Chapter 16

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|| brahmovāca |
atha te nirjarāssarve supraṇamya prajeśvaram |
tuṣṭuvuḥ parayā bhaktyā tārakeṇa prapīḍitāḥ || 1 ||
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ahaṃ śrutvāmaranutiṃ yathārthāṃ hṛdayaṃgamā |
suprasannataro bhūtvā pratyavocaṃ divaukasaḥ || 2 ||
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svāgataṃ svādhikārā vai nirvighnāḥ saṃti vastutaḥ |
kimarthamāgatā yūyamatra sarve vadaṃtu me || 3 ||
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iti śrutvā vaco me te natvā sarve divaukasaḥ |
māmūcurnatakā dīnāstārakeṇa prapīḍitāḥ || 4 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
lokeśa tārako daityo vareṇa tava darpita |
nirasyāsmānhaṭhātsthānānyagrahīnno balātsvayam || 5 ||
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bhavataḥ kimu na jñātaṃ duḥkhaṃ yannaḥ upasthitam |
tadduḥkhaṃ nāśaya kṣipraṃ vayaṃ te śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 6 ||
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aharniśaṃ bādhatesmānyatra tatrāsthitānsa vai |
palāyamānāḥ paśyāmo yatra tatrāpi tārakam || 7 ||
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tārakānnaśca yadduḥkhaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ sakaleśvara |
tena sarve vayaṃ tāta pīḍitā vikalā ati || 8 ||
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agniryamotha varuṇo nirṛtirvāyureva ca |
anye dikpatayaścāpi sarve yadvaśagāminaḥ || 9 ||
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sarve manuṣyadharmāṇassarveḥ parikarairyutāḥ |
sevaṃte taṃ mahādaityaṃ na svataṃtrāḥ kadācana || 10 ||
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evaṃ tenārditā devā vaśagāstasya sarvadā |
tadicchākāryyaniratāssarve tasyānujīvinaḥ || 11 ||
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yāvatyo vanitāssarvā ye cāpyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
sarvāṃstānagrahīddaityastārako'sau mahābalī || 12 ||
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na yajñāssaṃpravartate na tapasyaṃti tāpasāḥ |
dānadharmādikaṃ kiṃcinna lokeṣu pravarttate || 13 ||
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tasya senāpatiḥ krauṃco mahāpāpyasti dānavaḥ |
sa pātālatalaṃ gatvā bādhate tvaniśaṃ prajāḥ || 14 ||
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tena nastārakeṇedaṃ sakalaṃ bhuvanatrayam |
hṛtaṃ haṭhājjagaddhātaḥ pāpenākaruṇātmanā || 15 ||
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vayaṃ ca tatra yāsyāmo yatsthānaṃ tvaṃ vinirdiśeḥ |
svasthāstadvāritāstena lokanāthasurāriṇā || 15 ||
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tvaṃ no gatiśca śāstā ca dhātā trātā tvameva hi |
vayaṃ sarve tārakākhyavahnau dagdhāssuvihvalāḥ || 17 ||
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tena krūrā upāya naḥ sarve hatabalāḥ kṛtāḥ |
vikāre sāṃnipāte vā vīryavaṃtyauṣadhāni ca || 18 ||
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yatrāsmākaṃ jayāśā hi haricakre sudarśane |
utkuṃṭhitamabhūttasya kaṃṭhe puṣpamivārpitam || 19 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā nirjarāṇāmahaṃ mune |
pratyavocaṃ surānsarvāṃstatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ || 20 ||
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brahmovāca |
mamaiva vacasā daityastārakākhyassamedhitaḥ |
na mattastasya hananaṃ yujyate hi divaukasaḥ || 21 ||
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tato naiva vadho yogyo yato vṛddhimupāgataḥ |
viṣa vṛkṣo'pi saṃvardhya svayaṃ chettumasāṃpratam || 22 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ cākhilaṃ kāryaṃ kartuṃ yogyo hi śaṃkaraḥ |
kintu svayaṃ na śakto hi pratikartuṃ praco ditaḥ || 23 ||
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tārakākhyastu pāpena svayameṣyati saṃkṣayam |
yathā yūyaṃ saṃvidadhvamupadeśakarastvaham || 24 ||
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na mayā tārako vadhyo hariṇāpi hareṇa ca |
nānyenāpi surairvāpi madvarātsatyamucyate || 25 ||
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śivavīryyasamutpanno yadi syāttanayassurāḥ |
sa eva tārakākhyasya haṃtā daityasya nāparaḥ || 26 ||
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yamupāyamahaṃ vacmi taṃ kurudhvaṃ surottamāḥ |
mahādevaprasādena siddhimeṣyati sa dhuvam || 27 ||
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satī dākṣā yiṇī pūrvaṃ tyaktadehā tu yābhavat |
sotpannā menakāgarbhātsā kathā viditā hi vaḥ || 28 ||
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tasyā avaśyaṃ giriśaḥ kariṣyati kara graham |
tatkurudhvamupāyaṃ ca tathāpi tridivaukasaḥ || 29 ||
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tathā vidadhvaṃ sutarāṃ tasyāṃ tu pariyatnataḥ |
pārvatyāṃ menakājāyāṃ retaḥ pratinipātane || 30 ||
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tamūrddhvaretasaṃ śaṃbhuṃ saiva pracyutaretasam |
kartuṃ samarthā nānyāsti tathā kāpyabalā balāt || 31 ||
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sā sutā girirājasya sāṃprataṃ prauḍhayauvanā |
tapasyate himagirau nityaṃ saṃsevate haram || 32 ||
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vākyāddhimavataḥ kālīṃ svapiturhaṭhataśśivā |
sakhībhyāṃ sevate sārddhaṃ dhyānasthaṃ parameśvaram || 33 ||
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tāmagrato'rccamānāṃ vai trailokye varavarṇinīm |
dhyānasakto maheśo hi manasāpi na hīyate || 34 ||
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bhāryyāṃ samīheta yathā sa kālīṃ candraśekharaḥ |
tathā vidhadhvaṃ tridaśā na cirādeva yatnataḥ || 35 ||
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sthānaṃ gatvātha daityasya tamahaṃ tārakaṃ tataḥ |
nivārayiṣye kuhaṭhātsvasthānaṃ gacchatāmarāḥ || 36 ||
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ityuktvāhaṃ surānśīghraṃ tārakākhyāsurasya vai |
upasaṃgamya suprītyā samābhāṣyedamabravam || 37 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
tejosāramidaṃ svargaṃ rājyaṃ tvaṃ paripāsi naḥ |
yadarthaṃ sutapastaptaṃ vāñchasi tvaṃ tato'dhikam || 38 ||
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varaścāpyavaro datto na mayā svargarājyatā |
tasmātsvargaṃ parityajya kṣitau rājyaṃ samācara || 39 ||
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devayogyāni tatraiva kāryyāṇi nikhilānyapi |
bhaviṣyatyarasuraśreṣṭha nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā || 40 ||
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ityuktvāhaṃ ca saṃbodhyāsuraṃ taṃ sakaleśvaraḥ |
smṛtvā śivaṃ ca saśivaṃ tatrāṃtardhānamāgataḥ ||4 || || 1 ||
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tārako'pi parityajya svargaṃ kṣitimathābhyagāt |
śoṇitākhya pure sthitvā sarvarājyaṃ cakāra saḥ || 42 ||
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devāssarve'pi tacchutvā madvākyaṃ supraṇamya mām |
śakrasthānaṃ yayuḥ prītyā śakreṇa susa māhitāḥ || 43 ||
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tatra gatvā militvā ca vicāryya ca parasparam |
te sarve marutaḥ prītyā maghavaṃtaṃ vaco'bruvan || 44 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
śambhoryyathā śivāyāṃ vai rucijāyeta kāmataḥ |
maghavaṃste prakartavyaṃ brahmoktaṃ sarvameva tat || 45 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityevaṃ sarvavṛttāṃtaṃ vinivedya sureśvaram |
jagmuste sarvato devāḥ svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ mudānvitāḥ || 46 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍa devasāṃtvanavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 16 ||
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