Chapter 44

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munaya ūcuḥ |
vyāsotpattiṃ mahābuddhe brūhi sūta dayānidhe |
kṛpayā parayā svāminkṛtārthānniṣkuru prabho || 1 ||
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vyāsasya jananī proktā nāmnā satyavatī śubhā |
vivāhitā tu sā devī rājñā śantanunā kila || 2 ||
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tasyāṃ jāto mahāyogī kathaṃ vyāsaḥ parāśarāt |
sandeho'tra mahāñjātastaṃ bhavāñchettumarhati || 3 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ekadā tīrthayātrāyāṃ vrajanyogī parāśaraḥ |
yadṛcchayā gato ramyaṃ yamunāyāstaṭaṃ śubham || 4 ||
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niṣādamāha dharmātmā kurvantaṃ bhojanantadā |
nayasva yamunāpāraṃ jalayānena māmaram || 5 ||
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ityukto muninā tena niṣādassvasutāṃ jagau |
matsyagandhāmamuṃ bāle pāraṃ nāvā naya drutam || 6 ||
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tāpaso'yaṃ mahābhāge dṛśyantīgarbhasaṃbhavaḥ |
titīrṣurasti mardhābdhiścaturāmnāyapāragaḥ || 7 ||
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iti vijñāpitā pitrā matsyagandhā mahāmunim |
saṃvāhayati naukāyāmāsīnaṃ sūryyarociṣam || 8 ||
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kālayogānmahāyogī tasyāṃ kāmāturo'bhavat |
dṛṣṭvā yo'psarasāṃ rūpaṃ na kadāpi vimohitaḥ || 9 ||
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grahītukāmaḥ sa munirdāśakanyāṃ manoharām |
dakṣiṇena kareṇaitāmaspṛśaddakṣiṇe kare || 10 ||
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tamuvāca viśālākṣīṃ vacanaṃ smitapūrvakam |
kimidaṃ kriyaye karma vācaṃyama vigarhitam || 11 ||
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vasiṣṭhasya kule ramye tvaṃ jāto'si mahāmate |
niṣādajā tvahambrahmankathaṃ saṃgo ghaṭeta nau || 12 ||
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durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma brāhmaṇatvaṃ viśeṣataḥ |
tatrāpi tāpasatvaṃ ca durlabhaṃ munisattama || 13 ||
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vidyayā vapuṣā vācā kulaśīlena cānvitaḥ |
kāmabāṇavaśaṃ yāto mahadāścaryamatra hi || 14 ||
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pravṛttamapyasatkarma kartumenaṃ na ko'pi ha |
bhuvi vārayituṃ śaktaḥ śāpabhītyāsya yoginaḥ || 15 ||
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iti saṃcintya hṛdaye nijagāda mahāmunim |
tāvaddhairyaṃ kuru svāminyāvattvāṃ pārayāmi na || 16 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacastasyā yogirājaḥ parāśaraḥ |
tatyāja pāṇiṃ tarasā sindhoḥ pāraṃ gataḥ punaḥ || 17 ||
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punarjagrāha tāṃ bālāṃ muniṃ kāmaprapīḍitaḥ |
kaṃpamānā tu sā bālā tamuvāca dayānidhim || 18 ||
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durgandhāhaṃ muniśreṣṭha kṛṣṇavarṇā niṣādajā |
bhavāṃstu paramodāravicāro yogisattamaḥ || 19 ||
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nāvayorghaṭate saṅgo kācakāṃcanayoriva |
tulyajātyākṛtikayoḥ saṃgaḥ saukhyaprado bhavet || 20 ||
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ityuktena tayā tena kṣaṇamātreṇa kāminī |
kṛtā yojanagaṃdhā tu ramyarūpā manoramā || 21 ||
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punarjagrāha tāṃ bālāṃ sa muniḥ kāmapīḍitaḥ |
grahītukāmaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ provāca vāsavī || 22 ||
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rātrau vyavāyaḥ kartavyo na diveti śrutirjagau |
divāsaṃge mahāndoṣo nindā cāpi durāsadā || 23 ||
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tasmāttāvatpratīkṣasva yāvadbhavati yāminī |
paśyanti mānavāścātra pitā me ca taṭe sthitaḥ || 24 ||
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tayoktamidamākarṇya vacanaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ |
nīhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa sadyaḥ puṇyabalena vai || 25 ||
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nīhāre ca samutpanne tamasā rātrisaṃnibhe |
vyavāyacakitā bālā punaḥ provāca tammunim || 26 ||
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yoginnamoghavīryyastvaṃ bhuktvā gantāsi māṃ yadi |
sagarbhā syāṃ tadā svāminkā gatirme bhavediti || 27 ||
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kanyāvrataṃ mahābuddhe mama naṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati |
hasiṣyati tadā lokāḥ pitaraṃ kiṃ bravīmyaham || 28 ||
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|| parāśara uvāca |
rama bāle mayā sārddhaṃ svacchandaṃ kāmajai rasaiḥ |
svīyābhilāṣamākhyāhi pūrayāmyadhunā priye || 29 ||
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madājñāsatyakaraṇānnāmnā satyavatī bhava |
vandanīyā tathāśeṣairyogibhistridaśairapi || 30 ||
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satyavatyuvāca |
jānate na pitā mātā na vānye bhuvi mānavāḥ |
kanyādharmo na me hanyādyadi svīkuru māntadā || 31 ||
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putraśca tvatsamo nātha bhavedadbhutaśaktimān |
saugandhyaṃ sarvadāṃge me tāruṇyaṃ ca navaṃnavam || 32 ||
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parāśara uvāca |
śṛṇu priye tavābhīṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ pūrṇaṃ bhaviṣyati |
viṣṇvaṃśasaṃbhavaḥ putro bhavitā te mahāyaśāḥ || 33 ||
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kiṃcidvai kāraṇaṃ viddhi yato'haṃ kāmapīḍitaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā cāpsarasārūpaṃ nāmuhyanme namaḥ kvacit || 34 ||
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mīnagandhāṃ samālakṣya tvāṃ mohavaśago'bhavam |
na bāle bhālapaṭṭastho brahmalekho'nyathā bhavet || 35 ||
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purāṇakartā putraste vedaśākhāvibhāgakṛt |
bhaviṣyati varārohe khyātakīrtirjagattraye || 36 ||
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ityuktvā tāṃ suramyāṅgīṃ bhuktvā yogaviśāradaḥ |
vavrāja śīghraṃ yamunājale snātvā mahāmune || 37 ||
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sāpi garbhaṃ dadhārāśu dvādaśātmasamaprabham |
asūta sūryyajādvīpe kāmadevamivātmajam || 38 ||
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vāme kamaṇḍaluṃ bibhraddakṣiṇe daṇḍamuttamam |
piśaṃgībhirjaṭābhiśca rājito mahasāṃ cayaḥ || 39 ||
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jātamātrastu tejasvī mātaraṃ pratyabhāṣata |
gaccha mātaryathākāmaṃ gacchāmyahamataḥ param || 40 ||
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mātaryadā bhavetkāryaṃ tava kiṃciddhṛdīpsitam |
saṃsmṛtaścāgamiṣyāmi tvadicchāpūrtihetave || 41 ||
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ityuktvā mātṛcaraṇāvabhivādya taponidhiḥ |
jagāma ca tapaḥ karttuṃ tīrthaṃ pāpaviśodhanam || 42 ||
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sāpi pitrantikaṃ yātā putrasnehākulā satī |
smarantī caritaṃ sūnorvarṇayantī svabhāgyakam || 43 ||
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dvīpe jāto yato bālastena dvaipāyano'bhavat |
vedaśākhāvibhajanādvedavyāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 44 ||
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tīrtharājaṃ prathamato dharmakāmārtha mokṣadam |
naimiṣaṃ ca kurukṣetraṃ gaṅgādvāramavantikām || 45 ||
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ayodhyāṃ mathurāṃ caiva dvārakāmamarāvatīm |
sarasvatīṃ siṃdhusaṅgaṃ gaṃgā sāgarasaṃgamam || 46 ||
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kāñcīṃ ca tryambakaṃ cāpi saptagodāvarītaṭam |
kālañjaraṃ prabhāsaṃ ca tathā badarikāśramam || 47 ||
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mahālayantathoṃkārakṣetraṃ vai puruṣottamam |
gokarṇaṃ bhṛgukacchaṃ ca bhṛgutuṃgaṃ ca puṣkaram || 48 ||
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śrīparvatāditīrthāni dhārātīrthaṃ tathaiva ca |
gatvāvagāhya vidhinā cacāra paramantapaḥ || 49 ||
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evantīrthānyanekāni nānādeśasthitāni ha |
paryyaṭankālikāsūnuḥ prāpadvārāṇasīmpurīm || 50 ||
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yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣādannapūrṇā maheśvarī |
bhaktānāmamṛtandātuṃ virājete kṛpānidhī || 51 ||
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prāpya vārāṇasītīrthaṃ dṛṣṭvātha maṇikarṇikām |
koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatyāja sa munīśvaraḥ || 52 ||
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dṛṣṭvā liṃgāni sarvāṇi viśveśapramukhāni ca |
snātvā sarveṣu kuṇḍeṣu vāpīkūpasarassu ca || 53 ||
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natvā vināyakānsarvāngaurīḥ sarvāḥ praṇamya ca |
sampūjya kālarājaṃ ca bhairavaṃ pāpabhakṣaṇam || 94 ||
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daṇḍanāyakamukhyāṃśca gaṇānstutvā prayatnataḥ |
ādikeśavamukhyāṃśca keśavānparitoṣya ca || 55 ||
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lolārkamukhyasūryāṃśca praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ |
kṛtvā piṇḍapradānāni sarvatīrtheṣvatandritaḥ || 56 ||
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sthāpayāmāsa puṇyātmā liṃgaṃ vyāseśvarābhidham |
yaddarśanādbhavedvipra naro vidyāsu vākpatiḥ || 57 ||
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liṃgānyabhyarcya viśveśapramukhāni subhaktitaḥ |
asakṛccintayāmāsa kiṃ ligaṃ kṣiprasiddhidam || 58 ||
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yamārādhya mahādevaṃ vidyāḥ sarvā labhemahi |
purāṇakartṛtāśaktirmamāstu yadanugrahāt || 59 ||
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śrīdamoṃkāranāthaṃ vā kṛttivāseśvaraṃ kimu |
kedāreśantu kāmeśaṃ candreśaṃ vā trilocanam || 60 ||
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kāleśaṃ vṛddhakāleśaṃ kālaśeśvarameva vā |
jyeṣṭheśaṃ jambukeśaṃ vā jaigīṣavyeśvarantu vā || 61 ||
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daśāśvamedhamīśānaṃ drumicaṇḍeśameva vā |
dṛkkeśaṃ garuḍeśaṃ vā gokarṇeśaṃ gaṇeśvaram || 62 ||
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prasannavadaneśaṃ vā dharmmeśaṃ tārakeśvaram |
nandikeśaṃ nivāseśaṃ patrīśaṃ prītikeśvaram || 63 ||
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parvateśaṃ paśupatiṃ hāṭakeśvarameva vā |
bṛhaspatīśvaraṃ vātha tilabhāṇḍeśameva vā || 64 ||
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bhārabhūteśvaraṃ kiṃ vā mahālakṣmīśvaraṃ tu vā |
maruteśantu mokṣeśaṃ gaṃgeśaṃ narmadeśvaram || 65 ||
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kṛṣṇeśaṃ parameśānaṃ ratneśvaramathāpi vā |
yāmuneśaṃ lāṃgalīśaṃ śrīmadviśveśvaraṃ vibhum || 66 ||
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avimukteśvaraṃ vātha viśālākṣīśameva vā |
vyāghreśvaraṃ varāheśaṃ vidyeśvaramathāpi vā || 67 ||
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varuṇeśaṃ vidhīśaṃ vā harikeśeśvarantu vā |
bhavānīśaṃ kaparddīśaṃ kandukeśa majeśvaram || 68 ||
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viśvakarmeśvaraṃ vātha vīreśvaramathāpi vā |
nādeśaṃ kapileśaṃ ca bhuvaneśvarameva vā || 69 ||
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bāṣkulīśaṃ mahādevaṃ siddhīśvaramathāpi vā |
viśvedeveśvaraṃ vīrabhadreśaṃ bhairaveśvaram || 70 ||
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amṛteśaṃ satīśaṃ vā pārvatīśvarameva vā |
siddheśvaraṃ mataṃgeśaṃ bhūtīśvaramathāpi vā || 71 ||
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āṣāḍhīśaṃ prakāmeśaṃ koṭirudreśvarantathā |
madālaseśvaraṃ caiva tilaparṇeśvaraṃ kimu || 72 ||
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kiṃ vā hiraṇyagarbheśaṃ kiṃ vā śrīmadhyameśvaram |
ityādikoṭiliṃgānāṃ madhye'haṃ kimupāśraye || 73 ||
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iti cintāturo vyāsaḥ śivabhaktiratātmavān |
kṣaṇaṃ vicārayāmāsa dhyānasusthiracetasā || 74 ||
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ājñātaṃ vismṛtaṃ tāvanniṣpanno me manorathaḥ |
siddhaiḥ saṃpūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ dharmmakāmārthamokṣadam || 75 ||
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darśanātsparśanādyasya ceto nirmalatāmiyāt |
uddhāṭitaṃ sadaivāsti dvāraṃ svargasya yatra hi || 76 ||
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avimukte mahākṣetre siddhakṣetre hi tatparam |
yatrāste paramaṃ liṃgaṃ madhyameśvarasaṃjñakam || 77 ||
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na madhyameśvarādanyalliṃgaṃ kāśyāṃ hi vidyate |
yaddarśanārthamāyānti devāḥ parvaṇiparvaṇi || 78 ||
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ataḥ sevyo mahādevo madhyameśvarasaṃjñakaḥ |
asyārādhanato viprā bahavaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ || 79 ||
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yaḥ pradhānatayā kāśyā madhye tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ |
svapurījana saukhyārthamato'sau madhyameśvaraḥ || 80 ||
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tumbururnāma gaṃdharvo devarṣirnāradastathā |
amumārādhya saṃpanno gānavidyāviśāradau || 81 ||
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amumeva samārādhya viṣṇurmokṣaprado'bhavat |
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca sraṣṭṛpālakahārakāḥ || 82 ||
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dhanādhīśaḥ kubero'pi vāmadevo hi śaivarāṭ |
khaṭvāṃgo nāma bhūpālo'napatyo'patyavānabhūt || 83 ||
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apsarāścandrabhāmākhyā nṛtyantī nijabhāvataḥ |
sadehā kokilālāpā liṃgamadhye layaṃ gatā || 84 ||
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śrīkaro gopikāsūnuḥ sevitā madhyameśvaram |
gāṇapatyaṃ samālebhe śivasya karuṇātmanaḥ || 85 ||
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bhārgavo gīṣpatiścobhau devau daityasurārcitau |
vidyāpāraṃgamau jātau prasādānmadhyameśituḥ || 86 ||
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ahamapyatra saṃpūjya madhyameśvaramīśvaram |
purāṇakartṛtāśaktiṃ prāpsyāmi tarasā dhuvam || 87 ||
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iti kṛtvā matiṃ dhīro vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ |
bhāgīrathyambhasi snātvā jagrāha niyamaṃ vratī || 88 ||
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kvacitparṇāśano bhūttvā phalaśākāśanaḥ kvacit |
vātabhugjalabhukkvāpi kvacinniraśanavratī || 89 ||
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ityādi niyamairyogī trikālaṃ madhyameśvaram |
pūjayāmāsa dharmmātmā nānāvṛkṣodbhavaiḥ phalaiḥ || 90 ||
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itthaṃ bahutithe kāle vyatīte kālikāsutaḥ |
snātvā tripathagātoye yāvadāyāti sa prage || 91 ||
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madhyameśvaramīśānaṃ bhaktābhīṣṭavarapradam |
tāvaddadarśa puṇyātmā madhyeliṃgaṃ maheśvaram || 92 ||
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umābhūṣitavāmāṃgaṃ vyāghracarmmottarīyakam |
jaṭājūṭacaladgaṃgātaraṃgaiścāruvigraham || 93 ||
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lasacchāradabālenducandrikācanditālakam |
bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgaṃ karpūrārjunavigraham || 94 ||
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karṇāntāyatanetraṃ ca vidrumāruṇadacchadam |
paṃcavarṣākṛti bālaṃ bālakocitabhūṣaṇam || 95 ||
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dadhānaṃ koṭikandarppadarpahāni tanudyutim |
nagraṃ prahasitāsyābjaṃ gāyantaṃ sāma līlayā || 96 ||
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karuṇāpārapāthodhiṃ bhaktavatsalanāmakam |
āśutoṣamumākāntaṃ prasādasumukhaṃ haram || 97 ||
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samālokya stutiṃ cakre premagadgayā girā |
yogīnāmapyagamyantaṃ dīnabandhuṃ cidātmakam || 98 ||
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vedavyāsa uvāca |
devadeva mahābhāga śaraṇāgatavatsala |
vāṅmanaḥ karmaduṣpāpa yogināmapyagocara || 99 ||
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mahimānaṃ na te vedā vidāmāsurumāpate |
tvameva jagataḥ kartā dhartā hartā tathaiva ca || 100 ||
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tvamādyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ saccidānaṃda īśvaraḥ |
nāmagotre na vā te staḥ sarvajño'si sadāśiva || 101 ||
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tvameva paramaṃ brahma māyāpāśanivartakaḥ |
guṇatrayairna liptastvaṃ padmapatramivāṃbhasā || 102 ||
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na te janma na vā śīlaṃ na deśo na kulaṃ ca te |
itthaṃ bhūtopīśvaratvaṃ trilokyāḥ kāmamāvahe || 103 ||
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na ca brahmā na lakṣmīśo na ca sendrā divaukasaḥ |
na yogīndrā vidustattvaṃ yasya taṃ tvāmupāsmahe || 104 ||
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tvattaḥ sarvaṃ tvaṃ hi sarvaṃ gaurīśastvaṃ purāntakaḥ |
tvaṃ bālastvaṃ yuvā vṛddhastaṃ tvāṃ hṛdi yunajmyaham || 105 ||
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namastasmai maheśāya bhaktadhyeyāya śambhave |
purāṇapuruṣāyāddhā śaṃkarāya parātmane || 106 ||
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iti stutvā kṣitau yāvaddaṇḍavannipapāta saḥ |
tāvatsa bālo hṛṣṭātmā vedavyāsamabhāṣata || 107 ||
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varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bho yoginyaste manasi vartate |
nādeyaṃ vidyate kiṃcidbhaktādhīno yato'smyaham || 108 ||
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tata utthāya hṛṣṭātmā munirvyāso mahātapāḥ |
pratyabravītkimajñātaṃ sarvajñasya tava prabho || 109 ||
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sarvāntarātmā bhagavāñcharvaḥ sarvaprado bhavān |
yāñcāṃ pratiniyuṅkte māṃ kimīśo dainyakāriṇīm || 110 ||
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iti śrutvā vacastasya vyāsasyāmalacetasaḥ |
śuci smitvā mahādevo bālarūpadharo'bravīt || 111 ||
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bāla uvāca |
tvayā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha yo'bhilāṣaḥ kṛto hṛdi |
acireṇaiva kālena sa bhaviṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ || 112 ||
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kaṇṭhe sthitvā tava brahmannantaryāmyahamīśvaraḥ |
setihāsapurāṇāni samyaṅniryāpayāmyaham || 113 ||
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abhilāṣāṣṭakaṃ puṇyaṃ stotrametattvayeritam |
varṣaṃ trikālaṃ paṭhanātkāmadaṃ śambhusadmani || 114 ||
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etatstotrasya paṭhanaṃ vidyābuddhivivarddhanam |
sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ proktaṃ dharmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ nṛṇām || 115 ||
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prātarutthāya susnāto liṃgamabhyarcya śāṃkaram |
varṣaṃ paṭhannidaṃ stotraṃ mūrkho'pi syādbṛhaspatiḥ || 116 ||
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striyā vā puruṣeṇāpi niyamālliṃgasannidhau |
varṣaṃ japtamidaṃ stotraṃ buddhiṃ vidyāñca varddhayet || 117 ||
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ityuktvā sa mahādevo bālo liṃge nyalīyata |
vyāso'pi muṃcannaśrūṇi śivapremākulo'bhavat || 118 ||
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evaṃ labdhavaro vyāso maheśānmadhyameśvarāta |
aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni praṇināya svalīlayā || 119 ||
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brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavañca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā |
bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṃḍeyamataḥ param || 120 ||
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āgneyaṃ brahmavaivarta liṃgaṃ vārāhameva ca |
vāmanākhyaṃ tataḥ kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍameva ca || 121 ||
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skāndaṃ tathaiva brahmāṇḍākhyaṃ purāṇaṃ ca kīrtitam |
yaśasyaṃ puṇyadaṃ nṝṇāṃ śrotṝṇāṃ śāṃkaraṃ yaśa || 122 ||
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sūta uvāca |
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāmpūrvaṃ nāmoditantvayā |
kuru nirvacanaṃ teṣāmidānīṃ vedavittama || 123 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
ayameva kṛtaḥ praśnastaṇḍinā brahmayoninā |
nandikeśvaramuddiśya sa yadāha bravīmi tat || 124 ||
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nandikeśvara uvāca |
yatra vaktā svayantaṇḍe brahmā sākṣāccaturmukhaḥ |
tasmādbrahmaṃ samākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ mune || 125 ||
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padmakalpasya māhātmyantatra yasyāmudāhṛtam |
tasmātpādmaṃ samākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ ca dvitīyakam || 126 ||
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parāśarakṛtaṃ yattu purāṇaṃ viṣṇubodhakam |
tadeva vyāsakathitaṃ putrapitrorabhedataḥ || 127 ||
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yatra pūrvottare khaṇḍe śivasya caritaṃ bahu |
śaivametatpurāṇaṃ hi purāṇajñā vadanti ca || 128 ||
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bhagavatyāśca durgāyāścaritaṃ yatra vidyate |
tattu bhāgavataṃ proktaṃ nanu devīpurāṇakam || 129 ||
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nāradoktaṃ purāṇantu nāradīyaṃ pracakṣate |
yatra vaktā'bhavattaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ || 130 ||
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mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇaṃ hi tadākhyātaṃ ca saptamam |
agniyogāttadāgneyaṃ bhaviṣyokterbhaviṣyakam || 131 ||
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vivartanādbrahmaṇastu brahmavaivartamucyate |
liṃgasya caritoktatvātpurāṇaṃ liṃgamucyate || 132 ||
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varāhasya ca vārāhaṃ purāṇaṃ dvādaśaṃ mune |
yatra skandaḥ svayaṃ śrotā vaktā sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ || 133 ||
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tattu skāndaṃ samākhyātaṃ vāmanasya tu vāmanam |
kaurmaṃ kūrmasya caritaṃ mātsyaṃ matsyena kīrtitam || 134 ||
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garuḍastu svayaṃ vaktā yattadgāruḍasaṃjñakam |
brahmāṇḍacaritoktatvādbrahmāṇḍaṃ parikīrtitam || 135 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ayameva mayā'kāri praśno vyāsāya dhīmate |
tataḥ sarvapurāṇānāṃ mayā nirvacanaṃ śrutam || 136 ||
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evaṃ vyāsasamutpannaḥ satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt |
purāṇasaṃhitāścakre mahābhāratamuttamam || 137 ||
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parāśareṇa saṃyogaḥ punaḥ śantanunā yathā |
satyavatyā iva brahmannaḥ saṃśayitumarhasi || 138 ||
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sakāraṇeyamutpattiḥ kathitāścaryyakāriṇī |
mahatāṃ carite caiva guṇā grāhyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ || 139 ||
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idaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhatyapi |
sa sarvapāpanirmukta ṛṣiloke mahīyate || 140 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ vyāsotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 44 ||
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