Chapter 58

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īśvara uvāca |
atha dvitīyāṃ te vacmi śaktiṃ devi kriyātmikām |
prabhāsasthāṃ mahādevīṃ devānāṃ prītidāyinīm || 1 ||
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someśādvāyave bhāge ṣaṣṭidhanvatare sthitā |
tatra pīṭhaṃ mahādevi yoginīgaṇavanditam || 2 ||
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tasminsthāne sthitaṃ devi pātālavivaraṃ mahat |
tasminmahāprabhe sthāne rakṣārūpeṇa saṃsthitām || 3 ||
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pātālanidhi nikṣepadivyauṣadhirasāyanam |
kṣetramadhye sthitaṃ sarvaṃ tadarcanarato labhet || 4 ||
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bhairavīti ca taddevyāḥ pūrvaṃ nāma prakīrttitam |
asminpunaścāṃtare tu aṣṭāviṃśe caturyuge |
tretāyugamukhe rājā ajāpālo babhūva ha || 5 ||
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tena cāgatya kṣetresminpaṃcavarṣaśatāni ca |
bhairavī pūjitā devī vyādhigrastena bhāmini || 6 ||
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tataḥ provāca taṃ devī saṃtuṣṭā rājasattamam |
alaṃ kleśena rājarṣe tuṣṭāhaṃ tava bhaktitaḥ || 7 ||
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ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājā kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sudhīḥ |
praṇamyovāca tāṃ devīmānaṃdāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ || 8 ||
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yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi varārho yadi vāpyaham |
sarve rogāḥ śarīrānme nāśaṃ yāṃtu bahiḥ kṛtāḥ || 9 ||
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evamuktā tu sā devī punaḥ provāca taṃ nṛpam |
sarvameva mahārāja yathoktaṃ te bhaviṣyati || 10 ||
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ityukte tu tadā devyā tasya rājñaḥ kalevarāt |
nirgatā vyādhayastatra ajārūpeṇa vai pṛthak || 11 ||
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sahasrāṇāṃ tu pañcaiva niyataṃ sārddhameva ca |
iti vṛtte mahādevyā punaḥ prokto narādhipaḥ || 12 ||
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rājannetānajārūpānvyādhīnpālaya kṛtsnaśaḥ |
kiṃkurvāṇā bhaviṣyaṃti tavaivādeśakāriṇaḥ || 13 ||
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ajāpāleti te nāma khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati |
tava nāmnā mama nāma ajāpāleśvarīti ca |
bhaviṣyati dharāpṛṣṭhe tacca yāvaccaturyugam || 14 ||
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aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ yo'tra māṃ pūjayiṣyati |
tasyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ dāsye tuṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ || 15 ||
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aśvayukchuklāṣṭamyāṃ ca triḥ kṛtvā tu pradakṣiṇām |
someśaṃ madhyataḥ kṛtvā saṃsnāpyābhyarcya māṃ pṛthak |
tasya varṣatrayaṃ rājanna bhīḥ śoko bhaviṣyati || 16 ||
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yā tu vaṃdhyā bhavennārī rogiṇī durbhagā tathā |
tayoktā navamī kāryā mamāgre tuṣṭivarddhinī || 17 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityuktvā tu tadā devī tatraivāṃtarhitā'bhavat |
prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthaḥ sa rājātulavikramaḥ || 18 ||
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pālayāmāsa dharmātmā tānajānvyādhirūpiṇaḥ |
auṣadhīrvividhākārāsteṣāṃ yāḥ puṣṭihetavaḥ || 19 ||
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tatra varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ puṣṭiṃ nītā ajāḥ pṛthak |
mahānidhānasaṃsthānamajāpālena nirmiṃtam || 20 ||
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atha tasyāḥ prasādena sa rājā pṛthuvikramaḥ |
saptadvīpādhipo jātaḥ sūryavaṃśavibhūṣaṇaḥ || 21 ||
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devyuvāca |
atyāścaryamidaṃ deva ajā devyāḥ samudbhavam |
punaśca śrotumicchāmi tasya rājñodbhutaṃ mahat || 22 ||
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kathaṃ rājā sa deveśa saptadvīpāṃ vasundharām |
śaśāsa eka evāsau kathaṃ te vyādhayaḥ kṛtāḥ || 23 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
purā babhūva rājarṣirdilīpa iti viśrutaḥ |
dīrgho nāma sutastasya raghustasmādajāyata || 24 ||
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ajaḥputro raghoścāpi tasmādyaścātivīryavān |
sa bhairavīṃ samārādhya kṛtvā vyādhīnajāgaṇān || 25 ||
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pālayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo hyajāpālastato'bhavat |
tasminkāle babhūvātha rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ || 26 ||
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laṃkāsthitaḥ suragaṇānniyuyoja svakarmasu |
akhaṃḍamaṃḍalaṃ candramātapatraṃ cakāra ha || 27 ||
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indraṃ senāpatiṃ cakre vāyuṃ pāṃsupramārjakam |
varuṇaṃ dūtakarmasthaṃ dhanadaṃ dhanarakṣakam || 28 ||
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yamaṃ saṃyamane'rīṇāṃ yuyuje mantraṇe manum |
meghāśchardaṃti liṃpaṃti drumāḥ puṣpāṇi cikṣipuḥ || 29 ||
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saptarṣayaḥ śāṃtiparā brāhmaṇāḥ śaṃsinaḥ priyaḥ |
nāgā yāmakakakṣāyāṃ gandharvā gītatatparāḥ || 3 ||
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prekṣaṇīye'psarovṛṃdaṃ vādye vidyādharā vṛtāḥ |
gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ pāne gārhapatye hutāśanaḥ || 31 ||
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viśvakarmāṃgasaṃskāre tena śilpī niyojitaḥ |
tiṣṭhaṃti pārthivāḥ sarve puraḥ sevāvidhāyinaḥ || 32 ||
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dṛśyaṃte bhāsvarai ratnaiḥ praskhalaṃto vibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
tāndṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ prāha prahastaṃ pratihārakam || 33 ||
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sevāṃ karttuṃ mama sthāne brūhi ke'tra samāgatāḥ |
uvāca sa praṇamyāgre daṇḍapāṇirniśācaraḥ || 34 ||
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eṣa kākutstho māṃdhātā dhundhumāro nalo'rjunaḥ |
yayātirnahuṣo bhīmo rāghavo'yaṃ vidūrathaḥ || 35 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavo rājāna iha cāgatāḥ |
sevākarāstava sthāne nājāpāla iho gataḥ || 36 ||
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rāvaṇaḥ kupitaḥ prāha śīghraṃ dūta visarjaya |
ityuktvā prahito dūto dhūmrākṣo nāma rākṣasaḥ || 37 ||
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dhūmrākṣa gaccha brūhi tvamajāpālaṃ mamā jñayā |
sevāṃ karttuṃ mamāgaccha karaṃ vā yaccha pārthiva || 38 ||
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athavā candrahāsena tvāṃ kariṣye vikaṃdharam |
rāvaṇenaivamuktastu dhūmrākṣo garuḍo yathā || 39 ||
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saṃprāptastāṃ purīṃ ramyāṃ tava rājakulaṃ gataḥ |
dadarśāyāṃtamekaṃ sa ajāpālamajāvṛtam || 40 ||
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muktakeśaṃ muktakacchaṃ svarṇakaṃbaladhāriṇam |
yaṣṭiskaṃdhaṃ reṇuvṛtaṃ vyādhibhiḥ parivāritam || 41 ||
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nighnaṃtamiva śārdūlaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam |
mahyāmālikhya nāmāni vinighnaṃtaṃ dviṣāṃ gaṇam || 42 ||
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snātaṃ bhuktaṃ nijasthāne kṛtakṛtyaṃ manuṃ yathā |
dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamanāḥ prāha dhūmrākṣo rāvaṇoditam || 43 ||
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ajāpālo'pi sākṣepaṃ pratyu ktvā kāraṇottaram |
preṣayāmāsa dhūmrākṣaṃ tataḥ kṛtyaṃ samādadhe || 44 ||
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jvaramākārayitvā tu provācedaṃ mahīpatiḥ |
gaccha laṃkādhipasthānamācara tvaṃ yathoditam || 45 ||
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niyuktastvajapālena jvaro divi jagāma ha |
gatvā ca kaṃpayāmāsa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram || 46 ||
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rāvaṇastaṃ viditvā tu jvaraṃ paramadāruṇam |
provāca tiṣṭhatu nṛpastena me na prayojanam || 47 ||
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tataḥ sa vijvaro rājā babhūva dhanadānujaḥ |
evaṃ tasya caritrāṇi saṃti cānyāni koṭiśaḥ || 48 ||
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ajāpālasya deveśi sūryavattviṭkirīṭinaḥ |
tenaiṣā'rādhitā devī ajāpālena dhīmatā |
sarvarogapraśamanī sarvo padravanāśinī || 49 ||
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pūjayettāṃ vidhānena bhogepsuryadi mānavaḥ |
gaṃdhairdhūpairalaṃkārairvastrairanyaiśca bhaktitaḥ || 50 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ sarvamajādevyāḥ samudbhavam |
sarvaduḥkhopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam || 51 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ || 58 ||
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