Chapter 37

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śrīnārada uvāca |
barbarītīrthamāhātmyamatho vakṣyāmi te'rjuna |
yathā barbarikā jātā śataśrṛṃgā nṛpātmajā || 1 ||
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kumāriketi vikhyātā tasyā nāmnā prakathyate |
idaṃ kaumārikākhaṃḍaṃ caturvargaphalapradam || 2 ||
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yayā kṛtā pṛthivyāṃ ca nānāgrāmādikalpanā |
idaṃ bharatakhaṃḍaṃ ca yayā samyakprakalpitam || 3 ||
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dhanaṃjaya uvāca |
mahadetanmamāścaryaṃ śrotavyaṃ paramaṃ mune |
kumārīcaritaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi mahyaṃ savistaram || 4 ||
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kathaṃ viśvamidaṃ jātaṃ karmajātiprakalpitam |
kathaṃ vā bhārataṃ khaṃḍaṃ śuśrūṣeya sadā mama || 5 ||
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nārada uvāca |
avyakto'sminnirāloke pradhānapuruṣāvubhau |
ajau samāgatāvekau kevalaṃ śrṛṇumo vayam || 6 ||
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tataḥ svabhāvakālābhyāṃ svarūpābhyāṃ samīritam |
īkṣaṇenaiva prakṛtermahattattvamajāyata || 7 ||
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mahattattvādvikurvāṇādahaṃtattvaṃ vyajāyata |
tridhā tanmunibhiḥ proktaṃ sattvarāsatāmasam || 8 ||
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tāmasātpaṃca jātāni tanmātrāṇi vudurbudhāḥ |
tanmātrebhyaśca bhūtāni veśeṣāḥ paṃca tadbhavāḥ || 9 ||
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sāttvikāccāpyahaṃkārādvidvi karmedriyāṇi ca |
ekādaśaṃ manaścaiva rājasaṃ ca dvayorviduḥ || 10 ||
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caturviśatitattvāni jātānīti purā viduḥ |
sadāśivena vai puṃsā tāni dṛṣṭāni bhārata || 11 ||
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budbudākāratāṃ jagmuraṃḍaṃ jātaṃ tataḥ śubham |
śakatoṭipramāṇaṃ ca brahmāṃḍamidamucyate || 12 ||
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ātmāsya kathito brahmā vyabhajatsa tridhā tvidam |
ūrdhvaṃ tatra sthitā devā madhye caiva ca mānavāḥ || 13 ||
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nāgā daityāśca pātāle tridhaitatparikalpitam |
aikaikaṃ saptadhābhūya tatastena prakalpitam || 14 ||
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pātālāni ca dvīpāni svarlokāḥ saptasapta ca |
sapta dvīpāni vakṣyāmi śrṛṇu teṣāṃ prakalpanām || 15 ||
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lakṣayojanavistāraṃ jaṃbūdvīpaṃ prakīrtyate |
sūryabiṃbasamākāraṃ tāvatkṣārārṇavāvṛtam || 16 ||
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śākadvīpaṃ dviguṇato jaṃbūdvīpāttataḥ param |
tāvatā kṣīratoyena samudreṇa parīvṛtam || 17 ||
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surātoyena daityānāṃ mohakāryarṇavena hi |
puṣkaraṃ tu tato dvīpaṃ dviguṇaṃ tāvatā vṛtam || 18 ||
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kuśadvīpaṃ dviguṇatastatastatparataḥ smṛtam |
dadhitoyena paritastāvadarṇavasaṃvṛtam || 19 ||
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tataḥ paraṃ krauñcasaṃjñaṃ dviguṇaṃ hi ghṛtābdhinā |
tataḥ śālmalidvīpaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ tāvataiva ca || 20 ||
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ikṣusārasvarūpeṇa samudreṇa parivṛtam |
gomedaṃ tasya parito dviguṇaṃ tāvatā vṛtam || 21 ||
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svādutoyena ramyeṇa samudreṇa samaṃtataḥ |
evaṃ koṭidvayaṃ pārtha lakṣapaṃcāśatatrayam || 22 ||
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paṃcāśacca sahasrāṇi saptadvīpāḥ sasāgarāḥ |
daśottarāṇi paṃcaiva aṃgulānāṃ śatāni ca || 23 ||
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apāṃ vṛddhikṣayo dṛṣṭaḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ |
tato hemamayī bhūmirdaśakoṭyaḥ kurūdvaha || 24 ||
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devānāṃ krīḍanasthānaṃ lokālokastataḥ param |
parvato valayākāro yojanāyutavistṛtaḥ || 25 ||
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asya bāhye tamo ghoraṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ jīvavarjitam |
paṃcatriṃśatsmṛtāḥ koṭyo lakṣāṇyekonaviṃśatiḥ || 26 ||
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catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ ca phālguna |
saptasāgaramānastu garbhodastadanaṃtaram || 27 ||
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koṭiyojanavistāraḥ kaṭāhaṛ saṃvyavasthitaḥ |
brahmaṇoṃ'ḍaṃ kaṭāhena saṃyuktaṃ merumadhyataḥ || 28 ||
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paṃcāśatkoṭayo jñeyā daśadikṣu samaṃtataḥ |
jaṃbudvīpasya madhye tu merunāmāsti parvataḥ || 29 ||
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sa lakṣayojano jñeyo hyadhaścordhvaṃ pramāṇataḥ |
ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi yojanānāmadhaḥ sthitaḥ || 30 ||
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ucchrayaścaturāśītirdvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ |
tribhiḥ śṛṃgaiḥ samāyuktaḥ śarāvākṛtimastakaḥ || 31 ||
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madhyaśṛṃge brahmavāsa aiśānyāṃ tryaṃbakasya ca |
nairṛtye vāsudevasya hemaśṛṃgaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ || 32 ||
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ratnajaṃ śaṃkarasyāpi rājataṃ keśavasya ca |
merudikṣu catasṛṣu viṣkaṃbhā girayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 33 ||
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pūrveṇa maṃdaro nāmadakṣiṇe gaṃdhamādanaḥ |
vipulaḥ paścimo jñeyaḥ supārśvastu tathottare || 34 ||
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kadaṃbo maṃdare jñeyojaṃburvai gaṃdhamādane |
aśvattho vipule caiva supārśveca vaṭomataḥ || 35 ||
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ekādaśaśatāyāmāścatvāro giriketavaḥ |
eteṣāṃ saṃti catvāri vanāni jayamūrdhasu || 36 ||
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pūrvaṃ caitrarathaṃ nāmadakṣiṇe gaṃdhamādanam |
vaibhrājaṃpaścime jñeyamudakcitrarathaṃ vanam || 37 ||
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sarāṃsi cāpi catvāri caturdikṣu nibodha me |
prācye'ruṇodasaṃjñaṃ tu mānasaṃ dakṣiṇe saraḥ || 38 ||
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pratyakchīto dakaṃnāma uttare ca mahāhradaḥ |
viṣkaṃbhagirayo hyeta ucchritāḥ paṃcaviṃśatiḥ || 39 ||
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yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sahasraṃ piṃḍataḥ smṛtam |
anye ca saṃti bahuśastatra vai kesarācalāḥ || 40 ||
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merordakṣiṇataścaiva trayo maryādaparvatāḥ |
niṣadho hemakūṭaśca himavāniti te trayaḥ || 41 ||
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lakṣayojanadīrghāśca vistīrṇā dvisahasrakam |
trayaścottarato merornīlaḥ śveto'tha śrṛṃgavān || 42 ||
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mālyavānpūrvato merorgaṃdhākhyaḥ paścime tathā |
ityete girayaḥ proktā jaṃbudvīpe samaṃtataḥ || 43 ||
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gaṃdhamādanasaṃsthāyā mahāgajapramāṇataḥ |
phalāni jaṃbavāstannāmnā jaṃbūdvīpamiti smṛtam || 44 ||
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āsītsvāyaṃbhuvonāma manurādyaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
āsītstrī śatarūpā tāmuduvoḍha prajāpatiḥ |
priyavratottānapādau tasyā'stāṃ tanayāvubhau || 45 ||
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dhruvaścottānapādasya putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ |
bhaktyā sa viṣṇumārādhya sthānaṃ caivākṣayaṃ gataḥ || 46 ||
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priyavratasya rājarṣerutpannā daśa sūnavaḥ |
trayaḥ pravrajitāstatra paraṃbrahma samāśritāḥ || 47 ||
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sapta saptasu dvīpeṣu tena putrāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
jaṃbūdvīpādhipo jyeṣṭha āgnīdhra iti viśrutaḥ || 48 ||
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tasyāsannava sutāḥ pārtha navavarṣeśvarāḥ smṛtāḥ |
teṣāṃ nāmnā ca te varṣāstiṣṭhaṃtyadyāpi cāṃkitāḥ || 49 ||
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yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi nava pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ |
meroścaturdaśaṃ khaṃḍaṃ gaṃdhamālyavatordvayoḥ || 50 ||
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aṃtare hemabhūmiṣṭhamilāvṛtamihocyate |
mālyavatsāgarāṃtasya bhadrāśvamiti procyate || 51 ||
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gaṃdhavatsāgarāṃtasya ketumālamiti smṛtam || 52 ||
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śrṛṃgavajjaladheraṃtaḥ kurukhaṃḍamiti smṛtam |
śrṛṃgavacchvetamadhye ca khaṇḍaṃ proktaṃ hiraṇmayam || 53 ||
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sunīlaśvetayormadhye khaṃḍamāhuśca ramyakam |
niṣadho hemakūṭaśca harikhaṃḍaṃ tadaṃtarā || 54 ||
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himavaddhimakūṭāṃtaḥ khaṇḍaṃ kiṃpuruṣaṃ smṛtam |
himādrijaladherantarnābhi khaṇḍamiti smṛtam || 55 ||
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nābhikhaṇḍaṃ ca kuravo dve varṣe dhanupākṛtī |
himavāṃśca giriśrṛṃgī jyāsthāne parikīrtitau || 56 ||
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nābheḥ putraśca ṛṣabha ṛṣabhādbarato'bhavat |
tasya nāmnā tvidaṃ varṣaṃ bhārataṃ ceti kīrtyate || 57 ||
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atra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasya ca upārjanam |
anyatra bhogabhūmiśca sarvatra kurunaṃdana || 58 ||
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śākadvīpe ca śāko'sti yojanānāṃ sahasrakaḥ |
tasya nāmnā ca tadvarṣaṃ śākadvīpamiti smṛtam || 59 ||
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tasya ca priyavrata evādhipatirnāmnā medhātithiriti || 60 ||
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tasya purojavamanojavavepamānadhūmrānīkacitrarephabahurūpaviśvacārasaṃjñāni putranāmāni sapta varṣāṇi || 61 ||
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śākadvīpe ca varṣa ṛtavratasatyavratānuvratanāmāno vāyyavātkamaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ japaṃti || 62 ||
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aṃtaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo vibhajyātmaketubhiḥ |
aṃtaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe jagat || 63 ||
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iti japaḥ |
kuśadvīpe kuśastaṃbo yojanānāṃ sahasrakaḥ |
taccihnacihnitaṃ tasmātkuśadvīpaṃ tataḥ smṛtam || 64 ||
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taddvīpapatiśca praiyavrato hiraṇyaromā tatputravasuvasudānadṛḍhakavinābhiguptasatyavratavāmadevanāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi |
varṇāśca kuliśakovidābhiyuktakulakasaṃjñā jātavedasaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ stuvaṃti || 65 ||
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parasya brahṇaḥ sākṣājjātavedāsi havyavāṭ |
devānāṃ puruṣāṃgānāṃ yajñena puruṣaṃ yajaḥ || 66 ||
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iti stutiḥ |
krauṃcadvīpe krauṃcanāmā parvato yojanāyataḥ |
yo'sau guhena nirbhinnastaccihnaṃ krauṃcadvīpakam || 67 ||
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tatra ca praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭināmā tatputrāmamadhuruhameghapṛṣṭhasvadāmaṛtāśvalohitārṇavavanaspatiitisaptaputranāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi || 68 ||
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varṇāśca guruṛṣabhadraviṇadevakasaṃjñāḥ || 69 ||
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āpomayaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ stuvaṃti || 70 ||
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āpaḥ puruṣavīryāśca punaṃtīrbhūrbhūvaḥsvaśca |
taiḥ punaramīvaghnāḥsaṃspṛśetātmanā bhuvaḥ || 71 ||
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iti japaḥ |
śālmalernāma vṛkṣasya tatravāsaḥ sahasraṃ yojanānāṃ taccihnaṃ śālmalidvipamucyate || 72 ||
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tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato yajñabāhustatputrasurocanasaumanasyaramaṇakadevabarhipāribhadrāpyāyanābhijñānanāmāni saptavarṣāṇi || 73 ||
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varṇāśca śrutadharavīryavasuṃdharaiṣaṃdharasaṃjñā bhagavaṃtaṃ somaṃ yajaṃti || 74 ||
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svayoniḥ pitṛdevebhyo vibhajañchuklakṛṣṇayoḥ |
adhaḥ prajānāṃ sarvāsāṃ rājā naḥ somostu || 75 ||
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iti japaḥ gomedanāmā plakṣosti suramyo yasya cchāyayā |
modovṛddhiṃ gataṃ laulyādgomedaṃ dvīpamucyate || 76 ||
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tatra praiyavrata idhmajihvaḥ patistatputrasivasuramyasubhadra śāṃtyaśaptamṛtābhayanāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi || 77 ||
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varṇāśca haṃsapataṃgordhvāṃcanasatyāṃgasaṃjñāścatvāro bhagavaṃtaṃ sūryaṃ yajaṃte || 78 ||
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praśrasya viṣṇurūpaṃyattatrotthasya brahmaṇo'mṛtasya ca |
mṛtyośca sūryamātmānaṃ dhīmahi || 79 ||
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iti japaḥ |
svarṇapatrāṇi niyutaṃ yojanānāṃ sahasrakam |
puṣkaraṃ jvaladā bhāti taccihnaṃ dvīpapuṣkaram || 80 ||
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tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato vītahotranāmā tatputrau ramaṇakaghātakau || 81 ||
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tannāmacihnataṃ khaṃḍadvayam || 82 ||
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tayoraṃtarālemānasācalo nāma valayākāraḥ parvato yasminbhramati bhagavānbhāskara iti || 83 ||
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tatra varṇāśca na saṃti kevalaṃ samānāste brahma dhyāyaṃti || 84 ||
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yadyatkarmamayaṃ liṃgaṃ brahmaliṃgaṃ janorcayan |
bhedenaikāṃtamadvaitaṃ tasmai bhagavate namaḥ || 85 ||
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iti japaḥ |
naiṣu krodho na mātsaryaṃ puṇyapāpārjanena ca |
ayutaṃ dviguṇaṃ cāpi kramādāyuḥ prakīrtitam || 86 ||
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japaṃtaḥ kāminīyuktā viharaṃtyamarā iva |
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi ūrdhvalokasya saṃsthitim || 87 ||
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