Chapter 45

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sanatkumāra uvāca |
gatastato mattagajendragāmī pītvā surāṃ ghūrṇitalocanaśca |
mahānubhāvo bahusainyayuktaḥ pracaṃḍavīro varavīrayāyī || 1 ||
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dadarśa daityaḥ smarabāṇaviddho guhāṃ tato vīrakaruddhamārgām |
snigdhaṃ yathā vīkṣya pataṃgasaṃjñaḥ daśāpradīpaṃ ca kṛmirhyupetya || 2 ||
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tathā pradarśyāśu punaḥ punaśca saṃpīḍyamānopi sa vīrakeṇa |
babhūva kāmāgnisudagdhadehoṃ'dhako mahādaityapatiḥ sa mūḍhaḥ || 3 ||
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pāṣāṇavṛkṣāśanitoyavahnibhujaṃgaśastrāstravibhīṣikābhiḥ |
saṃpīḍito'sau na punaḥ prapīḍyaḥ pṛṣṭaśca kastvaṃ samupāgatosi || 4 ||
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niśamya tadgāṃ svamataṃ sa tasmai cakāra yuddhaṃ sa tu vīrakeṇa |
muhūrtamāścaryavadaprameyaṃ saṃkhye jito vīratareṇa daityaḥ || 5 ||
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tatastu saṃgrāmaśiro vihāya kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhastṛṣito gato'bhūt |
cūrṇīkṛte khaḍgavare ca khinne palāyamāno gatavismayaḥ saḥ || 6 ||
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cakrustadājiṃ saha vīrakeṇa prahlādamukhyā ditijapradhānāḥ |
lajjāṃkuśākṛṣṭadhiyo babhūvussudāruṇāḥ śastraśatairanekaiḥ || 7 ||
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virocanastatra cakāra yuddhaṃ baliśca bāṇaśca sahasrabāhuḥ |
bhajiḥ kujaṃbhastvatha śaṃbaraśca vṛtrādayaścāpyatha vīryavaṃtaḥ || 8 ||
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te yuddhyamānā vijitāḥ samaṃtāddvidhākṛtā vai gaṇavīrakeṇa |
śeṣe hatānāṃ bahudānavānāmuktaṃ jayatyeva hi siddhasaṃghaiḥ || 9 ||
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bheruṃḍajānābhinayapravṛtte medovasāmāṃsasupūyamadhye |
kravyādasaṃghātasamākule tu bhayaṃkare śoṇitakardame tu || 10 ||
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bhagnaistu daityairbhagavān pinākī vrataṃ mahāpāśupataṃ sughoram |
priyeḥ mayā yatkṛtapūrvamāsīddākṣāyaṇīṃ prāha susāṃtvayitvā || 11 ||
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śiva uvāca |
tasmādbalaṃ yanmama tatpraṇaṣṭaṃ martyairamartyasya yataḥ prapātaḥ |
puṇyakṣayāhī graha eva jāto divāniśaṃ devi tava prasaṃgāt || 12 ||
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utpādya divyaṃ paramādbhutaṃ tu punarvaraṃ ghorataraṃ ca gatvā |
tasmādvrataṃ ghorataraṃ carāmi sunirbhayaḥ sundari vai viśokā || 13 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā upādya ghoṣaṃ śanakaiścakāra |
sa tatra gatvā vratamugradīpto gato vanaṃ puṇyatamaṃ sughoram || 14 ||
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cartuṃ hi śakyaṃ tu surāsurairyatra tādṛśaṃ varṣasahasramātram |
sā pārvatī maṃdaraparvatasthā pratīkṣyamāṇāgamanaṃ bhavasya || 15 ||
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pativratā śīlaguṇopapannā ekākinī nityamatho vibhītā |
guhāṃtare duḥkhaparā babhūva saṃrakṣitā sā sutavīrakeṇa || 16 ||
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tatassa daityo varadānamattastairyodhamukhyaissahito guhāṃ tām |
vibhinnadhairyaḥ punarājagāma śilīmukhairmārasamudbhavaiśca || 17 ||
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atyadbhutaṃ tatra cakāra yuddhaṃ hitvā tadā bhojanapānanidrāḥ |
rātriṃ divaṃ paṃcaśatāni paṃca kruddhassa sainyaissaha vīrakeṇa || 18 ||
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khaḍgaissakuṃtaissaha bhiṃdipālargadābhuśuṃḍībhiratho prakāṃḍaiḥ |
śilīmukhairarddhaśaśībhirugrairvitastibhiḥ kūrmamukhairjvaladbhiḥ || 19 ||
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nārācamukhyai niśitaiśca śūlaiḥ paraśvadhaistomaramudgaraiśca |
khaḍgairguḍaiḥ parvatapādapaiśca divyairathāstrairarapi daityasaṃghaiḥ || 20 ||
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na dīdhitirbhinnatanuḥ papāta dvāraṃ guhāyā pihitaṃ samastam |
tairāyudhairdaityabhujaprayuktairguhāmukhe mūrchita eva paścāt || 21 ||
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ācchāditaṃ vīrakamastrajālairdaityaiśca sarvaistu muhūrtamātram |
apāvṛtaṃ kartumaśakyamāsīnnirīkṣya devī ditijān sughorān || 22 ||
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bhayena sasmāra pitāmahaṃ tu devī sakhībhissahitā ca viṣṇum |
sainyaṃ ca madvīravarasya sarvaṃ sasmārayāmāsa guhāṃtarasthā || 23 ||
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brahmā tayā saṃsmṛtamātra eva strīrūpadhārī bhagavāṃśca viṣṇuḥ |
indraśca sarveḥ saha sainyakaiśca strīrūpamāsthāya samāgatāste || 24 ||
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bhūtvā striyaste viviśustadānīṃ munīndrasaṃghāśca mahānubhāvāḥ |
siddhāśca nāgāstvatha guhyakāśca guhāṃtaraṃ parvatarājaputryāḥ || 25 ||
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yasmātsurājya sanasaṃsthitānāmaṃtaḥ pure saṃgamanaṃ viruddham |
tatassahasrāṇi nitaṃbinīnāmanaṃtasaṃkhyānyapi darśayaṃtyaḥ || 26 ||
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rūpāṇi divyāni mahādbhutāni gaurye guhāyāṃ tu savīrakāryaiḥ |
striyaḥ prahṛṣṭā girirājakanyā guhāṃtaraṃ parvatarājaputryā || 27 ||
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strībhissahasraiśca śatairanekairneduśca kalpāṃtarameghaghoṣāḥ |
bheryyaśca saṃgrāmajayapradāstu dhmātāssuśaṃkhāḥ sunitambinībhiḥ || 28 ||
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mūrchāṃ vihāyādbhuta caṃḍavīryassa vīrako vai purataḥ sthitastu |
pragṛhya śastrāṇi mahārathānāṃ taireva śastrairditijaṃ jaghāna || 29 ||
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brāhmī tato daṃḍa karā viruddhā gaurī tadā krodhaparītacetāḥ |
nārāyaṇī śaṃkhagadāsucakradhanurddharā pūritabāhudaṃḍā || 30 ||
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viniryayau lāṃgaladaṇḍahastā vyomālakā kāṃcanatulyavarṇā |
dhārāsahasrākulamugravegaṃ baiḍaujasī vajrakarā tadānīm || 31 ||
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sahasranetrā yudhi susthirā ca sadurjayā daityaśatairadhṛṣyā |
vaiśvānarī śaktirasaumyavaktrā yāmyā ca daṃḍodyatapāṇirugrā || 32 ||
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sutīkṣṇakhaṅgodyatapāṇirūpā samāyayau nairṛti ghoracāpā |
toyālikā vāraṇapāśahastā vinirgatā yuddhamabhīpsamānā || 33 ||
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pracaṃḍavātaprabhavā ca devī kṣudhāvapustvaṃkuśapāṇi reva |
kalpāntavahnipratimāṃ gadāṃ ca pāṇau gṛhītvā dhanadodbhavā ca || 34 ||
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yākṣeśvarī tīkṣṇamukhā virūpā nakhāyudhā nāgabhayaṃkarī ca |
etāstathānyāśśataśo hi devyaḥ sunirgatāḥ saṃkulayuddhabhūmim || 35 ||
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dṛṣṭvā ca tatsainyamanaṃtapāraṃ vivarṇavarṇāśca suvismitāśca |
samākulāssaṃcakitābhayādvai devyo babhūburhṛdadīnasattvāḥ || 36 ||
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cakrussamādhāya manassamastāstā devavadhvo vidhiśaktimukhyāḥ |
susaṃmata tvena girīśaputryāḥ senāpatirvīrasughoravīryaḥ || 37 ||
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cakrurmahāyuddhamabhūtapūrvaṃ nidhāya buddhau ditijāḥ pradhānāḥ |
nivartanaṃ mṛtyumathātmanaśca nārībhiranye varadānasattvāḥ || 38 ||
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atyadbhutaṃ tatra cakāra yuddhaṃ gaurī tadānīṃ sahitā sakhībhiḥ |
kṛtvā raṇe cādbhutabuddhiśauṇḍaṃ senāpatiṃ vīrakaghoravīryam || 39 ||
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hiraṇyanetrātmaja eva bhūpaścakre mahāvyūhamaraṃ sukarmā |
saṃbhāvya viṣṇuṃ ca nirīkṣya yāmyāṃ sudāruṇaṃ tadgilanāmadheyam || 40 ||
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mukhaṃ karālaṃ vidhisevayāsya tasmin kṛte bhagavānājagāma |
kalpāntaghorārkasahasrakāṃtikīrṇañca vai kupitaḥ kṛtti vāsāḥ || 41 ||
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gate tato varṣasahasramātre tamāgataṃ prekṣya maheśvaraṃ ca |
cakrurmahāyuddhamatīvamātraṃ nāryaḥ prahṛṣṭāssaha vīrakeṇa || 42 ||
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praṇamya gaurī giriśaṃ ca mūrdhnā saṃdarśayan bharturatīva śauryamam |
gaurī prayuddhaṃ ca cakāra hṛṣṭā harastataḥ parvatarājaputrīm || 43 ||
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kaṃṭhe gṛhītvā tu guhāṃ praviṣṭo ramāsahasrāṇi visarjitāni |
gaurī ca sanmānaśataiḥ prapūjya guhāmukhe vīrakameva sthāpayan || 44 ||
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tato na gaurīṃ giriśaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā'sureśvaro nītivicakṣaṇo hi |
drutaṃ svadūtaṃ vidhasākhyameva sa preṣayāmāsa śivopakaṃṭham || 45 ||
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taistaiḥ prahārairapi jarja rāṃgastasmin raṇe devagaṇeritairyaḥ |
jagāda vākyaṃ tu sagarvamugraṃ praviśya śaṃbhuṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā || 46 ||
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dūta uvāca |
saṃpreṣitohaṃ viviśe guhāṃtu hyaṣau'ndhakastvāṃ samuvāca vākyam |
nāryā na kāryaṃ tava kiṃcidastivimuca nārīṃ taruṇīṃ surūpām || 47 ||
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prāyobhavāstāpasastajjuṣasva kṣāṃtaṃ mayā yatkamanīyamantaḥ |
munirvirodhavya iti praciṃtya na tvaṃ munistāpasa kiṃ tu śatruḥ || 48 ||
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atīva daityeṣu mahāvirodhī yudhyasva vegena mayā pramathya |
nayāmi pātālatalānurūpaṃ yamakṣayaṃ tāpasa dhūrta hi tvām || 49 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
etadvaco dūtamukhānniśamya kapālamālī tamuvāca kopāt |
jvalanviṣādena mahāṃstrinetrassatāṃ gatirduṣṭamadaprahartā || 50 ||
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śiva uvāca |
vyaktaṃ vacaste tadatīva cograṃ proktaṃ hi tattvaṃ tvaritaṃ prayāhi |
kuruṣva yuddhaṃ hi mayā prasahya yadi praśaktosi balena hi tvam || 51 ||
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yaḥ syādaśakto bhuvi tasya kortho dārairdhanairvā sumanoharaiśca |
āyāṃtu daityāśca balena mattā vicāryamevaṃ tu kṛtaṃ mayai tat || 52 ||
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śarīrayātrāpi kutastvaśakteḥ kurvantu yadyadvihitaṃ tu teṣām |
mamāpi yadyatkaraṇīyamasti tattattkariṣyāmi na saṃśa yotra || 53 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
etadvacastadvidhasopi tasmācchrutvā harānnirgata eva hṛṣṭaḥ |
prāgāttato garjitahuṃkṛtāni kurvaṃstatodaityapatessakāśam || 54 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṇḍe yuddhaprāraṃbhadūtasamvādavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 45 ||
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