Chapter 154

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sūta uvāca |
yā nārī tatra satkuṇḍe snātvā tāṃ pārvatīṃ punaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā snāti tatastīrthe tasminrūpamaye śubhe || 1 ||
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punaśca pārvatīṃ paśyecchraddhayā parayā yutā |
sadyaḥ sā mucyate kṛtsnairājanmamaraṇāṃtikaiḥ || 2 ||
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tatraivāsti jayānāma pārvatyāḥ kiṃkarī dvijāḥ |
tayā tatra kṛtaṃ kuṇḍaṃ gaurīkuṇḍasamīpataḥ || 3 ||
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yā tatra kurute snānaṃ tṛtīyādivase'balā |
sutasaubhāgyasaṃpannā sā bhavetpativallabhā || 4 ||
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tathānyadapi tatrāsti vijayākuṇḍamuttamam |
tatra snātā'pi vaṃdhyā strī jāyate putrasaṃyutā || 5 ||
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na ca paśyati putrāṇāṃ kadācidvyasanaṃ dvijāḥ |
na viyogaṃ na duḥkhaṃ ca svapnāṃte ca kadācana || 6 ||
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kākavaṃdhyā'pi yā nārī tatra snānaṃ samācaret |
sā putrānvividhāṃllabdhvā svargaloke mahīyate || 7 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
eteṣāṃ sūta tīrthānāṃ tīrthamasti susiddhidam |
kvacitkiṃñcidbhavetsiddhiryatra snānāccharīrajā || 8 ||
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sūta uvāca |
saptaviṃśatiliṃgāni yāni saṃti dvijottamāḥ |
teṣāṃ madhye'bhavatsiddhirekasminnikhilā dvijāḥ || 9 ||
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ekasya sattvayuktasya vīravratayutasya ca |
āśvinasya caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ || 10 ||
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ardharātre vidhānena teṣāṃ pūjāṃ karoti yaḥ |
prāguktaṃ japanaṃ bhaktyā sa kramātsādhakottamaḥ || 11 ||
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aṃganyāsaṃ vidhāyoccaiḥ kṣurikāsūktamuccarat |
teṣāmagre punaḥ samyakpūjayitvā ca śaṃkaram || 12 ||
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pṛthagekaikaśo bhaktyā pūjayeddikpatīṃśca vai || 13 ||
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athā'gatya gaṇeśo vai vikarālo bhayānakaḥ |
laṃbodaro vai nagnaśca kṛṣṇadantasamudbhavaḥ || 14 ||
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khaḍgahasto'bravīdyuddhaṃ prakuruṣva mayā samam |
muktvaitatkapaṭaṃ bhūmau yadi vīro'si sāttvikaḥ || 15 ||
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tatastatkarṣaṇāccāpi yastenāśu pratāḍyate |
sa tenaiva śarīreṇa nīyate tena tatpadam || 16 ||
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yatra sthāne jarāmṛtyurna śokaśca kadācana |
tathā citreśvarīpīṭhe siddhirekasya kīrtitā || 17 ||
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māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ pīṭhaṃ tatra pūjayet |
āgamoktavidhānena samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ || 19 ||
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paścātkapālamādāya mahāmāṃsaprapūritam |
ahamasya karomyadya mahāmāṃsasya vikrayam || 19 ||
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siddhimūlye na gṛhṇātu kaściccedasti sāttvikaḥ |
tataśca yācate yaśca pragṛhṇāti ca saddvijāḥ || 20 ||
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sa tamādāya niryāti yatra devo maheśvaraḥ |
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ liṃgaṃ citraśarmapratiṣṭhitam || 21 ||
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tasya sthānasya madhyastho yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ |
śivarātrau niśīthe ca puṣpalakṣaṇabhaktitaḥ |
susiddhimāpnuyāttūrṇaṃ sa śarīreṇa tatkṣaṇāt || 22 ||
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siddhisthānāni sarvāṇi tasminkṣetre sthitāni vai |
vīravrataprayuktānāṃ mānavānāṃ dvijottamāḥ || 23 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
tāmaso yastvayā proktaḥ siddhimārgo mahāmate |
anarho brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ śrotriyāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 24 ||
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śuddhāntaḥ karaṇaiḥ sūta bhūtahiṃsāvivarjitaiḥ |
yathā saṃprāpyate mokṣo brāhmaṇaiḥ sucirādapi || 25 ||
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tattvaṃ brūhi mahābhāga mokṣopāyaṃ dvijanmanām || 26 ||
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sūta uvāca |
rudrairdaśabhiḥ saṃyuktamānaṃdeśvarakaṃ tathā |
snātvā tadagrataḥ kuṇḍe śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā || 27 ||
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saṃsiddhimāpnuyānmartyo durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi |
māghamāse naraḥ snātvā viśvāmitrahrade naraḥ || 28 ||
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pratyūṣe tilapātraṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet |
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahma loke mahīyate || 29 ||
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yadyapi syāddurācāraḥ sarvāśī sarvavikrayī |
suparṇākhyasya devasya purataḥ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ || 30 ||
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prāyopaveśanaṃ kṛtvā hyupavāsaparo naraḥ |
yastyajenmānavaḥ prāṇānna sa bhūyo'bhijāyate || 31 ||
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evaṃ siddhitrayaṃ proktaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāvaham |
sāttvikaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ śaṃsitaṃ tridaśairapi || 32 ||
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anyāni tatra tīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca |
tāni svargapradānyāhurmunayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ || 33 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ kṣetramāhātmyamuttamam |
hāṭakeśvaradevasya sarvapātakanāśanam || 34 ||
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yo'tra sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati bhaktitaḥ |
sarvāṇyāyatanānyeva sa pāpo'pi vimucyate || 35 ||
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etatkhaṃḍaṃ purāṇasya prathamaṃ parikīrtitam |
kārtikeyapraṇītasya sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham || 36 ||
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yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ |
iha bhuktvā suvipulānbhogānyāti triviṣṭapam || 37 ||
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sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadānaiśca yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti śṛṇvañchraddhāsamanvitaḥ || 38 ||
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śrutvā purāṇametaddhi janmakoṭisamudbhavāt |
pātakādvipramucyeta kulānāmuddharecchatam || 39 ||
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tato vyāsaḥ pūjanīyo vastradānādibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
gobhūhiraṇyanirvāpairdānaiśca vividhairapi || 40 ||
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tena saṃpūjito vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ manuḥ |
sākṣātsatyavatīputro yena vyāsaḥ supūjitaḥ || 41 ||
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ekamapyakṣaraṃ yastu guruḥ śiṣye nivedayet |
pṛthivyāṃ nāsti taddravyaṃ yaddattvā hyanṛṇī bhavet || 42 ||
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etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ sva styayanaṃ mahat |
yacchrutvā sarvaduḥkhebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 43 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvara kṣetramāhātmye citreśvarīpīṭhakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥpaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 154 ||
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