvā tānsarvānnarmadātaṭamāsthitaḥ |
ciṃtayāmāsa sarveśastadvadhaṃ prati pāṃḍava || 13 ||
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kathaṃ kena prakāreṇa haṃtavyastripuro mayā |
evaṃ saṃciṃtya bhagavānnāradaṃ smarate tadā |
smaraṇādeva saṃprāpto nāradaḥ samupasthitaḥ || 14 ||
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nārada uvāca |
ājñāpaya mahādeva kimarthaṃ saṃsmṛto hyaham |
kiṃ kāryaṃ tu mayā deva kartavyaṃ kathayasva me || 15 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
gaccha nārada tatraiva yatra tattripuraṃ puram |
bāṇasya dānavendrasya śīghraṃ gacchātha tatkuru || 16 ||
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bhartāro devatābhāśca striyaścāpsarasopamāḥ |
tāsāṃ vai tejasā vipra bhramate tripuraṃ divi || 17 ||
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tatra gatvā tu vipreṃdra maṃtramanyaṃ pracodaya |
devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā munistvaritavikramaḥ || 18 ||
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strīṇāṃ hṛdayanāśāya praviṣṭastaṃ puraṃ prati |
śobhate tatpuraṃ divyaṃ nānāratnopaśobhitam || 19 ||
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śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ tato dviguṇamāyatam |
tataḥ paśyati tatraiva bāṇaṃ tu baladarpitam || 20 ||
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mālākuṃḍalakeyūrairmukuṭena virājitam |
hāraratnaiśca saṃchannaṃ caṃdrakāṃtivibhūṣitam || 21 ||
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lalanāstasya ratnāḍhyāḥ narāḥ kanakamaṃḍitāḥ |
utthito nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānaveṃdro mahābalaḥ || 22 ||
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bāṇa uvāca |
sa devarṣiḥ svayaṃ prāpto madgṛhaṃ prati saṃprati |
arghaṃ pādyaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kriyatāṃ dvijasattama || 23 ||
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cirātsamāgato vipra sthīyatāmidamāsanam |
evaṃ saṃbhāvayitvā tu nāradaṃ samupasthitam || 24 ||
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tasya bhāryā mahādevī anaupamyā tu nāmataḥ || 25 ||
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anaupamyovāca |
bhagavanmānuṣe loke devāstuṣyaṃti kena vai |
vratena niyamenāpi dānena tapasāthavā || 26 ||
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nārada uvāca |
tiladhenuṃ ca yo dadyādbrāhmaṇe vedapārage |
sasāgarā navadvīpā dattā bhavati medinī || 27 ||
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sūryakoṭipratīkāśairvimānaiḥ sarvakāmikaiḥ |
modate cākṣayaṃ kālaṃ suciraṃ kṛtaśāsanaḥ || 28 ||
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āmrātakakapitthāni kadalīvanameva ca |
kadaṃba caṃpakāśokā aneka vividhadrumāḥ || 29 ||
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aṣṭamī ca caturthī ca dvādaśī ca tathā ubhe |
saṃkrāṃtirviṣuvaṃ caiva dinacchidramukhaṃ tathā || 30 ||
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puṇyānyetāni sarvāṇi upavāsaṃti yāḥ striyaḥ |
tāsāṃ tu dharmmayuktānāṃ svarge vāso na saṃśayaḥ || 31 ||
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kalikālāttu nirmuktāḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ |
upavāsaratā nāryo nopasarpaṃti tāpasāḥ || 32 ||
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evaṃ śrutvā tu suśroṇi yatheṣṭaṃ kartumarhasi |
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājñī vacanamabravīt || 33 ||
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prasādaṃ kuru vipreṃdra dānaṃ gṛhṇa yathepsitam |
suvarṇamaṇiratnāni vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca || 34 ||
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tatte dāsyāmyahaṃ vipra yaccānyadapi durllabham |
pratigṛhṇa dvijaśreṣṭha prīyetāṃ hariśaṃkarau || 35 ||
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nārada uvāca |
anyasmai dīyatāṃ bhadre kṣīṇavṛtiśca yo dvijaḥ |
vayaṃ tu śīlasaṃpannā bhaktistu kriyate mayā || 36 ||
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evaṃ tāsāṃ mano hṛtvā sarvāsāmupadiśya vā |
jagāma bharataśreṣṭha svakīyaṃ sthānakaṃ punaḥ || 37 ||
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atrākṛṣṭamanāstāstu anyatragatamānasāḥ |
puri chidraṃ samutpannaṃ bāṇasya tu mahātmanaḥ || 38 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 14 ||
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