Chapter 115

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śrīrāma uvāca |
kathaṃ pātakasaṃghāta saṃkrame brāhmaṇādhame |
purāṇajñaḥ kathaṃ vyākhyāṃ cakāra dvijasattama || 1 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
adhyāpane cādhyayane jāyate cātha saṃgamaḥ |
saṃgatau vatsaraṃ rāma yāti pātaki pātakam || 2 ||
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purāṇajñe tu kākutstha sarvatatvārthavedini |
apipātakasaṃdoha cīrṇapāpaṃ praṇaśyati || 3 ||
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prabhūtavahnināśe hi dhūmarāśiryathaiva hi |
śalabho dīpanāśāya vahnināśāya na prabhuḥ || 4 ||
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kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tathānyeṣāṃ nāśanāya purāṇikaḥ |
bhūtādigrastamartyānāṃ bhūtādi bhayamocakaḥ || 5 ||
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samaṃtravānapanayedyathā na svayamāturaḥ |
paurāṇikastathā pāpaṃ na kiṃcitprāptumarhati || 6 ||
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ātmanā ca kṛtaṃ pāpamanyairapi ca yatkṛtam |
purāṇajño nāśayati tvatiduṣṭaṃ svakarmma vā || 7 ||
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bhavānīśe hṛṣīkeśe samavṛttirvivekavān |
lokavedakriyāvettā rudrajāpyatiniḥspṛhaḥ || 8 ||
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tuṣṭaḥ śāṃtaḥ kriyādakṣaḥ prabhūto yogakṛdvaśī |
yathaiva te purāṇajño vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ || 9 ||
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niyogāttava bhūpāla ayodhyāyāmatiṣṭhata |
apālayadbhuvaṃ kṛtsnāṃ tvāṃ ca rakṣaḥ samāpatat || 10 ||
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sa ca śukropadeśena rākṣasastvāmathābhyagāt |
nidrāsaktaṃ haniṣyāmi nānyathāvasarastviti || 11 ||
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atha vipro viditvaitadvasiṣṭhastvaddhitapriyaḥ |
suptaṃ pramattaṃ kākutsthaṃ rakṣo haṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 12 ||
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brahmāvāptavaraṃ taddhi mayā kāryaṃ nivāraṇam |
iti saṃciṃtya viprarṣiḥ senāmādāya nirgataḥ || 13 ||
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rakṣo haṃtumaśaktastu mṛtyuhīnaṃ tato muniḥ |
svayaṃ ca rākṣaso bhūtvā vākyamāha mahāmuniḥ || 14 ||
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kimarthamāgatosīha vanaṃ muniniṣevitam |
sa āha rājā rakṣoghnastamahaṃ haṃtumāgataḥ || 15 ||
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munirapyāha kiṃ tena jīvitena mṛtena vā |
bhuktvāmiṣaṃ madīyaṃ tu yuddhaṃ kṛtvā jayaṃ vraja || 16 ||
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rākṣasa uvāca |
kathaṃ tvaṃ rākṣaso mahyaṃ bhakṣaṇāya bhaviṣyasi |
vasiṣṭho'pyatha mānuṣyamāsthāya viyati sthitaḥ || 17 ||
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niṣṭhīvya mastake tasya muṣṭinā tamatāḍayat |
tāḍito rākṣasastena vyadrāvayadṛṣiśca tam || 18 ||
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palāyamānāvanyonyaṃ jaladhiṃ tu gatāvubhau |
tatrasthena graheṇāsau gṛhīto rākṣasastadā || 19 ||
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muniḥ punarayodhyāyāṃ pūrvavatsamatiṣṭhata |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
tasmātsvābhimataṃ kuryātpurāṇajño vimatsaraḥ || 20 ||
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śravaṇasya vidhānaṃ ca kathayāmi śubhaṃ śṛṇu |
śuklapakṣe dine śuddhe vāranakṣatrayogataḥ || 21 ||
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karaṇe cāpi lagne ca grahatārābalānvite |
amūḍhena grahe bāle na ca vṛddhau gurausthite || 22 ||
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na kṛṣṇapakṣe grahaṇe na ca nāstikasaṃnidhau |
pūrvoktalakṣaṇopetaṃ purāṇaṃ śṛṇuyāditi || 23 ||
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śuddhagehe'thavā śuddhavedikāyāṃ maṭhetha vā |
nadītīre devagehe sabhāmaṃḍapa eva ca || 24 ||
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rathyā maṭhetha vā ramye puṇyaśālāsu rāghava |
svayaṃ namasya vipreṃdrānpurāṇajñaṃ viśeṣataḥ || 25 ||
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āsanaṃ kalpitaṃ kuryyādūrdhvaṃ sarvaviśeṣitam |
ehi dharmmāsanamiti vaktavyaṃ syādaniṣṭhuram || 26 ||
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purāṇaprakramadine yatkāryaṃ tadudīrayet |
vyākhyātāraṃ purāṇasya vastrādyaiḥ paripūjayet || 27 ||
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śubhāni datvā vastrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi ca navāni ca |
karakaṃṭhavibhūṣādi pātramāsanameva ca || 28 ||
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gaṃdhapuṣpākṣataiḥ pūjya tāṃbūlaṃ vinivedya ca |
śuklāṃbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam || 29 ||
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prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyetsarvavighnopaśāṃtaye |
sabhāsadaśca saṃpūjya gaṇeśaṃ prārthayettataḥ || 30 ||
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oṃnametyādi maṃtreṇa pūjanaṃ bhāratī nutiḥ |
prātaḥkāle purāṇasya prakramaṃ prārabhediti || 31 ||
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upakramadine rāma tripaṃcadaśa vā śubhāḥ |
ślokā dvitīye divase tato dviguṇitāḥ śubhāḥ || 32 ||
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tṛtīye divase rāma tataścādhikamiṣyate |
dinānāmavyavacchedādvyākhyānaṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā || 33 ||
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vyavasthitiryadā jātā tadā paurāṇikaṃ gurum |
tāṃbūlādipradāyātha paredyuḥ śṛṇuyādapi || 34 ||
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purāṇamevaṃ śrotavyaṃ dainaṃdinamiti śrutiḥ |
vratarūpeṇa yaḥ kaścitpurāṇaṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ || 35 ||
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yadaivaṃ tatpurāṇaṃ tu tatra yāti na saṃśayaḥ |
purāṇaṃ śrotukāmena ślokaścaikopi cecchrutaḥ || 36 ||
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taddine tu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayettu na saṃśayaḥ || 37 ||
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evaṃ purāṇaṃ śṛṇuyācca yastu sa brahmahatyākṛtapāpabaṃdhāt |
surāpītiḥ svarṇaharaśca rāma gurvaṃganāgaśca vimuktimeti || 38 ||
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pāpāni cānyāni kṛtāni puṃbhiḥ sarvāṇi naśyaṃti purākṛtāni |
ihāpi yānyabdaśatārjitāni śroturvinaśyaṃti tathā ca vaktuḥ || 39 ||
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kalau samastaviprāṇāṃ sarvajñatvaṃ na vidyate |
viguṇāpi tato vyākhyā phaladā dānakarmavat || 40 ||
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purāṇānāmabhiprāyaṃ vyāso veda na cāparaḥ |
ahaṃ vedmi viśeṣeṇa vyāsādapi vidherapi || 41 ||
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na svādhyāyastapo vāpi na maṃtro na juhotayaḥ |
phalaṃti na tathā tiṣye purāṇaśravaṇaṃ yathā || 42 ||
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ekaikaśravaṇādeva pātakaṃ mahadeva tu |
nāśamāpnotyasaṃdehaḥ śrīśaile vartanādiva || 43 ||
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ato guruḥ purāṇajñaḥ śrotṛvaṃdyo'ghanāśanaḥ |
na tasmādadhikaḥ kaścidgururasti gatipradaḥ || 44 ||
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maṃtreṣu guravo ye ca vedaśāstreṣu ye matāḥ |
neśate sarvavijñānaṃ dātuṃ tasmānna bodhakāḥ || 45 ||
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piśācāḥ prāyaśo rāma brahmarākṣasanāminaḥ |
vedamaṃtrasya vettāro dṛśyaṃte na purāṇavit || 46 ||
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purāṇavimukho naiva sarvaḥ sarvaṃ hi paśyati |
purāṇajño hi tastasmātpāpanāśakaraḥ prabhuḥ || 47 ||
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tatpūjā sarvapūjā syātsarvadroho'sya pīḍanam |
yathā samastadānānāṃ vidyādānaṃ praśasyate || 48 ||
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paurāṇikastathā dhanyastatra dānaṃ mahatphalam |
rāma uvāca |
kiṃ vā paurāṇike deyaṃ kiyatkīdṛśameva ca || 49 ||
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purāṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ varjyaṃ varjyaḥ kīdṛkpurāṇavit |
śaṃbhuruvāca |
ṣaḍrasānannapānāni snehadravyāṇi yāni ca || 50 ||
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gṛhaṃ sopaskaraṃ rāma purāṇajñāya dāpayet |
paryāptānyeva sarvāṇi adhikāni phalādhikāt || 51 ||
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dadyāddravyamato bhūyaḥ sacailaṃ śobhitaṃ mṛdu |
bhūṣaṇāni yathārhāṇi svaśaktyā pratipādayet || 52 ||
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gaṃdhapuṣpaṃ pratidinaṃ kevalaṃ gaṃdhameva ca |
kevalaṃ ca tathā puṣpaṃ phalakāle phalānyapi || 53 ||
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tāṃbūlaṃ ca tathā dadyānnamaskuryācca bhaktitaḥ |
purāṇasya samāptau tu dadyāddānādikaṃ tathā || 54 ||
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adhikaṃ tu tathā deyaṃ bhūhiraṇyādikaṃ nṛpa |
na ca tūṣṇīmupakramya śrotumarhati kaścana || 55 ||
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sabhāsadbhiḥ kṛtā caiva yā pūjaikena vā kṛtā |
devasthāne yathāśakti sarvaiḥ pūjanamiṣyate || 56 ||
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tīrthepi ca yathā rāma puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca |
svaśaktyā pūjanaṃ kuryātpurāṇajñāya rāghava || 57 ||
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śrotustu lakṣaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ mayoktaṃ tu bhavennṛpa |
paurāṇikasya sarvasya lakṣaṇaṃ kathayāmi te || 58 ||
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kulahīno mahāvyādhirmahāpāpī tiraskṛtaḥ |
śaucācāravihīnaśca vedasmṛtivivarjitaḥ || 59 ||
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anyadevaḥ pūtivaco vyaṃgaścāpyadhikāṃgavān |
parapūrvāpatiḥ stenaḥ prāṇihaṃtā nirākṛtiḥ || 60 ||
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atha varjyaṃ purāṇaṃ te kathayāmi nṛpottama |
pūrvajñairucyamānaṃ ca yatproktaṃ munibhiḥ paraiḥ || 61 ||
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vyāsādayo munivarā yatprocustadudīrayet |
purāṇasthaṃ paṭhedgranthaṃ vyākhyāyeta vicārayan || 62 ||
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yayā kayāpi vā rāma bhāṣayādeśabhāṣataḥ |
na deśabhāṣā racitaṃ graṃthaṃ śrutvā phalaṃ labhet || 63 ||
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vyākhyā yā kāpi kākutstha purāṇasya hitā hi sā |
tasmāttvaṃ devayācasva vyākhyāsye yatpurāṇakam || 64 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
evaṃ paurāṇikenoktaṃ śrutavānapi gautamaḥ |
svayaṃ vastratrayaṃ prādādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane || 65 ||
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kaurmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ śrutavāniti naḥ śrutam |
dattavānsvarṇamadhikaṃ vastrāṇi ca śubhāni ca || 66 ||
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atha laiṃgaṃ ca śuśrāva vaiṣṇavaṃ vāmanaṃ tathā |
pādmaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva sauraṃ brāhmamathaiva ca || 67 ||
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evamaṣṭa sa śuśrāva purāṇāni sa gautamaḥ |
atha rāmāyaṇaṃ caiva kaurmameva punaśca saḥ || 68 ||
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śivanārāyaṇetyevaṃ japaṃ cakre sadaiva hi |
avāpa nidhanaṃ cāpi sa gato brahmaṇaḥ padam || 69 ||
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brahmā saṃpūjya taṃ vipraṃ viṣṇulokamathāgamat |
viṣṇunā pūjitaḥ so'tha jagāma śivamaṃdiram || 70 ||
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sarveṣāmeva vaṃdyo'sau gautamo munisattamaḥ |
bhārataśravaṇe cāpi niyamā ye mayeritāḥ || 71 ||
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purā vyāsena muninā trivarṣādyatkṛtaṃ śubham |
śravaṇāttasya kṛtsnasya vyākartā bhāratasya yaḥ || 72 ||
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na kiṃcitpraṇamedvipraṃ muktvā yoginamuttamam |
sarveṣāmeva vaṃdyosau bhārataṃ vyākaroti yaḥ || 73 ||
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yo mahābhārataṃ nityaṃ vyākhyāsyati paṭhecca vā |
sa sarvebhyodhiko viprastārayeccaiva mānavān || 74 ||
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vyākaroti ca parvaikaṃ sarvāṇi katicittu vā |
sarvapāpavinirmukto havye kavye viśiṣyate || 75 ||
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tameva praṇamedvipraṃ tamevārhaṃ ca pūjayet |
tameva bhojayennityaṃ sarvaṃ tasmai nivedayet || 76 ||
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tasya pūjāvidhiḥ prokto vyākhyānasamaye dvijaḥ |
pratipūjyo'tha vastrādyaiḥ pūjayedvidhimārgataḥ || 77 ||
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ādiparvasamāptau ca sūkṣmavastratrayaṃ dadet |
suvarṇaṃ ca yathāśakti sabhāparvaṇi vāsasī || 78 ||
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ānuśāsanikāraṇyasvargāroheṣu parvasu |
ādiparvaṇi pūjā yā sā pūjā nṛpapuṃgava || 79 ||
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karṇāśvamedhavairāṭaśalyadroṇeṣu parvasu |
sūkṣmavastratrayaṃ śuddhaṃ niṣkadvayamathāpi vā || 80 ||
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kṣudraparvasvathānyeṣu niṣkāvatha samānayet |
harivaṃśe saniṣkaṃ tu vastratritayameva tu || 81 ||
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bhāratasyākhilasyaiva samāptau kṣetrado bhavet |
rāmāyaṇasya śravaṇe kāṃḍekāṃḍe prapūjayet || 82 ||
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kṣetraṃ paryāptamathavā suvarṇamapi dāpayet |
vyākhyāturguruvākyasya sarvakalmaṣanāśanaḥ || 83 ||
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arthodharmmaśca kāmaśca mokṣaśca nṛpasattama |
vyākhyāśravaṇataḥ sarve siddhayaṃti ca subuddhayaḥ || 84 ||
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brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ sarveṣāmapi nāśanam |
ekena śravaṇenāsya kiṃ narairna śrutaṃ bhuvi || 85 ||
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yānavasusuvarṇādyairnityamenaṃ prapūjayet |
vyākhyātāraṃ yataḥ pāpasaṃdohasya vināśanam || 86 ||
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anyānyapi purāṇāni muniproktāni tānyapi |
śrotṝṇāṃ pāpanāśāya vaktuścāpi viśeṣataḥ || 87 ||
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yaśca sarvapurāṇāni ṣaṭtriṃśattu prakīrtayet |
śṛṇoti vā na tasyāsti cittacchedaḥ kadācana || 88 ||
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brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ dvitīyaṃ pādmamucyate |
tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ caiva caturthaṃ śaivamucyate || 89 ||
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atha bhāgavataṃ proktaṃ paṃcamaṃ ṣaṣṭhamucyate |
bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca saptamaṃ parikīrtitam || 90 ||
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mārkaṃḍeyamiti proktamaṣṭamaṃ navamaṃ tathā |
āgneyaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ daśamaṃ parikīrtitam || 91 ||
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laiṃgaṃ ca vāmanaṃ caiva skāṃdaṃ mātsyamathaiva ca |
kaurmaṃ vārāhamuditaṃ gāruḍaṃ vātha kīrtitam || 92 ||
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brahmāṃḍamityaṣṭādaśapurāṇāni vidurbudhāḥ |
tathā copapurāṇāni kathayiṣyāmyataḥ param || 93 ||
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ādyaṃ sanatkumārākhyaṃ nārasiṃhamataḥ param |
tṛtīyamāṃḍamuddiṣṭaṃ daurvāsasamathaiva ca || 94 ||
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nāradīyamathānyaṃ ca kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ tathā |
tadvadauśanasa proktaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ ca tataḥ param || 95 ||
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vāruṇaṃ kālikāhvānaṃ māheśaṃ sāṃbameva ca |
sauraṃ pārāśaraṃ caiva mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam || 96 ||
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kaumāraṃ ca purāṇāni kīrtitānyaṣṭa vai daśa |
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vyākartā tu bhavenmanuḥ || 97 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde purāṇamāhātmyakathanaṃ |
nāma paṃcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 115 ||
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