Chapter 15

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śrīmahādeva uvāca |
iṃdradyumneśvaraṃ viddhi śivaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ priye |
yasya darśanamātreṇa yaśaḥ kīrtiśca jāyate || 1 ||
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āsīdrājā purā devi iṃdradyumno mahīpatiḥ |
yeneyaṃ rakṣitā pṛthvī pitā putramivaurasam || 2 ||
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dṛṣṭvā so'tha bahūnyajñānbhūmau pracuradakṣiṇān |
gataḥ svargaṃ mahātmā vai sarvakāmaphalapradam || 3 ||
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sa cātha pratyutaḥ svargānnaṣṭakīrtiryadā kṣitau |
papāta bhūmau sahasā gatapuṇyo narā dhipaḥ |
patitaściṃtayāmāsa bhraśaṃ śokapariplutaḥ || 4 ||
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kṛtasya karmaṇastvatra bhujyate yatphalaṃ divi |
na cānyatkriyate tadyadbhūtalasthena bhujyate || 5 ||
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so'tra doṣo matastasyāmatastatpatanaṃ ca yat |
patanāttu mahadduḥkhaṃ paritāpaśca jāyate || 6 ||
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svargabhājo bhavaṃtīha yāvatkīrtiśca jāyate |
divaṃ spṛśati bhūmiṃ ca śabdaḥ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ |
yāvatsa śabdo bhavati tāvatpuruṣa ucyate || 7 ||
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akīrtiḥ kīrttyate yasya loke bhūtasya kasyacit |
sa patatyadhamāṃllokānyāvacchabdo'sya kīrttitaḥ || 8 ||
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tasmātkalyāṇavṛttaḥ syādanyathā patanaṃ bhuvi |
vidhāya vṛttaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ kīrtimevābhivarddhayet || 9 ||
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atyaṃtaṃ ślāghayāmyatra kīrttiṃ svargakarāṃ parām |
devairapi hi sā kīrtiḥ kāṃkṣyate paramā yataḥ || 10 ||
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yāvatkīrttirmanuṣyāṇāṃ varttate bhuvi cākṣayā |
tejaḥ puṃjena yuktāni śarīrāṇi bhavaṃti hi || 11 ||
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na svedo na ca daurgaṃdhyaṃ purīṣaṃ mūtrameva vā |
teṣāṃ nirvacanaṃ rājā vidhātā ca triviṣṭape |
uhyaṃte te vimānaiśca nānābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || 12 ||
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evaṃ vimṛśya nṛpatiriṃdradyumno varānane |
svargakāmo jagāmātha himavaṃtaṃ nagottamam || 13 ||
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yatra tepe tapastīvraṃ mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ |
dṛṣṭvā praṇamya śirasā sāṣṭāṃgaṃ ca punaḥpunaḥ |
papraccha vinayopetastamṛṣiṃ śaṃsitavratam || 14 ||
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viditāstava dharmajña devadānavarākṣasāḥ |
rājavaṃśāśca vividhā ṛṣivaṃśāśca śāśvatāḥ || 15 ||
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na te'styaviditaṃ kiñcidasmiṃlloke dvijottama |
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ tattvena kathyatāṃ tvayā |
kathaṃ kīrttirdhruvā loke jāyate kiṃ tapaḥphalāt || 16 ||
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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
haṃta te kathayiṣyāmi yataḥ kīrtiṃ samīhase |
yāvatkīrtirbhūmisaṃsthā tāvadvasa suraiḥ saha |
tadgaccha śīghraṃ dharmajña mahākālavanottamam || 17 ||
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kalkaleśvaradevasya samīpe vāma bhāgataḥ |
liṃgaṃ pāpaharaṃ tatra samārādhaya yatnataḥ || 18 ||
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tasyābhyarcanamātreṇa lapsyase kīrtimuttamām |
svargaṃ sanātanaṃ caiva yatsurairapi durllabham || 19 ||
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gatvā sa pūjayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ kīrtitaṃ tvidam |
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ praśasya ca mudānvitāḥ || 20 ||
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antarikṣe vimānasthā procurvācaṃ narādhipam |
tvatkīrttirnirmalā jātā liṃgasyāsya samarcanāt || 21 ||
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adyaprabhṛti rājeṃdra liṃgaṃ tvannāma nāmataḥ |
khyātiṃ yāsyati loke'sminniṃdradyumneti niścitam || 22 ||
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indradyumneśvaraṃ devaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti ye narāḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmuktā vimānaiḥ sarvakāmikaiḥ || 23 ||
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svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te hṛṣṭāḥ stūyamānāḥ surarṣibhiḥ |
kiṃcicca durlabhaṃ loke teṣāṃ naiva bhaviṣyati || 24 ||
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darśanaṃ ye kariṣyaṃti lobhādvāpi prasaṃgataḥ |
teṣāṃ kīrtiryaśaḥ puṇyaṃ dharmaścaivaṃ bhaviṣyati || 25 ||
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na svargātpatanaṃ teṣāṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturddaśa |
ye ca pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
te kulaṃ tārayiṣyaṃti mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ sadā || 26 ||
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ityuktā tridaśāḥ sarve liṃgaṃ saṃpūjya yatnataḥ |
iṃdradyumnena sahitāḥ punaḥ svargaṃ gatāḥ priye || 27 ||
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eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ |
indradyumneśadevasya śrūyatāmaparaḥ priye || 28 ||
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