Chapter 35

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lomaśa uvāca |
vanaṃ gate mahādeve girijā virahāturā |
sukhaṃ na lebhe tanvaṃgī harmyeṣvāyataneṣu vā || 1 ||
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ciṃtayaṃtī śivaṃtanvī sarvabhāvena śobhanā |
ciṃtamānāṃ śivāṃ jñātvā hyuvāca vijayā sakhī || 2 ||
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vijayovāca |
tapasā mahatā caiva śivaṃ prāptāsi śobhane |
mṛṣaśā dyūtaṃ kṛtaṃ tena śaṃkareṇa tapasvinā || 3 ||
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dyūte hi vahavo doṣā na śrutāḥ kiṃ tvayā'naghe |
kṣamā paya śivaṃ tanvi tvareṇaiva vicakṣaṇe || 4 ||
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asmābhiḥ sahitā devi gacchagaccha varānane || 5 ||
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yāvacchaṃbhurdūrato nābhigacchettāvadgatvā śaṃkaraṃ kṣāmayasva |
no cetanvi kṣāmayethāḥ śivaṃ tvaṃ duḥkhaṃ paścātte bhaviṣyatyavaśyam || 6 ||
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niśamya vākya vijayāprayuktaṃ prahasyāmānā samadhīracetāḥ |
uvāca vākyaṃ vijayāṃ sakhīṃ ca āścaryabhūtaṃ paramārthayuktam || 7 ||
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mayā jito'sau nirapatrapaśca purā vṛto vai parayā vibhūtyā |
kiṃcicca kṛtyaṃ mama nāsti sadyo mayā vināsau ca virūpa āsthitaḥ || 8 ||
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rūpīkṛto mayā devo maheśo nānyathā vada |
mayā tena viyogaśca saṃyogo naiva jāyate || 9 ||
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sākāro hi nirākāro maheśo hi mayā kṛtaḥ || 10 ||
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kṛtaṃ mayā viśvamidaṃ samagraṃ carācaraṃ devavaraiḥ sametam |
krīḍārthamasyodbhavavṛttihetubhiścikrīḍitaṃ me vijaye prapaśya || 11 ||
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evamuktvā tadā devī girijā sarvamaṃgalā |
śabarīrūpamāsthāya gaṃtukāmā maheśvaram || 12 ||
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śyāmā tanvī śikharadaśanā biṃbabiṃbādharoṣṭhī sugrīvāḍhyā kucabharanatā girijā snigdhakeśī |
madhye kṣāmā pṛthukaṭitaṭā hemaraṃbhorugaurī pallīyuktā varavalayinī barhibarhāvataṃsā || 13 ||
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pāṇau mṛṇālasadṛśaṃ dadhatī ca cāpaṃ pṛṣṭhe lasatkṛtakaketakibāṇakośam |
sā taṃ nirīśamalokayati sma tatra saṃsevitā suvadanā bahubhiḥ sakhībhiḥ || 14 ||
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bhṛṃgīnādena mahatā nādayaṃtī jagattrayam |
girijā manmathaṃ sadyo jīvayaṃtī punaḥpunaḥ || 15 ||
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sakāmanā rājahaṃsā babhūvustatkṣaṇādapi |
dvirephā barhiṇaścaiva sarve te hṛcchayānvitāḥ || 3516 ||
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ekākī saṃsthito yatra yamādhistho maheśvaraḥ |
dṛṣṭastatastayā devyā bhṛṃgīnādena mohitaḥ || 17 ||
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prabaddho hi mahādevo nirīkṣya śabarīṃ tadā |
samādherutthitaḥ sadyo maheśo madanānvitaḥ || 18 ||
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yāvatkare gṛhyamāṇo girijāṃ sa samīpagaḥ |
tāvattasya puraḥ sadyastirodhānaṃ gatā satī || 19 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā tatkṣaṇādeva devo bhrāṃtivināśanaḥ |
bhramamāṇastadā śaṃbhurnāpaśyadasitekṣaṇām || 20 ||
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viraheṇa samāyukto hṛcchayena samanvitaḥ |
madanāristadā śaṃbhurjñānarūpo niraṃtaram || 21 ||
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nirmoho mohamāpanno dadarśa girijāṃ punaḥ |
uvāca vākyaṃ śabarīṃ prastāva sadṛśaṃ mahat || 22 ||
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śiva uvāca |
vākyaṃ me śrṛṇu tanvaṃgi śrutvā tatkartumarhasi |
kāsi kasyāsi tanvaṃgi kimarthamaṭanaṃ vane |
tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāge yāthātathyaṃ sumadhyame || 23 ||
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śivovāca |
patimanveṣayiṣyāmi sarvajñaṃ sakalārthadam |
svataṃtraṃ nirvikāraṃ ca jagatāmīśvaraṃ varam || 24 ||
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ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ girijāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ |
ahaṃ tavocito bhadre patirnānyo hi bhāmini || 25 ||
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vimṛśyatāṃ varārohe tattvato hi varānane |
vaco niśamya rudrasya smitapūrvamabhāṣata || 26 ||
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mayārthito mahābhāga patistvaṃ nānyathā vada |
kiṃ tu vakṣyāmi bhadraṃ te nirguṇo'si paraṃtapaḥ || 27 ||
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yayā purā vṛto'si tvaṃ tapasā ca pareṇa hi |
parityaktā tvayāraṇye kṣaṇamātreṇa bhāminī || 28 ||
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durārādhyo'si satataṃ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināmapi |
tasmānna vācyaṃ hi punaryaduktaṃ te mamāgrataḥ || 29 ||
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śabaryā vacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca vṛṣadhvajaḥ |
maivaṃ vada viśālākṣi na tyaktā sā tapasvinī |
yadi tyaktā mayā tanvi kiṃ vaktumiha pāryate || 30 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā viśālākṣi kṛpaṇaṃ kṛpaṇapriyam |
tasmāttvayā hi kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ me sumadhyame || 31 ||
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evamabhyarthitā tena bahudhā śūlapāṇinā |
prahasya girijā prāha upahāsaparaṃ vaca || 32 ||
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tapodhano'si yogīśa virakto'si niraṃjanaḥ |
ātmārāmo hi nirdvaṃdvo madano yena ghātitaḥ || 33 ||
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sa tvaṃ sākṣādvirūpākṣo mayā dṛṣṭosi cādya vai |
aśakyo hi mayā prāptuṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramaḥ |
tasmāttvayā na vaktavyaṃ yaduktaṃ ca purā mama || 34 ||
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tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā provāca madanāṃtakaḥ |
mama bhāryā bhava tvaṃ hi nānyathā kartumarhasi || 35 ||
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ityuktvā tāṃ kare'gṛhṇācchabarīṃ madanāturaḥ |
uvāca taṃ smayaṃtī sā muṃcamuṃceti sādaram || 36 ||
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nocitaṃ bhagavānkartuṃ tāpasena balādidam |
yācayasva piturme tvaṃ nānyathābhibhaviṣyasi || 37 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
pitaraṃ kathayāśu tvaṃ sthitaḥ kutra śubhānane |
drakṣyāmi taṃ viśālākṣi praṇipātapuraḥsaram || 38 ||
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etaduktaṃ tadā tena niśamyāsitanetrayā |
ānīto hi tayā tanvyā pitaraṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 39 ||
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sthitaṃ kailāsaśikhare himavaṃtaṃ nagottamam |
ahibhirbahubhiścaiva saṃvṛtaṃ ca mahāprabham || 40 ||
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dvāri sthitaṃ tayā devyā darśitaṃ śaṃkarasya ca |
asau mama pitā deva yācasva vigatatrapaḥ |
dadāti māṃ na saṃdehastapasvinmā vilaṃbitam || 41 ||
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tatheti matvā sahasā praṇamya himālayaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe |
prayaccha tāṃ cādya girīśavarya hyārtāya kanyāṃ subhagāṃ mahāmate || 42 ||
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kṛpaṇaṃ vākyamākarṇya samutthāya himālayaḥ |
maheśaṃ ca samādāya hyuvāca girirāṭ svayam || 43 ||
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kiṃ jalpasi hi bho deva tāvayuktaṃ ca sāṃpratam |
tvaṃ dātā triṣu lokeṣu tvaṃ svāmī jagatāṃ vibho || 44 ||
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tvayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram |
evaṃ stutiparo'bhūcca himālayāgirirmahān |
āgato nāradastatra ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ || 45 ||
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uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ śūlapāṇe namaḥ prabho |
he śaṃbho śrṛṇu me vākyaṃ tattvasāramayaṃ param || 46 ||
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yoṣidbhiḥ saṃgati puṃsāṃ viḍaṃbāyopakalpate |
tvaṃ svāmī jagatāṃ nāthaḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ paraḥ |
vimṛśya sarvaṃ deveśa yathāvadvaktumarhasi || 47 ||
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evaṃ prabodhitastena nāradena mahātmanā |
prabodhamagamacchaṃbhurjahāsa parameśvaraḥ || 48 ||
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śiva uvāca |
satyamuktaṃ tvayā cātra nānyathā nāradakvacit |
yoṣitsaṃgatimātreṇa nṛṇāṃ patanameva ca || 49 ||
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bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho nānyathā vacanaṃ tava |
anayā mohito'dyāhamānīto gaṃdhamādanam || 50 ||
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piśācavatkṛtamidaṃ caritaṃ paramādbhutam || 51 ||
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tasmānna tiṣṭhāmi gireḥ samīpe vrajāmi cādyaiva vanāṃtaraṃ punaḥ |
ityevamuktvā sa jagāma mārgaṃ duratyayaṃ yogenāmapyagamyam || 52 ||
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nirālaṃbaṃ sa vijñāya nārado vākyamabravīt |
girijāṃ ca girīṃdraṃ ca pārṣadānprati satvaram || 53 ||
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vaṃdanīyaśca stutyaśca kṣāmyatāṃ paramārthataḥ |
maheśo'yaṃ jagannāthastripurārirmahāyaśāḥ || 54 ||
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etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ nāradasya mukhodgatam |
girijāṃ purataḥ kṛtvā girayo hi mahāprabhāḥ || 55 ||
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daṇḍavatpatitāḥ sarve śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram |
tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatāḥ sarve pramathā guhyakādayaḥ || 56 ||
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stūyamāno hi bhagavānāgato gaṃdhamādanam |
aṃgirasā hi sarveśo hyabhiṣikto mahātmabhiḥ || 57 ||
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tadā dundubhayo nedurvāditrāṇi bahūni ca |
indrādayaḥ surāḥ sarve puṣpavarṣaṃ vavarṣire || 58 ||
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brahmādibhiḥ suragaṇairbahubhiḥ parīto yogīśvaro girijayā saha viśvavaṃdyaḥ |
abhyarthitaḥ paramamaṃgala maṃgalaiśca divyāsanopari rarāja mahāvibhūtyā || 59 ||
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evaṃvidhānyanekāni caritāni mahātmanaḥ |
maheśasya ca bho viprāḥ pāpahārīṇi śrṛṇvatām || 60 ||
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yāniyānīha rudrasya caritāni mahāṃtyapi |
śrutāni paramāṇyeva bhūyaḥ kiṃ kathayāmi vaḥ || 61 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
eva muktaṃ tvayā sūta caritaṃ śaṃkarasya ca |
anena caritenaiva saṃtṛptāḥ smo na saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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sūta uvāca |
vyāsaprasādācchrutamasti sarvaṃ mayā tataṃ śaṃkararūpamadbhutam |
suvistṛtaṃ cādbhutavedagarbhaṃ jñānātmakaṃ paramaṃ cedamuktam || 63 ||
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śraddhayā parayopetāḥ śrāvayaṃti śivapriyam |
śrṛṇvaṃti caiva ye bhaktyā śaṃbhermāhātmyamadbhutam |
śivaśāstramidaṃ prītyā te yāṃti maramāṃ gatim || 64 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṇḍe śivaśāstre pārvatyā śabarīrūpeṇa śivasya gandhamādanaparvataṃ pratyānayanapūrvakaṃ bṛhaspatikṛtaśivarājyābhiṣekavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 35 || || cha ||
iti śrīskāndamahāpurāṇe prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe prathamaḥ kedārakhaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ || 1 ||
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