Chapter 202

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi rāmeśvaramanuttamam |
maṃkīśāddakṣiṇe bhāge āgneye tu kṛtasmarāt |
pūrvatastu sarasvatyā balabhadrapratiṣṭhitam || 1 ||
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yatra mukto'bhavaddevi rāmo brahmavadhātkila |
pātakātpratilomāṃ tāmagāhata sarasvatīm || 2 ||
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devyuvāca |
kathaṃ sa pātakānmuktaḥ kathaṃ pāpamabhūtpurā |
kathaṃ tatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ kiṃprabhāvaṃ vadasva me || 3 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
yāṃ śrutvā mānavo devi muktaḥ saṃsārasāgarāt |
sarvānkāmānsa labhate satataṃ manasi priyān || 4 ||
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rāmaḥ pūrvaṃ parāṃ prītiṃ kṛtvā kṛṣṇasya lāṃgalī |
cintayāmāsa bahudhā kiṃ kṛtaṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet || 5 ||
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kṛṣṇena hi vinā nāhaṃ yāsye duryodhanāntikam |
pāṇḍavānvā samāśritya kathaṃ duryodhanaṃ nṛpam || 6 ||
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jāmātaraṃ tathā śiṣyaṃ ghātayiṣye nareśvaram |
tasmānna pārthaṃ yāsyāmi nāpi duryodhanaṃ nṛpam || 7 ||
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tīrtheṣvāplāvayiṣyāmi tāvadātmānamātmanā |
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yāvadaṃtāya kalpate || 8 ||
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ityādiśya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pārthaduryodhanāvapi |
jagāma dvārakāṃ śauriḥ svasainyaiśca parīvṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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gatvā dvārāvatīṃ rāmo hṛṣṭatuṣṭajanākulām |
svairantaḥpuragaiḥ sārdhaṃ papau pānaṃ halāyudhaḥ || 10 ||
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pītapāno jagāmātha raivatodyānamṛddhimat |
haste gṛhītvā sa gadāṃ revatyādibhiranvitaḥ || 11 ||
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strīkadaṃbakamadhyastho yayau mattavadāskhalan |
dadarśa ca vanaṃ vīro ramaṇīyamanuttamam || 12 ||
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sarvatra tarupuṣpāḍhyaṃ śākhāmṛgagaṇākulam |
puṣpa padmavanopetaṃ sapalvalamahāvanam || 13 ||
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sa śṛṇvanprītijanakānvanyānmadakalāñchubhān |
śrotraramyānsumadhurāñchabdānkhagasukheritān || 14 ||
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sarvataḥ phalaratnāḍhyānsarvataḥ kusumojjvalān |
apaśyatpādapāṃścaiva vihagairanumoditān || 15 ||
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āmrānāgrātakānbhavyānnālikerānsatiṃdukān |
ābalvanāṃsthā pītāndāḍimānbījapūrakān |
panasāṃllakucānmocāṃstāpāṃścāpi manoharān |
pālevatānkusaṃkullānnalinānatha vetasān || 17 ||
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bhallātakānāmalakīṃstindukāṃśca mahāphalān |
iṃgudānkaramardāṃśca harītakabibhītakān || 18 ||
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etānanyāṃśca sa tarūndadarśa yadunandanaḥ |
tathaivāśokapunnāgaketakībakulāṃstathā || 19 ||
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caṃpakānsaptaparṇāṃśca karṇikārānsumālatīḥ |
pārijātānkovidārā nmandārendīvarāṃstathā || 20 ||
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pāṭalānpuṣpitānrambhāndevadārudrumāṃstathā |
śālāṃstālāṃśca stamālāṃniculānvañjulāṃstathā || 21 ||
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cakoraiḥ śatapatraiśca bhṛṃgarājaiḥ samāvṛtān |
kokilaiḥ kalaviṃkaiśca hārītairjīvajīvakaiḥ || 22 ||
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priyaputraiścātakaiśca śukairanyairvihaṃgamaiḥ |
śrotraramyaṃ sumadhuraṃ kūja dbhiścāpyadhiṣṭhitaiḥ || 23 ||
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sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni manojñasalilāni ca |
kumudaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiśca tathā rocanakotpalaiḥ || 24 ||
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kahlāraiḥ kamalaiścāpi carcitāni samaṃtataḥ |
kadaṃbaiścakravākaiśca tathaiva jalakukkuṭaiḥ || 25 ||
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kāraṇḍavaiḥ plavairhaṃsaiḥ kūrmairmaṃḍubhireva ca |
etairanyaiśca kīrṇāni tathānyairjalavā sibhiḥ || 26 ||
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krameṇa saṃcaranrāmaḥ prekṣamāṇo manoramam |
jagāmānugataḥ strībhirlatāgṛhamanuttamam || 27 ||
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sa dadarśa dvijāṃstatra vedavedāṃgapāra gān |
kauśikānbhārgavāṃścaiva bhāradvājāṃśca gautamān || 28 ||
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vividheṣu ca saṃbhūtānvaṃśeṣu dvijasattamān |
kathāśravaṇasotkaṇṭhānupaviṣṭānmahā tmanaḥ || 29 ||
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kṛṣṇājinottarīyeṣu kūrceṣu ca vṛsīṣu ca |
sūte ca teṣāṃ madhyasthaṃ kathayānaṃ kathāḥ śubhāḥ || 30 ||
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paurāṇikāḥ surarṣīṇāmā dyānāṃ caritakriyāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ dvijāḥ sarve madhupānāruṇekṣaṇam || 31 ||
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matto'yamiti manvānāḥ samuttasthustvarānvitāḥ |
pūjayanto haladharaṃ tamṛte sūtavaṃśajam || 32 ||
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tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo halī sūtaṃ mahābalaḥ |
nijaghāna vivṛttākṣaḥ kṣobhitāśeṣadānavaḥ || 33 ||
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anvāsite padaṃ brāhmyaṃ tasminsūte nipātite |
niṣkrāntāste dvijāḥ sarve vanātkṛṣṇājināṃbarāḥ || 34 ||
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avadhūtaṃ tathātmānaṃ manyamāno halāyudhaḥ |
cintayāmāsa sumahanmayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam || 35 ||
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brahmāsanagato hyeṣa yaḥ sūto vinipātitaḥ |
tathā hyete dvijāḥ sarve māmavekṣya vinirgatāḥ || 36 ||
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śarīrasya ca me gandho lohasyevāsukhāvahaḥ |
ātmānaṃ cāvagacchāmi brahmaghnamiti kutsitam || 37 ||
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dhiṅmamārthaṃ tathā madyaṃ mahimānamakīrtidam |
yenā viṣṭena sumahanmayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam || 38 ||
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smṛtyuktaṃ te kariṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi |
uktamastyeva manunā prāyaścittādikaṃ kramāt || 39 ||
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japaḥ pracchannapāpānāṃ manastāpa eva ca |
bhūtātmanastapovidye buddherjñānaṃ viśodhanam || 4 ||
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kṣetreśvarasya vijñānādviśuddhiḥ paramā matā |
śarīrasya viśuddhistu prāyaścittaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ || 41 ||
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tato'dyataḥ kariṣyāmi vrataṃ dvādaśavārṣikam |
svakarmakhyāpanaṃ kurvanprāyaścittamanuttamam || 42 ||
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iyaṃ viśuddhirajñānāddhatvā cākāmato dvijam |
kāmato brāhmaṇavadhe niṣkṛtirna vidhīyate || 43 ||
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yaḥ kāmato mahāpāpaṃ naraḥ kurynātkathaṃcana |
na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā bhṛgvagnipatanādṛte || 44 ||
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akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittaṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
kāmakārakṛte'pyāhureke śrutinidarśanāt || 45 ||
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vidhiḥ prāthamikastasmāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ caret |
tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ || 46 ||
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auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ dadadgobrāhmaṇādiṣu |
dīyamāne vipattiḥ syānna sa pāpena lipyate || 47 ||
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akāraṇaṃ tu yaḥ kaściddvijaḥ prāṇānparityajet |
tasyaiva tatra doṣaḥ syānna tu yo'smai dadāti tat || 48 ||
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pariṣkṛto yadā vipro hatvā'tmānaṃ mṛto yadi |
nirguṇaḥ sahasā krodhādgṛhakṣetrādikāraṇāt || 49 ||
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trivārṣikaṃ vrataṃ kuryā tpratilomāṃ sarasvatīm |
gacchedvāpi viśuddhyarthaṃ tatpāpasyeti niścitam || 50 ||
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uddiśya kupito hatvā toṣitaṃ vāsayetpunaḥ |
tasminmṛte na doṣo'sti dvayorucchrāvaṇe kṛte || 51 ||
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ṣaṇḍhaṃ tu brāhmaṇaṃ hatvā śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret |
bahūnāmekakāryāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śastradhāriṇām || 52 ||
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yadyeko ghātayettatra sarve te ghātakāḥ smṛtāḥ |
prāyaścitte vyavasite yadi kartā vipadyate || 53 ||
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enastatprāpnuyādenamiha loke paratra ca |
tadahaṃ kiṃ karomyeṣa kva gacchāmi durātmavān || 54 ||
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dhiṅmāṃ ca pāpacaritaṃ mahāduṣkṛtakarmiṇam || 55 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityevaṃ vilapanyāvacchokā kulitamānasaḥ |
tāvadākāśasaṃbhūtā vāguvācāśarīriṇī || 56 ||
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bhobho rāma na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ kathaṃcana |
gaccha prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ yatra devī sarasvatī || 57 ||
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pañcasrotāḥ sthitā tatra pañcapātakanāśanī |
nadīnāṃ pravarā sā tu brahmabhūtā sarasvatī || 58 ||
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ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni brahmāṇḍe sacarācare |
gaṃgādīni naraśreṣṭha teṣāṃ puṇyā sarasvatī || 59 ||
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tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca |
yāvanna dṛśyate devī prabhāsasthā sara svatī || 60 ||
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tasmāttatraiva gaccha tvaṃ yatra devī sarasvatī |
nānyaistīrthaiḥ sahasraistvaṃ kartuṃ śakyo vikalmaṣaḥ || 61 ||
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tanmā kārṣīrvilaṃbaṃ tvaṃ gaccha tīraṃ mahodadheḥ |
prābhāsike mahādevīṃ pratilomāṃ vigāhaya || 62 ||
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tatraivārādhaya vibhuṃ liṃgarūpiṇamīśvaram |
pratiṣṭhāpya mahāpāpācchārī rāttvaṃ vimokṣyasi || 63 ||
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iti śrutvā vaco rāmaḥ paramānaṃdapūritaḥ |
prabhāsakṣetragamane matiṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ || 64 ||
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tataḥ svasainyasaṃyukto dravyopaskarasaṃyutaḥ |
ājagāma mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsamiti viśrutam || 65 ||
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dṛṣṭvā manorama tīrthaṃ sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame |
cakāra hṛdi saṃkalpaṃ prati lomāvagāhane || 66 ||
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āhūya brāhmaṇāṃstatra prabhāsakṣetravāsinaḥ |
samyagyātrāvidhānena yātrāṃ tatrākarodvibhuḥ || 67 ||
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yāni prābhāsike kṣetre tīrthāni vividhāni tu |
raviyojanasaṃsthāni teṣu yātrāṃ cakāra saḥ || 68 ||
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pratyekaṃ ca dadau teṣu dānāni vividhāni tu |
tathā'dhaḥ sthāpa yāmāsa sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame || 69 ||
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pūrvabhāge mahāliṃgaṃ kṛtvā yajñavidhikriyām |
evaṃ kṛte mahādevi vimuktaḥ pātakairabhūt || 70 ||
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nirmarlāṃgastato devi dināni daśa saṃsthitaḥ |
tatastāṃ caiva sa snātvā pratilomāṃ kramādyayau |
plakṣāvaharaṇaṃ yāvatsamudrācca himāhvayam || 71 ||
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evaṃ muktaḥ sa pāpaughai rāmo'bhūtprathitaḥ priye |
tasya liṃgasya māhātmyātsarasvatyāḥ prasādataḥ || 72 ||
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yastatpūjayate devi liṃgaṃ pāpabhayāpaham |
rāmeśvareti kathitaṃ so'pi mucyeta pātakāt || 73 ||
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aṣṭamyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa brahmakūrcavidhānataḥ |
yastatra kurute devi so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 74 ||
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snātvā tatra varārohe sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame |
rāmeśvaretināmānaṃ tataḥ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram |
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ || 75 ||
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ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi rāmeśvaramahodayam |
yacchrutvā mānavaḥ samyakchraddhāvānprāpnuyāddivam || 76 ||
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