Chapter 28

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| sanatkumāra uvāca |
athānyaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi devaṃ trailokyaviśrutam |
caṃdrādityamiti khyātaṃ caṃdrādityārcitaṃ purā || 1 ||
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yastaṃ samarcayeddevaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam |
gaṃdhapupostathā dhūpairnaivedyaivividhaistathā || 2 ||
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caṃdrādityādisālokyaṃ prayāti sarvakāmikam |
vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśairyāvaccaṃdradivākarau || 3 ||
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iti candrādityamāhātmyam |
sanatkumāra uvāca |
karabheśaṃ tato gaccheddevadevaṃ maheśvaram |
yasya darśanamātreṇa kuyonau naiva jāyate || 4 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
karabheśamahaṃ devaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ |
kathaṃ devaḥ samutpannaḥ karabheśetisaṃjñitaḥ || 5 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
purā devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ |
vane'sminkrīḍayāmāsa paramāhlādasaṃyutaḥ || 6 ||
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krīḍanbahutithe kāle śaṃkaraḥ karabho'bhavat |
jñāyate ca sa no devaiḥ śaṃkaraḥ karabhākṛtiḥ || 7 ||
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anveṣayaṃti te devāstato vismayasaṃyutāḥ |
na paśyaṃti yadā tatra taṃ devaṃ śūlapāṇinam || 8 ||
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devaiḥ pṛṣṭastato brahmā kvāsti devo maheśvaraḥ |
dhyātvātha brahmaṇā dṛṣṭo gupto yogaprabhurharaḥ || 9 ||
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devaiḥ sārdhaṃ tato brahmā papraccha gaṇanāyakam |
na dṛṣṭaḥ śaṃkaro'smābhirgataḥ kutra vināyaka || 10 ||
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kathayasva namastubhyaṃ dāsyāmo laḍḍukānvibho |
evamuktastadā hṛṣṭaḥ provāca gaṇanāyakaḥ || 11 ||
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karabho'yaṃ mahā'devo dṛśyate vibudho ttamāḥ |
śrutvā caivaṃ vaco devāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ karabhaṃ yayuḥ || 12 ||
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jñāto'smābhirmahādeva jalpaṃta iti te svayam |
gatvā caiva tataḥ sarva caturdikṣu sthitāḥ svayam || 13 ||
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viciṃtyeti kathaṃ jñātaḥ śaṃkaro vismayaṃ gataḥ |
tyaktvātha kārabhaṃ rūpaṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ || 14 ||
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liṃgamutpādayāmāsa divyaṃ yatkarabhe śvaram |
te dṛṣṭvā'tha surāḥ sarve sāṣṭāṃgapraṇatisthitāḥ || 15 ||
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tataḥprabhṛti vikhyātaḥ śaṃkaraḥ karabheśvaraḥ |
koṭitīrthāduttarasminsthāpayāmāsa vighnapam || 16 ||
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svanāmnā prathitaṃ cakre karabhaṃ cātipūjitam |
snātvā tatra śucirbhūtvā yastamarcayate śivam || 17 ||
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gaṃdhapuṣpaiśca naivedyaiḥ śṛṇu teṣāṃ ca yatphalam |
sarvamedheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadāneṣu yatphalam || 18 ||
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tato'dhikaṃ sa labhate nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
mahākālaṃ tato gacchansaṃpūrṇaṃ phalamāpnuyāt || 19 ||
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tataḥ prasiddho loke'sminnṛddhidaḥ karabheśvaraḥ || 20 ||
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iti karabheśvaramāhātmyam || cha |
sanatkumāra uvāca |
laiḍukaiśca tato devairvighnanāthaḥ samarcitaḥ |
tadāprabhṛti vikhyāto viśveśo laḍḍukapriyaḥ || 21 ||
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yaḥ samarcayate bhaktyā tasya vighno na jāyate |
tasmai dadāti saṃtuṣṭaḥ sarvānkāmānvināyakaḥ || 22 ||
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nirāhāraścaturthyāṃ ca snātvā śiprāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
raktāṃbaradharobhūtvā raktapuṣpairvināyakam || 23 ||
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raktacaṃdanatoyena maṃtraiḥ snapanapūrvakam |
caṃdanenāpi raktena taṃ vilepya prapūjayet || 24 ||
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dhūpaṃ dadyāttathā divyaṃ sugaṃdhaṃ laḍḍukapriye |
naivedye laḍḍukā deyā ājyakhaṃḍapariplutāḥ || 25 ||
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na tasya jāyate vyādhirbhayaṃ vighnaṃ kadācana |
labhate ca sadābhīṣṭaṃ mṛtaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet || 26 ||
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avatīrṇaḥ punarloke jāyate vasudhādhipaḥ |
matimānputravāñchūro nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 27 ||
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iti gaṇeśamā hātmyam |
sanatkumāra uvāca |
kusumeśaṃ suradvāre surāsuranamaskṛtam |
śraddhayā pūjayedyastu śivaloke sa modate || 28 ||
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jayeśvaraṃ tu yaḥ paśyeddevadevaṃ maheśvaram |
jayī syātsarvakāryeṣu śivalokaṃ sa gacchati || 29 ||
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śivadvāre śivaṃ liṃgamarcayenmānavo yadi |
tridivaṃ yāti yānena gāṇapatyaṃ ca viṃdati || 30 ||
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athānyaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi mārkaṃḍeśvaramuttamam |
mārkaṇḍeyo muniryatra taptavānsumahattapaḥ || 31 ||
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dṛṣṭvā taṃ śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet |
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā cirāyurjāyate naraḥ || 32 ||
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śṛṇu vyāsa mahāsthānaṃ yasyāṃ puryāmanuttamam |
yatra tiṣṭhati sā devī brahmāṇī haṃsavāhinī || 33 ||
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bhaktānāṃ pūrayedāśāṃ putravatparipālayet |
yathā mātā tathā devī dṛṣṭā śāṃtiparairapi || 34 ||
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arcitā brahmaṇā sā tu stutā devī surottamaiḥ |
arcayedgaṃdhṛpuṣpaiśca naivedyaiḥ sarvasiddhidām |
api yā brahmaṇaḥ pūrvamabhūdeva susiddhidā || 35 ||
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yaḥ snātvā brahmasarasi paśye dbrahmeśvaraṃ śivam |
bhavabaṃdhavinirmukto brahmaloke sa modate || 36 ||
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athānyāṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yajñavāpīmanuttamām |
yatra vai brahmaṇā pūrvamiṣṭo yajñaḥ sadakṣiṇaḥ || 37 ||
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yajñārthaṃ yatkṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ yajñavāpī ca sā smṛtā |
paśuśca patito yasmāttasmātpaśupatiḥ smṛtaḥ || 38 ||
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tasyāṃ snātvā śucirbhūtvā paśyetpaśupatiṃ tu yaḥ |
uddharetsa pitṝnvyāsa paśuyonigatānapi || 39 ||
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suvarṇamaṇimuktādyairvimānaiḥ sarvakāmagaiḥ |
yāti rudrapuraṃ divyaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ || 40 ||
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rūpakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā surūpo jāyatenaraḥ |
svarge sa devagaṃdharvaiḥ spṛhaṇīyavapurbhavet || 41 ||
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kuṃḍe snātvāpyanaṃge yaḥ śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ |
paśyecca devadeveśamanaṃgenārcitaṃ purā |
kāmaṃ sa labhate'bhīṣṭaṃ mṛto yāti śivālayam || 42 ||
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āṣāḍhe tu sitāṣṭamyāṃ jāgaraṃ yastu kārayet |
kedāre yatphalaṃ proktaṃ tatsamānamavāpnuyāt || 43 ||
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karīkuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā viśvarūpaṃ tu yo'rcayet |
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 44 ||
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ajāgaṃdhe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā brahmeśvaraṃ śivam |
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇātsaṃvyapohati || 45 ||
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cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā cakra svāminamarcayet |
jāyate sa naro vyāsa cakravartī sadā bhuvi || 46 ||
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siddheśvaraṃ yadā paśyetsnātvā suvidhipūrvakam |
kāmikena vimānena rudralokaṃ sa gacchati || 47 ||
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iti yajñavāpīmāhātmyam |
somavatyāṃ naraḥ snātvā yaḥ someśvaramarcayet |
somavannirmalo bhūtvā somaloke sa modate || 48 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
tīrthaṃ somavatīnāma liṃgaṃ someśvaraṃ tathā |
abhūdetatkathaṃ nāma śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 49 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
śṛṇu vyāsa yathotpannaṃ somatīrthaṃ suśobhanam |
someśvaraṃ yathā liṃgametatsatyaṃ vadāmi te || 50 ||
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yo devo bhagavānsomo lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param |
āsīttasya purā vyāsa pitā vipro mahātapāḥ || 51 ||
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avantyāṃ ca mahābhāgo yo'trirnāmā taponidhiḥ |
varṣāṇāṃ trīṇi divyāni sahasrāṇi tapo mahat || 52 ||
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ūrdhvabāhuḥ sa vai tepe brahmadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ |
ūrdhvaṃ gataṃ tato vyāsa brāhmyaṃ tejo mahātmanaḥ || 53 ||
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netrābhyāṃ tena susrāva bhāsayacca diśo daśa |
tejastatsahasā dṛṣṭvā diśo daśoddhataṃ svataḥ || 54 ||
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diśaśca tadyadā vyāsa sarvā dhartuṃ na cāśakan |
asusravattadā digbhyastaddhi tejotiduḥsaham || 55 ||
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lokāṃśca bhāsayatsarvāndharaṇyāṃ vai papāta ha |
somo jātastatastena śītāṃśuśca janapriyaḥ || 56 ||
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vāri somātsamutpannaṃ vyāsa tenaiva tejasā |
praviṣṭā sā nadī śiprāmamṛtenātipūritā || 57 ||
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tataḥ somavatī śiprā vikhyātā sarvasi ddhidā |
somayuktāṃ nadīṃ śiprāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpaṃ vyapohati || 58 ||
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khyātā ca triṣu lokeṣu pāpināṃ puṇyadāyinī |
brahmahā vā surāpo vā steyī vā gurutalpagaḥ || 59 ||
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catvāro'pyatra pāpena mucyaṃte darśanāddhruvam |
amāsomau yadā yuktau somavatyāṃ tadā mune || 60 ||
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snānaṃ dānaṃ ca yo dhīmāñjapaṃ homaṃ samācaret |
akṣayaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ yāvaccaṃdradivākarau || 61 ||
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tilodakapradānena piṃḍadānena kāritā |
akāle kālikī tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca yato matā || 62 ||
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sarvatra durlabhā siprā somaṃ somagrahastathā |
someśvaraḥ somavāraḥ sakārāḥ paṃca durlabhāḥ || 63 ||
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śiprāsomajalaṃ vyāsa koṭitīrthaphalapradam |
amāsomasamāyoge pitṛtīrthasamaṃ smṛtam || 64 ||
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amāyāṃ somavāraścedvyatīpāto yadā bhavet |
śataguṇaṃ gayāyāstu somavatyāṃ prakīrtitam || 65 ||
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evaṃ somavatītīrthaṃ jātamatra mahāmune |
somaṃ dṛṣṭvātha patitaṃ kṣitau brahmā jagadguruḥ || 66 ||
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rathe taṃ sthāpayāmāsa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā |
saṃ tu vedamayo vyāsa dharmākṣaḥ satyasaṃgrahaḥ || 67 ||
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yukto vājisahasreṇa brahmaṇā preritastadā |
dṛṣṭvā somaṃ tato devā rathe taṃ brahmaṇā yutam || 68 ||
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tuṣṭuvuḥ sarvabhāvena hṛṣṭāḥ sarve samāhitāḥ |
tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvaram || 69 ||
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āpyāyamānaṃ trīṃllokānpapāta dharaṇītale |
brahmā tena rathenātha sāgarāṃtāṃ vasundharām || 70 ||
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triḥsaptakṛtvo'tiśayāccakārābdhipradakṣiṇam |
tasya tatpatitaṃ tejo vyāsa somasya śītalam || 71 ||
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tadevauṣadhayo divyā jātā bhuvi sunirmalāḥ |
yābhirdhāryo hyayaṃ lokaḥ prajāścaiva caturvidhāḥ || 72 ||
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tuṣṭo'tha bhagavānsomo jagateḥ sarvadā mune |
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tepe'tiduḥsahaṃ tapaḥ || 73 ||
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tatastasmai dadau vākyaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
bījauṣadhāni viprāṇāṃ somo rājā babhūva ha || 74 ||
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saptaviṃśatiṃ somāya dākṣāyaṇīrmahāvratāḥ |
patnīḥ prācetaso dakṣo dadau nakṣatrasaṃjñakāḥ || 75 ||
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sa tatprāpya mahadrājyaṃ somo bhāryāyutastadā |
samārebhe rājasūyaṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇam || 76 ||
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hotā ca bhagavānatriradhvaryurbhagavānbhṛguḥ |
hiraṇyagarbhaścodgātā brahmā brahmatvameyivān || 77 ||
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sadasyo bhagavānviṣṇuḥ sanakādimukhairyutaḥ |
dadau sa dakṣiṇāṃ somastrīṃllokānsusamāhitaḥ || 78 ||
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sinīvālī kuhūścaiva dhṛtiḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhā vasuḥ |
kīrtirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīstaṃ devyo divyāḥ siṣevire || 79 ||
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prāpyāvabhṛthamavyagraḥ sarvadevarṣipūjitaḥ |
atīva rājate candro daśadhā bhāsayandiśaḥ || 80 ||
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tasya tatprāpya duṣprāpyamaiśvaryamṛṣisaṃskṛtam |
vibabhrāma matirvyāsa vinayādyamapāsya ca || 81 ||
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bṛhaspatestadā bhāryāṃ tārānāmnīṃ yaśasvinīm |
jahāra tamasā sādhvīmavamānyāṃ giraḥsutam || 82 ||
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vācyamānastadā somo devadevarṣibhistathā |
naiva vyasarjayattārāṃ tasmā āṃgirasāya ca || 83 ||
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bṛhaspatestataḥ pakṣaṃ śakro jagrāha kopataḥ |
sa hi śiṣyo mahātejā guroḥ pūrvaṃ vṛhaspateḥ || 84 ||
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tato yuddhamabhūttatra sughoraṃ śakrasomayoḥ |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca vyāsa trāsakaraṃ mahat || 85 ||
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sarve bhītāstato devā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ |
agrato brahmaṇo yuddhaṃ kathitaṃ śakrasomayoḥ || 86 ||
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devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sārddhaṃ devaiḥ pitāmahaḥ |
āgatya yuddhabhūmiṃ so'vārayaddevadānavān || 87 ||
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vāritāste sthitāstatra yuddhaṃ tyaktvā surāsurāḥ |
tārāmādāya sa tadā dadā vāṃgirase dvije || 88 ||
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tāmaṃtaḥprasavāṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha bhāryāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ |
madīyāyāṃ na te yonyāṃ garbho dhāryaḥ kathaṃcana || 89 ||
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utsasarja tatastārā kumāraṃ devarūpiṇam |
iṣīkāstraṃ samāsādya jvalaṃtamiva pāvakam || 90 ||
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sa tejo jātamātro'pi devānāmākṣipacchiśuḥ |
tataḥ saṃśayamāpannā ūcustārāṃ divaukasaḥ || 91 ||
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kasyāyaṃ brūhi subhage somasyātha bṛhaspateḥ |
nācacakṣe tu devānāṃ vedhāḥ papraccha tāṃ punaḥ || 92 ||
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yadatra satyaṃ tadbrūhi tāre kasya suto hyayam |
sā prāṃjaliruvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ varadaṃ vibhum || 93 ||
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somasyeti rahaḥ so'yaṃ kumāro devasaṃnibhaḥ |
somasya taṃ sutaṃ jñātvā pariṣvajya pitāmahaḥ || 94 ||
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budha ityakaronnāma tasya putrasya vai tadā |
paradārāpahārācca yatpāpaṃ tena duḥsaham || 95 ||
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tena somo'bhavatkuṣṭhī kṣayarogayutastadā |
tato rājye svakaṃ putraṃ sthāpayitvā yathāvidhi || 96 ||
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avantīmājagāmāśu somo devadidṛkṣayā |
somāhe somavatyāṃ ca amāyoge jiteṃdriyaḥ || 97 ||
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snātvā saṃpūjayāmāsa somaḥ someśvaraṃ tataḥ |
tasya bhaktyā ca santuṣṭaḥ prāha somaṃ mahe śvaraḥ || 98 ||
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matprasādādvapuḥ kāṃtaṃ tava soma bhaviṣyati |
someśvaramiti khyātaṃ bhuktipradāyakam || 99 ||
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evaṃ vyāsa tu tattīrthaṃ liṃgaṃ caivāti durlabham |
kathitaṃ tathyabhāvena mayā tuṣṭena sāṃpratam || 100 ||
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śrāvaṇaṃ prāpya yo māsaṃ somanāthaṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ |
nityaṃ paśyennaro vyāsa tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu || 101 ||
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saurāṣṭre somanāthasya pūjāyāḥ pratyahaṃ phalam |
labhate sa naro vyāsa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 102 ||
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