Chapter 14

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pṛthuruvāca |
yattvayā kathitaṃ brahmanvratamūrjasya vistarāt |
tatra yā tulasīmūle viṣṇoḥ pūjā tvayoditā || 1 ||
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tenā'haṃ praṣṭumicchāmi māhātmyaṃ tulasībhavam |
kathaṃ sā'tipriyā tasya devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ || 2 ||
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kathameṣā samutpannā kasminsthāne ca nārada |
evaṃ brūhi samāsena sarvajño'si mato mama || 3 ||
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nārada uvāca |
śṛṇu rājannavahito māhātmyaṃ tulasībhavam |
setihāsaṃ purāvṛttaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te || 4 ||
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purā śakraḥ śivaṃ draṣṭumagātkailāsaparvatam |
sarvadevaiḥ parivṛto hyapsarogaṇasevitaḥ || 5 ||
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yāvadgataḥ śivagṛhaṃ tāvattatra sa dṛṣṭavān |
puruṣaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ daṃṣṭrā'nanavibhīṣaṇam || 6 ||
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sa pṛṣṭastena kastvaṃ bhoḥ kva gato jagadīśvaraḥ |
evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa tadā noktavānnṛpa || 7 ||
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tataḥ kuddho vajrapāṇistaṃ nirbhartsya vaco'bravīt |
re mayā pṛcchayamāno'pi nottaraṃ dattavānasi || 8 ||
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atastvāṃ hanmi vajreṇa kaste trātā'sti durmate |
ityudīrya tato vajrī vajreṇā'bhyahanaddṛḍham || 9 ||
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tenāsya kaṇṭho nīlatvamagādvajraṃ ca bhasmatām |
tato rudraḥ prajajvāla tejasā pradahanniva || 10 ||
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dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatistūrṇaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo'bhavat |
indraṃ ca daṃḍavadbhūmau kṛtvā stotuṃ pracakrame || 11 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
namo devādhipataye tryaṃbakāya kapardine |
tripuraghnāya śarvāya namo'dhaṃkaniṣūdine || 12 ||
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virūpāyā'tirūpāya bahurūpāya śaṃbhave |
yajñavidhvaṃsakartre ca yajñānāṃ phaladāyine || 13 ||
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kālāṃtakāya kālāya kālabhogidharāya ca |
namo brahmaśirohaṃtre brāhmaṇāya namo namaḥ || 14 ||
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nārada uvāca |
evaṃ stutastadā śaṃbhurdhiṣaṇena jagāda tam |
saṃharannayanajvālāṃ trilokīdahana kṣamām || 15 ||
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varaṃ varaya bho brahmanprītaḥ stutyā'nayā tava |
indrasya jīvadānena jīveti tvaṃ prathāṃ vajra || 16 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
yadi tuṣṭo'si deva tvaṃ pāhīṃdraṃ śaraṇāgatam |
agnireṣa śamaṃ yātu bhālanetrasamudbhavaḥ || 17 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
punaḥ praveśamāyāti bhālanetre kathaṃ śikhī |
enaṃ tyakṣyāmyahaṃ dūre yatheṃdraṃ naiva pīḍayet || 18 ||
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nārada uvāca |
ityuktvā taṃ kare dhṛtvā prākṣipallavaṇārṇave |
so'patatsiṃdhugaṃgāyāḥ sāgarasya ca saṃgame || 19 ||
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tāvatsa bālarūpatvamagāttatra ruroda ca |
rudatastasya śabdena prākaṃpaddharaṇī muhuḥ || 20 ||
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svargādyāḥ satyalokāṃtāstatsvanādbadhirīkṛtāḥ |
śrutvā brahmā yayau tatra kimetaditi vismitaḥ || 21 ||
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tāvatsamudrasyotsaṃge taṃ bālaṃ sa dadarśa ha |
dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamāyātaṃ samudro'pi kṛtāṃjaliḥ || 22 ||
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praṇamya śirasā bālaṃ tasyotsaṃge nyaveśayat |
bho brahmansiṃdhugaṃgāyāṃ jāto'yaṃ mama putrakaḥ |
jātakarmā'disaṃskārānkuruṣvā'dya jagadguro || 23 ||
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nārada uvāca |
itthaṃ vadati pāthodhau sa bālaḥ sāgarātmajaḥ || 24 ||
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brahmāṇamagrahītkūrce vidhunvaṃstaṃ muhurmuhuḥ |
dhunvatastasya kūrce tu netrābhyāmagamajjalam |
kathaṃcinmuktakūrco'tha brahmā provāca sāgaram || 25 ||
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brahmovāca |
netrābhyāṃ vidhṛtaṃ yasmādanenaitajjalaṃ mama |
tasmājjalaṃdhara iti khyāto nāmnā bhaviṣyati || 26 ||
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anenaivaiṣa taruṇaḥ sarvaśastrāstrapāragaḥ |
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vinā rudraṃ bhaviṣyati || 27 ||
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yata eṣa samudbhūtastatraivāṃtaṃ gamiṣyati || 28 ||
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nārada uvāca |
ityuktvā śukramāhūya rājye taṃ cābhyaṣecayat |
āmaṃtrya saritāṃ nāthaṃ brahmāṃtardhānamāgamat || 29 ||
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atha taddarśanotphullanayanaḥ sāgarastadā |
kālanemisutāṃ vṛṃdāṃ tadbhāryārthamayācata || 30 ||
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te kālanemipramukhāstato'surāstasmai sutāṃ tāṃ pradaduḥ praharṣitāḥ |
sa cā'pi tāṃ prāpya suhṛdvarāṃ vaśāṃ śaśāsa gāṃ śukrasahāyavānbalī || 31 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharotpattivarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 14 ||
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