Chapter 20

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|| vyāsa uvāca |
sanatkumāra sarvajña tatprāptiṃ vada sattama |
yadgatvā na nivartaṃte śivabhaktiyutā narāḥ || 1 ||
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|| sanatkumāra uvāca |
parāśarasuta vyāsa śṛṇu prītyā śubhāṃ gatim |
vrataṃ hi śuddhabhaktānāṃ tathā śuddhaṃ tapasvinām || 2 ||
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ye śivaṃ śuddhakarmāṇassuśuddhatapasānvitāḥ |
samarcayanti taṃ nityaṃ vandyāste sarvathānvaham || 3 ||
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nātaptatapaso yāṃti śivalokamanāmayam |
śivānugrahasaddhetustapa eva mahāmune || 4 ||
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tapasā divi modante pratyakṣaṃ devatāgaṇāḥ |
ṛṣayo munayaścaiva satyaṃ jānīha madvacaḥ || 5 ||
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sudurddharaṃ durāsādhyaṃ sudhuraṃ duratikramam |
tatsarvaṃ tapasā sādhyaṃ tapo hi duratikramam || 6 ||
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susthitastapasi brahmā nityaṃ viṣṇurharastathā |
devā devyo'khilāḥ prāptāstapasā durlabhaṃ phalam || 7 ||
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yena yena hi bhāvena sthitvā yatkriyate tapaḥ |
tatassaṃprāpyate'sau tairiha loke na saṃśayaḥ || 8 ||
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sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ caiva tāmasaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam |
vijñeyaṃ hi tapo vyāsa sarvasādhanasādhanam || 9 ||
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sāttvikaṃ daivatānāṃ hi yatīnāmūrddhvaretasām |
rājasaṃ dānavānāṃ hi manuṣyāṇāṃ tathaiva ca |
tāmasaṃ rākṣasānāṃ hi narāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām || 10 ||
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trividhaṃ tatphalaṃ proktaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ |
japo dhyānaṃ tu devānāmarcanaṃ bhaktitaśśubham || 11 ||
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sāttvikaṃ taddhi nirdiṣṭamaśeṣaphalasādhakam |
iha loke pare caiva manobhipretasādhanam || 12 ||
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kāmanāphalamuddiśya rājasaṃ tapa ucyate |
nijadehaṃ susaṃpīḍya dehaśoṣakadussahaiḥ || 13 ||
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tapastāmasamuddiṣṭaṃ manobhipretasādhanam || 14 ||
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uttamaṃ sāttvikaṃ vidyāddharmabuddhiśca niścalā |
snānaṃ pūjā japo homaḥ śuddhaśaucamahiṃsanam || 15 ||
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vratopavāsacaryā ca maunamindriyanigrahaḥ |
dhīrvidyā satyamakrodho dānaṃ kṣāṃtirdamo dayā || 16 ||
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vāpīkūpataḍāgādeḥ prasādasya ca kalpanā |
kṛcchraṃ cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ yajñassutīrthānyāśramāḥ punaḥ || 17 ||
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dharmasthānāni caitāni sukhadāni manīṣiṇām |
sudharmaḥ paramo vyāsaḥ śivabhakteśca kāraṇam || 18 ||
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saṃkrātiviṣuvadyogo nādamukte niyujyatām |
dhyānaṃ trikālikaṃ jyotirunmanībhāvadhāraṇā || 19 ||
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recakaḥ pūrakaḥ kumbhaḥ prāṇāyāmastridhā smṛtaḥ |
nāḍīsaṃcāravijñānaṃ pratyāhāranirodhanam || 20 ||
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turīyaṃ tadadho buddhiraṇimādyaṣṭasaṃyutam |
pūrvottamaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ parajñānaprasādhanam || 21 ||
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kāṣṭhāvasthā mṛtāvasthā haritāveti kīrtitāḥ |
nānopalabdhayo hyetāssarvapāpapraṇāśanāḥ || 22 ||
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nārī śayyā tathā pānaṃ vastradhūpavilepanam |
tāmbūlabhakṣaṇaṃ paṃca rājaiśvaryyavibhūtayaḥ || 23 ||
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hemabhārastathā tāmraṃ gṛhāśca ratnadhenavaḥ |
pāṃḍityaṃ vedaśāstrāṇāṃ gītanṛtyavibhūṣaṇam || 24 ||
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śaṃkhavīṇāmṛdaṃgāśca gajendraśchatracāmare |
bhogarūpāṇi caitāni ebhiśśakto'nurajyate || 25 ||
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ādarśavanmunesnehaistilavatsa nipīḍyate |
araṃ gaccheti cāpyenaṃ kurute jñānamohitaḥ || 26 ||
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jānannapīha saṃsāre bhramate ghaṭiyaṃtravat |
sarvayoniṣu duḥkhārtassthāvareṣu careṣu ca || 27 ||
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evaṃ yoniṣu sarvāsu pratikramya bhrameṇa ta |
kālāṃtaravaśādyāti mānuṣyamatidurlabham || 28 ||
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vyutkrameṇāpi mānuṣyaṃ prāpyate puṇyagauravāt |
vicitrā gatayaḥ proktāḥ karmaṇāṃ gurulāghavāt || 29 ||
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mānuṣyaṃ ca samāsādya svargamokṣaprasādhanam |
nācaratyātmanaḥ śreyassa mṛtaśśocate ciram || 30 ||
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devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ mānuṣyaṃ cāti durlabhaṃ |
tatsaṃprāpya tathā kuryānna gacchennarakaṃ yathā || 31 ||
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svargāpavargalābhāya yadi nāsti samudyamaḥ |
durlabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ vṛthā tajjanma kīrtitam || 32 ||
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sarvasya mūlaṃ mānuṣyaṃ caturvargasya kīrtitam |
saṃprāpya dharmato vyāsa tadyattādanupālayet || 33 ||
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dharmamūlaṃ hi mānuṣyaṃ labdhvā sarvārthasādhakam |
yadi lābhāya yatnaḥ syānmūlaṃ rakṣetsvayaṃ tataḥ || 34 ||
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mānuṣye'pi ca vipratvaṃ yaḥ prāpya khalu durlabham |
nācaratyātmanaḥ śreyaḥ ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ || 35 ||
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dvīpānāmeva sarveṣāṃ karmabhūmiriyamucyate |
itassvargaśca mokṣaśca prāpyate samupārjitaḥ || 36 ||
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deśe'sminbhārate varṣe prāpya mānuṣyamadhruvam |
na kuryādātmanaḥ śreyastenātmā khalu vaṃcitaḥ || 37 ||
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karmabhūmiriyaṃ vipra phalabhūmirasau smṛtā |
iha yatkriyate karma svarge tadanubhujyate || 38 ||
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yāvatsvāsthyaṃ śarīrasya tāvaddharmaṃ samācaret |
asvasthaścodito'pyanyairna kiṃcitkartumutsahet || 39 ||
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adhruveṇa śarīreṇa dhruvaṃ yo na prasādhayet |
dhruvaṃ tasya paribhraṣṭamadhruvaṃ naṣṭameva ca || 40 ||
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āyuṣaḥ khaṃḍakhaṃḍāni nipataṃti tadagrataḥ |
ahorātropadeśena kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyate || 41 ||
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yadā na jñāyate mṛtyuḥ kadā kasya bhaviṣyati |
ākasmike hi maraṇe dhṛtiṃ viṃdati kastathā || 42 ||
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parityajya yadā sarvamekākī yāsyati dhruvam |
na dadāti kadā kasmātpātheyārthamidaṃ dhanam || 43 ||
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gṛhītadānapātheyaḥ sukhaṃ yāti yamālayam |
anyathā kliśyate jaṃtuḥ pātheyarahite pathi || 44 ||
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yeṣāṃ kāleya puṇyāni paripūrṇāni sarvataḥ |
gacchatāṃ svargadeśaṃ hi teṣāṃ lābhaḥ padepade || 45 ||
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iti jñātvā naraḥ puṇyaṃ kuryātpāpaṃ vivarjayet |
puṇyena yāti devatvamapuṇyo narakaṃ vrajet || 46 ||
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ye manāgapi deveśaṃ prapannāśśaraṇaṃ śivam |
te'pi ghoraṃ na paśyaṃti yamaṃ na narakaṃ tathā || 47 ||
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kiṃtu pāpairmahāmohaiḥ kiṃcitkāle śivājñayā |
vasaṃti tatra mānuṣyāstato yāṃti śivāspadam || 48 ||
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ye punassarvabhāvena pratipannā maheśvaram |
na te limpaṃti pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā || 49 ||
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uktaṃ śiveti yairnāma tathā harahareti ca |
na teṣāṃ narakādbhītiryamāddhi munisattama || 50 ||
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paralokasya pātheyaṃ mokṣopāyamanāmayam |
puṇyasaṃghaikanilayaṃ śiva ityakṣaradvayam || 51 ||
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śivanāmaiva saṃsāramahārogekaśāmakam |
nānyatsaṃsārarogasya śāmakaṃ dṛśyate mayā || 52 ||
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brahmahatyāsahasrāṇi purā kṛtvā tu pulkasaḥ |
śiveti nāma vimalaṃ śrutvā mokṣaṃ gataḥ purā || 53 ||
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tasmādvivarddhayedbhaktimīśvare satataṃ budhaḥ |
śivabhaktyā mahāprājña bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati || 54 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ manuviśeṣakathanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
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