Chapter 26

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
jāleśvare'pi yatproktaṃ tvayā pūrvaṃ dvijottama |
tatkathaṃ tu bhavetpuṇyamṛṣisiddhaniṣevitam || 1 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
jāleśvarātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati |
tasyotpattiṃ kathayataḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ pāṇḍunandana || 2 ||
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purā ṛṣigaṇāḥ sarve sendrāścaiva marudgaṇāḥ |
tāpitā asuraiḥ sarvaiḥ kṣayaṃ nītā hyanekaśaḥ || 3 ||
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bāṇāsuraprabhṛtibhirjambhaśumbhapurogamaiḥ |
vadhyamānā hyanekaiśca brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 4 ||
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vimānaiḥ parvatākārairhayaiścaiva gajopamaiḥ |
syandanairnagarākāraiḥ siṃhaśārdūlayojitaiḥ || 5 ||
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kacchapairmakaraiścānye jagmuranye padātayaḥ |
prāpya te paramaṃ sthānamaśakyaṃ yadadhārmikaiḥ || 6 ||
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dṛṣṭvā padmodbhavaṃ devaṃ sarvalokasya śaṅkaram |
te sarve tatra gatvā tu stutiṃ cakruḥ samāhitāḥ || 7 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
jayāmeya jayābheda jaya sambhūtikāraka |
padmayone suraśreṣṭha tvāṃ vayaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 8 ||
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tacchrutvā tu vaco devo devānāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
meghagambhīrayā vācā pratyuvāca pitāmahaḥ || 9 ||
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kiṃ vo hyāgamanaṃ devāḥ sarveṣāṃ ca vivarṇatā |
kenāvamānitāḥ sarve śīghraṃ kathayatāmarāḥ || 10 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
bāṇo nāma mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ |
tenāsmākaṃ hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ dhanaratnairviyojitāḥ || 11 ||
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devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
cintayāmāsa deveśastasya nāśāya yā kriyā || 12 ||
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avadhyo dānavaḥ pāpaḥ sarveṣāṃ vai divaukasām |
muktvā tu śaṅkaraṃ devaṃ na mayā na ca viṣṇunā || 13 ||
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tatraiva sarve gacchāmo yatra devo maheśvaraḥ |
sa gatiścaiva sarveṣāṃ vidyate'nyo na kaścana || 14 ||
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evamuktvā suraiḥ sarvairbrahmā vedavidāṃvaraḥ |
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha vidvadbhirato yatra maheśvaraḥ || 15 ||
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stutibhiśca supuṣṭābhistuṣṭāva parameśvaram || 16 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
jaya tvaṃ devadeveśa jayomārdhaśarīradhṛk |
vṛṣāsana mahābāho śaśāṅkakṛtabhūṣaṇa || 17 ||
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namaḥ śūlāgrahastāya namaḥ khaṭvāṅgadhāriṇe |
jaya bhūtapate deva dakṣayajñavināśana || 18 ||
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pañcākṣara namo deva pañcabhūtātmavigraha |
pañcavaktramayeśāna vedaistvaṃ tu pragīyase || 19 ||
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sṛṣṭipālanasaṃhārāṃstvaṃ sadā kuruṣe namaḥ |
aṣṭamūrte smarahara smara satyaṃ yathā stutaḥ || 20 ||
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pañcātmikā tanurdeva brāhmaṇaiste pragīyate |
sadyo vāme tathāghore īśo tatpuruṣe tathā || 21 ||
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hemajāle suvistīrṇe haṃsavatkūjase hara |
evaṃ stuto munigaṇairbrahmādyaiśca surāsuraiḥ || 22 ||
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prahṛṣṭaḥ sumanā bhūtvā surasaṅghānuvāca ha || 23 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
svāgataṃ devaviprāṇāṃ suprabhātādya śarvarī |
kiṃ kurmo vadata kṣipraṃ ko'nyaḥ sevyaḥ surāsuraiḥ || 24 ||
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kiṃ duḥkhaṃ ko nu santāpaḥ kuto vo bhayamāgatam |
kathayadhvaṃ mahābhāgāḥ kāraṇaṃ yanmanogatam || 25 ||
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evamuktāstu rudreṇa pratyavocansurarṣabhāḥ |
svānsvāndehāndarśayanto lajjamānā adhomukhāḥ || 26 ||
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asti ghoro mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ |
bāṇo nāmeti vikhyāto yasya tattripuraṃ mahat || 27 ||
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tena vai sutapastaptaṃ daśavarṣaśatāni hi |
tasya tuṣṭo'bhavadbrahmā niyamena damena ca || 28 ||
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purāṇi tānyabhedyāni dadau kāmagamāni vai |
āyasaṃ rājataṃ caiva sauvarṇaṃ ca tathāparam || 29 ||
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tripuraṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭaṃ bhramattatkāmagāmi ca |
tasyaiva tu balotkṛṣṭāstripure dānavāḥ sthitāḥ || 30 ||
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trailokyaṃ sakalaṃ deva pīḍayanti mahāsurāḥ |
daṇḍapāśāsiśastrāṇi avikāre vikurvate |
tripuraṃ dānavairjuṣṭaṃ bhramattaccakrasaṃnibham || 31 ||
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kvaciddṛśyamadṛśyaṃ vā mṛgatṛṣṇaiva lakṣyate || 32 ||
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yasminpatati taddivyaṃ dṛptasya tripuraṃ mahat |
na tatra brāhmaṇā devā gāvo naiva tu jantavaḥ || 33 ||
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na tatra dṛśyate kiṃcitpatedyatra puratrayam |
nadyo grāmāśca deśāśca bahavo bhasmasātkṛtāḥ || 34 ||
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suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ caiva maṇimauktikameva ca |
strīratnaṃ śobhanaṃ yacca tatsarvaṃ karṣate balāt || 35 ||
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na śastreṇa na cāstreṇa na divā niśi vā hara |
śakyate devasaṅghaiśca nihantuṃ sa kathaṃcana || 36 ||
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taddahasva mahādeva tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ |
evaṃ prasādaṃ deveśa sarveṣāṃ kartumarhasi || 37 ||
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yena devāśca gandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ |
parāṃ dhṛtiṃ samāyānti tatprabho kartumarhasi || 38 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
etatsarvaṃ kariṣyāmi mā viṣādaṃ gamiṣyatha |
acireṇaiva kālena kuryāṃ yuṣmatsukhāvaham || 39 ||
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āśvāsayitvā tāndevānsarvānindrapurogamān |
cintayāmāsa deveśastripurasya vadhaṃ prati || 40 ||
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kathaṃ kena prakāreṇa hantavyaṃ tripuraṃ mayā |
tamekaṃ nāradaṃ muktvā nānyopāyo vidhīyate || 41 ||
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evaṃ saṃstabhya cātmānaṃ tato dhyātaḥ sa nāradaḥ |
tatkṣaṇādeva samprāpto vāyubhūto mahātapāḥ || 42 ||
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kamaṇḍaludharo devastridaṇḍī jñānakovidaḥ |
yogapaṭṭākṣasūtreṇa chatreṇaiva virājitaḥ || 43 ||
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jaṭājūṭābaddhaśirā jvalanārkasamaprabhaḥ |
tridhā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya daṇḍavatpatito bhuvi || 44 ||
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kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā nārado bhagavānmuniḥ |
stotreṇa mahatā śarvaḥ stuto bhaktyā mahāmanāḥ || 45 ||
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nārada uvāca |
jaya śambho virūpākṣa jaya deva trilocana |
jaya śaṅkara īśāna rudreśvara namo'stu te || 46 ||
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tvaṃ patistvaṃ jagatkartā tvameva layakṛdvibho |
tvameva jagatāṃ nātho duṣṭātakaniṣūdanaḥ || 47 ||
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tvaṃ naḥ pāhi sureśāna trayīmūrte sanātana |
bhavamūrte bhavāre tvaṃ bhajatāmabhayo bhava || 48 ||
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bhavabhāvavināśārthaṃ bhava tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ bhaje |
kimarthaṃ cintito deva ājñā me dīyatāṃ prabho || 49 ||
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kasya saṃkṣobhaye cittaṃ ko vādya patatu kṣitau |
kamadya kalahenāhaṃ yojaye jayatāṃvara || 50 ||
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nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ |
utphullanayano bhūtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt || 51 ||
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svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha sadaiva kalahapriya |
vīṇāvādanatattvajña brahmaputra sanātana || 52 ||
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gaccha nārada śīghraṃ tvaṃ yatra tattripuraṃ mahat |
bāṇasya dānavendrasya sarvalokabhayāvaham || 53 ||
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bhartāro devatātulyāḥ striyastatrāpsaraḥsamāḥ |
tāsāṃ vai tejasā caiva bhramate tripuraṃ mahat || 54 ||
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na śakyate kathaṃ bhettuṃ sarvopāyairdvijottama |
gatvā tvaṃ mohaya kṣipraṃ pṛthagdharmairanekadhā || 55 ||
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nārada uvāca |
tava vākyena deveśa bhedayāmi purottamam |
abhedyaṃ bahudhopāyairyattu devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ || 56 ||
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evamuktvā gato bhūpa śatayojanamāyatam |
bāṇasya tatpuraśreṣṭhamṛddhivṛddhisamāyutam || 57 ||
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kṛtakautukasambādhaṃ nānādhātuvicitritam |
anekaharmyasaṃchannamanekāyatanojjvalam || 58 ||
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dvāratoraṇasaṃyuktaṃ kapāṭārgalabhūṣitam |
bahuyantrasamopetaṃ prākāraparikhojjvalam || 59 ||
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vāpīkṛpataḍāgaiśca devatāyatanairyutam |
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ padminīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitam || 60 ||
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anekavanaśobhāḍhyaṃ nānāvihagamaṇḍitam |
evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ bāṇasya puramuttamam || 61 ||
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tasya madhye mahākāyaṃ saptakakṣaṃ suśobhitam |
bāṇasya bhavanaṃ divyaṃ sarvaṃ kāñcanabhūṣitam || 62 ||
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mauktikādāmaśobhāḍhyaṃ vajravaiḍūryabhūṣitam |
rukmapaṭṭatalākīrṇaṃ ratnabhūmyā suśobhitam || 63 ||
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mattamātaṅganiḥśvāsaiḥ syandanaiḥ saṃkulīkṛtam |
hayaheṣitaśabdaiśca nārīṇāṃ nūpurasvanaiḥ || 64 ||
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khaḍgatomarahastaiśca vajrāṅkuśaśarāyudhaiḥ |
rakṣitaṃ ghorarūpaiśca dānavairbaladarpitaiḥ || 65 ||
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evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ bāṇasya bhavanottamam |
kailāsaśikharaprakhyaṃ mahendrabhavanopamam || 66 ||
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nārado gagane śīghramagamatpurasaṃmukhaḥ |
dvāradeśaṃ samāsādya kṣattāraṃ vākyamabravīt || 67 ||
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bhobhoḥ kṣattarmahābuddhe rājakāryaviśārada |
śīghraṃ bāṇāya cācakṣva nārado dvāri tiṣṭhati || 68 ||
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sa vandayitvā caraṇau nāradasya tvarānvitaḥ |
sabhāmadhyagataṃ bāṇaṃ vijñaptumupacakrame || 69 ||
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vepamānāṅgayaṣṭistu kareṇāpihitānanaḥ |
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvayodhānāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 70 ||
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vandito devagandharvairyakṣakinnaradānavaiḥ |
kalipriyo durārādhyo nārado dvāri tiṣṭhati || 71 ||
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dvārapālasya tadvākyaṃ śrutvā bāṇastvarānvitaḥ |
dvāḥsthamāha mahādaityaḥ savismayamidaṃ tadā || 72 ||
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bāṇa uvāca |
brahmaputraṃ satejaskaṃ duḥsahaṃ duratikramam |
praveśaya mahābhāgaṃ kimarthaṃ vārito bahiḥ || 73 ||
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śrutvā prabhorvacastasya prāveśayadudīritam |
gatvā vegena mahatā nāradaṃ gṛhamāgatam || 74 ||
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dṛṣṭvā devarṣimāyāntaṃ nāradaṃ surapūjitam |
sāhasotthāya saṃhṛṣṭo vavande caraṇau muneḥ || 75 ||
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dadau cāsanamarghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ pūjāṃ yathāvidhi |
nyavedayacca tadrājyamātmānaṃ bāndhavaiḥ saha || 76 ||
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papraccha kuśalaṃ cāpi muniṃ bāṇāsuraḥ svayam || 77 ||
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nārada uvāca |
sādhu sādhu mahābāho danorvaṃśavivarddhana |
ko'nyastribhuvane ślāghyastvāṃ muktvā danupuṃgava || 78 ||
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pūjito'haṃ danuśreṣṭha dhanaratnaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ |
rājyena cātmanā vāpi hyevaṃ kaḥ pūjayetparaḥ || 79 ||
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na me kāryaṃ hi bhogena bhuṅkṣva rājyamanāmayam |
tvaddarśanotsukaḥ prāpto dṛṣṭvā devaṃ maheśvaram || 80 ||
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bhramate tripuraṃ loke strīsatītvānmayā śrutam |
tāndraṣṭukāmaḥ samprāptastvaddārāndānaveśvara || 81 ||
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manyase yadi me śīghraṃ darśayasva ca māciram |
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā kañcukiṃ samudīkṣya vai || 82 ||
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antaḥpuracaraṃ vṛddhaṃ daṇḍapāṇiṃ guṇānvitam |
uvāca rājā hṛṣṭātmā śabdenāpūrayandiśaḥ || 83 ||
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nāradāya mahādevīṃ darśayasveha kañcukin |
antaḥpuracaraiḥ sarvaiḥ sametāmaviśaṅkitaḥ || 84 ||
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nāthasyājñāṃ puraskṛtya gṛhītvā nāradaṃ kare |
praviśyākathayaddevyai nārado'yaṃ samāgataḥ || 85 ||
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dṛṣṭvā devī muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtvā pādābhivandanam |
āsanaṃ kāñcanaṃ śubhramarghyapādyādikaṃ dadau || 86 ||
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tasyai sa bhagavāṃstuṣṭo hyāśīrvādamadātparam |
nānyā devi triloke'pi tvatsamā dṛśyate'ṅganā || 87 ||
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pativratā śubhācārā satyaśaucasamanvitā |
yasyāḥ prabhāvāttripuraṃ bhramate cakravatsadā || 88 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devī nāradasya sudānvitam |
paryapṛcchadṛṣiṃ bhaktyā dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃvarā || 89 ||
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rājñyuvāca |
bhagavanmānuṣe loke devāstuṣyanti kairvrataiḥ |
kāni dānāni dīyante yeṣāṃ ca syānmahatphalam || 90 ||
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upavāsāśca ye kecitstrīdharme kathitā budhaiḥ |
yaiḥ kṛtaiḥ svargamāyānti sukṛtinyaḥ striyo yathā || 91 ||
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yattatsarvaṃ mahābhāga kathayasva yathātatham |
śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ kathayasvāviśaṅkitaḥ || 92 ||
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nārada uvāca |
sādhu sādhu mahābhāge praśno'yaṃ veditastvayā |
yaṃ śrutvā sarvanārīṇāṃ dharmavṛddhistu jāyate || 93 ||
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upavāsaiśca dānaiśca patiputrau vaśānugau |
bāndhavaiḥ pūjyate nityaṃ yaiḥ kṛtaiḥ kathayāmi te || 94 ||
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durbhagā subhagā yaistu subhagā durbhagā bhavet |
putriṇī putrarahitā hyaputrā putriṇī tathā || 95 ||
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bhartāraṃ labhate kanyā tathānyā bhartṛvarjitā |
kṛtākṛtaiśca jāyante tannibodhasva sundari || 96 ||
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tiladhenuṃ suvarṇaṃ ca rūpyaṃ gā vāsasī tathā |
pānīyaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca gandhadhūpānulepanam || 97 ||
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pādukopānahau chatraṃ puṇyāni vyañjanāni ca |
pādābhyaṅgaṃ śiro'bhyaṅgaṃ snānaṃ śayyāsanāni ca || 98 ||
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etāni ye prayacchanti nopasarpanti te yamam |
madhu māṣaṃ payaḥ sarpirlavaṇaṃ guḍamauṣadham || 99 ||
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pānīyaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca śālīnikṣurasāṃstathā |
āraktavāsasī ślakṣṇe dampatyorlalitādine || 100 ||
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saubhāgyaṃ jāyate caiva iha loke paratra ca |
brāhmaṇe vṛttasampanne surūpe ca guṇānvite || 101 ||
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tithau yasyāmidaṃ deyaṃ tatte rājñi vadāmyaham |
pratipatsu ca yā nārī pūrvāhṇe ca śucivratā || 102 ||
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indhanaṃ brāhmaṇe dadyātprīyatāṃ me hutāśanaḥ |
tasyā janmāni ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgapratyaṅgasandhiṣu || 103 ||
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na rajo naiva santāpo jāyate rājavallabhe |
dvitīyāyāṃ tu yā nārī navanītamudānvitā || 104 ||
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dadāti dvijamukhyāya sukumāratanurbhavet |
lavaṇaṃ vipravaryāya tṛtīyāyāṃ prayacchati || 105 ||
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gaurī me prīyatāṃ devī tasyāḥ puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu |
kaumārikā patiṃ prāpya tena sārddhamumā yathā || 106 ||
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krīḍatyavidhavā cāpi labhate sā mahadyaśaḥ |
naktaṃ kṛtvā caturthyāṃ vai dadyādviprāya modakān || 107 ||
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prīyatāṃ mama deveśo gaṇanātho vināyakaḥ |
tasyāstena phalenāśu sarvakarmasu bhāmini || 108 ||
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vighnaṃ na jāyate kvāpi evamāha pitāmahaḥ |
pañcamīṃ tu tataḥ prāpya brāhmaṇe tiladā tu yā || 109 ||
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sā bhavedrūpasampannā yathā caiva tilottamā |
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu yā madhūkasya phaladā tu bhavetsadā || 110 ||
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uddiśya cāgnijaṃ devaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage |
tasyāḥ putro yathā skando devasaṅgheṣu cottamaḥ || 111 ||
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utpadyate mahārājaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitaḥ |
saptamyāṃ yā dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ suvarṇena prapūjayet || 112 ||
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uddiśya jagato nāthaṃ devadevaṃ divākaram |
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai kathitaṃ dvijasattamaiḥ || 113 ||
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tatte rājñi pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ sati |
dadrūcitrakakuṣṭhāni maṇḍalāni vicarcikā || 114 ||
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na bhavantīha cāṅgeṣu pūrvakarmārjitānyapi |
kṛṣṇāṃ dhenuṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ yā prayacchati bhāminī || 115 ||
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brāhmaṇe vṛttasampanne prīyatāṃ me maheśvaraḥ |
tasyā janmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate vibhavānvitā || 116 ||
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jāyate nātra sandeho yasmāddānamanuttamam |
gandhadhūpaṃ tu yā nārī bhaktyā viprāya dāpayet || 117 ||
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kātyāyanīṃ samuddiśya navamyāṃ śṛṇu yatphalam |
tasyā bhrātā pitā putraḥ patirvā raṇamuttamam || 118 ||
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prāpyate naiva sīdanti tena dānena rakṣitāḥ |
ikṣudaṇḍarasaṃ devi daśamyāṃ yā prayacchati || 119 ||
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lokapālānsamuddiśya brāhmaṇe vyaṅgavarjite |
tena dānena sā nityaṃ sarvalokasya vallabhā || 120 ||
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jāyate nātra sandeha ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt |
ekādaśyāmupoṣyātha dvādaśyāmudakapradā || 121 ||
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nārāyaṇaṃ samuddiśya brāhmaṇe viṣṇutatpare |
sā sadā sparśasambhāṣairdrāvayedbhāvayejjanam || 122 ||
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yasmāddānaṃ maharloke hyanantamudake bhavet |
pādābhyaṅgaṃ śiro'bhyaṅgaṃ kāmamuddiśya vai dvije || 123 ||
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dadāti ca trayodaśyāṃ bhaktyā paramayāṅganā |
yasyāṃ yasyāṃ mṛtā jāyedbhūyo yonyāṃ tu janmani || 124 ||
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tasyāṃ tasyāṃ tu sā bharturna viyujyeta karhicit |
tathāpyevaṃ caturdaśyāṃ dadyātpātramupānahau || 125 ||
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brahmaṇe dharmamuddiśya tasyā lokā hyanāmayāḥ |
evaṃ ca pakṣapakṣānte śrāddhe tarpeddvijottamān || 126 ||
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avyucchinnā sadā rājñi santatirjāyate bhuvi |
evaṃ te tithimāhātmyaṃ dānayogena bhāṣitam || 127 ||
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tathā vanaspatīnāṃ tu ārādhanavidhiṃ śṛṇu |
jambūṃ nimbataruṃ caiva tindukaṃ madhukaṃ tathā || 128 ||
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āmraṃ cāmalakaṃ caiva śālmaliṃ vaṭapippalau |
śamībilvāmalīvṛkṣaṃ kadalīṃ pāṭalīṃ tathā || 129 ||
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anyānpuṇyatamānvṛkṣānupetya svargamāpnuyāt || 130 ||
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nārada uvāca |
caitre māse tu yā nārī kuryādvratamanuttamam |
tasya vratasya cānyāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || 131 ||
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śrutena yena subhage durbhagatvaṃ na paśyati |
yathā himaṃ raviṃ prāpya vilayaṃ yāti bhūtale || 132 ||
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tathā duḥkhaṃ ca daurbhāgyaṃ vratādasmādvilīyate |
madhukākhyāṃ tu lalitāmārādhayati yena vai || 133 ||
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vidhiṃ taṃ śṛṇu subhage kathyamānaṃ sukhāvaham |
caitre śuklatṛtīyāyāṃ susnātā śuddhamānasā || 134 ||
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pratimāṃ madhuvṛkṣasya śāṅkarīmumayā saha |
kārayitvā dvijavaraiḥ pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi || 135 ||
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sugandhikusumairdhūpaistathā karpūrakuṅkumaiḥ |
pūjayedvidhinā devaṃ mantrayuktena bhāminī || 136 ||
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pādau namaḥ śivāyeti meḍhre vai manmathāya ca |
kālodarāyetyudaraṃ nīlakaṃṭhāya kaṇṭhakam || 137 ||
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śiraḥ sarvātmane pūjya umāṃ paścātprapūjayet |
kṣāmodarāyaihyudaraṃ sukaṇṭhāyai ca kaṇṭhakam || 138 ||
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śiraḥ saubhāgyadāyinyai paścādarghyaṃ pradāpayet || 139 ||
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namaste devadeveśa umāvara jagatpate |
arghyeṇānena me sarvaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ nāśaya prabho |
iti arghyamantraḥ || 140 ||
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arghyaṃ dattvā tataḥ paścātkarakaṃ vāripūritam |
madhūkapātropabhṛtaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ tu śaktitaḥ || 141 ||
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karakaṃ vārisampūrṇaṃ saubhāgyena tu saṃyutam |
dattaṃ tu lalite tubhyaṃ saubhāgyādivivardhanam |
iti karakadānamantraḥ || 142 ||
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mantreṇānena viprāya dadyātkarakamuttamam |
lavaṇaṃ varjayecchuklāṃ yāvadanyāṃ tṛtīyikām || 143 ||
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kṣamāpya devīṃ deveśāṃ naktamadyātsvayaṃ haviḥ |
anena vidhinā sārdhaṃ māsi māsi hyapakramet || 144 ||
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phālgunasya tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklāyāṃ tu samāpyate |
vaiśākhe lavaṇaṃ deyaṃ jyeṣṭhe cājyaṃ pradīyate || 145 ||
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āṣāḍhe māsi niṣpāvāḥ payo deyaṃ tu śrāvaṇe |
mudgā deyā nabhasye tu śālimāśvayuje tathā || 146 ||
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kārttike śarkarāpātraṃ karakaṃ rasasaṃbhṛtam |
mārgaśīrṣe tu kārpāsaṃ karakaṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam || 147 ||
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pauṣe tu kuṅkumaṃ deyaṃ māghe pātraṃ tilairbhṛtam |
phālgune māsi samprāpte pātraṃ modakasaṃbhṛtam || 148 ||
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paścāttṛtīyādeyaṃ yattatpūrvasyāṃ vivarjayet |
vidhānamāsāṃ sarvāsāṃ sāmānyaṃ manasaḥ priye || 149 ||
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pratimāṃ madhuvṛkṣasya tāmeva pratipūjayet |
tasmai sarvaṃ tu viprāya ācāryāya pradīyate || 150 ||
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tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte udyāpanavidhiṃ śṛṇu |
madhuvṛkṣaṃ tato gatvā bahusambhārasaṃvṛtaḥ || 151 ||
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nikhanetpratimāṃ madhye mādhūkīṃ madhukasya ca |
tatrasthaṃ pūjayetsarvamumādehārddhadhāriṇam || 152 ||
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pūjopahārairvipulaiḥ kuṅkumena punaḥpunaḥ |
ślakṣṇābhiḥ puṣpamālābhiḥ kausumbhaiḥ kesareṇa ca || 153 ||
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kausumbhe vāsasī śubhre atasīpuṣpasannibhe |
paridhāpya tāṃ pratimāṃ dampatī ravisaṃkhyayā || 154 ||
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upānadyugalaiśchatraiḥ kaṇṭhasūtraiḥ sakaṇṭhikaiḥ |
kaṭakairaṅgulīyaiśca śayanīyaiḥ śubhāstṛtaiḥ || 155 ||
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kuṅkumena viliptāṅgau bahupuṣpaiśca pūjitau |
bhojayedvividhai ratnairmadhūkāvāsake sthitau || 156 ||
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bhuktotthitau tu viśrāmya śayyāsu ca kṣamāpayet |
gurumūlaṃ yataḥ sarvaṃ gururjñeyo maheśvaraḥ || 157 ||
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prīte gurau tataḥ sarvaṃ jagatprītaṃ surāsuram |
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yatkiṃciddayitaṃ gṛhe || 158 ||
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tatsarvaṃ gurave deyamātmanaḥ śreya icchatā |
idaṃ tu dhanibhirdeyamanyairdeyaṃ yathocyate || 159 ||
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dāmpatyamekaṃ vidhivatpratipūjya śubhavrataiḥ |
dvitīyaṃ gurudāmpatyaṃ vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet || 160 ||
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tataḥ kṣamāpayeddevīṃ devaṃ ca brāhmaṇaṃ gurum |
yathā tvaṃ devi lalite na viyuktāsi śambhunā || 161 ||
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tathā me patiputrāṇāmaviyogaḥ pradīyatām |
anena vidhinā kṛtvā tṛtīyāṃ madhusaṃjñikām || 162 ||
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indrāṇī cendrapatnītvamavāpa sutamuttamam |
saubhāgyaṃ sarvalokeṣu sarvarddhisukhamuttamam || 163 ||
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anena vidhinā yā tu kumārī vratamācaret |
śobhanaṃ patimāpnoti yathendrāṇyā śatakratuḥ || 164 ||
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durbhagā subhagatvaṃ ca subhagā putriṇī bhavet |
putriṇyakṣayamāpnoti na śokaṃ paśyati kvacit || 165 ||
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anekajanmajanitaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ naśyati dhruvam |
mṛtā tu tridivaṃ prāpya umayā saha modate || 166 ||
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kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ bhuktvā bhogān yathepsitān |
punastu sambhave loke pārthivaṃ patimāpnuyāt || 167 ||
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subhagā rūpasampannā pārthivaṃ janayetsutam || 168 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam |
anyatpṛcchasva subhage vāñchitaṃ yaddhṛdi sthitam || 169 ||
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