Chapter 26

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| sūta uvāca |
yatpūrvāparasīmāntaṃ tanmayā saṃprakīrtitam |
dakṣiṇottarasaṃbhūtaṃ tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam || 1 ||
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asti bhūbhitale khyātā madhurākhyā mahāpurī |
nānāviprasamākīrṇā yamunātaṭasaṃśrayā || 2 ||
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tasyāmāsīddvijaśreṣṭho gokarṇa iti viśrutaḥ |
vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ || 3 ||
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athāparo'sti tannāmā tatra vipro vayo'nvitaḥ |
so'pi ca brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvavidyāsu pāragaḥ || 4 ||
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kasyacittvathakālasya yamaḥ prāha svakiṃkaram |
ūrdhvakeśaṃ suraktākṣaṃ kṛṣṇadantaṃ bhayānakam || 5 ||
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adya gaccha drutaṃ dūta mathurākhyāṃ mahāpurīm |
ānayasva dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ tasyāṃ gokarṇasaṃjñakam || 6 ||
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tasyāyuṣaḥ kṣayo jāto madhyāhne'dyatane dine |
tyājyo'nyo'sti ca tatraiva cirāyustādṛśo dvijaḥ || 7 ||
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sūta uvāca |
atha dūto drutaṃ gatvā tāṃ purīṃ yamaśāsanāt |
vibhramādānayāmāsa gokarṇaṃ ca cirāyuṣam || 8 ||
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tataḥ kopaparītātmā yamaḥ provāca kiṃkaram |
dīrghāyureṣa ānīto dhikpāpa kimidaṃ kṛtam || 9 ||
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tasmātprāpaya tatraiva yāvadasya ca bandhubhiḥ |
no gātraṃ dahyate śokātsusamiddhena vahninā || 10 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi diṣṭyā prāptosmi teṃ'tikam |
vāṃchamānaḥ sadā mṛtyuṃ dāridryeṇa kadarthitaḥ || 11 ||
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yama uvāca |
nimiṣeṇāpi no martyamānayāmi mahītalāt |
āyuḥśeṣeṇa viprendra pūrṇenātha tyajāmi na || 12 ||
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tata eva hi me nāma dharmarāja iti smṛtam |
samatvātsarvajaṃtūnāṃ pakṣapātavivarjanāt || 13 ||
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tasmādgaccha gṛhaṃ vipra yāvadgātraṃ na dahyate |
baṃdhubhistava śokārtairnādhunā tatra te sthitiḥ || 14 ||
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prārthayasva mano'bhīṣṭaṃ varaṃ brāhmaṇasattama |
na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syātkathaṃcidapi dehinām || 15 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
avaśyaṃ yadi gaṃtavyaṃ mayā deva gṛhaṃ punaḥ |
tanmamācakṣva pṛcchāmi varaścaiṣa bhavenmama || 16 ||
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ete ye narakā raudrāḥ sevitāḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ |
dṛśyaṃte vada kaḥ kena karmaṇā sevyate janaiḥ || 17 ||
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yama uvāca |
asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau |
kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi || 18 ||
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kīrtayiṣyāmi teṣāṃ te prādhānyena dvijottama |
ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyā ye pāpilokakṛte kṛtāḥ || 19 ||
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ādyo'yaṃ rauravo nāma narako dvijasattama |
prataptatailakuṃbheṣu pacyaṃte yatra jaṃtavaḥ || 20 ||
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hā mātastāta putreti prakurvaṃti sudāruṇam |
parapākaratāḥ kṣudrāḥ paradravyā pahārakāḥ || 21 ||
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dvitīya eṣa vipreṃdra mahārauravasaṃjñitaḥ |
kṛtaghnaiḥ sevyate nityaṃ tathā ca gurutalpagaiḥ || 22 ||
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rorūyamāṇairdāhārtaiḥ pacyamānai rhavirbhujā |
khaṃḍaśaḥ kriyamāṇaiśca tīkṣṇaśastrairanekadhā || 23 ||
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tṛtīyoṃ'dhatamonāma narakaḥ subhayāvahaḥ |
atra ye puruṣā yāṃti tāṃśca vakṣyāmi sudvija || 24 ||
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duṣṭena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭāḥ paradārā narādhamaiḥ |
sulohāsyāḥ khagāsteṣāṃ haraṃtyatra vilocane || 29 ||
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caturtho'yaṃ prataptākhyo narakaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ |
atra te yātanāṃ bhuktvā tathā śuddhā bhavaṃti ca || 26 ||
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yaiḥ kṛtā satataṃ niṃdā gurudevatapasvi nām |
teṣāmutpāṭyate jihvā jātājātā'tra bhūriśaḥ || 27 ||
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eṣo'nyaḥ paṃcamo nāma suprasiddho vidārakaḥ |
mitradroharatāścātra cchidyaṃte karapatrakaiḥ || 28 ||
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prataptavālukāpūrṇo dhmāyate yaśca vahninā |
nikumbha iti vikhyātaḥ ṣaṣṭho lokabhayāvahaḥ || 29 ||
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prāṇāṃtikaṃ purā dattaṃ yairduḥkhaṃ prāṇināṃ naraiḥ |
aparādhaṃ vinā te'tra pacyaṃte vālukotkaraiḥ || 30 ||
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bībhatsuriti vikhyātaḥ saptamo narakādhamaḥ |
mūtrāmedhya samākīrṇaḥ samaṃtādatigarhitaḥ || 31 ||
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rājagāmi ca paiśunyaṃ yaiḥ kṛtaṃ sudurātmabhiḥ |
amedhyapūrṇavaktrāste dhāryaṃte'tra narādhamāḥ || 32 ||
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kutsitonāma vikhyāto dvijāyaṃ cāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ |
śleṣmamūtrābhisaṃpūrṇaistathā gandhaiśca kutsitaiḥ || 33 ||
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gurudevātithibhyaśca svabhṛtyebhyo viśeṣataḥ |
adattvā bhojanaṃ yaistu kṛtaṃ te'tra vyavasthitāḥ || 34 ||
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eṣa durgamanāmā ca navamo dvijasattama |
tīkṣṇakaṃṭakasaṃkīrṇaḥ sarpavṛścikasaṃkulaḥ || 35 ||
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ekasārthaprayātāya kṣutkṣāmāyāvasīdate |
adattvā bhojanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ te'tra vyavasthitāḥ || 36 ||
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daśamo'yaṃ suvikhyāto narako nāmaduḥ sahaḥ |
taptalohamayaiḥ staṃbhaiḥ samaṃtātparivāritaḥ || 37 ||
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ye pāpāḥ paradāreṣu raktā miṣṭāmiṣeṣu vā |
taptalohamayānstaṃbhāṃste'trāliṃgaṃti mānavāḥ || 38 ||
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ekādaśo'paraścāyamākarṣākhyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
narako vipraśārdūla taptasaṃdaṃśasaṃkulaḥ || 39 ||
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strīvipragurudevānāṃ vittaṃ cāśnaṃti ye narāḥ |
saṃdaṃśairapi kṛṣyaṃte tatra taptaiḥ samaṃtataḥ || 40 ||
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saṃdaṃśo dvādaśaścāyaṃ tathā'bhakṣyaprabhakṣakāḥ |
lohadaṃtamukhairgṛdhairbhakṣyaṃte'tra narādhamāḥ || 41 ||
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eṣa trayodaśonāma suvikhyāto niyaṃtrakaḥ |
samaṃtātkṛmibhirvyāptastathā ca dṛḍhabandhanaiḥ || 42 ||
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nyāsāpahārakāḥ pāpāstatra baddhāśca baṃdhanaiḥ |
kṛmivṛścika kīṭādyairbhakṣyate dvijasattama || 43 ||
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tathā caturdaśonāma narako'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ |
narakāṇāṃ samastānāmeṣa raudratamākṛtiḥ || 44 ||
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atra cādhomukhā baddhā vṛkṣaśākhāvalaṃbitāḥ |
pacyaṃte vahninā'dhastādbrahmaghnā ye ca mānavāḥ || 45 ||
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yūkāmatkuṇadaṃśādyaiḥ saṃkīrṇo'yaṃ dvijottama |
narako bhīṣaṇo nāma khyātaḥ pañcadaśo mahān || 46 ||
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kūṭasākṣyaratānāṃ ca tathaivānṛtavādinām |
atrāśrayo mayā dattastathānyeṣāṃ kukarmiṇām || 47 ||
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eṣa ṣoḍaśa uddiṣṭo narako nāma kṣudradaḥ |
yudhārtairmānavairvyāptaḥ samaṃtāddvijasattama || 49 ||
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mṛṣṭamāṃsāni yaiḥ pāpairbhakṣitāni dvijanmabhiḥ |
kṣudhārtāste nijaṃ kāyaṃ bhakṣayaṃtyatra saṃsthitāḥ || 49 ||
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tathā saptadaśaścāyaṃ kṣārākhyo narakaḥ smṛtaḥ |
sukṣāreṇa samākīrṇaḥ sarvaprāṇibhayāvahaḥ || 50 ||
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vratabhaṃgakarā ye ca ye ca pāṣaṇḍino narāḥ |
te'trāgatya śitaiḥ śastraiḥ piṣyaṃte pāpakṛttamāḥ || 51 ||
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eṣa cāṣṭādaśo nāma kathitaśca nidāghakaḥ |
jvalitāṃgārasaṃkīrṇo duḥsevyaḥ sarvadehinām || 52 ||
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dūṣayaṃti ca ye śāstraṃ kāvyaṃ vipraṃ ca kanyakām |
aṃgārāṃtaḥ sthitāte'tra dhriyaṃte mānavā dvija || 53 ||
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ekonaviṃśatiścāyaṃ prakhyātaḥ kūṭaśālmaliḥ |
sutīkṣṇakaṃṭakākīrṇaḥ samaṃtāddvijasattama |ा || 54 ||
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nāstikā bhinnamaryādā ye ca viprasya ghātakāḥ |
te sarve'tra narā nityamāruhaṃti pataṃti ca || 95 ||
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eṣa viṃśatimo nāma narako dvijasattama |
asipatravanākhyaśca kaṣṭasevyo durātmabhiḥ || 56 ||
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atra yāṃti narā vipra pararaṃdhranirīkṣakāḥ |
kūṭakarmaratā ye ca śāstravikrayakārakāḥ || 57 ||
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ekaviṃśatimā caiṣā nāmnā vaitaraṇī nadī |
sarvaireva narairgamyā dharmapāpānuyāyibhiḥ || 58 ||
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mṛtyukāle samutpanne dhenuṃ yacchaṃti ye narāḥ |
tasyā lāṃgūlamāśritya tārayaṃti sukhena ca || 59 ||
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adattvā gāṃ ca ye martyā mriyaṃte dvijasattama |
tīrtvā hastādibhirdurgā ta imāṃ saṃtaraṃti ca || 60 ||
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etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottama |
vistareṇa tava prītyā svarūpaṃ narakodbhavam || 61 ||
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tasmādgaccha gṛhaṃ śīghraṃ yāvadgātraṃ na dahyate |
bandhubhistava śokārtairgṛhītvā vāṃchitaṃ dhanam || 62 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
yadi deva mayā samyaggaṃtavyaṃ nijamaṃdiram |
tadbrūhi karmaṇā yena narakaṃ yāti no naraḥ || 63 ||
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yama uvāca || |
tīrthayātrāparo nityaṃ devatātithipūjakaḥ |
brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca na yāti narakaṃ naraḥ || 64 ||
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paropakārasaṃyukto nityaṃ japaparāyaṇaḥ |
svādhyāyanirataścaiva na yāti narakaṃ dvija || 65 ||
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vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca |
yaḥ karoti naro nityaṃ narakaṃ na sa paśyati || 66 ||
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hemaṃte vahnido yaḥ syāttathā grīṣme jalapradaḥ |
varṣāsvāśrayado yaśca narakaṃ na sa paśyati || 67 ||
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vratopavāsasaṃyuktaḥ śāṃtātmā vijiteṃdriyaḥ |
brahmacārī sadā dhyānī narakaṃ yāti no naraḥ || 68 ||
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annaprado naro yaḥ syādviśeṣeṇa tilapradaḥ |
ahiṃsānirataścaiva narakaṃ na sa paśyati || 69 ||
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vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ śāstrāsaktaḥ sumṛṣṭavāk |
dharmākhyānaparo nityaṃ narakaṃ na sa paśyati || 70 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
etanmūrkho'pi jānāti śubhakarmakaraḥ pumān |
na yāti narakaṃ svarge tathā pāpakriyārataḥ || 71 ||
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tasmādaśubhakarmāpi karmaṇā yena pātakam |
svalpenāpi nihantyāśu yāti svargaṃ narastataḥ || 72 ||
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tanmebrūhi suraśreṣṭha vrataṃ niyamameva vā |
tīrthaṃ vā japahomaṃ vā sarvalokasukhāvaham || 73 ||
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yama uvāca |
atra te sumahadguhyaṃ kīrtayiṣye dvijottadha |
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena vacanānmama sarvadā || 74 ||
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mahāpātakayukto'pi puruṣo yena karmaṇā |
anuṣṭhitena no yāti narakaṃ kleśakārakam || 75 ||
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ānartaviṣaye ramyaṃ sarvatīrthamayaṃ śubham |
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 76 ||
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tatraikamapi māsārdhaṃ yo bhaktyā pūjayeddharam |
sa sarvapāpayukto'pi śivaloke mahīyate || 77 ||
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tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tvamārādhaya śaṃkaram |
yena gacchasi nirvāṇaṃ daśabhiḥ puruṣaiḥ saha || 78 ||
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sūta uvāca |
upadeśaṃ samākarṇya sa yadā prasthito gṛham |
dharmarājasya saṃhaṣṭo madhurāṃ nagarīṃ prati || 79 ||
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tāvaddvitīyaṃ go karṇaṃ dūta ādāya saṃgataḥ |
darśayāmāsa dhṛtvāgre dharmarājasya satvaram || 80 ||
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tataḥ provāca taṃ dūtaṃ dharmarājaḥ praharṣitaḥ |
gokarṇaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā dvitīyaṃ prasthitaṃ gṛham || 81 ||
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yasmātkālātyayaṃ kṛtvā'nīto'yaṃ brāhmaṇastvayā |
tasmādenamapi kṣipraṃ dvitīyena samaṃ tyaja || 82 ||
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tatastau tatkṣaṇānmuktau gokarṇau brāhmaṇau samam |
svaṃsvaṃ kalevaraṃ prāpya sahasātha samanvitau || 83 ||
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tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa gokarṇaḥ prathamo dvijaḥ |
yamopadeśasaṃjuṣṭo dvitīyāya savistaram || 84 ||
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tato gṛhaṃ parityajya gokarṇau dvāvapi sthitau |
devatāyatanairvyāptaṃ kṣetraṃ dṛṣṭvā'khilaṃ tataḥ || 85 ||
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liṃge saṃsthāpite tābhyāṃ sīmāṃte dakṣiṇottare |
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ saṃprāpya tapasi drutam || 86 ||
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tataḥ śivaṃ samārādhya tapaḥ kṛtvā yathocitam |
saśarīrau divaṃ prāptau tatprabhāvādvijottamāḥ || 87 ||
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tābhyāṃ mārgacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ jāgaraḥ kṛtaḥ |
yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā sa gacchati śivālayam || 88 ||
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aputro labhate putrāndhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt |
niṣkāmastu punarmokṣaṃ naro yāti na saṃśayaḥ || 89 ||
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sūta uvāca |
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sīmāṃtaṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
kṣetrasyāsya pramāṇaṃ ca vistareṇa caturdiśam || 90 ||
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atrāṃtare narā ye ca nivasaṃti dvijottamāḥ |
kṛṣikarmodyatāścāpi yāṃti te paramāṃ gatim |
kiṃ punarniyatātmānaḥ śāṃtā dāṃtā jiteṃdriyāḥ || 91 ||
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api kīṭapataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ |
tasminkṣetre mṛtā yāṃti svargalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 92 ||
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kiṃ punarye narāstatra kṛtvā prāyopaveśanam |
saṃnyastāḥ śraddhayopetā hṛdayasthe janārdane || 93 ||
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tasmātsarva prayatnena tatkṣetraṃ sevyameva hi |
viśeṣeṇa kalau prāpte yuge pāpasamāvṛte || 94 ||
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punaṃti snānadānābhyāṃ sarvatīrthānyasaṃśayam |
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ punarvāsātpunāti ca || 95 ||
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vāpīkūpataḍāgeṣu yatrayatra jalaṃ dvijāḥ |
tatratatra naraḥ snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 96 ||
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kiṃ yrajñaiḥ kiṃ vṛthā dānaiḥ ka vrataiḥ kiṃ japairapi |
varaṃ tatra kṛto vāsaḥ kṣetre svargamabhīpsubhiḥ || 97 ||
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etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ māṃgalyaṃ pāpanāśanam |
hāṭakeśvarajakṣetramāhātmyaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā || 98 ||
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