Chapter 24

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|| devā ūcuḥ |
namo rudrāya devāya madanāṃtakarāya ca |
stutyāya bhūribhāsāya trinetrāya namonamaḥ || 1 ||
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śipiviṣṭāya bhīmāya bhīmākṣāya namonamaḥ |
mahādevāya prabhave triviṣṭapataye namaḥ || 2 ||
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tvaṃ nāthaḥ sarvalokānāṃ pitā mātā tvamīśvaraḥ |
śaṃbhurīśaśśaṃkarosi dayālustvaṃ viśeṣataḥ || 3 ||
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tvaṃ dhātā sarvajagatāṃ trātumarhasi naḥ prabho |
tvāṃ vinā kassamarthosti duḥkhanāśe maheśvara || 4 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ surāṇāṃ nandikeśvaraḥ |
kṛpayā parayā yukto vijñaptuṃ śaṃbhumārabhat || 5 ||
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|| naṃdikeśvara uvāca |
viṣṇvādayassuragaṇā munisiddhasaṃghāstvāṃ draṣṭumeva suravaryya viśeṣayaṃti |
kāryārthino'suravaraiḥ paribhartsya mānāssamyak parābhavapadaṃ paramaṃ prapannāḥ || 6 ||
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tasmāttvayā hi sarveśa trātavyā munayassurāḥ |
dīnabaṃdhurviśeṣeṇa tvamukto bhaktavatsalaḥ || 7 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
evaṃ dayāvatā śaṃbhurvijñapto naṃdinā bhṛśam |
śanaiśśanairuparamaddhyānādunmīlya cākṣiṇī || 8 ||
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īśo'thoparataśśaṃbhustadā paramakovidaḥ |
samādheḥ paramātmāsau surānsarvānuvāca ha || 9 ||
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śaṃbhuruvāca |
kasmādyūyaṃ samāyātā matsamīpaṃ sureśvaraḥ |
haribrahmādayassarve brūta kāraṇamāśu tat || 10 ||
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brahmovāca |
iti śrutvā vacaśśambhossarve devā mudā'nvitāḥ |
viṣṇorvilokayāmāsurmukhaṃ vijñaptihetave || 11 ||
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atha viṣṇurmahābhakto devānāṃ hitakārakaḥ |
madīritamuvācedaṃ surakāryaṃ mahattaram || 12 ||
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tārakeṇa kṛtaṃ śaṃbho devānāṃ paramādbhutam |
kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ devā vijñaptuṃ sarva āgatāḥ || 13 ||
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he śaṃbho tava putreṇaurasena hi bhaviṣyati |
nihatastārako daityo nānyathā mama bhāṣitam || 14 ||
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vicāryyetthaṃ mahādeva kṛpāṃ kuru namo'stu te |
devānsamuddhara svāmin kaṣṭāttārakanirmitāt || 15 ||
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tasmāttvayā girijā deva śaṃbho grahītavyā pāṇinā dakṣiṇena |
pāṇigraheṇaiva mahānubhāvāṃ dattāṃ girīṃdreṇa ca tāṃ kuruṣva || 16 ||
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viṣṇostadvacanaṃ śrutvā prasanno hyabravīcchivaḥ |
darśayan sadgatiṃ teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ yogatatparaḥ || 17 ||
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śiva uvāca |
yadā me svīkṛtā devī girijā sarvasuṃdarī |
tadā sarve sureṃdrāśca munayo ṛṣayastadā || 18 ||
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sakāmāśca bhaviṣyanti na kṣamāśca pare pathi |
jīvayiṣyati durgā sā pāṇigrahaṇatassmaram || 19 ||
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madano hi mayā dagdhassarveṣāṃ kāryyasiddhaye || |
brahmaṇo vacanādviṣṇo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 20 ||
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evaṃ vimṛśya manasā kāryākāryavyavasthitau |
sudhīḥ sarvaiśca deveṃdra haṭhaṃ no kartumarhasi || 21 ||
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dagdhe kāme mayā viṣṇo surakāryaṃ mahat kṛtam |
sarve tiṣṭhaṃtu niṣkāmā mayā saha suniścitam || 22 ||
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yathā'haṃ ca surāssarve tathā yūyamayatnataḥ |
tapaḥ paramasaṃyuktāḥ kariṣyadhvaṃ suduṣkaram || 23 ||
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yūyaṃ samādhinā tena madanena vinā surāḥ |
paramānaṃdasaṃyuktā nirvikārā bhavaṃtu vai || 24 ||
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purāvṛttaṃ smarakṛtaṃ vismṛtaṃ yadvidhe hare |
mahendra munayo devā yattatsarvaṃ vimṛśyatām || 25 ||
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mahādhanurdhareṇaiva madanena haṭhātsurāḥ |
sarveṣāṃ dhyānavidhvaṃsaḥ kṛtastena purāpurā || 26 ||
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kāmo hi narakāyaiva tasmāt krodhobhijāyate |
krodhādbhavati saṃmoho mohācca bhraṃśate tapaḥ || 27 ||
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kāmakrodhau parityājyau bhavadbhissurasattamaiḥ |
sarvaireva ca maṃtavyaṃ madvākyaṃ nānyathā kvacit || 28 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
evaṃ viśrāvya bhagavān mahādevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ |
surān pravācayāmāsa vidhiviṣṇū tathā munīm || 29 ||
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tūṣṇīṃbhūto'bhavacchaṃbhurdhyānamāśritya vai punaḥ |
āste purā yathā sthāṇurgaṇaiśca parivāritaḥ || 30 ||
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svātmānamātmanā śaṃbhurātmanyeva vyaciṃtayat |
niraṃjanaṃ nirābhāsaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirāmayam || 31 ||
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parātparataraṃ nityaṃ nirmamaṃ niravagraham |
śabdātītaṃ nirguṇaṃ ca jñānagamyaṃ parātparam || 32 ||
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evaṃ svarūpaṃ paramaṃ ciṃtayan dhyānamāsthitaḥ |
paramānaṃdasaṃmagno babhūva bahusūtikṛt || 33 ||
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dhyānasthitaṃ ca sarveśaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve divaukasaḥ |
hari śakrādayassarve naṃdinaṃ procurānatāḥ || 34 ||
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|| devā ūcuḥ |
kiṃ vayaṃ karavāmādya virakto dhyānamāsthitaḥ |
śaṃbhustvaṃ śaṃkara sakhassarvajñaḥ śucisevakaḥ || 35 ||
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kenopāyena giriśaḥ prasannaḥ syādgaṇādhipa |
tadupāyaṃ samācakṣva vayaṃ tvaccharaṇaṃ gatāḥ || 36 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
iti vijñāpito devairmune harṣādibhistadā |
pratyuvāca surāṃstānsa naṃdī śaṃbhupriyo gaṇaḥ || 37 ||
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naṃdīśvara uvāca |
he hare he vidhe śakranirjarā munayastathā |
śṛṇudhvaṃ vacanaṃ me hi śivasaṃtoṣakārakam || 38 ||
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yadi vo haṭha evādya śiva dāraparigrahe |
atidīnatayā sarve sunutiṃ kurutādarāt || 39 ||
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bhaktervaśyo mahādevo na sādhāraṇatasturāḥ |
akāryamapi sadbhaktyā karoti parameśvaraḥ || 40 ||
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evaṃ kuruta sarve hi vidhiviṣṇumukhāḥ surāḥ |
yathāgatena mārgeṇānyathā gacchata mā ciram || 41 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityākarṇya vacastasya mune viṣṇvādayassurāḥ |
tatheti mattvā suprītyā śaṃkaraṃ tuṣṭuvurhi te || 42 ||
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devadeva mahādeva karuṇāsāgara prabho |
samuddhara mahākleśāttrāhi naśśaraṇāgatān || 43 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityevaṃ bahudīnoktyā tuṣṭuvuśśaṃkaraṃ surāḥ |
rurudussusvaraṃ sarve premavyākulamānasaḥ || 45 ||
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harirmayā sudīnoktyā suvijñaptaṃ cakāra ha |
saṃsmaranmanasā śaṃbhuṃ bhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ || 45 ||
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brahmovāca |
surairevaṃ stutaśśaṃbhurhariṇā ca mayā bhṛśam |
bhaktavātsalyato dhyānādviratobhūnmaheśvaraḥ || 46 ||
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uvāca suprasannātmā haryādīnharṣayanharaḥ |
vilokya karuṇādṛṣṭyā śaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ || 47 ||
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śaṃkara uvāca |
he hare he vidhe devāśśakrādyā yugapatsame |
kimarthamāgatā yūyaṃ satyaṃ brūta mamāgrataḥ || 48 ||
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hariruvāca |
sarvajñastvaṃ maheśāna tvaṃtaryāmyakhileśvaraḥ |
kiṃ na jānāsi cittasthaṃ tathā vacmyapi śāsanāt || 49 ||
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tārakāsurato duḥkhaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ vividhaṃ mṛḍa |
sarveṣāṃ nastadarthaṃ hi prasanno'kāri vai suraiḥ || 50 ||
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śivā sā janitā śailāttvadarthaṃ hi himālayāt |
tasyāṃ tvadudbhavātputrāttasya mṛtyurna cānyathā || 51 ||
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iti datto brahmaṇā hi tasmai daityāya yadvaraḥ |
tadanyasmādamṛtyussa bādhate nikhilaṃ jagat || 52 ||
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nāradasya nirdeśātsā karoti kaṭhinaṃ tapaḥ |
tattejasākhilaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || 53 ||
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varaṃ dātuṃ śivāyai hi gaccha tvaṃ parameśvara |
devaduḥkhaṃ jahi svāminnasmākaṃ sukhamāvaha || 54 ||
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devānāṃ me mahotsāho hṛdaye cāsti śaṃkara |
vivāhaṃ tava saṃdraṣṭuṃ tattvaṃ kuru yathocitam || 55 ||
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ratyai yadbhavatā datto varastasya parātpara |
prāpto'vasara evāśu saphalaṃ svapaṇaṃ kuru || 56 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityuktvā taṃ praṇamyaiva viṣṇurdevā maharṣayaḥ |
saṃstūya vividhaistotraissaṃtasthustatpuro'khilāḥ || 57 ||
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bhaktādhīnaḥ śaṃkaro'pi śrutvā devavacastadā |
vihasya pratyuvācāśu vedamaryādarakṣakaḥ || 58 ||
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|| śaṃkara uvāca |
he hare he vidhe devāśśṛṇutādarato'khilāḥ |
yathocitamahaṃ vacmi saviśeṣaṃ vivekataḥ || 59 ||
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nocitaṃ hi vidhānaṃ vai vivāhakaraṇaṃ nṛṇām |
mahānigaḍasaṃjño hi vivāho dṛḍhabandhanaḥ || 60 ||
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kusaṃgā bahavo loke strīsaṃgastatra cādhikaḥ |
uddharetsakalabaṃdhairna strīsaṃgātpramucyate || 61 ||
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lohadārumayaiḥ pāśairdṛḍhaṃ baddho'pi mucyate |
stryādipāśasusaṃbaddho mucyate na kadācana || 62 ||
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varddhaṃte viṣayāśśaśvanmahābaṃdhanakāriṇaḥ |
viṣayākrāṃtamanasassvapne mokṣo'pi durlabhaḥ || 63 ||
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sukhamicchatu cetprājño vidhivadviṣayāṃstyajet |
viṣavadviṣayānāhurviṣayairyairnihanyate || 64 ||
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jano viṣayiṇā sākaṃ vārtātaḥ patati kṣaṇāt |
viṣayaṃ prāhurācāryāssitāliteṃdravāruṇīm || 65 ||
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yadyapyevaṃ hi jānāmi sarvaṃ jñānaṃ viśeṣataḥ |
tathāpyahaṃ kariṣyāmi prārthanāṃ saphalāṃ ca vaḥ || 66 ||
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bhaktādhīno'hamevāsmi tadvaśātsarvakārya kṛt |
ayathocitakartā hi prasiddho bhuvanatraye || 67 ||
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kāmarūpādhipasyaiva paṇaśca saphalaḥ kṛtaḥ |
sudakṣiṇasya bhūpasya bhaimabaṃdhagatasya hi || 68 ||
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gautamakleśakartāhaṃ tryaṃbakātmā sukhāvahaḥ |
tatkaṣṭapradaduṣṭānāṃ śāpadāyī viśeṣataḥ || 69 ||
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viṣaṃ pītaṃ surārthaṃ hi bhaktavatsalabhāvadhṛk |
devakaṣṭaṃ hṛtaṃ yatnātsarvadaiva mayā surāḥ || 70 ||
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bhaktārthamasahaṃ kaṣṭaṃ bahuśo bahuyatnataḥ |
viśvānara munerduḥkhaṃ hṛtaṃ gṛhapatirbhavan || 71 ||
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kiṃ bahūktena ca hare vidhe satyaṃ bravīmyaham |
matpaṇo'stīti yūyaṃ vai sarve jānītha tattvataḥ || 72 ||
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yadā yadā vipattirhi bhaktānāṃ bhavati kvacit |
tadā tadā haramyāśu tatkṣaṇātsarvaśassadā || 73 ||
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jāne'haṃ tārakādduḥkhaṃ sarveṣāṃ vassamutthitam |
asurā ttaddhariṣyāmi satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham || 74 ||
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nāsti yadyapi me kācidvihārakaraṇe ruciḥ |
vivāhayiṣye girijā putrotpādanahetave || 75 ||
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gacchata svagṛhāṇyeva nirbhayāssakalāḥ surāḥ |
kāryaṃ vassādhayiṣyāmi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 76 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
ityuktvā maunamāsthāya samādhistho'bhavaddharaḥ |
sarve viṣṇvādayo devāssvadhāmāni yayurmune || 77 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe pārvatīvivāhasvīkāro nāma caturviśo'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||
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