Chapter 36

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pārvatyuvāca |
viśvakarmeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yatkāśyāṃ prathitaṃ param |
tasya liṃgasya kathaya devadeva samudbhavam || 1 ||
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devadeva uvāca |
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm |
viśvakarmeśa liṃgasya prādurbhāvaṃ manoharam || 2 ||
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viśvakarmābhavatpūrvaṃ brahmaṇastvaparā tanuḥ |
tvaṣṭuḥ prajāpateḥ putro nipuṇaḥ sarvakarmasu || 3 ||
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kṛtopanayanaḥ sotha bālo gurukule vasan |
cakāra guruśuśrūṣāṃ bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ || 4 ||
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ekadā tadguruḥ prāha prāvṛṭkāle samāgate |
kurūṭajaṃ madarthaṃ tvaṃ yathā prāvṛṇna bādhate || 5 ||
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yatkadācinna bhajyeta na purātanatāṃ vrajet |
gurupatnyātvabhihito re tvāṣṭra kuru kaṃcukam || 6 ||
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mamāṃgayogyaṃ no gāḍhaṃ na ślathaṃ ca prayatnataḥ |
vinaiva vāsasā cāru vālkalaṃ ca sadojjvalam || 7 ||
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guruputreṇa cājñapto mamārthaṃ pāduke kuru |
yadārūḍhasya me pādau na paṃkaḥ saṃspṛśetkvacit || 8 ||
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carmādibaṃdhanirmukte dhāvato me sukhaprade |
yābhyāṃ ca saṃcare vāri sthala bhūmāviva drutam || 9 ||
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gurukanyāpi taṃ prāha tvāṣṭra me śravaṇocite |
bhūṣaṇe svena hastena kuru kāṃcananirmite || 10 ||
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kumārī krīḍanīyāni kautukāni ca dehi me |
daṃtidaṃtamayānyeva svahastaracitāni ca || 11 ||
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gṛhopakaraṇaṃ dravyaṃ musalolūkhalādikam |
tathā ghaṭaya medhāvinyathā truṭyati na kvacit || 12 ||
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akṣālitānyapi yathā nityaṃ pīṭhāni sattama |
ujjvalāni bhavaṃtyeva sthālikāśca tathā kuru || 13 ||
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sūpakarmaṇyapi ca māṃ praśādhi tvaṣṭranaṃdana |
yathāṃgulyo na dahyaṃte pākaḥ syācca yathā śubhaḥ || 14 ||
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ekastaṃbhamayaṃ gehamekadāruvinirmitam |
tathā kuru varaṃ tvāṣṭra yatrecchā tatra dhāraye || 15 ||
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ye sahādhyāyinopyasya vayojyeṣṭhāśca tepi hi |
sarvesarve samīhaṃte karma tatkṛtameva hi || 16 ||
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tatheti sa pratijñāya sarveṣāṃ puratodrije |
madhye vanaṃ prāviśacca mahāciṃtābhayārditaḥ || 17 ||
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kiṃcitkartuṃ na jānāti pratijñātaṃ ca tena vai |
sarveṣāṃ purataḥ sarvaṃ kariṣyāmīti niścitam || 18 ||
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kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi ko me sāhāyyamarpayet |
buddherapi vanasthasya śaraṇaṃ kaṃ vrajāmi ca || 19 ||
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aṃgīkṛtya gurorvākyaṃ gurupatnyā guroḥ śiśoḥ |
yo na niṣpādayenmūḍhaḥ sa bhavennirayī naraḥ || 20 ||
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guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharma eko hi brahmacāriṇām |
aniṣpādya tu tadvākyaṃ kathaṃ me niṣkṛtirbhavet || 21 ||
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gurūṇāṃ vākyakaraṇātsarva eva manorathāḥ |
siddhyaṃtītarathā naiva tasmātkāryaṃ hi tadvacaḥ || 22 ||
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kathaṃ tadvacasaḥ siddhiṃ prāpsyāmyatra vane sthitaḥ |
kaśca metra sahāyī syāddhiṣaṇādurbalasya vai || 23 ||
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āstāṃ gurukathā dūraṃ yo'nyasyāpi laghorapi |
omityuktvā na kurute kāryaṃ sotha vrajatyadhaḥ || 24 ||
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kathametāni karmāṇi kariṣye'jño'sahāyavān |
aṃgīkṛtāni tadbhītyā namaste bhavitavyate || 25 ||
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yāvaditthaṃ ciṃtayati sa tvāṣṭro vanamadhyagaḥ |
tāvattadeva saṃprāptastenaiko'darśi tāpasaḥ || 26 ||
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atha natvā sa taṃ prāha vane dṛṣṭaṃ tapasvinam |
ko bhavānmānasaṃ me yo nitarāṃ sukhayatyaho || 27 ||
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tvaddarśanena me gātraṃ ciṃtāsaṃtāpatāpitam |
himānī gāhaneneva śītalaṃ bhavati kṣaṇam || 28 ||
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kiṃ tvaṃ me prāktanaṃ karma prāptaṃ tāpasarūpadhṛk |
athavā karuṇāvārdhirāvirbhūtaḥ śivo bhavān || 29 ||
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yosi sosi namastubhyamupadeśena yuṃkṣva mām |
gurūktaṃ gurupatnyuktaṃ gurvapatyoktameva ca || 30 ||
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kathaṃ kartumahaṃ śaktaḥ karma tatra diśādbhutam |
kuru me buddhisāhāyyaṃ nirjane baṃdhutāṃ gataḥ || 31 ||
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ityuktastena sa vane tāpaso brahmacāriṇā |
kāruṇyapūrṇahṛdayo yathoktamupadiṣṭavān || 32 ||
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ya āptatvena saṃpṛṣṭo durbuddhiṃ saṃprayacchati |
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 33 ||
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tāpasa uvāca |
brahmacāriñśṛṇu brūyāṃ kimadbhutataraṃ tvidam |
viśveśānugrahādbrahmāpyabhavatsṛṣṭikovidaḥ || 34 ||
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yadi tvaṃ tvāṣṭra sarvajñaṃ kāśyāmārādhayiṣyasi |
tataste viśvakarmeti nāma satyaṃ bhaviṣyati || 35 ||
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viśveśānugrahātkāśyāmabhilāṣā na durlabhāḥ |
sulabho durlabho vai yadyatra mokṣastanutyajām || 36 ||
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sṛṣṭeḥkaraṇa sāmarthyaṃ sṛṣṭirakṣāpravīṇatā |
vidhinā viṣṇunā prāpi viśveśānugrahātparāt || 37 ||
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yāhi vaiśveśvaraṃ sadma padmayā samadhiṣṭhitam |
nirvāṇasaṃjñayā bālā yadīccheḥ svānmanorathān || 38 ||
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sa hi sarvapradaḥ śaṃbhuryācitaścopamanyunā |
payomātraṃ dadau tasmai sarvaṃ kṣīrābdhimeva ca || 39 ||
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ānaṃdakānane śaṃbhoḥ kiṃ kiṃ kena na labhyate |
yatra vāsakṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ dharmarāśiḥ padepade || 40 ||
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svardhunī sparśamātreṇa mahāpātakasaṃtatiḥ |
yatra saṃkṣayati kṣipraṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ ko na saṃśrayet || 41 ||
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na tādṛgdharmasaṃbhāro labhyate kratukoṭibhiḥ |
yādṛgvārāṇasī vīthī saṃcāreṇa padepade || 42 ||
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dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yadyatrāsti manorathaḥ |
tadā vārāṇasīṃ yāhi yāhi trailokyapāvanīm || 43 ||
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sarvakāmaphalaprāptistadaiva syāddhruvaṃ nṛṇām |
yadaiva sarvadaḥ sarvaḥ kāśyāṃ viśveśvaraḥ śritaḥ || 44 ||
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sa tāpasoktamākarṇya tvāṣṭra itthaṃ suhṛṣṭavān |
kāśīsaṃprātyupāyaṃ ca tameva samapṛcchata || 45 ||
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tvāṣṭra uvāca |
tadānaṃdavanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ kvāsti tāpasasattama |
yatra no durlabhaṃ kiṃcitsādhakānāṃ trayīsthitam || 46 ||
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svarge vā martyaloke vā balisadmani vā mune |
kva tadānaṃdagahanaṃ yatrānaṃdapayobdhijā || 47 ||
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yatra viśveśvaro devo viśveṣāṃ karṇadhārakaḥ |
vyācaṣṭe tārakaṃ jñānaṃ yena tanmayatāṃ yayuḥ || 48 ||
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sulabhā yatra niyatamānaṃdavanacāriṇaḥ |
api naiḥśreyasī lakṣmīḥ kimanyelpa manorathāḥ || 49 ||
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kastāṃ māṃ prāpayecchaṃbhoḥ kathaṃ yāmi tathā vada |
sa tapasvīti tadvākyamākarṇya śraddhayānvitam || 50 ||
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prāhāgaccha nayāmi tvāṃ yiyāsurahamapyaho |
durlabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ yadi kāśī na sevitā || 51 ||
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punaḥkva nṛtvaṃ śreyobhūḥ kva kāśīkarmabaṃdhahṛt |
vṛthāgate hi mānuṣye kāśīprāptivivarjanāt || 52 ||
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āyuṣyaṃ ca bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvameva vṛthāgatam |
atohaṃ saphalīkartuṃ mānuṣyaṃ cāticaṃcalam || 53 ||
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yāsyāmi kāśīmāyāhi māyāṃ hitvā tvamapyaho |
iti tena saha tvāṣṭro muninātikṛpālunā || 54 ||
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purīṃ vaiśveśvarīṃ prāpto manaḥsvāsthyamavāpa ca |
tataḥ prāpayya tāṃ kāśīṃ tāpasaḥ kvāpyatarkitam || 55 ||
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jagāma kuṃbhasaṃbhūta sa tvāṣṭropītyamanyata |
avaśyaṃ sa hi viśveśaḥ sarveṣāṃ ciṃtitapradaḥ || 56 ||
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satpathasthiravṛtīnāṃ dūrasthopi samīpagaḥ |
yasminprasannadṛktryakṣastaṃ daviṣṭhamapi dhruvam || 57 ||
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sunediṣṭhaṃ karotyeva svayaṃvartmopadeśayan |
kvāhaṃ tatra vane bālaściṃtākulitamānasaḥ |
kva tāpasaḥ sa yo māṃ vai sūdiśyeha cānayat || 58 ||
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kheloyamasya tryakṣasya yasya bhaktasya kutracit |
na durlabhataraṃ kiṃcidaho kvāhaṃ kva kāśikā || 59 ||
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nārādhito mayā śaṃbhuḥ prāktane janmani kvacit |
śarīritvānumānena jñātametadasaṃśayam || 60 ||
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asmiñjanmani bālatvānna caivārādhitaḥ sphuṭam |
pratyakṣameva me vaitatkutonugrahadhīrmayi || 61 ||
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ājñātaṃ gurubhaktirme hetuḥ śaṃbhuprasādane |
yayehānugṛhītosmi viśveśena kṛpālunā || 62 ||
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athavā kāraṇāpekṣastryakṣastvitaradevavat |
raṃkamapyanugṛhṇāti kevalaṃ kāraṇaṃ kṛpā || 63 ||
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yadi no mayyanukrośaḥ kathaṃ tāpasasaṃgatiḥ |
tadrūpeṇa svayaṃ śaṃbhurānināyeha māṃ dhruvam || 64 ||
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na dānāni na vai yajñā na tapāṃsi vratāni ca || |
śaṃbhoḥ prasādahetūni kāraṇaṃ tatkṛpaiva hi || 65 ||
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dayāmapi tadā kuryādasau viśveśvaraḥ parām |
yadāśrutyuktamadhvānaṃ sadbhiḥ kṣuṇṇaṃ na saṃtyajet || 66 ||
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anukrośaṃ samarthyeti sa tvāṣṭraḥ rśābhavaṃ śuciḥ |
saṃsthāpya liṃgamīśasyārādhayatsvasthamānasaḥ || 67 ||
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ānīya puṣpasaṃbhāramārtavaṃ kānanādbahu |
snātvābhyarcayatīśānaṃ kaṃdamūlaphalāśanaḥ || 68 ||
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itthaṃ tvaṣṭṛtanūjasya liṃgārādhanacetasaḥ |
trihāyanātprasannobhūttasyeśaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ || 69 ||
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tasmādeva hi liṃgācca prādurbhūya bhavo'bravīt |
varaṃ varaya re tvāṣṭra dṛḍhabhaktyānayā tava || 70 ||
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prasannosmi bhṛśaṃ bāla gurvarthakṛtacetasaḥ |
guruṇā gurupatnyā ca gurvapatyadvayena ca || 71 ||
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yathārthitaṃ tathā kartuṃ te sāmarthyaṃ bhaviṣyati || 72 ||
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anyānvarāṃśca te dadyāṃ tvāṣṭra tuṣṭastvadarcayā |
tāñśṛṇuṣva mahābhāga liṃgasyāsyādbhutaśriyaḥ || 73 ||
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tvaṃ suvarṇādidhātūnāṃ dārūṇāṃ dṛṣadāmapi |
maṇīnāmapiratnānāṃ puṣpāṇāmapi vāsasām || 74 ||
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karpūrādisugaṃdhīnāṃ dravyāṇāmapyapāmapi |
kaṃdamūlaphalānāṃ ca dravyāṇāmapi ca tvacām || 75 ||
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sarveṣāṃ vastujātānāṃ kartuṃ karma pravetsyasi |
yasya yasya ruciryatra sadma devālayādiṣu || 76 ||
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tasya tasyeha tuṣṭyai tvaṃ tathā kartuṃ pravetsyasi |
sarvanepathyaracanāḥ sarvāḥ sūpasya saṃskṛtīḥ || 77 ||
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sarvāṇi śilpakāryāṇi tauryatrikamathāpi ca |
sarvaṃ jñāsyasi kartuṃ tvaṃ dvitīya iva padmabhūḥ || 78 ||
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nānāvidhāni yaṃtrāṇi nānāyudhavidhānakam |
jalāśayānāṃ racanāḥ sudurgaracanāstathā || 79 ||
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tādṛkkartuṃ purā vetsi yādṛṅnānyo'dhiyāsyati |
kalājātaṃ hi sarvaṃ tvamavayāsyasi me varāt || 80 ||
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sarveṃdrajālikī vidyā tvadadhīnā bhaviṣyati |
sarvakarmasu kauśalyaṃ sarvabuddhivariṣṭhatām || 81 ||
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sarveṣāṃ ca manovṛttiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi varānmama |
kiṃ bahūktena yatsvarge yatpātāle yadatra ca || 82 ||
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atilokottaraṃ karma tatsarvaṃ vetsyasi svayam || 83 ||
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viśveṣāṃ viśvakarmāṇi viśveṣu bhuvaneṣu ca |
yato jñāsyasi tannāma viśvakarmeti te'nagha || 84 ||
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aparaḥ ko varo deyastava taṃ prārthayāśvaho |
tavādeyaṃ na me kiṃcilliṃgārcanaratasya hi || 85 ||
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anyatrāpi hi yo liṃgaṃ samarcayati sanmatiḥ |
tasyāpi vāṃchitaṃ deyaṃ kiṃpunaryovikāśikam || 86 ||
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yena kāśyāṃ samabhyarci yena kāśyāṃ pratiṣṭhitam |
yena kāśyāṃ stutaṃ liṃgaṃ sa me rūpāya darpaṇaḥ || 87 ||
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tattvaṃ svacchosi mukuro mama netratrayasya hi |
kāśyāṃ liṃgārcanāttvāṣṭra varaṃ varaya suvrata || 88 ||
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kāśyāṃ yo rājadhānyāṃ me hitvā māmanyamarcayet |
sa varākolpadhīrmuṣṭo'lpatuṣṭirmuktivarjitaḥ || 89 ||
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tadānaṃdavanehyatra samarcyohaṃ mumukṣubhiḥ |
druhiṇopeṃdracaṃdreṃdrairihānyo na samarcyate || 90 ||
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yathānaṃdavanaṃ prāpya tvaṃ māmarcitavānasi |
tathānye puṇyakarmāṇo māmabhyarcyaiva māmitāḥ || 91 ||
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anugrāhyo'si nitarāṃ tato varaya durlabham |
śrāṇitaṃ tadavaihi tvaṃ vada mā cirayasva bhoḥ || 92 ||
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viśvakarmovāca |
idaṃ yatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ mayājñenāpi śaṃkara |
talliṃgamanyepyārādhya saṃtu samṛddhibhājanam || 93 ||
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anyacca nātha prārthyosi tacca viśrāṇayiṣyasi |
mayā vinirmāpayitā svaṃ prāsādaṃ kadā bhavān || 94 ||
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devadeva uvāca |
evamastu yaduktaṃ te tava liṃgasamarcakāḥ |
samṛddhibhājanaṃ vai syuḥ syuśca nirvāṇadīkṣitāḥ || 95 ||
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yadā ca rājā bhavitā divodāso vidhervarāt |
tadā me vacanāttāta prāsādaṃ me vidhāsyati || 96 ||
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navīkṛtya punaḥ kāśī nirviṣṭā tena bhūbhujā |
gaṇeśamāyayā rājyātparinirviṇṇacetasā || 97 ||
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viṣṇoḥ sadupadeśācca māmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
nirvāṇalakṣmīḥ prāpteha hitvā rājyaśriyaṃ calām || 98 ||
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viśvakarmanvraja guroḥ śāsanāya yatasva ca |
gurubhaktikṛto yasmānmadbhaktā nātra saṃśayaḥ || 99 ||
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ye guruṃ cāvamanyaṃte tevamānyā mayāpyaho |
tasmādgurūpadiṣṭaṃ hi kuru śiṣyasamīhitam || 100 ||
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tata āgatya me pārśvaṃ yāvannirvāṇameṣyasi |
tāvatsthāsyasi śuddhātmā devānāṃ hitamācaran || 1 ||
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tavātra liṃge satataṃ sthāsyāmyahamabhīṣṭadaḥ |
asya liṃgasya bhaktānāṃ nirvāṇaśrīradūrataḥ || 2 ||
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aṃgāreśādudīcyāṃ ye tvalliṃgasyasamarcakāḥ |
teṣāṃ manorathāvāptirbhaviṣyati padepade || 3 ||
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ityuktvāṃtardadhe devastvāṣṭropi gurumāptavān |
guroḥ samīhitaṃ bhūri vidhāya sa gṛhānyayau || 4 ||
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gṛhepi mātāpitarau saṃtoṣya nijakarmaṇā |
taduktājñāṃ samādhāya punaḥ kāśīṃ samāyayau || 5 ||
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svaliṃgārādhanāsakto nādyāpi tvaṣṭṛnaṃdanaḥ |
kāśīṃ tyajati medhāvī sarvadeva priyaṃ caran || 6 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
pṛṣṭāni yāni rligāni tvayā devi girīṃdraje |
kāśī muktau samarthāni tānyuktāni mayā tava || 7 ||
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liṃgamoṃkārasaṃjñaṃ ca tathā devaṃ triviṣṭapam |
mahādevaḥ kṛttivāsā ratneśaścaṃdrasaṃjñakaḥ || 8 ||
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kedāraścāpi dharmeśastathā vīreśvarābhidhaḥ |
kāmeśaviśvakarmeśau maṇikarṇīśvarastathā || 9 ||
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mamārcyamavimuktākhyaṃ tato devi mamā khyakam |
viśvanātheti viśvasminprathitaṃ viśvasaukhyadam || 110 ||
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avimuktaṃ samāsādya yena viśveśvarorcitaḥ |
na tasyāsti punarjanma kalpakoṭiśateṣvapi || 11 ||
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aṣṭau māsānvihāraḥ syādyatīnāṃ saṃyatātmanām |
ekatra caturomāsānabdaṃ nāvāsa iṣyate || 12 ||
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avimukte praviṣṭānāṃ vihāro naiva yujyate |
mokṣopyasaṃśayaścātra tasmāttyājyā na kāśikā || 13 ||
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ānaṃdakānanaṃ hitvā nānyadgacchettapovanam |
tapoyogaśca mokṣaśca yatotraiva madāśrayāt || 14 ||
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kṛpayā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ kṣetrametanmayā kṛtam |
avaśyameva siddhyaṃti kṣetresminsiddhikāṃkṣiṇaḥ || 25 ||
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atītaṃ vartamānaṃ ca jānato'jñānataḥ kṛtam |
yadenastallayaṃ yāyādānaṃdavanavīkṣaṇāt || 16 ||
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atyugraiśca tapobhiryanmahādānairmahāvrataiḥ |
niyamaiśca yamaiḥ samyaktvayogena mahāmakhaiḥ || 17 ||
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vedāṃtaśāstrābhyasanaiḥ sarvopaniṣadāśrayāt |
ebhirvai yadavāpyeta tatkāśyāṃ helayāpyate || 18 ||
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karmasūtreṇa baddhā vai bhrāmyaṃte tāvadeva hi |
yāvadvaiśveśvare dhāmni mama naiva tanutyajaḥ || 19 ||
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kāśyāṃ svalīlayā devi tiryagyonijuṣāmapi |
dadāmi cāṃte tatsthānaṃ yatra yāṃti na yājñikāḥ || 120 ||
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bhūtagrāmo'khilopyatra muktikṣetre kṛtālayaḥ |
kālena nidhanaṃ yāto yātyeva paramāṃ gatim || 21 ||
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viṣayāsaktacittopi tyaktadharmaratistvapi |
kālenojjhitadeho'tra na saṃsāraṃ punarviśet || 22 ||
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prayāge yatphalaṃ devi māghe copanimajjanāt |
tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ kṣaṇekṣaṇe || 23 ||
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asya kṣetrasya mahimā kopi vācāmagocaraḥ |
uddeśamātramākhyāyi mayā te prītikāmyayā || 24 ||
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caturdaśānāṃ liṃgānāṃ śrutvākhyānāni sattamaḥ |
caturdaśa sulokeṣu pūjāṃ prāpsyatyanuttamām || 125 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍa uttarārdhe viśvakarmeśa prādurbhāvo nāma ṣaḍaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 86 ||
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