Chapter 111

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkarāraṇyamuttamam |
tasmādīśānakoṇasthaṃ dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ sthitam || 1 ||
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tatra kuṇḍaṃ mahādevi hyaṣṭapuṣkarasaṃjñitam |
sarva pāpaharaṃ devi duṣprāpyamakṛtātmabhiḥ || 2 ||
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tatra kuṇḍasamīpe tu purā rāmeśadhīmatā |
sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṅgaṃ rāmeśvara iti smṛtam || 3 ||
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tasya pūjanamātreṇa mucyate brahmahatyayā || 4 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
bhagavanvistarādbrūhi rāmeśvarasamudbhavam |
kathaṃ tatrāgamadrāmaḥ sasītaśca salakṣmaṇaḥ || 5 ||
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kathaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṅgaṃ puṣkare pāpataskare |
etadvistarato brūhi phalaṃ māhātmyasaṃyutam || 6 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
caturviṃśayuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā |
purā rāvaṇanāśārthaṃ jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ || 7 ||
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tataḥ kālāntare devi ṛṣiśāpānmahātapāḥ |
yayau dāśarathī rāmaḥ sasītaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ || 8 ||
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vanavāsāya niṣkrāṃto divyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ |
tato yātrāprasaṃgena prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ || 9 ||
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taṃ deśaṃ tu samāsādya suśrāṃto niṣasāda ha |
astaṃ gate tataḥ sūrye parṇānyāstīrya bhūtale || 10 ||
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suṣvāpātha niśāśeṣe dadṛśe pitaraṃ svakam |
svapne daśarathaṃ devi saumyarūpaṃ mahāprabham || 11 ||
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prātarutthāya tatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayat |
yathā daśarathaḥ svapne dṛṣṭastena mahātmanā || 12 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
vṛddhikāmāśca pitaro varadāstava rāghava |
darśanaṃ hi prayacchaṃti svapnānte hi svavaṃśaje || 13 ||
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etattīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ suguptaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ |
puṣkareti samākhyātaṃ śrāddhamatra pradīyatām || 14 ||
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nūnaṃ daśaratho rājā tīrthe cāsminsamīhate |
tvayā dattaṃ śubhaṃ piṇḍaṃ tataḥ sa darśanaṃ gataḥ || 15 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
nimaṃtrayāmāsa tadā śrāddhārhānbrāhmaṇāñchubhān || 16 ||
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abravīllakṣmaṇaṃ pārśve sthitaṃ vinatakaṃdharam |
phalārthaṃ vraja saumitre śrāddhārthaṃ tvarayā'nvitaḥ || 17 ||
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sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāma raghunaṃdanaḥ |
ānayāmāsa śīghraṃ sa phalāni vividhāni ca || 18 ||
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bilvāni ca kapitthāni tindukāni ca bhūriśaḥ |
badarāṇi karīrāṇi karamardāni ca priye || 19 ||
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cirbhaṭāni parūṣāṇi mātuliṃgāni vai tathā |
nālikerāṇi śubhrāṇi iṃgudīsaṃbhavāni ca || 20 ||
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athaitāni papācāśu sītā janakanaṃdinī |
tatastu kutape kāle snātvā valkalabhṛcchuciḥ || 21 ||
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brāhmaṇānānayāmāsa śrāddhārhāndvijasattamān |
gālavo devalo raibhyo yavakrīto'tha parvataḥ || 22 ||
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bharadvājo vasiṣṭhaśca jāvālirgautamo bhṛguḥ |
ete cānye ca bahavo brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ || 23 ||
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śrāddhārthaṃ tasya saṃprāptā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ |
etasminneva kāle tu rāmaḥ sītāmabhāṣata || 24 ||
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ehi vaidehi viprāṇāṃ dehi pādāvanejanam |
etacchrutvā'tha sā sītā praviṣṭā vṛkṣamadhyataḥ || 25 ||
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gulmairācchādya cātmānaṃ rāmasyādarśane sthitā |
muhurmuhuryadā rāmaḥ sītāsītāmabhāṣata || 26 ||
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jñātvā tāṃ lakṣmaṇo naṣṭāṃ kopāviṣṭaṃ ca rāghavam |
svayameva tadā cakre brāhmaṇārha pratikriyām || 27 ||
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atha bhukteṣu vipreṣu kṛta piṃḍapradānake |
āgatā jānakī sītā yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ || 28 ||
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tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paruṣairvākyairbhartsayāmāsa rāghavaḥ |
dhigdhikpāpe dvijāṃstyaktvā pitṛkṛtyamahodayam |
kva gatā'si ca māṃ hitvā śrāddhakāle hyupasthite || 29 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhayabhītā ca jānakī || 30 ||
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kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā vepamānā hyabhāṣata |
mā kopaṃ kuru kalyāṇa mā māṃ nirbhartsaya prabho || 31 ||
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śṛṇu yasmādvibho'nyatra gatā tyaktvā tavāntikam |
dṛṣṭastatra pitā me'dya tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ || 32 ||
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tasya pūrvataraścāpi tathā mātāmahādayaḥ |
aṃgeṣu brāhmaṇendrāṇāmākrāntāste pṛthakpṛthak || 33 ||
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tato lajjā samabhavattatra me raghunandana |
pitrā tatra mahābāho manojñāni śubhāni ca || 34 ||
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bhakṣyāṇi bhakṣitānyeva yāni vai guṇavanti ca |
sa kathaṃ sukaṣāyāṇi kṣārāṇi kaṭukāni ca |
bhakṣayiṣyati rājendra tato me duḥkhamāviśat || 36 ||
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etasmātkāraṇānnaṣṭā lajjayā'haṃ raghūdvaha |
dṛṣṭvā śvaśuravargaṃ svaṃ tasmātkopaṃ parityaja || 36 ||
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tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismito rāghavo'bhavat |
viśeṣeṇa dadau tasmiñchrāddhaṃ tīrthe tu puṣkare || 37 ||
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tatra puṣkarasānnidhye dakṣiṇe dhanuṣāṃ traye |
liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa rāmeśvaramiti śrutam || 35 ||
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yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt |
sa prāpnoti paraṃ sthānaṃ yratra devo janārdanaḥ || 39 ||
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kimatra bahunoktena dvādaśyāṃ yatpradāpayet |
na tatra parisaṃkhyānaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 40 ||
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śukrāṃgārakasaṃyuktā caturthī yā bhavetkvacit |
ṣaṣṭhī vātra varārohe tatra śrāddhe mahatphalam || 41 ||
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yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ |
tarpitā nānyamicchanti puṣkare svakulodbhave || 42 ||
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tatra yo vājinaṃ dadyātsamyagbhaktisamanvitaḥ |
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ || 43 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ samyaṅmāhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam |
rāmeśvarasya devasya puṣkarasya ca bhāmini || 44 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkaramāhātmye rāmeśvarakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 111 ||
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