Chapter 23

[English text for this chapter is available]

brahmovāca |
evaṃ kṛtvā vihāraṃ vai śaṃkareṇa ca sā satī |
saṃtuṣṭā sābhavaccāti virāgā samajāyata || 1 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekasmindivase devī satī rahasi saṃgatā |
śivaṃ praṇamya sadbhaktyā nyasyoccaiḥ sukṛtāṃjaliḥ || 2 ||
[Analyze grammar]

suprasannaṃ prabhuṃ natvā sā dakṣatanayā satī |
uvāca sāṃjalirbhaktyā vinayāvanatā tataḥ || 3 ||
[Analyze grammar]

satyuvāca |
devadeva mahādeva karuṇā sāgara prabho |
dīnoddhara mahāyogin kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari || 4 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tvaṃ paraḥ puruṣassvāmī rajassattvatamaḥ paraḥ |
nirguṇassaguṇassākṣī nirvikārī mahāprabhuḥ || 5 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dhanyāhaṃ te priyā jātā kāminī suvihāriṇī |
jātastvaṃ me patissvāminbhaktivātsalyato hara || 6 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kṛto bahusamā nātha vihāraḥ paramastvayā |
saṃtuṣṭāhaṃ maheśāna nivṛttaṃ me manastataḥ || 7 ||
[Analyze grammar]

jñātumicchāmi deveśa paraṃ tattvaṃ sukhāvaham |
yaṃ na saṃsāraduḥkhādvai tarejjīvoṃjasā hara || 8 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yatkṛtvā viṣayī jīvassa labhetparamaṃ padam |
saṃsārī na bhavennātha tattvaṃ vada kṛpāṃ kuru || 9 ||
[Analyze grammar]

brahmovāca |
ityapṛcchatsma sadbhaktyā śaṃkaraṃ sā satī mune |
ādiśaktirmaheśānī jīvoddhārāya kevalam || 10 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ākarṇya tacchivaḥ svāmī svecchayopāttavigrahaḥ |
avocatparamaprītassatīṃ yogaviraktadhīḥ || 11 ||
[Analyze grammar]

|| śiva uvāca |
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dākṣāyaṇi maheśvari |
paraṃ tattvaṃ tadevānuśayī mukto bhavedyataḥ || 12 ||
[Analyze grammar]

paratattvaṃ vijānīhi vijñānaṃ parameśvarī |
dvitīyaṃ smaraṇaṃ yatra nāhaṃ brahmeti śuddhadhīḥ || 13 ||
[Analyze grammar]

taddurlabhaṃ trilokesmiṃstajjñātā viralaḥ priye |
yādṛśo yassadāsohaṃ brahmasākṣātparātparaḥ || 14 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tanmātā mama bhaktiśca bhuktimuktiphalapradā |
sulabhā matprasādāddhi navadhā sā prakīrtitā || 15 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktau jñāne na bhedo hi tatkartussarvadā sukham |
vijñānaṃ na bhavatyeva sati bhaktivirodhinaḥ || 16 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktyā hīnassadāhaṃ vai tatprabhāvādgṛheṣvapi |
nīcānāṃ jātihīnānāṃ yāmi devi na saṃśayaḥ || 17 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sā bhaktirdvividhā devi saguṇā nirguṇā matā |
vaidhī svābhāvikī yā yā varā sā tvavarā smṛtā || 18 ||
[Analyze grammar]

naiṣṭhikyā naiṣṭhikī bhedāddvividhe dvividhe hi te |
ṣaḍvidhā naiṣṭhikī jñeyā dvitīyaikavidhā smṛtā || 19 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vihitāvihitābhedāttāmanekāṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
tayorbahuvidhatvācca tattvaṃ tvanyatra varṇitam || 20 ||
[Analyze grammar]

te navāṃge ubhe jñeye varṇite munibhiḥ priye |
varṇayāmi navāṃgāni premataḥ śṛṇu dakṣaje || 21 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ caiva smaraṇaṃ sevanaṃ tathā |
dāsyaṃ tathārcanaṃ devi vaṃdanaṃ mama sarvadā || 22 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sakhyamātmārpaṇaṃ ceti navāṃgāni vidurbudhāḥ |
upāṃgāni śive tasyā bahūni kathitāni vai || 23 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śṛṇu devi navāṃgānāṃ lakṣaṇāni pṛthakpṛthak |
mama bhaktermano dattvā bhakti muktipradāni hi || 24 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kathādernityasammānaṃ kurvandehādibhirmudā |
sthirāsanena tatpānaṃ yattacchravaṇamucyate || 25 ||
[Analyze grammar]

hṛdākāśena saṃpaśyañ janmakarmāṇi vai mama |
prītyācoccāraṇaṃ teṣāmetatkīrtanamucyate || 26 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vyāpakaṃ devi māṃ dṛṣṭvā nityaṃ sarvatra sarvadā |
nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam || 27 ||
[Analyze grammar]

aruṇodayamārabhya sevākāleṃcitā hṛdā |
nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam || 28 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sadā sevyānukūlyena sevanaṃ taddhi gogaṇaiḥ |
hṛdayāmṛtabhogena priyaṃ dāsyamudāhṛtam || 29 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sadā bhṛtyānukūlyena vidhinā me parātmane |
arpaṇaṃ ṣoḍaśānāṃ vai pādyādīnāṃ tadarcanam || 30 ||
[Analyze grammar]

maṃtroccāraṇadhyānābhyāṃ manasā vacasā kramāt |
yadaṣṭāṃgena bhūsparśaṃ tadvai vaṃdanamucyate || 31 ||
[Analyze grammar]

maṃgalāmaṃgalaṃ yadyatkarotītīśvaro hi me |
sarvaṃ tanmaṃgalāyeti viśvāsaḥ sakhyalakṣaṇam || 32 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kṛtvā dehādikaṃ tasya prītyai sarvaṃ tadarpaṇam |
nirvāhāya ca śūnyatvaṃ yattadātmasamarpaṇam || 33 ||
[Analyze grammar]

navāṃgānīti madbhakterbhuktimuktipradāni ca |
mama priyāṇi cātīva jñānotpattikarāṇi ca || 34 ||
[Analyze grammar]

upāṃgāni ca madbhakterbahūni kathitāni vai |
bilvādisevanādīni samū hyāni vicārataḥ || 35 ||
[Analyze grammar]

itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye |
jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate || 36 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sarvakarmaphalotpattissarvadā tvatsamapriyā |
yaccitte sā sthitā nityaṃ sarvadā soti matpriyaḥ || 37 ||
[Analyze grammar]

trailokye bhaktisadṛśaḥ paṃthā nāsti sukhāvahaḥ |
caturyugeṣu deveśi kalau tu suviśeṣataḥ || 38 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kalau tu jñānavairāgo vṛddharūpau nirutsavau |
grāhakābhāvato devi jātau jarjara tāmati || 39 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kalau pratyakṣaphaladā bhaktissarvayugeṣvapi |
tatprabhāvādahaṃ nityaṃ tadvaśo nātra saṃśayaḥ || 40 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yo bhaktimānpumāṃlloke sadāhaṃ tatsahāyakṛt |
vighnahartā ripustasya daṃḍyo nātra ca saṃśayaḥ || 41 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi kālaṃ krodhapariplutaḥ |
adahaṃ vahninā netrabhavena nijarakṣakaḥ || 42 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi ravyuparyabhavaṃ kila |
atikrodhānvitaḥ śūlaṃ gṛhītvā'nvajayaṃ purā || 43 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ krudhā |
tyajati sma kṛto naiva pakṣapāto hi tasya vai || 44 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi vyāsaṃ hi kumatigraham |
kāśyā nyasārayat krodhāddaṇḍayitvā ca naṃdinā || 45 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kiṃ bahūktena deveśi bhaktyādhīnassadā hyaham |
tatkartuṃ puruṣasyātivaśago nātra saṃśayaḥ || 46 ||
[Analyze grammar]

brahmovāca |
itthamākarṇya bhaktestu mahattvaṃ dakṣajā satī |
jaharṣātīva manasi praṇanāma śivaṃ mudā || 47 ||
[Analyze grammar]

punaḥ papraccha sadbhaktyā tatkāṇḍaviṣayaṃ mune |
śāstraṃ sukhakaraṃ loke jīvoddhāraparāyaṇam || 48 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sayaṃtramaṃtraśāstraṃ ca tanmāhātmyaṃ viśeṣataḥ |
anyāni dharmavastūni jīvoddhārakarāṇi hi || 49 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śaṃkaropi tadākarṇya satīṃ praśnaṃ prahṛṣṭadhīḥ |
varṇayāmāsa suprītyā jīvoddhārāya kṛtsnaśaḥ || 50 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tatra śāstraṃ sayaṃtraṃ hi sapaṃcāṅgaṃ maheśvaraḥ |
babhāṣe mahimānaṃ ca tattaddaivavarasya vai || 51 ||
[Analyze grammar]

setihāsakathaṃ teṣāṃ bhaktamāhātmyameva ca |
savarṇāśramadharmāṃśca nṛpadharmān munīśvara || 52 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sutastrīdharmamāhātmyaṃ varṇāśramamanaśvaram |
vaidyaśāstraṃ tathā jyotiśśāstraṃ jīvasukhāvaham || 53 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sāmudrikaṃ paraṃ śāstramanyacchāstrāṇi bhūriśaḥ |
kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mahe śāno varṇayāmāsa tattvataḥ || 54 ||
[Analyze grammar]

itthaṃ trilokasukhadau sarvajñau ca satīśivau |
lokopakārakaraṇadhṛtasadguṇavigrahau || 55 ||
[Analyze grammar]

cikrīḍāte bahuvidhe kailāse himavadgirau |
anyasthaleṣu ca tadā parabrahmasvarūpiṇau || 56 ||
[Analyze grammar]

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṇḍe bhaktiprabhāvavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 23 ||
[Analyze grammar]