Chapter 1

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||||
śrīgurubhyo namaḥ |
atha brahmottarakhaṃḍamāraṃbhaḥ |
oṃ namaḥ śivāya |
jyotirmātrasvarūpāya nirmalajñānacakṣuṣe |
namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya brahmaṇe liṃgamūrttaye || 1 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
ākhyātaṃ bhavatā sūta viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam |
samastāghaharaṃ puṇyaṃ samasena śrutaṃ ca naḥ || 2 ||
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idānīṃ śrotumicchāmo māhātmyaṃ tripuradviṣaḥ |
tadbhaktānāṃ ca māhātmyamaśeṣāghaharaṃ param || 3 ||
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tanmaṃtrāṇāṃ ca māhātmyaṃ tathaiva dvijasattama |
tatkathāyāśca tadbhakteḥ prabhāvamanuvarṇaya || 4 ||
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sūta uvāca |
etāvadeva martyānāṃ paraṃ śreyaḥ sanātanam |
yadīśvarakathāyāṃ vai jātā bhaktirahaitukī || 5 ||
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atastadbhaktileśasya māhātmyaṃ varṇyate mayā |
api kalpāyuṣā nālaṃ vaktuṃ vistarataḥ kvacit || 6 ||
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sarveṣāmapi puṇyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ śreyasāmapi |
sarveṣāmapi yajñānāṃ japayajñaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ || 7 ||
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tatrādau japayajñasya phalaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat |
śaivaṃ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ divyaṃ maṃtramāhurmaharṣayaḥ || 8 ||
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devānāṃ paramo devo yathā vai tripurāṃtakaḥ |
maṃtrāṇāṃ paramo maṃtrastathā śaivaḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || 9 ||
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eṣa paṃcākṣaro maṃtro japtṝṇāṃ muktidāyakaḥ |
saṃsevyate muniśreṣṭhairaśeṣaiḥ siddhikāṃkṣibhiḥ || 10 ||
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asyaivākṣaramāhātmyaṃ nālaṃ vaktuṃ caturmukhaḥ |
śrutayo yatra siddhāṃtaṃ gatāḥ paramanirvṛtāḥ || 11 ||
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sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca saccidānaṃdalakṣaṇaḥ |
sa śivo yatra ramate śaive paṃcākṣare śubhe || 12 ||
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etena maṃtrarājena sarvopaniṣadātmanā |
lebhire munayaḥ sarve paraṃ brahma nirāmayam || 13 ||
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namaskāreṇa jīvatvaṃ śive'tra paramātmani |
aikyaṃ gatamato maṃtraḥ parabrahmamayo hyasau || 14 ||
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bhavapāśanibaddhānāṃ dehināṃ hitakāmyayā |
āhoṃnamaḥ śivāyeti maṃtramādyaṃ śivaḥ svayam || 15 ||
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kiṃ tasya bahubhirmaṃtraiḥ kiṃ tīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapo'dhvaraiḥ |
yasyoṃnamaḥ śivāyeti maṃtro hṛdayagocaraḥ || 16 ||
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tāvadbhramaṃti saṃsāre dāruṇe duḥkhasaṃkule |
yāvannoccārayaṃtīmaṃ maṃtraṃ dehabhṛtaḥ sakṛt || 17 ||
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maṃtrādhirājarājo'yaṃ sarvavedāṃtaśekharaḥ |
sarvajñānanidhānaṃ ca so'yaṃ caiva ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || 18 ||
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kaivalyamārgadīpo'yamavidyāsiṃdhuvāḍavaḥ |
mahāpātakadāvāgniḥ so'yaṃ maṃtraḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || 19 ||
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tasmātsarvaprado maṃtraḥ so'yaṃ pañcākṣaraḥ smṛtaḥ |
strībhiḥ śūdraiśca saṃkīrṇairdhāryate muktikāṃkṣibhiḥ || 120 ||
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nāsya dīkṣā na homaśca na saṃskāro na tarpaṇam |
na kālo nopadeśaśca sadā śucirayaṃ manuḥ || 21 ||
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mahāpātakavicchittyai śiva ityakṣaradvayam |
alaṃ namaskiyāyukto muktaye parikalpate || 22 ||
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upadiṣṭaḥ sadguruṇā japtaḥ kṣetre ca pāvane |
sadyo yathepsitāṃ siddhiṃ dadātīti kimadbhutam || 23 ||
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ataḥ sadgurumāśritya grāhyo'yaṃ maṃtranāyakaḥ |
puṇyakṣetreṣu japtavyaḥ sadyaḥ siddhiṃ prayacchati || 24 ||
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guravo nirmalāḥ śāṃtāḥ sādhavo mitabhāṣiṇaḥ |
kāmakrodhavinirmuktāḥ sadācārā jiteṃdriyāḥ || 25 ||
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etaiḥ kāruṇyato datto maṃtraḥ kṣipraṃ prasiddhyati |
kṣetrāṇi japayogyāni samāsātkathayāmyaham || 26 ||
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prayāgaṃ puṣkaraṃ ramyaṃ kedāraṃ setubaṃdhanam |
gokarṇaṃ naimiṣāraṇyaṃ sadyaḥ siddhikaraṃ nṛṇām || 27 ||
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atrānuvarṇyate sadbhiritihāsaḥ purātanaḥ |
asakṛdvā sakṛdvāpi śṛṇvatāṃ maṃgalapradaḥ || 28 ||
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mathurāyāṃ yaduśreṣṭho dāśārha iti viśrutaḥ |
babhūva rājā matimānmahotsāho mahābalaḥ || 29 ||
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śāstrajño nayavākchūro dhairyavānamitadyutiḥ |
apradhṛṣyaḥ sugaṃbhīraḥ saṃgrāmeṣvanivarttitaḥ || 30 ||
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mahāratho maheṣvāso nānāśāstrārthakovidaḥ |
vadānyo rūpasaṃpanno yuvā lakṣa ṇasaṃyutaḥ || 31 ||
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sa kāśirājatanayāmupayeme varānanām |
kāṃtāṃ kalāvatīṃ nāma rūpaśīlaguṇānvitām || 32 ||
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kṛtodvāhaḥ sa rājeṃdraḥ saṃprāpya nijamaṃdiram |
rātrau tāṃ śayanārūḍhāṃ saṃgamāya samāhvayat || 33 ||
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sā svabhartrā samāhūtā bahuśaḥ prārthitā satī |
na babaṃdha manastasminna cāgaccha tadaṃtikam || 34 ||
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saṃgamāya yadāhūtā nāgatā nijavallabhā |
balādāhartukāmastāmudatiṣṭhanmahīpatiḥ || 35 ||
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rājñyuvāca |
mā māṃ spṛśa mahārāja kāraṇajñāṃ vrate sthitām |
dharmādharmau vijānāsi mā kārṣīḥ sāhasaṃ mayi || 36 ||
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kvacitpriyeṇa bhuktaṃ yadrocate tu manīṣiṇām |
daṃpatyoḥ prītiyogena saṃgamaḥ prītivarddhanaḥ || 37 ||
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priyaṃ yadā me jāyeta tadā saṃgastu te mayi |
kā prītiḥ kiṃ sukhaṃ puṃsāṃ balādbhogena yoṣitām || 38 ||
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aprītāṃ rogiṇīṃ nārīmaṃtarvatnīṃ dhṛtavratām |
rajasvalāmakāmāṃ ca na kāmeta balātpumān || 39 ||
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prīṇanaṃ lālanaṃ poṣaṃ raṃjanaṃ mārdavaṃ dayām |
kṛtvā vadhūmupagamedyuvatīṃ premavānpatiḥ |
yuvatau kusume caiva vidheyaṃ sukhamicchatā || 40 ||
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ityukto'pi tayā sādhvyā sa rājā smaravihvalaḥ |
balādākṛṣya tāṃ haste parirebhe riraṃsayā || 41 ||
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tāṃ spṛṣṭamātrāṃ sahasā taptāyaḥpiṃḍasannibhām |
nirdahaṃtīmivātmānaṃ tatyāja bhayavihvalaḥ || 42 ||
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rājovāca |
aho sumahadāścaryamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tava priye |
kathamagnisamaṃ jātaṃ vapuḥ pallavakomalam || 43 ||
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itthaṃ suvismito rājā bhītaḥ sā rājavallabhā |
pratyuvāca vihasyainaṃ vinayena śucismitā || 44 ||
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rājñyuvāca |
rājanmama purā bālye durvāsā munipuṃgavaḥ |
śaivīṃ paṃcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ kāruṇyenopadiṣṭavān || 45 ||
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tena maṃtrānubhāvena mamāṃgaṃ kaluṣojjhitam |
spraṣṭuṃ na śakyate puṃbhiḥ sapāpairdevaivarjitaiḥ || 46 ||
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tvayā rājanprakṛtinā kulaṭāgaṇikādayaḥ |
madirāsvādaniratā niṣevyaṃte sadā striyaḥ || 47 ||
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na snānaṃ kriyate nityaṃ na maṃtro japyate śuciḥ |
nārādhyate tvayeśānaḥ kathaṃ māṃ spraṣṭumarhasi || 48 ||
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rājovāca ||
tāṃ samākhyāhi suśroṇi śaivīṃ paṃcākṣarīṃ śubhām |
vidyāvidhvastapāpo'haṃ tvayīcchāmi ratiṃ priye || 49 ||
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rājñyuvāca |
nāhaṃ tavopadeśaṃ vai kuryāṃ mama gururbhavān |
upātiṣṭha guruṃ rājangargaṃ maṃtra vidāṃvaram || 50 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti saṃbhāṣamāṇau tau daṃpatī gargasannidhim |
prāpya taccaraṇau mūrdhnā vavaṃdāte kṛtāñjalī || 51 ||
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atha rājā guruṃ prītamabhipūjya punaḥpunaḥ |
samācaṣṭa vinītātmā rahasyātmamanoratham || 52 ||
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rājovāca |
kṛtārthaṃ māṃ kuru guro saṃprāptaṃ karuṇārdradhīḥ |
śaivīṃ paṃcākṣarīṃ vidyāmupadeṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi || 53 ||
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anājñātaṃ yadājñātaṃ yatkṛtaṃ rājakarmaṇā |
tatpāpaṃ yena śuddhyeta tanmaṃtraṃ dehi me guro || 54 ||
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evamabhyarthito rājñā gargo brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ |
tau nināya mahāpuṇyaṃ kāliṃdyāstaṭamuttamam || 55 ||
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tatra puṇyatarormūle niṣaṇṇo'tha guruḥ svayam |
puṇyatīrthajale snātaṃ rājānaṃ samupoṣitam || 56 ||
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prāṅmukhaṃ copaveśyātha natvā śivapadāmbujam |
tanmastake karaṃ nyasya dadau maṃtraṃ śivātmakam || 57 ||
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tanmaṃtradhāraṇādeva tadgurorhastasaṃgamāt |
niryayustasya vapuṣo vāyasāḥ śatakoṭayaḥ || 58 ||
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te dagdhapakṣāḥ krośaṃto nipataṃto mahītale |
bhasmībhūtāstataḥ sarve dṛśyaṃte sma sahasraśaḥ || 59 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tadvāyasakulaṃ dahyamānaṃ suvismitau |
rājā ca rājamahiṣī taṃ guruṃ paryapṛcchatām || 60 ||
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bhagavannidamāścaryaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ śarīrataḥ |
vāyasānāṃ kulaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kimetatsādhu bhaṇyatām || 61 ||
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śrīgururuvāca || rājanbhavasahasreṣu bhavatā paridhāvatā |
saṃcitāni durantāni saṃti pāpānyanekaśaḥ || 62 ||
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teṣu janmasahasreṣu yāni puṇyāni saṃti te |
teṣāmādhikyataḥ kvāpi jāyate puṇyayoniṣu || 63 ||
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tathā pāpīyasīṃ yoniṃ kvacitpāpena gacchati |
sāmye puṇyānyayoścaiva mānuṣīṃ yonimāptavān || 64 ||
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śaivī paṃcākṣarī vidyā yadā te hṛdayaṃ gatā |
aghānāṃ koṭayastvattaḥ kākarūpeṇa nirgatāḥ || 69 ||
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koṭayo brahmahatyānāmagamyāgamyakoṭayaḥ |
svarṇasteyasurāpānabhrūṇahatyā dikoṭayaḥ |
bhavakoṭisahasreṣu ye'nye pātakarāśayaḥ || 66 ||
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kṣaṇādbhasmībhavaṃtyeva śaive paṃcākṣare dhṛte |
āsaṃstavādya rājeṃdra dagdhāḥ pātakakoṭayaḥ || 67 ||
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anayā saha pūtātmā viharasva yathāsukham |
ityābhāṣya muniśreṣṭhastaṃ maṃtramupadiśya ca || 68 ||
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tābhyāṃ vismitacittābhyāṃ sahitaḥ svagṛhe yayau |
guruvaryamanujñāpya muditau tau ca daṃpatī || 69 ||
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tataḥ svabhavanaṃ prāpya rejatuḥsma mahādyutī ||
rājā dṛḍhaṃ samāśliṣya patnīṃ candanaśītalām |
saṃtoṣaṃ paramaṃ lebhe niḥsvaḥ prāpya yathā dhanam || 70 ||
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aśeṣavedopaniṣatpurāṇaśāstrāvataṃso'yamaghāṃtakārī |
paṃcākṣarasyaiva mahāprabhāvo mayā samāsātkathito variṣṭhaḥ || 71 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmottarakhaṇḍe paṃcākṣaramantramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ || 1 ||
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