Chapter 1

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
taṃ manmahe maheśānaṃ maheśānapriyārbhakam |
gaṇeśānaṃ karigaṇeśānānanamanāmayam || 1 ||
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bhūmiṣṭhāpi na yātrabhūstridivatopyuccairadhaḥsthāpi yā yā baddhā bhuvi muktidāsyuramṛtaṃ yasyāṃ mṛtā jaṃtavaḥ |
yā nityaṃ trijagatpavitrataṭinī tīre suraiḥ sevyate sā kāśī tripurārirājanagarī pāyādapāyājjagat || 2 ||
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namastasmai maheśāya yasya saṃdhyāttrayacchalāt |
yātāyātaṃ prakurvaṃti trijagatpatayo'niśam || 3 ||
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aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ karttā satyavatīsutaḥ |
sūtāgre kathayāmāsa kathāṃ pāpāpanodinīm || 4 ||
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śrīvyāsa uvāca |
kadācinnāradaḥ śrīmānsnātvā śrīnarmadāṃbhasi |
śrīmadoṃkāramabhyarcya sarvadaṃ sarvadehinām || 5 ||
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vrajanvilokayāṃcakre puroviṃdhyaṃ dharādharam |
saṃsāratāpasaṃhāri revāvāripariṣkṛtam || 6 ||
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dvairūpyeṇāpi kurvaṃtaṃ sthāvareṇa careṇa ca |
sābhikhyena yathārthākhyāmuccairvasu matīmimām || 7 ||
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rasālayaṃ rasālaistairaśokaiḥ śokahāriṇām |
tālaistamālerhiṃtālaiḥ sālaiḥ sarvatraśālitam || 8 ||
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khapuraiḥ khapurākāraṃ śrīphalaṃ śrīphalaiḥ kila |
guruśriyaṃtvagurubhiḥ kapipiṃgaṃ kapitthakaiḥ || 9 ||
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vanaśriyaḥ kucākārairlakucaiśca manoharam |
sudhāphalasamāraṃbhi raṃbhābhiḥ paribhāsitam || 10 ||
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suraṃgaiścāpi nāraṃgairaṃgamaṃḍapavacchiyaḥ |
vānīraiścāpi jaṃbīrairbījapūraiḥ prapūritam || 11 ||
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anilālola kaṃkola vallīhallī sakāyitam |
lavalīlavalīlābhirlāsyalīlālayaṃ kila || 12 ||
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maṃdāṃdolitakarpūra kadalīdala saṃjñayā |
viśramāya śramāpannānāhūyaṃtamivādhvagān || 13 ||
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punnāgamiva punnāgapallavaiḥkarapallavaiḥ |
kalayaṃtamivā'lolairmallikāstabakastanam || 14 ||
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vidīrṇadāḍimaiḥ svāṃtaṃ darśayaṃtaṃ tu rāgavat |
mādhavīṃ dhavarūpeṇa śliṣyaṃtamiva kānane || 15 ||
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uduṃbarairaṃbaragairanaṃtaphalamālitaiḥ |
brahmāṃḍakoṭīrbibhraṃtamanaṃtamiva sarvataḥ || 16 ||
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panasairvanāsābhaiḥ śukanāsaiḥ palāśakaiḥ |
palāśanādvirahiṇāṃ patratyaktairivāvṛtam || 17 ||
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kadaṃbavādino nīpāndṛṣṭvā kaṃṭakitairiva |
samaṃtato bhrājamānaṃ kadaṃbakakadaṃbakaiḥ || 18 ||
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namerubhiśca merūccaśikharairiva rājitam |
rājādanaiśca madanaiḥ sadanairiva kāminām || 19 ||
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taṭetaṭepaṭuvaṭairuccaiḥpaṭakuṭī vṛtam |
kuṭajastabakairbhāṃtamadhiṣṭhitabakairiva || 20 ||
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karamardaiḥ karīraiśca karajaiścakaraṃbakaiḥ |
sahasrakaravadbhāṃtamarthipratyudgataiḥ karaiḥ || 21 ||
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nīrājitamivoddīpairājacaṃpakakorakaiḥ |
sapuṣpaśālmalībhiśca jitapadmākaraśriyam || 22 ||
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kvaciccaladalairuccaiḥ kvacitkāṃcanaketakaiḥ |
kṛtamālairna ktamālaiḥ śobhamānaṃ kvacitkvacit || 23 ||
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karkaṃdhu baṃdhujīvaiśca putrajīvairvirājitam |
satiṃdukeṃgudībhiśca karuṇaiḥkaruṇālayam || 24 ||
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galanmadhū kakusumairdharārūpadharaṃharam |
svahastamuktamuktābhirarcayaṃtamivāniśam || 25 ||
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sarjārjunāṃjanairbījairvyajanairvījyamānavat |
nārikelaiḥ sakharjūrairdhṛtacchatramivāṃbare || 26 ||
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amaṃdaiḥ picumaṃdaiśca maṃdāraiḥ kovidārakaiḥ |
pāṭalātiṃtiṇīghoṃṭāśākhoṭaiḥ karahāṭakaiḥ || 27 ||
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uddaṃḍaiścāpi śehuṃḍaireraṃḍairguḍapuṣpakaiḥ |
bakulaistilakaiścaiva tilakāṃkitamastakam || 28 ||
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akṣaiḥ plakṣaiḥ śallakībhirdevadāruharidrumaiḥ |
sadāphalasadāpuṣpa vṛkṣavallīvirājitam || 29 ||
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elālavaṃga maricakuluṃ janavanāvṛtam |
jaṃbvāmrātakabhallātaśeluśrīparṇivarṇitam || 30 ||
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śākaśaṃkhavanairamyaṃ cadanairaktacaṃdanaiḥ |
harītakīkarṇikāra dhātrīvanavibhūṣaṇam || 31 ||
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drākṣāvallīnāgavallīkaṇāvallīśatāvṛtam |
mallikāyūthikākuṃdama dayaṃtī sugaṃdhinam || 32 ||
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bhramadbhramaramālābhirmālatībhiralaṃkṛtam |
alicchalāgataṃkṛṣṇaṃ gopīraṃtumanekaśaḥ || 33 ||
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nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣivināditam |
nānāsaritsaraḥ srotaḥ palvalaiḥ parito vṛtam || 34 ||
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tucchaśriyaḥ svargabhūmīḥ parihāyāgatairiva |
nānāsuranikāyaiśca viṣvagbhogecchayoṣitam || 35 ||
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utsṛjaṃtamivārghyaṃ vai patrapuṣpairitastataḥ |
kekikekāravairdūrātkurvaṃtaṃ svāgataṃ kila || 36 ||
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atha sūryaśatābhāsaṃ nabhasi dyotitāṃbaram |
nāradaṃ dṛṣṭavāñchailo dūrātpratyujjagāma tam || 37 ||
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brahmasūnuvapustejo dūrīkṛtadarītamāḥ |
tamāgacchaṃtamālokya mānasaṃ tama ujjahau || 38 ||
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brahmatejaḥsamudbhūta sādhvasaḥ sādhusa tkriyaḥ |
kaṭhinopi parityajya dhatte mṛdulatāṃ kila || 39 ||
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dṛṣṭvā mṛdulatāṃ tasya dvairūpyepi sa nāradaḥ |
mumude sutarāṃ saṃtaḥ praśrayagrāhyamānasāḥ || 40 ||
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gṛhānāyāṃtamālokya guruṃvā'gurumeva vā |
yo'gururnamratāṃ dhatte sa gururna gururguruḥ || 41 ||
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taṃ pratyuccaiḥ śirāḥsopi vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ |
śailastvilāmilanmauliḥ praṇanāma mahāmunim || 42 ||
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tamutthāpya karāgrābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca |
taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje manasopi samucchritam || 43 ||
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sa dadhnāmadhunājyena nīrārdrākṣatadūrva yā |
tilaiḥ kuśaiḥ prasūnaistamaṣṭāṃgārghyairapūjayat || 44 ||
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gṛhītārghyaṃkila śrāṃtaṃ pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ |
gataśramamathālokya babhāṣe 'vanato giriḥ || 45 ||
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adya sadyaḥ parihṛtaṃ tvadaṃghrirajasārajaḥ |
tvadaṃgasaṃgimahasā sahasā'pyāṃtaraṃtamaḥ || 46 ||
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saphalardhirahaṃ cādya sudivādyaca me mune |
prākkṛtaiḥ sukṛtairadya phalitaṃ me cirārjitaiḥ || 47 ||
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dharādharatvaṃ kuliṣumānyaṃ me'dya bhaviṣyati |
iti śrutvā tadā kiṃciducchusya sthitavānmuniḥ || 48 ||
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punarūce kulivaraḥ saṃbhramāpa nnamānasaḥ |
ucchvāsakāraṇaṃ brahmanbrūhi sarvārthakovida || 49 ||
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adṛṣṭaṃ tava nodṛṣṭaṃ yadiṣṭaṃviṣṭapatraye |
anukrośotra mayiceducyatāṃ praṇatosmyaham || 50 ||
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tvadāgamanajānandasaṃdohairme durāravaḥ |
alaṃ na vaktumasakṛttathāpyekaṃ vadāmyaham || 51 ||
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dharādharaṇasāmarthyaṃ mervādau pūrvapūruṣaiḥ |
varṇyate samudāyāttadahameko dadhe dharām || 52 ||
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gaurīgurutvāddhimavānādipatyācca bhūbhṛtām |
saṃbaṃdhitvātpaśupateḥ sa eko mānyabhṛtsatām || 53 ||
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nameruḥ svarṇapūrṇatvādratnasānutayāthavā |
surasadmatayāvāpi kvāpi mānyo mato mama || 54 ||
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paraṃ śataṃ na kiṃśailā ilākalanakelayaḥ |
iha saṃti satāṃ mānyā mānyāste tu svabhūmiṣu || 55 ||
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mandehadehasaṃdehādudayaikadayāśritaḥ |
niṣadho nauṣadhidharo'pyastopyastamitaprabhaḥ || 56 ||
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nīlaśca nīlīnilayo mandaro mandalocanaḥ |
sarpālayaḥ samalayo rāyaṃ nāvaiti raivataḥ || 57 ||
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hemakūṭatrikūṭādyāḥ kūṭottarapadāstute |
kiṣkiṃdhakrauṃcasahyādyā bhārasahyā na te bhuvaḥ || 58 ||
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iti viṃdhyavacaḥ śrutvā nārado'cintayaddhṛdi |
akharvagarvasaṃsargo na mahattvāya kalpate || 59 ||
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śrīśailamukhyāḥ kiṃśailāneha saṃtyamalaśriyaḥ |
yeṣāṃ śikharamātrādi darśanaṃ muktaye satām || 60 ||
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adyāsya balamālokyamiti dhyātvābravīnmuniḥ |
satyamuktaṃ hi bhavatā gi risāraṃvivṛṇvatā || 61 ||
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paraṃ śaileṣu śaileṃdro merustvāmavamanyate |
mayā niḥśvasitaṃ caitattvayi cāpi niveditam || 62 ||
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athavā madvidhānāṃ hi keyaṃ ciṃtā mahātmanām |
svastyastu tubhyamityuktvā yayau sa vyomavartmani || 63 ||
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gate munau niniṃdasvamatīvodvignamānasaḥ |
cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ viṃdhyo rvaṃdhyamanorathaḥ || 64 ||
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viṃdhya uvāca |
dhigjīvitaṃśāstrakalojjhitasya dhigjīvitaṃ codyamavarjitasya |
dhigjīvitaṃ jñātiparājitasya dhigjīvitaṃ vyatharmanorathasya || 65 ||
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kathaṃ bhunakti sa divā kathaṃ rātrau svapityaho |
rahaḥ śarma kathaṃ tasya yasyābhibhavanaṃ ripoḥ || 66 ||
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ahodavāgnidavathustathāmāṃ na sa bādhate |
bādhate tu yathā citte cintāsaṃtāpasaṃtatiḥ || 67 ||
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yuktamuktaṃ purāvidbhiścintāmūrtiḥ sudāruṇā |
na bheṣajairlaṃghanairvā na cānyairupaśāmyati || 68 ||
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cintājvaro manuṣyāṇāṃ kṣudhāṃnidrāṃbalaṃ haret |
rūpamutsāhabuddhiṃ śrī jīvitaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ || 69 ||
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jvaro vyatīte ṣaḍahe jīrṇajvara ihocyate |
asau cintājvarastīvraḥ pratyahaṃ navatāṃ vrajet || 70 ||
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dhanyo dhanvatarirnātra carakaścaratīha na |
nāsatyāvapinā' satyāvatra cintājvare kila || 71 ||
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kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ meruṃ jayāmyaham |
utplutya tasya śirasi patāmi na patāmyataḥ || 72 ||
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śakraṃ kopayatā pūrvamasmadgotreṇa kenacit |
pakṣahīnaḥ kṛto yatra dhigapakṣasyaceṣṭitam || 73 ||
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athavā sa kathaṃ merustathoccaiḥ sparddhate mayā |
bhūmerbhārabhṛtaḥprāyo bhavaṃti bhrāṃti bhūmayaḥ || 74 ||
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alīkavāktvamathavā saṃbhāvyaṃ nārade katham |
brahmacāriṇi vedajñe satyalokanivāsini || 75 ||
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yuktāyuktavicārotha mādṛśenopayujyate |
parākrameṣvaśaktānāṃ vicāraṃ gāhate manaḥ || 76 ||
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athavā cintanairetaiḥ kiṃvyarthairviśvakārakam |
viśveśaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāyāṃ same buddhiṃ pradāsyati || 77 ||
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anāthanāthaḥ sarveṣāṃ viśvanātho hi gīyate |
kṣaṇaṃ manasi saṃcitya bhaveditthamasaṃśayam || 78 ||
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etadeva kariṣyāmi neṣṭaṃ kālavilaṃbanam |
vicakṣaṇairupekṣyau na varddhamānau parāmayau || 79 ||
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meruṃ pradakṣiṇīkuryānnityameva divākaraḥ |
sagraharkṣagaṇo nūnaṃ manyamāno balādhikam || 80 ||
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iti niścitya vindhyādrirvavṛdhe sa mṛdhekṣaṇaḥ |
anaṃtagaganasyāṃtaṃ kurvadbhiḥ śikharairiva || 81 ||
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kaiścitsārddhaṃ virodho na kartavyaḥ kenacitkvacit |
kartavyaścetprayatnena yathā nopahasejjanaḥ || 82 ||
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nirudhya brādhnamadhvānaṃ kṛtakṛtya ivādrirāṭ |
svastho'bhavadbhavādhīnā prāṇināṃ hi bhaviṣyatā || 83 ||
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yamadyayamakartāsau dakṣiṇaṃ prakramiṣyati |
sakulīnaḥ sa ca śrīmānsamahānmahitaḥ sa ca || 84 ||
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yāvatsvaśa ktiṃ śaktopi na darśayati karhicit |
tāvatsa laṃghyaḥ sarveṣāṃ jvalano dārugo yathā || 85 ||
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iti ciṃtāmahābhāraṃ tyaktvā tasthau sthirodyamaḥ |
ākāṃkṣamāṇastaraṇe rudayaṃ brāhmaṇo yathā || 86 ||
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iti śrīskāndemahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārdhe vindhyavardhanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ || 1 ||
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