Chapter 12

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sūta uvāca |
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ prājñāḥ śivakṣetraṃ vimuktidam |
tadāgamāṃstato vakṣye lokarakṣārthameva hi || 1 ||
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paṃcāśatkoṭivistīrṇā saśailavanakānanā |
śivājñayā hi pṛthivī lokaṃ dhṛtvā ca tiṣṭhati || 2 ||
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tatra tatra śivakṣetraṃ tatra tatra nivāsinām |
mokṣārthaṃ kṛpayā devaḥ kṣetraṃ kalpitavānprabhuḥ || 3 ||
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parigrahādṛṣīṇāṃ ca devānāṃ parigrahāt |
svayaṃbhūtānyathānyāni lokarakṣārthameva hi || 4 ||
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tīrthe kṣetre sadākāryaṃ snānadānajapādikam |
anyathā rogadāridra ymūkatvādyāpnuyānnaraḥ || 5 ||
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athāsminbhārate varṣe prāpnoti maraṇaṃ naraḥ |
svayaṃbhūsthānavāsena punarmānuṣyamāpnuyāt || 6 ||
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kṣetre pāpasya karaṇaṃ dṛḍhaṃ bhavati bhūsurāḥ |
puṇyakṣetre nivāse hi pāpamaṇvapi nācaret || 7 ||
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yena kenāpyupāyena puṇyakṣetre vasennaraḥ |
siṃdhoḥ śatanadītīre saṃti kṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ || 8 ||
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sarasvatī nadī puṇyā proktā ṣaṣṭimukhā tathā |
tattattīre vasetprājñaḥ kramādbrahmapadaṃ labhet || 9 ||
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himavadgirijā gaṃgā puṇyā śatamukhā nadī |
tattīre caiva kāśyādipuṇyakṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ || 10 ||
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tatra tīraṃ praśastaṃ hi mṛge mṛgabṛhaspatau |
śoṇabhadro daśamukhaḥ puṇyobhīṣṭaphalapradaḥ || 11 ||
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tatra snānopavāsena padaṃ vaināyakaṃ labhet |
caturvīṃśamukhā puṇyā narmadā ca mahānadī || 12 ||
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tasyāṃ snānena vāsena padaṃ vaiṣṇavamāpnuyāt |
tamasā dvādaśamukhā revā daśamukhā nadī || 13 ||
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godāvarī mahāpuṇyā brahmagovadhanāśinī |
ekaviṃśamukhā proktā rudra lokapradāyinī || 14 ||
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kṛṣṇaveṇī puṇyanadī sarvapāpakṣayāvahā |
sāṣṭādaśamukhāproktā viṣṇulokapradāyinī || 15 ||
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tuṃgabhadrā daśamukhā brahmalokapradāyinī |
suvarṇamukharī puṇyā proktā navamukhā tathā || 16 ||
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tatraiva suprajāyaṃte brahmalokacyutāstathā |
sarasvatī ca paṃpā ca kanyāśvetanadī śubhā || 17 ||
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etāsāṃ tīravāsena iṃdra lokamavāpnuyāt |
sahyādri jā mahāpuṇyā kāverīti mahānadī || 18 ||
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saptaviṃśamukhā proktā sarvābhīṣṭaṃ pradāyinī |
tattīrāḥ svargadāścaiva brahmaviṣṇupadapradāḥ || 19 ||
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śivalokapradā śaivāstathā'bhīṣṭaphalapradāḥ |
naimiṣe badare snāyānmeṣage ca gurau ravau || 20 ||
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brahmalokapradaṃ vidyāttataḥ pūjādikaṃ tathā |
siṃdhunadyāṃ tathā snānaṃ siṃhe karkaṭage ravau || 21 ||
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kedārodakapānaṃ ca snānaṃ ca jñānadaṃ viduḥ |
godāvaryāṃ siṃhamāse snāyātsiṃhabṛhaspatau || 22 ||
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śivalokapradamiti śivenoktaṃ tathā purā |
yamunāśoṇayoḥ snāyādgurau kanyāgate ravau || 23 ||
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dharmaloke daṃtiloke mahābhogapradaṃ viduḥ |
kāveryāṃ ca tathāsnāyāttulāge tu ravau gurau || 24 ||
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viṣṇorvacanamāhātmyātsarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ viduḥ |
vṛścike māsi saṃprāpte tathārke guruvṛścike || 25 ||
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narmadāyāṃ nadīsnānādviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt |
suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ cāpage ca gurau ravau || 26 ||
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śivalokapradamiti brāhmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā |
mṛgamāsi tathā snāyājjāhnavyāṃ mṛgage gurau || 27 ||
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śivalokapradamiti brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā |
brahmaviṣṇvoḥ pade bhuktvā tadaṃte jñānamāpnuyāt || 28 ||
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gaṃgāyāṃ māghamāse tu tathākuṃbhagate ravau |
śrāddhaṃ vā piṃḍadānaṃ vā tilodakamathāpivā || 29 ||
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vaṃśadvayapitṛṇāṃ ca kulakoṭyuddharaṃ viduḥ |
kṛṣṇaveṇyāṃ praśaṃsaṃti mīnage ca gurau ravau || 30 ||
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tattattīrthe ca tanmāsi snānamiṃdra padapradam |
gaṃgāṃ vā sahyajāṃ vāpi samāśritya vasedbudhaḥ || 31 ||
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tatkālakṛtapāpasya kṣayo bhavati niścitam |
rudra lokapradānyeva saṃti kṣetrāṇyanekaśaḥ || 32 ||
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tāmraparṇī vegavatī brahmalokaphalaprade |
tayostīre hi saṃtyeva kṣetrāṇi svargadāni ca || 33 ||
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saṃti kṣetrāṇi tanmadhye puṇyadāni ca bhūriśaḥ |
tatra tatra vasanprājñastādṛśaṃ ca phalaṃ labhet || 34 ||
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sadācāreṇa sadvṛttyā sadā bhāvanayāpi ca |
vaseddayāluḥ prājño vai nānyathā tatphalaṃ labhet || 35 ||
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puṇyakṣetre kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ bahudhā ṛddhimṛcchati |
puṇyakṣetre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mahadaṇvapi jāyate || 36 ||
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tatkālaṃ jīvanārthaścetpuṇyena kṣayameṣyati |
puṇyamaiśvaryadaṃ prāhuḥ kāyikaṃ vācikaṃ tathā || 37 ||
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mānasaṃ ca tathā pāpaṃ tādṛśaṃ nāśayeddvijāḥ |
mānasaṃ vajralepaṃ tu kalpakalpānugaṃ tathā || 38 ||
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dhyānādeva hi tannaśyennānyathā nāśamṛcchati |
vācikaṃ japajālena kāyikaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇāt || 39 ||
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dānāddhanakṛtaṃ naśyennā'nyathākalpakoṭibhiḥ |
kvacitpāpena puṇyaṃ ca vṛddhipūrveṇa naśyati || 40 ||
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bījāṃśaścaiva vṛddhyaṃśo bhogāṃśaḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ |
jñānanāśyo hi bījāṃśo vṛddhiruktaprakārataḥ || 41 ||
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bhogāṃśo bhoganāśyastu nānyathā puṇyakoṭibhiḥ |
bījaprarohe naṣṭe tu śeṣo bhogāya kalpate || 42 ||
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devānāṃ pūjayā caiva brahmaṇānāṃ ca dānataḥ |
tapodhikyācca kālena bhogaḥ sahyo bhavennṛṇām |
tasmātpāpamakṛtvaiva vastavyaṃ sukhamicchatā || 43 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
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