Chapter 21

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sanatkumāra uvāca |
athānyatsaṃpravakṣyāmi devaṃ tridaśapūjitam |
hanumatkeśvaraṃnāma bhuktimuktiphalapradam || 1 ||
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śaive sarasi yaḥ snātvā paśyeddhanumatkeśvaram |
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi vāyuloke sa modate || 2 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
hanumatkeśvaro yastu hyuktaḥ pūrvaṃ tvayā'nagha |
kathāṃ kathaya hyetasya vṛttapūrvāṃ sanātanīm || 3 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
trailokyakaṇṭakaḥ pūrvaṃ rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ |
viṣṇunā rāmarūpeṇa laṃkāyāṃ vinipātitaḥ || 4 ||
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ghātayitvā tu taṃ duṣṭaṃ sītāmādāya jānakīm |
vānaraiḥ saha ṛkṣaiśca nagarīṃ svāmupāgataḥ || 5 ||
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tatra rājyamanuprāpya ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ |
kathāvasāne rāmeṇa hyagastyo munisattamaḥ || 6 ||
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papraccha ca dvayorvīryaṃ śaṃbhuvātajayostadā |
tadā dāśarathiṃ prāha aga stirmunisattamaḥ || 7 ||
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anaupamyo yathā devo yuddhe śauryaṃ maheśvaraḥ |
jñeyo vāyusutastadvatsatyametadbravīmi te || 8 ||
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etacchutvātha hanumānyaddhareṇo pamā mama |
kṛtā munivareṇeha pratyakṣaṃ rāghavasya ha || 9 ||
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gamiṣye nagarīṃ laṃkāṃ liṃgamekaṃ prayācitum |
rākṣasendraṃ mahābhāgaṃ vibhīṣaṇamakalma ṣam || 10 ||
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tato gataḥ sa laṃkāyāṃ vibhīṣaṇamuvāca ha |
dehi me tvaṃ mahābhāga liṃgamekaṃ ca śobhanam || 11 ||
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uktaṃ ca rākṣasendreṇa gṛhāṇaitadyathā ruci |
etāni ṣaṭ ca liṃgāni rāvaṇasthāpitāni vai || 12 ||
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trailokyavijayātpūrvaṃ mama bhrātrā mahātmanā |
eteṣu yadabhīṣṭaṃ te liṃgaṃ kathaya suvrata |
tatprayacchāmi te'dyaiva satyametatplavaṃgama || 13 ||
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tato jagrāha hanumāṃlliṃgaṃ mauktikasaṃnibham |
yadetaddṛśyate vīra tatprayaccha mamānagha || 14 ||
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śrutvā hanumato vākyamathovāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ |
dattametanmahāvīra liṃgaṃ yaddhṛtavānasi || 15 ||
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śrūyate hi purāvṛttaṃ liṃgametaddhaneśvaraḥ |
rudra bhaktyā samāyuktastrikālamapyapūjayat || 16 ||
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rāvaṇena yadā baddhastadānīṃ hi dhaneśvaraḥ |
liṃgasyāsya prabhāvena vimuktaḥ samapadyata || 17 ||
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prasādāttasya liṃgasya dhaneśo dhanarakṣakaḥ |
gṛhītvā tanmahāliṃgaṃ svastho jāto'tha vānaraḥ || 18 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
gṛhītvā tu tato liṃgaṃ prasthito vimaleṃ'bare |
saptame divase caiva saṃprāpto'vaṃtikāṃ purīm || 19 ||
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tatra rudrasarastīre sthāpya snānamathākarot |
mahākālasya pūjārthaṃ gamanaṃ pratyaciṃtayat || 20 ||
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uddhartukāmastalligamuddhartuṃ na śaśāka saḥ || 21 ||
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tato vyavasthito devaḥ prāha taṃ vāyunandanam |
asminkṣetre hanūmanmāṃ tvannāmnaiva pratiṣṭhāpaya || 22 ||
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hanumatkeśvaraṃ cātha loke khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati |
śailavacconnataṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ vāyusūnunā || 23 ||
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śanau paśyennaro yastu hanumatkeśvaraṃ śivam |
tasya śatrubhayaṃ nāsti saṃgrāme jayamāpnuyāt || 24 ||
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na ca caurabhayaṃ tasya na dāridryaṃ na durgatiḥ |
tailābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryāddhanumatkeśvare śive || 25 ||
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tasya rogāḥ pralīyante grahapīḍā na jāyate |
ye drakṣyaṃti narāḥ bhaktyā teṣāṃ mokṣo bhaviṣyati || 26 ||
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