Skanda Purana [sanskrit]
876,996 words | ISBN-10: 8170800978 | ISBN-13: 9788170800972
This Sanskrit edition of the Skandapurana. It is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.
Chapter 36
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nārada uvāca |
ataḥ paraṃ kimabhavattanme kathaya suvrata |
pūrvaṃ ca tadaśeṣeṇa śaṃsa me vadatāmbara || 1 ||
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sthirībhūtaṃ ca tatsthānaṃ kiyatkālaṃ vadasva me |
kena vai rakṣyamāṇaṃ ca kasyājñā vartate prabho || 2 ||
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brahmovāca |
tretāto dvāparāṃtaṃ ca yāvatkalisamāgamaḥ |
tāvatsaṃrakṣaṇe caiko hanūmānpavanātmajaḥ || 3 ||
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samartho nānyathā kopi vinā hanumatā suta |
laṃkā vidhvaṃsitā yena rākṣasāḥ prabalā hatāḥ || 4 ||
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sa eva rakṣate tatra rāmādeśena putraka |
dvijasyājñā pravarteta śrīmātāyāstathaiva ca || 5 ||
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dinedine praharṣobhūjjanānāṃ tatra vāsināḥ |
paṭhaṃti sma dvijāstatra ṛgyujuḥsāmalakṣaṇān || 6 ||
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atharvaṇamapi tatra paṭhaṃti sma divāniśam |
vedanirghoṣajaḥ śabdastrailokye sacarācare || 7 ||
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utsavāstatra jāyaṃte grāmegrāme purepure |
nānā yajñāḥ pravartaṃte nānādharmasamāśritāḥ || 8 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kadāpi tasya sthānasya bhaṃgo jātotha vā na vā |
daityairjitaṃ kadā sthānamathavā duṣṭarākṣasaiḥ || 9 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājandharmajñastvaṃ sadā śuciḥ |
ādau kaliyuge prāpte yaddattaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva bhoḥ || 10 ||
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lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya kāmāya ca sukhāya ca |
yajñaṃ ca kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu bhūpate || 11 ||
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idānīṃ ca kalau prāpta āmo nāmā vabhūva ha |
kānyakubjādhipaḥ śrīmāndharmajño nītitatparaḥ || 12 ||
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śāṃto dāṃtaḥ suśīlaśca satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
dvāparāṃte nṛpaśreṣṭha anāgame kalau yuge || 13 ||
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bhayātkaliviśeṣeṇa adharmasya bhayādibhiḥ |
sarve devāḥ kṣitiṃ tyaktvā naimiṣāraṇyamāśritāḥ || 14 ||
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rāmopi setubaṃdhaṃ hi sasahāyo gato nṛpa || 15 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kīdṛśaṃ hi kalau prāpte bhayaṃ loke sudustaram |
yasminsuraiḥ parityaktā ratnagarbhā vasundharā || 16 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
śṛṇuṣva kalidharmāstvaṃ bhaviṣyaṃti yathā nṛpa |
asatyavādino lokāḥ sādhunindāparāyaṇāḥ || 17 ||
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dasyukarmaratāḥ sarve pitṛbhaktivivarjitāḥ |
svagotradārābhiratā laulyadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ || 18 ||
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brahmavidveṣiṇaḥ sarve parasparavirodhinaḥ |
śaraṇāgatahaṃtāro bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge || 19 ||
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vaiśyācāraratā viprā vedabhraṣṭāśca māninaḥ |
bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte saṃdhyālopakarā dvijāḥ || 20 ||
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śāṃtau śūrā bhaye dīnāḥ śrāddhatarpaṇavarjitāḥ |
asurācāraniratā viṣṇubhaktivivarjitāḥ || 21 ||
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paravittābhilāṣāśca utkoca grahaṇe ratāḥ |
asnātabhojino viprāḥ kṣatriyā raṇavarjitāḥ || 22 ||
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bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte malinā duṣṭavṛttayaḥ |
madyapānaratāḥ sarvepyayā jyānāṃ hi yājakāḥ || 23 ||
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bhartṛdveṣakarā rāmāḥ pitṛdveṣakarāḥ sutāḥ |
bhrātṛdveṣakarāḥ kṣudrā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge || 24 ||
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gavyavikrayiṇaste vai brāhmaṇā vittatatparāḥ |
gāvo dugdhaṃ na duhyaṃte saṃprāpte hi kalau yuge || 25 ||
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phalaṃte naiva vṛkṣāśca kadācidapi bhārata |
kanyāvikraya karttāro gojāvikrayakārakāḥ || 26 ||
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viṣavikrayakarttāro rasavikrayakārakāḥ |
vedavikrayakarttāro bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge || 27 ||
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nārī garbhaṃ samādhatte hāyanaikādaśena hi |
ekādaśyupavāsasya viratāḥ sarvato janāḥ || 28 ||
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na tīrthasevanaratā bhaviṣyaṃti ca vāḍavāḥ |
bahvāhārā bhaviṣyaṃti bahunidrāsamākulāḥ || 29 ||
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jihmavṛttiparāḥ sarve vedaniṃdāparāyaṇāḥ |
yatiniṃdāparāścaiva cchadmakārāḥ parasparam || 30 ||
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sparśadoṣabhayaṃ naiva bhaviṣyati kalau yuge |
kṣatriyā rājyahīnāśca mleccho rājā bhaviṣyati || 31 ||
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viśvāsaghātinaḥ sarve gurudroharatāstathā |
mitradroharatā rājañchiśnodaraparāyaṇāḥ || 32 ||
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ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca |
kalau prāpte mahārāja nānyathā vacanaṃ mama || 33 ||
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etacchrutvā guroreva kānyakubjādhipo balī |
rājyaṃ prakurute tatra āmo nāmnā hi bhūtale || 34 ||
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sārvabhaumatvamāpannaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ |
prajānāṃ kalinā tatra pāpe buddhirajāyata || 35 ||
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vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamutsajya vauddhadharmamupāgatāḥ |
prajāstamanuvartinyaḥ kṣapaṇaiḥ pratibodhitāḥ || 36 ||
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tasya rājño mahādevī māmānāmnyativiśrutā |
garbhaṃ dadhāra sā rājño sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā || 37 ||
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saṃpūrṇe daśame māsi jātā tasyāḥ surūpiṇī |
duhitā samaye rājñyāḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanā || 38 ||
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ratnagaṃgeti nāmnā sā maṇimāṇikyabhūṣitā |
ekadā daivayogena deśāṃtarādupāgataḥ || 39 ||
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nāmnā caiveṃdrasūrirvai deśesminkānyakubjake |
ṣoḍaśābdā ca sā kanyā nopanītā nṛpātmajā || 40 ||
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dāsyāṃtareṇa militā indrasūriśca jīvikaḥ |
śābarīṃ maṃtravidyāṃ ca kathayāmāsa bhārata || 41 ||
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ekacittābhavatsā tu śūlikarmavimohitā |
tataḥ sā mohamāpannā tattadvākyaparāyaṇā || 42 ||
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kṣapaṇairbodhitā vatsa jainadharmaparāyaṇā |
brahmāvartādhipataye kuṃbhīpālāya dhīmate || 43 ||
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ratnagaṃgāṃ mahādevīṃ dadau tāmiti vikramī |
moherekaṃ dadau tasmai vivāhe daivamohitaḥ || 44 ||
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dharmāraṇyaṃ samāgatya rājadhānī kṛtā tadā |
devāṃśca sthāpayāmāsa jainadharmapraṇītakān || 45 ||
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sarve varṇāstathābhūtā jaina dharmasamāśritāḥ |
brāhmaṇā naiva pūjyaṃte na ca śāṃtikapauṣṭikam || 46 ||
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na dadāti kadā dānamevaṃ kālaḥ pravartate |
labdhaśāsanakā viprā luptasvāmyā aharniśam || 47 ||
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samākulitacittāste nṛpamāmaṃ samāyayuḥ |
kānyakubjasthitaṃ śūraṃ pākhaṇḍaiḥ pariveṣṭitam || 48 ||
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kānyakubjapuraṃ prāpya katibhirvāsarairnṛpa |
gaṃgopakaṇṭhe nyavasañchrāṃtāste moḍhavāḍavāḥ || 49 ||
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cāraiśca kathitāste ca nṛpasyāgre samāgatāḥ |
prātarākāritā viprā āgatā nṛpasaṃsadi || 50 ||
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pratyutthānābhivādādīnna cakre sādaraṃ nṛpaḥ |
tiṣṭhato brāhmaṇānsarvānparyapṛcchadasau tataḥ || 51 ||
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kimarthamāgatā viprāḥ kiṃsvitkāryaṃ bruvaṃtu tat || 52 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ |
dharmāraṇyādihāyātāstvatsamīpaṃ narādhipa |
rājaṃstava sutāyāstu bhartā kumārapālakaḥ || 53 ||
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tena praluptaṃ viprāṇāṃ śāsanaṃ mahadadbhutam |
vartatā jainadharmeṇa preriteneṃdrasūriṇā || 54 ||
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rājovāca |
kena vai sthāpitā yūyamasminmoherake pure |
etaddhi vāḍavāḥ sarvaṃ brūta vṛttaṃ yathātatham || 55 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ |
kājeśaiḥ sthāpitāḥ pūrvaṃ dharmarājena dhīmatā |
kṛtā cātra śubhe sthāne rāmeṇa ca tataḥ purī || 56 ||
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śāsanaṃ rāmacaṃdrasya dṛṣṭvā'nyaiścaiva rājabhiḥ |
pālitaṃ dharmato hyatra śāsanaṃ nṛpasattama || 57 ||
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idānīṃ tava jāmātā viprānpālayate na hi |
tacchrutvā vipravākyaṃ tu rājā viprānathābravīt || 58 ||
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yāṃtu śīghraṃ hi bho viprāḥ kathayaṃtu mamājñayā |
rājñe kumārapālāya dehi tvaṃ brāhmaṇālayam || 59 ||
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śrutvā vākyaṃ tato viprāḥ paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ |
jagmustato'timuditā vākyaṃ tatra niveditam || 60 ||
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śvaśurasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājā vacanamabravīt |
kumārapāla uvāca |
rāmasya śāsanaṃ viprāḥ pālayiṣyāmyahaṃ nahi || 61 ||
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tyajāmi brāhmaṇānyajñe paśuhiṃsāparāyaṇān |
tasmāddhi hiṃsakānāṃ tu na me bhaktirbhaveddvijāḥ || 62 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
kathaṃ pākhaṃḍadharmeṇa luptaśāsanako bhavān |
pālayasva nṛpaśreṣṭha mā sma pāpe manaḥ kṛthāḥ || 63 ||
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rājovāca |
ahiṃsā paramo dharmo ahiṃsā ca paraṃ tapaḥ |
ahiṃsā paramaṃ jñānamahiṃsā paramaṃ phalam || 64 ||
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tṛṇeṣu caiva vṛkṣeṣu pataṃgeṣu nareṣu ca |
kīṭeṣu matkuṇādyeṣu ajāśveṣu gajeṣu ca || 65 ||
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lūtāsu caiva sarpeṣu mahiṣyādiṣu vai tathā |
jaṃtavaḥ sadṛśā viprāḥ sūkṣmeṣu ca mahatsu ca || 66 ||
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kathaṃ yūyaṃ pravartadhve viprā hiṃsāparāyaṇāḥ |
tacchrutvā vajratulyaṃ hi vacanaṃ ca dvijottamāḥ || 67 ||
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pratyūcurvāḍavāḥ sarve krodharaktekṣaṇā dṛśā || 68 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ satyametattvayoditam |
paraṃ tathāpi dharmo'sti śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ || 69 ||
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yā vedavihitā hiṃsā sā na hiṃseti nirṇayaḥ |
śastreṇāhanyate yacca pīḍā jaṃtuṣu jāyate || 70 ||
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sa evādharma evāsti loke dharmavidāṃ vara |
vedamaṃtraivihanyaṃte vinā śastreṇa jaṃtavaḥ || 71 ||
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jaṃtupīḍākarā naiva sā hiṃsā sukhadāyinī |
paropakāraḥ puṇyāya pāpāya parapīḍanam || 72 ||
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vedoditāṃ vidhāyāpi hiṃsāṃ pāpairna lipyate |
viprāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā punarvacanamabravīt || 73 ||
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rājovāca |
brahmādīnāṃ paraṃ kṣetraṃ dharmāraṇyamanuttamam |
brahmaviṣṇu maheśādyā nedānīmatra saṃti te || 74 ||
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na dharmo vidyate vātra ukto rāmaḥ sa mānuṣaḥ |
kva vāpi laṃbapucho'sau yo mukto rakṣaṇāya vaḥ || 75 ||
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śāsanaṃ cenna dṛṣṭaṃ vo naiva tatpālayāmyaham |
dvijāḥ kopasamāviṣṭā daduḥ pratyuttaraṃ tadā || 76 ||
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dvijā ūcuḥ |
re mūḍha tvaṃ kathaṃ vettha bhāṣase madalolupaḥ |
sa daityānāṃ vināśāya dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca || 77 ||
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rāmaścaturbhujaḥ sākṣānmānuṣatvaṃ gato bhuvi |
agatīnāṃ ca gatidaḥ sa vai dharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
dayāluśca kṛpāluśca jaṃtūnāṃ paripālakaḥ || 78 ||
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rājovāca |
kuto'dya varttate rāmaḥ kuto vai vāyunaṃdanaḥ |
bhraṣṭābhramiva te sarve kva rāmo hanumāniti || 79 ||
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paraṃtu rāmo hanumānyadi vartteta sarvataḥ |
idānīṃ viprasāhāyya āgamiṣyati me matiḥ || 80 ||
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darśayadhvaṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ rāmaṃ vā lakṣmaṇaṃ tathā |
yadyasti pratyayaḥ kaścitsa no viprāḥ pradarśyatām || 81 ||
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uktaṃ tai rāmadevena dūtaṃ kṛtvāṃjanīsutam |
catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaṃ dattaṃ grāmaśataṃ nṛpa || 62 ||
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punarāgatya sthāne'smindattā grāmāstrayodaśa |
kāśyapyāṃ caiva gaṃgāyāṃ mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa || 83 ||
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dattāni vipramukhyebhyo dattā grāmāḥ suśobhanāḥ |
punaḥ saṃkalpitā vīra ṣaṭpaṃcāśakasaṃkhyayā || 84 ||
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ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi gobhujā jajñire varāḥ |
sapādalakṣā vaṇijo dattā māṃḍalikābhidhāḥ || 85 ||
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tenoktaṃ vāḍavāḥ sarve darśayadhvaṃ hi mārutim |
yasyābhijñānamātreṇa sthitiṃ pūrvāṃ dadāmyaham || 86 ||
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vipravākyaṃ kariṣyāmi pratyayo darśyate yadi |
tataḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti vedadharmaparāyaṇāḥ || 87 ||
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anyathā jainadharmeṇa varttayadhvaṃ hi sarvaśaḥ |
nṛpavākyaṃ tu te śrutvā svesve sthāne samāgatāḥ || 88 ||
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vāḍavaḥ khinnamanasaḥ krodhenāṃdhīkṛtā bhuvi |
niśvāsānmuṃcamānāste hāheti pravadaṃti ca || 89 ||
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daṃtānprāgharṣayansarvānnyapīḍaṃśca karaiḥ karān |
parasparaṃ bhāṣamāṇāḥ kathaṃ kurmo vayaṃ tvitaḥ || 90 ||
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militvā vāḍavāḥ sarve cakruste maṃtramuttamam |
rāmavākyaṃ hṛdi dhyātvā dhyātvā caivāṃjanīsutam || 91 ||
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dvijamelāpakaṃ cakrurbālā vṛddhatamā api |
teṣāṃ vṛddhatamo vipro vākyamūce śubhaṃ tadā || 92 ||
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catuḥṣaṣṭiśca gotrāṇāmasmākaṃ ye dvisaptatiḥ |
svasvagotrasyāvaṭaṃkā ekagrāmābhibhāṣiṇaḥ || 93 ||
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prayātu svasvavargasya eko hyeko dvijaḥ sudhīḥ |
rāmeśvaraṃ setu baṃdhaṃ hanūmāṃstatra vidyate || 94 ||
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sarve prayāṃtu tatraiva rāmapārśve nirāmayāḥ |
nirāhārā jitakrodhā māyayā varjitāḥ punaḥ || 95 ||
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ekāgramānasāḥ sarve stutvā dhyātvā japaṃtu tam |
tato dāśarathī rāmo dayāṃ kṛtvā dvijanmasu || 96 ||
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śāsanaṃ ca pradāsyati acalaṃ ca yugeyuge |
mahatā tapasā tuṣṭaḥ pradāsyati samīhitam || 97 ||
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yasya vargasya yo vipro na prayāsyati tatra vai |
sa ca vargātparityājyaḥ sthānadharmānna saṃśayaḥ || 98 ||
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vaṇigvṛtte na saṃbaṃdhe na vivāhe kadācana |
grāmavṛtte na saṃbaṃdhaḥ sarvasthāne bahiṣkṛtāḥ || 99 ||
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sabhāvākyaṃ ca tacchrutvā tanmadhye vāḍavaḥ śuciḥ |
vāgmī dakṣaḥ suśabdaśca triravaiḥ śrāvayandvijān || 100 ||
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prativākyaṃ dattatālaṃ tiṣṭhannetadvaco'bravīt |
asatyavādināṃ yacca pātakaṃ pariniṃdake |
paradārābhigamane paradroharate nare || 1 ||
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madyapeṣu ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ hemahāriṣu |
tatpāpaṃ ca bhavettasya gamane yaḥ parāṅmukhaḥ |
atha kiṃ bahunoktena yāṃtu satyaṃ dvijottamāḥ || 2 ||
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tacchrutvā dāruṇaṃ vākyaṃ gamanāya mano dadhe |
gacchatastāndvijāñchrutvā rājā kumārapālakaḥ || 3 ||
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samāhūya kṛṣeḥ karma bhikṣāṭanamathāpi vā |
nānāgotrebhyo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prāpayiṣye na saṃśayaḥ || 4 ||
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tacchrutvā vyathitāḥ sarve kiṃ bhaviṣyatyataḥ param |
tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi prabaṃdhaṃ cakrire tadā || 5 ||
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gamiṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve rāmaṃ prati na saṃśayaḥ |
hastākṣarapradānaṃ vai anyonyaṃ tu kṛtaṃ dvijaiḥ || 6 ||
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kṛtāṃjalipuṭā viprā vākyametadathābruvan |
naśyate'tra trayī vidyā trayīmūrtiḥ prakupyati || 7 ||
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tasmāttatraiva gaṃtavyamaṣṭādaśasahasrakaiḥ |
tataḥ sa vaṇijaḥ sarvānsamāhūya ca gobhujān || 8 ||
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vākyamūce nṛpaśreṣṭho vārayadhvaṃ dvijāniti || 9 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
na jainadharme ye liptā gobhujā vaṇiguttamāḥ |
vṛttibhaṃgabhayāttatra maunameva samācaran || 110 ||
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vārayāma kathaṃ viprānvahnirūpāndahaṃti te |
śāpāgninā narapate dvijā mṛtyuparāyaṇāḥ || 11 ||
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aḍālayeṣu ye jātāḥ śūdrā āhūya tānnṛpaḥ |
nivāryaṃtāmiti prāha vāḍavā gamanodyatāḥ || 12 ||
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teṣāṃ madhye katipayā jainadharmasamāśritāḥ |
gatā vāḍavapuṃjeṣu rājādeśānnivāraṇe || 13 ||
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kecicchrūdrā ūcuḥ |
kva rāmo lakṣmaṇopetaḥ kva ca vāyusuto balī |
vartamānena kālena vaktavyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ || 14 ||
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vyāghrasiṃhākule durge vane vanagajāśrite |
parityajya priyānprāṇānputrāndārānniketanān || 15 ||
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kimarthaṃ gamyate viprā rājye vai duṣṭaśāsane |
tacchrutvā vāḍavāḥ kecidvākyena manasā'smaran || 16 ||
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paṃcadaśasahasrāste vāḍavā nṛpasattamāt |
bhayāllobhācca dānācca tatsarvaṃ bhavatāmiti || 17 ||
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vṛttopakalpanenaiva kariṣyāmaḥ kadācana |
kṛṣi karma kariṣyāmo bhikṣāṭanamathāpi vā || 18 ||
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tataśca te paṃcadaśasahasrā dvijasattamāḥ |
dāruṇaṃ vākyamūcustānyāṃtu cānye yathocitam || 19 ||
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śāsanaṃ bhavatāmastu rāmadattaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
trayīvidyāstu vikhyātāḥ sarve vāḍavapuṃgavāḥ || 120 ||
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sahasrāṇi ca trīṇyeva traividyā abhavandhruvam || 21 ||
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rājovāca |
caturdhāṃśena rājyaṃ ca kiṃciddattā vasundharā |
tasmāccaturvidhetyevaṃ jñātibandhamataḥ param || 22 ||
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cyavano dāsyate kanyāṃ yūyaṃ kanyāmavāpnuta |
na vṛttirna ca saṃbaṃdho bhavatāṃ syātkadāpi vā || 23 ||
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iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā trayīvidyāśca vāḍavāḥ |
svesve sthāne gatāḥ sarve saṃketādanivṛttya ca || 24 ||
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paṃcadaśa sahasrāṇi tatastu dvijapuṃgavāḥ |
yathāgataṃ gatāḥ sarve cāturvidyā dvijottamāḥ || 25 ||
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taddine ativāhyātha ciṃtāviṣṭena cetasā |
vāryamāṇāḥ svaputraiste dāraiśca vinayānvitaiḥ || 26 ||
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ekāgramānasā sarve na nidrāmupalebhire |
brāhme muhūrte cotthāya māyāṃ tyaktā hi laukikīm || 27 ||
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parityajya priyānputrāndārānsanilayānapi |
grāmopāṃteṣu militāḥ sarve vāḍavapuṃgavāḥ || 28 ||
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sahasrāṇi tadā trīṇi kṛtanityāhnikakriyāḥ |
viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā saṃpūjya kulamātaram || 29 ||
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viprasaṃghavināśāya dakṣiṇadvārasaṃsthitaḥ |
siṃdūrapuṣpamālābhiḥ pūjito gaṇanāyakaḥ || 130 ||
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pūjito bakulasvāmī sūryasarvārthasādhakaḥ |
ādarācca mahāśaktiḥ śrīmātā pūjitā tathā || 31 ||
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śāṃtāṃ caiva namaskṛtya jñānajāṃ gotramātaram |
gamanenodyamānāste paraṃ harṣamupāyayuḥ || 32 ||
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cāturvidyā dvijāścaiva punarāmaṃtrya tānprati |
papracchuśca muhuḥ sarvaṃ samāgamanakāraṇam || 33 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ |
na gaṃtavyaṃ bhavadbhirvai gatvā vā'yāṃtu satvarāḥ || 34 ||
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yathā rāmapradattaṃ hi upakalpayase'cirāt |
śrutvā punarathocuste cāturvidyā dvijottamāḥ || 35 ||
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na sthānena dvijairvāpi na ca vṛttyāṃ kathaṃcana |
vayaṃ naivāgamiṣyāmaḥ kathanīyaṃ na vai punaḥ || 36 ||
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raghūdvahena dattā vai vṛttirvo dvijasattamāḥ |
tāṃ vṛttiṃ prati yāsyāmo japahomārcanādibhiḥ || 37 ||
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te paṃcadaśasāhasrāḥ punastānūcurādarāt |
asmābhiratra sthātavyamagnisevārthatatparaiḥ || 38 ||
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yuṣmābhistatra gaṃtavyaṃ sarveṣāṃ kāryasiddhaye |
anyonyaṃ sarvasāhāyā vṛttiṃ yāma na saṃśayaḥ || 39 ||
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tyaktasvakīyavacanā vṛttihīnā bhaviṣyatha |
tatastanmadhyataḥ kaściccāturvidya uvāca ha || 140 ||
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cāturvidya uvāca |
pūrvaṃ hi vṛttimasmākaṃ rāmo vai dattavāndvijāḥ |
cāturvidyā mahāsattvāḥ svadharmapratipālakāḥ || 41 ||
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yājanādhyayanāyuktāḥ kājeśena vinirmitāḥ |
dānaṃ dattvā tu rāmeṇa uktaṃ hi bhavatāṃ punaḥ || 42 ||
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sthānaṃ tyaktvā na gaṃtavyamitthaṃ hi niyamaḥ kṛtaḥ |
āpatkāle tu smartavyo vāyuputro mahābalaḥ || 43 ||
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iti rāmeṇa pūrvaṃ hi sve sthāne sthāpitāstadā |
rāma vākyamanyathā tatkṛtvā gacchetkathaṃ punaḥ || 44 ||
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tasmādyuṣmānvayaṃ brūmo gacchata kāryasiddhaye |
bhavatāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ vayaṃ homārcanādibhiḥ || 45 ||
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jhaṭiti kāryasiddhiḥ syātsatyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
iti vākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā te dvijā gamanaṃ prati || 46 ||
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prasthānaṃ ca vidhāyādau gamanāya mano dadhuḥ |
trisāhasrāstadā tasmātprasthitā dvijasattamāḥ || 47 ||
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deśāddeśāṃtaraṃ gatvā vanāccaiva vanāṃtaram |
tīrthetīrthe kṛtaśrāddhāḥ susaṃta satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ |
te gatā dūramadhvānaṃ hanumaddarśanārthinaḥ || 150 ||
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saṃdhyāmupāsate nityaṃ trikālaṃ caikamānasāḥ |
evaṃ tu gacchatāṃ teṣāṃ śakunā abhavacchubhāḥ || 51 ||
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evaṃ tu gacchatāṃ teṣāṃ pātheyaṃ truṭitaṃ tadā |
śrāṃtā glāniṃ gatāḥ sarve padaṃ paramamāsthitāḥ || 52 ||
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kramitvā kiyatī bhūmiṃ padaṃ gaṃtuṃ na tu kṣamāḥ |
manasā niścayaṃ kṛtvā dṛḍhīkṛtya svamānasam || 53 ||
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hana maṃtamadṛṣṭvaiva na yāsyāmo vayaṃ gṛhān || trai |
vidyāstu gatāstatra yatra rāmeśvaro hariḥ || 54 ||
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dṛḍhavratāḥ satyaparāḥ kandamūlaphalāśanāḥ |
dhyāyaṃto rāmarāmeti hanūmaṃteti vai punaḥ || 55 ||
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gṛhītvā niyamaṃ te'pi tyaktvā cānnaṃ tathodakam |
tṛṣārtāśca kṣudhārtāśca yayurvrataparāyaṇāḥ || 56 ||
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evaṃ tu kliśyamānānāṃ dvijānāṃ bhaktibhājanaḥ |
udvignamānaso rāmo hanūmaṃtamathābravīt || 57 ||
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śīghraṃ gaccha dvijārthe tvaṃ pavanātmaja dharmavit |
kliśyaṃte vāḍavāḥ sarve dharmāraṇyanivāsinaḥ || 58 ||
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dahyate mānasaṃ me'dya nānyathā śāntirasti me |
viprāṇāṃ duḥkhakarttā ca śāstavyo nātra saṃśayaḥ || 59 ||
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yena vai duḥkhitā viprāstenāhaṃ duḥkhitaḥ kape || 160 ||
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rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā namaskṛtya ca rāghavam |
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭaḥ prādurāsīddharīśvaraḥ || 61 ||
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vṛddhabrāhmaṇarūpeṇa parīkṣārthaṃ dvijanmanām |
uvāca parayā bhaktyā brāhmaṇāñchramadurbalān || 62 ||
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kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā karānmuktvā kamaṃḍalum |
sarvānpratyabhivādyātha vacanaṃ cedamabravīt || 63 ||
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kutaḥ sthānādiha prāptā gaṃtukāmāśca vai kutaḥ |
kimarthaṃ vai bhavadbhiśca gamyate dāruṇaṃ vanam || 64 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ |
dharmāraṇyātsamāyātā nijaduḥkhaṃ niveditum |
rāmasya darśanārthaṃ hi gaṃtukāmā vayaṃ dvijāḥ || 65 ||
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setubaṃdhaṃ mahātīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam |
niyamasthāḥ kṣīṇadehā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ samutsukāḥ || 66 ||
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yatra rāmeśvaro devaḥ sākṣādvāyusutaḥ kapiḥ |
tacchrutvā sa dvijaḥ prāha kva rāmaḥ kva ca vāyujaḥ || 67 ||
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kva setubaṃdharāmeśo dūrāddūrataro dvijāḥ |
vyāghrasiṃhākulaṃ cograṃ vanaṃ ghorataraṃ mahat |
gatvā yasmānna vartaṃte tadugramanujīvinaḥ |
nivartadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yadi kāryaṃ hi madvacaḥ || 69 ||
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athavā gamyatāṃ viprāściraṃ jīva sukhī bhava |
vṛddhasya vākyaṃ tacchrutvā vāḍavāścaikamānasāḥ || 170 ||
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vipra gacchāmahe sarve rāmapārśvamasaṃśayaḥ |
mriyeta yadi mārge'sminrāmaloka mavāpnuyrāt || 71 ||
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jīvanvṛttimavāpnoti rāmadeva na saṃśayaḥ |
anyathā śaraṇaṃ nāsti asmākaṃ rāghavaṃ vinā || 72 ||
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ityuktvā nirgatāḥ sarve rāmadarśanatatparāḥ |
dināṃtamativāhyātha prabhāte vimale punaḥ || 73 ||
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hanumānbrahmarūpī sa vṛddhaḥ pūrvaguṇānvitaḥ |
kamaṃḍaludharo dhīmānabhivādanata tparaḥ || 74 ||
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kutrasthānādiha prāptāḥ sarve yūyaṃ hi vāḍavāḥ |
kutrāsti vā mahālābho vivāhotsava eva vā || 75 ||
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iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā vāḍavā vismayaṃ gatāḥ |
praṇāmapūrvāṃ vijñaptiṃ kathayāmāsurādṛtāḥ || 76 ||
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asmākaṃ tu purā vṛttaṃ mahadāścaryakārakam |
bhūmideva śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ dayālurdṛśyase yataḥ || 77 ||
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ādau sṛṣṭisamāraṃbhe sthāpitā keśavena ca |
śivena brahmaṇā caiva trimūrtisthāpitā vayam || 78 ||
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śrī rāmeṇa tataḥ paścājjīrṇoddhāreṇa sthāpitāḥ |
grāmāṇāṃ vetanaṃ dattaṃ harirājena cādarāt || 79 ||
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catuścatvāriṃśadadhikacatuḥśatamitātmanām |
grāmāstrayodaśārcārthaṃ sītāpurasamanvitāḥ || 180 ||
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ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi vaṇijo dvijapālane |
gobhūjasaṃjñāste śūdrāstebhyaḥ sapādalakṣakāḥ || 81 ||
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te ca jātāstridhā tāta gobhūjāḍālajā stathā |
māṃḍalīyāstathā caite trividhāśca manoramāḥ || 82 ||
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vṛttyarthaṃ tena dattā vai hyanarghyā ratnakoṭayaḥ |
tadā te moḍha 18000 gobhūjā || 18000 ||
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māṃḍalīyā 125000 aḍālajāḥ 18000 || 83 ||
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adhunā vāḍavaśreṣṭha āmonāma mahīpatiḥ |
śāsanaṃ rāmacaṃdrasya na mānayati durmatiḥ || 84 ||
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jāmātā tasya duṣṭo vai nāmnā kumārapālakaḥ |
pāṣaṃḍairveṃṣṭito nityaṃ kalidharmeṇa saṃmataḥ || 85 ||
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indrasūtreṇa jainena prerito bauddhadharmiṇā |
śāsanaṃ tena luptaṃ hi rāmadattaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 86 ||
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vāṇijastādṛśāḥ ke'pi tanmanaskā babhūvire |
niṣedhayaṃti rāmaṃ te hanumaṃtaṃ mahāmatim || 87 ||
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pratyayaṃ tu vinā viprā na dāsyāmīti niścitam |
taṃ jñātvā tu ime viprā rāmaṃ śaraṇamāyayuḥ || 88 ||
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hanumaṃtaṃ mahāvīraṃ rāmaśāsanapālakam |
tasmādgacchāmahe sarve rāmaṃ prati mahāmate || 89 ||
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āṃjaneyo yadāsmākaṃ na dāsyati samīhitam |
anāhāravratenaiva prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmahe vayam || 190 ||
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asmābhiste viśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ paripṛcchate |
snehabhāvaṃ viciṃtyāśu nijavṛttiṃ prakāśaya || 91 ||
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hanumānuvāca |
prāpte kaliyuge viprāḥ kva devadarśanaṃ bhavet |
nivarttadhvaṃ hi viprendrā yadīcchatha sukhaṃ mahat || 92 ||
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vyāghrasiṃhākule śūnye vane vanagajāśrite |
bahudāvasamāviṣṭe praveṣṭuṃ naiva śakyate || 93 ||
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viprā ūcuḥ || |
atīte divase vipra ekaṃ kathitavānidam |
adyaiva tvaṃ samāgamya evameva prabhāṣase || 94 ||
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kastvaṃ vāḍavarūpeṇa rāmo vāpyatha vāyujaḥ |
satyaṃ kathaya naḥ svāsmindayāṃ kṛtvā mahādvija || 95 ||
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hanumānkathayāmāsa gopitaṃ yaddvijāgrataḥ |
hanumānityahaṃ viprā budhyadhvaṃ niścitā hi mām || 96 ||
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svarūpaṃ prakaṭīkṛtya lāṃgūlaṃ darśayanmahat || 97 ||
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hanumānuvāca |
ayamaṃbhonidhiḥ sākṣātsetubaṃdho manoramaḥ |
ayaṃ rāmeśvaro devo garbhavāsavināśakṛt || 98 ||
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iyaṃ tu nagarī śreṣṭhā laṃkānāmeti viśrutā |
yatra sītā mayā prāptā rāmaśokāpahāriṇī || 99 ||
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tarjanyagre dvijaśreṣṭhā agamyā māṃ vinā paraiḥ |
sā suvarṇamayī bhāti yasyāṃ rājye vibhīṣaṇaḥ || 200 ||
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sthāpito rāmadevena seyaṃ laṃkā mahāpurī |
niyamasthaiḥ sādhuvṛṃdaistīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ || 201 ||
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ānīya gaṃgāsalilaṃ rāmeśamabhiṣicya ca |
kṣiptā ete mahābhārā dṛśyaṃte sāgarāṃtare || 202 ||
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niṣpāpāstena saṃjātāḥ sādhavaste dṛḍhavratāḥ |
nūnaṃ puṇyodaye vṛddhiḥ pāpe hāniśca jāyate || 203 ||
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sthānabhraṣṭāḥ kṛtāḥ pūrvaṃ cāturvidyā dvijātayaḥ |
jīrṇoddhāreṇa rāmeṇa sthāpitāḥ punareva hi |
pūrvajanmani bho viprā haripūjā kṛtā mayā || 204 ||
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sāṃprataṃ niścalā bhaktirbhavatsevā hi dṛśyate |
tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa tuṣṭo dāsyāmi vo varam || 205 ||
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dhanyohaṃ kṛtakṛtyohaṃ subhāgyohaṃ dharātale |
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam || 206 ||
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yadahaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca prāptavāṃścaraṇāṃtikam || 207 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
dṛṣṭvaiva hanumantaṃ te pulakāṃkitavigrahāḥ |
sagadgadaṃ yathocuste vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradāḥ || 208 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇya māhātmye hanumatsamāgamo nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 36 ||
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The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)
સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)
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Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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