Chapter 24

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nandīśvara uvāca |
pippalādākhyaparamamavatāraṃ maheśituḥ |
śṛṇu prājña mahāprītyā bhaktivardhanamuttamam || 1 ||
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yaḥ purā gadito vipro dadhīcirmunisattamaḥ |
mahāśaivassupratāpī cyāvanirbhṛguvaṃśajaḥ || 2 ||
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kṣuveṇa saha saṃgrāme yena viṣṇuḥ parājitaḥ |
sanirjaro'tha saṃśapto maheśvarasahāyinā || 3 ||
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tasya patnī mahābhāgā suvarcā nāmanāmataḥ |
mahāpativratā sādhvī yayā śaptā divaukasaḥ || 4 ||
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tasmāttasyāṃ mahādevo nānālīlāviśāradaḥ |
prādurbabhūva tejasvī pippalādeti nāmataḥ || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityākarṇya muniśreṣṭho nandīśvaravaco'dbhutam |
sanatkumāraḥ provāca nataskandhaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 6 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
nandīśvara mahāprājña sākṣādrudrasvarūpadhṛk |
dhanyastvaṃ sadgurustāta śrāviteyaṃ kathādbhutā || 7 ||
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kṣuveṇa saha saṃgrāme śruto viṣṇupurā jayaḥ |
brahmaṇā me purā tāta tacchāpaśca śilādaja || 8 ||
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adhunā śrotumicchāmi devaśāpaṃ suvarcayā |
dattaṃ paścātpippalādacaritaṃ maṅgalāyanam || 9 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti śrutvātha śailādirvidhiputravacaśśubham |
pratyuvāca prasannātmā smṛtvā śivapadāmbujam || 10 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ekadā nirjarāssarve vāsavādyā munīśvara |
vṛtrāsurasahāyaiśca daityairāsanparājitāḥ || 11 ||
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svāni svāni varāstrā ṇi dadhīcasyāśrame'khilāḥ |
nikṣipya sahasā sadyo'bhavandevāḥ parājitāḥ || 12 ||
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tadā sarve surāssendrā vadhyamānāstatharṣayaḥ |
brahmalokagatāśśīghraṃ procuḥ svaṃ vyasanaṃ ca tat || 13 ||
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tacchrutvā devavacanaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
sarvaṃ śaśaṃsa tattvena tvaṣṭuścaiva cikīrṣitam || 14 ||
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bhavadvadhārthaṃ janitastvaṣṭrāyaṃ tapasā surāḥ |
vṛtro nāma mahātejāḥ sarvadaityādhipo mahān || 15 ||
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atha prayatnaḥ kriyatāṃ bhavedasya vadho yathā |
tatropāyaṃ śṛṇu prājña dharmahetorvadāmi te || 16 ||
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mahāmunirdadhīciryassa tapasvī jitendriyaḥ |
lebhe śivaṃ samārādhya vajrāsthitvavarampurā || 17 ||
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tasyāsthīnyeva yācadhvaṃ sa dāsyati na saṃśaya |
nirmāya tairdaṇḍavajraṃ vṛtraṃ jahi na saṃśayaḥ || 18 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
tacchrutvā brahmavacanaṃ śakro gurusamanvitaḥ |
āgacchatsāmaraḥ sadyo dadhīcyāśramamuttamam || 19 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tatra muniṃ śakraḥ suvarcānvitamādarāt |
nanāma sāñjalirnamraḥ saguruḥ sāmaraśca tam || 20 ||
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tadabhiprāyamājñāya sa munirbudhasattamaḥ |
svapatnīṃ preṣayāmāsa suvarcāṃ svāśramāntaram || 21 ||
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tatassa devarājaśca sāmaraḥ svārthasādhakaḥ |
arthaśāstraparo bhūtvā munīśaṃ vākyamabravīt || 22 ||
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śakra uvāca |
tvaṣṭrā viprakṛtāḥ sarve vayandevāstatharṣayaḥ |
śaraṇyaṃ tvāṃ mahāśaivaṃ dātāraṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 23 ||
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svāsthīni dehi no vipra mahāvajramayāni hi |
asthnā te svapaviṃ kṛtvā haniṣyāmi suradruham || 24 ||
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ityuktastena sa muniḥ paropakaraṇe rataḥ |
dhyātvā śivaṃ svanāthaṃ hi visasarja kalevaram || 25 ||
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brahmalokaṃ gatassadyassa munirdhvastabandhanaḥ |
puṣpavṛṣṭirabhūttatra sarve vismayamāgatāḥ || 26 ||
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atha gāṃ surabhiṃ śakra āhūyāśu hyalehayat |
astranirmitaye tvāṣṭraṃ nidi deśa tadasthibhiḥ || 27 ||
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viśvakarmā tadājñaptaścaklṛpe'strāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ |
tadasthibhirvajramayassudṛḍhaiśśivavarcasā || 28 ||
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vaṃśodbhavaṃ vajraṃ śaro brahmaśirastathā |
anyāsthibhirbahūni svaparāṇyastrāṇi nirmame || 29 ||
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tamindro vajramudyamya varddhitaḥ śivavarcasā |
vṛtramabhyadravatkruddho mune rudra ivāntakam || 30 ||
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tataḥ śakrassusannaddhastena vajreṇa sa drutam |
uccakarta śiro vārtraṃ giriśṛṃgamivaujasā || 31 ||
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tadā samutsavastāta babhūva tridivaukasām |
tuṣṭuvurnirjarāśśakrampetuḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ || 32 ||
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iti te kathitantāta prasaṃgāccari tantvidam |
pippalādāvatārambhe śṛṇu śambhormahādarāt || 33 ||
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suvarcā sā muneḥ patnī dadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ |
yayau svamāśramābhyantastadājñaptā pativratā || 34 ||
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āgatya tatra sā dṛṣṭvā na patiṃ svantapasvinī |
gṛhakāryaṃ ca sā kṛtvākhilampatinideśataḥ || 35 ||
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ājagāma punastatra paśyantī bahvaśobhanam |
devāṃśca tānmuniśreṣṭha suvarcā vismitābhavat || 36 ||
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jñātvā ca tatsarvamidaṃ surāṇāṃ kṛtyaṃ tadānīñca cukopa sādhvī |
dadau tadā śāpamatīva ruṣṭā teṣāṃ suvarcā ṛṣivaryabhāryā || 37 ||
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suvarcovāca |
aho surā druṣṭatarāśca sarve svakāryadakṣā hyabudhāśca lubdhāḥ |
tasmācca sarve paśavo bhavantu sendrāśca me'dyaprabhṛtītyuvāca || 38 ||
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evaṃ śāpandadau teṣāṃ surāṇāṃ saḥ tapasvinī |
saśakrāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ suvarcā munikāminī || 39 ||
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anugantumpaterlokamathecchatsā pativratā |
citāṃ cakra samedhobhiḥ supavitrairmanasvinī || 40 ||
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tato nabhogirā prāha suvarcāntāmmunipriyām |
āśvāsayantī giriśapreritā sukhadāyinī || 41 ||
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ākāśavāṇyuvāca |
sāhasaṃ na kuru prājñe śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ |
munitejastvadudare tadutpādaya yatnataḥ || 42 ||
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tataḥ svābhīṣṭacaraṇandevi kartuntvamarhasi |
sagarbhā na dahedgātramiti brahmanideśanam || 43 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ityuktvā sā nabhovāṇī virarāma munīśvara |
tāṃ śrutvā sā muneḥ patnī vismitābhūtkṣaṇaṃ ca sā || 44 ||
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suvarcā sā mahāsādhvī patilokamabhīpsatī |
upaviśyāśmanā bhūyaḥ sodaraṃ vidadāra ha || 45 ||
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nirgato jaṭharāttasyā garbho munivarasya saḥ |
mahādivyatanurdīpto bhāsayaṃśca diśodaśa || 46 ||
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sākṣādrudrāvatāro'sau dadhīca varatejasaḥ |
prādurbhūtassvayantāta svalīlākaraṇe kṣamaḥ || 47 ||
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tandṛṣṭvā svasutandivyaṃ svarūpammunikāminī |
suvarcājñāya manasā sākṣādrudrāvatārakam || 48 ||
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prahṛṣṭābhūnmahāsādhvī praṇamyāśu nunāva sā |
svahṛdi sthāpayāmāsa tatsvarūpammunīśvara || 49 ||
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suvarcā tanayaṃ taṃ ca prahasya vimalekṣaṇā |
jananī prāha suprītyā patilokamabhīpsatī || 50 ||
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suvarcovāca |
he tāta parameśāna cirantiṣṭhāsya sannidhau |
aśvatthasya mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ sukhado bhaveḥ || 51 ||
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māmājñāpaya suprītyā patilokāya cādhunā |
tatrasthāhaṃ ca patinā tvāṃ dhyāye rudrarūpiṇam || 52 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ityevaṃ sā babhāṣe'tha suvarcā tanayamprati |
patimanvagamatsādhvī parameṇa samādhinā || 93 ||
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evandadhīcapatnī sā patinā saṃgatā mune |
śivalokaṃ samāsādya siṣeve śaṅkarammudā || 54 ||
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etasminnantare devāssendrāśca munibhissaha |
tatrājagmustvarā tāta āhūtā iva harṣitāḥ || 55 ||
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harirbrahmā ca suprītyāvatīrṇaṃ śaṃkaraṃ bhuvi |
suvarcāyāṃ dadhīcādvā yayatussvagaṇaissaha || 56 ||
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tatra dṛṣṭvāvatīrṇantaṃ muniputratvamāgatam |
rudraṃ sarve praṇemuśca tuṣṭuvurbaddhapāṇayaḥ || 57 ||
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tadotsavo mahānāsīddevānāṃ munisattama |
nedurdundubhayastatra nartakyo nanṛturmudā || 58 ||
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jagurgandharvaputrāśca kinnarā vādyavādakāḥ |
vādayāmāsuramarāḥ puṣpa vṛṣṭiṃ ca cakrire || 59 ||
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pippalasya śarvapiturvilasantaṃ sutaṃ ca tam |
saṃskṛtya vidhivatsarve viṣṇvādyāstuṣṭuvuḥ punaḥ || 60 ||
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pippalādeti tannāma cakre brahmā prasannadhīḥ |
prasanno bhava deveśa ityūce hariṇā suraiḥ || 61 ||
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ityuktvā tamanujñāya brahmā viṣṇussurāstathā |
svaṃsvaṃ dhāma yayussarve vidhāya ca mahotsavam || 62 ||
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atha rudraḥ pippalādo'śvatthamūle mahāprabhuḥ |
tatāpa suciraṃ kālaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 63 ||
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itthaṃ sutapatastasya pippalādasya sammukhe |
mahākālo vyatīyāya lokacaryānusāriṇaḥ || 64 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pippalādāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma caturviśo'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||
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