Chapter 16

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īśvara uvāca |
īśāneśvarasaṃjñaṃ tu ṣoḍaśaṃ viddhi pārvati |
yasya darśanamātreṇa aiśvaryaṃ jāyate nṛṇām || 1 ||
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tuhuṃḍena purā devi sarve hyupadrutāḥ surāḥ |
ṛṣayaśca mahābhāgā yakṣagandharvaki nnarāḥ || 2 ||
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naṃdanākhyaṃ vanaṃ sarvaṃ tadadhīnamabhūtkila |
airāvaṇaṃ dvipendraṃ ca jitvā dvāri samādadhat || 3 ||
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uccaiḥśravasasaṃjñaṃ tu hṛtavāndānaveśvaraḥ |
devāṃganānāṃ sarvāsāṃ vidhvaṃsaṃ kartumudyataḥ || 4 ||
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svargamārgaḥ khilībhūtastadbhayena hyabhūtsati |
hṛtādhikārā devāśca maṃtraṃ samupacakramuḥ || 5 ||
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tasminkāle ca kālajño nārado'tha mahāmuniḥ |
ājagāma mahātejā bhramamāṇaśca maṃtribhiḥ || 6 ||
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devairnamaskṛtaḥ so'tha pūjitaśca yathāvidhi |
niveditaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ tuhuṇḍasya viceṣṭitam || 7 ||
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papracchuratha te maṃtraṃ nāradaṃ munisattamam |
kathayasva mahābuddhe sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvvataḥ || 8 ||
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īdṛkkāle samāyāte kiṃ karttavyaṃ mahāmune |
nājñātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiṃciddevarṣisattama || 9 ||
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muhūrtaṃ dhyānamālaṃbya kiṃcinmīlya ca locane |
upāyaṃ kathayāmāsa sarvaduḥkhavināśanam || 10 ||
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mahākālavane ramye śīghraṃ gacchaṃtu vihvalāḥ |
indradyumneśvarasyaiva paścādbhāge vyavasthitāḥ |
sevadhvaṃ paramaṃ liṃgamīśāneśvarasaṃjñakam || 11 ||
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purā ceśānakalpe tu īśānena sukhena hi |
muninā śrotriyeṇaiva vedābhyāsaratena vai |
uttamāṃgapadaṃ labdhaṃ śaṃkarasya ca mūrddhani || 12 ||
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tasyārādhanamātreṇa mano'bhīṣṭaṃ hi labhyate || 13 ||
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nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā devā muditamānasāḥ |
jagmuryatra mahalliṃgaṃ stutiṃ sarve'pyakurvata || 14 ||
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īśāneśāna īśāna tatpuruṣa namo'stu te |
namo vāma mahāghora sadyomukha namonamaḥ || 15 ||
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tryakṣa bharga mahādeva umākāṃta namonamaḥ |
namaḥ śiva namo bhīma namaḥ sarva namonamaḥ || 16 ||
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namaḥ śaṃbho namo rudra virūpākṣa namonamaḥ |
tvayā deva prajāḥ sarvāḥ sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ || 17 ||
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sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni jaṃgamāni carāṇi ca |
brahma vedāśca vedyaṃ ca tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ maheśvara || 18 ||
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śiraste gaganaṃ devā netre śaśidivākarau |
niḥśvāsaḥ pavanaścāpi tejo'gniśca tavācyutaḥ || 19 ||
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bāhavaste diśaḥ sarvāḥ kukṣiścaiva mahārṇavaḥ |
urū te parvatā deva caraṇau pṛthivī matā || 20 ||
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iṃdrasomāgnivaruṇā devāsuramahoragāḥ |
prahvāstvāmanutiṣṭhaṃti stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ || 21 ||
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tvayā vyāptāni bhūtāni sarvāṇi bhuvaneśvara |
tvayi tuṣṭe jagattuṣṭaṃ tvayi kruddhe mahadbhayam || 22 ||
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bhayānāmapanetāsi tvamekaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ |
asurāṇāṃ samarthānāṃ vināśaśca tvayā kṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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na ca vikramaṇairdeva nirvāṇamagamatparam |
tvaṃ hi karttā vikarttā ca bhūtānāmiha sarvaśaḥ || 24 ||
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ārādhayitvā sarve te namasyaṃti ca sarvaśaḥ |
etasminnaṃtare devi liṃgamadhyātsamutthitā || 25 ||
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dhūmāvṛtā mahā jvālā yayā dagdhaḥ sa dānavaḥ |
tuhuṇḍo muṃḍaputrastu sasainyaparivāritaḥ || 26 ||
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svādhikārāṃśca saṃprāpurliṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ |
suraiścākhyā samādiṣṭā liṃgasyāsyaiva harṣitaḥ || 27 ||
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aiśvaryaśīlamasyāstītyasmākaṃ ca viniścitam |
īśāna iti vikhyātastrailokye ca bhaviṣyati || 28 ||
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īśāneśvarasaṃjñaṃ tu ye samārādhayaṃti ca |
kīrtirlakṣmīrdhruvā teṣāṃ siddhiḥ prītirbhaviṣyati || 29 ||
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pūjyamānaḥ sadā devairgaṃdharvāpsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ |
svargalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti vimānairujjvalairmudā || 30 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāḥ striyaḥ kumārikāḥ |
yathābhilaṣitānkāmānāpnuvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 31 ||
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yaḥ karoti naraḥ samyagdarśanaṃ niyamasthitaḥ |
na kutra tasya hāniḥ syādyāvajanmaśataṃ bhavet || 32 ||
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sarvadā sarvakāryeṣu te samarthā yaśasvini |
īśāneśvarasaṃjñaṃ tu ye paśyaṃti dinedine || 33 ||
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evaṃ te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ |
īśāneśvaradevasya śrūyatāmapsareśvaraḥ || 34 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmya īśāneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 16 ||
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