Chapter 4

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kṛṣṇa uvāca |
bhagavanparameśasya śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ |
mūrtibhirviśvamevedaṃ yathā vyāptaṃ tathā śrutam || 1 ||
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athaitajjñātumicchāmi yāthātmyaṃ pameśayoḥ |
strīpuṃbhāvātmakaṃ cedaṃ tābhyāṃ kathamadhiṣṭhitam || 2 ||
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upamanyuruvāca |
śrīmadvibhūtiṃ śivayoryāthātmyaṃ ca samāsataḥ |
vakṣye tadvistarādvaktuṃ bhavenāpi na śakyate || 3 ||
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śaktiḥ sākṣānmahādevī mahādevaśca śaktimān |
tayorvibhūtileśo vai sarvametaccarācaram || 4 ||
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vastu kiṃcidacidrūpaṃ kiṃcidvastu cidātmakam |
dvayaṃ śuddhamaśuddhaṃ ca paraṃ cāparameva ca || 5 ||
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yatsaṃsarati ciccakramaciccakrasamanvitam |
tadevāśuddhamaparamitaraṃ tu paraṃ śubham || 6 ||
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aparaṃ ca paraṃ caiva dvayaṃ cidacidātmakam |
śivasya ca śivāyāśca svāmyaṃ caitatsvabhāvataḥ || 7 ||
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śivayorvai vaśe viśvaṃ na viśvasya vaśe śivau |
īśitavyamidaṃ yasmāttasmādviśveśvarau śivau || 8 ||
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yathā śivastathā devī yathā devī tathā śivaḥ |
nānayoraṃtaraṃ vidyāccaṃdracandrikayoriva || 9 ||
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caṃdro na khalu bhātyeṣa yathā caṃdrikayā vinā |
na bhāti vidyamāno 'pi tathā śaktyā vinā śivaḥ || 10 ||
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prabhayā hi vināyadvadbhānureṣa na vidyate |
prabhā ca bhānunā tena sutarāṃ tadupāśrayā || 11 ||
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evaṃ parasparāpekṣā śaktiśaktimatoḥ sthitā |
na śivena vinā śaktirna śaktyā ca vinā śivaḥ || 12 ||
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śaktauyayā śivo nityaṃ bhaktau muktau ca dehinām |
ādyā saikā parā śaktiścinmayī śivasaṃśrayā || 13 ||
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yāmāhurakhileśasya taistairanuguṇairguṇaiḥ |
samānadharmiṇīmeva śivasya paramātmanaḥ || 14 ||
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saikā parā ca cidrūpā śaktiḥ prasavadharmiṇī |
vibhajya bahudhā viśvaṃ vidadhāti śivecchayā || 15 ||
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sā mūlaprakṛtirmāyā triguṇā ca tridhā smṛtā |
śivayā ca viparyastaṃ yayā tatamidaṃ jagat || 16 ||
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ekadhā ca dvidhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā |
śaktayaḥ khalu bhidyaṃte bahudhā vyavahārataḥ || 17 ||
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śivecchayā parāśaktiḥ śivatattvaikatāṃ gatā |
tataḥ parisphuratyādau sarge tailaṃ tilādiva || 18 ||
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tataḥ kriyākhyayā śaktyā śaktau śaktimadutthayā |
tasyāṃ vikṣobhyamāṇāyāmādau nādaḥ samudbabhau || 19 ||
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nādādviniḥsṛto biṃdurbiṃdodevassadāśivaḥ |
tasmānmaheśvaro jātaḥ śuddhavidyā maheśvarāt || 20 ||
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sā vācāmīśvarī śaktirvāgīśākhyā hi śūlinaḥ |
yā sā varṇasvarūpeṇa mātṛkepi vijṛmbhate || 21 ||
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athānaṃtasamāveśānmāyā kālamavāsṛjat |
niyatiñca kalāṃ vidyāṃ kalātorāgapūruṣau || 22 ||
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māyātaḥ punarevābhūdavyaktaṃ triguṇātmakam |
triguṇācca tato vyaktādvibhaktāḥ syustrayo guṇāḥ || 23 ||
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sattvaṃ rajastamaśceti yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat |
guṇebhyaḥ kṣobhyamāṇebhyo guṇeśākhyāstrimūrtayaḥ || 24 ||
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abhavanmahadādīni tattvāni ca yathākramam |
tebhyassyuraṇḍapiṇḍāni tvasaṃkhyāni śivājñayā || 25 ||
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adhiṣṭhitānyanantādyairvidyeśaiścakravartibhiḥ |
śarīrāṃtarabhedena śakterbhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 25 ||
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nānārūpāstu vijñeyāḥ sthūlasūkṣmavibhedataḥ |
rudrasya raudrī sā śaktirviṣṇaurvai vaiṣṇavī matā || 26 ||
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brahmāṇī brahmaṇaḥ proktā cendrasyaiṃdrīti kathyate |
kimatra bahunoktena yadviśvamiti kīrtitam || 27 ||
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śakyātmanaiva tadvyāptaṃ yathā dehe 'ṃtarātmanā |
tasmācchaktimayaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam || 28 ||
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kalā yā paramā śaktiḥ kathitā paramātmanaḥ |
evameṣā parā śaktirīśvarecchānuyāyinī || 29 ||
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sthiraṃ caraṃ ca yadviśvaṃ sṛjatīti viniścayaḥ |
jñānakriyā cikīrṣābhistisṛbhissvātmaśaktibhiḥ || 30 ||
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śaktimānīśvaraḥ śaśvadviśvaṃ vyāpyādhitiṣṭhati |
idamitthamidaṃ netthaṃ bhavedityevamātmikā || 31 ||
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icchāśaktirmaheśasya nityā kāryaniyāmikā |
jñānaśaktistu tatkāryaṃ karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ tathā || 32 ||
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prayojanaṃ ca tattvena buddhirūpādhyavasyati |
yathepsitaṃ kriyāśaktiryathādhyavasitaṃ jagat || 33 ||
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kalpayatyakhilaṃ kāryaṃ kṣaṇātsaṃkalparūpiṇī |
yathā śaktitrayotthānaṃ śaktiprasavadharmiṇī || 34 ||
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śaktyā paramayā nunnā prasūte sakalaṃ jagat |
evaṃ śaktisamāyogācchaktimānucyate śivaḥ || 35 ||
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śaktiśaktimadutthaṃ tu śāktaṃ śaivamidaṃ jagat |
yathā na jāyate putraḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ vinā || 36 ||
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tathā bhavaṃ bhavānīṃ ca vinā naitaccarācaram |
strīpuṃsaprabhavaṃ viśvaṃ strīpuṃsātmakameva ca || 37 ||
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strīpuṃsayorvibhūtiśca strīpuṃsābhyāmadhiṣṭhitam |
paramātmā śivaḥ proktaśśivā sā ca prakīrtitā || 38 ||
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śivassadāśivaḥ proktaḥ śivā sā ca manonmanī |
śivo maheśvaro jñeyaḥ śivā māyeti kathyate || 39 ||
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puruṣaḥ parameśānaḥ prakṛtiḥ parameśvarī |
rudro maheśvarassākṣādrudrāṇī rudravallabhā || 40 ||
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viṣṇurviśveśvaro devo lakṣmīrviśveśvarapriyā |
brahmā śivo yadā sraṣṭā brahmāṇī brahmaṇaḥ priyā || 41 ||
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bhāskaro bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ prabhā bhagavatī śivā |
maheṃdro manmathārātiḥ śacī śailendrakanyakā || 42 ||
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jātavedā mahādevaḥ svāhā śarvārdhadehinī |
yamastriyaṃbako devastatpriyā girikanyakā || 43 ||
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nirṛtirbhagavānīśo nairṛtī naganaṃdanī |
varuṇo bhagavānrudro vāruṇī bhūdharātmajā || 44 ||
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bāleṃduśekharo vāyuḥ śivā śivamanoharā |
yakṣo yajñaśirohartā ṛddhirhimagirīndrajā || 45 ||
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caṃdrārdhaśekharaścaṃdro rohiṇī rudravallabhā |
īśānaḥ parameśānastadāryā parameśvarī || 46 ||
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anaṃtavalayo 'naṃto hyanaṃtānaṃtavallabhā |
kālāgnirudraḥ kālāriḥ kālī kālāṃtakapriyā || 47 ||
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puruṣākhyo manuśśaṃbhuḥ śatarūpā śivapriyā |
dakṣassākṣānmahādevaḥ prasūtiḥ parameśvarī || 48 ||
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rucirbhavo bhavānī ca budhairākūtirucyate |
bhṛgurbhagākṣihā devaḥ khyātistrinayanapriyā || 49 ||
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marīcibhagavānrudraḥ saṃbhūtiśśarvavallabhā |
gaṃgādharo 'ṃgirā jñeyaḥ smṛtiḥ sākṣādumā smṛtā || 50 ||
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pulastyaḥ śaśabhṛnmauliḥ prītiḥ kāṃtā pinākinaḥ |
pulahastripuradhvaṃsī tatpriyā tu śivapriyā || 51 ||
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kratudhvaṃsī kratuḥ proktaḥ saṃnatirdayitā vibhoḥ |
trinetro 'trirumā sākṣādanasūyā smṛtā budhaiḥ || 52 ||
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kaśyapaḥ kālahā devo devamātā maheśvarī |
vasiṣṭho manmathārātirdevī sākṣādaruṃdhatī || 53 ||
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śaṃkaraḥ puruṣāssarve striyassarvā maheśvarī |
sarve strīpuruṣāstasmāttayoreva vibhūtayaḥ || 54 ||
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viṣayī bhagavānīśo viṣayaḥ parameśvarī |
śrāvyaṃ sarvamumārūpaṃ śrotā śūlavarāyudhaḥ || 55 ||
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praṣṭavyaṃ vastujātaṃ tu dhatte śaṃkaravallabhā |
praṣṭā sa eva viśvātmā bālacandrāvataṃsakaḥ || 56 ||
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draṣṭavyaṃ vasturūpaṃ tu bibharti vaktavallabhā |
draṣṭā viśveśvaro devaḥ śaśikhaṃḍaśikhāmaṇiḥ || 57 ||
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rasajātaṃ mahādevī devo rasayitā śivaḥ |
preyajātaṃ ca girijā preyāṃścaiva garāśanaḥ || 58 ||
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maṃtavyavastutāṃ dhatte sadā devī maheśvarī |
maṃtā sa eva viśvātmā mahādevo maheśvaraḥ || 59 ||
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boddhavyavasturūpaṃ tu bibharti bhavavallabhā |
devassa eva bhagavānboddhā mugdhenduśekharaḥ || 60 ||
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prāṇaḥ pinākī sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ bhagavānprabhuḥ |
prāṇasthitistu sarveṣāmaṃbikā cāṃburūpiṇī || 61 ||
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bibharti kṣetratāṃ devī tripurāṃtakavallabhā |
kṣetrajñatvaṃ tadā dhatte bhagavānaṃtakāṃtakaḥ || 62 ||
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ahaḥ śūlāyudho devaḥ śūlapāṇipriyā niśā |
ākāśaḥ śaṃkaro devaḥ pṛthivī śaṃkarapriyā || 63 ||
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samudro bhagavānīśo velā śailendrakanyakā |
vṛkṣo vṛṣadhvajo devo latā viśveśvarapriyā || 64 ||
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puṃlliṃgamakhilaṃ dhatte bhagavānpuraśāsanaḥ |
striliṃgaṃ cākhilaṃ dhatte devī devamanoramā || 65 ||
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śabdajālamaśeṣaṃ tu dhatte sarvasya vallabhā |
arthasvarūpamakhilaṃ dhatte mugdhenduśekharaḥ || 66 ||
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yasya yasya padārthasya yā yā śaktirudāhṛtā |
sā sā viśveśvarī devī sa sa sarvo maheśvaraḥ || 67 ||
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yatparaṃ yatpavitraṃ ca yatpuṇyaṃ yacca maṃgalam |
tattadāha mahābhāgāstayostejovijṛṃbhitam || 68 ||
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yathā dīpasya dīptasya śikhā dīpayate gṛham |
tathā tejastayoretadvyāpya dīpayate jagat || 69 ||
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tṛṇādiśivamūrtyaṃtaṃ viśvakhyātiśayakramaḥ |
sannikarṣakramavaśāttayoriti parā śrutiḥ || 70 ||
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sarvākārātmakāvetau sarvaśreyovidhāyinau |
pūjanīyau namaskāryau ciṃtanīyau ca sarvadā || 71 ||
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yathāprajñamidaṃ kṛṣṇa yāthātmyaṃ parameśayoḥ |
kathitaṃ hi mayā te 'dya na tu tāvadiyattayā || 72 ||
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tatkathaṃ śakyate vaktuṃ yāthātmyaṃ parameśayoḥ |
mahatāmapi sarveṣāṃ manaso 'pi bahirgatam || 73 ||
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aṃtargatamananyānāmīśvarārpitacetasām |
anyeṣāṃ buddhyanārūḍhamārūḍhaṃ ca yathaiva tat || 74 ||
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yeyamuktā vibhūtirvai prākṛtī sā parā matā |
aprākṛtāṃ parāmanyāṃ guhyāṃ guhyavido viduḥ || 75 ||
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yato vāco nivartaṃte manasā cendriyaissaha |
aprākṛtī parā caiṣā vibhūtiḥ pārameśvarī || 76 ||
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saiveha paramaṃ dhāma saiveha paramā gatiḥ |
saiveha paramā kāṣṭhā vibhūtiḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ || 77 ||
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tāṃ prāptuṃ prayataṃte 'tra jitaśvāsā jiteṃdriyāḥ |
garbhakārā gṛhadvāraṃ niśchidraṃ ghaṭituṃ yathā || 78 ||
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saṃsārāśīviṣālīḍhamṛtasaṃjīvanauṣadham |
vibhūtiṃ śivayorvidvānna bibheti kutaścana || 79 ||
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yaḥ parāmaparāṃ caiva vibhūtiṃ vetti tattvataḥ |
so 'paro bhūtimullaṃghya parāṃ bhūtiṃ samaśnute || 80 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ kṛṣṇa yāthātmyaṃ paramātmanoḥ |
rahasyamapi yogyo 'si bhargabhakto bhavāniti || 81 ||
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nāśiṣyebhyo 'pyaśaivebhyo nābhaktebhyaḥ kadācana |
vyāharedīśayorbhūtimiti vedānuśāsanam || 82 ||
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tasmāttvamatikalyāṇaparebhyaḥ kathayenna hi |
tvādṛśebhyo 'nurūpebhyaḥ kathayaitanna cānyathā || 83 ||
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vibhūtimetāṃ śivayoryogyebhyo yaḥ pradāpayet |
saṃsārasāgarānmuktaḥ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt || 84 ||
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kīrtanādasya naśyaṃti mahāntyaḥ pāpakoṭayaḥ |
triścaturdhāsamabhyastairvinaśyaṃti tato 'dhikāḥ || 85 ||
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naśyaṃtyaniṣṭaripavo vardhante suhṛdastathā |
vidyā ca vardhate śaivī matissatye pravartate || 86 ||
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bhaktiḥ parāḥ śive sāmbe sānuge saparicchide |
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ cānyattattadāpnotyasaṃśayam || 87 ||
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antaḥśuciḥ śive bhakto visrabdhaḥ kīrtayedyadi |
prabalaiḥ karmabhiḥ pūrvaiḥ phalaṃ cetpratibadhyate || 88 ||
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punaḥ punaḥ samabhyasyettasya nāstīha durllabham || 88 ||
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