Chapter 105

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munaya ūcuḥ |
ataḥparaṃ mahābhāgaḥ kiṃ cakāra sa rāghavaḥ |
munayaśca mahātmānaḥ kimakurvaṃstataḥ param || 1 ||
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sūta uvāca |
rāmacaṃdre sukhāsīne vibhīṣaṇe kapīśvare |
śaṃbhumūcurmunivarāḥ kathāṃ puṇyāṃ vadasva naḥ || 2 ||
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teṣāmākarṇya vacanaṃ pārvatīmāha śaṃkaraḥ |
idaṃ kasyāpi viprasya gṛhaṃ paramaśobhanam || 3 ||
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ramyopavanavāpībhirvīrudbhirupaśobhitam |
kūjanmadhukaraśreṇyā āhūtakusumāyudham || 4 ||
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madhyāhnasaṃdhyāmāroḍhumiva sūryaḥ pravarttate |
chāyāvāpījalasnātau paridhāya suvāsasī || 5 ||
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mṛganābhisamudghṛṣṭaghanasārasucaṃdanam |
ālipya sallakīdāmadṛḍhadhammillasaṃyutau || 6 ||
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analpaghanasāraṃ tu tāṃbūlaṃ pratikhāditam |
āsvādya mādyanmuditau yatra dhārāgṛhe śubhe || 7 ||
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mayūranādabahule bahirmadhuragītakaiḥ |
śayyāyāmāstṛtāyāṃ ca parasparasukhasthitau || 8 ||
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viśālasmitaraktoṣṭhamānanaṃ cuṃbitaṃ yadi |
saṃsāraphalamāghrātamāvayostu bhaviṣyati || 9 ||
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itīritamatha śrutvā kupitā munayastu te |
uktaṃ vā suśubhaṃ vākyamasmāsu kimidaṃ tvayā || 10 ||
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vipralāpaḥ priyāsakteḥ kṛto nosmadvacaḥ kṛtam |
atha kopaparācchaṃbhorānanātparamādbhutā || 11 ||
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jvālā vinirgatā sāpi karālavadanābhavat |
kasyacittu munerbhāryāmāsasādātha satvaram || 12 ||
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palāyanaparā cāsīdrāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca bibhyatī |
rāmo'pi brāhmaṇīṃ śuddhāṃ mocayāmītyabhāṣata || 13 ||
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jagāma puṣpakeṇaiva bruvanmuktiṃ punaḥ punaḥ |
bāṇaṃ ca dhanuṣā yoktuṃ na ca sasmāra rāghavaḥ || 14 ||
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śaṃbhurapyatipuṇyāni vanānyāyatanāni ca |
purāṇi ca vicitrāṇi dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ na cāsmarat || 15 ||
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kṣaṇena ca tadā prāpto lokālokaṃ mahāgirim |
dṛṣṭvātha rāghavaḥ śailaṃ gṛhamārgasamākulam || 16 ||
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viprayoṣinmahābhāgā kva gatā vadata dvijāḥ |
ito gateti te procustamobhāgaṃ gireriti || 17 ||
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rāmo vivarṇavadanaḥ kaṣṭamityabhiciṃtayan |
atha śaṃbhurmahātejāḥ prakāśamatulaṃ dadau || 18 ||
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tatprakāśaprabhāveṇa rāmaḥ kṛtyāṃ yayāvanu |
tamomayī mahābhūmiḥ sarvajaṃtuvivarjitā || 19 ||
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ābrahmāṃḍakaṭāhāṃtā śatayojanakoṭitaḥ |
mahārajatabhūmiśca tamomadhye vyavasthitā || 20 ||
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tatra nārāyaṇapuraṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham |
sa rāma munivaryāstu taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ yayuḥ || 21 ||
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kimetaditi cāciṃtya naḥ praveśaḥ kathaṃ bhavet |
kimeṣa pralayāgniḥ syānmāyayā paramātmanaḥ || 22 ||
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kiṃvā no maraṇaṃ tvadya uta śreyo bhaviṣyati |
iti ciṃtākuleṣveva sa rāmeṣu muniṣvatha || 23 ||
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śaṃbhurāha śṛṇuṣvādya rāghavaitadvadāmi te |
prakalpitā mayā māyā tvatkṛte naitadadbhutam || 24 ||
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nārāyaṇīyametattu paramaṃ dhāma bhāsvaram |
uṣṇaśītādyavicchedyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ na cākṣuṣam || 25 ||
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tattu pūjayataścordhvaṃ paśya brahmapurogamān |
dikṣu sarvāsu ca munīnpaśya pūjayato'malān || 26 ||
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caturo nigamānpaśya stuvataḥ paramaṃ padam |
yoginaḥ sanakādyāstu yogamāsthāya yatnataḥ || 27 ||
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dhyāyaṃti paramaṃ tejastadidaṃ paśya rāghava |
amuṃ ca romaśaṃ paśya pradakṣiṇanamaskriyāḥ || 28 ||
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kurvāṇaṃ koṭikoṭīśca vālakhilyānmunīśvarān |
lakṣmyādisarvavanitā pūjyamānaṃ paraṃ padam || 29 ||
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sākāraṃ ca nirākāraṃ brahma yatparikīrtitam |
ajñānino na paśyaṃti paśyaṃti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ || 30 ||
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śaṃbhuvākyādataḥ sarve pūjayāmāsuracyutam |
girikarṇīṃ ca tulasīṃ mallikāṃ mārutaṃ tathā || 31 ||
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nīlotpalairaṃbujaiśca kṛṣṇāsphuṭajalairapi |
pūjayaṃto mahātmāno mahātmānaṃ janārdanam || 32 ||
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nāradaṃ khe'tha dadṛśurjaṭilaṃ savipaṃcikam |
nārāyaṇapadāghoṣaṃ laṃbakūrcopavītinam || 33 ||
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sa cāpi manasā dadhyau ka eṣa iti nāradaḥ |
sa papāta prabhoḥ pāde śaṃbhorānaṃdanirbharaḥ || 34 ||
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śaivīṃ paṃcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ jajāpa manasā muniḥ |
dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi janmādyasaphalaṃ mama || 35 ||
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brahmādivaṃdyaṃ cāgamyaṃ jñātavānasmi te padam |
nāradaṃ tamatha prāha śaṃbhurmaivaṃ vadeti hi || 36 ||
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yathā ca māṃ na jānaṃti tathā me kuru vartanam |
gaccha śīghraṃ hariṃ brūhi mamāgamanamalpataḥ || 37 ||
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atha sa tvarayā gatvā sarvaṃ vyajñāpayaddharim |
atha satvarayā viṣṇorādāyārghodakaṃ śubham || 38 ||
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kamalāsahito yogī koṭikoṭisamāvṛtaḥ |
niryayau nāradaṃ haste gṛhītvā garuḍadhvajaḥ || 39 ||
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namonamo namostvasmai śaṃkarāyetyudīrayan |
arghapādyādinā sarvānpūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ || 40 ||
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prāveśayadameyātmā nārāyaṇapuraṃ śubham |
gṛharāje tataḥ sthitvā nārāyaṇa uvāca ha || 41 ||
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kathamete samāyātāḥ ko'yaṃ rājā mahāyaśāḥ |
amānuṣapraveśo'yaṃ brahmādyairapyagocaraḥ || 42 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
muniveṣā yathā prāptā vayamete nṛpastathā |
tavāṃśo nṛpatiścāyaṃ rāmacaṃdraḥ pratāpavān || 43 ||
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enāṃ saṃvīkṣituṃ patnīṃ tava keśava kāṃkṣati |
nārāyaṇastathetyuktvā praviśetyāha rāghavam || 44 ||
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atha praviśya bhavanaṃ lakṣmīṃ vīkṣya namasya ca |
vinayāvanato bhūtvā vācamāha sucāriṇīm || 45 ||
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kṛtārtho'smi na saṃdeho vada tvaṃ kiṃ tu manyase |
śrīdevyuvāca |
tvaṃ yuvā kāmakṛṣṭaśca rūpavānasi rāghava || 46 ||
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sītā sā cārusarvāṃgī tava patnī tayā bhavān |
viyukto'sti purā cāsīdatīva virahākulaḥ || 47 ||
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mamāpi vada sarvaṃ tadathavā na ca lapsyasi |
sahāsānyatha vākyāni yūnāṃ cittaharāṇi ca || 48 ||
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śrutvā tu tāni sarvāṇi rāmabhadro yatātmavān |
nirgaṃtuṃ kāṃkṣate tatra ānamya tanmukhāṃbujam || 49 ||
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smarabāṇena padmena saṃpīḍya raghuśekharam |
anveva niryayau devī padmā padmavanapriyā || 50 ||
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ekapatnīvrataṃ jñātvā rāmaṃ te samupāgaman |
athavepitasarvāṃgaṃ skhalatpadagatiṃ nṛpam || 51 ||
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śivanārāyaṇau dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatau |
aho'sya draḍhimācitte māyino'pya vaśātmanaḥ || 52 ||
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dhairyaṃ paśyeha niyataṃ tena rāmaḥ sukīrtimān |
sarvataḥ śivamevāsya nāśivaṃ vidyate kvacit || 53 ||
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atha rāmo vacaḥ prāha gacchehaṃ bhagavanprabho |
anujñāto'tha hariṇā puṣpakeṇa sa rāghavaḥ || 54 ||
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sa muniḥ sahaśaṃbhuśca sahanārāyaṇo yayau |
lokālokaṃ gataḥ śīghraṃ tataḥ svādūdadhiṃ gataḥ || 55 ||
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tato dvīpasamudrāṃśca jaṃbūdvīpaṃ punargataḥ |
bharadvājāśramapade tasthivāngautamītaṭe || 56 ||
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atha snātvā mahānadyāṃ bharadvājo munīśvaraḥ |
śiṣyaiḥ śrīmānparivṛtaḥ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭavānmuniḥ || 57 ||
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tatra rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ śivanārāyaṇāvṛṣīn |
yathāvatpūjayitvā tu tānuvāca mahāmuniḥ || 58 ||
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mamāśramapade yūyaṃ bhoktumarhatha sattamāḥ |
rāmastu manvākyena tathetyāha kathaṃcana || 59 ||
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atha snātvā mahānadyāṃ kṛtvā devāditarpaṇam |
bhoktukāmaṃ tadā rāmaṃ vasiṣṭho vākyamuktavān || 60 ||
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dharmatyāgo bhavedrāma na śrāddhaṃ kriyate yadi |
śrīrāma uvāca |
amāyāṃ grahaṇe tīrthe vyatīpāte'tha saṃkrame || 61 ||
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vyatītaṃ yadi cecchrāddhaṃ bhagavankriyate punaḥ |
nityaśrāddhaṃ punarnaiva kuryāditi vacastava || 62 ||
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yathā mamaiva mātṝṇāṃ maraṇe samupasthite |
aśauce ca samāyāte nityaśrāddhaṃ na vai kṛtam || 63 ||
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vyatīpātādikāleṣu kṛtaṃ tu vacanāttava |
vasiṣṭha uvāca |
ete hi munayaḥ sarve tathā śaṃbhurayaṃ dvijaḥ || 64 ||
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etanmukhādaśeṣeṇa nirṇayastu bhaviṣyati |
saha sarve viniścitya munayaḥ śaṃbhumabruvan || 65 ||
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vadāsmākamaśeṣaṃ tvaṃ dvijavarya mahānasi |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
tyaktavyaṃ yacca vai śrāddhaṃ punaḥ kartavyameva ca || 66 ||
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sūtake samanuprāpte vighneṣu ca vadāmyaham |
māsikānyudakuṃbhāni śrāddhāni sakalānica || 67 ||
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pratisāṃvatsaraṃ śrāddhaṃ sūtakānaṃtaraṃ viduḥ |
tyaktānyanyāni yāvaṃti sūtake vighnasaṃbhave || 68 ||
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anaṃtaraṃ hi kāryāṇi sarvāṇīti na saṃśayaḥ |
māsikāni samastāni śrāddhaṃ prātyabdikaṃ tathā || 69 ||
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sūtakānaṃtaraṃ kāryaṃ vighne'nyasminyatonyathā |
ekādaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā || 70 ||
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tatra vyatikrame hetāvamāyāṃ kriyate tu tat |
yathottaradineṣveva kartavyaṃ yadyavighnataḥ || 71 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣe tvamāyāṃ tu kartavyaṃ rāma no kṛtam |
mṛtāhasya yadā māso na jñāyeta kathaṃcana || 72 ||
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mārgaśīrṣe'thavā māghe śrāddhaṃ taddivase smṛtam |
yadā tu vāsarājñānaṃ māsasya jñānameva ca || 73 ||
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amāyāmeva tanmāse śrāddhaṃ sāṃvatsaraṃ bhavet |
dinamāsāparijñāne proṣitasya mṛtasya ca || 74 ||
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tattithyāṃ taddinaṃ grāhyaṃ tatra jñānaṃ yadā bhavet |
āśvināmā ca mārgāmā māghāmā ca dinatrayam || 75 ||
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tatra vānyatamaṃ grāhyaṃ dinamāsāpratītitaḥ |
vṛddhisaptamasīmaṃta pretaśrāddhānumāsikam || 76 ||
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nityodakuṃbhaśrāddhaṃ ca māse syuradhike'pi ca |
grahaṇe putrajanmādau karmaṇyapi ca śāṃtike || 77 ||
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saṃkalpite ca sarvasminnadhimāso na duṣyati |
rogī yadā manuṣyaḥ syācchrāddhakarmaṇyupasthite || 78 ||
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bhāryāṃ vā bhrātaraṃ vāpi śiṣyaṃ vāpi niyojayet |
tasyābhāve na hāniḥ syātkarmaṇaḥ śrāddhasaṃjñinaḥ || 79 ||
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nityaśrāddhe yathāśakti bhoktāraṃ tu niyojayet |
amāvāsyā māsikaṃ ca mṛtāha vyatireki yat || 80 ||
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svayaṃ karmaṇyaśaktaścetsutaṃ vipraṃ niyojayet |
rājakāryaniyuktasya dāsagrahaṇavartinaḥ || 81 ||
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vyasaneṣu samasteṣu śrāddhaṃ vipreṇa kārayet |
prātaḥkāle tu na śrāddhaṃ prakurvaṃti dvijottamāḥ || 82 ||
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naimittikeṣu śrāddheṣu na kālaniyamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 83 ||
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gṛhādivyatiriktasya prakramaḥ kutupaḥ smṛtaḥ |
kutupādathavāpyarvāgāsannakutupo bhavet || 84 ||
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māsemāse yathāśrāddhe'parāhṇaspṛgvidhīyate |
aparāhṇavyāpinī syādubhayatra yadā tvamā || 85 ||
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kṣaye pūrvā tu kartavyā vṛddhau sāmye parā smṛtā |
amāvāsyā tu yā hi syādaparāhṇadvaye samā || 86 ||
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kṣaye pūrvā parā vṛddhau sāmye'pi ca parā bhavet |
kṣīṇastu caṃdramā yatra tatra śrāddhaṃ tu pārvaṇam || 87 ||
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amāṣṭabhāge sūkṣmo'sau bhūtāṣṭāṃśe sa nāsti cet |
madhyāhnavyāpinī sā syādekoddiṣṭe tithirbhavet || 88 ||
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sāyāhnavyāpinī yā syātpārvaṇe sā tithirbhavet |
alpāparāhṇagā yāmā grāhyā śrāddhādike bhavet || 89 ||
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mṛtāhe trimuhūrtā ca sāyaṃkāle tithirbhavet |
parehyastaṃgatā yatra trimuhūrtaṃ tu pūrvavat || 90 ||
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tatrāparedyuḥ śrāddhaṃ syājjyeṣṭhaputrasya nāśanam |
amāśrāddhaṃ yathā kuryānmṛtāhe samupasthite || 91 ||
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madhyāhnavyāpinī tatra hya dvijasya vidhīyate |
rāma uvāca |
śrāddhakramamaśeṣeṇa martyakarmakramaṃ tathā || 92 ||
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prāsaṃgikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirṇayaṃ vaktumarhasi |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
śrāddhasya divase prāpte pūrvedyurniyamānvitaḥ || 93 ||
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nimaṃtrayīta vipreṃdrānvipralakṣaṇasaṃyutān |
ekabhuktaṃ brahmacaryamaṃtyajādyairabhāṣaṇam || 94 ||
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daṃtadhāvanamabhyaṃga nakhakeśanikṛṃtanam |
kartā kurvīta pūrvedyustyaktvā caiva pare'hani || 95 ||
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gṛhṇītaniyamānuktānsarvametatparityajet |
trikālaṃ caiva pūjā cetprātardevaṃ yajetsvakam || 96 ||
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aruṇodayavelāyāṃ karoti yadi pūjanam |
adhaḥśāyī tathā bhūtaḥ prātarutthāya karmavit || 97 ||
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prātastyamapi yatkarma tatkṛtvā snānapūrvakam |
ṛṇatrayavinirmukto yāsyati brahmatatparam || 98 ||
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sūryasyodayavelāyāṃ śivapūjāṃ karoti yaḥ |
sūryeṇasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate || 99 ||
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udite bhāskare paścāddhaṭikāṃtarapūjanam |
rudreṇasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate || 100 ||
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tṛtīyaghaṭikāyāṃ tu śivapūjāṃ samācaret |
kuberasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate || 101 ||
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tṛtīyaghaṭikāyāṃ tu śivapūjāṃ samācaret |
kuberasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate || 102 ||
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caturthīpaṃcamīṣaṣṭhīsaptamī ghaṭikāsu yaḥ |
śivaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā śivaloke marutsamaḥ || 103 ||
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tatkāla eva kriyate pūjā yatkālanoditā |
yathā pratijñamathavā gṛhīta niyamo yajet || 104 ||
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upacāreṣu śaktyā vai niyamaṃ paripālayet |
niyamātikrame vāpi yāgaśca syādvibhoryadi || 105 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
kva pūjā devadevasya śaṃkarasyāmitaujasaḥ |
smaraṇātpāpanāśasya smaraṇānmokṣadasya ca || 106 ||
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śivasya śivarūpasya śivatattvārthavedinaḥ |
somasya somabhūṣasya somanetrasya rājituḥ || 107 ||
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vedamūrteramūrteśca vedasārasya vedinaḥ |
vedavedāṃgavittasya vedyāvedyasya yoginaḥ || 108 ||
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gokṣīrasamadehasya gokṣīrasnānamodinaḥ |
gopālinastrinetrasya trayīnetrasya māyinaḥ || 109 ||
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praśnamadhye tathā rāmaṃ śivajñānamathādiśat |
sthāṇubhūtaivāsīno nāsāgranyastalocanaḥ || 110 ||
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ānaṃdaniṣyaṃdavilocanāśru pravāhasaṃspṛṣṭakapoladeśaḥ |
dadhāra devaṃ giriśaṃ hṛdaṃbuje gokṣīrasusnigdhasucārugātram || 111 ||
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pratibiṃbamatho gātre rāmasya samadṛśyata |
dṛṣṭvaiva biṃbitaṃ śaṃbhuṃ caturbāhuṃ trilocanam || 112 ||
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vismayaṃ paramaṃ yātāḥ sarve muniharīśvarāḥ |
śaṃbhorvakṣaḥsthitaṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā dīptākṛtiṃ śubham || 113 ||
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tūṣṇīṃ babhūvuryāmārddhamatha rāmamudaikṣata |
svapraśnamanusaṃdhāya prāha sarvaṃ vadeti ca || 114 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
acale yā sadā pūjā cale vāpi yathecchayā |
liṃgasaṃpūjanaṃ mukhyamalābhe pratimādiṣu || 115 ||
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adhikāraviśeṣeṇa tatratatrāpi pūjanam |
viguṇaṃ saguṇaṃ vāpi saphalaṃ liṃgapūjanam || 116 ||
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pratimādikṛtāpūjā viguṇā saphalā nahi |
acale vā cale vāpi pūjā liṃge praśasyate || 117 ||
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calasya pūjanaṃ vakṣye sthāpanodvāsane tathā |
te ubhena vijānāti kaścinmunirapi kvacit || 118 ||
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sthāpayaṃti hṛdabje vai gopayaṃti yajaṃti ca |
udvāsayaṃti deveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ yoginaḥ sadā || 119 ||
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kriyā cātīva hotṝṇāṃ vahnau devaṃ triyaṃbakam |
pūjakānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ śivaliṃge maheśvaram || 120 ||
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liṃgasya sthāpanaṃ pūjā udvāsanamathaiva ca |
dhāraṇaṃ śaṃkarasyaiva liṃgameva maheśvaram || 121 ||
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sajjikaṃ paramotkṛṣṭaṃ svarṇaṃ caiva vinirmitam |
rājatairvā dalaiḥ kāryaṃ rājatairvaiṇavaistu yat || 122 ||
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latāsūtrairatho vāpi racitaṃ dāruṇāthavā |
vastreṇa vātha racitaṃ mṛdāviracitaṃ bhavet || 123 ||
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tatra saṃveṣṭya vastreṇa sugaṃdhena samanvite |
dhautavastrayuge śuddhe mṛdvāsana samanvite || 124 ||
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śītoṣṇarahite pādacatuṣṭayasamanvite |
prāvṛticchedanopete krimikīṭavivarjite || 125 ||
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dhautena mṛduvastreṇa sarvato veṣṭya taṃ śivam |
vinyasya sajjikāmadhye prāvṛtya ca punarvibhum || 126 ||
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eṣā hi sajjikā rāma devasyāgreti kīrtitā |
tasya ca sthāpanaṃ pāṭho rahasye ca maheśituḥ || 127 ||
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athavā bhittimūle syāddevavedyāmathāpi vā |
surakṣite tathā deśe rakṣakaṃ ca niyojayet || 128 ||
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prāṇāderavinābhāvaṃ kurvīta niyamaiḥ saha |
etaddhi rājasaṃ proktaṃ sthāpanaṃ paramātmanaḥ || 129 ||
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sātvikaṃ svasamīpasthaṃ dhāraṇaṃ tāmasaṃ punaḥ |
dhāraṇaṃ gātrasaṃsparśamaśeṣadehagopanam || 130 ||
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mastake dhāraṇaṃ mukhyaṃ brahmaṇā ca tathā kṛtam |
vinyasya mukuṭasyāṃte dhāraṇaṃ śubhamucyate || 131 ||
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lalāṭe dhāraṇaṃ śastaṃ yathā lakṣmyā dhṛtaṃ śubham |
bāṇena ca dhṛtaṃ mūrdhni dakṣiṇorasi vā punaḥ || 132 ||
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karṇe ca harakarṇena muninā paramarṣiṇā |
vinirbhidya tathā gātraṃ lohasthānaṃ prakalpya ca || 133 ||
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dhārayaṃti tathā liṃgaṃ rākṣasāḥ keciduttamāḥ |
aniketana martyānāmaśaktānāṃ śirodhṛtiḥ || 134 ||
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adhamādhamamākhyātaṃ nīvībaṃdhādidhāraṇam |
teṣu tūcchiṣṭasaṃprāptau mastake dhāraṇaṃ bhavet || 135 ||
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adhamādhamavṛttīnāṃ sadā vai liṃgadhāraṇam |
pāpināmapi cāścaryaṃ yamaloke na vidyate || 136 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
citraguptena likhitā lalāṭe yā lipirdṛḍhā |
tayā tu lipyā niyataṃ narakaṃ kathamanyathā || 137 ||
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karoti pūjanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ pāpaṃ nāśayate katham |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
pāpaṃ nāśayate kṛtsnamapi janmaśatārjitam || 138 ||
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bhartsanātsarvapāpānāṃ smaraṇācca maheśituḥ |
bhasmeti padamākhyātaṃ tasya dhāraṇamuttamam || 139 ||
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yathāvidhi lalāṭe vai vahnivīryapradhāraṇāt |
nāśayellikhitāṃ yāmīṃ paṭasthāmiva havyabhuk || 140 ||
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karṇoparikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ syānmukhadhāraṇe |
kaṃṭhe ca dhāraṇātkaṃṭhabhogādikṛtapātakam || 141 ||
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bāhvorbāhukṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vakṣasi manasā kṛtam |
nābhyāṃ śiśnakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pṛṣṭhe gudakṛtaṃ tathā || 142 ||
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pārśvayordhāraṇādrāma parastryāliṃganādijam |
tadbhasmadhāraṇaṃ śastaṃ sarvatraiva tripuṃḍrakam || 143 ||
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brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ trayyagnīnāṃ ca dhāraṇam |
guptyai lokatrayāṇāṃ ca dhāraṇaṃ tena vai kṛtam || 144 ||
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dhṛtaṃ paṃcadaśasthāne śuddhaṃ bhasmābhimaṃtritam |
koṣṭhayugme bāhuyugme koṣṭhopari yuge tathā || 145 ||
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dhāraṇaṃ sarvadehānāṃ pūjāyai dharmasaṃmatam |
bhasmāśanā bhasmaśayyā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ || 146 ||
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bhasmasnānāḥ sadāpāpairmucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ |
ādau brāhmaṇadīkṣāyāṃ triyāyuṣamiti smṛtam || 147 ||
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prasave ca manuṣyāṇāṃ bhūtāveśe'pi rakṣakam |
sarpādiviṣahānyarthaṃ sarveṣāṃ sādhanaṃ tvidam || 148 ||
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api vā vaiṣṇavo martya athavāpītaro janaḥ |
bhasmasnāyī bhasmayuktaḥ karmasvadhikaroti vai || 149 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
bhasmamāhātmyamādau me bhasmāyuṣyaṃ hi kasya vai |
kathaṃ hi rakṣate hyetatsarvametadvadasva me || 150 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
āyuṣyavarddhane hetustrividhasyāpi dehinaḥ |
pāpaghnaṃ śītamuṣṇaṃ ca sparśācchivapadapradam || 151 ||
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atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi cetihāsaṃ purātanam |
āsīdvāsiṣṭhavaṃśyastu dhanaṃjaya iti dvijaḥ || 152 ||
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tasya bhāryāśataṃ cāsīdrūpalāvaṇyasaṃyutam |
tāsāmekā tu suṣuve śāmākākaruṇaṃ mune || 153 ||
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bhāryāṇāṃ saṃkhyayā rāma sutāścāsaṃstapasvinaḥ |
pitrā vibhāgasteṣāṃ ca viṣamaḥ parikalpitaḥ || 154 ||
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bhrātṝṇāṃ ca tadā hyeva vairabaṃdho mahānabhūt |
narāṇāmekajātīnāṃ vairaṃ niyatameva tu || 155 ||
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athāsau karuṇo gatvā bhavanāśinikā taṭe |
nānāmunigaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ narasiṃhadidṛkṣayā || 156 ||
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nṛsiṃhadarśanārthaṃ tu brāhmaṇena tu kenacit |
utkṛṣṭaphalitaṃvīramānītaṃ rūpagaṃdhavat || 157 ||
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karuṇastu tadādāya vyajighratphalamuttamam |
tatrasthitā dvijagaṇāḥ śāpena tamayojayan || 158 ||
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makṣikā bhava pāpātmanvarṣāṇāṃ śatamapyataḥ |
śāpāvasānaṃ bhavitā dadhīcena mahātmanā || 159 ||
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atha makṣikatāṃ prāpto bhāryāmidamabhāṣata |
makṣikātvamahaṃ prāpto māṃ śubhe pālayasva bhoḥ || 160 ||
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ityuktvā sa tathā bhūto babhrāma ca tatastataḥ |
athaivaṃvidhamājñāya jñātayaḥ pāpaniścayāḥ || 161 ||
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tadvadhe yatnamāsthāya tailamadhye hyapātayan |
mṛtaṃ patimathādāya duḥkhitā sā kṛśodarī || 162 ||
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tadduḥkhaśamanārthāya prāha devītvaruṃdhatī |
amuṃ saṃjīvayāmyadya bhasmanaiva śucismite || 163 ||
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athāgnihotrajaṃ bhasma aruṃdhatyai nyavedayat |
mṛtyuṃjayena maṃtreṇa mṛtajaṃ tau tathākṣipat || 164 ||
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maṃdavāyuṃ tathā cakre vyajanena śucismitā |
udatiṣṭhattato jaṃturbhasmano'sya prabhāvataḥ || 165 ||
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tato varṣaśate pūrṇe jñātireko hyamārayat |
mṛte bhartari sā sādhvī duḥkhitā ca śucismitā || 166 ||
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dadhīcaṃ nāma vipreṃdraṃ mahāmāheśvaraṃ munim |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ sādhvī prāha viprastapodhanaḥ || 167 ||
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triyāyuṣā vihīnaṃ tu jamadagniṃ taponidhim |
bhasmaiva jīvayāmāsa kaśyapaṃ ca tathāvidham || 168 ||
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devānapi tathābhūtānmāmapyetādṛśaṃ purā |
tasmāttu bhasmanā jaṃtuṃ jīvayāmi tavānaghe || 169 ||
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ityevamuktvā bhagavāndadhīco maheśvaraṃ vai śaraṇaṃ jagāma |
bhasmābhimaṃtryātha kare gṛhītvā saṃjīvayāmāsa dhavaṃ susādhvyāḥ || 170 ||
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maheśasya karasparśādviśāpaḥ karuṇo'bhavat |
svarūpaṃ ca tato gatvā svamāśramapadaṃ yayau || 171 ||
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dadhīcamapi sā sādhvī gṛhamānīya bhojane |
prārthayāmāsa viprarṣiṃ bhuktavānatha sa dvijaḥ || 172 ||
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bhuktavatyatha vipreṃdre koṭiśiṣyāḥ samāgatāḥ |
atha devāḥ samāyātā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ || 173 ||
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namaskṛtya dadhīcaṃ tu papracchuḥ śivakāṃkṣayā |
devā ūcuḥ |
asmākaṃ tu purā jñānaṃ naṣṭamāsīnmahāmate || 174 ||
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gautamasya tu bhāryāṃ vai dṛṣṭvā kāmāturā vayam |
tathā ca dharṣitā devī vivāhakṛtamaṃgalā || 175 ||
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tāṃ vai kāmayamānānāṃ naṣṭaṃ jñānamabhūcca naḥ |
tataḥ sarve vayaṃ bhūtā gatā durvāsasaṃ munim || 176 ||
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sa uvācādhunā sarvamapaneṣyāmi vomalam |
śatarudriyamaṃtreṇa maṃtritaṃ śaṃbhunā svayam || 177 ||
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mamāpi dattaṃ tenaiva brahmahatyādiśāṃtaye |
ityevamuktvā durvāsā dattavānbhasmacottamam || 178 ||
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atha tadvacanātsarve vayaṃ vikṛtacetanāḥ |
śatarudriyamaṃtreṇa bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ || 179 ||
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nirdhūtapātakāḥ sarve saṃvṛttāstatkṣaṇena hi |
āścaryametajjānīmo bhasmasāmarthyamīdṛśam || 180 ||
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dadhīca uvāca |
śaivasya bhasmanaḥ śaktiṃ saṃkṣepeṇa vadāmi vaḥ |
vistareṇa na śakyeta vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi || 181 ||
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atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ tu devayoḥ |
hariśaṃkarayoḥ sarve brahmahatyādināśanam || 182 ||
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purā caikārṇave ghore brahmaṇaḥ pralaye sati |
mahāviṣṇustu bhagavāñchete sma pralayāṃbhasi || 183 ||
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tasya pārśvadvayaṃ prāpya brahmāṃḍānāṃ śatadvayam |
viṃśatiḥ pādayoḥ pārśve viṃśatirmastakāṃtare || 184 ||
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nāsāmauktikabhāvena brahmāṃḍamadadhātprabhuḥ |
tannābhimaṃḍale kecillomaśādyā munīśvarāḥ || 185 ||
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tapastapaṃtaḥ sumahadīśvaraṃ paryupāsate |
atha viṣṇurmahātejāściṃtāmāpa sisṛkṣayā || 186 ||
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dhyānayogaparo bhūtvā na kiṃcitparyapaśyata |
atha duḥkhena mahatā rurodoccaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ || 187 ||
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etasminnaṃtare dīptiḥ kācillokavilakṣaṇā |
dṛṣṭvā ca hariṇā bhītyā locane ca nimīlite || 188 ||
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āgamyamāno gokṣīrasamatejāḥ sa gātravān |
saṃgrathya koṭibrahmāṃḍadāmayugmaṃ karadvaye || 189 ||
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dadhānamurasā dhāmakoṭibrahmāṃḍakalpitam |
brahmāṃḍamekaṃ nipatadutpatacca karadvaye || 190 ||
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sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ tathābhūtaṃ tamavyayam |
viṣṇustuṣṭāva cādṛṣṭvā darśanāya ca tasya vai || 191 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
namaste devadeveśa namaste śāśvatāvyaya |
na jāne'haṃ bhavaṃtaṃ bhostvaṃ ca vetsi namonamaḥ || 192 ||
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jānāmi na ca te bhāvaṃ durnirīkṣyā ca te dyutiḥ |
māṇikyakuṃḍalaṃ hemadāmajālavibhūṣitam || 193 ||
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ratnāṃgulīyaṃ subhagaṃ bāhukoṣṭhavibhūṣaṇam |
tanuraktottamākīrṇa dīptāyatavilocanam || 194 ||
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bāṇalocanasaṃkāśaṃ bhālalocanamavyayam |
kaṃdarpakārmukabhrāṃtijanaka bhruvamīśvaram || 195 ||
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snigdhādhonnatacārvaṃga nāsamacchakapolakam |
maṃdasmitaṃ prasannāsyaṃ vibhuṃ bāleṃdudarśanam || 196 ||
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vijñānaraktavasanaṃ vedakalpitabhūṣaṇam |
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapanno'smi cakṣurme dīyatāṃ vibho || 197 ||
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dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇājñānanaṣṭasya śaraṇaṃ bhava |
atha divyaṃ dadau cakṣuḥ svātmadarśanaśaktimat || 198 ||
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atha dṛṣṭvā hariḥ śaṃbhuṃ trinetraṃ purataḥ sthitam |
ko bhavānityuvācātha na jāne tvāṃ mahāyaśaḥ || 199 ||
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praṇāmaṃ kevalaṃ kartuṃ śakto'smi na hi veditum |
sadāśiva uvāca |
tava jñānaṃ pradāsyāmi kuru snānaṃ ca vāruṇam || 200 ||
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bhasmasnānaṃ tataḥ paścāttato jñānaṃ vadāmyaham |
śrībhagavānuvāca |
matsnānayogyaṃ salilaṃ na catiṣṭhati kutracit || 201 ||
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ityuktotha niṣaṇṇastu brahmāṃḍāsaktavigrahaḥ |
ūrudaghnajale snātuṃ na yogyamabhavaddhareḥ || 202 ||
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śaṃbhurjahāsa snānāya jalamatyadhikaṃ tvaho |
dadhīca uvāca |
atha devaḥ śivo viṣṇuṃ bhālākṣeṇa vyalokayat || 203 ||
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vilīnasūkṣmāvayavaṃ vāmākṣeṇa vyalokayat |
tataḥ sūkṣmatanurviṣṇuḥ śītadehaśca śaṃbhunā || 204 ||
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uktaśca snāhi bho viṣṇo hrada eṣa vikalpitaḥ |
tato hrade hariḥ snātuṃ harāṃke kalpite tadā || 205 ||
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praveṣṭuṃ na śaśākātha gaṃbhīre taddhradasya tu |
harirāha ca no paṃthā hradasyāsya praveśane || 206 ||
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mārgo me dīyatāṃ deva tamatho śaṃbhurabravīt |
koṭiyojanagaṃbhīraṃ jalametanmahatpurā || 207 ||
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niviṣṭasyaiva bhavata ūrudaghnaṃ jalaṃ vibho |
idānīṃ tiṣṭhataścāpi na praveśo hrade katham || 208 ||
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aṣṭāṃgulapramāṇo'yamūrustasminhrade ca me |
paśyāmi praviśa tvaṃ ca pādasparśaṃ dadāmi te || 209 ||
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vākyamekaṃ tu sopānaṃ vedaṃ madvākyanissṛtam |
hariruvāca |
śabdārohaṇasāmarthyaṃ kasyāpīha na vidyate || 210 ||
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mūrtasya grahaṇaṃ śakyaṃ grahaṇaṃ vā kathaṃ śruteḥ |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
puṃsaḥ śaktirna vastūnāṃ dhāraṇārohaṇādiṣu || 211 ||
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gṛhāṇemaṃ mahāvedaṃ jagrāha harirapyatha |
namrakaraścāśakterhi patanniva janārddanaḥ || 212 ||
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na ca śakyaṃ mayā dhartumiti prāha śivaṃ hariḥ |
śivaḥ prahasya nipatī pātyatīva mahāhrade || 213 ||
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tatsopānamathāruhya snātumarhasi keśava |
dadhīca uvāca |
vede sopānabhūte hi ūrudaghnopalabdhini || 214 ||
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tatra snātvā sa vidhinā bahiruttīrya coktavān |
snāto'smi kimataḥ kāryaṃ śaṃbhurāha hariṃ tataḥ || 215 ||
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dhyāyase hṛdaye kiṃ tvaṃ na ca kiṃcidvadasva me |
harirna kiṃcidityāha tamatho śaṃbhuruktavān || 216 ||
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bhasmasnānena saṃśuddho vetsyase paramaṃ śubham |
dīkṣitasya hi tacchastaṃ tadrakṣāṃ karavāṇyaham || 217 ||
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dadhīca uvāca |
svavakṣaḥ sthitabhasmaikaṃ nakhenādāya śaṃkaraḥ |
praṇavenābhimaṃtryātha gāyatryā brahmabhūtayā || 218 ||
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aṃgulibhyāmupādāya śivaḥ paṃcākṣareṇa vai |
harimastakagātreṣu sarveṣvapi samākṣipat || 219 ||
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śāṃtadṛṣṭyā nirīkṣyātha jīvetyāha hariṃ haraḥ |
dhyāyasva kiṃ te hṛdaye sa ca dhyānaparo'bhavat || 220 ||
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apaśyaddhṛdaye dīpaṃ dīrghākāramatiprabham |
harirāha śivaṃ sākṣāddīpo dṛṣṭo mayeti ca || 221 ||
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śivaḥ prāha na te jñānaṃ paripakvamatho hare |
bhasma bhakṣaya te jñānaṃ samagraṃ saṃbhaviṣyati || 222 ||
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hariruvāca |
bhakṣayiṣye śubhaṃ bhasma snāto'haṃ bhasmanā purā |
dṛṣṭveśvaraṃ bhaktigamyaṃ bhasmābhakṣayadacyutaḥ || 223 ||
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tatrāścaryamatīvāsītpakvabiṃbasamadyutiḥ |
vāsudevaḥ śuddhamuktāphalavarṇo'bhavatkṣaṇāt || 224 ||
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tataḥprabhṛti śuklo'sau vāsudevaḥ prasannavān |
punardhyānaparo bhūtvā dīpamadhye ca pūruṣam || 225 ||
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śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ trinetraṃ dvibhujaṃ śivam |
varadaṃ dakṣiṇe haste vāme cābhayadaṃ vibhum || 226 ||
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paṃcavarṣīyavapuṣaṃ śaraccaṃdrāyutadyutim |
māṇikyakuṃḍalaṃ hema dāmajālavibhūṣitam || 227 ||
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ratnāṃgulīyasubhagaṃ bāhukoṣṭhasubhūṣaṇam |
tanuraktoṣṭhamākarṇa dīrghāyatavilocanam || 228 ||
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bāṇalocanasaṃkāśaṃ bhālalocanamavyayam |
kaṃdarpakārmukabhrāṃtijanakabhruvamīśvaram || 229 ||
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snigdhonnata sucārvaṃga nāsamacchakapolakam |
maṃdasmitaṃ prasannāsyaṃ bāleṃdudarśanaṃ vibhum || 230 ||
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vijñānaraktavasanaṃ vedakalpitanūpuram |
vāmāṃgulīyamadhyasthamatipraṇavamavyayam || 231 ||
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dṛṣṭavānatha taṃ viṣṇuḥ kṛtakṛtyo'bhavattadā |
athāha śaṃbhurbho viṣṇo hṛdi dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kimu || 232 ||
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harirāha purā dṛṣṭaḥ puruṣaḥ śāṃtavigrahaḥ |
ityudīrya mahāviṣṇuḥ śivapāde papāta ha || 233 ||
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hariruvāca |
na śaktiṃ bhasmano jāne prabhāvaṃ vā kutastava |
namaste'stu namaste'stu tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 234 ||
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sadāśiva uvāca |
varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga manasā yaṃ tvamicchasi |
śivavācamathākarṇya harirvavre varottamam || 235 ||
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hariruvāca |
tvatpādayugale śaṃbho bhaktirastu sadā mama |
atha datvā varaṃ śaṃbhuridamāha vaco harim || 236 ||
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bhasmadhāraṇasaṃpanno mama bhakto bhaviṣyasi |
dadhīca uvāca |
itthamuktaṃ mahājñānaṃ bhasmasaṃbhavamāditaḥ || 237 ||
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tasmādyūyaṃ surāḥ sarve dhārayadhvaṃ tadādarāt |
vismayotphullanayanā devāścāsaṃstadastviti || 238 ||
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ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ puṇyākhyānamanuttamam |
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo yātyasau śāṃkaraṃ padam || 239 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde bhasmamāhātmye |
paṃcottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 105 ||
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