Chapter 12

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śivaśarmovāca |
nairṛtādīn kramāllokānākhyātaṃ puruṣottamau |
puruṣottamapādābjaparāgoddhūsarālakau || 1 ||
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gaṇāvūcatuḥ |
ākarṇaya mahābhāga saṃyaminyāḥ purīṃ parām |
dikpaternirṛtasyāsau puṇyāpuṇyajanoṣitā || 2 ||
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rākṣasānivasaṃtyasyāmaparadrohiṇaḥ sadā |
jātimātreṇa rakṣāṃsi vṛttaiḥ puṇyajanā ime || 3 ||
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smṛtyuktaśrutivartmāno jātavarṇāvareṣvapi |
nādriyaṃte'nnapānānāmasmṛtyuktaṃ kadācana || 4 ||
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paradāra paradravya paradrohaparāṅmukhāḥ |
jātājātau nikṛṣṭāyāmapipuṇyānusāriṇaḥ || 5 ||
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dvijātibhaktyutpannārthairātmānaṃ poṣayaṃti ye |
sadā saṃkucitāṃgāśca dvijasaṃbhāṣaṇādiṣu || 6 ||
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āhūtā vastravadanā vadaṃti dvijasaṃnidhau |
jayajīvabhagonātha svāminniti hi vādinaḥ || 7 ||
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tīrthasnānaparānityaṃ nityaṃ devaparāyaṇāḥ |
dvijeṣu nityaṃ praṇatāḥ svanāmākhyānapūrvakam || 8 ||
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dama dāna dayā kṣāṃti śauceṃdriya vinigrahāḥ |
asteya satyāhiṃsāśca sarveṣāṃ dharmahetavaḥ || 9 ||
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āvaśyeṣu sadodyuktā ye jātā yatrakutracit |
sarvabhogasamṛddhāste vasaṃtyatra purottame || 10 ||
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mlecchā api sutīrtheṣu ye mṛtānātmaghātakāḥ |
vihāya kāśīṃ nirvāṇa viśrāṇāṃte'tra bhoginaḥ || 11 ||
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aṃdhaṃ tamo viśeyuste ye caivātmahano janāḥ |
bhuktvā nirayasāhasraṃ te ca syurgrāmasūkarāḥ || 12 ||
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ātmaghāto na kartavyastasmātkvāpi vipaścitā |
ihāpi ca paratrāpi na śubhānyātmaghātinām || 13 ||
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yatheṣṭamaraṇaṃ kecidāhustattvāvabodhakāḥ |
prayāge sarvatīrthānāṃ rājñisarvābhilāṣade || 14 ||
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aṃtyajā api ye keciddayādharmānusāriṇaḥ |
paropakṛtiniṣṭhāste vasaṃtyatra tu sattamāḥ || 15 ||
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asya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāvo dikpateḥ kṣaṇataḥ śṛṇu |
madhye viṃdhyāṭavi purā pakkaṇasthajanāgraṇīḥ || 15 ||
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pallīpatirabhūdugraḥ piṃgākṣa iti viśrutaḥ |
nirviṃdhyāyāstaṭe śūraḥ krūrakarmaparāṅmukhaḥ || 17 ||
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ghātayeddūrasaṃsthopi yaḥ pāṃthaparipaṃthinaḥ |
vyāghrādīn duṣṭasattvāṃśca sa hinasti prayatnataḥ || 18 ||
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jīvenmṛgayu dharmeṇa tatrāpi karuṇāparaḥ |
na viśvastānpakṣimṛgānna suptānna vyavāyinaḥ || 19 ||
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na toyagṛdhnūnna śiśūnnāṃtarvartnitvalakṣaṇān |
sa ghātayati dharmajño jātidharmaparāṅmukhaḥ || 20 ||
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śramāturebhyaḥ pāṃthebhyaḥ sa viśrāmaṃ prayacchati |
haretkṣudhā kṣudhārtānāmupānaddo'nupānahe || 21 ||
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mṛgattvacotimṛdulā vivastrebhyātisarjati |
anuvrajati kāṃtāre prāṃtare pathikānpathi || 22 ||
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na jighṛkṣati tebhyorthamabhayaṃ ceti yacchati |
āviṃdhyāṭavi me nāma grāhyaṃ duṣṭabhayāpaham || 23 ||
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nityaṃ kārpaṭikānsarvān sa putreṇa prapaśyati |
tepi ca pratitīrthaṃ hi tamāśīrvādayaṃ ti vai || 24 ||
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iti tiṣṭhati piṃgākṣe sāṭavī nagarāyitā |
adhvanīne 'dhvagānkopi na ruṇaddhi sasādhvasaḥ || 25 ||
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kadācittatpitṛvyeṇa samīpa grāmavāsinā |
śrutaḥ kārpaṭikānāṃ hi sārthaḥ sārtho mahāsvanaḥ || 205 ||
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lubdhakastaddhane lubdhaḥ kṣudrastannidhanodyataḥ |
sa rurodha tamadhvānamagre gatvā'tigūḍhavat || 27 ||
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tadā yupyasyaśeṣeṇa piṃgākṣo mṛgayāṃ gataḥ |
tasminnaraṇye tanmārgaṃ nikaṣādhyuṣito niśi || 28 ||
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paraprāṇadruhāṃ puṃsāṃ na siddhyeyurmanorathāḥ |
viśvaṃ kuśalitenaitadviśveśaparirakṣitam || 29 ||
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na ciṃtayedaniṣṭāni tasmātkṛṣṭiḥ kadācana |
vidhidṛṣṭaṃ yato bhāvi kaluṣaṃbhāvi kevalam || 30 ||
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tasmādātmasukhaṃprepsu riṣṭāniṣṭaṃ na ciṃtayet |
ciṃtayeccettadāciṃtyo mokṣopāyo na cetaraḥ || 31 ||
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vyuṣṭāyāmathayāminyāmabhūtkolāhalo mahān |
ghātayadhvaṃ pātayadhvaṃ nagnayadhvaṃ drutaṃ bhaṭāḥ || 32 ||
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mā mārayadhvaṃ trāyadhvaṃ bhaṭāḥ kārpaṭikā vayam |
anāyāsaṃ luṃṭhayadhvaṃ nayadhvaṃ ca yadasti naḥ || 33 ||
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vayaṃ pāṃthā anāthāḥ smo viśvanāthaparāyaṇāḥ |
sanāthāste na dūraṃ sanāthatāṃ pathiko'paraḥ || 34 ||
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vayaṃ piṃgākṣaviśvāsādasminmārge'kutobhayāḥ |
yātāyātaṃ sadā kurmaḥ sa ca dūra ito vanāt || 35 ||
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iti śrutvā'tha piṃgākṣo bhaṭaḥ kārpaṭikeritama |
dūrānmā bhaiṣṭa mābhaiṣṭa bruvanniti samāgataḥ || 36 ||
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tatkarmasūtrairākṛṣṭo bhillaḥkārpaṭikapriyaḥ |
tūrṇaṃ tadāyuṣyamiva tatropasthitavān kṣaṇāt || 37 ||
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koyaṃkoyaṃ durācāraḥ piṃgākṣe mayi jīvati |
ulluluṃṭhayiṣuḥ pāṃthānprāṇaliṃgasamānmama || 38 ||
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iti tadvākyamākarṇya tārākṣastatpitṛvyakaḥ |
dhanalobhena piṃgākṣe pāpaṃ pāpo vyaciṃtayat || 39 ||
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kuladharmaṃ vyapāsyaiṣa vartate kulapāṃsanaḥ |
ciraṃ ciṃtitamadyāmuṃ ghātayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam || 40 ||
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vicāryeti sa duṣṭātmā bhṛtyānājñāpayatkrudhā |
ādāvenaṃ ghātayaṃtu tataḥ kārpaṭikānimān || 41 ||
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tato 'yudhyandurācārāstenaikena ca te'khilāḥ |
yathākathaṃcittānanayatsa ca svāvasathāṃtikam || 42 ||
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ācchinnaṃ hi dhanurvāṇaṃ chinnaṃ sannahanaṃ śaraiḥ |
asūdayiṣyametāṃstadabhaviṣyaṃ yadīśvaraḥ || 43 ||
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abhilapyanniti prāṇānatyākṣītsa parārthataḥ |
tepi kārpaṭikāḥ prāptāstatpallīṃ gatasādhvasāḥ || 44 ||
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yā matistvaṃtakāle syādgatistadanurūpataḥ |
digīśatvamataḥ prāpto nirṛtyāṃ nairṛteśvaraḥ || 45 ||
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itthamasya svarūpaṃ te āvābhyāṃ samudīritam |
etasyottarato loko varuṇasyāyamadbhutaḥ || 46 ||
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kūpavāpītaḍāgānāṃ kartāro nirmalairdhanaiḥ |
iha loke mahīyaṃte vāruṇe varuṇaprabhāḥ || 47 ||
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nirjale jaladātāraḥ parasaṃtāpahāriṇaḥ |
arthibhyo ye prayacchaṃti citracchatrakamaṃḍalūn || 48 ||
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pānīyaśālikāḥ kuryurnānopaskarasaṃyutāḥ |
dadyurdharmaghaṭāṃścāpi sugaṃdhodakapūritān || 49 ||
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aśvatthasekaṃ ye kuryuḥ pathi pādaparopakāḥ |
viśrāmaśālākartāraḥ śrāṃtasaṃtāpanodakāḥ || 50 ||
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grīṣmoṣprahaṃti māyūrapicchādi racitānyapi |
citrāṇi tālavṛṃtāni vitaraṃti tapāgame || 51 ||
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rasavaṃti sugaṃdhīni himavaṃti tapartuṣu |
viśrāṇayaṃti vā tṛpti pānakāni prayatnataḥ || 52 ||
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ikṣukṣetrāṇi saṃkalpya brāhmaṇebhyo dadatyapi |
tathā nānāprakārāṃśca vikārānaikṣavānbahūn || 53 ||
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gorasānāṃ pradātārastathā gomahiṣīpradāḥ |
dhārāmaṃḍapakartāraśchāyāmaṃḍapakāriṇaḥ || 54 ||
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devālayeṣu ye dadyurbahudhārāgalaṃtikāḥ |
tīrthe vā karahartārastīrthamārgāvanejakā || 55 ||
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abhayaṃ ye prayacchaṃti bhayārtodyata pāṇayaḥ |
nirbhayā vāruṇe loke te vasaṃti lasaṃti ca || 56 ||
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vipāśayaṃti ye puṇyā durvṛtaiḥ kaṃṭhapāśitān |
te pāśapāṇe lokesminnivasaṃtyakutobhayāḥ || 57 ||
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naukādyupāyairna dyādau pāṃthānye tārayaṃtyapi |
tārayaṃtyapi duḥkhābdhestatra nāgarikā dvija || 58 ||
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ghaṭṭānpuṇyataṭinyāderbaṃdhayaṃti śilādibhiḥ |
toyārthisukhasiddhyarthaṃ ye narāstetra bhoginaḥ || 59 ||
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vitarpayaṃti ye puṇyāstṛṣitāñśītalairjalaiḥ |
te'tra vai vāruṇe loke sukhasaṃtatibhāginaḥ || 60 ||
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jalāśayānāṃ sarveṣāmayamekatamaḥ patiḥ |
pracetā yādasāṃnāthaḥ sākṣī sarveṣukarmasu || 61 ||
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asyotpattiṃ śṛṇu patervaruṇasyamahātmanaḥ |
āsīnmunirameyātmā kardamasya prajāpateḥ || 62 ||
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śuciṣmāniti vikhyātastanayo vinayocitaḥ |
sthairya mādhurya dhairyādyairguṇairupacitohitaḥ || 63 ||
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acchode sarasi snātuṃ sa gato bālakaiḥ saha |
jalakrīḍanasaṃsaktaṃ śiśumāro haracca tam || 64 ||
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tatastasminmunisute hṛte'tyāhitaśaṃsibhiḥ |
taiḥ samāgatya śiśubhiḥ kathitaṃ tatpituḥ puraḥ || 65 ||
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harārcanopaviṣṭasya samādhau niścalātmanaḥ |
śrutabālavipatteśca cacāla na manoharāt || 66 ||
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adhikaṃ śīlayāmāsa sa sarvajñaṃ trilocanam |
paśyañśaṃbhoḥ samīpe sa bhuvanāni caturdaśa || 67 ||
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nānā bhūtāni bhūtāni brahmāṃḍāṃtargatāni ca |
caṃdrasūryarkṣatārāśca parvatānsarito drumān || 68 ||
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samudrānaṃtarīyāṇi hyaraṇyānīssarāṃsi ca |
nānā devanikāyāṃśca bahvīrdiviṣadāṃ purīḥ || 69 ||
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vāpīkūpataḍāgāni kulyāḥ puṣkariṇīrbahu |
ekasminkvāpi sarasi jalakrīḍāparāyaṇān || 70 ||
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bahūnmunikumārāṃśca majjanonmajjanādibhiḥ |
karayaṃtravinirmuktatoyadhārābhiṣecanaiḥ || 71 ||
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karatāḍitapānīyaśabdadiṅmukhanādibhiḥ |
jalakhelanakairitthaṃ saṃsaktānbahubālakān || 72 ||
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teṣāṃ madhye dadarśātha samādhisthaḥ sa kardamaḥ |
svaṃ śiśuṃ śiśumāreṇa nīyamānaṃ suvihvalam || 73 ||
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kayācijjaladevyātha tasmāccakrūrayādasaḥ |
prasahya nītvodadhaye dṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ samarpitam || 74 ||
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nirbhartsya saritāṃnāthaṃ kenacidrudrarūpiṇā |
triśūlapāṇinetyuktaṃ krodhatāmrānanenaca || 75 ||
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kuto jalānāmadhipa śivabhaktasya bālakaḥ |
prajāpateḥ kardamasya mahābhāgasya dhīmataḥ || 76 ||
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ajñātvā śivasāmarthyaṃ bhavatāciramāsitaḥ |
bhayatrastena tadvākyaśravaṇāttamudanvatā || 77 ||
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bālaṃ ratnairalaṃkṛtya baddhvā taṃ śiśumārakam |
samarpitaṃ samānīya śaṃbhupādābjasaṃnidhau || 78 ||
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natvā vijñāpayattaṃ ca nāparādhyāmyahaṃ vibho |
anāthanāthaviśveśa bhaktāpattivināśana || 79 ||
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bhaktakalpataro śaṃbho'nenāyaṃ duṣṭayādasā |
anāyina mayā nātha bhavadbhaktajanārbhakaḥ || 80 ||
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gaṇena tena vijñāya śaṃbhoratha manogatam |
pāśena baddhvā tadyādaḥ śiśuhaste samarpitam || 81 ||
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gṛhāṇemaṃ svatanayaṃ pārṣade śaṃkarājñayā |
yāhi svabhavanaṃ vatsa bruvatīti sa kardamaḥ || 82 ||
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samādhisamaye sarvamiti śṛṇvannudāradhīḥ |
unmīlya nayane yāvatpraṇidhānaṃ visṛjya ca || 83 ||
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saṃpaśyate śiśuṃ tāvatpurataḥ samavaikṣata |
gṛhītaśiśumāraṃ ca pārśve'laṃkṛtakarṇikam || 84 ||
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toyārdrakākapakṣāgraṃ kaṣāyanayanāṃcalam |
kiṃcidvirūkṣaṃ tvakkṣobhaṃ saṃbhramāpannamānasam || 85 ||
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kṛtapraṇāmamāliṃgya jighraṃstanmukhapaṃkajam |
punarjātamivāmaṃsta paśyaṃścāpi muhurmuhuḥ || 86 ||
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śatānipaṃcavarṣāṇi praṇidhānasthitasya hi |
kardamasya vyatītāni śaṃbhumarcayatastadā || 87 ||
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kardamopi ca tatkālamajñāsītkṣaṇasaṃgatam |
yato na prabhavetkālo mahākālasya saṃnidhau || 88 ||
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tatastaṃ tanayaḥ pṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ praṇipatya ca |
jagāma tūrṇaṃ tapase śrīmadvārāṇasīṃ purīm || 89 ||
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tatra taptvā tapo ghoraṃ liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya śāṃbhavam |
paṃcavarṣasahasrāṇi sthitaḥ pāṣāṇaniścalaḥ || 90 ||
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āvirāsīnmahādevastuṣṭastattapasā tataḥ |
uvāca kārdame brūhi kaṃ dadāmi varottamam || 91 ||
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kārdamiruvāca |
yadi nātha prasannosi bhaktānāmanukaṃpaka |
sarvāsāmādhipatyaṃ me dehyapāṃ yādasāmapi || 92 ||
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iti śrutvā maheśānaḥ sarvaciṃtitadaḥ prabhuḥ |
abhyaṣiṃcata taṃ tatra vāruṇe parame pade || 93 ||
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ratnānāmabdhijātānāmabdhīnāṃ saritāmapi |
sarasāṃ palvalānāṃ ca vāpyaṃbu srotasā punaḥ || 94 ||
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jalāśayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pratīcyāścāpi vaidiśaḥ |
adhīśvaraḥ pāśapāṇirbhava sarvāmarapriyaḥ || 95 ||
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dadāmi varamanyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ hitakārakam |
tvayaitatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati || 96 ||
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varuṇeśamiti khyātaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ susiddhidam |
maṇikarṇeśa liṃgasya nairṛtyāṃ diśi saṃsthitam || 97 ||
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ārādhitaṃ sadā puṃsāṃ sarvajāḍyavināśakṛt |
varuṇeśasya ye bhaktā na teṣāmabbhayaṃ kvacit || 98 ||
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na saṃtāpabhayaṃ teṣāṃ nāpāyamaraṇaṃ kvacit |
jalodarabhayaṃ naiva na bhayaṃ vai tṛṣaḥ kvacit || 99 ||
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nīrasānyannapānāni varuṇeśvara saṃsmṛteḥ |
sarasāni bhaviṣyaṃti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 100 ||
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ityuktvāṃtardadhe śaṃbhurvaruṇopi svabaṃdhubhiḥ |
imaṃ lokamalaṃkurvaṃstadārabhya sthito dvijaḥ || 1 ||
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idaṃ varuṇalokasya svarūpaṃ te nirūpitam |
yacchrutvā na naraḥ kvāpi durapāyaiḥ prabādhyate || 102 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvāddhe nirṛtivaruṇalokavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
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