Chapter 6

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| adhyāya || 6 ||
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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
punaryugānte samprāpte tṛtīye nṛpasattama |
dādaśārkavapurbhūtvā bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ || 1 ||
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saptadvīpasamudrāntāṃ saśailavanakānanām |
nirdagdhāṃ tu mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ kālo bhūtvā maheśvaraḥ || 2 ||
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tato mahāghano bhūtvā plāvayāmāsa vāriṇā |
kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇavapustvenāṃ vidyuccandrāyudhāṅkitām || 3 ||
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plāvayitvā jagatsarvaṃ tasminnekārṇavīkṛte |
suṣvāpa vimale toye jagatsaṃkṣipya māyayā || 4 ||
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tato'haṃ bhramamāstu tamobhūte mahārṇave |
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu vāyubhūte maheśvare || 5 ||
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oṃkṛtvā devadeveśaṃ yenedaṃ gahanīkṛtam |
dhyāyamānastato devaṃ rājendra vimale jale || 6 ||
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tasminmahārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame |
mayūraṃ svarṇapatrāḍhyamapaśyaṃsahasā jale |
vicitracandrakopetaṃ nīlakaṃṭhaṃ sulocanam || 7 ||
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tato mayūraḥ sa mahārṇavānte vikṣobhayitvā hi mahāsveṇa |
cacāra devastriśikhī śikhaṇḍī trailokyagoptā sa mahānubhāvaḥ || 8 ||
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śivaśca raudreṇa mayūrarūpiṇā vikṣobhyamāṇe salile'pi tasmin |
saha bhramantīṃ ca mahārṇavānte sarinmahaughāṃ sumahāndadarśa || 9 ||
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sa tāṃ mahādevamayūrarūpo dṛṣṭvā bhramantīṃ sahasormijālaiḥ |
kā tvaṃ śubhe śāśvatadehabhūtā kṣayaṃ na yātāsi mahākṣayānte || 10 ||
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devāsuragaṇe naṣṭe saritsaramahārṇave |
kā tvaṃ bhramasi padmākṣi kva gatāsi ca na kṣayam || 11 ||
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narmadovāca |
tava prasādāddeveśa mṛtyurmama na vidyate |
sṛja deva punarviśvaṃ śarvarī kṣayamāgatā || 12 ||
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evamukto mahādevo vyadhunotpakṣapañjaram |
tāvatpañjaramadhyānte tasya pakṣādviniḥsṛtāḥ || 13 ||
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tāvanto devadaityendrāḥ pakṣābhyāṃ tasya jajñire |
teṣāṃ madhye punaḥ sā tu narmadā bhramate sarit || 14 ||
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tataścānyo mahāśailo dṛśyate bharatarṣabha |
tribhiḥ kūṭaiḥ suvistīrṇaiḥ śṛṅgavāniva govṛṣaḥ || 15 ||
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trikūṭastu iti khyātaḥ sarvaratnairvibhūṣitaḥ |
tatastasmāttrikūṭācca plāvayantī mahīṃ yayau || 16 ||
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trikūṭī tena vikhyātā pitṝṇāṃ trāyaṇī parā |
dvitīyācca tato gaṅgā vistīrṇā dharaṇītale || 17 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ ca tataḥ śṛṅgaṃ saptadhā khaṇḍaśo gatam |
jambūdvīpe tu saṃjātāḥ sapta te kulaparvatāḥ || 18 ||
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candranakṣatrasahitā grahagrāmanadīnadāḥ |
aṇḍajaṃ svedajaṃ jātamudbhijjaṃ ca jarāyujam || 19 ||
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evaṃ jagadidaṃ sarvaṃ mayūrādabhavatpurā |
samastaṃ naraśārdūla mahādevasamudbhavam || 20 ||
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tato nadīḥ samudrāṃśca saṃvibhajya pṛthakpṛthak |
narmadāmāha deveśo gaccha tvaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 21 ||
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evaṃ sā dakṣiṇā gaṃgā mahāpātakanāśinī |
uttare jāhnavī deśe puṇyā tvaṃ dakṣiṇe śubhā || 22 ||
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yathā gaṃgā mahāpuṇyā mama mastakasaṃbhavā |
tadviśiṣṭā mahābhāge tvaṃ caiveti na saṃśayaḥ || 23 ||
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tvayā saha bhaviṣyāmi ekenāṃśena suvrate |
mahāpātakayuktānāmauṣadhaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 24 ||
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evamuktā tu devena mahāpātakanāśinī |
dakṣiṇaṃ digvibhāgaṃ tu sā jagāmāśu vikramā || 25 ||
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ṛkṣaśailendramāsādya candramauleranugrahāt |
vāryaughaiḥ prasthitā yasmānmahādevapraṇoditā || 26 ||
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mahatā cāpi vegena yasmādeṣā samucchritā |
mahatī tena sā proktā mahādevānmahīpate || 27 ||
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tapatastasya devasya śūlāgrādbindavo'patan |
tenaiṣā śoṇasaṃjñā tu daśa sapta ca tāḥ smṛtāḥ || 28 ||
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sarveṣāṃ narmadā puṇyā rudradehādviniḥsṛtā |
sarvābhyaśca saridbhyaśca varadānānmahātmanaḥ || 29 ||
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śaṃkarānuprahāddevī mahāpātakanāśinī |
yasmānmahārṇave ghore dṛśyate mahatī ca sā || 30 ||
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suvyaktāṅgī mahākāyā mahatī tena sā smṛtā |
tasmādvikṣobhyamāṇā hi diggajairambudopamaiḥ || 31 ||
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kaluṣatvaṃ nayatyeva rasena surasā tathā |
kṛpāṃ karoti sā yasmāllokānāmabhayapradā || 32 ||
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saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ tena caiṣā kṛpā smṛtā |
purā kṛtayuge puṇye divyamandārabhūṣitā || 33 ||
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kalpavṛkṣasamākīrṇā rohītakasamākulā |
vahatyeṣā ca mandena tena mandākinī smṛtā || 34 ||
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bhittvā mahārṇavaṃ kṣipraṃ yasmāllokamihāgatā |
pūjyā suraiśca siddhaiśca tasmādeṣā mahārṇavā || 35 ||
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vicitrotpalasaṃghātairṛkṣadvipasamākulā || 36 ||
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bhittvā śailaṃ ca vipulaṃ prayātyevaṃ mahārṇavam |
bhrāmayantī diśaḥ sarvā raveṇa mahatā purā || 37 ||
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plāvayantī virājantī tena revā iti smṛtā |
bhāryāputrasuduḥkhāḍhyānnarāñchāpaiḥ samāvṛtān || 38 ||
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vipāpānkurute yasmādvipāpā tena sā smṛtā |
viṇmūtranicayāṃ ghorāṃ pāṃśuśoṇitakardamām || 39 ||
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pāśairnityaṃ tu sambādhāṃ yasmānmocayate bhṛśam |
vipāśeti ca sā proktā saṃsārārṇavatāriṇī || 40 ||
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narmadā vimalāmbhā ca vimalenduśubhānanā |
tamobhūte mahāghore yasmādeṣā mahāprabhā || 41 ||
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vimalā tena sā proktā vidvadbhirnṛpasattama |
karairindukaraprakhyaiḥ sūryaraśmisamaprabhā || 42 ||
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kṣarantī modate viśvaṃ karabhā tena cocyate |
yasmādrañjayate lokāndarśanādeva bhārata || 43 ||
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rañjanādrañjanā proktā dhātvarthe rājasattama |
tṛṇavīrudhagulmādyāstiryañcaḥ pakṣiṇastathā |
tānudbhūtānnayetsvargaṃ tenoktā vāyuvāhinī || 44 ||
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evaṃ yo vetti nāmāni nirgamaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ |
sa yāti pāpavirmukto rudralokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 45 ||
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