Chapter 97

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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
etanmūrkho'pi jānāti śubhakarmakaraḥ pumān |
na yāti narakaṃ svargaṃ tathā pāpakriyā rataḥ || 1 ||
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kratubhirvividhairiṣṭairvrata dāna japādibhiḥ |
satyenācārakuśalaiḥ svargasaukhyamavāpyate || 2 ||
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vidyācāradhanopetairṛṣibhirvedapāragaiḥ |
prāpyate puṇyayogena yajñairnākastataḥ kvacit || 3 ||
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vittena ca vinā dānaṃ bahudātuṃ na śakyate |
vidyamāna dhanenāpi kuṭuṃbāsaktacetasā || 4 ||
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agnihotrādayo dharmā viśeṣeṇa kalau yuge |
duṣkarā dānadharmo'pi duṣkaro bhagavanmataḥ || 5 ||
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alpāyāsena dharmeṇa labhyate dharmasaṃcayaḥ |
tanme viśeṣato brūhi dharmādharmapradarśaka || 6 ||
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tadekaṃ kathyatāṃ dharmaṃ sarvadharmottamottamam |
kṛtenaikena yeneha sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet || 7 ||
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dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ yaśo dharmamāyuryenābhi varttate |
martyaloke'pi sakhyaṃ syātsvargo yenākṣayo bhavet || 8 ||
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sākṣānnārāyaṇo yena bhaktānāmabhayapradaḥ |
tuṣyedasyaprasādena kāmaḥ karatale sthitaḥ || 9 ||
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sarvayajña tapodānatīrthasevādhikaṃ phalam |
labhyate yena yadyasti vaivasvata tadādiśa || 10 ||
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anugrāhyo hyahaṃ deva yadi dharmopadeśataḥ |
sarvadharmakriyāsāraṃ tadekaṃ kṛpayā vada || 11 ||
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pāpānāmanurūpāṇi prāyaścittāni yadyathā |
tathā tathaiva saṃsmṛtya kathitāni manīṣibhiḥ || 12 ||
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kartuṃ tāni na śakyaṃte deva pratyekaśo naraiḥ |
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyamekaṃ cedasti tadvada || 13 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityuktvā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭho yamaṃ dharmasvarūpiṇam |
tuṣṭāva prayato bhūtvā sūkṣmadharmābhikāmukaḥ || 14 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
namaste sarvaśamana namaste jagatāṃpate |
namo'stu devarūpāya svargamārgapradāyine || 15 ||
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dharmaśāstrasvarūpāya dharmarāja namostute |
tvayā bhūḥ pālyate devāpyaṃtarikṣaṃ ca dyaurmahaḥ || 16 ||
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janastapastathāsatyaṃ sarvasvaṃ pālyate tvayā |
na tvayā rahitaṃ kiṃcijjagatsthāvara jaṃgamam || 17 ||
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vidyate tvadgṛhītaṃ tu sadyo naśyati vai jagat |
tvamātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ satāṃ satvasvarūpavān || 18 ||
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rājasānāṃ rajastvaṃ ca tāmasānāṃ tamastathā |
catuṣpadāṃ bhavāndeva catuḥśṛṃgastrilocanaḥ || 19 ||
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saptahastastridhā baddho vṛṣarūpa namostu te |
sarvayajñamayo dharmastvayi vigrahavigrahaḥ || 20 ||
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sākṣāddṛṣṭosi lokeśa deva tubhyaṃ namonamaḥ |
hṛdisthaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ puṇyapāpekṣitā bhavān || 21 ||
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tena śāstā ca bhūtānāṃ dātā deva praśāsitā |
pravarttako hi dharmasya devadaṃḍadharo bhuvi || 22 ||
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sarvadharmamayaṃ sāramekaṃ vada suniścitam |
yama uvāca |
parituṣṭo'smi te vipra stotreṇa ca viśeṣataḥ || 23 ||
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tathāpyāgama dharmeṇa mānyosi mama sattama |
yanna kasyacidākhyātaṃ tadgopyaṃ paramaṃ mama || 24 ||
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sāramuddhṛtya sarveṣāṃ yadekaṃ niścitaṃ mayā |
mahānirayasaṃghātānnirvāsanakaraṃ param || 25 ||
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anākhyeyamapi brahmanvakṣye vinayatoṣitaḥ || 26 ||
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syurmohāya carācarasya jagataste te purāṇāgamāstāṃ tāmeva hi devatāṃ paramikāṃ jalpaṃtu kalpe vidhau |
siddhāṃte punareka eva bhagavānviṣṇuḥ samastāgama |
vyāpāreṣu vivekināṃ vyatikaraṃ nīteṣu niścīyate || 27 ||
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bhavo brahmā ca viṣṇuśca trayameva trayī matā |
dīpo'gnirvartisnehaistu yathā vipra tathā hariḥ || 28 ||
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samārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā golokānprāpnuyācchubhān |
ārādhite harau kāmāḥ sarve karatale sthitāḥ || 29 ||
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dānameva paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvapuṇyeṣu vai dvija |
dānena naśyate pāpaṃ sarvaṃ dānena labhyate || 30 ||
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nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyamanyadabhyudayātmakam |
anyaṃ ca paramaṃ dānamiti paṃcavidhaṃ smṛtam || 31 ||
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prātarmadhyāparāhṇeṣu triṣu kāleṣu yatnataḥ |
yatkiṃcidapi dātavyaṃ nityameva prakīrtitam || 32 ||
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śūnyaṃ dinaṃ na kartavyamātmārthaṃ hitamicchatām |
yasminkule tu dattaṃ yattatratatropatiṣṭhati || 33 ||
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yaḥ svayaṃ bhakṣayenmohādadatvā buddhivarjitaḥ |
utpādayāmyahaṃ rogaṃ tasya bhoganivāraṇam || 34 ||
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teṣu kāryeṣu saṃtuṣṭaṃ bahupīḍāpradāyakam |
maṃdānalena saṃyuktaṃ dvāraṃ saṃtāpakārakam || 35 ||
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triṣu kāleṣu no dattaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu sureṣu yaiḥ |
svayaṃ tu bhuṃjate miṣṭaṃ pāpaṃ taistu mahatkṛtam || 36 ||
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prāyaścittena raudreṇa tānahaṃ pariśodhaye |
upavāsairmahīdeva kāyaśoṣakarādikaiḥ || 37 ||
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carmakāro yathā carmakuṃḍasyopari nirghṛṇe |
śodhayecca kaśādyaiśca kudravyaṃ sphoṭayedyathā || 38 ||
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tathāhaṃ pāpakartāraṃ śodhayāmi na saṃśayaḥ |
auṣadhīnāṃ suyogaiśca kaṣāyaiḥ kaṭukairdhruvam || 39 ||
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uṣṇodakaiśca saṃtāpairvaidyarūpeṇa nānyathā |
anye bhuṃjaṃti tasyāgre bhogānanyānmanogatān || 40 ||
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kiṃ karomi samarthaśca na dattaṃ dānamuttamam |
mahatā rogarūpeṇa tamenaṃ parivārayet || 41 ||
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nityakālasya yaddānamātmānaṃ pāpibhiryathā |
na dattaṃ ca mahīdeva śraddhayā nijaśaktitaḥ || 42 ||
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tathāyātānpradhakṣyetānupāyairdāruṇaiḥ kila |
naimittikaṃ pravakṣyāmi dānakālaṃ tavāgrataḥ || 43 ||
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mahāparvaṇi saṃprāpte tīrthaprāptau tathaiva ca |
pituḥ kṣayāhadivase vaiśākhādiṣu yatnataḥ || 44 ||
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māseṣu puṇyakāleṣu dānaṃ naimittikaṃ smṛtam |
kāmyakālaṃ pravakṣyāmi yaddānaṃ phaladāyakam || 45 ||
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vratādikaṃ samuddiśya kāmanāphalakalpitam |
yatkāmaṃ kathitaṃ samyaksarvāṃgaireva saṃgatam || 46 ||
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tasya dānaprabhāveṇa bhāvanāparibhāvitaḥ |
tādṛkphalaṃ samaśnāti mānuṣastatprasādanāt || 47 ||
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ābhyudayaṃ pravakṣyāmi yacca yajñādiṣu smṛtam |
jātakarmādikāryeṣu mauñjyādyudvāhakarmasu || 48 ||
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prāsādadhvajadevānāṃ pratiṣṭhāsu prayatnataḥ |
ityādikaṃ mahīdeva dānamabhyudayātmakam || 49 ||
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prajāvṛddhikaraṃ bhogayaśaḥsvargasukhapradam |
aṃtyaṃ caiva pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu dānaṃ dvijottama || 50 ||
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kāmasya saṃkṣayaṃ jñātvā jarayā paripīḍitaḥ |
dadyāddānāni yatnena kuryādāśāṃ na kasyacit || 51 ||
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mṛte ca mayi me putrā jāyābāṃdhavasodarāḥ |
kathamete bhaviṣyaṃti māṃ vinā suhṛdo mama || 52 ||
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ahaṃ vittavihīno vā kathaṃ jīvanpunastathā |
bhaviṣyāmīti vijñāya na dadāti hi kiṃcana || 53 ||
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āśāpāśaśatairbaddho bhāgyādeva kumāyayā |
mṛtyuṃ prayāti mūḍhātmā rudaṃti ca tataḥ sutāḥ || 54 ||
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duḥkhena pīḍitāḥ kiciṃnmohenākulacetasaḥ |
svalpamalpaṃ ca vā dānaṃ kathaṃcitkalpayaṃti te || 55 ||
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na tatrāsmingate kāle mahāduḥkhagate sati |
vismaraṃti tadā dānaṃ lobhādvā na dadatyapi || 56 ||
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mṛto'yaṃ ca pitā jñātvā snehapāśo nivarttate |
yo'sau mṛto mahīdeva mama pāśairniyaṃtritaḥ || 57 ||
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tṛṣṇā kṣudhā samākrāṃto bahuduḥkhaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ |
pacyate narake ghore cirakālaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 58 ||
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tasmāddānaṃ pradātavyaṃ svayameva na saṃśayaḥ |
kasya putrāśca pautrāśca kasya bhāryā dhanaṃ ca vā || 59 ||
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saṃsāre nāstikaḥ kasya svayaṃ tasmātpradīyate |
pānamannaṃ ca tāṃbūlamudakaṃ kāṃcanaṃ tathā || 60 ||
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vasanaṃ gāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca cchatrapātrāṇyanekadhā |
phalāni bhūmidānāni vividhāni svaśaktitaḥ || 61 ||
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dātavyāni mahīdeva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
tīrthānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vipra pravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ || 62 ||
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sutīrthāni iyaṃ gaṃgā bhāti puṇyā sarasvatī |
revā ca yamunā tāpī nadī carmaṇvatī tathā || 63 ||
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sarayū ca varā veṇī pūrṇā pāpapraṇāśinī |
kāverī kapilā cānyā viśalyā viśvatāriṇī || 64 ||
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godāvarī samākhyātā tuṃgabhadrā ca gaṃḍakī |
pāpānāṃ bhītidā nityaṃ nadī bhīmarathī smṛtā || 65 ||
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devikā kṛṣṇagaṃgā ca anyā yāḥ saritāṃvarāḥ |
etāstu puṇyakāleṣu saṃti tīrthānyanekaśaḥ || 66 ||
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grāme vā yadi vāraṇye nadyaḥ sarvatra pāvanāḥ |
tatra tatraiva karttavyāḥ snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ || 67 ||
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yadā na jñāyate nāma tasya tīrthasya bho dvija |
tatretyuccāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ viṣṇutīrthamidaṃ mahat || 68 ||
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tīrthasya devatā viṣṇuḥsa rvatrāpi na saṃśayaḥ |
nārāyaṇeti yannāma smarettīrtheṣu sādhakaḥ || 69 ||
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tasya tīrthaphalaṃ samyagviṣṇunāmnaiva jāyate |
ajñātānāṃ ca tīrthānāṃ devatānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 70 ||
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viṣṇunāmnaiva nāmāni mānavaḥ parikīrtayet |
sarvāstu siddhayaḥ puṇyāstīrthabhūtāstu sāgaraḥ || 71 ||
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sarāṃsi mānasādīni nirjharāḥ palvalādayaḥ |
svalpā nadyo'pi sarvāstāstīrthāni harināmataḥ || 72 ||
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parvatāstīrtharūpāśca yajño yajñamahī tathā |
brāhmaṇā yatra vidvāṃsaḥ kautukenāpyavasthitāḥ || 73 ||
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tadeva tīrthaṃ sumahatsarvapāpaharaṃ smṛtam |
śrāddhaṃ ca śrāddhabhūmiśca devaśālā ca homabhūḥ || 74 ||
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yatra vedadhvaniḥ samyagyatra viṣṇukathāḥ śubhāḥ |
svagṛhaṃ puṇyasaṃyuktaṃ gosthānamapi pāvanam || 75 ||
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yatrāśvattha taru vane yatrāgāropi pāvanaḥ |
evamādīni tīrthāni pitā mātā tathaiva ca || 76 ||
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pacyate yatra dharmārthaṃ svayaṃ tatra guruḥ sthitaḥ |
sādhvī yatrāsti vai bhāryā tatra tīrthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 77 ||
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yatra dharmaratirnityaṃ vidvānputraḥ pravartate |
tatra tasya hi tattīrthaṃ tāraṇāya pratiṣṭhitam || 78 ||
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ityevamādi tīrthāni rājaveśma tathaiva ca |
evamādiṣu tīrtheṣu parvayogādviśeṣataḥ || 79 ||
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anārādhya hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarvadaṃ sarvadehinām |
kopi kvāpi kimapyatra na labheteti niścitam || 80 ||
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apatyaṃ draviṇaṃ dārāstāraharmyaṃ hayā gajāḥ |
sukhāni svargamokṣau ca na dūre haribhaktitaḥ || 81 ||
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nārāyaṇaḥ paro devaḥ satyarūpo janārdanaḥ |
tridhātmānaṃsabhagavānsasarjaparameśvaraḥ || 82 ||
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rajastamobhyāṃyukto'bhūdrajaḥsatvādhikaṃvibhuḥ |
sasarjanābhikamalebrahmāṇaṃkamalāsanam || 83 ||
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rajasā tamasā juṣṭaṃ sa rudramasṛjadvibhuḥ |
satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva tritayaṃ caitaducyate || 84 ||
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satvena mucyate jaṃtuḥ satvaṃ nārāyaṇātmakam |
rajasā satvayuktena bhavecchrīmānyaśodhikaḥ || 85 ||
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yadvedavākyaṃ dharmasya samuddiśyopasevate |
tadrudramiti vikhyātaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ gaditaṃ nṛṇām || 86 ||
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tena rājā bhavelloke rajasā tamasā punaḥ |
yaddhīnaṃ rajasā dharmaṃ kevalaṃ tāmasaṃ ca yat || 87 ||
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tacca durgatidaṃ nṝṇāmihaloke paratra ca |
yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṃ brahmā yo brahmā sa svayaṃ haraḥ || 88 ||
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devāstrayopi yajñe'sminnijyā deveṣu nityaśaḥ |
yo bhedaṃ kurute teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ dvijasattamaḥ || 89 ||
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sa pāpakārī pāpātmā aniṣṭāṃ gatimāpnuyāt |
viṣṇureva paraṃ brahma viṣṇureva jagaddvija || 90 ||
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tasyāyaṃ mādhavo māsaḥ priyaḥ sarveṣu karmasu |
kīrtyate hayamedhādi mahākratuphalapradaḥ || 91 ||
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tīrthasnāna tapo dāna japa yajñaphalādhikaḥ || 92 ||
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snānaṃ vibhāte niyamena nadyāmanārataṃ meṣagate ravau ye |
kurvaṃti ye'sminnapi viprapūjāṃ maddaṃḍabhājo na hi te bhavaṃti || 93 ||
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hatvā hatvā kiṃkaraughaṃ puro me luptvā luptvā citraguptasya lekhyam |
snātvā snātvā mādhave māsi tīrthe pūrvānpūrvānuddharaṃtīha pāpāt || 94 ||
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idaṃ bhayacchedakaraṃ na tasmātprakāśanīyaṃ paramaṃ rahasyam |
nirvāsaheturnarakālayasya mamādhikārakṣayakāraṇaṃ tat || 95 ||
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bhāgīrathīnarmadā ca yamunā ca sarasvatī |
viśokā ca vitastā ca viṃdhyasyottarataḥ sthitāḥ || 96 ||
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godāvarī bhīmarathī tuṃgabhadrā ca devikā |
tāpī payoṣṇī viṃdhyasya dakṣiṇāstu prakīrtitāḥ || 97 ||
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dvādaśaitā mahānadyo nityaṃ tenāvagāhitāḥ |
vaiśākhe vidhinā snānaṃ nadyāṃ yaḥ prātarācaret || 98 ||
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sarvāḥ samudragāḥ puṇyāḥ sarve puṇyā nagottamāḥ |
sarve cāyatanāḥ puṇyāḥ sarve puṇyā vanāśrayāḥ || 99 ||
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tenāvagāhitā dṛṣṭāḥ praṇatā bahusevitāḥ |
snānamarddhodite sūrye vaiśākhe niyataścaret || 100 ||
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tasya puṇyaṃ mahīdeva kaścidvaktuṃ na śakyate |
yadi vaktrasahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi bhavaṃti hi || 101 ||
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āyuśca brahmaṇā svalpaṃ yadi syāddvijasattama |
tadā mādhavamāsasya phalaṃ kathayituṃ bhavet || 102 ||
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mahānirayakarṣāgni mādhavo mādhavo yathā |
brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpamagamyāgamanādikam || 103 ||
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kāmākāmakṛtaṃ pāpameti pātakameva ca |
upapāparahasyaṃ ca saṃkarīkaraṇaṃ param || 104 ||
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jātibhraṃśakaraṃ ghoramapātrīkaraṇaṃ tathā |
malāvahaṃ prakīrṇaṃ ca vāṅmanaḥ kāya saṃbhavam || 105 ||
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mādhavo nirdahenmāso vidhinā samupāsitaḥ |
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭi śatāni ca || 106 ||
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vasedviṣṇupure śrīmānmādhave yo'rcayeddharim || 107 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāhātmye |
saptanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 97 ||
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