Chapter 18

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nārada uvāca |
rudrapārśve tvayi gate kimabhūccaritaṃ tataḥ |
kā vārtā hyabhavattāta kiṃ cakāra haraḥ svayam || 1 ||
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brahmovāca |
athāhaṃ śivamānetuṃ prasannaḥ parameśvaram |
āsadaṃ hi mahādevaṃ himavadgirisaṃsthitam || 2 ||
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māṃ vīkṣya lokasraṣṭāramāyāṃtaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ |
manasā saṃśayaṃ cakre satīprāptau muhurmuhuḥ || 3 ||
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atha prītyā haro loka gatimāśritya līlayā |
satyā bhaktyā ca māṃ kṣipramuvāca prākṛto yathā || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
kimakārṣītsurajyeṣṭha satyarthe tvatsutassa mām |
kathayasva yathā svāṃtaṃ na dīrye manmathena hi || 5 ||
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dhāvamāno viprayogo māmeva ca satīṃ prati |
abhihaṃti surajyeṣṭha tyaktvānyāṃ prāṇadhāriṇīm || 6 ||
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satīti satataṃ brahman vada kāryaṃ karomyaham |
abhedānmama sā prāpyā tadvidhe kriyatāṃ tathā || 7 ||
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brahmovāca |
iti rudroktavacanaṃ lokācārasugarbhitam |
śrutvāhaṃ nāradamune sāṃtvayannagadaṃ śivam || 8 ||
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brahmovāca |
satyarthaṃ yanmama suto vadati sma vṛṣadhvaja |
tacchraṇuṣva nijāsādhya siddhamityavadhāraya || 9 ||
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deyā tasmai mayā putrī tadarthaṃ parikalpitā |
mamābhīṣṭamidaṃ kāryaṃ tvadvākyādadhikaṃ punaḥ || 10 ||
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matputryārādhitaśśaṃbhuretadarthaṃ svayaṃ punaḥ |
sopyanviṣyati māṃ yasmāttadā deyā mayā hare || 11 ||
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śubhe lagna sumuhūrte samāgacchatu soṃtikam |
tadā dāsyāmi tanayāṃ bhikṣārthaṃ śaṃbhave vidhe || 12 ||
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ityuvāca sa māṃ dakṣastasmāttvaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja |
śubhe muhūrte tadveśma gaccha tāmānayasva ca || 13 ||
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brahmovāca |
iti śrutvā mama vaco laukikī gatimāśritaḥ |
uvāca vihasanrudro mune māṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ || 14 ||
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rudra uvāca |
gamiṣye bhavatā sārddhaṃ nāradena ca tadgṛham |
ahameva jagatsraṣṭastasmāttvaṃ nāradaṃ smara || 15 ||
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marīcyādīn svaputrāṃśca mānasānapi saṃsmara |
taiḥ sārddhaṃ dakṣanilayaṃ gamiṣye sagaṇo vidhe || 16 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityājñaptohamīśena lokācārapareṇa ha |
saṃsmaraṃ nāradaṃ tvāṃ ca marīcyadīnsutāṃstathā || 17 ||
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tatassamāgatāssarve mānasāstanayāstvayā |
mama smaraṇamātreṇa hṛṣṭāste drutamādarāt || 18 ||
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viṣṇussamāgatastūrṇaṃ smṛto rudreṇa śaivarāṭ |
sasvasainyaḥ kamalayā garuḍārūḍhaṃ eva ca || 19 ||
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adha caitrasite pakṣe nakṣatre bhagadaivate |
trayodaśyāṃ dine bhānau nigacchatsa maheśvaraḥ || 20 ||
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sarvaissuragaṇaissārddhaṃ brahmaviṣṇu purassaraiḥ |
tathā tairmunibhirgacchan sa babhau pathi śaṃkaraḥ || 21 ||
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mārge samutsavo jāto devādīnāṃ ca gacchatām |
tathā haragaṇānāṃ ca sānaṃdamanasāmati || 22 ||
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gajagovyāghrasarpāśca jaṭā caṃdrakalā tathā |
jagmuḥ sarve bhūṣaṇatvaṃ yathāyogyaṃ śivecchayā || 20 ||
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tataḥ kṣaṇena balinā balīvardena yoginā |
sa viṣṇupramukhaḥ prītyā prāpa dakṣālayaṃ haraḥ || 24 ||
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tato dakṣo vinītātmā saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ |
prayayau sanmukhaṃ tasya saṃyuktassakalairnijaiḥ || 25 ||
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sarve suragaṇāstatra svayaṃ dakṣeṇa satkṛtāḥ |
pārśve śreṣṭhaṃ ca munibhirupaviṣṭā yathākramam || 26 ||
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parivāryākhilāndevāngaṇāṃśca munibhiryathā |
dakṣassamānayāmāsa gṛhābhyaṃtarataśśivam || 27 ||
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atha dakṣaḥ prasannātmā svayaṃ sarveśvaraṃ haram |
samānarca vidhānena dattvāsanamanuttamam || 28 ||
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tato viṣṇuṃ ca māṃ viprānsurānsarvāngaṇāṃstathā |
pūjayāmāsa sadbhaktyā yathocitavidhānataḥ || 29 ||
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kṛtvā yathocitāṃ pūjāṃ teṣāṃ pūjyādibhistathā |
cakāra saṃvidaṃ dakṣo munibhirmānasaiḥ punaḥ || 30 ||
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tato māṃ pitaraṃ prāha dakṣaḥ prītyā hi matsutaḥ |
praṇipatya tvayā karma kāryaṃ vaivāhikaṃ vibho || 31 ||
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bāḍhamityahamapyuktvā prahṛṣṭaināṃtarātmanā |
samutthāya tato'kārṣaṃ tatkāryamakhilaṃ tathā || 32 ||
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tataśśubhe muhūrte hi lagne grahabalānvite |
satī nijasutāṃ dakṣo dadau harṣeṇa śaṃbhave || 33 ||
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udvāhavidhinā sopi pāṇiṃ jagrāha harṣitaḥ |
dākṣāyaṇyā varatanostadānīṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 34 ||
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ahaṃ haristvadādyā vai munayaśca surā gaṇāḥ |
nemussarve saṃstutibhi stoṣayāmāsurīśvaram || 35 ||
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samutsavo mahānāsīnnṛtyagānapurassaraḥ |
ānandaṃ paramaṃ jagmussarve munigaṇāḥ surāḥ || 36 ||
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kanyā dattvā kṛttārtho'bhūttadā dakṣo hi matsutaḥ |
śivāśivau prasannau ca nikhilaṃ maṃgalālayam || 37 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṃḍe kanyādānavarṇano nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||
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