Chapter 8

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kṛṣṇa uvāca |
bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivena paribhāṣitam |
vedasāre śivajñānaṃ svāśritānāṃ vimuktaye || 1 ||
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abhaktānāmabuddhīnāmayuktānāmagocaram |
arthairdaśardhaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ gūḍhamaprājñaniṃditam || 2 ||
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varṇāśramakṛtairdharmairviparītaṃ kvacitsamam |
vedātṣaḍaṃgāduddhṛtya sāṃkhyādyogācca kṛtsnaśaḥ || 3 ||
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śatakoṭipramāṇena vistīrṇaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā |
kathitaṃ parameśena tatra pūjā kathaṃ prabhoḥ || 4 ||
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kasyādhikāraḥ pūjādau jñānayogādayaḥ katham |
tatsarvaṃ vistarādeva vaktumarhasi suvrata || 5 ||
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upamanyuruvāca |
śaivaṃ saṃkṣipya vedoktaṃ śivena paribhāṣitam |
stutiniṃdādirahitaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakāraṇam || 6 ||
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guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam |
kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ || 7 ||
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sisṛkṣayā purāvyaktācchivaḥ sthāṇurmaheśvaraḥ |
satkāryakāraṇopetassvayamāvirabhūtprabhuḥ || 8 ||
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janayāmāsa ca tadā ṛṣirviśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ |
devānāṃ prathamaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatim || 9 ||
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brahmāpi pitaraṃ devaṃ jāyamānaṃ nyavaikṣata |
taṃ jāyamānaṃ janako devaḥ prāpaśyadājñayā || 10 ||
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dṛṣṭo rudreṇa devo 'sāvasṛjadviśvamīśvaraḥ |
varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca cakāra sa pṛthakpṛthak || 11 ||
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somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata |
dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ || 12 ||
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te cānye ca surā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyena tuṣṭuvuḥ |
prasannavadanastasthau devānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ || 13 ||
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apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ |
tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ || 14 ||
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so 'bravīdbhagavānrudro hyahamekaḥ purātanaḥ |
āsaṃ prathamamevāhaṃ vartāmi 1 ca surottamāḥ || 15 ||
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bhaviṣyāmi ca mattonyo vyatirikto na kaścana |
ahameva jagatsarvaṃ tarpayāmi svatejasā || 16 ||
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matto 'dhikaḥ samo nāsti māṃ yo veda sa mucyate |
ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhatta sa || 17 ||
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apaśyaṃtastamīśānaṃ stuvaṃtaścaiva sāmabhiḥ |
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ kṛtvā tvatharvaśirasi sthitam || 17 ||
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bhasmasaṃchannasarvāṃgā babhūvuramarāstadā |
atha teṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ paśūnāṃ patirīśvaraḥ || 18 ||
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sagaṇaścomayā sārdhaṃ sānnidhyamakarotprabhuḥ |
yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsā yogino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ || 20 ||
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hṛdi paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ dadṛśurdevapuṃgavāḥ |
yāmāhuḥ paramāṃ śaktimīśvarecchānuvartinīm || 21 ||
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tāmapaśyanmaheśasya vāmato vāmalocanām |
ye vinirdhūtasaṃsārāḥ prāptāḥ śaivaṃ paraṃ padam || 22 ||
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nityasiddhāśca ye vānyaṃ te ca dṛṣṭā gaṇeśvarāḥ |
atha taṃ tuṣṭuvurdevā devyā saha maheśvaram || 23 ||
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stotrairmāheśvarairdivyaiḥ śrotaiḥ paurāṇikairapi |
devo 'pi devānālokya ghṛṇayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 24 ||
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tuṣṭo 'smītyāha suprītassvabhāvamadhurāṃ giram |
atha suprītamanasaṃ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam || 25 ||
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arthamahattamaṃ devāḥ papracchurimamādarāt |
devā ūcuḥ |
bhagavankena mārgeṇa pūjanīyo 'si bhūtale || 25 ||
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kasyādhikāraḥ pūjāyāṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ |
tataḥ sasmitamālokya devīṃ devavaroharaḥ || 26 ||
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svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa ghoraṃ sūryātmakaṃ param |
sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param || 27 ||
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śaktibhirmūrtibhiścāṃgairgrahairdevaiśca saṃvṛtam |
aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramardhanārīkamadbhutam || 28 ||
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dṛṣṭvaivamadbhutākāraṃ devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ |
buddhvā divākaraṃ devaṃ devīṃ caiva niśākaram || 29 ||
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pañcabhūtāni śeṣāṇi tanmayaṃ ca carācaram |
evamuktvā namaścakrustasmai cārghyaṃ pradāya vai || 30 ||
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siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam |
padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya || 32 ||
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suratnapūrṇaṃ sasuvarṇatoyaṃ sukuṃkumādyaṃ sakuśaṃ sapuṣpam |
pradattamādāya sahemapātraṃ praśastamarghyaṃ bhagavanprasīda || 33 ||
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namaśśivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāyādihetave |
rudrāya viṣṇave tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe sūryamūrtaye || 34 ||
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yaśśivaṃ maṇḍale saure saṃpūjyaiva samāhitaḥ |
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne pradadyādarghyamuttamam || 35 ||
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praṇamedvā paṭhedetāñchlokāñchrutimukhānimān |
na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidbhaktaścenmucyate dṛḍham || 36 ||
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tasmādabhyarcayenityaṃ śivamādityarūpiṇam |
dharmakāmārthamuktyarthaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā || 37 ||
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atha devānsamālokya maṇḍalastho maheśvaraḥ |
sarvāgamottaraṃ dattvā śāstramaṃtaradhāddharaḥ || 38 ||
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tatra pūjādhikāro 'yaṃ brahmakṣatraviśāmiti |
jñātvā praṇamya deveśaṃ devā jagmuryathāgatam || 39 ||
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atha kālena mahatā tasmiñchāstre tirohite |
bhartāraṃ paripapraccha tadaṃkasthā maheśvarī || 40 ||
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tayā sa codito devo devyā candravibhūṣaṇaḥ |
avadatkaramuddhṛtya śāstraṃ sarvāgamottaram || 41 ||
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pravartitaṃ ca talloke niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ |
mayāgastyena guruṇā dadhīcena maharṣiṇā || 42 ||
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svayamapyavatīryorvyāṃ yugāvarteṣu śūladhṛk |
svāśritānāṃ vimuktyarthaṃ kurute jñānasaṃtatim || 43 ||
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ṛbhussatyo bhārgavaśca hyaṃgirāḥ savitā dvijāḥ |
mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ || 44 ||
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sārasvatastridhāmā ca trivṛto munipuṃgavaḥ |
śatatejāssvayaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ || 45 ||
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svarakṣaścāruṇirdhīmāṃstathā caiva kṛtaṃjayaḥ |
kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kaviruttamaḥ || 46 ||
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vācaḥsravā munissākṣāttathā sūkṣmāyaṇiḥ śuciḥ |
tṛṇabiṃdurmuniḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaktiḥ śākteya uttaraḥ || 47 ||
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jātūkarṇyo harissākṣātkṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ |
vyāsāvatārāñchṛṇvaṃtu kalpayogeśvarānkramāt || 48 ||
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laiṃge vyāsāvatārā hi dvāparāṃ teṣu suvratāḥ |
yogācāryāvatārāśca tathā śiṣyeṣu śūlinaḥ || 49 ||
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tatra tatra vibhoḥ śiṣyāścatvāraḥ syurmahaujasaḥ |
śiṣyāsteṣāṃ praśiṣyāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ || 50 ||
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teṣāṃ saṃbhāvanālloke śaivājñākaraṇādibhiḥ |
bhāgyavaṃto vimucyaṃte bhaktyā cātyaṃtabhāvitāḥ || 51 ||
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