Chapter 2

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| sanatkumāra uvāca |
purā tvekārṇave prāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame |
nāgnirna vāyurādityo na bhūmirna diśo nabhaḥ || 1 ||
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na nakṣatrāṇi na jyotirna dyaurneṃdurgrahā stathā |
na devāsuragaṃdharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ || 2 ||
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sarāṃsi naiva girayo nāpagā nābdhayastathā |
sarvamevatamobhūtaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana || 3 ||
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tadaiko hi mahākālo lokānugrahakāraṇāt |
tasthau sthānānyaśeṣāṇi kāṣṭhāsvālokayanprabhuḥ || 4 ||
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sṛṣṭyarthaṃ sa mahākālaḥ kare kāmaṃ pratiṣṭhitam |
dakṣiṇasya tu tarjanyāṃ sa mamaṃthāviśoṣitam || 5 ||
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kalalaṃ budbudaṃ bhūtvā tavivegavivarddhitam |
jajñe tadaṃḍaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ suṣṭhu vṛttaṃ hiraṇmayam || 6 ||
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kareṇa tāḍitaṃ taddhi babhūva dvidalaṃ mahat |
adhaḥkhaṃḍaṃ smṛtā bhūmirūrdhvaṃ dyaustārakānvitam || 7 ||
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madhye'bhavattadā brahmā paṃcavaktraścaturbhujaḥ |
maheśvaro'numānyaiva tamayojadanaṃtaram || 8 ||
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kuru sṛṣṭiṃ mahābāho vicitrāṃ madanugrahāt |
ityuktvāṃtarhitaḥ kvāpi devo brahmā na jagmivān || 9 ||
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preryamāṇo'pi vai sraṣṭuṃ brahmā devamaciṃtayat |
brahmaṇā dhyāyamānaśca jñānārthaṃ bhagavānbhavaḥ || 10 ||
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brahmaṇastapasā dṛṣṭaḥ prādādvedaṃ ṣaḍaṃgakam |
labdhe vede'pi na cirātsaṣṭiṃ kartuṃ śaśāka saḥ || 11 ||
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tapasā'tiṣṭhadā bhūyaḥ samārādhayituṃ bhavam |
nāpaśyatsa yadā devaṃ tadā tuṣṭāva bhāvitaḥ || 12 ||
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brahmovāca |
namaḥ śivāyāmalasattvacetase guṇatrayātītavisāritejase |
ṣaḍaṃgavedasya mamāpi vedhase parasvarūpānubhavāya cakṣuṣe || 13 ||
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namo' stu te sṛṣṭividhau rajojuṣe jagatsthitau sattvamadhiṣṭhitāya te |
 vināśahetau tamasā mahīyase śivāya nirvāṇasukhapradāyine || 14 ||
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aśeṣabhūtaprakṛteḥ parā ya vai parātmarūpāya namaḥ śivāya vai |
nṛbuddhyahaṃkāramanovidhāyine bhartre ca ṣaḍviṃśakarūpakāya vai || 15 ||
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bhūtoyavahnyambaravāyucaṃdrasūryātmarūpābhiridaṃ tanūbhiḥ |
vyāptaṃ jagadyasya namo'stu tasmai bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyamatha vartamānam || 16 ||
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yānīha tejāṃsi jagaṃti yāni bhūtāni bhavyānyatha kāraṇāni |
bhavaṃti sṛṣṭau vilayaṃ vināśe vrajaṃti yasyātmani taṃ namāmi || 17 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
evaṃ saṃstuvato vyāsa brahmaṇo bhagavānparaḥ |
antarhita uvācedaṃ brahmansaṃyācyatāṃ varaḥ || 18 ||
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sa vavre manasā putraṃ bhavaṃ gauravakāraṇāt |
vijñāyāṃtargataṃ tasya parameśa uvāca tam || 19 ||
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yasmānmāṃ manasā putraṃ caturmukha samīhase |
kasmiṃścitkāraṇe tasmādahaṃ chetsyāmi te śiraḥ || 20 ||
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ayācyaṃ yācitaṃ yasmānmamāṃśo nīlalohitaḥ |
rudro bhaviṣyati sutaḥ sa ca te hiṃsyati prabhām || 21 ||
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anyadyasmātsmṛto bhaktyā tvayāhaṃ pitṛbhāvataḥ |
parabrahmasvarūpeṇa jijñāsā mama yā kṛtā || 22 ||
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tasmādbrahmeti loke'tra nāma khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati |
pitāmahatvaṃ tenāpi pitāmahastato hyasi || 23 ||
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labdhvā śāpavarāvevaṃ putrasṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ |
svatejojanitaṃ vahniṃ juhvataḥ svedamāvahat || 24 ||
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samidyuktena hastena lalāṭaṃ mārjato'bhavat |
svinnabhraṣṭastato raktabiṃdureko vibhāvasau || 25 ||
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sa nīlalohito'bhūdvai sa ca rudro bhavājñayā |
tadanantaramāsādya uttatāra sutoṃ'tikāt || 26 ||
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paṃcavaktro daśabhujaḥ śūlacāpāsiśaktimān |
tripaṃca nayano raudro vyālayajñopavītakaḥ || 27 ||
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senduḥ kapardaṃ bibhrāṇaḥ siṃhacarmāṃbaraṃdharaḥ |
jātamevaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā tu brahmā nāmākarottadā || 28 ||
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nīlalohitanāmeti bhava rudra pinākadhṛk |
tataḥ pravavṛte sṛṣṭiḥ sraṣṭurlokapitāmahāt || 29 ||
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saptādau mānasāñjajñe sanakādīṃstato'parān |
marīci dakṣaprabhṛtīnmanvādīṃśca prajāsṛjaḥ || 30 ||
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aṣṭabhedānsurānkṛtvā tiryagyoniṃ ca paṃcadhā |
manuṣyānekabhedāṃśca sṛṣṭimevaṃ sasarja ha || 31 ||
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sṛṣṭiḥ surādikā jātā kṛtvā brahmāṇamapyadhaḥ |
praṇamyātha siṣevuste kevalaṃ nīlalohitam || 32 ||
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tato brahmā'vadadrudramapūjyo hi tvayā kṛtaḥ |
svatejasā bhavānpūjyo yato yāhi himālayam || 33 ||
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taṃ nīlalohitaḥ proce bhavatā nārcito hyaham |
tato jagāma rudro'sau sa yatra bhagavānbhavaḥ || 34 ||
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tato brahmā'bhavanmūḍho rajasā copabṛṃhitaḥ |
tatāpa tejasā sṛṣṭiṃ manyamāno mayā kṛtām || 35 ||
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mattulyo nāsti vai devo yena sṛṣṭiḥ pravarddhitā |
sadevāsuragandharvā paśu pakṣimṛgākulā || 36 ||
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evaṃ mūḍhaḥ sa paṃcāsyo viraṃcyo'bhavaddarpitaḥ |
prāgvaktraṃ susvaraṃ tasya sāmavedapravartakam || 37 ||
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dvitīyaṃ vadanaṃ tasya ṛgve dasya pravartakam |
yajurvedadharaṃ cānyadatharvākhyaṃ caturthakam || 38 ||
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sāṃgopāṃgetihāsāṃśca sarahasyānsasaṃgrahān |
vedānadhīte vaktreṇa paṃcamenopacakṣuṣā || 39 ||
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tasyā'surāḥ surāḥ sarve vaktrasyādbhutatejasaḥ |
tejasā na prakāśaṃte dīpaḥ sūryodaye yathā || 40 ||
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saputrā api sodvegā babhūvurnaṣṭa cetasaḥ |
nābhigantuṃ na ca draṣṭuṃ ciraṃ tejo'pasarpitum || 41 ||
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abhibhūtamivātmānaṃ manyamānā avidviṣaḥ |
sarve te mantrayāmāsurdevā vai hitamā tmanaḥ || 42 ||
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gacchāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ nistejā brahmatejasā |
kiṃ tu tasya na jānīmaḥ sthānaṃ yatra vyavasthitaḥ || 43 ||
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taṃ bhīmamatra dakṣyāmo bhaktyā nānyena kenacit |
evaṃ saṃmantrya te devāḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāstadā |
cakruḥ stotraṃ maheśasya parayā svarasaṃpadā || 44 ||
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devā ūcuḥ || |
namaste devadeveśa maheśvara namonamaḥ || 45 ||
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na vidmaḥ paramaṃ mūḍhā mahimānaṃ tavātulam |
yadyogena paraṃ brahma bhūtānāṃ tvaṃ sanātanaḥ || 46 ||
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pratiṣṭhā sarvabhūtānāṃ hetuḥ sarvasya sarjane |
bibharṣi caiva netrasthānsomasūryavibhāvasūn || 47 ||
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nāmasaṃkīrtanādeva mucyante jaṃtavo'śubhāt |
pṛthivyabagnicandrārkavyomavāyūpalakṣaṇāḥ || 48 ||
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mūrtayaste mahādeva vyāptamābhiraśeṣataḥ |
rajaḥsattvatamobhāvairbhrāmyamāṇaṃ tvayā jagat || 49 ||
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nāvabudhyati sarveśa sarvamūrtidharo yataḥ |
brahmādīnāṃ sureśānāṃ saṃmohanavimohanam |
tvaṃ karoṣi yugāvartakāle kāle ca duḥsaham || 50 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā devānāmanukaṃpayā |
prasannavadano bhūtvā devaiścāpi namaskṛtaḥ || 51 ||
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vāsayanmohanāmnā tu saha devairmaheśvaraḥ || 52 ||
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evaṃ saṃstūyamāno'sau devarṣipitṛmānavaiḥ |
antarhita uvācedaṃ devā brūta yathepsitam || 53 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ sthāṇo prārthayāma sadā tava |
tvayā kāruṇyato'smākaṃ varaścāpi pradīyatām || 54 ||
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yadasmākaṃ mahadvīryaṃ tejaścaiva parākramam |
tatsarvaṃ brahmaṇā grastaṃ paṃcamāsyasya tejasā || 55 ||
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vineśuḥ sarvatejāṃsi tvatprasādātpunaḥ prabho |
jāyate tadyathāpūrvaṃ tathā kuru maheśvara || 56 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
pratyakṣametya vai paścāccalitaḥ śarva eva hi |
jagāma tatra yatrāsau rajo'haṃkāramūrttimān |
devāḥ stuvaṃto deveśaṃ parivārya upāviśan || 57 ||
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brahmā tamāgataṃ devaṃ nājānāttamasā vṛtaḥ |
sūryakoṭisahasrāṇāṃ tejasā raṃjayañjagat || 58 ||
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tadā'dṛśyata viśvātmā viśvasṛgviśvabhāva naḥ |
sa pitāmahamāsīnaṃ sakale devamaṇḍale || 59 ||
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tejasābhibhavanrudrastena matto'grataḥ sthitaḥ |
rudratejobhibhūtaṃ ca brahmavaktraṃ na rājate || 60 ||
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rātrau prakāśakiraṇaścaṃdraḥ sūryodaye yathā |
sagarvothātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā rudradevaṃ sanātanam || 61 ||
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avandata kareṇaiva prāha vai sasmitaṃ vacaḥ |
pratyuvāca virūpākṣo brahmāṇaṃ taṃ hasanniva || 62 ||
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yato na veda paramaṃ devaṃ tattejasāvṛtaḥ |
tato'ṭṭahāsaṃ bhagavānmumoca śaśiśekharaḥ || 63 ||
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paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vācamuktavān |
tenādṛhāsaśabdena mohayitvā pitāmaham || 64 ||
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tejorāśiśaśāṃkābhaḥ śaśāṃkārkāgnilocanaḥ |
vāmāṃguṣṭhanakhāgreṇa brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ || 65 ||
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cakarta kadalīgarbhaṃ naraḥ kararuhairiva |
chidyamānaṃ ca tadvaktraṃ bubudhe na pitāmahaḥ || 66 ||
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rudrasya tejasā tasmānmo hito na natiṃ gataḥ |
chinnaṃ tasya śiraḥ paścādrudrahaste sthitaṃ tadā || 67 ||
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apaśyaddaivataiḥ sārdhaṃ raudramatibhayājjvalat |
maheśvarakarāṃtasthanakhai rvaktraṃ virājate || 68 ||
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grahamaṇḍalamadhyastho dvitīya iva candramāḥ |
utkṣipya tatkapālena nanarta śaśiśekharaḥ || 69 ||
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śikharasthena sūryeṇa kailāsa iva parvataḥ |
chinne vaktre tato devā hṛṣṭapuṣṭā vṛṣadhvajam |
tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotrairdevadevaṃ kapālinam || 70 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
namaḥ kapāline nityaṃ mahākālāya śaṃkhine || 71 ||
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aiśvaryajñānayuktāya sarvabhogapradāyine |
namo darpavināśāya sarvadevamayāya ca || 72 ||
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kālasaṃhārakartā tvaṃ mahākālastato hyasi |
bhaktānāṃ duḥkhaśamano duḥkhāṃtastena rocase || 73 ||
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śaṃkaropyāśu bhaktānāṃ tena tvaṃ śaṃkaraḥ smṛtaḥ |
chittvā brahmaśiro yasmātkapālaṃ ca bibharṣi ca || 74 ||
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tena deva kapālī tvaṃ stuto hyasi prasīda naḥ |
evaṃ stutaḥ prasannātmā devānutthāpya śaṃkaraḥ || 75 ||
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kṛpānidhiḥ sa bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtaradhīyata |
śaśiśakalamayūkhairbhāsita yatkapardaṃ dravati gaganagaṃgātoyavīcīviceyam |
sitavidhṛtakapālo mālayā rudrapārśve sa jayati jitavedhā ūrjitaḥ prājyatejāḥ || 76 ||
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