Chapter 8

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| sūta uvāca |
evaṃ svargamanuprāpte triśaṃkau nṛpasattame |
saśarīre dvijaśreṣṭhā viśvāmitrasamudyamāt || 1 ||
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tattīrthaṃ khyātimāyātaṃ samaste bhuvanatraye |
tataḥprasūti lokānāṃ dharmakāmārthamokṣadam || 2 ||
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aspṛṣṭaṃ kalidoṣeṇa tathānyairupapātakaiḥ |
brahmahatyādikaiścaivatripurāreḥ prabhāvataḥ || 3 ||
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yastatra tyajati prāṇāñchraddhā yuktena cetasā |
sa mokṣamāpnuyānmartyo yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt || 4 ||
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kṛmipakṣipataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ |
te'pi tatra mṛtā yāṃti śivalokamasaṃśayam || 5 ||
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snānaṃ ye tatra kurvaṃti śraddhāpūtena cetasā |
triśaṃkuriva te svarge prayāṃtyapi vidharmiṇaḥ || 6 ||
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gharmārttā vā tṛṣārtā vā ye'vagāhaṃti tajjalam |
te'pi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ || 7 ||
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viśvāmitro'pi taddṛṣṭvā tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam |
kurukṣetraṃ parityajya tatra vāsamathākarot || 8 ||
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tathānye munayaḥ śāṃtāstyaktvā tīrthāni dūrataḥ |
tatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā prayātāḥ paramaṃ padam || 9 ||
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tathaiva manujāḥ sarve dūrādāgatya satvarāḥ |
tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti kṛtvā pāpaśatānyapi || 10 ||
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evaṃ tasya prabhāveṇa tīrthasya dvijasattamāḥ |
gacchamāneṣu lokeṣu sukhena tridivālayam || 11 ||
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agniṣṭomādikā sarvāḥ samucchedaṃ gatāḥ kriyāḥ |
na kaścidyajate martyo na vrataṃ kurute naraḥ || 12 ||
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na yacchati tathā dānaṃ na ca tīrthaṃ niṣevate |
kevalaṃ kurute snānaṃ liṃgabhede samāhitaḥ || 13 ||
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tataḥ pragacchati svargaṃ vimānavaramāśritaḥ || 14 ||
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tataḥ prapūritāḥ sarve svargalokā narairdvijāḥ |
brahmaviṣṇuśivendrādīnspardhamānaiḥ surottamān || 15 ||
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tato devagaṇāḥ sarve yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ |
kṛcchraṃ paramanuprāptā mantraṃ cakruḥ parasparam || 16 ||
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hāṭakeśvaramāhātmyātsvargalokaḥ prapūritaḥ |
ūrdhvabāhubhirākīrṇaḥ spardhamānaiḥ samaṃtataḥ || 17 ||
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tasmāttatkriyatāṃ karma yenocchedaṃ pragacchati |
tīrthameddharāpṛṣṭhe hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam || 18 ||
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tataḥ saṃvartako vāyuḥ śakrādeśātsamaṃtataḥ |
tatkṣetraṃ pūrayāmāsa pāṃsubhirdvijasattamāḥ || 19 ||
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evaṃ nāśamanuprāpte tasmiṃstīrthe sthaloccaye |
jāte jātāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā bhūyo'pi kratusaṃbhavāḥ || 20 ||
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tataḥ kālena mahatā valmīkaḥ samapadyata |
tasminkṣetre sa pātāle saṃprayātaḥ śanaiḥśanaiḥ || 21 ||
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atha pātālato nāgāstena mārgeṇa kautukāt |
martyalokaṃ samāyāṃti bhramaṃti ca dharātale || 22 ||
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tatra te mānavānbhogānbhuktvā caiva yathecchayā |
punarniryāṃti tenaiva mārgeṇa nijamaṃdiram || 23 ||
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tato nāgabilaḥ khyātaḥ sa sarvasmindharātale |
gatāgatena nāgānāṃ sa valmīko dvijottamāḥ || 24 ||
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kasyacittvatha kālasya bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ |
brahmahatyāsamopeto nistejāḥ samapadyata || 25 ||
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tataḥ pitāmahādeśaṃ labdhvā mārgeṇa tena saḥ |
praviśya cekṣayāmāsa pātāle hāṭa keśvaram || 26 ||
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athā'bhūtpāpanirmuktastatkṣaṇāttasya darśanāt |
tejasā ca samāyuktaḥ punaḥ prāpa triviṣṭapam || 27 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā tatprabhāvaṃ talliṃgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ |
hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñasya bhayaṃ cakre narodbhavam || 28 ||
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yadi kaścitpumānatra triśaṃkuriva bhūpatiḥ |
pūjayiṣyati talliṃgaṃ vipāpmā śraddhayā saha || 29 ||
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yāpayiṣyati tannūnaṃ māmasmāttridaśālayāt |
tasmātsaṃpūrayāmyenaṃ mārgaṃ pātā lasaṃbhavam || 30 ||
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tataśca tvarayā yukto raktaśṛṃgaṃ nagottamam |
pracikṣepa bile tasminsvayameva śatakratuḥ || 31 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || |
brahmahatyā kathaṃ jātā devendrasya mahātmanaḥ |
kasminkāle ca sarvaṃ no vistarātsūta kīrtaya || 32 ||
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raktaśṛṃgo giriḥ ko'yaṃ saṃkṣiptastatra tena yaḥ |
mānuṣāṇāṃ bhayaṃ tasya katamasya śacīpateḥ || 33 ||
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sūta uvāca |
purā tvaṣṭrā dvijaśreṣṭhā hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutā |
vivāhitā ramānāma śreṣṭharūpaguṇānvitā || 34 ||
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atha tasyā yayau kālaḥ suprabhūtaḥ sutaṃ vinā |
tato vairāgyasaṃpannā sutārthaṃ tapasi sthitā || 35 ||
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dhyāyamānā surādhīśaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram |
balipūjopahāreṇa samyakchraddhāsamanvitā || 36 ||
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niyatā niyatāhārā snānajapyaparāyaṇā |
yacchamānā dvijāgryebhyo dānāni vividhāni ca || 37 ||
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tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasyāstuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ |
uvāca varado'smīti vṛṇuṣva yadabhīpsitam || 38 ||
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sā vavre mama putro'stu bhagavaṃstvatprasādataḥ |
śūraḥ śastrairavadhyaśca vipradānavarūpadhṛk || 39 ||
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vedādhyayana saṃpanno yajñakarmasamudyataḥ |
tejasā yaśasā khyātaḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām || 40 ||
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bhagavānuvāca |
bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ putraste balavānsudhīḥ |
avadhyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṃ mahātejobhiranvitaḥ || 41 ||
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yajvā dānapatiḥ śūro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ |
brāhmaṇoktāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kariṣyati sa kṛtsnaśaḥ |
ajeyaḥ saṃgare caiva kṛtsnairapi surāsuraiḥ || 42 ||
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evamuktvā sa deveśastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ |
ṛtau sāpi dadhe garbhaṃ sakāśādviśvakarmaṇaḥ || 43 ||
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tataśca suṣuve putraṃ daśame māsi śobhanam |
dvādaśārkapratīkāśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam || 44 ||
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tasya cakre pitā nāma prāpte dvādaśame dine || |
prasiddhaṃ vṛtra ityeva pūjayitvā dvijottamān || 45 ||
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athāsau vavṛdhe bālaḥ śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ |
pitṛmātṛkṛtānaṃdo bandhuvargeṇa lālitaḥ || 46 ||
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tato'sya pradadau kāle vrataṃ viprajanocitam |
samabhyetya svayaṃ śukro dānavasyāpi saṃdvijaḥ || 47 ||
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sa cāpi caturo vedānbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ |
vedāṃgaiḥ sahitānvṛtraḥ papāṭha guruvatsalaḥ || 48 ||
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tato yauvanamāsādya bhūmipālānaśeṣataḥ |
jitvā dharāṃ vaśe cakre pātālaṃ tadanaṃta ram || 49 ||
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tataśceṃdrajayākāṃkṣī samāsāya surālayam |
sahasrākṣamukhāndevānyuddhe cakre parāṅmukhān || 50 ||
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atha tena samaṃ vajrī cakre'ṣṭādaśa saṃyugān |
ekasminnapi no lebhe vijayaṃ dvijasattamāḥ || 51 ||
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hataśeṣaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvāṃgakṣatavikṣataiḥ |
tato jagāma vitrasto brahmalokaṃ divā layāt || 52 ||
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vṛtro'pi bubhuje kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram |
śākraṃ padaṃ samāsthāya nihatāśeṣakaṃṭakam || 53 ||
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yajñabhāgabhujaścakre dānavānbala garvitān |
devasthāneṣu sarveṣu yathokteṣu mahābalaḥ || 54 ||
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evaṃ trailokyarājye'pi labdhe tasya dvijottamāḥ |
na saṃtoṣaśca saṃjajñe brahmalokābhi kāṃkṣayā || 55 ||
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tataḥ śukraṃ samāhūya provāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ |
vinayāvanato bhūtvā caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha || 56 ||
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vṛtra uvāca |
brahmalokaṃ gataḥ śakro bhayādgurukulodvaha |
kathaṃ gatirbhavettatra mama brūhi yathātatham || 57 ||
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yena śakraṃ viraṃciṃ ca sūdayiṣye tathākhilam |
tubhyaṃ dattvā brahma lokaṃ bhokṣyāmi tridivaṃ svayam || 58 ||
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śukra uvāca |
na gatirvidyate tatra tava dānavasattama |
tasmāttrailokyarājyena saṃtoṣaṃ kartuma rhasi || 59 ||
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vṛtra uvāca |
yāvattiṣṭhati sutrāmā tāvannāsti sukhaṃ mama |
tasmānniṣkaṃṭakārthāya yatiṣye'haṃ dvijottama || 60 ||
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kathaṃ śakrasya saṃjātā gatistatra bhṛgūdvaha |
na bhaviṣyati me brūhi kathaṃ sā'dya mahāmate || 61 ||
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śukra uvāca |
tena pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ naimiṣe dānavottama |
yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ dhyāyamānena śaṃkaram || 62 ||
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tatprabhāvādgatistasya tatra jātā sadaiva hi |
sabhṛtyaparivārasya nānyadastīha kāraṇam || 63 ||
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yo'nyo'pi naimiṣāraṇye tadrūpaṃ kurute tapaḥ |
brahmaloke gatistasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 64 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tacchrutvā satvaraṃ gatvā naimiṣaṃ tīrthamuttamam |
tapaścakre tatastīvraṃ dhyāyamāno maheśvaram || 65 ||
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trailokyarakṣaṇārthāya saṃnirūpya danūtta mān |
mahābalasamopetāñchakrādhikaparākramān || 66 ||
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varṣāsvākāśasthāyī sa hemante salilāśrayaḥ |
paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme sa vabhūvā nilāśanaḥ || 67 ||
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evaṃ tasya vratasthasya jagmurvarṣaśatāni ca |
tatra bhītāstato devā brahmaviṣṇupuraḥsarāḥ || 68 ||
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cakruśca satataṃ maṃtraṃ tadvināśāya kevalam |
vīkṣayaṃti ca cchidrāṇi na ca paśyaṃti duḥkhitāḥ || 69 ||
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athābravītsvayaṃ viṣṇuściraṃ niścitya cetasā |
vadhopāyaṃ samālokya vṛtrasya pramudānvitaḥ || 70 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
tasya śakra vadhopāyo mayā jñāto'dhunā dhruvam |
tacchrutvā kuru śīghraṃ tvamupāyo nāsti kaścana || 71 ||
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avadhyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṃ sa kṛtaḥ śūlapāṇinā |
tasmādasthimayaṃ vajraṃ tadvadhārthaṃ nirūpaya || 72 ||
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indra uvāca |
asthibhiḥ kasya jīvasya vajraṃ deva bhaviṣyati |
gajasya śarabhasyātha kiṃ vānyasya vadasva me || 73 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
śatahastapramāṇaṃ tatṣaḍasri ca surādhipa |
madhye kṣāmaṃ tu pārśvābhyāṃ sthūlaṃ raudrasamākṛti || 74 ||
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iṃdra uvāca |
na tādṛgdṛśyate sattvaṃ trailokyepi sureśvara |
yasyāsthibhirvidhīyeta vajamevaṃvidhākṛti || 75 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
dadhīcirnāma vipro'sti tapaḥ paramamā sthitaḥ |
dviguṇaṃ ca tathā dīrghaḥ sarasvatyāṃ kṛtāśramaḥ || 76 ||
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taṃ gatvā prārthayāśu tvaṃ svānyasthīni pradāsyati |
nādeyaṃ vidyate kiṃcittasya saṃprārthitasya hi || 77 ||
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tataḥ śakraḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gatvā tasya tadāśramam |
prācīsarasvatītīre puṣkare dvijasattamāḥ || 79 ||
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atha devānsamā lokya saṃprāptānnijamaṃdire |
dadhīciḥ saṃprahṛṣṭātmā satvaraḥ saṃmukhaṃ yayau || 79 ||
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sa praṇamya sahasrākṣaṃ tathānyānapi sanmuniḥ |
arghyādibhistataḥ pūjāṃ cakre teṣāṃ tataḥ param || 80 ||
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tataḥ provāca hṛṣṭātmā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ |
svayameva sahasrākṣaṃ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ || 81 ||
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dadhīciruvāca |
kimarthamāgatā devāḥ kṛtyaṃ cāśu nivedyatām |
dhanyo'hamāgato yasya gṛhe tvaṃ balasūdana || 82 ||
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śakra uvāca |
vṛtreṇa nirjitāḥ sarve vayaṃ brāhmaṇasattama |
sa vadhyo nahi śastrāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ varapuṣṭitaḥ || 83 ||
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so'sthisaṃbhavavajrasya vadhyaḥ syādabravīddhariḥ |
śatahastapramāṇasya na ca jīvosti tādṛśaḥ || 84 ||
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tvāṃ muktvā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tasmādasthīni yaccha naḥ |
svakīyāni bhavedyena vajraṃ tasya vināśakam || 85 ||
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kuru kṛtyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha devānāmārtināśanam |
anyathā vibudhāḥ sarve nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ || 86 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tacchrutvā saṃprahṛṣṭātmā dadhīcirbhagavānmuniḥ |
atyajajjīvitaṃ teṣāṃ hitārthāya divaukasām || 87 ||
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tato devāḥ prahṛṣṭāste gṛhītvāsthīni kṛtsnaśaḥ |
tataścakrurmahāvajraṃ yādṛśaṃ viṣṇunoditam || 88 ||
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atha śakrastadādāya naimiṣābhimukho yayau |
bhayena mahatā yukto vepamāno niśāgame || 89 ||
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tatra dhyānasthitaṃ vṛtraṃ dūrasthastridaśādhipaḥ |
vajreṇa tāḍayāmāsa palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ || 90 ||
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so'pi vajaprahāreṇa bhasmasātsama padyata |
vṛtro dānavaśārdūlo vahniṃ prāpya pataṃgavat || 91 ||
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śakro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto gatvā sāgaramadhyagam |
parvataṃ sudurārohaṃ tuṃgaśṛṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ || 92 ||
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na jānāti hataṃ vṛtraṃ vajraghātena tena tam |
kevalaṃ vīkṣate mārgaṃ vṛtrāgamanasaṃbhavam || 93 ||
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etasminnaṃtare devāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhāḥ |
sūtraṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭuvustridaśādhipam || 94 ||
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na jānaṃti bhayānnaṣṭaṃ tasminsāgaraparvate |
anviṣya cirakālena kṛcchrātsaṃprāpya taṃ tataḥ || 95 ||
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vīkṣāṃcakruḥ samāsīnaṃ viṣame girigahvare |
tejohīnaṃ tathā dīnaṃ brahmahatyāpariplutam || 96 ||
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gātradurgaṃdhitāsaṃgaiḥ pūrayantaṃ diśo daśa || 97 ||
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athovāca caturvaktro dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ tathāvidham |
samastāndevasaṃghātāndūrasthaḥ pāpaśaṃkayā || 98 ||
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śakro'yaṃ vibudhaśreṣṭhā brahmahatyāpariplutaḥ |
tasmātattyājyaḥ sudūreṇa no cetpāpamavāpsyatha || 99 ||
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paśyadhvaṃ sarvaliṃgāni brahmahatyānvitāni ca |
asya gātreṣu dṛśyaṃte tasmādgacchāmahe divi || 100 ||
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pitāmahamukhāndṛṣṭvā devānprāptānsurādhipaḥ |
parāṅmukhānakasmācca saṃjātānvismayānvitaḥ |||| |
tataḥ provāca saṃbhrāṃtaḥ kimidaṃ gamyate surāḥ |
dṛṣṭvāpi māmanābhāṣya kaccitkṣemaṃ gṛhe mama || 102 ||
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kaccitsa nihatastena mama vajreṇa dānavaḥ |
kaccinna māṃ sa yuddhārthamanveṣa yati durmatiḥ || 103 ||
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brahmovāca |
nihataḥ sa tvayā śakra tena vajreṇa dānavaḥ |
gato mṛtyuvaśaṃ pāpo na bhayaṃ kartumarhasi || 104 ||
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paraṃ tasya vadhājjātā brahmahatyā sugarhitā |
tava śakra na tenādya spṛśāmo'spṛśyatāṃ gatam || 105 ||
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indra uvāca |
mayā vinihatāḥ pūrvaṃ bahavaḥ kila dānavāḥ |
brahmahatyā na saṃjātā mama hatyādhunā katham || 106 ||
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brahmovāca |
te tvayā nihatā yuddhe kṣātradharmeṇa vāsava |
viśuddhā dānavāḥ sarve tena jātaṃ na pātakam || 107 ||
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eṣa yajñopavītāḍhyo viśeṣāttapasi sthitaḥ |
chalena nihataḥ śakra tena tvaṃ pāpasaṃyutaḥ || 108 ||
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indra uvāca |
jānāmyahaṃ caturvaktra svaṃ kāyaṃ pāpasaṃyutam |
cihnairbrahmavadhodbhūtaistasmācchuddhiṃ vadasva me || 109 ||
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yayā yāti drutaṃ pāpaṃ brahmahatyāsamudbhavam |
spṛśyo bhavāmi sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ prapitāmaha || 110 ||
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brahmovāca |
tīrthayātrāṃ suraśreṣṭha tadarthaṃ kartumarhasi |
tayā vinā na te pāpaṃ nāśamāyāti kṛtsnaśaḥ || 111 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tatastadvacanācchakrastīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ |
babhrāma sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ snānaṃ kurvanpṛthakpṛthak || 112 ||
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tīrtheṣu suprasiddheṣu nadīnadayuteṣu ca |
vārāṇasyāṃ prayāge ca prabhāse kurujāṃgale || 113 ||
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tathānyeṣu sahasrākṣo vipāpmā na vyajāyata |
tato vairāgyamāpannaścintayāmāsa cetasi || 14 ||
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ahaṃ snātaḥ samasteṣu tīrtheṣu dharaṇītale |
na ca pāpena nirmuktaḥ kiṃ karomi ca sāṃpratam || 115 ||
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kiṃ patāmi gireḥ śṛṃgādviṣaṃ vā bhakṣayāmi kim |
trailokyarājyavibhraṣṭo nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe || 116 ||
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evaṃ vairāgyamāpanno girimāruhya vāsavaḥ |
yāvatkṣipati cātmānaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ || 117 ||
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tāvaddevotthitā vāṇī gaganāddvijasattamāḥ |
mā śakra sāhasaṃ kārṣīrvairāgyaṃ prāpya cetasi || 118 ||
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tvayā rājyaṃ prakartavyaṃ svarge'dyāpi yugāṣṭakam |
tasmātpāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ śṛṇu śakra samā hitaḥ || 119 ||
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kuruṣva vacanaṃ śīghraṃ bhāvanīyaṃ na cānyathā |
yattvayā pāṃsubhiḥ pūrvaṃ vivaraṃ paripūritaḥ || 120 ||
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hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yatra devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ |
tatra nāgabilo jāto valmīkāttridaśādhipa || 121 ||
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yena nāgā dharāpṛṣṭhe nirgacchaṃti vrajaṃti ca |
tena mārgeṇa gatvā tvaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram |
snātvā pātālagaṃgāyāṃ pūjayasva maheśvaram || 122 ||
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tataḥ pāpavinirmukto bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ |
saṃprāpsyasi ca bhūyo'pi devarājyamakaṇṭakam || 123 ||
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sūta uvāca |
atha śakraḥ samākarṇya tāṃ giraṃ gaganotthitām |
jagāma satvaraṃ tatra yatra nāgabilaḥ sa ca || 124 ||
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tataḥ praviśya pātālaṃ gaṃgātoyapariplutaḥ |
pūjayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam || 125 ||
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atha tasya kṣaṇājjātaṃ śarīraṃ malavarjitam |
durgandhaśca gato nāśaṃ tejovṛddhirbabhūva ha || 126 ||
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etasminnaṃtare prāptā brahmaviṣṇumukhāḥ surāḥ |
procuśca devarājaṃ taṃ muktapāpaṃ praharṣitāḥ || 127 ||
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prāptastu medhyatāṃ śakra vimukto brahmahatyayā |
tasmādāgaccha gacchāmaḥ sahitāstridaśālayam || 128 ||
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etannāga bilaṃ śakra punaḥ pūraya pāṃsubhiḥ |
no cedāgatya cānena mānuṣāḥ siddhihetavaḥ || 129 ||
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etalliṃgaṃ samabhyarcya snātvā bhāgīrathījale |
api pāpasamāyuktā yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim || 130 ||
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tataste tridaśāḥ sarve sa ca devaṃ śatakratuḥ |
praṇipatya punaḥ proccaiḥ prajagmustridaśālayam || 3 ||
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tato jajñe mahāṃstatra svarge vṛtravadhotsavaḥ |
devendratvamanuprāpte punaḥ śakre dvijottamāḥ || 132 ||
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sūta uvāca |
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam |
māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam || 133 ||
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yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇoti ca samāhitaḥ |
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam || 134 ||
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