Chapter 87

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sūta uvāca |
tathā tatrāsti viprendrāḥ somasyāyatanaṃ śubham |
yasyāpi darśanādeva mucyate pātakairnaraḥ || 1 ||
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somavāre tu saṃprāpte somasya grahaṇe naraḥ |
yastaṃ paśyati pāpo'pi narakaṃ na sa paśyati || 2 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ dṛśyaṃte'tra samāśrayāḥ |
atra caṃdrasya caivaikaḥ kathaṃ jātaḥ samāśrayaḥ || 3 ||
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etannaḥ sūtaputrāticitraṃ manasi vartate |
tasmādvada mahābhāga sarvaṃ tvaṃ vetsyaśeṣataḥ || 4 ||
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sūta uvāca |
enajjagaddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvaṃ somamayaṃ smṛtam |
tasmātpratiṣṭhite tasmiṃstrailokyaṃ syātpratiṣṭhitam || 5 ||
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etāścauṣadhayaḥ sarvāḥ sasyādyāśceha bhūtale |
sarvāḥ somamayāstāśca yābhirjīvaṃti jaṃtavaḥ || 6 ||
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tasmādbrahmādayo devāḥ somaṃ prāpya kramāddvijāḥ |
tṛptiṃ yāṃti parāṃ hṛṣṭā yatastasmādvaro'tra saḥ || 7 ||
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agniṣṭomādayo yajñāstathā some pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
tasya pānādyatastṛptiṃ tatra yāṃti dvijottamāḥ || 8 ||
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etasmātkāraṇātsomaḥ sarveṣāmadhikaḥ smṛtaḥ |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca sa hi pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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yathānyeṣāṃ surendrāṇāṃ harmyāṇi dharaṇītale |
kriyante rātrināthasya tadvatkurvaṃti mānavāḥ || 10 ||
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yairyernarairniśeśasya prāsādo vihitaḥ kṣitau |
tete muktipadaṃ prāptāḥ kṛtvā'tha śubhasaṃcayam || 11 ||
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yanmaheśvaraharmyāṇāṃ sahasreṇa bhavecchubham |
tadeke naiva caṃdrasya prāpnuvaṃti śubhaṃ narāḥ || 12 ||
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atha candrotthaharmyasya māhātmyaṃ taddvijottamāḥ |
jñātvā brahmādayo devā bhayasaṃtrastamānasāḥ |
tadvighnārthamidaṃ procurmerumūrdhānamāśritāḥ || 13 ||
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saumyarkṣe somavāreṇa saumye māsi ca saṃsthite |
tithau ca somadevatye prāpte somagrahe tathā |
sakāraiḥ paṃcabhiryukte kāle somasya maṃdiram || 14 ||
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ya ekāhena saṃpādya prāsādaṃ sthāpayiṣyati |
caṃdraṃ sa sarvadevotthaharmyasyāpnoti satphalam || 15 ||
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sahasraguṇitaṃ samyakchraddhāpūtena cetasā |
anyathā yastu caṃdrasya prāsādaṃ prakariṣyati || 16 ||
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vaṃśocchedaṃ samāsādya narakaṃ sa prayāsyati |
etasmātkāraṇādbhītā na kurvaṃti narā bhuvi || 17 ||
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prāsādaṃ rātrināthasya supuṇyamapi saddvijāḥ |
ya eṣa rātrināthasya kṣetre'traiva vyavasthitaḥ || 18 ||
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prāsādastvaṃbarīṣeṇa bhūbhujā sa vinirmitaḥ |
kathaṃcitsamayaṃ prāpya yathoktaṃ śāstraciṃtakaiḥ || 19 ||
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tasyaivottaradigbhāge dvitīyo'nyaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
candramā dhaṃdhumāreṇa tadvatso'pi pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 20 ||
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tataśca tau mahīpālau tatprabhāvādubhau dvijāḥ |
gatau ca paramāṃ siddhiṃ janmamṛtyuvivarjitām || 21 ||
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prāsādo'nyastṛtīyastu kṣetre prābhāsike tathā |
ikṣvākuṇā nareṃdreṇa śraddhāyuktena nirmitaḥ || 22 ||
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prāsādatrayametaddhi muktvātra dharaṇītale |
aparo nāsti candrasya satyametanmayoditam |
eko'sti narmadātīre puṇye revorisaṃgame || 23 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ candramāhātmyamuttamam |
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvapātakanāśanam || 24 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhenāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhatmye somaprāsādamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 87 ||
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