Chapter 39

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| sūta uvāca |
tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhundhumāreśvarasya ca |
yayātinā nareṃdreṇa sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam || 1 ||
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devayānyā tathānyacca tathā śarmiṣṭhayā dvijāḥ |
bhāryayā bhūpatestasya sarvakāmaphalapradam || 2 ||
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sa yadā sarvabhogānāṃ tṛptiṃ prāpto dvijottamāḥ |
tadā putrasya rājyaṃ svaṃ vapuścaiva nyavedayat || 3 ||
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jarāmādāya tadgātrādbhāryābhyāṃ sahitastadā |
papraccha vinayopeto mārkaṃḍaṃ munisattamam || 4 ||
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bhagavansarvatīrthānāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ ca vadasva me |
yatpradhānaṃ pavitraṃ yattadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya || 5 ||
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śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca |
kṣetrāṇāmiha sarveṣāṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam |
camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ sāṃprataṃ pratibhāti naḥ || 6 ||
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yatra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā jaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśinī |
svayaṃ sthitā nṛpaśreṣṭha tathā devā harādayaḥ || 7 ||
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tathānyāni ca tīrthāni yāni saṃti dharātale |
teṣāṃ yatra ca sāṃnidhyaṃ sarvadā nṛpasattama || 8 ||
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śilā yatra dvipañcāśaddhastānāṃ parisaṃkhyayā |
pitāmahena nirmuktā pramodāya dvijanmanām || 9 ||
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yadanyatra śubhaṃ karma varṣeṇaikena sidhyati |
tattatra divasenāpi siddhiṃ yāti kṣitīśvara || 10 ||
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tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tapaḥ kuru mahīpate |
yena prāpsyasi cittasthāṃllokānbhāryāsamanvitaḥ || 11 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa rājā nahuṣātmajaḥ |
camatkārapure kṣetre bhāryābhyāṃ sahito yayau || 12 ||
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tataḥ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ |
samyagārādhayāmāsa śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ || 13 ||
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tatastasya prabhāvena bhāryābhyāṃ sahito nṛpaḥ |
vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridivālayam || 14 ||
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kinnarairgīyamānaśca stūyamānaśca cāraṇaiḥ |
sparddhamānaḥ samaṃ devairdvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ || 15 ||
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