Chapter 48

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nārada uvāca |
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi somanāthamahiṃ sphuṭam |
śṛṇvanyāṃ kīrta yiṣyāmi pāpamokṣamavāpnuyāt || 1 ||
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purā tretāyuge pārtha cauḍadeśasamudbhavau |
ūrjayaṃtaśca prāleyo viprāvāstāṃ mahādyutī || 2 ||
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tāvekadā purāṇārthe ślokamekamapaśyatām |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaśāstrajñāvāstāṃ kaṃṭakitatvacau || 3 ||
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prabhāsādyāni tīrthāni pulastyāyāha padmabhūḥ |
na yaistatrāplutaṃ caiva kiṃ taistīrthamupāsitam || 4 ||
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iti ślokaṃ paṭhitvā tau punaḥpunarabhiṣṭutam |
tarhyeva ca prabhāsāya niḥsṛtau snātumuttamau || 5 ||
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tau vanāni nadīścaiva vyatikramya śanaiḥśanaiḥ |
maharṣigaṇasaṃkīrṇāmuttīṇau narmadāṃ śivām || 6 ||
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guptakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamam |
tatra snātvā prabhāsāya tanmadhyena pratasthatuḥ || 7 ||
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tato mārgasya śūnyatvāttṛṭkṣudhāpīḍitau bhṛśam |
āstāṃ vicetanau viprau siddhaliṃgasamīpataḥ || 8 ||
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siddhanāthaṃ namaskṛtya saṃprayātau sudhairyataḥ |
kṣudhāvegena tīvreṇa tṛṣā madhyārkatāpitau || 9 ||
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sahasā patitau bhūmau sthūṇapādau vimūrchitau |
tato muhūrtātprāleya ūrjayaṃtamabhāṣata || 10 ||
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kiṃcidviśvasya dhairyācca sakhe kiṃ na śrutaṃ tvayā |
yathā yathā vivarṇāṃgo jāyate tīrthayātrayā || 11 ||
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tathātathā bhaveddānairdīnaḥ someśvaro haraḥ |
tathā'stāṃ luṃṭhamānau tāvevamukte śrute'pi ca || 12 ||
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luṃṭhamāno jagāmaiva prāleyaḥ kiṃcidaṃtare |
utthitaṃ sahasā liṃgaṃ bhūmiṃ bhittvā sudurdṛśam || 13 ||
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khe vāṇī cābhavattatra puṣpavarṣapuraḥsarā |
prāleya tava hetostu somanāthasamaṃ phalam |
utthitaṃ sāgarataṭe liṃgaṃ tiṣṭhātra suvrata || 14 ||
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prāleya uvāca |
yadyevaṃ satyametacca tathāpyātmā prakalpitaḥ || 15 ||
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prabhāsāya prayātavyaṃ yadā'mṛtyormayā sphuṭam |
tataścaivorjjayaṃto'pi mūrchābhāvālluṭhanpuraḥ || 16 ||
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apaśyadutthitaṃ liṃgaṃ sa caivaṃ pratyapadyata |
tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ prāpto bhavaścakre tayordṛḍhe || 17 ||
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dṛṣṭyā tanū tato yātau prabhāsaṃ śivasadma ca |
tāvetau somanāthau dvau siddheśvarasamīpataḥ || 18 ||
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ūrjayaṃtaḥ pratīcyāṃ ca prāleyasyeśvaro'paraḥ |
somakuḍāṃbhasi śanaiḥ snātvārṇavamahījale || 19 ||
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somanāthadvayaṃ paśyejjanmapāpātpramucyate |
brahmātra sthāpayitvā tu hāṭakeśvara saṃjñitam || 20 ||
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mahīnagarake liṃgaṃ pātālātsumanoharam |
tuṣṭāva devaṃ prayataḥ stutiṃ tāṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava || 21 ||
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namaste bhagavanrudra bhāskarāmitatejase |
namo bhavāya rudrāya rasāyāṃbumayāya te || 22 ||
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śarvāya kṣitirūpāya sadā surabhiṇe namaḥ |
īśāya vāyave tubhyaṃ saṃsparśāya namonamaḥ || 23 ||
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paśūnāṃ pataye cāpi pāvakāyātitejase |
bhīmāya vyomarūpāya śabdamātrāya te namaḥ || 24 ||
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mahādevāya somāya amṛtāya namo'stu te |
ugrāya yajamānāya namaste karmayogine || 25 ||
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ityevaṃ nāmabhirdivyaiḥ stava eṣa udīritaḥ |
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi pitāmahakṛtaṃ stavam || 26 ||
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hāṭakeśvaraliṃgasya nityaṃ ca prayato naraḥ |
aṣṭamūrteḥ sa sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 27 ||
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hāṭakeśvaraliṃgaṃ ca prayato yaḥ smaredapi |
tasya syādvarado brahmā tenedaṃ sthāpitaṃ jaya || 28 ||
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evaṃvidhāni tīrthāni mahīsāgarasaṃgame |
bahūni saṃti puṇyāni saṃkṣepādvarṇitāni me || 29 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe stambhatīrthamāhātmye somanāthavṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 48 ||
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