Chapter 67

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īśvara uvāca |
saptaṣaṣṭikasaṃkhyākaṃ kedāreśvarasaṃjñakam |
devaṃ śṛṇu varārohe darśanātpāpanāśanam || 1 ||
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sṛṣṭikāle purā devi devā vyāptā himena hi |
śītārttā vihvalāḥ sarve brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 2 ||
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himādriṇārditāḥ sarve vayaṃ deva jagatpate |
trāhi bhītāṃścatuvaktra pitāmaha namo'stu te || 3 ||
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devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā proktaṃ vai brahmaṇā priye |
pīḍitā himaśailena śaṃkaraśvaśureṇa ca || 4 ||
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nāhaṃ yātuṃ samartho'smi satyametanmayoditam |
mahādeva mṛte devā gatiranyā na vidyate || 5 ||
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sa eva śaraṇaṃ devaḥ sarveṣāṃ no bhaviṣyati |
tasyājñayā mayā sarve parvatā racitāḥ purā || 6 ||
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kṛtā buddhirvicitrā ca himādriśca mayā kṛtaḥ |
asevyaḥ sarvajaṃtūnāmadhṛṣyo durgamo giriḥ || 7 ||
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himācalasya tasyaiva śāstā devo maheśvaraḥ |
tasmādyāsyāmahe devā kailāsaṃ parvatottamam || 8 ||
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yatra tiṣṭhati viśvātmā devadevo maheśvaraḥ |
evamuktvā gato brahmā devaiḥ sārddhaṃ mamāṃtikam |
dṛṣṭohaṃ pūjitastaistu stuto'haṃ vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ || 9 ||
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mayā saṃmānitā devāścatuvaktraḥ prapūjitaḥ |
pūjayitvā mayā pṛṣṭo brahmā gamanakāraṇam || 10 ||
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kiṃ kāryaṃ tridaśaiḥ sārddhamāgato'si pitāmaha |
kathitaṃ brahmaṇā sarvaṃ śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mayā priye || 11 ||
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himācalaṃ samāhūya maryādā ca kṛtā mayā |
śailānāṃ rājarājatve himādriśca pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 12 ||
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devānāṃ viṣayāścaiva gaṃdharvāṇāṃ tathaiva ca |
yakṣāṇāmatha nāgānāṃ kiṃnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca || 13 ||
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vidyādharāṇāṃ krīḍārthaṃ pṛthakpṛthaṅniveśitāḥ |
rūpato bhāti śaileṃdraḥ śuddhasphaṭikasaṃnibhaḥ || 14 ||
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jāhnavīnirjharoṣṇīṣaḥ śarvāṇījanakastathā || 15 ||
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sarvadevamayo divyaḥ sarvatīrthamayaḥ kṛtaḥ |
sarvāśramanivāsaśca sarvāmaraniṣevitaḥ || 16 ||
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evaṃ saṃsthāpya śaileṃdraṃ liṃgamūrttirahaṃ sthitaḥ |
vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu kedāreśvaranāmataḥ || 17 ||
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udakaṃ nirmitaṃ tatra maṃtrapūrṇaṃ mayā priye |
māhātmyaṃ vividhaṃ proktaṃ liṃgasya ca jalasya ca || 18 ||
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yotrāgatya naro bhaktyā samyaṅmāṃ pūjayiṣyati |
jalaṃ yo'traiva gṛhṇāti vidhānena varānane |
tasyodare bhaviṣyāmi liṃgarūpī na saṃśayaḥ || 19 ||
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ityukte vacane devi sadevāsurapannagāḥ |
yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācāśca bhūtavaitālakiṃnarāḥ || 20 ||
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vidyādharagaṇāścaiva mama darśanalālasāḥ |
samāyātā varārohe pītvā tatra jalaṃ śubham || 21 ||
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dṛṣṭo'haṃ vidhinā taistu liṃgamūrttigataḥ priye |
mama tulyāśca te jātāstasminnadrivare sthitāḥ |
janalokagataiḥ siddhaiḥ pūjyamānā varānane || 22 ||
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atha kālena bahunā śrutvā māhātmyamuttamam |
kedāreśvaradevasya jalasya ca viśeṣataḥ || 23 ||
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manuṣyāḥ samupāyātāste rajobahulā yataḥ |
tamaḥprāyā viśālākṣi tadāhaṃ māhiṣaṃ vapuḥ || 24 ||
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kṛtavāṃstadbhayārthāya na ca te bhītimāgatāḥ |
iha devotra devo'tra babhramuste didṛkṣavaḥ || 25 ||
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na tairdṛṣṭo mahādevi yato'haṃ mahiṣākṛtiḥ |
sthito'smyalakṣyarūpeṇa tataste dīnamānasāḥ |
udvignā niśvasantaśca vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ || 26 ||
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nātra devo na tīrthāni na gaṃgā puṇyadāyinī |
na dharmo na paro lokaḥ sarvame tadviḍambanam || 27 ||
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evaṃ kila purāṇeṣu śrūyate sarvadā śrutau |
himālaye ca kedāraṃ liṃgaṃ mokṣapradāyakam || 28 ||
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evaṃ tu vadatāṃ teṣāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ yaśasvini |
ākāśādutthitā vāṇī mayā proktānukaṃpayā || 29 ||
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amārgaṃ mā vadatvatra na niṃdyāḥ śrutayo'vyayāḥ |
purāṇaṃ nānyathā proktaṃ brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā || 30 ||
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ye niṃdaṃti purāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi nāstikāḥ |
te yāṃti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 31 ||
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sadā devotra kedāraḥ svargamokṣapradāyakaḥ |
vidyate tridaśaiḥ pūjyaḥ satataṃ naiva dṛśyate || 32 ||
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karoti pūjāṃ himavānmāsānaṣṭau ca śāśvatān |
himādristena puṇyena nagendrastu kṛto nagaiḥ |
sevyaśca ramaṇīyaśca sarvatīrthanamaskṛtaḥ || 33 ||
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sarvaratnanidhānaśca devānāṃ vallabhastathā |
grīṣme caiva vasante ca devadevo'tra dṛśyate || 34 ||
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niyatenaiva kālena mānuṣāṇāṃ ca sarvadā |
yadi buddhiḥ parā jātā sarvadā mama darśane || 35 ||
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ākhyāsye tadupāyaṃ ca śrūyatāṃ sāvadhānataḥ |
mā vikalpo'tra karttavyaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpsyatha || 36 ||
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kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam |
pralaye'pyakṣayaṃ proktaṃ mahākālavanaṃ narāḥ || 37 ||
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tatrāhaṃ saṃbhaviṣyāmi lokānāmanukaṃpayā |
liṃgarūpeṇa śiprāyāstaṭe puṇye suśobhane || 38 ||
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someśvarasya devasya paścime sthānamuttamam |
prasiddhamupayāsyāmi kedāreśvaranāmataḥ || 39 ||
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sarvadā darśanaṃ tatra mayā sārddhaṃ bhaviṣyati |
sarveṣāṃ ca pradāsyāmi sarvā nkāmānna saṃśayaḥ || 40 ||
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iha yāvatphalaṃ tasmāddāsyāmi hyadhikaṃ tataḥ |
iti te mānavāḥ sarve śrutvā vāṇīṃ manoramām |
ākāśādutthitāṃ divyāṃ manaḥprahrādakārikām || 41 ||
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gatā vanaṃ mahākālaṃ saṃsmaranto maheśvaram |
vikalpena vicitreṇa satyameveti nānyathā || 42 ||
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snātvā śiprājale puṇye yāvatpaśyanti bhāskaram |
tāvadṛṣṭipathotpannaṃ liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam || 43 ||
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atha te harṣitāḥ procuḥ kedāro'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
dṛṣṭo'smākaṃ na sandeho gaṃgā śiprājale sthitā || 44 ||
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tataste pūjayāmāsuḥ puṣpairnānāvidhaistathā |
pūjito'haṃ viśālākṣi teṣāṃ tuṣṭo varānane || 45 ||
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durlabho'tivaro dattaḥ kailāse sthānamuttamam |
akṣayaṃ ca padaṃ dattaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam || 46 ||
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ato'haṃ tridaśaiḥ proktaḥ kedāreśvaranā mataḥ |
prārthitaḥ parayā bhaktyā lokānāmanukaṃpayā || 47 ||
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ihāgatya narā ye ca tvāṃ paśyaṃti subhaktitaḥ |
teṣāṃ phalaṃ tvayā deva dātavyamadhikaṃ yataḥ || 48 ||
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himādrau himanāthasya yātrāyāḥ pratyahaṃ phalam |
labhante ca narā nityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 49 ||
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brahmahā vā surāpo vā ste yī vā gurutalpagaḥ |
tatsaṃparkī naro yastu tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā kilviṣākaraḥ || 50 ||
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so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam |
cāṃdrāyaṇānāṃ vidhi vacchatānāṃ caiva yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti kedāreśvaradarśanāt || 51 ||
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te narāḥ paśavo loke teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam |
yairna dṛṣṭo mahākāle kedāreśvarasaṃjñakaḥ || 52 ||
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kaumāre yauvane bālye vārddhake yadupārjitam |
tatpāpaṃ saṃkṣayaṃ yāti kedāreśvaradarśanāt || 53 ||
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himālayakṛtā yātrā tasyāḥ proktaṃ ca yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti kedāreśvaradarśanāt || 54 ||
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ityukto'haṃ tadā devi devaiḥ praṇatipūrvakam |
tatheti ca mayā proktaṃ te'pi devā divaṃ gatāḥ || 55 ||
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eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ |
kedāreśvaradevasya piśācākhyamataḥ śṛṇu || 56 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye kedāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 67 ||
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