Chapter 35

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nārada uvāca |
athānyattatra vai liṃgaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam |
snātvā tatra vidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝnnṛpa || 1 ||
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mucyate sarvapāpebhyo muktiṃ bhuktiṃ ca viṃdati |
piśācamocanaṃ nāma tīrthamanyattataḥ sthitam || 2 ||
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tatrāścaryamayo devo muktidaḥ sarvadoṣahaḥ |
kaściddaityo jagāmedaṃ śārdūlo ghorarūpadhṛk || 3 ||
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mṛgīmekāṃ bhakṣayituṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam |
tatra sā bhītahṛdayā kṛtvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam || 4 ||
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dhāvamānā susaṃbhrāṃtā vyāghrasya vaśamāgatā |
tāṃ vidārya nakhaistīkṣṇaiḥ śārdūlaḥ sa mahābalaḥ || 5 ||
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jagāma cānyaṃ vijanaṃ deśaṃ dṛṣṭvā munīśvarān |
mṛtamātrā ca sā bālā kapardīśāgrato mṛgī || 6 ||
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adṛśyata mahājvālā vyomni sūryasamaprabhā |
trinetrā nīlakaṃṭhā ca śaśāṃkāṃkita mūrddhajā || 7 ||
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vṛṣādhirūḍhā puruṣaistādṛśaireva saṃvṛtā |
puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ vimuṃcaṃti khecarāstatsamaṃtataḥ || 8 ||
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gaṇeśvarī svayaṃ bhūtvā na dṛṣṭā tatkṣaṇāttataḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tadāścaryavaraṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ surādayaḥ || 9 ||
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tanmaheśasya vai liṃgaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam |
smṛtvaivāśeṣapāpaughātkṣipramasya vimuṃcati || 10 ||
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kāmakrodhādayo doṣā vārāṇasī nivāsinām |
vighnāḥ sarve vinaśyaṃti kapardīśvarapūjanāt || 11 ||
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tasmātsadaiva draṣṭavyaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam |
pūjitavyaṃ prayatnena stotavyaṃ vaidikaistavaiḥ || 12 ||
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dhyāyatāṃ cātra niyataṃ yogināṃ śāṃtacetasām |
jāyate yogasiddhiḥ syātṣaṇmāsena na saṃśayaḥ || 13 ||
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brahmahatyādayaḥ pāpā vinaśyaṃtyasya pūjanāt |
piśācamocane kuṃḍe snātaḥ syātpraśamo yataḥ || 14 ||
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tasminkṣetre purā viprastapasvī saṃśitavrataḥ |
śaṃkukarṇa iti khyātaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram || 15 ||
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jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ praṇavaṃ brahmarūpiṇam |
puṣpadhūpādibhistotraiḥ namaskāraiḥ pradakṣiṇaiḥ || 16 ||
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upāsītātra yogātmā kṛtvā dīkṣāṃ tu naiṣṭhikīm |
kadācidāgataṃ pretaṃ paśyati sma kṣudhānvitam || 17 ||
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asthicarma pinaddhāṃgaṃ niśvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa muniśreṣṭhaḥ kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ || 18 ||
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provāca ko bhavānkasmāddeśāddeśamimaṃ śritaḥ |
tasmai piśācaḥ kṣudhayā pīḍyamāno'bravīdvacaḥ || 19 ||
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pūrvajanmanyahaṃ vipro dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ |
putrapautrādibhiryuktaḥ kuṭuṃbabharaṇotsukaḥ || 20 ||
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na pūjitā mahādevā gāvo'pyatithayastathā |
na kadācitkṛtaṃ puṇyamalpaṃ vānalpameva ca || 21 ||
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ekadā bhagavāndevo vṛṣabheśvaravāhanaḥ |
viśveśvaro vārāṇasyāṃ dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭo namaskṛtaḥ || 22 ||
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tadācireṇa kālena paṃcatvamahamāgataḥ |
na dṛṣṭaṃ tanmahāghoraṃ yamasya sadanaṃ mune || 23 ||
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pipāsayādhunākrāṃto na jānāmi hitāhitam |
yadi kaṃcitsamuddhartumupāyaṃ paśyasi prabho || 24 ||
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kuruṣva taṃ namastubhyaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
ityuktaḥ śaṃkukarṇo'tha piśācamidamabravīt || 25 ||
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tādṛśo nahi lokesminvidyate puṇyakṛttamaḥ |
yattvayā bhagavānpūrvaṃ dṛṣṭo viśveśvaraḥ śivaḥ || 26 ||
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saṃspṛṣṭo vaṃdito bhūyaḥ ko'nyastvatsadṛśo bhuvi |
tena karmavipākena deśametaṃ samāgataḥ || 27 ||
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snānaṃ kuruṣva śīghraṃ tvamasminkuṃḍe samāhitaḥ |
yenemāṃ kutsitāṃ yoniṃ kṣiprameva prahāsyasi || 28 ||
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sa evamukto muninā piśāco dayālunā devavaraṃ trinetram |
smṛtvā kapardīśvaramīśitāraṃ cakre samādhāya manovagāham || 29 ||
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tadāvagāḍho munisannidhāne mamāra divyābharaṇopapannaḥ |
adṛśyatārkapratimo vimāne śaśāṃkacihnīkṛtacārumauli || 30 ||
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vibhāti rudraiḥ sahito diviṣṭhaiḥ samābhṛto yogiribharaprameyaiḥ |
sa vālakhilyādibhireṣa devo yathodaye bhānuraśeṣadevaḥ || 31 ||
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stuvaṃti siddhādi videvasaṃghā nṛtyaṃti divyāpsaraso'bhirāmāḥ |
muṃcaṃti vṛṣṭiṃ kusumāṃbumiśrāṃ gaṃdharvavidyādharakinnarādyāḥ || 32 ||
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saṃstūyamāno'tha munīṃdrasaṃghairavāpya bodhaṃ bhagavatprasādāt |
samāviśanmaṃḍalametadagryaṃ trayīmayaṃ yatra vibhāti rudraḥ || 33 ||
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dṛṣṭvā vimuktaṃ sa piśācabhūtaṃ muniḥ prahṛṣṭo manasā maheśam |
viciṃtya rudraṃ kavimekamagniṃ praṇamya tuṣṭāva kapardinaṃ tam || 34 ||
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śaṃkukarṇa uvāca |
kapardinaṃ tvāṃ parataḥ parastādgoptāramekaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam |
vrajāmi yogeśvaramīpsitāramādityamagniṃ kapilādhirūḍham || 35 ||
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tvāṃ brahmasāraṃ hṛdi saṃniviṣṭaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yoginamādimaṃ tam |
vrajāmi rudraṃ śaraṇaṃ diviṣṭhaṃ mahāmuniṃ brahmamayaṃ pavitram || 36 ||
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sahasrapādākṣiśirobhiyuktaṃ sahasrarūpaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt |
taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇamāmi śaṃbhuṃ hiraṇyagarbhādhipatiṃ trinetram || 37 ||
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yatra prasūtirjagato vināśo yenāvṛtaṃ sarvamidaṃ śivena |
taṃ brahmapāraṃ bhagavaṃtamīśaṃ praṇamya nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 38 ||
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aliṃgamālokavihīnarūpaṃ svayaṃprabhuṃ citpatimekarūpam |
taṃ brahmapāraṃ parameśvaraṃ tvāṃ namaskariṣye na yato'nyadasti || 39 ||
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yaṃ yoginastyaktasabījayogā labdhvā samādhiṃ paramātmabhūtāḥ |
paśyaṃti devaṃ praṇato'smi nityaṃ taṃ brahmapāraṃ paramasvarūpam || 40 ||
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na yatra nāmādiviśeṣa kḷptirna saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati yatsvarūpam |
taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇato'smi nityaṃ svayaṃbhuvaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 41 ||
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yadvedavādābhiratā videhaṃ sabrahmavijñānamabhedamekam |
paśyaṃtyanekaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpaṃ taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇato'smi nityam || 42 ||
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yataḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ purāṇo bibharti tejaḥ praṇamaṃti devāḥ |
namāmi taṃ jyotiṣi sanniviṣṭaṃ kālaṃ bṛhaṃtaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam || 43 ||
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vrajāmi nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ guheśaṃ sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam |
śivaṃ prapadye harimiṃdumauliṃ pinākinaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi || 44 ||
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stutvaivaṃ śaṃkukarṇo'pi bhagavaṃtaṃ kapardinam |
papāta daṃḍavadbhūmau proccaranpraṇavaṃ param || 45 ||
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tatkṣaṇātparamaṃ liṃgaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ śivātmakam |
jñānamānaṃdamatyaṃtaṃ koṭijvālāgnisannibham || 46 ||
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śaṃkukarṇo'tha muktātmā tadātmā sarvago'malaḥ |
nililye vimale liṃge tadadbhutamivābhavat || 47 ||
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etadrahasyamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ te kaparddinaḥ |
na kaścidvetti tamasā vidvānapyatra muhyati || 48 ||
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ya imāṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
tyaktapāpaviśuddhātmā rudrasāmīpyamāpnuyāt || 49 ||
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paṭhecca satataṃ śuddho brahmapāraṃ mahāstavam |
prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sa yogaṃ prāpnuyātparam || 50 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe vārāṇasīmāhātmye paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 35 ||
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