Chapter 21

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adhyāya || 21 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
śrutaṃ me vividhāścaryaṃ tvatprasādāddvijottama |
bhūyaśca śrotumicchāmi tanme kathaya suvrata || 1 ||
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kathameṣā nadī puṇyā sarvanadīṣu cottamā |
narmadā nāma vikhyātā bhūyo me kathayānagha || 2 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī |
tārayetsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca || 3 ||
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narmadāyāstu māhātmyaṃ yatpūrveṇa mayā śrutam |
tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa || 4 ||
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gaṅgā kanakhale puṇyā kurukṣetre sarasvatī |
grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā || 5 ||
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tribhiḥ sārasvataṃ toyaṃ saptāhena tu yāmunam |
sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṃ darśanādeva nārmadam || 6 ||
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kaliṅgadeśātpaścārdhe parvate'marakaṇṭake |
puṇyā ca triṣu lokeṣu ramaṇīyā pade pade || 7 ||
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tatra devāśca gandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ |
tapastaptvā mahārāja siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ || 8 ||
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tatra snātvā naro rājanniyamastho jitendriyaḥ |
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam || 9 ||
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siddhikṣetraṃ paraṃ tāta parvato hyamaraṃkaṭaḥ |
sarvadevāśrito yasmādṛṣibhiḥ parisevitaḥ || 10 ||
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siddhavidyādharā bhūtagandharvāḥ sthānamuttamam |
dṛśyādṛśyāśca rājendra sevante siddhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 11 ||
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ahaṃ ca paramaṃ sthānaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti saṃśritaḥ |
atra praṇavarūpo vai sthāne tiṣṭhatyumāpatiḥ || 12 ||
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śrīkaṇṭhaḥ sagaṇaḥ sarvabhūtasaṅghairniṣevitaḥ |
asmādgirivarādbhūpa vakṣye tīrthasya vistaram || 13 ||
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yāni santīha tīrthāni puṇyāni nṛpasattama |
yāni yānīha tīrthāni narmadāyāstaṭadvaye || 14 ||
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na teṣāṃ vistaraṃ vaktuṃ śakto brahmāpi bhūpate |
yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ śrūyate sariduttamā || 15 ||
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vistareṇa tu rājendra ardhayojanamāyatā |
ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathaiva ca || 16 ||
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parvatādudadhiṃ yāvadubhe kūle na saṃśayaḥ || 17 ||
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saptaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi saptaṣaṣṭiśatāni ca |
saptaṣaṣṭistathā koṭyo vāyustīrthāni cābravīt || 18 ||
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paraṃ kṛtayuge tāni yānti pratyakṣatāṃ nṛpa |
paśyanti mānavāḥ sarve satataṃ dharmabuddhayaḥ || 19 ||
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yathāyathā kalirghoro vartate dāruṇo nṛpa |
tathātathālpatāṃ yānti hīnasattvā yato narāḥ || 20 ||
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jāleśvarāditīrthāni parvate'sminnarādhipa |
pitṛtṛptipradānyāhuḥ svargamokṣapradāni ca || 21 ||
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śreṣṭhaṃ dāruvanaṃ tatra carukāsaṃgamaḥ śubhaḥ |
uttare narmadāyāstu carukeśvaramuttamam || 22 ||
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dārukeśvaratīrthaṃ ca vyatīpāteśvaraṃ tathā |
pātāleśvaratīrthaṃ ca koṭiyajñaṃ tathaiva ca || 23 ||
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iti caivottare kūle revāyā nṛpasattama |
amareśvarapārśve ca liṅgānyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 24 ||
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varuṇeśvaramukhyāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca || 25 ||
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māndhātṛpurapārśve ca siddheśvarayameśvarau |
oṅkārātpūrvabhāge ca kedāraṃ tīrthamuttamam || 26 ||
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tatsamīpe mahārāja svargadvāramaghāpaham |
nāmnā brahmeśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ saptasārasvataṃ puraḥ || 27 ||
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rudrāṣṭakaṃ ca sāvitraṃ somatīrthaṃ tathaiva ca |
etāni dakṣiṇe tīre revāyā bharatarṣabha || 28 ||
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asmiṃstu parvate tāta rudrāṇāṃ koṭayaḥ sthitāḥ |
snānaistuṣṭirbhavetteṣāṃ gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ || 29 ||
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prītāste'pi bhavantyatra rudrā rājanna saṃśayaḥ |
japena pāpasaṃśuddhirdhyānenānantyamaśnute || 30 ||
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dānena bhogānāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt |
parvatātpaścime deśe svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ |
sthitaḥ praṇavarūpo'sau jagadādiḥ sanātanaḥ || 31 ||
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tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ |
pitṛkāryaṃ prakurvīta vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || 32 ||
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tilodakena tatraiva tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ |
ā saptamaṃ kulaṃ tasya svarge modati pāṇḍava || 33 ||
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ātmanā saha bhogāṃśca vividhān labhate sukhī |
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍate surapūjitaḥ || 34 ||
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modate suciraṃ kālaṃ pitṛpūjāphaladhitaḥ |
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule || 35 ||
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dhanavāndānaśīlaśca nīrogo lokapūjitaḥ |
punaḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ gamanaṃ kurute punaḥ || 36 ||
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dvitīye janmani bhaveddhradasyānucarotkaṭaḥ |
tathaiva brahmacaryeṇa sopavāso jitendriyaḥ || 37 ||
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sarvahiṃsānivṛttastu labhate phalamuttamam |
evaṃ dharmasamācāro yastu prāṇānparityajet || 38 ||
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tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai tannibodha narādhipa |
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svarge modati pāṇḍava || 39 ||
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apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇe divyaśabdānunādite |
divyagandhānuliptāṅgo divyālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ || 40 ||
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krīḍate daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ siddhagandharvasaṃstutaḥ |
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati vīryavān || 41 ||
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hastyaśvarathayānaiśca dharmajñaḥ śāstratatparaḥ |
gṛhe stambhaśatākīrṇe sauvarṇe rajatānvite || 42 ||
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saptāṣṭabhūmisudvāre dāsīdāsasamākule |
mattamātaṅganiḥśvāsairvājiheṣitanāditaiḥ || 43 ||
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kṣubhyate tasya taddvāramindrasya bhuvanaṃ yathā |
rājarājeśvaraḥ śrīmānsarvastrījanavallabhaḥ || 44 ||
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tasmingṛhe vasitvā tu krīḍābhogasamanvitaḥ |
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ || 45 ||
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evaṃ teṣāṃ bhavetsarvaṃ ye mṛtā hyamareśvare |
agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryādbhaktyā hyamarakaṇṭake || 46 ||
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sa mṛtaḥ svargamāpnoti yāsyate paramāṃ gatim |
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham || 47 ||
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purāṇe śrūyate rājansarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet |
tasyāstīre tu ye vṛkṣāḥ patitāḥ kālaparyaye || 48 ||
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narmadātoyasaṃspṛṣṭāste yānti paramāṃ gatim |
anivṛttikā gatistasya pavanasyāmbare yathā || 49 ||
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patanaṃ kurute yastu tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa |
kanyāstrīṇi sahasrāṇi pātāle bhogabhāginaḥ || 50 ||
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tiṣṭhanti bhavane tasya preṣaṇe prārthayanti ca |
divyabhogaiḥ susampannaḥ krīḍate kālam || 51 ||
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pṛthivyāṃ hyāsamudrāyāṃ tādṛśo naiva jāyate |
yādṛśo'yaṃ naraśreṣṭha parvato'marakaṇṭakaḥ || 52 ||
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tatra tīrthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ parvatasyānu paścime |
hrado jāleśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ || 53 ||
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tatra piṇḍapradānena sandhyopāsanakena tu |
pitaro dvādaśābdāni tarpitāstu bhavanti vai || 54 ||
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dakṣiṇe narmadātīre kapilā tu mahānadī |
saralārjunasaṃchannā khadirairupaśobhitā || 55 ||
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mādhavīsallakībhiśca vallībhiścāpyalaṃkṛtā |
śvāpadairgarjamānaiśca gomāyuvānarādibhiḥ || 56 ||
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pakṣijātiviśeṣaiśca nityaṃ pramuditā nṛpa |
sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ tatra ṛṣīṇāmiti śuśruma || 57 ||
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tapastaptvā gataṃ mokṣaṃ yeṣāṃ janma na cāgamaḥ |
yena tatra tapastaptaṃ kapilena mahātmanā || 58 ||
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tatra taccābhavattīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhaniṣevitam |
yena sā kāpilaistāta sevitā ṛṣibhiḥ purā || 59 ||
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tena sā kapilā nāma gītā pāpakṣayaṃkarī |
tatra koṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tīrthānāmamareśvare || 60 ||
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ahorātroṣito bhūtvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |
dānaṃ ca vidhivaddattvā yathāśaktyā dvijottame || 61 ||
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īśvarānugrahātsarvaṃ tatra koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet |
yasmādanakṣaraṃ rūpaṃ praṇavasyeha bhārata || 62 ||
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śivasvarūpasya tataḥ kṛtamātrākṣaraṃ bhavet |
tiryañcaḥ paśavaścaiva vṛkṣā gulmalatādayaḥ || 63 ||
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te'pi tatra kṣayaṃ yātāḥ svargaṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ |
viśalyā tatra yā proktā tatraiva tu mahānadī || 64 ||
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snātvā dattvā yathānyāyaṃ tatrāpi sukṛtī bhavet |
tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve sakinnaramahoragāḥ || 65 ||
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yakṣarākṣasagandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ |
sarve samāgatāstāṃ vai paśyanti hyamareśvare || 66 ||
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taiśca sarvaiḥ samāgamya vanditau tau śubhau kaṭau |
purā yuge mahāghore sarvalokabhayaṃkare || 67 ||
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narmadāyāḥ sutastatra saśalyo viśalīkṛtaḥ |
sarvadevaiśca ṛṣibhirviśalyā tena sā smṛtā || 68 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
utpannā tu kathaṃ tāta viśalyā kapilā katham |
kathaṃ vā narmadāputraḥ śalyayukto'bhavanmune || 69 ||
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āścaryabhūtaṃ lokasya śrotumicchāmi suvrata || 70 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
purā dākṣāyaṇī nāma sahitā śūlapāṇinā |
krīḍitvā narmadātoye parayā ca mudā nṛpa || 71 ||
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jalāduttīrya sahasā vastramanyatsamāharat |
devyāstu snānavastraṃ tatpīḍitaṃ līlayā nṛpa || 72 ||
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sahitānucarībhistu indrāyudhanibhaṃ bhṛśam |
tasminniṣpīḍyamāne tu vāri yanniḥsṛtaṃ tadā || 73 ||
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tasmādiyaṃ sarijjajñe kapilākhyā mahānadī |
saṃyogādaṅgarāgasya vastrodyatkapilaṃ jalam || 74 ||
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galitaṃ tena kapilā varṇato nāmato'bhavat |
tathā gandharasairyuktaṃ nānāpuṣpaistu vāsitam || 75 ||
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nānāvarṇāruṇaṃ śubhraṃ vastrādyadvāri niḥsṛtam |
pīḍyamānaṃ karaiḥ śubhraistaistu pallavakomalaiḥ || 76 ||
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kapilaṃ jalamiśraistu tasmādeṣā saridvarā |
kapilā cocyate tajjñaiḥ purāṇārthaviśāradaiḥ || 77 ||
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eṣā vai vastrasambhūtā narmadātoyasambhavā |
mahāpuṇyatamā jñeyā kapilā sariduttamā || 78 ||
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