Chapter 8

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| lomaśa uvāca |
taskaro'pi purā brahmansarvadharmabāhiṣkṛtaḥ |
brahmaghno'sau surāpaśca suvarṇasya ca taskaraḥ || 1 ||
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laṃpaṭohi mahāpāpa uttamastrīṣu sarvadā |
dyūtakārī sadā maṃdaḥ kitavaiḥ saha saṃgataḥ || 2 ||
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ekadā krīḍatā tena hāritaṃ dyūtamadbhutam |
kitavairmardyamāno hi tadā novāca kiñcana || 3 ||
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pīḍito'pyabhavattūṣṇīṃ tairuktaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ |
dyūte tvayā ca taddravyaṃ hāritaṃ kiṃ prayacchasi || 4 ||
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no vā tatkathyatāṃ śīghraṃ yāthātathyena durmate |
yaddhāritaṃ prayacchāmi rātrāvityabravīcca saḥ || 5 ||
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tairmuktastena vākyena gatāste kitavādayaḥ |
tadā niśīthasamaye gato'sau śivamaṃdiram || 6 ||
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śirodhiruhya śambhośca ghaṇṭāmādātumudyataḥ |
tāvatkailāsaśikhare śaṃbhuḥ provāca kiṃkarān || 7 ||
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anena yatkṛtaṃ cādya sarveṣāmadhikaṃ bhuvi |
sarveṣāmeva bhaktānāṃ variṣṭho'yaṃ ca matpriyaḥ || 8 ||
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iti proktvāna yāmāsa vīrabhadrādibhirgaṇaiḥ |
te sarve tvaritā jagmuḥ kailāsācchivavallabhāt || 9 ||
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sarvairḍamarunādena nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam |
tāndṛṣṭvā sahasottīrya taskarosau durātmavān |
liṃgasya mastakātsadyaḥ palāyanaparo'bhavat || 10 ||
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palāyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā vīrabhadraḥ samāhvayat || 11 ||
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kasmādvibhepi re manda devadevo mahesvaraḥ |
prasannastava jātodya udāracarito hyasau || 12 ||
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ityuktvā taṃ vimāne ca kṛtvā kailāsamāyayau |
pārṣado hi kṛtastena taskaro hi mahātmanā || 13 ||
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tasmādbhāvyā śive bhaktiḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām |
paśavo'pi hi pūjyāḥ syuḥ kiṃ punarmānavābhuvi || 14 ||
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ye tārkikāstarkaparāstatha mīmāṃsakāśca ye |
anyonyavādinaścānye cānye vātmavitarkakāḥ || 15 ||
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ekavākyaṃ na kurvaṃti śivārcanabahiṣkṛtāḥ |
tarko hi kriyate yaiśca tesarve kiṃ śivaṃ vinā || 16 ||
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tathā kiṃ bahunoktena sarve'pi sthirajaṃgamāḥ |
prāṇino'pi hi jāyaṃte kevalaṃ liṃgadhāriṇaḥ || 17 ||
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piṇḍīyuktaṃ yatā liṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ ca yathā'bhavat |
tathā narā liṃgayuktāḥ piṇḍībhūtāstatā striyaḥ || 18 ||
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śivaśaktiyutaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram |
taṃ śivaṃ mauḍhyatastyaktvā mūḍhāścānyaṃ bhajaṃti ye || 19 ||
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dharmamātyaṃtikaṃ tucchaṃ naśvaraṃ kṣaṇabhaṃguram |
yo viṣṇuḥ sa śivo jñeyo yaḥ śivo viṣṇureva saḥ || 20 ||
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pīṭhikā viṣṇurūpaṃ syālliṃgarūpī maheśvaraḥ |
tasmālliṃgārcanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarveṣāmapi vai dvijāḥ || 21 ||
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brahmā maṇimayaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjayatyaniśaṃ śubham |
indro ratnamayaṃ liṃgaṃ candro muktāmayaṃ tathā || 22 ||
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bhānustāmramayaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjayatyaniśaṃ śubham |
raukmaṃ liṃgaṃ kuberaśca pāśī cāraktameva ca || 23 ||
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yamo nīlamayaṃ liṃgaṃ rājataṃ nairṛtastathā |
kāśmīraṃ pavano liṃgamarcayatyaniśaṃ vibhoḥ || 24 ||
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evaṃ te liṃgitāḥ sarve lokapālāḥ savāsavāḥ |
tathā sarve'pi pātāle gaṃdharvāḥ kiṃnaraiḥ saha || 25 ||
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daityānāṃ vaiṣṇavāḥ kecitprahlādapramukhā dvijāḥ |
tathāhi rākṣasānāṃ ca vibhīṣaṇapurogamāḥ || 26 ||
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baliśca namuciścaiva hiraṇyakaśipustathā |
vṛṣaparvā vṛṣaścaiva saṃhrādo bāṇa eva ca || 27 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavaḥ śiṣyāḥ śukrasya dhīmataḥ |
evaṃ śivārcanaratāḥ sarve te daityadānavāḥ || 28 ||
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rākṣasā eva te sarve śivapūjānvitāḥ sadā |
hetiḥ prahetiḥ saṃyātirvighasaḥ praghasastathā || 29 ||
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vidyujjihvastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro dhūmrākṣo bhīmavikramaḥ |
mālī caiva sumālī ca mālyavānatibhīṣamaḥ || 30 ||
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vidyutkaiśastaḍijjihvo rāvaṇaśca mahābalaḥ |
kuṃbhakarṇo durādharṣo vegadarśī pratāpavān || 31 ||
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ete hi rākṣasāḥ śreṣṭhā śivārcanaratāḥ sadā |
liṃgamabhyarcya ca sadā siddhiṃ prāptāḥ purā tu te || 32 ||
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rāvaṇena tapastaptaṃ sarveṣāmapi duḥkhaham |
tapodhipo mahādevastutoṣa ca tadā bhṛśam || 33 ||
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varānprāyacchata tadā sarveṣāmapi durlabhān |
jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ labdhaṃ tena sadāśivāt || 34 ||
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ajeyatvaṃ ca saṃgrāme dvaiguṇyaṃ śirasāmapi |
paṃcavaktro mahā devo daśavaktro'tha rāvaṇaḥ || 35 ||
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devānṛṣīnpitṝṃścaiva nirjitya tapasā vibhuḥ |
maheśasya prasādācca sarveṣāmadhiko'bhavat || 36 ||
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rājā trikūṭādhipatirmaheśena kṛto mahān |
sarveṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca paramāsanamāstitaḥ || 37 ||
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tapasvināṃ parīkṣāyai yadṛṣīṇāṃ vihiṃsanam |
kṛtaṃ tena tadā viprā rāvaṇena tapasvinā || 38 ||
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ajeyo hi mahāñjāto rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ |
sṛṣṭyaṃtaraṃ kṛtaṃ yena prasādācchaṃkarasya ca || 39 ||
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lokapālā jitāstena pratāpena tapasvinā |
brahmāpi vijito yena tapasā parameṇa hi || 40 ||
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amṛtāṃśukaro bhūtvā jito yena śaśī dvijāḥ |
dāhakatvājjito vahnirīśaḥ kailāsatolanāt || 41 ||
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aiśvaryeṇa jitaścendro viṣṇuḥ sarvagatastathā |
liṃgārcanaprasādena trailokyaṃ ca vaśīkṛtam || 42 ||
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tadā sarve suragaṇā brahmaviṣṇupurogamāḥ |
merupṛṣṭhaṃ samāsādya sumaṃtraṃ cakrire tadā || 43 ||
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pīḍitāḥ smo rāvaṇena tapasā duṣkareṇa vai |
gokarṇākhye girau devāḥ śrūyatāṃ paramādbhutam || 44 ||
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sākṣālliṃgārcanaṃ yena kṛtamasti mahātmanā |
jñānajñeyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ yadyatparamamadbhutam |
tatkṛtaṃ rāvaṇenaiva sarveṣāṃ duratikramam || 45 ||
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vairāgyaṃ paramāsthāya audāryaṃ ca tato'dhikam |
tenaiva mamatā tyaktā rāvaṇena mahātmanā || 46 ||
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saṃvatsarasahasrācca svaśiro hi mahābhujaḥ |
kṛttvā kareṇa liṃgasya pūjanārthaṃ samarpayat || 47 ||
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rāvaṇasya kabaṃdhaṃ ca tadagre ca samīpataḥ |
yogadhāraṇayā yuktaṃ parameṇa samādhinā || 48 ||
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liṃge layaṃ samādhāya kayāpi kalayā sthitam |
anyacchirovivṛścyaivaṃ tenāpi śivapūjanam |
kṛtaṃ naivānyamuninā tathā caivāpareṇahi || 49 ||
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evaṃ śirāṃsyeva bahūni tena samarpitānyeva śivārcanārthe |
bhūtvā kabaṃdho hi punaḥ punaśca śivo'sau varado babhūva || 50 ||
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mayā vināsurastatra piṃḍībhūtena vai purā |
varānvaraya paulastya yatheṣṭaṃ tāndadāmyaham || 51 ||
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rāvaṇena tadā coktaḥ śivaḥ paramamaṃgalaḥ |
yadi prasanno bhagavandeyo me vara uttamaḥ || 52 ||
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na kāmaye'nyaṃ ca varamāśraye tvatpadāṃbujam |
yathā tathā pradātavyaṃ yadyasti ca kṛpā mayi || 53 ||
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tadā sadāśivenokto rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ |
matprasādācca sarvaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyase manasepsitam || 54 ||
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evaṃ prāptaṃ śivātsarvaṃ rāvaṇena sureśvarāḥ |
tasmātsarvairbhavadbhiśca tapasā parameṇa hi || 55 ||
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vijetavyo rāvaṇoyamiti me manasi sthitam |
्cyutasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ || 56 ||
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ciṃtāmāpedire sarve ciraṃ te viṣayānvitāḥ |
brahmāpi ceṃdriyagrastaḥ sutā ramitumudyataḥ || 57 ||
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iṃdro hi jārabhāvācca caṃdro hi gurutalpagaḥ |
yamaḥ kadaryabhāvācca caṃcalatvātsadāgatiḥ || 58 ||
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pāvakaḥ sarvabhakṣitvāttathānye devatāgaṇāḥ |
aśaktā rāvaṇaṃ jetuṃ tapasā ca vijṛṃbhitam || 59 ||
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śailādo hi mahātejā gaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ purātanaḥ |
buddhi mānnītinipuṇo mahābalaparākramī || 60 ||
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śivapriyo rudrarūpī mahātmā hyuvāca sarvānatha ceṃdramukhyān |
kasmādyūyaṃ saṃbhramādāgatāśca etatsarvaṃ kathyatāṃ vistareṇa || 61 ||
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naṃdinā ca tadā sarve pṛṣṭāḥ procustvarānvitāḥ || 62 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
rāvaṇena vayaṃ sarve nirjitā munibhiḥ saha |
prasādayitumāyātāḥ śivaṃ lokeśvareśvaram || 63 ||
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prahasya bhagavānnaṃdī brahmāṇaṃ vai hyuvāca ha |
kva yūyaṃ kva śivaḥ śaṃbhustapasā parameṇa hi |
draṣṭavyo hṛdi madhyasthaḥ so'dya draṣṭuṃ na pāryate || 64 ||
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yāvadbhāvā hyanekāśca iṃdriyārthāstathaiva ca |
yāvacca mamatābhāvastāvadīśo hi durlabhaḥ || 65 ||
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jiteṃdriyāṇāṃ śāṃtānāṃ tanniṣṭhānāṃ mahātmanām |
sulabho liṃgarūpī syādbhavatāṃ hi sudurlabhaḥ || 66 ||
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tadā brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca vipaścitaḥ |
praṇamya naṃdinaṃ prāhuḥ kasmāttvaṃ vānarānanaḥ |
tatsarvaṃ kathayānyaṃ ca rāvaṇasya tapobalam || 67 ||
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naṃdīśvara uvāca |
kubero'dhikṛtastena śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā |
dhanānāmādipatye ca taṃ draṣṭuṃ rāvaṇo'tra vai || 68 ||
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āgacchattvarayā yuktaḥ samāruhya svavāhanam |
māṃ dṛṣṭvā cābravītkruddhaḥ kubero hyatra āgataḥ || 69 ||
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tvayā dṛṣṭo'tha vātrāsau kathyatāmavilaṃbitam |
kiṃ kāryaṃ dhanadenādya iti pṛṣṭo mayā hi saḥ || 70 ||
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tadovāca mahātejā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ |
mayyaśraddhānvito bhūtvā viṣayātmā sudurmadaḥ || 71 ||
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śikṣāpayitumārabdho maivaṃ kāryamiti prabho |
yathāhaṃ ca śriyā yukta āḍhyo'haṃ balavānaham |
tathā tvaṃ bhava re mūḍha mā mūḍhatvamupārjaya || 72 ||
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ahaṃ mūḍhaḥ kṛtastena kubereṇa mahātmanā |
mayā nirākṛto roṣāttapastepe sa guhyakaḥ || 73 ||
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kuberaḥ sa hi naṃdinkimāgatastava maṃdiram |
dīyatāṃ ca kuberodya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 74 ||
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rāvaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā hyavocaṃ tvarito'pyaham |
liṃgakosi mahābhāga tvamahaṃ ca tathāvidhaḥ || 75 ||
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ubhayoḥ samanāṃ jñātvā vṛthā jalpasi durmate |
yathoktaḥ sa tvavādīnmāṃ vadanārthe baloddhataḥ || 76 ||
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yathā bhavadbhiḥ pṛṣṭo'haṃ vadanārthe mahātmabhiḥ |
purāvṛttaṃ mayā proktaṃ śivārcanavidheḥ phalam |
śivena dattaṃ sālūpyaṃ na gṛhītaṃ mayā tadā || 77 ||
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yācitaṃ ca mayā śaṃbhorvadanaṃ vānarasya ca |
śivena kṛpayā dattaṃ mama kāruṇyaśālinā || 78 ||
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nirābhimānino ye ca nirdabhā niṣparigrahāḥ |
śaṃbhoḥ priyāste vijñeyā hyanye śivavabahiṣkṛtāḥ || 79 ||
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tathāvadanmayā sārddhaṃ rāvaṇastapaso balāt |
mayā ca yācitānyeva daśa vaktrāṇi dhīmatā || 80 ||
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upahāsakaraṃ vākyaṃ paulastyasya tadā surāḥ |
mayā tadā hi śapto'sau rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ || 81 ||
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īdṛśānyeva vaktrāṇi yeṣāṃ vai saṃbhavaṃti hi |
taiḥ sameto yadā ko'pi naravaryo mahātapāḥ |
māṃ puraskṛtya sahasā haniṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 82 ||
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evaṃ śapto mayā brahmanrāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ |
arcitaṃ kevalaṃ liṃgaṃ vinā tena mahātmanā || 83 ||
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pīṭhikārūpasaṃsthena vinā tena surottamāḥ |
viṣṇunā hi mahābhāgāstasmātsarvaṃ vidhāsyati || 84 ||
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devadevo mahādevo viṣṇurūpī maheśvaraḥ |
sarve yūyaṃ prārthayaṃtu viṣṇuṃ sarvaguhāśayam || 85 ||
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ahaṃ hi sarvadevānāṃ purovartī bhavāmyataḥ |
te sarve naṃdino vākyaṃ śrutvā muditamānasāḥ |
vaikuṃṭhamāgatā gīrbhirviṣṇuṃ stotuṃ pracakrire || 86 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
namo bhagavate tubhyaṃ devadeva jagatpate |
tvadādhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram || 87 ||
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etalliṃgaṃ tvayā viṣṇo dhṛtaṃ vai piṇḍirūpiṇā |
mahāviṣṇusvarūpeṇa ghātitau madhukaiṭabhau || 88 ||
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tathā kamaṭharūpeṇa dhṛto vai maṃdarācalaḥ |
varāharūpamāsthāya hiraṇyākṣo hatastvayā || 89 ||
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hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo hato nṛharirūpiṇā |
tvayā caiva balirbaddho daityo vāmanarūpiṇā || 90 ||
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bhṛgūṇāmanvaye bhūtvā kṛtavīryātmajo hataḥ |
itopyasmānmahāviṣṇo tathaiva paripālaya || 91 ||
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rāvamasya bhayādasmāttrātuṃ bhūyorhasi tvaram || 92 ||
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evaṃ saṃprārthito devairbhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ |
uvāca ca surānsarvānvāsudevo jaganmayaḥ || 93 ||
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he devāḥ śrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ prastāvasadṛśaṃ mahat |
śailādiṃ ca puraskṛtya sarve yūyaṃ tvarānvitāḥ |
avatārānprakurvantu vānarīṃ tanumāśritāḥ || 94 ||
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ahaṃ hi mānuṣo bhūtvā hyajñānena samāvṛtaḥ |
saṃbhaviṣyāmyayodhyāyaṃ gṛhe daśarathasya ca |
brahmavidyāsahāyosmi bhavatāṃ kāryasiddhaye || 95 ||
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janakasya gṛhe sākṣādbrahmavidyā janiṣyati |
bhakto hi rāvaṇaḥ sākṣācchivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ || 96 ||
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tapasā mahatā yukto brahmavidyāṃ yadecchati |
tadā susādhyo bhavati puruṣo dharmanirjitaḥ || 97 ||
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evaṃ saṃbhāṣya bhagavānviṣṇuḥ paramamaṅgalaḥ |
vālī cendrāṃśasaṃbhūtaḥ sugrīvoṃ śumataḥ sutaḥ || 98 ||
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tathā brahmāṃśasaṃbhūto jāmbavānnṛkṣakuñjaraḥ |
śilādatanayo naṃdī śivasyānucaraḥ priyaḥ || 99 ||
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yo vai caikādaśo rudro hanūmānsa mahākapiḥ |
avatīrṇaḥ sahāyārthaṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ || 100 ||
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maiṃdādayo'tha kapayaste sarve surasattamāḥ |
evaṃ sarve suragaṇā avateruryathā tatham || 101 ||
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tathaiva viṣṇurutpannaḥ kauśalyānaṃdavarddhanaḥ |
viśvasya ramaṇāccaiva rāma ityucyate budhaiḥ || 102 ||
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śeṣopi bhaktyā viṣṇośca tapasā'vātaradbhuvi || 103 ||
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dordaṇḍāvapi viṣṇośca avatīrṇau pratāpinau |
śatrughnabharatākhyau ca vikhyātau bhuvanatraye || 104 ||
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mithilādhipateḥ kanyā yā uktā brahmavādibhiḥ |
sā brahmavidyāvataratsurāṇāṃ kāryyasiddhaye |
sītā jātā lāṃgalasya iyaṃ bhūmivikarṣaṇāt || 105 ||
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tasmātsīteti vikhyātā vidyā sānvīkṣikī tadā |
mithilāyāṃ samutpannā maithitītyabhidhīyate || 106 ||
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janakasya kule jātā viśrutā janakātmajā |
khyātā vedavatī pūrvaṃ brahmavidyāghanāśinī || 107 ||
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sā dattā janakenaiva viṣṇave paramātmane || 108 ||
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tayātha vidyayā sārddhaṃ devadevo jagatpatiḥ |
ugre tapasi līno'sau viṣṇuḥ paramaduṣkaram || 109 ||
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rāvaṇaṃ jetukāmo vai rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
araṇyavāsamakaroddevānāṃ kāryasiddhaye || 110 ||
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śeṣāvatāro'pi mahāṃstapaḥ paramaduṣkaram |
tatāpa parayā śaktyā devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye || 111 ||
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śatrughno bharataścaiva tepatuḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ || 112 ||
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tato'sau tapasā yuktaḥ sārddhaṃ tairdevatāgaṇaiḥ |
sagaṇaṃ rāvaṇaṃ rāmaḥ ṣaḍbhirmāsairajīhanat |
viṣṇunā ghātitaḥ śastraiḥ śivasārūpyamāptavān || 113 ||
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sagamaḥ sa punaḥ sadyo baṃdhubhiḥ saha suvratāḥ || 114 ||
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śivaprasādātsakalaṃ dvaitādvaitamavāpa ha |
dvaitādvaitavivekārthamṛpayopyatra mohitāḥ |
tatsarvaṃ prāpnuvaṃtīha śivārcanaratā narāḥ || 115 ||
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ye'rcayaṃti śivaṃ nityaṃ liṃgarūpiṇameva ca |
striyo vāpyatha vā śūdrāḥ śvapacā hyaṃtyavāsinaḥ |
taṃ śivaṃ prāpnuvaṃtyeva sarvaduḥkhopanāśanam || 116 ||
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paśavo'pi paraṃ yātāḥ kiṃ punarmānuṣādayaḥ || 117 ||
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ye dvijā brahmacaryeṇa tapaḥ paramamāsthitāḥ |
varṣairanekairyajñānāṃ te'pi svargaparā bhavan || 118 ||
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jyotiṣṭomo vājapeyo hyatirātrādayo hyamī |
yajñāḥ svargaṃ prayacchaṃti sattrīṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 119 ||
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tatra svargasukhaṃ bhuktvā puṇyakṣayakaraṃ mahat |
puṇyakṣaye'pi yajvāno martyalokaṃ pataṃti vai || 120 ||
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patitānāṃ ca saṃsāre daivādbuddhiḥ prajāyate |
guṇatrayamayī viprāstāsutāstviha yoniṣu || 121 ||
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yathā sattvaṃ saṃbhavati sattvayuktabhavaṃ narāḥ |
rājasāśca tathā jñeyāstā masāścaiva te dvijāḥ || 122 ||
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evaṃ saṃsāracakre'sminbhramitā bahavo janāḥ |
yadṛcchayā daivagatyā śivaṃ saṃsevate naraḥ || 123 ||
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śivadhyānaparāṇāṃ ca narāṇāṃ yatacetasām |
māyānirasanaṃ sadyo bhaviṣyati na cānyathā || 124 ||
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māyānirasanātsadyo naśyatyeva guṇatrayam |
yadā guṇatrayātīto bhavatīti sa muktibhāk || 125 ||
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tasmālliṅgārcanaṃ bhāvyaṃ sarveṣāmapi dehinām |
liṅgarūpī śivo bhūtvā trāyate saṃcarācaram || 126 ||
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purā bhavadbhiḥ pṛṣṭo'haṃ liṅgarūpī kathaṃ śivaḥ |
tatsarvaṃ kathitaṃ viprā yāthātathyena saṃprati || 127 ||
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kathaṃ garaṃ bhakṣitavāñchivo lokamaheśvaraḥ |
tatsarvaṃ śrūyatāṃ viprā yatāvatkathayāmi vaḥ || 128 ||
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