Chapter 27

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śrīsūta uvāca |
yamunāyāṃ ca gaṃgāyāṃ gayāyāṃ ca naro mudā |
snānaṃ vidhāya vidhivatkoṭitīrthaṃ tato vrajet || 1 ||
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koṭitīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam |
sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ śuddhaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || 2 ||
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duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ hyetanmahāpātakanāśanam |
mahāvighnapraśamanaṃ mahāśāṃtikaraṃ nṛṇām || 3 ||
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smṛtimātreṇa yatpuṃsāṃ sarvapāpaniṣūdanam |
līlayā dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā svayaṃ rāmeṇa nirmitam || 4 ||
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purā dāśarathī rāmo nihatya yudhi rāvaṇam |
brahmahatyāvimokṣāya gaṃdhamādanaparvate || 5 ||
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prātiṣṭhipalliṃgamekaṃ lokānugrahakāmyayā |
liṃgasyāsyābhiṣekāya śuddhaṃ vāri gaveṣayan || 6 ||
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nāviṃdata jalaṃ tatra pārśve daśarathātmajaḥ |
liṃgābhiṣekayogyaṃ ca jalaṃ kimiti ciṃtayan || 7 ||
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navena vāriṇā liṃgaṃ snāpanīyaṃ mayeti saḥ |
niścitya manasā tatra dhanuṣkoṭyā raghūdvahaḥ || 8 ||
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bibheda dharaṇīṃ śīghraṃ manasā jāhnavīṃ smaran |
rāmakārmukakoṭiḥ sā tadā prāpa rasātalam || 9 ||
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tata uddhārayāmāsa taddhanurdhanvināṃ varaḥ |
dhanuṣyuddhriyamāṇe tu rāghaveṇa mahītalāt || 10 ||
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kākutsthena smṛtā gaṃgā niryayau vivarāttataḥ |
vāriṇā tena talliṃgamabhyaṣiṃcadraghūdvahaḥ || 11 ||
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rāmakārmu kakoṭyaiva yatastannirmitaṃ purā |
ataḥ koṭiriti khyātaṃ tattīrthaṃ bhuvanatraye || 12 ||
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yāni yānīha tīrthāni saṃti vai gaṃdhamādane |
prathamaṃ teṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā vigatakalmaṣaḥ || 13 ||
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śeṣapāpavimokṣāya snāyātkoṭau narastataḥ |
tīrthāṃtareṣu snānena yaḥ pāpaugho na naśyati || 14 ||
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anekajanmakoṭībhirarjito hyasthisaṃsthitaḥ |
vinaśyati sa sarvo'pi koṭisnānānna saṃśayaḥ || 15 ||
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yadi hi prathamaṃ snāyādatra koṭau naro dvijāḥ |
tasya muktasya tīrthāni vyarthānyevāparāṇi hi || 16 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sūta sarvārthatattvajña vyāsaśiṣya munīśvara |
asmākaṃ saṃśayaṃ kaṃcicchiṃdhi paurāṇikottama || 17 ||
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koṭau snātasya martyasya yadi tīrthāṃtaraṃ vṛthā |
kimarthaṃ dharmatīrthādi tīrtheṣu snāṃti mānavāḥ || 18 ||
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tīrthāni tāni sarvāṇi samatikramya mānavāḥ |
atraiva koṭau kiṃ snānaṃ na kurvaṃti hi tadvada || 19 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
aho rahasyaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ pṛṣṭametanmunīśvarāḥ |
nāradāya purā śaṃbhuḥ pṛcchate yatkilābravīt || 20 ||
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tadbravīmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha |
gacchanyadṛcchayā vāpi tīrthayātrāparo'pi vā || 21 ||
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mārgamadhye dvijaśreṣṭhāstīrthaṃ devālayaṃ tathā |
dṛṣṭvā śrutvāpi vā mohānna seveta narādhamaḥ || 22 ||
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niṣkṛtistasya nāstīti prābruvanparamarṣayaḥ |
setuṃ gacchaṃstato'nyeṣu na snāyādyadi mānavaḥ || 23 ||
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tīrthātikramadoṣaiḥ sa bahiṣkāryo'tyavaddvijaiḥ |
ataḥ snātavyamevaiṣu cakratīrthādiṣu dvijāḥ || 24 ||
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snātvā caiteṣu tīrtheṣu śeṣapāpavimuktaye |
prayatairmanujairatra snātavyaṃ koṭitīrthake || 25 ||
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koṭau cābhi ṣavaṃ kṛtvā na tiṣṭhedgandhamādane |
nivartettatkṣaṇādeva niṣpāpo gaṃdhamādanāt || 26 ||
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rāmo'pi hi purā koṭitīrthasaṃbhūtavāriṇā |
rāmanāthe'bhiṣikte tu svayaṃ snātvā ca tatra vai || 27 ||
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brahmahatyāvimuktaḥ saṃstatkṣaṇādeva sānujaḥ |
ārūḍhapuṣpako'yodhyāṃ prayayau kapibhirvṛtaḥ || 28 ||
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ataḥ koṭau naraḥ snātvā pāpaśeṣavimocitaḥ |
nivartettatkṣaṇādeva rāmo dāśarathiryathā || 29 ||
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etaddhi tīrthapravaraṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam |
rāmanāthābhiṣekāya nirmitaṃ rāghaveṇa yat || 30 ||
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svayaṃ bhagavatī yatra sannidhatte ca jāhnavī |
tārakabrahmaṇā yatra rāmeṇa snātamādarāt || 31 ||
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tasya vai koṭitīrthasya mahimā kena kathyatām |
yatra snātvā purā kṛṣṇo lokasaṃgrahaṇecchayā || 32 ||
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mātulasya tu kaṃsasya vadhadoṣādvimocitaḥ |
tasya vai koṭitīrthasya mahimā kena kathyate || 33 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kimarthamavadhītkaṃsaṃ mātulaṃ yadunaṃdanaḥ |
yaddoṣaśāṃtaye sūta sasnau koṭau mahā manāḥ || 34 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
vasudeva iti khyātaḥ śūraputro yadoḥ kule |
āsītsa devakasutāṃ devakīmiti viśrutām || 35 ||
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udvāhya rathamārūḍhaḥ svapuraṃ prasthitaḥ purā |
atha sūto babhūvātha kaṃso hyānakadundubheḥ || 36 ||
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aśarīrā tadā vāṇī kaṃsaṃ sārathimabravīt |
bhaginīṃ ca tathā bhāmaṃ vāhayaṃtaṃ rathottame || 37 ||
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yāmimāṃ vāhayasyatra rathena tvamariṃdama |
asyāstvāmaṣṭamo garbho vadhiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 38 ||
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ityākarṇya vaco divyaṃ kaṃsaḥ khaṅgaṃ pragṛhya ca |
svasāraṃ haṃtumudyogaṃ cakāra dvijapuṃgavāḥ || 39 ||
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tataḥ provāca taṃ kaṃsaṃ vasudevaḥ sa sāṃtvayan |
vasudeva uvāca |
asyāṃ prasūtāndāsyāmi tubhyaṃ kaṃsa sutānaham || 40 ||
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enāṃ svasāraṃ mā hiṃsīrnāsyāste bhītirasti hi |
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ kaṃso nivṛttastadvadhāttadā || 41 ||
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devakīvasudevābhyāṃ sahitaḥ svapuraṃ yayau |
pādāvasaktanigaḍau devakīvasudevakau || 42 ||
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sthāpayāmāsa duṣṭātmā kaṃsaḥ kārāgṛhe tadā |
tataḥ kālena mahatā vasudevāddhi devakī || 43 ||
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ṣaṭputrāñjanayāmāsa krameṇa munipuṃgavāḥ |
jātāṃstānvasudevena dattānkaṃso'pi so'vadhīt || 44 ||
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hateṣu ṣaṭasu putreṣu devakyudarajanmasu |
kaṃsena krūramatinā niṣkṛpeṇa dvijottamāḥ || 45 ||
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śeṣo'bhūtsaptamo garbho devakyā jaṭhare tadā |
māyādevī tato garbhaṃ taṃ vai viṣṇupracoditā || 46 ||
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naṃdagopagṛhasthāyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ samaveśayat |
devakyāḥ saptamo garbhaḥ patito jaṭharāditi || 47 ||
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loke prasiddhirabhavanmahatī viṣṇulīlayā |
devakījaṭhare paścādviṣṇurgarbhatvamāptavān || 48 ||
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tato daśasu māseṣu gateṣu hariravyayaḥ |
devakījaṭharājjajñe kṛṣṇa ityabhiviśrutaḥ || 49 ||
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śaṃkhacakragadākhaṅgavirājitacaturbhujaḥ |
kirīṭī vanamālī ca pitroḥ śokavināśanaḥ || 50 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā harimīśānaṃ tuṣṭāvānakaduṃdubhiḥ || 51 ||
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vasudeva uvāca |
viśvaṃ bhavā nviśvapatistvameva viśvasya yonistvayi viśvamāste |
mahānpradhānaśca virāṭa svarāḍ ca samrāḍasi tvaṃ bhagavansamastam || 52 ||
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evaṃ jagatkāraṇabhūtadhāmne nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya |
śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya namonamaḥ kṛtrimamānuṣāya || 53 ||
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stuvantamevaṃ śauriṃ taṃ vasudevaṃ haristadā |
avocatprīṇayaṃstaṃ ca devakīṃ ca dvijottamāḥ || 54 ||
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hariruvāca |
ahaṃ kaṃsaṃ vadhiṣyāmi mā bhīrvāṃ pitarāviti |
nandagopasya gṛhiṇī yaśodā'janayatsutām |
mama māyāṃ pūrvadine sarvalokavimohinīm || 55 ||
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māṃ tasyāḥ śayane nyasya yaśodāyāḥ sutā tu tām |
ādāya devakīśayyāṃ prāpayasva yadūttama || 56 ||
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evamuktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena tathaiva hyakaroddvijāḥ |
ruroda māyā tanayā devakīśayanesthitā || 57 ||
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atha bāladhvaniṃ śrutvā kaṃsaḥ saṃkulamānasaḥ |
sūtikāgṛhamāgamya tāmādāya ca dārikām || 58 ||
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śilāyāṃ pothayāmāsa nirdayo nirapatrapaḥ |
atha taddhastamācchidya sāyudhāṣṭamahābhujā |
mahādevyabravītkaṃsaṃ samāhūyātikopanā || 59 ||
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māyovāca |
are re kaṃsa pāpātmandurbuddhe mūḍhacetana || 60 ||
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yatra kutrāpi śatruste vartate prāṇahārakaḥ |
mārgayasvātmano mṛtyuṃ taṃ śatruṃ kaṃsa mā ciram || 61 ||
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itīrayitvā sā devī divyasthānānyavāpya ca |
labdhapūjā manuṣyebhyo babhūvābhīṣṭadāyinī || 62 ||
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śrutvā sa devīvacanaṃ kaṃso 'pi bhṛśamākulaḥ |
bālagrahānpūtanādīnsvāṃtakaṃ bādhituṃ ripum || 63 ||
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preṣayāmāsa deśeṣu śiśūnanyāṃśca bādhitum |
te ca bālagrahāḥ sarve prayayu rnaṃdagokulam || 64 ||
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hatāśca kṛṣṇena tadā prayayuryamasādanam |
tataḥ katipayāhassu gateṣu dvijapuṃgavāḥ || 65 ||
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rāmakṛṣṇau vyavarddhetāṃ gokule bālakau tadā |
anekabālakrīḍābhiścikrīḍaturariṃdamau || 66 ||
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kaṃcitkālaṃ vatsapālau veṇunādamakurvatām |
kaṃcitkālaṃ ca gopālau guṃjātāpi cchabhūṣitau || 67 ||
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remāte bahukālaṃ tau gokule rāmakeśavau |
kaṃsaḥ kadācidakrūraṃ gokule rāmakeśavau || 68 ||
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preṣayāmāsa vipreṃdrāḥ samānayitumaṃ jasā |
ānayāmāsa cākrūro rāmakṛṣṇau sa gokulāt || 69 ||
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mathurāṃ kaṃsanirdeśātsvarṇatoraṇarājitām || 70 ||
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tataḥ samānīya sa rāmakeśavau yayau purīṃ gāṃdinijastadagre |
dṛṣṭvā ca kaṃsaṃ vinivedya kāryaṃ tasmai svagehaṃ praviveśa paścāt || 71 ||
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athāparāhṇe vasudevaputrāvanyedyuriṣṭaiḥ saha gopaputraiḥ |
upeyatuḥ sālanikhātayuktāṃ saṃgopurāṭṭāṃ madhurāpurīṃ tau || 72 ||
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stotrāṇi śṛṇvanpurayauvatānāṃ kṛṣṇastu rāmeṇa sahaiva gatvā |
dhanurniveśaṃ saha saiva tatra dadarśa cāpaṃ ca mahadṛḍhajyam || 73 ||
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vidrāvya sarvānapi cāpapālāndhanuḥ samādāya sa līlayā'śu |
maurvyāṃ niyoktuṃ namayāṃcakāra tadaṃ tare bhagnamabhūdvidhaiva || 74 ||
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kodaṃḍabhaṃgotthitaśabdamāśu śrutvābhiyātānbalino nihaṃtum |
nijaghnatustau pratigṛhya khaṃḍau cāpasya pālānbalinau dvijeṃdrā || 75 ||
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tataḥ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ gajaṃ dvāri sthitaṃ kṣaṇāt |
nihatya rāmakṛṣṇau tau mahābalaparākramau || 76 ||
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tasya daṃtau samutpāṭya dadhānau karayordvayoḥ |
aṃse nidhāya tau daṃtau raṃgaṃ prayayatuḥ kṣaṇāt || 77 ||
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nihatya mallaṃ cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ tośalaṃ tathā |
anyāṃśca mallapravarānninyaturyamasā danam || 78 ||
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samāruruhatustūrṇaṃ tuṃgaṃ maṃcaṃ ca tau tadā |
tatra tuṃge samāsīnamāsane kaṃsametya tau |
tasthatustaṃ tṛṇīkṛtya siṃhau kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā || 79 ||
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tataḥ kaṃsaṃ samākṛṣya kṛṣṇo maṃcopari sthitam |
pādau gṛhītvā vegena bhrāmayāmāsa cāṃbare || 80 ||
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tatastaṃ pothayāmāsa sa bhūmau gata jīvitam |
kaṃsabhrātṝnbalo'pyaṣṭau nijaghne muṣṭinā dvijāḥ || 81 ||
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evaṃ nihatya taṃ kaṃsaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ parabalārdanaḥ |
pitarau mocayāmāsa nigaḍādati duḥkhitau || 82 ||
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sarvānāsthāpayāmāsa balena saha mādhavaḥ |
śrīkṛṣṇena hataṃ kaṃsaṃ śrutvā prāpuḥ purīṃ tadā || 83 ||
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bāṃdhavā mathurāyāṃ ye pūrvaṃ kaṃse na bādhitāḥ |
ugrasenaṃ tathā rājye sthāpayāmāsa keśavaḥ || 84 ||
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asahiṣṇurdvijāḥ pitrorevaṃ kaṃsakṛtāgasam |
jaghāna mātulaṃ kaṃsaṃ devabrāhmaṇakaṃṭa kam || 85 ||
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tataḥ kadācikṛṣṇo'yamātmānaṃ draṣṭumāgatān |
nāradādīnmunīnsarvānidaṃ papraccha sattamaḥ || 86 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
mayā'yaṃ mātulo viprā hataḥ kaṃso'tipāpakṛt |
mātulasya vadhe doṣaḥ procyate śāstravittamaiḥ || 87 ||
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prāyaścittamato brūta taddoṣavinivṛttaye |
avocannāradastatra kṛṣṇamadbhutavikramam |
vācā madhurayā viprā bhaktipraṇayapūrvakam || 88 ||
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nārada uvāca |
nityaśuddhaśca muktaśca bhadraścaiva bhavā nsadā || 89 ||
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saccidānaṃdarūpaśca paramātmā sanātanaḥ |
puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ ca te nāsti kṛṣṇa yādavanaṃdana || 90 ||
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tathāpi lokaśikṣārthaṃ bhavatā garu ḍadhvaja |
prāyaścittaṃ tu kartavyaṃ vidhinānena mādhava || 91 ||
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lokasaṃgrahaṇaṃ tāvatkartavyaṃ bhavatādhunā |
rāmasetau mahāpuṇye gaṃdhamādanaparvate || 92 ||
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rāmeṇa sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ rāmanāthābhidhaṃ purā |
tasyābhiṣekatoyārthaṃ dhanuṣkoṭyā raghūdvahaḥ || 93 ||
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gāṃ bhittvotpādayāmāsa tīrthaṃ koṭīti viśrutam |
tava pūrvāvatāreṇa rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā || 94 ||
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brahmahatyāviśuddhyarthaṃ nirmitaṃ svayameva yat |
tatra snānaṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ dharmye pāpavināśane || 95 ||
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tena te mātulavadhāddoṣaḥ śīghraṃ vinaṃkṣyati |
koṭitīrthe hareḥ snānaṃ brahmahatyādiśodhakam || 96 ||
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svargamokṣapradaṃ puṃsāmāyurārogyavardhanam |
iti śrutvā munervākyaṃ nāradasya sa mādhavaḥ || 97 ||
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visṛjya tānṛṣīnsarvāṃstasminneva kṣaṇe dvijāḥ |
rāmasetau yayau tūrṇaṃ svadoṣapari śuddhaye || 98 ||
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dinaiḥ katipayairgatvā koṭitīrthaṃ yadūdvahaḥ |
snātvā saṃkalpapūrvaṃ ca dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ || 99 ||
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sa mātulavadhotpannadoṣebhyo mumu ce kṣaṇāt |
niṣevya rāmanāthaṃ ca svapuraṃ mathurāṃ yayau || 100 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
evaṃ prabhāvaṃ puṇyaṃ ca koṭitīrthaṃ munīśvarāḥ |
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpaiḥ sadyo mucyeta mānavaḥ |
nānena sadṛśaṃ tīrthamanyadasti mahītale || 1 ||
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atra snānāttrayo devā brahmaviṣṇuśivā dvijāḥ |
prītāḥ syuranye devāśca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 2 ||
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evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ citraṃ koṭitīrthasya vaibhavam |
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi || 3 ||
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śrutvemaṃ puṇyamadhyāyaṃ paṭhitvā ca munīśvarāḥ |
brahmahatyādibhiḥ satyaṃ mucyate pātakairnaraḥ || 104 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye koṭitīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ kṛṣṇasya mātulavadhadoṣaśāṃtivarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 27 ||
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