Chapter 28

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umovāca |
kiṃcitpraṣṭumanā nātha svasaṃdehāpanuttaye |
vada khedo yadi na te trikālajñānakovida || 1 ||
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tadā bhagīratho rājā kva kva bhāgīrathī tadā |
yadā viṣṇustapastepe cakrapuṣkariṇī taṭe || 2 ||
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śiva uvāca |
saṃdeho'tra na kartavyo viśālākṣi sadāmale |
śrutau smṛtau purāṇeṣu kālatrayamudīryate || 3 ||
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bhūtaṃ bhāvi bhavaccāpi saṃśayaṃ mā vṛthā kṛthāḥ |
ityuktvā punarāheśo gaṃgāmāhātmyamuttamam || 4 ||
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agastya uvāca |
pārvatīnaṃdana punardyunadyāḥ parito vada |
mahimokto harau yadvaddevadevena vai tadā || 5 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
muna'tra maitrāvaruṇe yathā devena bhāṣitam |
śuṇu tripathagāminyā māhātmyaṃ pātakāpaham || 6 ||
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trisrotasaṃ samāsādya sakṛtpiṃḍāndadāti yaḥ |
uddhṛtāḥ pitarastena bhavāṃbhodhestilodakaiḥ || 7 ||
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yāvaṃtaśca tilā martyairgṛhītā pitṛkarmaṇi |
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi pitaraḥ svargavāsinaḥ || 8 ||
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devāḥ sapitaro yasmādgaṃgāyāṃ sarvadā sthitāḥ |
āvāhanaṃ visargaṃ ca teṣāṃ tatra tato nahi || 9 ||
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pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca |
guru śvaśura baṃdhūnāṃ ye cānye bāṃdhavā mṛtāḥ || 10 ||
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ajātadaṃtā ye kecidye ca garbhe prapīḍitāḥ |
agnividyuccorahatā vyāghradaṃṣṭribhireva ca || 11 ||
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udbaṃdhana mṛtā ye ca patitā ātmaghātakāḥ |
ātmavikrayiṇaścorā ye tathā'yājyayājakāḥ || 12 ||
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rasavikrayiṇo ye ca ye cānye pāparogiṇaḥ |
agnidā garadāścaiva goghnāścaiva svavaṃśajāḥ || 13 ||
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asipatravane ye ca kuṃbhīpāke ca ye gatāḥ |
rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ || 14 ||
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jātyaṃtarasahasreṣu bhrāmyaṃte ye svakarmabhiḥ |
ye tu pakṣimṛgādīnāṃ kīṭavṛkṣādi vīrudhām || 15 ||
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yoniṃ gatāstvasaṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyātānāmaśobhanāḥ |
prāpitā yamalokaṃ tu sughorairyamakiṃkaraiḥ || 16 ||
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ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā vā ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ |
yepi cājñātanāmāno ye cāputrāḥ svagotrajāḥ || 17 ||
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viṣeṇa ca mṛtā vai ye ye vai śṛṃgibhirāhatāḥ |
kṛtaghnāśca gurughnāśca ye ca mitradruhastathā || 18 ||
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strī bālaghātakā ye ca ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ |
asatyahiṃsāniratā sadā pāparatāśca ye || 19 ||
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aśvavikrayiṇo ye ca paradravyaharāśca ye |
anāthāḥ kṛpaṇā dīnā mānuṣyaṃ prāptumakṣamāḥ || 20 ||
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tarpitā jāhnavītoyairnareṇa vidhinā sakṛt |
prayāṃti svargatiṃ tepi svargiṇo muktimāpnuyuḥ || 21 ||
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etānmaṃtrānsamuccārya yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam |
śrāddhaṃ piṃḍapradānaṃ ca sa vidhijña ihocyate || 22 ||
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kāmapradāni tīrthāni trailokye yāni kānicit |
tāni sarvāṇi sevaṃte kāśyāmuttaravāhinīm || 23 ||
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svaḥsiṃdhuḥ sarvataḥ puṇyā brahmahatyāpahāriṇī |
kāśyāṃ viśeṣato viṣṇo yatra cottaravāhinī || 24 ||
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gāyaṃti gāthāmetāṃ vai daivarṣipitarogaṇāḥ |
api dṛggocarā naḥ syātkāśyāmuttaravāhinī || 25 ||
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yatratyāmṛtasaṃtṛptāstāpatritayavarjitāḥ |
syāma tvamṛtamevāddhā viśvanāthaprasādataḥ || 26 ||
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gaṃgaiva kevalā muktyai nirṇītā parito hare |
avimukte viśeṣeṇa mamādhiṣṭhānagauravāt || 27 ||
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jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ gaṃgābhaktiḥ sugopitā |
na viṃdatiṃ janā gaṃgāṃ muktimāgairkadāyikām || 28 ||
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anekajanmaniyutaṃ bhrāmyamāṇastu yoniṣu |
nirvṛtiṃ prāpnuyātkotra jāhnavībhajanaṃ vinā || 29 ||
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narāṇāmalpabuddhīnāmeno vikṣiptacetasām |
gaṃgeva paramaṃ viṣṇo bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇām || 30 ||
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khaṃḍasphuṭitasaṃskāraṃ gaṃgātīre karoti yaḥ |
mama loke ciraṃ kālaṃ tasyākṣaya sukhaṃ hare || 31 ||
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gaṃtumuddiśya yo gaṃgāṃ parārthasvārthameva vā |
na gacchati paraṃ mohātsa patetpitṛbhiḥ saha || 32 ||
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sarvāṇi yeṣāṃ gāṃgeyaistoyaiḥ kṛtyāni dehinām |
bhūmisthā api te martyā amartyā eva vai hare || 33 ||
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caramepi vayobhāge svaḥsiṃdhuṃ yo niṣevate |
kṛtvāpyenāṃsi bahuśaḥ sopi yāyācchubhāṃ gatim || 34 ||
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yāvadasthi manuṣyāṇāṃ gaṃgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati |
tāvadabdasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate || 35 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
devadevajagannātha jagatāṃ hitakṛtprabho |
kīkasaṃ cetpateddaivāddurvṛttasya durātmanaḥ || 36 ||
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jale dyunadyā niṣpāpe kathaṃ tasya parā gatiḥ |
apamṛtyu vipannasya tadīśa vinivedyatām || 37 ||
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maheśvara uvāca |
atrārthe kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttamadhokṣaja |
śṛṇuṣvaikamanā viṣṇo vāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ || 38 ||
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purā kaliṃgaviṣaye dvijo lavaṇavikrayī |
saṃdhyāsnānavihīnaśca vedākṣaravivarjitaḥ || 39 ||
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vāhīko nāmato yajñasūtramātraparigrahaḥ |
parigrahaśca tasyāsītkauviṃdī vidhavā navā || 40 ||
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durbhikṣapīḍitenātha vṛṣalīpatinā vinā |
prāṇādhāraṃ tadā tena deśāddeśāṃtaraṃ yayau || 41 ||
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madhye'tha daṃḍakāraṇyaṃ kṣutkṣāmaḥ saṃgavarjitaḥ |
vyāghreṇa ghātitastatra naramāṃsapriyeṇa saḥ || 42 ||
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tasya vāmapadaṃ gṛdhro gṛhītvodapatattataḥ |
māṃsāśinā'nya gṛdhreṇa tasya yuddhamabhūddivi || 43 ||
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gṛdhrayorāmiṣaṃ gṛdhnvoḥ parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ |
avāpatatpādagulphaṃ kaṃkacaṃcupuṭāttadā || 44 ||
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tasya vāhīka viprasya vyāghravyāpāditasya ha |
madhye gaṃgaṃ daivayogādapataddvaṃdvakāriṇoḥ || 45 ||
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yadaiva hatavāndvīpī taṃ vāhīkamaraṇyagam |
tasminneva kṣaṇe baddhaḥ sa pāśaiḥ krūrakiṃkaraiḥ || 46 ||
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kaśābhirghātitotyaṃtamārābhiḥ paritoditaḥ |
vamanrudhiramāsyena nītastaiḥ sa yamāgrataḥ || 47 ||
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āpṛcchi dharmarājena citraguptotha māpate |
dharmādharmaṃ vicāryāsya kathayāśu dvijanmanaḥ || 48 ||
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vaivasvatena pṛṣṭotha citragupto vicitradhīḥ |
sarvadā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ veditā sarvakarmaṇām || 49 ||
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jagāda yamunābaṃdhuṃ vāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ |
janmakarmadinārabhya durvṛttasya śubhetaram || 50 ||
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citragupta uvāca |
garbhādhānādikaṃ karma prākkṛtaṃ nāsya kenacit |
jātakarmakṛtaṃ nāsya pitrā'jñānavatā hare || 51 ||
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garbhainaḥ śamane hetuḥ samastāyuḥ sukhapradam |
ekādaśehni nāmāsya na kṛtaṃ vidhipūrvakam || 52 ||
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khyātaḥ syādyena vidhinā sarvatra vidhipāvanam |
nākārṣīnnirgamaṃ cāsya caturthe māsi maṃdadhīḥ || 53 ||
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janakaḥ śubhatithyādau videśagamanāpaham |
ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśanaṃmāsi na kṛtaṃ vidhipūrvakam || 54 ||
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sarvadā miṣṭamaśnāti karmaṇā yena bhāskare |
na cūḍākaraṇaṃ cāsya kṛtamabde yathākulam || 55 ||
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karmaṇā yena keśāḥ syuḥ snigdhāḥ kusumavarṣiṇaḥ |
nākāri karṇavedhosya janitrā samaye śubhe || 56 ||
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suvarṇagrāhiṇau yena karṇau syātāṃ ca suśrutī |
mauṃjībaṃdhopyabhūdasya vyatītebde'ṣṭame hare |
brahmacaryābhivṛddhyai yo brahmagrahaṇahetukaḥ || 57 ||
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mauṃjīmokṣaṇavārtāpi kṛtā nāsya januḥkṛtā |
gārhasthyaṃ prāpyate yasmātkarmaṇo'naṃtaraṃ varam || 58 ||
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yathākathaṃcidūḍhā'tha patnī tyaktakulādhvagā |
vṛṣalīpatinā tena paradārāpahāriṇā || 59 ||
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ārabhya paṃcamādvarṣātparasvasyāpahārakaḥ |
abhūdeṣa durācāro durodaraparāyaṇaḥ || 60 ||
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rumāyāṃ vasatā'nena hatāgaurekavārṣikī |
ekadā dṛḍhadaṃḍena lihaṃtī lavaṇaṃ mṛtā || 61 ||
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jananīṃ pādapātena bahuśo'sāvatāḍayat |
kadācidapi no vākyaṃ pituḥ kṛtamanena vai || 62 ||
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viṣaṃ bhakṣitavāneṣa bahuśaḥ kalahapriyaḥ |
janopatāpaśīlosau kṛtodaravidāraṇaḥ || 53 ||
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dhattūrakaravīrādi bahudhopaviṣāṇi ca |
krīḍākalahamātreṇa bhakṣayaccaiṣa durmatiḥ || 64 ||
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dagdhosāvagninā saure śvabhiśca kavalīkṛtaḥ |
śṛṃgibhiḥ paritaḥ proto viṣāṇāgrairasau bahu || 65 ||
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daṃdaśūkairbhṛśaṃ daṣṭo duṣṭaḥ śiṣṭairvigarhitaḥ |
kāṣṭheṣṭaloṣṭaiḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ kṛtāniṣṭaḥ sadātmanaḥ || 66 ||
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āsphālitaṃ śironenāsakṛccāpi durātmanā |
yadarcyate sadā sadbhiruttamāṃgamanekadhā || 67 ||
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asau hi brāhmaṇo maṃdo gāyatrīmapivedana |
kāmato matsyamāṃsāni jagdhānyetena durdhiyā || 68 ||
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ātmārthaṃ pāyasamasau paryapākṣīdanekadhā |
lākṣālavaṇamāṃsānāṃ sapayodadhisarpiṣām || 69 ||
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viṣalohāyudhānāṃ ca dāsīgovājināmapi |
vikretā'sau sadā mūḍhastathā vai keśacarmaṇām || 70 ||
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śūdrānna paripuṣṭāṃgaḥ parvaṇyahani maithunī |
parāṅmukho daivapitryakarmaṇyeṣa durātmavān || 71 ||
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pakṣiṇo ghātitānena mṛgāścāpi paraḥ śatam |
akāraṇa drumacchedī sadā nirdayamānasaḥ || 72 ||
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udvegajanako nityaṃ nijabaṃdhujaneṣvapi |
asatyavādī satataṃ sadā hiṃsāparāyaṇaḥ || 72 ||
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adattadānaḥ piśunaḥ śiśnodaraparāyaṇaḥ |
kiṃ bahūktena ravija sākṣātpātaka mūrtimān || 74 ||
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rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kuṃbhīpāke'tiraurave |
kālasūtre kṛmibhuji pūyaśoṇitakardame || 75 ||
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asipatravane ghore yaṃtrapīḍe sudaṃṣṭrake |
adhomukhe pūtigaṃdhe viṣṭhāgartteṣvabhojane || 76 ||
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sūcībhedye'tha saṃdaṃśe lālāpe kṣuradhārake |
pratyekaṃ narake tveṣa pātyatāṃ kalpasaṃkhyayā || 77 ||
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dharmarājaḥ samākarṇya citraguptamukhāditi |
nirbhartsya taṃ durācāraṃ kiṃkarānādideśa ha || 78 ||
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bhrū saṃjñayā hṛtairnītaḥ sa baddhvā nirayālayam |
ākraṃdarāvo yatroccaiḥ pāpināṃ romaharṣaṇaḥ || 79 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
yātanāsvatitīvrāsu vāhīke saṃsthite tadā |
tatkālapuṇyaphalade gāṅgeyāṃbhasi nirmale || 80 ||
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patitaṃ taddhi gṛdhrāsyādvāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ |
hare vimānaṃ tatkālamāpannaṃ surasadmataḥ || 81 ||
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ghaṃṭāvalaṃbitaṃ divyaṃ divyastrīśatasaṃkulam |
āruhya devayānaṃ sa divyaveṣadharo dvijaḥ || 82 ||
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vījyamāno'psarovṛṃdairdivyagaṃdhānulepanaḥ |
jagāma svargabhuvanaṃ gaṃgāsthipatanāddhare || 83 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
vastuśaktivicāroyamadbhutaḥ kopi kuṃbhaja |
dravarūpeṇa kāpyeṣā śaktiḥ sādāśivī parā || 84 ||
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karuṇāmṛtapūrṇena devadevena śaṃbhunā |
eṣā pravartitā gaṃgā jagaduddharaṇāya vai || 85 ||
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yathānyāḥ sarito loke vāripūrṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ |
tathaiṣānānumaṃtavyā sadbhistripathagāminī || 86 ||
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śrutyakṣarāṇi niścitya kāruṇyācchaṃbhunā mune |
nirmitā taddravaireṣā gaṃgā gaṃgādhareṇa vai || 87 ||
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yogopaniṣadāmetaṃ sāramākṛṣya śaṃkaraḥ |
kṛpayā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ cakāra saritāṃ varām || 88 ||
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akalānidhayo rātryo vipuṣpāścaiva pādapāḥ |
yathā tathaiva te deśā yatra nāstyamarāpagā || 89 ||
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anayāḥ saṃpado yadvanmakhā yadvadadakṣiṇāḥ |
tadvaddeśā diśaḥ sarvā hīnā gaṃgāṃbhasā hare || 90 ||
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vyomāṃgaṇamanarkaṃ ca nakte'dīpaṃ yathā gṛhama |
avedā brāhmaṇā yadvadgaṃgāhīnāstathā diśaḥ || 91 ||
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cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ tu yaḥ kuryāddehaśodhanam |
gaṃgāmṛtaṃ pibedyastu tayorgaṃgābupo'dhikaḥ || 92 ||
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pādenaikena yastiṣṭhetsahasraṃ śaradāṃ śatam |
abdaṃ gaṃgāṃbupo yastu tayorgaṃgāṃbupo'dhikaḥ || 93 ||
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avākchirāḥ pralaṃbedyaḥ śatasaṃvatsarānnaraḥ |
bhīṣmasūvālukātalpaśayastasmādvaro hare || 94 ||
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pāpatāpābhitaptānāṃ bhūtānāmiha jāhvavī |
pāpatāpaharā yadvadgaṃgā nānyattathā kalau || 95 ||
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tārkṣyavīkṣaṇamātreṇa phaṇinau nirviṣā yathā |
niṣprabhāṇi tathenāṃsi bhāgīrathyavalokanāt || 96 ||
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gaṃgātaṭodbhavāṃ mṛtsnāṃ yo maulau bibhṛyānnaraḥ |
bibharti so'rkabiṃbaṃ vai tamonāśāya niścitam || 97 ||
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vyasanairabhibhūtasya dhanahīnasya pāpinaḥ |
gaṃgaiva kevalaṃ tasya gatiruktā na cānyathā || 98 ||
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śrutābhilaṣitā dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā pītā'vagāhitā |
puṃsāṃ vaṃśadvayaṃ gaṃgā tārayennātra saṃśayaḥ || 99 ||
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kīrtanāddarśanātsparśādgaṃgāpānāvagāhanāt |
daśottaraguṇā jñeyā puṇyāpuṇyarddhināśayoḥ || 100 ||
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na sutairna ca vā vittairnānyenāpi sukarmaṇā |
tatphalaṃ prāpyate martye gaṃgāmāpya yadāpyate || 1 ||
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jātyaṃdhāḥ paṃgavaste vai jīvaṃtopyatha te mṛtāḥ |
samarthā api ye gaṃgāṃ na snāyurmokṣagarbhiṇīm || 2 ||
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śrutiṃ niśāmaya hare gaṃgāmāhātmyabhāṣiṇīm |
viniścitārthāṃ yāṃ śrutvā śrayedgaṃgāṃ narottamaḥ || 3 ||
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irāvatīṃ madhumatīṃ payasvinīmamṛtarūpāmūrjasvatīm |
tridivaprasūtāṃ gaṃgāṃ śritāsastridivaṃ vrajaṃti || 4 ||
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ṛṣijuṣṭāṃ viṣṇupadīṃ purāṇāṃ supuṇyadhārāṃ manasā hi loke |
sarvātmanā jāhnavīṃ ye prapannāste brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ saṃprayāṃti || 5 ||
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lokānimānnayati yā jananīva putrānsvargaṃ sadā sarvaguṇopapannā |
sthānamiṣṭaṃ brāhmamabhīpsamānairgaṃgā sadaivātmavaśairupāsyā || 6 ||
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usrairjuṣṭāmiṣatīṃ viśvarūpāmirāvatīṃ janayitrīṃ guhasya |
śiṣṭaiḥ sevyāmamṛtāṃ brahmakāṃtāṃ gaṃgāṃ śrayedātmaviśuddhikāmaḥ || 7 ||
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gaṃgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ |
vidhūtapāpo bhavati vājapeyaṃ ca viṃdati || 8 ||
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aśubhaiḥ karmabhirgrastānmajjamānānmahārṇave |
patato niraye gaṃgā saṃśritānuddharetsadā || 9 ||
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brahmalokastu lokānāṃ sarveṣāmuttamo yathā |
saritāṃ sarasāṃ vāpi variṣṭhā jāhnavī tathā || 110 ||
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anyatra samyaksaṃkalpya tapaḥ kṛtvā samā trayam |
yatphalaṃ tadbhavedbhaktyā gaṃgāyāṃ ghaṭikā'rdhataḥ || 11 ||
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svargasthasya na sā prītirbhuṃjataḥ sukhamakṣayam |
yā syādgaṃgātaṭe puṃsāṃ rātrau caṃdrodaye sati || 12 ||
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jarārogābhipannaṃ tu kuṇapaṃ jāhnavī jale |
dhairyeṇa tṛṇavattyaktvā praviśedamarāvatīm || 13 ||
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vāryoghaiḥ satataṃ yasyāḥ plāvyate śaśimaṃḍalam |
bhūyodhikatarāṃ śobhāṃ bibharti tadahaḥ kṣaye || 14 ||
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āhutasya jale yasyāḥ sadyo naśyaṃti pātakam |
mahataḥ śreyasaḥ prāptistatkṣaṇādeva jāyate || 15 ||
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pitṛbhyaḥ śraddhayā yatra dattāstvāpaḥ svavaṃśajaiḥ |
prayacchaṃti parāṃ tṛptiṃ śaradāṃ trayamacyuta || 16 ||
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tārayetkṣitiyānmartyānadhaḥsthāṃśca sarīsṛpān |
svarge svargasado viṣṇorgaṃ gā tripathagā tataḥ || 17 ||
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tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ saritāmuttamā sarit |
svargadā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ mahāpātakināmapi || 18 ||
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adhyuṣṭāḥ koṭayo viṣṇo saṃti tīrthāni sarvataḥ |
divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca jāhnavyāṃ tāni kṛtsnaśaḥ || 19 ||
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jñātvājñātvā ca gaṃgāyāṃ yaḥ paṃcatvamavāpnuyāt |
anātmaghātī svargī syānnarakānsa na paśyati || 120 ||
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gaṃgaiva sarvatīrthāni gaṃgaiva ca tapovanam |
gaṃgaiva siddhikṣetraṃ hi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 21 ||
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yatra kāmaphalā vṛkṣā mahī yatra hiraṇmayī |
jāhnavī snāyinastatra nivasaṃti ghaṭodbhava || 22 ||
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dhenuṃ bhāgīrathī tīre suśīlāṃ ca payasvinīm |
vāsoratnairalaṃkṛtvā brāhmaṇāya dadāti yaḥ || 23 ||
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yāvaṃti tasyā lomāni mune tatsaṃtaterapi |
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi sa svargasukhabhugbhavet || 124 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe gaṃgāmahimānāmāṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāya || 28 ||
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