Chapter 13

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nandīśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu brahmasuta prītyā caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ |
so'vatīrṇo yathā prītyā viśvānaragṛhe śivaḥ || 1 ||
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nāmnā gṛhapatiḥ so'bhūdagnilokapatirmune |
agnirūpastejasaśca sarvvātmā paramaḥ prabhuḥ || 2 ||
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narmadāyāstaṭe ramye pure narmapure purā |
purāribhaktaḥ puṇyātmā bhavadviśvānaro muniḥ || 3 ||
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brahmacaryyāśrame niṣṭho brahmayajñaratassadā |
śāṇḍilyagotraḥ śucimānbrahmatejo nidhirvvaśī || 4 ||
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vijñātākhilaśāstrārthassadācāraratassadā |
śaivācārapravīṇo'ti laukikācāravidvaraḥ || 5 ||
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citte vicāryya gṛhiṇīguṇānviśvānaraḥ śubhān |
uduvāha vidhānena svocitāṃ kālakanyakām || 6 ||
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agniśuśrūṣaṇarataḥ pañcayajñaparāyaṇaḥ |
ṣaṭkarmanirato nityaṃ devapitratithipriyaḥ || 7 ||
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evambahutithe kāle gate tasyāgrajanmanaḥ |
bhāryyā śuciṣmatī nāma bhartāramprāha suvratā || 8 ||
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nātha bhogā mayā sarve bhuktā vai tvatprasādataḥ |
strīṇāṃ samucitā ye syustvāṃ sametya mudāvahāḥ || 9 ||
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evamme prārthitannātha cirāya hṛdi saṃsthitam |
gṛhasthānāṃ samucitaṃ tvametaddātumarhasi || 10 ||
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viśvānara uvāca || |
kimadeyaṃ hi suśroṇi tava priyahitaiṣiṇī |
tatprārthaya mahābhāge prayacchāmyavilambitam || 11 ||
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maheśituḥ prasādena mama kiñcinna durlabham |
ihāmutra ca kalyāṇi sarvakalyāṇakāriṇaḥ || 12 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ityākarṇya vacaḥ patyustasya sā patidevatā |
uvāca hṛṣyadvadanā karau baddhvā vinītikā || 13 ||
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śuciṣmatyuvāca |
varayogyāsmi cennātha yadi deyo varo mama |
maheśasadṛśamputrandehi nānyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe || 14 ||
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|| nandīśvara uvāca |
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇassa śucivrataḥ |
kṣaṇaṃ samādhimādhāya hṛdyetatsamacintayat || 15 ||
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aho kiṃ me tayā tanvyā prārthitaṃ hyatidurlabham |
manorathapathāddūramastu vā sa hi sarvvakṛt || 16 ||
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tenaivāsyā mukhe sthitvā vāksvarūpeṇa śambhunā |
vyāhṛtaṃ ko'nyathā karttumu tsaheta bhavedidam || 17 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
iti sañciṃtya sa munirviśvānara udāradhīḥ |
tataḥ provāca tāmpatnīmekapatnīvrate sthitaḥ || 18 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
itthamāśvāsya tāmpatnīñjagāma tapase muniḥ |
yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣātkāśīnātho'dhi tiṣṭhati || 19 ||
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prāpya vārāṇasīṃ tūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā tāmmaṇikarṇikām |
tatyāja tāpatritayamapi janmaśatārjitam || 20 ||
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dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi liṃgāni viśveśapramukhāni ca |
snātvā sarveṣu kuṇḍeṣu vāpīkūpasarassu ca || 21 ||
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natvā vināyakānsarvāngaurīṃ śarvāṃ praṇamya ca |
sampūjya kālarājañca bhairavampāpabhakṣaṇam || 22 ||
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daṇḍanāyakamukhyāṃśca gaṇānstutvā prayatnataḥ |
ādikeśavamukhyāṃśca keśavamparitoṣya ca || 23 ||
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lokārkamukhasūryāṃśca praṇamya sa punaḥpunaḥ |
kṛtvā ca piṇḍadānāni sarvatīrtheṣvatandritaḥ || 24 ||
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sahasrabhojanādyaiśca munīnviprānpratarpya ca |
mahāpūjopacāraiśca liṃgānyabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ || 25 ||
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asakṛccintayāmāsa kiṃ liṃgaṃ kṣiprasiddhidam |
yatra niścalatāmeti tapastanayakāmyayā || 26 ||
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kṣaṇaṃ vicāryya sa muniriti viśvānarassudhīḥ |
kṣipramputrapradaṃ liṃgaṃ vīreśampraśaśaṃsa ha || 27 ||
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asaṃkhyātāssahasrāṇi siddhāḥ siddhiṃ gatāstataḥ |
siddhaliṃgamiti khyātantasmādvīreśvaramparam || 28 ||
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vīreśvarammahāliṃgamabdamabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ |
āyurmanorathaṃ sarvaṃ putrādikamanekaśaḥ || 29 ||
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ahamapyatra vīreśaṃ samārādhya trikālatāḥ |
āśu putramavāpsyāmi yathābhilaṣitaṃ striyā || 30 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
iti kṛtvā matindhīro vipro viśvānaraḥ kṛtī |
candrakūpajale snātvā jagrāha niyamaṃ vratī || 31 ||
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ekāhāro'bhavanmāsaṃ māsaṃ naktāśano'bhavat |
ayācitāśano māsammāsantyaktāśanaḥ punaḥ || 32 ||
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payovrato'bhavanmāsammāsammāsaṃ śāka phalāśanaḥ |
māsammuṣṭitilāhāro māsaṃ pānīyabhojanaḥ || 33 ||
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pañcagavyāśano māsammāsañcāndrāyaṇavratī |
māsaṃ kuśāgrajalabhugmāsaṃ śvasanabhakṣaṇaḥ || 34 ||
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evamabdamitaṃ kālantatāpa sa tapo'dbhutam |
trikālamarcayadbhaktyā vīreśaṃ liṅgamuttamam || 35 ||
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atha trayodaśe māsi snātvā tripathagāmbhasi |
pratyūṣa eva vīreśaṃ yāvadāyāti sa dvijaḥ || 36 ||
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tāvadvilokayāñcakre madhye liṃgantapodhanaḥ |
vibhūtibhūṣaṇambālamaṣṭavarṣākṛtiṃ śiśum || 37 ||
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ākarṇāyatanetrañca suraktadaśanacchadam |
cārupiṃgajaṭāmauli nnagnaprahasitānanam || 38 ||
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śaiśavocitanepathyadhāriṇañcitidhāriṇam |
paṭhantaṃ śrutisūktāni hasantaṃ ca svalīlayā || 39 ||
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tamālokya mudamprāpya romakañcukito muniḥ |
proccacāra hṛdālāpānnamostviti punaḥ punaḥ || 40 ||
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abhilāṣapradaiḥ padyairaṣṭabhirbālarūpiṇam |
tuṣṭāva paramānandaṃ śaṃbhuṃ viśvānaraḥ kṛtī || 41 ||
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|| viśvānara uvāca |
ekambrahmaivādvitīyaṃ samastaṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ neha nānāsti kiñcit |
eko rudro na dvitīyo'vatasthe tasmādekantvāmprapadye maheśam || 42 ||
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kartā harttā tvaṃ hi sarvasya śambho nānārūpeṣvekarūpo'pyarūpaḥ |
yadvatpratyagdharma eko'pyanekastasmānnānyantvāṃ vineśamprapadye || 43 ||
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rajjo sarpaśśuktikāyāṃ ca raupyaṃ nairaḥ pūrastanmṛgākhye marīcau |
yadyatsadvadviṣvageva prapañco yasmiñjñāte tamprapadye maheśam || 44 ||
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toye śaityaṃ dāhakatvaṃ ca vahnau tāpo bhānau śītabhānau prasādaḥ |
puṣpe gandho dugdhamadhye'pi sarpiryattacchaṃbho tvaṃ tatastvāmprapadye || 45 ||
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śabdaṃ gṛhṇāsyaśravāstvaṃ hi jighrasyaprāṇastvaṃ tryaṃghrirāyāsi dūrāt |
tryakṣaḥ paśyestvaṃ rasajño'pyajihvaḥ kastvāṃ samyagvettyatastvāmprapadye || 46 ||
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no veda tvāmīśa sākṣāddhi vedo no vā viṣṇurno vidhātākhilasya |
no yogīndrānendramukhyāśca devā bhakto vedastvāmatastvāmprapadye || 47 ||
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no te gotraṃ no sajanmāpi nāśo no vā rūpaṃ naiva śīlanna deśaḥ |
itthambhūto'pīśvarastvaṃ trilokyāssarvānkāmānpūrayestvaṃ bhaje tvām || 48 ||
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tvattassarvaṃ tvaṃ hi sarvaṃ smarāre tvaṃ gaurīśastvaṃ ca nagno'tiśāntaḥ |
tvaṃ vai vṛddhastvaṃ yuvā tvaṃ ca bālastattvaṃ yatkiṃ nānyatastvāṃ nato'ham || 49 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
stutveti vipro nipapāta bhūmau saṃbaddhapāṇirbhavatīha yāvat |
tāvatsa bālo'ribalavṛddhavṛddhaḥ provāca bhūdevamatīva hṛṣṭaḥ || 50 ||
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bāla uvāca |
viśvānara muniśreṣṭha bhūdevāhaṃ tvayādya vai |
toṣitassuprasannātmā vṛṇīṣva varamuttamam || 51 ||
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tata utthāya hṛṣṭātmā sunirviśvānaraḥ kṛtī |
pratyabravīnmuniśreṣṭhaḥ śaṃkarambālarūpiṇam || 52 ||
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viśvānara uvāca |
maheśvara kimajñātaṃ sarvajñasya tava prabho |
sarvāntarātmā bhagavāccharvassarvvaprado bhavān || 53 ||
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yācñāmprati niyuktammāṃ kiṃ brūṣe dainyakāriṇīm |
iti jñātvā maheśāna yathecchasi tathā kuru || 54 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacastasya devo viśvānarasya hi |
śuciśśucivratasyātha śucismitvābravīcchiśuḥ || 55 ||
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tvayā śuce śuciṣmatyāṃ yo'bhilāṣaḥ kṛto hṛdi |
acireṇaiva kālena sa bhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam || 56 ||
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tava putratvameṣyāmi śuciṣmatyāṃ mahāmate |
khyāto gṛhapatirnāmnā śucissarvvāmarapriyaḥ || 57 ||
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abhilāṣāṣṭakaṃ puṇyaṃ stotrametattvayeritam |
abdatrikālapaṭhanātkāmadaṃ śivasannidhau || 58 ||
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etatstotraprapaṭhanaṃ putrapautradhanapradam |
sarvvaśāntikaraścāpi sarvvāpattivināśanam || 59 ||
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svargāpavargasampattikārakannātra saṃśayaḥ |
sarvvastotrasamaṃ hyetatsarvvakāmapradaṃ sadā || 60 ||
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prātarutthāya susnāto liṃgamabhyarcya śāmbhavam |
varṣaṃ japannidaṃ stotramaputraḥ putravānbhavet || 61 ||
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abhilāṣāṣṭakamidanna deyaṃ yasya kasyacit |
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena mahāvandhyāprasūtikṛt || 62 ||
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striyā vā puruṣeṇāpi niyamālliṃgasannidhau |
abdajaptamidaṃ stotramputradannātra saṃśayaḥ || 63 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ityuktvāntardadhe śambhurbālarūpaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ |
so'pi viśvānaro vipro hṛṣṭātmā svagṛhaṃ yayau || 64 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ gṛhapatyavatāvarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 13 ||
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