Chapter 50

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atithiruvāca |
sādhvabālamate bāla kamaṭhaitattvayocyate |
śarīralakṣaṇaṃ śrotuṃ punaricchāmi tadvada || 1 ||
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kamaṭha uvāca |
yathaitadveda brahmāṃḍaṃ śarīraṃ ca tathā śṛṇu |
pādamūlaṃ ca pātālaṃ prapadaṃ ca rasātalam || 2 ||
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talātalaṃ tathā gulphau jaṃghe cāsya mahātalam |
jānunī sutalaṃ corū vitalaṃ cātalaṃ kaṭim || 3 ||
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nābhiṃ mahītalaṃ prāhurbhuvarlokamathodaram |
uraḥsthalaṃ ca svarlokaṃ mahargrīvā mukhaṃ janam || 4 ||
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netre tapaḥ satyalokaṃ śīrṣadeśaṃ vadaṃti ca |
tadyathā sapta dvīpāni pṛthivyāṃ saṃsthitāni ca || 5 ||
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tathātra dhātavaḥ sapta nāmatastānnibodha me |
tvagasṛṅmāṃsa medo'sthimajjāśukrāṇi dhātavaḥ || 6 ||
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asthnāmatra śatāni syustrīṇi ṣaṣṭyadhikāni ca |
triṃśacchatasahasrāṇi nāḍīnāṃ kathitāni ca || 7 ||
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ṣaṭpaṃcāśatsahasrāṇi tathānyāni navaiva tu |
tā vahaṃti rasaṃ dehe jalaṃ nadyo yathā bhuvi || 8 ||
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sārdhābhistisṛbhiśchannaṃ samaṃtādromakoṭibhiḥ |
śarīraṃ sthūlasūkṣmābhirdṛśyādṛśyā hi tāḥ smṛtāḥ || 9 ||
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ṣaḍaṃgāni pradhānāni kathyamānāni me śṛṇu |
dvau bāhū sakthinī dve ca mūrdhā jaṭharameva ca || 10 ||
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aṃtrāṇyatra tathā trīṇi sārdhavyāmatrayāṇi ca |
trivyāmāni tathā strīṇāmāhurvedavido dvijāḥ || 11 ||
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ūrdhvanālamadhovaktraṃ hṛdi padmaṃ prakīrtyate |
hṛtpadmavāmataḥ plīho dakṣiṇe syāttathā yakṛt || 12 ||
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majjāto medasaścaiva vasāyāśca tathā dvija |
mūtrasya caiva pittasya śleṣmaṇaḥ śakṛtastathā || 13 ||
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raktasya caramasyātra gartā dvyaṃjalayaḥ smṛtāḥ |
geyaḥ pravartamānāste dehaṃ saṃdhārayaṃtyuta || 14 ||
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sīvanyaśca tathā sapta paṃca mūrdhānamāsthitāḥ |
ekā meḍhraṃ gatā caikā tathā jihvāṃ gatā dvija || 15 ||
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nāḍyaḥ sarvāḥ pravartaṃte nābhipadmāttathātra ca |
yāsāṃ śreṣṭhā śiro yātā suṣumneḍā'tha piṃgalā || 16 ||
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nāsikādvāramāsādya saṃsthite dehavardhane |
vāyuragniścaṃdramāśca paṃcadhā paṃcadhātra ca || 17 ||
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prāṇāpānasamānāśca udāno vyāna eva ca |
paṃca bhedāḥ smṛtā vāyoḥ karmārṇyeṣāṃ vadaṃti ca || 18 ||
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ucchvāsaścaiva niḥśvāso hyannapānapraveśanam |
ākaṃṭhācchīrṣasaṃsthāsya prāṇakarma prakīrtitam || 19 ||
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tyāgo viṇmūtraśukrāṇāṃ garbhavisravaṇaṃ tathā |
apānakarma nirdiṣṭaṃ sthānamasya gudopari || 20 ||
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samāno dhārayatyannaṃ vivecayati cāpyatha |
rasayaṃścaiva carati sarvaśroṇiṣvavāritaḥ || 21 ||
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vākpravṛttipradodgāre prayatne sarvakarmaṇām |
ākaṃṭhasurasaṃsthānamudānasya prakīrtyate || 22 ||
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vyāno hṛdi sthito nityaṃ tathā dehacaropi ca |
dhātuvṛddhipradaḥ svedalālonmeṣanimeṣakṛt || 23 ||
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pācako rajakaścaiva sādhakālocakau tathā |
bhrājakaśca tathā dehe pañcadhā pāvakaḥ sthitaḥ || 24 ||
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pācakastu pacatyannaṃ nityaṃ pakvāśaye sthita || |
āmāśayastho'pi rasaṃ raṃjakaḥ kurute tvasṛk || 25 ||
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sādhako hṛdisaṃsthaśca buddhyādyutsāhakārakaḥ |
ālocakaśca dṛksaṃstho rūpadarśanaśakti kṛta || 26 ||
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tvaksaṃstho bhrājako dehaṃ bhrājayennirmalīkṛtaḥ |
kledako bodhakaścaiva tarpaṇaḥ śleṣmaṇastathā || 27 ||
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ālaṃbakastathā dehe paṃcadhā soma ucyate |
kledakaḥ kledayatyannaṃ nityaṃ pakvāśaye sthitaḥ || 28 ||
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bodhako rasanāsthaśca rasānāmavabodhakaḥ |
śiraḥsthaścakṣurādīnāṃ tarpaṇāttarpaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 29 ||
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sarvasaṃdhigataścaiva śleṣmaṇaḥ śleṣmakṛttathā |
uraḥsthaḥ sarvagātrāṇi sa vai hyālaṃbakaḥ sthitaḥ || 30 ||
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evaṃ vāyvagnisomaiśca dehaḥ saṃdhāritastvasau |
ākāśajāni srotāṃsi tathā koṣṭhaviviktatā || 31 ||
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pārthivānīha jānīhi ghrāṇakeśanakhāni ca |
asthīni dhairyaṃ gurutā tvaṅmāṃsa hṛdayaṃ gudam || 32 ||
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nābhirmedo yakṛnmajjā aṃtramāmāśayaḥ śirā |
snāyuḥ pakvāśayaścaiva prāhurvedavido dvijāḥ || 33 ||
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netrayormaḍalaṃ śuklaṃ kaphādbhavati paitṛkam |
kṛṣṇaṃ ca maṇḍalaṃ vātāttathā bhavati mātṛkam || 34 ||
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pakṣmamaṇḍalamekaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ carmamaṇḍalam |
śuklaṃ tṛtīyaṃ kathita caturthaṃ kṛṣṇamaṇḍalam || 35 ||
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dṛṅmaṇḍalaṃ paṃcamaṃ tu netraṃ syātpaṃcamaṇḍalam |
apare netrabhāge dve upāṃgo'pāṃga eva ca || 36 ||
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upāṃgo netraparyaṃto nāsā mūlamapāṃgakaḥ |
vṛṣaṇau ca tathā proktau medosṛkkaphamāṃsakau || 37 ||
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asṛṅmāṃsamayī jihvā sarveṣāmeva dehinām |
hastayoroṣṭhayormeḍhre grīvāyāṃ ṣaṭ ca kūrcakāḥ || 38 ||
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evamatra sthite jīvo dehe'sminsaptasaptake |
paṃcaviṃśatiko vyāpya dehaṃ vāso'sya mūrdhani || 39 ||
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tvagasṛgmāṃsamityāhustrikaṃ mātṛsamudbhavam |
medomajjāsthikaṃ proktaṃ pitṛjaṃ ṣaṭca kauśikam || 40 ||
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evaṃ bhūtamayaṃ dehaṃ paṃcabhūtasamudbhavaiḥ |
annairyathā vṛddhimeti tadahaṃ varṇayāmi te || 41 ||
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tadannaṃ piṇḍakavalairgrāsairbhuktaṃ ca dehibhiḥ |
pūrvaṃ sthūlāśaye vāyuḥ prāṇaḥ prakurute dvidhā || 42 ||
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saṃpraviśyānnamadhye tu pṛthagannapṛthagjalam |
agnerūrdhvaṃ jalaṃ sthāpya tadannaṃ tajjalopari || 43 ||
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jalasyādhaḥ svayaṃ prāṇaḥ sthitvāgniṃ dhamate śanaiḥ |
vāyunā dhamyamānogniratyuṣṇaṃ kurute jalam || 44 ||
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tadannamuṣṇatoyena samaṃtātpacyate punaḥ |
dvidhā bhavati tatpakvaṃ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam || 45 ||
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malairdvādaśabhiḥ kiṭṭaṃ bhinnaṃ dehādbahirvrajet |
karṇākṣināsikājihvādatāḥ śiśnaṃ gudaṃ nakhāḥ || 46 ||
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romakūpāṇi caiva syurdvādaśaite malāśrayāḥ |
hṛtpadmapratibaddhāśca sarvā nāḍyaḥ samaṃtataḥ || 47 ||
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tāsāṃ mukheṣu taṃ sūkṣmaṃ vyānaḥ sthāpayate rasam |
rasena tena tā nāḍīḥ samānaḥ pūrayetpunaḥ || 48 ||
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tataḥ prayāṃti saṃpūrṇāstāśca dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ |
tataḥ sa nāḍimadhyastho rañjakenoṣmaṇā rasaḥ || 49 ||
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pacyate pacyamānastu rudhiratvaṃ bhajetpunaḥ |
tatastvaglomakeśāśca māṃsaṃ snāyu śirāsthi ca || 50 ||
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nakhā majjā khavaimalyaṃ śukravṛddhiḥ kramādbhavet |
evaṃ dvādaśadhānnasya pariṇāmaḥ prakīrtyate || 51 ||
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evametadviniṣpannaṃ śarīraṃ puṇyahetave |
yathaiva syaṃdanaḥ śubhro bhārasaṃvāhanāya ca || 52 ||
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tailābhyaṃgādibhiryatnairbahubhiḥ pālyate na cet |
kiṃ kṛtyaṃ sādhyate tena yadi bhāraṃ vahenna hi || 53 ||
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evametena dehena kiṃ kṛtyaṃ bhojanottamaiḥ |
vardhitena na cetpuṇyaṃ kurute paśuvacca tat || 54 ||
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bhavaṃti cātra ślokāḥ |
yasminkāle ca deśe ca vayasā yādṛśena ca |
kṛtaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ karma tattathā tena bhujyate || 55 ||
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tasmātsadā śubhaṃ kāryamavicchinnasukhārthibhiḥ |
vicchidyaṃte'nyathā bhogā grīṣme kusarito yathā || 56 ||
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yasmātpāpena duḥkhāni tīvrāṇi subahūnyapi |
tasmātpāpaṃ na kartavyamātmapīḍākaraṃ hi tat || 57 ||
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evaṃ te varṇitaḥ sādho praśno'yaṃ śaktito mayā |
yathā saṃjāyate prāṇī yathā śṛṇu pralīyate || 58 ||
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āyuṣye karmaṇi kṣīṇe saṃprāpte maraṇe nṛṇām |
svakarmavaśago dehī kṛṣyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ || 59 ||
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paṃcatanmātrasahitaḥ samanobuddhyahaṃkṛtiḥ |
puṇyapāpamayaiḥ pāśairbaddho jīvastyaje dvapuḥ || 60 ||
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śīrṣṇaśca saptabhiśchidrairnirgacchetpuṇyakarmaṇām |
adhaśca pāpināṃ yāṃti yogināṃ brahmaraṃdhrataḥ || 61 ||
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tatkṣaṇātso'tha gṛhṇāti śārīraṃ cātivāhikam |
aṃguṣṭhaparvamātraṃ tu svaprāṇaireva nirmitam || 62 ||
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tatastasminsthitaṃ jīvaṃ dehe yamabhaṭāstadā |
baddhvā nayaṃti mārgeṇa yāmyenāti yathābalam || 63 ||
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taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca |
prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca || 64 ||
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ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ mahītalāt |
kṛṣyamāṇo yamapurīṃ nīyate pāpakṛdbhaṭaiḥ || 65 ||
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kvacicchītaṃ mahādurgamandhakāraṃ kvacinmahat |
agnisaṃsparśavadanaiḥ kākakākolajaṃbukaiḥ || 66 ||
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makṣikādaṃśamaśakairbhakṣyate sarpavṛścikaiḥ |
bhakṣyamāṇo'pi tairjaṃtuḥ kraṃdate mriyate na hi || 617 ||
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kvacicca bhakṣyate ghorai rākṣasaiḥ kṛṣyate'syate |
dahyamānotighoreṇa saikatena ca nīyate || 68 ||
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muhūtairdaśabhiryāti taṃ mārgamatidustaram |
taṃ kālaṃ sumahadvetti puruṣo varṣasaṃmitam || 69 ||
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tāryate ca nadīṃ ghorāṃ pūyaśoṇitavāhinīm |
nadīṃ vaitaraṇīṃ nāma keśaśaivalaśādvalām || 70 ||
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tato yamasya purataḥ sthāpyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ |
pāpī mahābhayaṃ paśyetkālāṃtakamukhairvṛtam || 71 ||
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puṇyakarmā saumyarūpaṃ dharmarājaṃ tadā kila |
manuṣyā eva gacchaṃti yamalokena cāpare || 72 ||
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maraṇānaṃtaraṃ teṣāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ yonipūraṇam |
tathāhi pretā manujāḥ śrūyaṃte nānyajaṃtavaḥ || 73 ||
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dhārmikaḥ pūjyate tatra pāpaḥ pāśagalo bhavet |
dhārmikaśca yathā yāti taṃ mārgaṃ śṛṇu vacmi te || 74 ||
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ārāmadrumadātāraḥ phalapuṣpavatā pathā |
chāyayā ca sukhaṃ yāṃti tathā ye cchatradā narāḥ || 75 ||
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upānahapradā yānairvitṛṣāḥ pūrtadharmiṇaḥ |
vimānairyānadā yāṃti tathā śayyāsanapradāḥ || 76 ||
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bhakṣyabhojyaistathā tṛptā yāṃti bhojanadāyina |
dīpapradāḥ prakāśena gopradāstāṃ nadīṃ sukham || 77 ||
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śrīsūryaṃ śrīmahādevaṃ bhaktā ye puruṣottamam |
janmaprabhṛti te yāṃti pūjyamānā yamānugaiḥ || 78 ||
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mahīṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ lohaṃ tilānkārpāsameva ca |
lavaṇaṃ saptadhānyaṃ ca dattvā yāti sukhaṃ naraḥ || 79 ||
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teṣāṃ tatra gatānāṃ ca pāpināṃ puṇyakarmiṇām |
citraguptaḥ pretapāya nirūpayati vai tataḥ || 80 ||
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pretaloke sa vasati tataḥ saṃvatsaraṃ naraḥ |
vatsareṇa ca tenāsya śarīramabhijāyate || 81 ||
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sodakumbhamathānnādyaṃ bāṃdhavairyatpradīyate |
dinedine sa tadbhuktvā tena vṛddhiṃ prayāti ca || 82 ||
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pūrvadattamathānnādyaṃ prāpnoti svayameva ca |
svayaṃ yena na dattaṃ ca tathā dātā na vidyate || 83 ||
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na cāpyudakadātāsau kṣuttṛḍbhyāmatipīḍyate |
bāṃdhavaistūdakaṃ dattaṃ nadībhūtvopatiṣṭhati || 84 ||
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māsimāsi ca yacchrāddhaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhapūrvakam |
atra na kriyate yasya pretatvātsa na mucyate || 85 ||
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mānuṣeṇa dinenaiva pretaloke dinaṃ smṛtam |
tasmāddinedine deyaṃ pretāyānnaṃ ca vatsaram || 86 ||
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taṃ ca smāśānikānāma gaṇā yāmyā bhayāvahāḥ |
śītavātātapopetaṃ tatra rakṣaṃti pāpinam || 87 ||
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yatheha bandhane kaścidrakṣyate viṣamairnaraiḥ |
pretapiṃḍā na dīyaṃte ṣoḍaśaśrāddhapūrvakāḥ || 88 ||
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yasya tasya na mokṣo'sti pretatvādvai yugairapi |
tataḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe bāṃdhavaiḥ sukṛte naraḥ || 89 ||
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pūrṇe saṃvatsare dehaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ pratipadyate |
pāpātmā ghorarūpaṃ tu dhārmiko divyamuttamam || 90 ||
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tataḥ sa narakaṃ yāti svargaṃ vā svena karmaṇā |
rauravādyāśca narakāḥ pātālatalasaṃsthitāḥ || 91 ||
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surādyāḥ satyaparyaṃtāḥ svarlokasyordhvamāśritāḥ |
itihāsapurāṇeṣu vedasmṛtiṣu yacchutam || 92 ||
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puṇyaṃ tena bhavetsvargo narakastadviparyayāt |
tatrāpi kālavasati karmaṇāmanurūpataḥ || 93 ||
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arvāksapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya varṣācca vā kṛtam |
pretatvamapi tasyāpi proktaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ dhuvam || 94 ||
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yairiṣṭaṃ ca tribhirmedhairarcitaṃ vā suratrayam |
pretalokaṃ na te yāṃti tathā ye samare hatāḥ || 95 ||
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śuddhena puṇyena divaṃ ca śuddhāṃ pāpena śuddhena tathā tamoṃdham |
miśreṇa svargaṃ narakaṃ ca yāti dehastathaivāsya bhavecca tādṛk || 96 ||
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praśnatrayaṃ ceti tava praṇītamutpattimṛtyū paralokavāsaḥ |
yathā gururme samudājahāra kiṃ bhūya icchatyuta tadvadāmi || 97 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍa kaumārikākhaṇḍe ādityakamaṭhasaṃvāde jīvasya pāralaukikagatyādivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 50 ||
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