Chapter 3

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agastiruvāca |
apūveṃyaṃ kathā khyātā brahmaṇo brahmavittama |
kiṃ cakāra punaḥ śaṃbhustatra brahmaṇyapi sthite || 1 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga kāśyāṃ brahmaṇyapisthite |
giriśaściṃtayāmāsa bhṛśamudvignamānasaḥ || 2 ||
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purī sā yādṛśī kāśī vaśīkaraṇabhūmikā |
na tādṛśīdṛśīhāsītkvacinme prāyaśo dhruvam || 3 ||
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yo yo yāti purīṃ tāṃ tu sa sa tatraiva tiṣṭhati |
abhūvannanuyoginyo'yoginyaḥ kāśisaṃgatāḥ || 4 ||
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akiṃcitkaratāṃ prāptaḥ sa sahasrakaropyaram |
vidhirvidhānadakṣopi na me sa savidhobhavat || 5 ||
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ciṃtayanniti deveśo gaṇānārahūya bhūriśaḥ |
preṣayāmāsa bho yāta kṣipraṃ vārāṇasīṃ purīm || 6 ||
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kiṃ kurvaṃti tu yoginyaḥ kiṃ karoti sa bhānumān |
gatvā vitta tvarāyuktā vidhiśca vidadhāti kim || 7 ||
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nāmagrāhaṃ tataḥ'praiṣīdbahumāna puraḥsaram |
śaṃkukarṇa mahākāla ghaṭākarṇa mahodara || 8 ||
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somanaṃdinnaṃdiṣeṇa kāla piṃgala kukkuṭa |
kuṃḍodara mayūrākṣa bāṇa gokarṇa tāraka || 9 ||
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tilaparṇa smṛlakarṇa dṛmicaṃḍa prabhāmaya |
sukeśa viṃdate chāga kapardinpiṃgalākṣaka || 10 ||
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vīrabhadra kirātākhya caturmukha nikuṃbhaka |
paṃcākṣabhārabhūtākhya tryakṣa kṣemaka lāṃgalin || 11 ||
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virādha sumukhāṣāḍhe bhavaṃto mama sūnavaḥ |
yathemau skaṃdaheraṃbau naigameyo yathā tvayam || 12 ||
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yathā śākhaviśākhau ca yathemau naṃdibhṛṃgiṇau |
bhavatsu vidyamāneṣu mahāvikramaśāliṣu || 13 ||
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kāśīpravṛttiṃ no jāne divodāsanṛpasya ca |
yoginyarkavidhīnāṃ ca taddvau yātaṃ bhavatsvamū || 14 ||
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śaṃkukarṇamahākālau kālasyāpi prakaṃpanau |
jñātuṃ vārāṇasīvārtāmāyātaṃ catvarānvitau || 15 ||
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kṛtapratijñau to tūrṇaṃ prāpya vārāṇasīṃ purīm |
śaṃkukarṇamahākālau vismṛtya śāṃbhavīṃ giram || 16 ||
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yathaiṃdrajālikīṃ dṛṣṭvā māyāmiha vicakṣaṇaḥ |
kṣaṇena mohamāyāti kāśīṃ vīkṣya tathaiva tau || 17 ||
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aho mohasya māhātmyamaho bhāgyaviparyayaḥ |
nirvāṇarāśiṃ yatkāśīṃ prāpya yāṃtyanyato'budhāḥ || 18 ||
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tatyaje yairiyaṃ kāśī mahāśīrvādabhūbhikā |
teṣāṃ karatalānmuktiḥ prāptāpi parito gatā || 19 ||
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yatra sarvāvabhṛthataḥ snānamātraṃ viśiṣyate |
apyuṣṇīkṛtapānīyaistāṃ kāśīṃ kaḥ parityajet || 20 ||
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yatraikapuṣpadānena śivaliṃgasya mūrdhani |
daśasauvarṇikaṃ puṇyaṃ kastāṃ kāśīṃ parityajet || 21 ||
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yatra daṃḍapraṇāmena apyekena śivāgrataḥ |
tucchameṃdrapadaṃprāhustāṃ kāśīṃ ko vimuṃcati || 22 ||
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yatraikadvijamātraṃ tu bhojayitvā yathecchayā |
vājapeyādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ ko vimuṃcati || 23 ||
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ekāṃ gāṃ yatra dattvā vai vidhivadbrāhmaṇāya vai |
labhedayuta gopuṇyaṃ kastāṃ kāśīṃ tyajetsudhīḥ || 24 ||
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ekaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yatra saṃsthāpitaṃ bhavet |
api trailokyamakhilaṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ kaḥ samujjhati || 25 ||
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pariniścitya tāvitthaṃ liṃge saṃsthāpya puṇyade |
tatraiva saṃsthitiṃ prāptau kāśīṃ nādyāpi muṃcataḥ || 26 ||
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śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ śaṃkukarṇa ga ṇārcitam |
dṛṣṭvā na jāyate jaṃturjātu māturmahodare || 27 ||
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viśveśādvāyudigbhāge śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ |
saṃpūjya na viśedatra ghore saṃsārasāgare || 28 ||
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mahākāleśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ mahākālagaṇārcitam |
arcayitvā ca natvā ca stutvā kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ || 29 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
śaṃkukarṇe mahākāle ciraṃtana vilaṃbite |
jñātvā sarvajñanāthotha prāhaipīdaparau gaṇau || 30 ||
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ghaṃṭākarṇa tvamāgaccha mahodara mahāmate |
kāśīṃ yātaṃ yuvāṃ tūrṇaṃ jñātuṃ tatratya ceṣṭitam || 31 ||
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ityagaste gaṇau tau tu gatvā kāśīṃ mahāpurīm |
vyāvṛtyādyāpi no yātau kvāpi tatraiva saṃsthitau || 32 ||
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ghaṃṭākarṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ ghaṃṭākarṇa gaṇottamaḥ |
kāśyāṃ saṃsthāpya vidhivatsvayaṃ tatraiva nirvṛtaḥ || 33 ||
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kuṃḍaṃ tatraiva saṃsthāpya liṃgasnapanakarmaṇe |
nādyāpi sa tyajetkāśīṃ dhyāyaṃlliṃgaṃ tathaiva hi || 34 ||
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mahodaropi tatprācyāṃ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ |
mahodareśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dhyāyedadyāpi kuṃbhaja || 35 ||
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mahodareśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottama |
kadācidapi vai mātuḥ praviśennaudarīṃ darīm || 36 ||
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ghaṃṭākarṇa hrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā vyāseśvaraṃ vibhum |
yatra kutra vipannopi vārāṇasyāṃ mṛto bhavet || 37 ||
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ghaṃṭākarṇe mahātīrthe śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ |
api durgatimāpannānuddharetsaptapūrvajān || 38 ||
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nimajjyādyāpi tatkuṃḍe kṣaṇa yovahito bhavet |
viśveśvaramahāpūjā ghaṃṭārāvāñśṛṇoti saḥ || 39 ||
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vadaṃti pitaraḥ kāśyāṃ ghaṃṭākarṇemalejale |
dātā tilodakasyāpi vaṃśe naḥ kopi jāyate || 40 ||
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yadvaṃśyā munayaḥ kāśyāṃ ghaṃṭākarṇe mahāhrade |
kṛtodakakriyāḥ prāptāḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ ghaṭodbhava || 41 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
ghaṃṭākarṇe gaṇe yāte prayāte ca mahodare |
visismāya smaradveṣṭā maulimāṃdolayanmuhuḥ || 42 ||
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uvāca ca manasyeva haraḥ smitvā punaḥpunaḥ |
mahāmohanavidyāsi kāśi tvāṃ paryavaimyaham || 43 ||
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purāvidaḥ praśaṃsaṃti tvāṃ mahāmohahāriṇīm |
kāśīṃtviti na jānaṃti mahāmohanabhūriyam || 44 ||
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preṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvānbhavatī mohayiṣyati |
iti samyagvijānāmi kāśi tvāṃ mohanoṣadhim || 49 ||
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tathāpi preṣayiṣyāmi yāvānmesti paricchadaḥ |
nodyamādviramaṃtīha jñāninaḥ sādhyakarmaṇi || 46 ||
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nodyamādviratiḥ kāryā kvāpi kārye vicakṣaṇaiḥ |
pratikūlopi khidyeta vidhistatsatatodyamāt || 47 ||
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śītoṣṇabhānū svarbhānu grastāvapi nabhoṃgaṇe |
gatiṃ na tyajatodyāpi prakrāṃtavya kṛtodyamau || 48 ||
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ekatra haṃti kāryāṇi prātikūlyādvidhirmuhuḥ |
ekatrakaraṇīyāni setsyaṃtyatra bhṛśodyamāt || 49 ||
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daivaṃ pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kathyate netaratpunaḥ |
tannirākaraṇe yatnaḥ svayaṃ kāryo vipaścitā || 50 ||
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bhājanopasthitaṃ daivādbhojyaṃ nāsyaṃ svayaṃ viśet |
hastavaktrodyamāttacca praviśedaudarīṃ darīm || 51 ||
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ityudyamaṃ samarthyeśo niścitaṃ daivajitvaram |
punaśca preṣayāṃcakre gaṇānpaṃcamahārayān || 52 ||
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somanaṃdī naṃdiṣeṇaḥ kālapiṃgalakukkuṭāḥ |
tedyāpi na nivartaṃte kāśyāṃ jīvāmṛtā yathā || 53 ||
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tepi svanāmnā liṃgāni śaṃbhusaṃtuṣṭi kāmyayā |
pratiṣṭhāpya sthitāḥ kāśyāṃ viśvanirvāṇajanmani || 54 ||
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somanaṃdīśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā liṃgaṃ naṃdavane param |
somaloke parānaṃdaṃ prāpnuyādbhaktimānnaraḥ || 55 ||
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taduttare vilokyātha naṃdiṣeṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ |
ānaṃdasenāṃ saṃprāpya jayenmṛtyumapi kṣaṇāt || 56 ||
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kāleśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ gaṃgāyāḥ paścimottare |
praṇamya kālapāśena no badhyeta kadācana || 57 ||
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piṃgaleśvaramabhyarcya kāleśātkiṃciduttare |
labhate piṃgalajñānaṃ yena tanmayatāṃ vrajet || 58 ||
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kukkuṭeśvara liṃgasya yetra bhaktiṃ vitanvate |
kukkuṭāṃḍākṛtestasya na te garbhamavāpnuyuḥ || 59 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
somanaṃdi prabhṛtiṣu mune paṃcagaṇeṣvapi |
ānaṃdakānanaṃ prāpya sthiteṣu sthāṇurabravīt || 60 ||
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kāryamasmākamevaitadyadi samyagvimṛśyate |
anenopādhināpyete tatra tiṣṭhaṃtu māmakāḥ || 61 ||
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pramatheṣu praviṣṭeṣu māyāvīryamahatsvapi |
ahameva praviṣṭosmi vārāṇasyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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krameṇa preṣayiṣyāmi yosti me svaparicchadaḥ |
tatra sarveṣu yāteṣu tato yāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ || 63 ||
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saṃpradhāryeti hṛdaye devadevena śūlinā |
praiṣiṣṭa pramathānāṃ tu tato gaṇacatuṣṭayam || 64 ||
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kuṃḍodaro mayūrākhyo bāṇo gokarṇa eva ca |
māyābalaṃ samāśritya kāśīṃ praviviśurgaṇāḥ || 65 ||
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kṛtvopāyaśataṃ taistu divodāsasya saṃbhrame |
yadaikopi samartho na tadā tatraiva saṃsthitam || 66 ||
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aparādhaśateṣvīśaḥ kena tuṣyati karmaṇā |
saṃpradhāryeti te cakrurliṃgārādhanamuttamam || 67 ||
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ekasmiñśāṃbhave liṃge vidhinātra samarcite |
kṣamettryakṣoparādhānāṃ śataṃ mokṣaṃ ca yacchati || 68 ||
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na tuṣyati tathā śaṃbhuryajñadānatapovrataiḥ |
yathā tuṣyetsakṛlliṃge vidhinābhyarcite sati || 69 ||
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liṃgārcanavidhānajño liṃgārcanarataḥ sadā |
tryakṣa eva sa vijñeyaḥ sākṣāddvyakṣopi mānavaḥ || 70 ||
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na gośatapradānena na svarṇaśatadānataḥ |
tatphalaṃ labhyate puṃbhiryatsakṛlliṃgapūjanāt || 71 ||
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aśvamedhādibhiryāgairna tatphalamavāpyate |
yatphalaṃ labhyate martyairnityaṃ liṃgaprapūjanāt || 72 ||
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snāpayitvā vidhānena yo liṃgasnapanodakam |
triḥ pibettrividhaṃ pāpaṃ tasyehāśu praṇaśyati || 73 ||
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liṃga snapanavārbhiryaḥ kuryānmūrdhnyabhiṣecanam |
gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ tasya jāyatetra vipāpmanaḥ || 74 ||
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liṃgaṃ samarcitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ kuryātpraṇatiṃ sakṛt |
saṃdeho jāyate tasya punardehanibaṃdhane || 75 ||
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liṃgaṃ yaḥ sthāpayedbhaktyā saptajanmakṛtādaghāt |
mucyate nātra saṃdeho viśuddhaḥ svargabhāgbhavet || 76 ||
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vicāryeti gaṇaiḥ kāśyāṃ svāmidrohopaśāṃtaye |
pratiṣṭhitāni liṃgāni mahāpātakabhiṃdyapi || 77 ||
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kuṃḍodareśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā lolārkasannidhau |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate || 78 ||
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kuṃḍodareśvarālliṃgātpratīcyāmasirodhasi |
mayūreśvaramabhyarcya na garbhaṃ pratipadyate || 79 ||
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mayūreśapratīcyāṃ ca liṃgaṃ bāṇeśvaraṃ mahat |
tasya darśanamātreṇa sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate || 80 ||
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gokarṇeśaṃ mahāliṃgamaṃtargehasya paścime |
dvāre samarcya vai kāśyāṃ na vighnairabhibhūyate || 81 ||
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gokarṇeśvara bhaktasya paṃcatva samaye sati |
jñānabhraṃśo na jāyeta kvacidapyaṃtamṛcchataḥ || 82 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
cirayatsugaṇeṣveṣu caturṣvapigaṇeśvaraḥ |
mahimānaṃ mahattvaṃ tu tatkāśyāḥ paryavarṇayat || 83 ||
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vaiṣṇavyā māyayā viśvaṃ bhrāmyetātra yayākhilam |
dhruvaṃ mūrtimatī saiṣā kāśī viśvaikamohinī || 84 ||
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apāsya sodarāndārānputraṃ kṣetraṃ gṛhaṃ vasu |
apyaṃgīkṛtya nidhanaṃ sarve kāśīmupāsate || 85 ||
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maraṇādapi no kāśyāṃ bhayaṃ yatra manāgapi |
gaṇāstatra tu tiṣṭhaṃtaḥ kuto mattopi bibhyati || 86 ||
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maraṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ yatra vibhūtiryatra bhūṣaṇam |
kaupīnaṃ yatra kauśeyaṃ kāśī kutropamīyate || 87 ||
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nirvāṇaramaṇī yatra raṃkaṃ vā'raṃkameva vā |
brāhmaṇaṃ vā śvapākaṃ vā vṛṇīte prāṃtyabhūṣaṇam || 88 ||
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mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ nirvāṇapadamṛcchatām |
koṭyaṃśenāpi na samā api śakrādayaḥ surāḥ || 89 ||
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yatra kāśyāṃ mṛto jaṃturbrahmanārāyaṇādibhiḥ |
prabaddha mūrdhāṃjalibhirnamasyetātiyatnataḥ || 90 ||
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yatra kāśyāṃ śavatvepi jaṃturnāśucitāṃ vrajet |
atastatkarṇasaṃsparśaṃ karomyahamapi svayam || 91 ||
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yastu kāśīti kāśīti dvistrirjapati puṇyavān |
api sarvapavitrebhyaḥ sa pavitrataro mahān || 92 ||
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yena kāśī hṛdi dhyātā yena kāśīha sevitā |
tenāhaṃ hṛdi saṃdhyātastenāhaṃ sevitaḥ sadā || 93 ||
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kāśīṃ yaḥ sevate jaṃturnirvikalpena cetasā |
tamahaṃ hṛdaye nityaṃ dhārayāmi prayatnataḥ || 94 ||
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svayaṃ vastumaśaktopi vāsayettīrthavāsinam |
apyekamapi mūlyena sa vastuḥphalabhāgdhruvam || 95 ||
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kāśyāṃ vasaṃti ye dhīrā āpaṃcatva viniścayāḥ |
jīvanmuktāstu te jñeyā vaṃdyāḥ pūjyāsta eva hi || 96 ||
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itthaṃ vimṛśya bahuśaḥ sthāṇurvārāṇasīguṇān |
gaṇānanyānsamāhūya prāhiṇotprītipūrvakam || 97 ||
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tārakatvaṃ samāgaccha gacchāti svacchamānasa |
divodāso vṛṣāvāso yāmadhīṣṭe varāṃ purīm || 98 ||
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tilaparṇa sdhūlakarṇa dṛmicaṃḍa prabhāmaya |
sukeśa viṃdate chāga kapardinpiṃgalākṣaka || 99 ||
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vīrabhadra kirātākhya caturmukha nikuṃbhaka |
paṃcākṣa bhārabhūtākhya tryakṣa kṣemakalāṃgalin || 100 ||
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virādha sumukhāṣāḍhe yāṃtu sarve pṛthakpṛthak |
ete gaṇā mahābhāgāḥ svāmibhaktā dṛḍhavratāḥ || 1 ||
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kṛtvā māyā bahuvidhā bahurūpā vicakṣaṇāḥ |
animeṣekṣaṇāstasthuḥ kṣoṇīśacchidrakāṃkṣiṇaḥ || 2 ||
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aparujñāta tacchidrā vidrāvitayaśodhanāḥ |
āḥ kimetadahojātaṃ niniṃduḥ svamitīha te || 3 ||
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gaṇā ūcuḥ |
dhigasmānsvāminā nityaṃ kṛtasaṃbhāvanānmuhuḥ |
manuṣyamātramapyatra yairekaṃ na vaśīkṛtam || 4 ||
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bahumānena dānena sauhārdena mahīyasā |
kṛtaprasādāṃstryakṣeṇa dhiṅnastatkāryavaṃcakān || 5 ||
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kā gatirno bhavitrīha svāmikṛtyapramādinām |
aṃdhaṃ tamomaye loke dhruvaṃ vāso bhaviṣyati || 6 ||
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akṛtasvāmikāryāṇāmaho jīvitadhāriṇām |
akṣateṃdriyavṛttīnāṃ durgatiśca pade pade || 7 ||
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labdhasaṃbhāvanānāṃ ca nyakkṛtasvāmikarmaṇām |
bhṛtyānāṃ bhūribhājāṃ ca bhaṃgurāḥ syurmanorathāḥ || 8 ||
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aniṣpāditakāryārthā ye mukhaṃ prekṣayaṃtyaho |
apatrapāḥ puro bhartustairbhūrbhāravatītviyam || 9 ||
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nādrīṇāṃ na samudrāṇāṃ na drumāṇāṃ mahīyasām |
bhūtadhātryāstathā bhāro yathā svāmidruhāṃ mahān || 110 ||
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aho paurāṇikī gāthā smṛtāsmābhiraniṃditā |
tadarthamavalaṃbyeha sthāsyāmaḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ || 11 ||
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anākalitapuṇyānāṃ parikṣīṇadhanāyuṣām |
sarvopāyavihīnānāṃ gatirvārāṇasīpurī || 12 ||
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apuṇyabhārakhinnānāṃ paścāttāpamupeyuṣām |
viṣvagūrdhvagatīnāṃ ca gatirvārāṇasīpurī || 13 ||
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svāmidruhaḥ kṛtaghnāśca ye ca viśraṃbhaghātakāḥ |
teṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti muktvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm || 14 ||
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itthaṃ niścitya gāthārthaṃ pramathā avatasthire |
avijñātasvarūpāśca divodāsena bhūbhujā || 15 ||
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na bubodha sa bhūpālo nitarāṃ buddhimānapi |
vibudhānvividhākāraiḥ sthitānīśaprabhāvataḥ || 16 ||
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citraṃ na citraguptopi vetti vārāṇasīsthitān |
jaṃtūnkā gaṇanānyeṣāṃ martyalokanivāsinām || 17 ||
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avicchinna prabhāvāṇāmaparicchinna tejasām |
kṛtaliṃgapratiṣṭhānāṃ nāṃtaṃ prāpnoti dharmarāṭ || 18 ||
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iti te pramathāḥ sarve ghaṭodbhava mahāmune |
kṛtaliṃgārcanāḥ kāśīṃ nādyāpyujjhaṃti śarmadām || 19 ||
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tārakeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ tārakākhyo gaṇottamaḥ |
tārakajñānadaṃ puṃsāṃ mune'dyāpi samarcayet || 120 ||
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tārakeśvaraliṃgasya kṛtvā bhaktisuniścalām |
sukhena tārakajñānaṃ labhyate tairnarottamaiḥ || 21 ||
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tilaparṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tilaparṇa pratiṣṭhitam |
tilapramāṇamapyatra dṛṣṭvā pāpaṃ na saṃbhavet || 22 ||
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sthūlakarṇeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ paripūjya narottamaḥ |
na durgatimavāpnoti puṇyamāpnoti cottamam || 23 ||
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dṛmicaṃḍeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tathā liṃgaṃ prabhāmayam |
ārādhya tatpratīcyāṃ ca na pāpairabhibhūyate || 24 ||
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prabhāmayeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvānyatrāpi saṃsthitaḥ |
prabhāmayena yānena śivaloke vrajetsudhīḥ || 25 ||
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sukeśeśvaramabhyarcya harikeśavane naraḥ |
ṣāṭkauśikamayaṃ dehaṃ dhārayenna punaḥpunaḥ || 26 ||
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viṃdatīśaṃ narobhyarcya bhīmacaṃḍī samīpataḥ |
tyaktvā pracaṃḍamapyeno mokṣaṃ viṃdati śāśvatam || 27 ||
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chāgaleśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ pitrīśvarasamīpagam |
vilokya paśuvatkopi na pāpaṃ prākṛtaṃ spṛśet || 28 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṇḍe uttarārddhe vārāṇasīvarṇanaṃ gaṇapreṣaṇaṃ nāma tripaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 53 ||
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