Chapter 55

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śrīīśvara uvāca |
paṃcādhikaṃ vijānīhi paṃcāśattamamīśvaram |
siṃheśvaraṃ varārohe mahābhayavināśanama || 1 ||
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sadyaḥkalpe tvayā devi madarthaṃ hi mahattapaḥ |
kṛtaṃ nīlotpalāpāṃgi bhīṣaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam |
tapasā tava raudreṇa dagdhaṃ hi bhuvanatrayam || 2 ||
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duṣkaraṃ hi tapo jñātvā bhagavāṃ ścaturānanaḥ |
āgatyovāca deveśo devi tvāṃ śubhayā girā || 3 ||
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kiṃ putri prāptukāmāsi kimalabhyaṃ dadāmi te |
viramyatāmatikleśātta paso'smānmamājñayā || 4 ||
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tvayā ca vacanaṃ śrutvā gurorgauravagarbhitam |
priyaṃ tathyaṃ hitaṃ tatra varṇanirṇītavāṃchitam || 5 ||
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pratyuktaḥ sa tadā brahmā praṇāmanamrayā tvayā |
tapasā duṣkareṇāptaḥ patitve śaṃkaro mayā || 6 ||
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sa māṃ śyāmalavarṇeti bahuśaḥ proktavānbhavaḥ |
śyāmāhaṃ kāṃcanākārā vallabhena ca saṃyutā |
bharttā bhūtapatirvaśyaḥ kathaṃ syāditi me tapaḥ || 7 ||
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tvadīyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā varārho varadaḥ prabhuḥ |
evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyāha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 8 ||
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kiyatā caiva kālena vāṃchāsiddhirbhaviṣyati |
gaurīnāmnā tu te mūrttiḥ kāṃtyā dīptā bhaviṣyati || 9 ||
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etacchrutvā tvayā vākyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ |
kruddhā tvaṃ girije'tyarthaṃ kāle'bhīṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati || 10 ||
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krodhātsiṃhaḥ samudbhūto vadanātte bhayāvahaḥ |
vivṛtāsyo mahāraudro jaṭājaṭilakaṃdharaḥ || 11 ||
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proddhūtavalgulāṃgūlo daṃṣṭrotkaṭamukhotkaṭaḥ |
tasyāsye patituṃ devi vyavasāyaḥ kṛtastvayā || 12 ||
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so'pi siṃhaḥ kṣudhāviṣṭastvāṃ bhakṣayitumudyataḥ |
na caivāsau samartho'bhūdvīkṣituṃ vā tapodhikām || 13 ||
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sa dahyamānaḥ sahasā tejasā tapasā tava |
parāṅmukhaḥ samabhavatprāṇatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ || 14 ||
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tatastavābhūtkaruṇā siṃhaṃ prati yatavrate |
kṣudhitasya tvayā tasya kṣīraṃ hyamṛtasannibham || 15 ||
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utpāditaṃ stanābhyāṃ tu tasya siṃhasya kāraṇāta |
tathāpi dahyate'tyarthaṃ duṣṭabhāvaṃ yato gataḥ || 16 ||
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tenoktaṃ dahyamānena mātardagdhosmi tejasā |
tvadīyena durācāro duṣṭohaṃ pāpavigrahaḥ || 17 ||
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tvāmattukāmo duṣṭātmā tvayāhaṃ janito'dhunā |
tasmādyāsyāmi narakaṃ mātṛhā gurughātakaḥ || 8 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā duḥkhitasya sutasya tu |
mamatvena viśālākṣi siṃhasya kathitaṃ tvayā || 19 ||
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adhamaṃ vidyate kṣetraṃ mahākālavanaṃ suta |
tatra gaccha mamāde śācchīghraṃ devavinimitam || 20 ||
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kaṃṭeśvarasya devasya samīpe liṃgamuttamam |
siṃhanādātsamutpannaṃ śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ || 21 ||
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aṃdhakāsurayuddhe vai pīḍite vāsave purā |
tvadīyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā siṃhastvaritavikramaḥ || 22 ||
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gato mahākālavanaṃ dṛṣṭo devo'tha tatkṣaṇāt |
divyadeho mṛgāristu jāto liṃgasya darśanāt || 23 ||
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mamatvāttasya liṃgasya tvaṃ gatā tatra pārvati |
siṃhikārūpamāsthāya śīghraṃ siṃhastvayā priye || 24 ||
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dṛṣṭo divyaśarīrastu liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ |
tava tuṣṭiḥ parā jātā dṛṣṭvā siṃhaṃ mahādyutim || 25 ||
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kṛtaṃ nāma tvayā devi liṃgasyāsya varānane |
divyadehastu sihoyaṃ jāto liṃgasya darśanāt || 26 ||
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ataḥ siṃheśvaro devo bhuvi khyāto bhaviṣyati |
etasminnaṃtare brahmā saṃprāptastatra suvrate |
uvāca tvāṃ varārohe devaiḥ parivṛtastadā || 27 ||
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ya eṣa siṃhaḥ saṃbhūtastava krodhātsuto yataḥ |
tato'sau vāhano devi bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 28 ||
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liṃgaṃ siṃheśvaraṃ bhaktyā yaḥ paśyati samāhitaḥ |
tasya vāso'kṣayo divyo bhaviṣyati triviṣṭape || 29 ||
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kīrtanānmucyate pāpāddṛṣṭvā bhadrāṇi paśyati |
sparśanādasya liṃgasya punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam || 30 ||
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manasā ciṃtitānkāmāṃstāṃśca prāpnoti puṣkalān |
tadaiva puruṣo mukto janmaduḥkhajarādibhiḥ || 31 ||
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yadā paśyati siṃheśaṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakam |
vyālavyāghrādayaścaurāstathā sāhasikāśca ye || 32 ||
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tebhyo bhayaṃ na bhavati śrīsiṃheśvaradarśanāt |
yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva dānādīnāṃ ca yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ jāyate samyagdṛṣṭvā siṃheśvaraṃ śivam || 33 ||
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madīyaṃ lokamāpnoti surāsuranamaskṛtam |
yaḥ paśyati prayatnena devaṃ siṃheśvaraṃ tadā || 34 ||
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ityuktvāsau jagāmātha brahmā loke svakaṃ priye |
yadvapustava pūrvaṃ syātkālakāṃtikalaṃkitam |
prabhāvāttapasastasya gauratvaṃ prāptamadbhutam || 35 ||
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eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ |
siṃheśvarasya devasya revaṃteśamataḥ śṛṇu || 36 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ paṃcama āvaṃtyakhaṃḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye siṃheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 55 ||
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