Chapter 20

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sumatiruvāca |
atha prayāte bhūpāle sarvalokasamanvite |
mahābhāgairvaiṣṇavaiśca gāyakaiḥ kṛṣṇakīrtanam || 1 ||
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śuśrāvāsau mahārājo mārge goviṃdakīrtanam |
jaya mādhava bhaktānāṃ śaraṇya puruṣottama || 2 ||
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mārge tīrthānyanekāni kurvanpaśyanmahodayam |
tāpasabrāhmaṇātteṣāṃ mahimānamathā śṛṇot || 3 ||
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vicitraviṣṇuvārtābhirvinoditamanā nṛpaḥ |
mārgemārge mahāviṣṇuṃ gāpayāmāsa gāyakān || 4 ||
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dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇānāṃ ca paṃgūnāṃ vāsanocitam |
dānaṃ dadau mahārājo buddhimānvijiteṃdriyaḥ || 5 ||
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anekatīrthavirajamātmānaṃ bhavyatāṃ gatam |
kurvanyayau svīyalokairharidhyānaparāyaṇaḥ || 6 ||
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nṛpo gacchandadarśāgre nadīṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
cakrāṃkitagrāvayutāṃ munimānasa nirmalām || 7 ||
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anekamunivṛṃdānāṃ bahuśreṇivirājitām |
sārasādipatatrīṇāṃ kūjitairupaśobhitām || 8 ||
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dṛṣṭvā papraccha viprāgryaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmakovidam |
anekatīrthamāhātmya viśeṣajñānajṛṃbhitam || 9 ||
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svāminkeyaṃ nadī puṇyā munivṛndaniṣevitā |
karoti mama cittasya pramodabharanirbharam || 10 ||
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iti śrutvā vacastasya rājarājasya dhīmataḥ |
vaktuṃ pracakrame vidvāṃstīrthamāhātmyamuttamam || 11 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
gaṃḍakīyaṃ nadī rājansurāsuraniṣevitā |
puṇyodakaparīvāha hatapātakasaṃcayā || 12 ||
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darśanānmānasaṃ pāpaṃ sparśanātkarmajaṃ dahet |
vācikaṃ svīya toyasya pānataḥ pāpasaṃcayam || 13 ||
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purā dṛṣṭvā prajānāthaḥ prajāḥ sarvā vipāvanīḥ |
svagaṃḍavipruṣoneka pāpaghnīṃ sṛṣṭavānimām || 14 ||
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enāṃ nadīṃ ye puṇyodāṃ spṛśaṃti sutaraṃgiṇīm |
te garbhabhājo naiva syurapi pāpakṛto narāḥ || 15 ||
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asyāṃ bhavā ye cāśmānaścakracihnairalaṃkṛtāḥ |
te sākṣādbhagavaṃto hi svasvarūpadharāḥ parāḥ || 16 ||
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śilāṃ saṃpūjayedyastu nityaṃ cakrayutāṃ naraḥ |
na jātu sa jananyā vai jaṭharaṃ samupāviśet || 17 ||
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pūjayedyo naro dhīmāñchālagrāmaśilāṃ varām |
tenācāravatā bhāvyaṃ daṃbhalobhaviyoginā || 18 ||
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paradāra paradravyavimukhena nareṇa hi |
pūjanīyaḥ prayatnena śālagrāmaḥ sacakrakaḥ || 19 ||
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dvāravatyāṃ bhavaṃ cakraṃ śilā vai gaṃḍakībhavā |
puṃsāṃ kṣaṇāddharatyeva pāpaṃ janmaśatārjitam || 20 ||
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api pāpasahasrāṇāṃ kartā tāvannaro bhavet |
śālagrāmaśilātoyaṃ pītvā pūto bhavetkṣaṇāt || 21 ||
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brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vedapathi sthitaḥ |
śālagrāmaṃ pūjayitvā gṛhastho mokṣamāpnuyāt || 22 ||
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na jātu citstriyā kāryaṃ śālagrāmasya pūjanam |
bhartṛhīnātha subhagā svargalokahitaiṣiṇī || 23 ||
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mohātspṛṣṭvāpi mahilā janmaśīlaguṇānvitā |
hitvā puṇyasamūhaṃ sā satvaraṃ narakaṃ vrajet || 24 ||
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strīpāṇimuktapuṣpāṇi śālagrāmaśilopari |
paveradhikapātāni vadaṃti brāhmaṇottamāḥ || 25 ||
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caṃdanaṃ viṣasaṃkāśaṃ kusumaṃ vajrasaṃnibham |
naivedyaṃ kālakūṭābhaṃ bhavedbhagavataḥ kṛtam || 26 ||
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tasmātsarvātmanā tyājyaṃ striyā sparśaḥ śilopari |
kurvatī yāti narakaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa || 27 ||
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api pāpasamācāro brahmahatyāyuto'pi vā |
śālagrāmaśilātoyaṃ pītvā yāti parāṃ gatim || 28 ||
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tulasīcaṃdanaṃ vāri śaṃkho ghaṃṭātha cakrakam |
śilā tāmrasya pātraṃ tu viṣṇornāmapadāmṛtam || 29 ||
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padāmṛtaṃ tu navabhiḥ pāparāśipradāhakam |
vadaṃti munayaḥ śāṃtāḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidāḥ || 30 ||
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sarvatīrthaparisnānātsarvakratusamarcanāt |
puṇyaṃ bhavati yadrājanbiṃdau biṃdau tadadbhutam || 31 ||
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śālagrāmaśilā yatra pūjyate puruṣottamaiḥ |
tatra yojanamātraṃ tu tīrthakoṭisamanvitam || 32 ||
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śālagrāmāḥ samāḥ pūjyāḥ sameṣu dvitayaṃ nahi |
viṣamā eva saṃpūjyā viṣameṣu trayaṃ nahi || 33 ||
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dvārāvatī bhavaṃ cakraṃ tathā vai gaṃḍakībhavam |
ubhayoḥ saṃgamo yatra tatra gaṃgā samudragā || 34 ||
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rūkṣāḥ kurvaṃti puruṣā nāyuḥ śrībalavarjitān |
tasmātsnigdhā manohāri rūpiṇyo dadati śriyam || 35 ||
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āyuṣkāmo naro yastu dhanakāmo hi yaḥ pumān |
pūjayansarvamāpnoti pāralaukikamaihikam || 36 ||
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prāṇāṃtakāle puṃsastu bhavedbhāgyavato nṛpa |
vāci nāma hareḥ puṇyaṃ śilā hṛdi tadaṃtike || 37 ||
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gacchatsu prāṇamārgeṣu yasya viśraṃbhato'pi cet |
śālagrāmaśilā sphūrtistasya muktirna saṃśayaḥ || 38 ||
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purā bhagavatā proktamaṃbarīṣāya dhīmate |
brāhmaṇā nyāsinaḥ snigdhāḥ śālagrāmaśilāstathā || 39 ||
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svarūpatritayaṃ mahyametaddhi kṣitimaṃḍale |
pāpināṃ pāpanirhāraṃ kartuṃ dhṛtamudaṃ ca tā || 40 ||
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niṃdaṃti pāpino ye vā śālagrāmaśilāṃ sakṛt |
kuṃbhīpāke pacaṃtyāśu yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 41 ||
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pūjāṃ samudyataṃ kartuṃ yo vārayati mūḍhadhīḥ |
tasya mātāpitābaṃdhuvargā narakabhāginaḥ || 42 ||
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yo vā kathayati preṣṭhaṃ śālagrāmārcanaṃ kuru |
sakṛtārtho nayatyāśu vaikuṃṭhaṃ svasya pūrvajān || 43 ||
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atraivodāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
munayo vītarāgāśca kāmakrodhavivarjitāḥ || 44 ||
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purā kīkaṭasaṃjñe vai deśe dharmavivarjite |
āsītpulkasajātīyo naraḥ śabarasaṃjñitaḥ || 45 ||
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nityaṃ jaṃtuvadhodyuktaḥ śarāsanadharo muhuḥ |
tīrthaṃ prati yiyāsūnāṃ balāddharati jīvitam || 46 ||
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anekaprāṇihatyākṛtparasve nirataḥ sadā |
sadā rāgādisaṃyuktaḥ kāmakrodhādisaṃyutaḥ || 47 ||
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vicaratyaniśaṃ bhīme vane prāṇivadhaṃkaraḥ |
viṣasaṃsaktabāṇāgra rūḍhacāpaguṇoddhuraḥ || 48 ||
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saikadā paryaṭanvyādhaḥ prāṇimātrabhayaṃkaraḥ |
kālaṃ prāptaṃ na jānāti samīpe'pyugramānasaḥ || 49 ||
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yamadūtāstu saṃprāptāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ |
tāmrakeśā dīrghanakhā laṃbadaṃṣṭrā bhayānakāḥ || 50 ||
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śyāmā lohasyanigaḍānbibhrato mohakārakāḥ |
badhnaṃtu pāpinaṃ hyenaṃ prāṇimātrabhayaṃkaram || 51 ||
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kadācinmanasā nāyaṃ prāṇimātropakārakaḥ |
paradāra paradravya paradrohaparāyaṇaḥ || 52 ||
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etasya jihvāṃ mahatīmahaṃ niṣkāsayāmyataḥ |
eko vadati caitasya cakṣurutpāṭayāmyaham || 53 ||
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eko vadati caitasya karau kṛṃtāmi pāpinaḥ |
anyo vadatyahaṃ karṇau kartayāmi durātmanaḥ || 54 ||
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evaṃ vadaṃtaḥ subhṛśaṃ dantairdantanipīḍakāḥ |
āgatya taṃ durātmānaṃ sāyudhāstasthurunmadāḥ || 55 ||
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eko dūtastadā sarparūpaṃ dhṛtvādaśatpade |
sa daṣṭamātraḥ sahasā gatāsuḥ paryajāyata || 56 ||
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tadā taṃ lohapāśena baddhvā te yamakiṃkarāḥ |
kaśābhistāḍayāmāsurmudgaraiḥ prāharankrudhā || 57 ||
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aho duṣṭa durātmaṃstvaṃ kadācinnācaraḥ śubham |
manasāpi yatastvāṃ vai kṣepsyāmo rauraveṣu ca || 58 ||
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tvaṅmāṃsaṃ vāyasā raudrā bhakṣayiṣyaṃti vai krudhā |
ājanmatastu bhavatā na kṛtaṃ harisevanam || 59 ||
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tvayā kalatraputrādyā drohaṃ kṛtvā supoṣitāḥ |
na kadācitsmṛto devaḥ pāpahārī janārdanaḥ || 60 ||
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tasmāttvāṃ lohaśaṃkau vā kuṃbhīpāke ca raurave |
dharmarājājñayā sarve neṣyāmo bahutāḍanaiḥ || 61 ||
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evamuktvā yadānetuṃ samaicchanyamakiṃkarāḥ |
tāvatprāpto mahāviṣṇucaraṇābjaparāyaṇaḥ || 62 ||
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yamadūtāstadā dṛṣṭā vaiṣṇavena mahātmanā |
pāśamudgaradaṃḍādiduṣṭāyudhadharā gaṇāḥ || 63 ||
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pulkasaṃ lohanigaḍairbaddhvā yātuṃ samudyatāḥ |
bandha bandha grasacchindhi bhindhi bhindhīti vādinaḥ || 64 ||
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tadā kṛpālustaṃ prekṣya padmanābhaparāyaṇaḥ |
atyaṃtakṛpayāyuktaṃ cetastatra tadākarot || 65 ||
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asau mahāduṣṭa pīḍāṃ mā yātu mama sannidhau |
mocayāmyahamadyaiva yamadūtebhya eva ca || 66 ||
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iti kṛtvā matiṃ tasminkṛpāyukto munīśvaraḥ |
śālagrāmaśilāṃ haste gṛhītvāsya gatoṃ'tike || 67 ||
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tasya pādodakaṃ puṇyaṃ tulasīdalamiśritam |
mukhe vinikṣipankarṇe rāmanāma jajāpa ha || 68 ||
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tulasīṃ mastake tasya dhārayāmāsa vaiṣṇavaḥ |
śilāṃ hṛdi mahāviṣṇordhṛtvā prāha sa vaiṣṇavaḥ || 69 ||
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gacchaṃtu yamadūtā vai yātanāsu parāyaṇāḥ |
śālagrāmaśilāsparśo dahatātpātakaṃ mahat || 70 ||
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ityuktavati tasminvai gaṇā viṣṇormahādbhutāḥ |
āyayustasya savidhe śilāsparśādgatāṃhasaḥ || 71 ||
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pītavastrāḥ śaṃkhacakragadāpadmavirājitāḥ |
āgatya mocayāmāsurlohapāśāddurāsadāt || 72 ||
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mocayitvā mahāpāpakārakaṃ pulkasaṃ naram |
ūcuḥ kimarthaṃ baddho'yaṃ vaiṣṇavaḥ pūjyadehabhṛt || 73 ||
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kasyājñākārakā yūyaṃ yadadharmaprakārakāḥ |
muṃcaṃtu vaiṣṇavaṃ tvenaṃ kimarthaṃ vidhṛto hyayam || 74 ||
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iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya jagaduryamakiṃkarāḥ |
dharmarājājñayā prāptā netuṃ pāpinamudyatāḥ || 75 ||
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nāsau kadācinmanasā prāṇimātropakārakaḥ |
prāṇihatyā mahāpāpakārī duṣṭaśarīrabhṛt || 76 ||
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nṝnbahūṃstīrthayātrāyāṃ gacchato'sau vyaluṃṭhayat |
paradārarato nityaṃ sarvapāpādhikārakaḥ || 77 ||
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tasmānnetuṃ vayaṃ prāptāḥ pāpinaṃ pulkasaṃ naram |
bhavadbhirmocitaḥ kasmādakasmādāgatairbhaṭaiḥ || 78 ||
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viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ |
brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ prāṇikoṭivadhodbhavam |
śālagrāmaśilāsparśaḥ sarvaṃ dahati tatkṣaṇāt || 79 ||
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rāmeti nāma yacchrotre viśraṃbhādāgataṃ yadi |
karoti pāpasaṃdāhaṃ tūlaṃ vahnikaṇo yathā || 80 ||
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tulasī mastake yasya śilā hṛdi manoharā |
mukhe karṇe'thavā rāma nāma muktastadaiva saḥ || 81 ||
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tasmādanena tulasī mastake vidhṛtā purā |
śrāvitaṃ rāmanāmāśu śilā hṛdi sudhāritā || 82 ||
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tasmātpāpasamūho'sya dagdhaḥ puṇyakalevaraḥ |
yāsyate paramaṃ sthānaṃ pāpināṃ yatsudurllabham || 83 ||
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varṣāyutaṃ tatra bhuktvā bhogānsarvamanoharān |
bhārate janma saṃprāpya samārādhya jagadgurum || 84 ||
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prāpsyate paramaṃ sthānaṃ surāsurasudurllabham |
na jñāto mahimā samyakchilāyāḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ || 85 ||
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dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭārcitā vāpi sarvapāpaharā kṣaṇāt |
ityuktvā viratāḥ sarve mahāviṣṇorgaṇā mudā || 86 ||
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yāmyāste kiṃkarā rājñe kathayāmāsuradbhutam |
vaiṣṇavo harṣamāpede raghunāthaparāyaṇaḥ || 87 ||
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mukto'sau yamapāśācca gamiṣyati paraṃ padam |
tadājagāma vimalaṃ kiṃkiṇījālamaṃḍitam || 88 ||
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vimānaṃ devalokāttu manohāri mahādbhutam |
tatrāruhya gataḥ svargaṃ mahāpuṇyairniṣevitam || 89 ||
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bhogānbhuktvā sa vipulānājagāma mahītalam |
kāśyāṃ janma samāsādya śucivāḍavasatkule || 90 ||
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ārādhya jagatāmīśaṃ gatavānparamaṃ padam |
sa pāpī sādhusaṃgatyā śālagrāmaśilāṃ spṛśan || 91 ||
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mahāpīḍāvinirmukto gatavānparamaṃ padam |
mayā te'bhihitaṃ rājangaṃḍakīcaritaṃ mahat || 92 ||
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śrutvā vimucyate pāpairbhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati || 93 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe rāmāśvamedhe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde |
gaṃḍakīmāhātmyaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
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