Chapter 103

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchedvarārohe kapāleśvaramuttamam |
tasyā uttaradigbhāge suragaṃdharvapūjitam || 1 ||
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purā yajñe varttamāne dakṣarājasya dhīmataḥ |
upaviṣṭeṣu vipreṣu hūyamāne hutāśane || 2 ||
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jālmarūpadharo bhūtvā śaṃkarastatra cāgataḥ || 27 ||
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jīrṇakaṃthānvito devi malavāndhūlidhūsaraḥ || 3 ||
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atha te brāhmaṇāḥ kruddhā dṛṣṭvā taṃ jālmarūpiṇam |
kapāladhāriṇaṃ sarve dhikchabdaistaṃ jagarhire || 4 ||
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asakṛtpāpapāpeti gacchagaccha narādhama |
yajñavedirna cārhā hi mānuṣāsthidharasya te || 5 ||
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atha prahasya bhagavānyajñavedyāṃ sureśvari |
kṣiptvā kapālaṃ naṣṭo'sau na sa jñāto manīṣibhiḥ || 6 ||
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tasminnaṣṭe kapālaṃ tatkṣiptaṃ maṃḍapabāhyataḥ |
athānyattatra saṃjātaṃ tadrūpaṃ ca varānane || 7 ||
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kṣiptaṃkṣiptaṃ punastatra jāyate ca mahītale |
evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca || 8 ||
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tatra kṣiptāni jātāni tataste vismayānvitāḥ |
athocurmunayaḥ sarve nirviṇṇāścāsya ceṣṭitam || 9 ||
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ko'nyo devānmahādevādgaṃgākṣālitaśekharāt |
samartha īdṛśaṃ karttumasminyajñe viśeṣataḥ || 10 ||
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tataste vi vidhaiḥ stotraiḥ stuvaṃto vṛṣabhadhvajam |
homaṃ cakrurmuhurvahnau maṃtraistaiḥ śatarudriyaiḥ || 11 ||
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tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ prāptasteṣāṃ devo maheśvaraḥ |
tataste vividhaiḥ stotraistuṣṭuvuḥ śūlapāṇinam |
vedoktamaṃtrairvividhaiḥ purāṇoktaistathaiva ca || 12 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
oṃ namo mūlaprakṛtaye ajitāya mahātmane |
anāvṛtāya devāya niḥspṛhāya namonamaḥ || 13 ||
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nama ādyāya bījāya ārṣeyāya pravarttine |
anaṃtarāya caikāya avyaktāya namonamaḥ || 14 ||
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nānāvicitrabhujagāṃgadabhūṣaṇāya sarveśvarāya virajāya namo varāya |
viśvātmane paramakāraṇakāraṇāya phullāraviṃdavipulāyatalocanāya || 15 ||
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adṛśyamavyaktamanādimavyayaṃ yadakṣaraṃ brahma vadaṃti sarvagam |
niśāmya yaṃ mṛtyumukhātpramucyate tamādidevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 16 ||
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evaṃ stutastadā sarvairṛṣibhirgatakalmaṣaiḥ |
tatastuṣṭo mahādevasteṣāṃ pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ |
abravīttānṛṣīndevo vṛṇudhvaṃ varamuttamam || 17 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
yadi tuṣṭo'si no deva sthāne'sminnirato bhava |
asaṃkhyātāni yasmācca kapālāni sureśvara || 18 ||
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punaḥ punaḥ pravṛttāni vyapanītānyapi prabho |
asminnasaṃśayaṃ sthāne kapāleśvaranāmabhṛt || 19 ||
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svayaṃ tu liṃgaṃ deveśa tiṣṭhenmanvaṃtarāṃtaram |
kapāleśvaranāmnā tvamasminsthāne sthitiṃ kuru || 20 ||
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yetra tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti dhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ |
teṣāṃ tu paramaṃ sthānaṃ yaddevairapi durlabham || 21 ||
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bāḍhamityevamuktvā'sau sthita statramaheśvaraḥ |
punaḥ pravartito yajño niśānāthasya bhāmini || 22 ||
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tasmindṛṣṭe labhenmartyo vājimedhaphalaṃ priye |
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ pūrva janmārjjitairapi || 23 ||
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idaṃ māhātmyamakhilamabhūtsvāyaṃbhuvāṃtare |
vaivasvate punaścānyaddakṣayajñavināśakṛt || 24 ||
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kapālīti maheśāno dakṣeṇoktaḥ purā haraḥ |
tena yajñasya vidhvaṃsaṃ kapālī tamathākarot |
kapāleśvaranāmeti sthitosminmānavāntare || 25 ||
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athāsya nāma devasya sūrya sāvarṇikeṃ'tare |
bhaviṣyati varārohe nāma tattveśvareti ca || 26 ||
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iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ rudradaivatam |
pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam || 27 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye madhyayātrāyāṃ kapāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 103 ||
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