Chapter 54

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brahmovāca |
atha saptarṣayaste ca procurhimagirīśvaram |
kāraya svātmajā devyā yātrāmadyocitāṃ gire || 1 ||
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iti śrutvā girīśo hi buddhvā tadvirahamparam |
viṣaṇṇobhūnmahāpremṇā kiyatkālaṃ munīśvara || 2 ||
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kiyatkālena samprāpya cetanāṃ śailarāṭ tataḥ |
tathāstviti girāmuktvā menāṃ sandeśamabravīt || 3 ||
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śailasandeśamākarṇya harṣaśokavaśā mune |
menā saṃyāpayāmāsa karttumāsītsamudyatā || 4 ||
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śrutisvakulajācāraṃ cacāra vidhivanmune |
utsavamvividhantatra sā menā kṣitibhṛtpriyā || 5 ||
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girijāmbhūṣayāmāsa nānāratnāṃśukairvaraiḥ |
dvādaśābharaṇaiścaiva śṛṃgārairnṛpasammitaiḥ || 6 ||
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menāmanogambuddhvā sādhvyekā dvijakāminī |
girijāṃ śikṣayāmāsa pātivratyavratamparam || 7 ||
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|| dvijapatnyuvāca |
girije śṛṇu suprītyā madvaco dharmavarddhanam |
ihāmutrānandakaraṃ śṛṇvatāṃ ca sukhapradam || 8 ||
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dhanyā pativratā nārī nānyā pūjyā viśeṣataḥ |
pāvanī sarvalokānāṃ sarvapāpaughanāśinī || 9 ||
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sevate yā patimpremṇā parameśvaravacchive |
iha bhuktvākhilāmbhogāna nte patyā śivāṃ gatim || 10 ||
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pativratā ca sāvitrī lopāmudrā hyarundhatī |
śāṇḍilyā śatarūpānusūyā lakṣmīssvadhā satī || 11 ||
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saṃjñā ca sumatiśśraddhā menā svāhā tathaiva ca |
anyā bahvyo'pi sādhvyo hi noktā vistarajādbhayāt || 12 ||
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pātivratyavṛṣeṇaiva tā gatāssarvapūjyatām |
brahmaviṣṇuharaiścāpi mānyā jātā munīśvaraiḥ || 13 ||
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sevyastvayā patistasmātsarvadā śaṅkaraḥ prabhuḥ |
dīnānugrahakartā ca sarvasevyassatāṃ gatiḥ || 14 ||
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mahānpativratādharmmaśśrutismṛtiṣu noditaḥ |
yathaiṣa varṇyate śreṣṭho na tathānyo'sti niścitam || 15 ||
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bhuṃjyādbhukte priye patyau pātivratyaparāyaṇā |
tiṣṭhettasmiṃñchive nārī sarvathā sati tiṣṭhati || 16 ||
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svapyātsvapiti sā nityaṃ budhyettu prathamaṃ sudhīḥ |
sarvadā taddhitaṃ kuryādakaitavagatiḥ priyā || 17 ||
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analaṃkṛtamātmānandarśayenna kvacicchive |
kāryārthamproṣite tasminbhavenmaṇḍanavarjitā || 18 ||
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patyurnāma na gṛhṇīyāt kadācana pativratā |
ākruṣṭāpi na cākrośetprasīdettāḍitāpi ca |
hanyatāmiti ca brūyātsvāminniti kṛpāṃ kuru || 19 ||
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āhūtā gṛha kāryāṇi tyaktvā gacchettadantikam |
satvaraṃ sāñjaliḥ prītyāṃ supraṇamya vadediti || 20 ||
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kimarthaṃ vyāhṛtā nātha sa prasādo vidhīyatām |
tadādiṣṭā caretkarma suprasannena cetasā || 21 ||
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cirantiṣṭhenna ca dvāre gacchennaiva parālaye |
ādāya tattvaṃ yatkiṃcitkasmai cinnārpayetkvacit || 22 ||
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pūjopakaraṇaṃ sarvamanuktā sādhayetsvayam |
pratīkṣamāṇāvasaraṃ yathākālocitaṃ hitam || 23 ||
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na gacchettīrthayātrāṃ vai patyājñāṃ na vinā kvacit |
dūrato varjayetsā hi samājotsavadarśanam || 24 ||
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tīrthārthinī tu yā nārī patipādodakampibet |
tasminsarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi ca na saṃśayaḥ || 25 ||
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bhuṃjyātsā bharturucchiṣṭamiṣṭamannādikaṃ ca yat |
mahāprasāda ityuktvā patidattampativratā || 26 ||
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avibhajya na cāśnīyāddeva pitratithiṣvapi |
paricārakavargeṣu goṣu bhikṣukuleṣu ca || 27 ||
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saṃyatopaskarā dakṣā hṛṣṭā vyayaparāṅmukhī |
bhavetsā sarvadā devī pativrataparāyaṇā || 28 ||
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kuryātpatyananujñātā nopavāsavratādikam |
anyathā tatphalaṃ nāsti paratra narakamvrajet || 29 ||
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sukhapūrvaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā |
āntareṣvapi kāryeṣu patiṃ notthāpayetkvacit || 30 ||
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klībamvā duravasthamvā vyādhitaṃ vṛddhameva ca |
sukhitaṃ duḥkhitaṃ vāpi patimekaṃ na laṃghayet || 31 ||
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strīdharmiṇī trirātraṃ ca svamukhaṃ naiva darśayet |
svavākyaṃ śrāvayennāpi yāvatsnānānna śudhyati || 32 ||
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susnātā bhartṛvadanamīkṣetānyasya na kvacit |
athavā manasi dhyātvā patimbhānumvilokayeta || 33 ||
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haridrākuṅkumaṃ caiva sindūraṃ kajjalādikam |
kūrpāsakañca tāmbūlaṃ māṃgalyābharaṇādikam || 34 ||
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keśasaṃskārakabarīkarakarṇādibhūṣaṇam |
bharturāyuṣyamicchantī dūrayenna pativratā || 35 ||
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na rajakyā na bandhakyā tathā śravaṇayā na ca |
na ca durbhagayā kvāpi sakhitvaṃ kārayetkvacit || 36 ||
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patividveṣiṇīṃ nārīṃ na sā saṃbhāṣayetkvacit |
naikākinī kvacittiṣṭhennagnā snāyānna ca kvacit || 37 ||
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nolūkhale na musale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi |
na yaṃtrake na dehalyāṃ satī ca pravasetkvacit || 38 ||
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vinā vyavāyasamayaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ nācaretkvacit |
yatrayatra rucirbhartustatra premavatī bhavet || 39 ||
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hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭe viṣaṇṇā syādviṣaṇṇāsye priye priyā |
pativratā bhaveddevī sadā patihitaiṣiṇī || 40 ||
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ekarūpā bhavetpuṇyā saṃpatsu ca vipatsu ca |
vikṛtiṃ svātmanaḥ kvāpi na kuryāddhairyyadhāriṇī || 41 ||
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sarpirlavaṇatailādikṣayepi ca pativratā |
patiṃ nāstīti na brūyādāyāseṣu na yojayet || 42 ||
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vidherviṣṇorharādvāpi patirekodhiko mataḥ |
pativratāyā deveśi svapatiśśiva eva ca || 43 ||
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vratopavāsaniyamampatimullaṃghya yā caret |
āyuṣyaṃ harate bharturmṛtā nirayamṛcchati || 44 ||
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uktā pratyuttarandadyādyā nārī krodhatatparā |
saramā jāyate grāme śṛgālī nirjane vane || 45 ||
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uccāsanaṃ na seveta na vrajedduṣṭasannidhau |
na ca kātaravākyāni vadennārī patiṃ kvacit || 46 ||
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apavādaṃ na ca brūyātkalahaṃ dūratastyajet |
gurūṇāṃ sannidhau kvāpi noccairbrūyānna vai haset || 47 ||
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bāhyādāyāntamālokya tvaritānnajalāśanaiḥ |
tāmbūlairvasanaiścāpi pādasamvāhanādibhiḥ || 48 ||
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tathaiva cāṭuvacanaiḥ svedasannodanaiḥ paraiḥ |
yā priyaṃ prīṇayetprītā trilokī prīṇatā tayā || 49 ||
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mitandadāti janako mitaṃ bhrātā mitaṃ sutaḥ |
amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartārampūjayetsadā || 50 ||
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bhartā devo gururbhartā dharmatīrthavratāni ca |
tasmātsarvamparityajya patimekaṃ samarcayet || 51 ||
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yā bhartāramparityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ |
ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣa koṭaraśāyinī || 52 ||
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tāḍitā tāḍituṃ cecchetsā vyāghrī vṛṣadaṃśikā |
kaṭākṣayati yānyamvai kekarākṣī tu sā bhavet || 53 ||
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yā bhartāramparityajya miṣṭamaśnāti kevalam |
grāme vā sūkarī bhūyādvalgurvāpi svaviḍbhujā || 54 ||
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yā tukṛtya priyambrūyānmūkā sā jāyate khalu |
yā sapatnī saderṣyeta durbhagā sā punaḥ punaḥ || 55 ||
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dṛṣṭimvilupya bhartturyā kaścidanyaṃ samīkṣate |
kāṇā ca vimukhī cāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate || 56 ||
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jīvahīno yathā dehaḥ kṣaṇādaśucitāmvrajet |
bhartṛhīnā tathā yoṣitsusnātāpyaśucissadā || 57 ||
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sā dhanyā jananī loke sa dhanyo janakaḥ pitā |
dhanyassa ca patiryasya gṛhe devī pativratā || 58 ||
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pitṛvaṃśyāḥ mātṛvaṃśyāḥ pativaṃśyāstrayastrayaḥ |
pativratāyāḥ puṇyena svarge saukhyāni bhuṃjate || 59 ||
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śīlabhaṅgena durvṛttāḥ pātayanti kulatrayam |
piturmātustathā patyurihāmutrāpi duḥkhitāḥ || 60 ||
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pativratāyāścaraṇo yatra yatra spṛśedbhuvam |
tatra tatra bhavetsā hi pāpahantrī supāvanī || 61 ||
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vibhuḥ pativratāsparśaṃ kurute bhānumānapi |
somo gandhavahaścāpi svapāvitryāya nānyathā || 62 ||
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āpaḥ pativratāsparśamabhilaṣyanti sarvadā |
adya jāḍyavināśo no jātastvadyānyapāvanāḥ || 63 ||
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bhāryā mūlaṃ gṛhasthāsya bhāryā mūlaṃ sukhasya ca |
bhāryā dharmaphalāvāptyai bhāryā santānavṛddhaye || 64 ||
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gṛhe gṛhe na kiṃ nāryyo rūpalāvaṇyagarvitāḥ |
paramviśveśabhaktyaiva labhyate strī pativratā || 65 ||
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paralokastvayaṃ loko jīyate bhārya yā dvayam |
devapitratithījyādi nābhāryaḥ karma cārhati || 66 ||
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gṛhasthassa hi vijñeyo yasya gehe pativratā |
grasyate'nyānpratidinaṃ rākṣasyā jarayā yathā || 67 ||
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yathā gaṃgāvagāhena śarīraṃ pāvanaṃ bhavet |
tathā pativratāṃ dṛṣṭvā sakalampāvanaṃ bhavet || 68 ||
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na gaṅgāyā tayā bhedo yā nārī patidevatā |
umāśivasamau sākṣāttasmāttau pūjayedbudhaḥ || 69 ||
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tāraḥ patiśśrutirnārī kṣamā sā sa svayantapaḥ |
phalampatiḥ satkriyā sā dhanyau tau dampatī śive || 70 ||
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evampativratādharmo varṇitaste girīndraje |
tadbhedāñ śṛṇu suprītyā sāvadhānatayā'dya me || 71 ||
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caturvidhāstāḥ kathitā nāryo devi pativratāḥ |
uttamādivibhedena smaratāṃ pāpahārikāḥ || 72 ||
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uttamā madhyamā caiva nikṛṣṭātinikṛṣṭikā |
bruve tāsāṃ lakṣaṇāni sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu || 73 ||
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svapnepi yanmano nityaṃ svapatiṃ paśyati dhruvam |
nānyamparapatiṃ bhadre uttamā sā prakīrtitā || 74 ||
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yā pitṛbhrātṛsutavat parampaśyati saddhiyā |
madhyamā sā hi kathitā śailaje vai pativratā || 75 ||
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buddhvā svadharmaṃ manasā vyabhicāraṃ karoti na |
nikṛṣṭā kathitā sā hi sucaritrā ca pārvati || 76 ||
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patyuḥ kulasya ca bhayādvyabhicāraṃ karoti na |
pativratā'dhamā sā hi kathitā pūrvasūribhiḥ || 77 ||
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caturvidhā api śive pāpahantryaḥ pativratāḥ |
pāvanāssarvalokānāmihāmutrāpi harṣitāḥ || 78 ||
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pātivratyaprabhāveṇātristriyā trisurārthanāt |
jīvito vipra eko hi mṛto vārāhaśāpataḥ || 79 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā śive nityaṃ kartavyampatisevanam |
tvayā śailātmaja prītyā sarvakāmapradaṃ sadā || 80 ||
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jagadambā maheśī tvaṃ śivassākṣātpatistava |
tava smaraṇato nāryo bhavanti hi pativratāḥ || 81 ||
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tvadagre kathanenānena kiṃ devi prayojanam |
tathāpi kathitaṃ me'dya jagadācārataḥ śive || 82 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
ityuktvā virarāmāsau dvijastrī supraṇamya tām |
śivā mudamatiprāpa pārvatī śaṅkarapriyā || 83 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe pativratādharma varṇanaṃ nāma catuḥpañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 54 ||
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