Chapter 336

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam |
yatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā gayāsaptaguṇaṃ phalam |
labhate nātra saṃdeho yadi śraddhā dṛḍhā bhavet || 1 ||
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yatra śrāddhaṃ pṛthuḥ kṛtvā pitaraṃ pāpayonitaḥ || uddadhāra mahādevi venaṃnāma mahāprabhum || 2 ||
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devyuvāca |
kasminsthāne sthitaṃ tīrthamutpattistasya kīdṛśī |
kathaṃ sa venarājo vā uddhṛtaḥ pāpayonitaḥ || 3 ||
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gayāsaptaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ kathaṃ tatra prajāyate |
śrāddhasya kiṃ vidhānaṃ tu ke maṃtrāstatra ke dvijāḥ |
etanme kautukaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
idaṃ rahasyaṃ deveśi yattvayā paripṛcchitam |
aprakāśyamidaṃ tīrthamasminpāpayuge priye || 5 ||
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tathāpi saṃpravakṣyāmi tava snehātsureśvari |
na pāpina idaṃ brūyānnaiva tarkaratāya vai || 6 ||
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na nāstikāya deveśi na suvarṇetarāya ca |
asti devi mahāsiddhā puṇyā nyaṃkumatī nadī || 7 ||
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maryādārthaṃ mayā'nītā kṣetrasyāsya maheśvari |
saṃsthitā pāpaśamanī parṇādityācca dakṣiṇe || 8 ||
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nārāyaṇagṛhātsaumye nātidūre vyavasthitā |
tasyā madhye mahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam || 9 ||
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goṣpadaṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ koṭipāpaharaṃ nṛṇām |
goṣpadasya samīpe tu nātidūre vyavasthitaḥ || 10 ||
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ananto nāma nāgendraḥ svayaṃbhūto dharātale |
tasya tīrthasya rakṣārthaṃ viṣṇunā sanniyojitaḥ || 11 ||
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kāṃkṣaṃti pitaraḥ putrānnarakādatibhīravaḥ |
gaṃtā yo goṣpade putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati |
goṣpade ca sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmutsavo bhavet || 12 ||
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padbhyāmapi jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā asmabhyaṃ kiṃ na dāsyati |
api syātsa kule'smākaṃ yo no dadyājjalāṃjalim |
prabhāsakṣetramāsādya goṣpade tīrtha uttame || 13 ||
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api syātsa kule'smākaṃ khaḍgamāṃsena yaḥ sakṛt |
śrāddhaṃ kuryātprayatnena kālaśākena vā punaḥ || 14 ||
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api syātsa kule'smākaṃ goṣpade dattadīpakaḥ |
ākalpakālikā dīptistenā'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati || 15 ||
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goṣpade cānnaśatā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ |
dinamekamapi sthitvā punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam || 16 ||
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piṇḍaṃ dadyācca pitrāderātmano'pi svayaṃ naraḥ |
piṇyākeṃgudakenāpi tena mucyedvarānane || 17 ||
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brahmajñānena kiṃ yogairgograhe maraṇena kim |
kiṃ kurukṣetravāsena goṣpade yadi gacchati || 18 ||
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sakṛttīrthābhigamanaṃ sakṛtpiṇḍaprapātanam |
durllabhaṃ kiṃ punarnityamasmiṃstīrthe vyavasthitam || 19 ||
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arddhakośaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ tadarddhārddhaṃ tu durllabham |
tanmadhye śrāddhakṛtpuṇyaṃ gayāsaptaguṇaṃ labhet || 20 ||
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śrāddhakṛdgoṣpade yastu pitṝṇāmanṛṇo hi saḥ |
padamadhye viśeṣeṇa kulānāṃ śatamuddharet || 21 ||
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gṛhāccalitamātrasya goṣpade gamanaṃ prati |
svargārohaṇasopānaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tu padepade || 22 ||
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pāyasenaiva madhunā saktunā piṣṭakena ca |
caruṇā taṃdulādyairvā piṃḍadānaṃ vidhīyate || 23 ||
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gopracāre tu yaḥ piṇḍā ñchamīpatrapramāṇataḥ |
kandamūlaphalādyairvā dattvā svargaṃ nayetpitṝn || 24 ||
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goṣpade piṇḍadānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ |
na tacchakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi || 25 ||
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athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi samyagyātrāvidhiṃ śubham |
yātrāvidhānaṃ ca tathā samyakchraddhānvitā śṛṇu || 26 ||
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yadi tīrthaṃ naro gacchedgayāśrāddhaphalepsayā |
tathāvidhavidhānena yātrā kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ || 27 ||
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brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā hastapādeṣu saṃyataḥ |
śraddhāvānāstiko bhāvī gacchettīrthaṃ tataḥ sudhīḥ || 28 ||
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na nāstikasya saṃsargaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe naraścaret |
sarvopaskarasaṃyuktaḥ śrāddhārha dravyasaṃyutaḥ |
gacchettīrthaṃ sādhusaṃgī gayāṃ manasi mānayan || 29 ||
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evaṃ yastu dvijo gacchetpratigrahavivarjitaḥ |
padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotya saṃśayam || 30 ||
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tatra snātvā nyaṃkumatyāṃ siddhaye pitṛmuktaye |
snātvātha tarppaṇaṃ kuryāddevādīnāṃ yathāvidhi || 31 ||
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brahmādistaṃbaparyaṃtā devarṣi manumānavāḥ |
tṛpyantu pitaraḥ sarve mātṛmātāmahādayaḥ || 32 ||
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evaṃ saṃtarpya vidhinā kṛtvā homādikaṃ naraḥ |
śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍakaṃ kuryātsvataṃtroktavidhānataḥ || 33 ||
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āmantrya brāhmaṇāṃstatra śāstrajāndoṣavarjitān |
evaṃ kṛtopacārastu imaṃ mantramudīrayet || 34 ||
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kavyavāḍanalaḥ somo yamaścaivāryamā tathā |
agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ somapāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ |
āgacchantu mahābhāgā yuṣmābhī rakṣitā stviha || 35 ||
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madīyāḥ pitaro ye ca kule jātāḥ sanābhayaḥ |
teṣāṃ piṇḍapradātā'hamāgato'sminpitāmahāḥ || 36 ||
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evamuktvā mahādevi imaṃ mantramudīrayet || 37 ||
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pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ |
mātā pitāmahī caiva tathaiva prapitāmahī || 38 ||
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mātāmahaḥ pramātā ca tathā vṛddhapramātṛkaḥ |
teṣāṃ piṃḍo mayā datto hyakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām || 39 ||
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oṃ namo bhānave bhartre'bjabhaumasomarū piṇe |
evaṃ natvā'rcayitvā tu imāṃ stutimatho paṭhet || 40 ||
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tatra goṣpadasāmīpye caruṇā suśṛtena ca |
pitṝṇāmanāthānāṃ ca maṃtraiḥ piṃḍāṃśca nirvapet || 41 ||
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asmatkule mṛtā ye ca gatiryeṣāṃ na vidyate |
raurave cāṃdhatāmisre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ |
teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham || 42 ||
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anekayātanāsaṃsthāḥ pretalokeṣu ye gatāḥ |
teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham || 43 ||
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paśuyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭasarī sṛpāḥ |
athavā vṛkṣayonisthāstebhyaḥ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham || 44 ||
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asaṃkhyā yātanāsaṃsthā ye nītā yamaśāsakaiḥ |
teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham || 45 ||
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ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ |
te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu piṃḍenānena sarvadā || 46 ||
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ye kecitpretarūpeṇa varttaṃte pitaro mama |
te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu piṃḍenānena sarvadā || 47 ||
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divyāṃtarikṣabhūmisthapitaro bāṃdhavādayaḥ |
mṛtāścāsaṃskṛtā ye ca teṣāṃ piṃḍostu muktaye || 48 ||
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pitṛvaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca |
guruśvaśurabaṃdhūnāṃ ye cānye bāṃdhavā mṛtāḥ || 49 ||
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ye me kule luptapiṃḍāḥ putradāravivarjitāḥ |
kriyālopagatā ye ca jātyaṃdhāḥ paṃgavastathā || 50 ||
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virūpā āmagarbhā ye'jñātā jñātāḥ kule mama |
teṣāṃ piṃḍo mayā datto hyakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām || 51 ||
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pretatvātpitaro muktā bhavaṃtu mama śāśvatam |
yatkiṃcinmadhusamiśraṃ gokṣīraṃ ghṛtapāyasam || 52 ||
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akṣayyamupatiṣṭhettvattvasmiṃstīrthe tu goṣpade |
svādhyāyaṃ śrāvayettatra purāṇānyakhilānyapi || 53 ||
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brahmaviṣṇvarkarudrāṇāṃ stavāni vividhāni ca |
aiṃdrāṇi somasūktāni pāvamānīśca śaktitaḥ || 54 ||
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bṛhadrathaṃtaraṃ tadvajjyeṣṭhasāma sarauravam |
tathaiva śāṃtikādhyāyaṃ madhubrāhmaṇameva ca || 55 ||
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maṃḍalaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tatra prītakāri ca yatpunaḥ |
viprāṇāmātmanaścaiva tatsarvaṃ samudīrayet || 56 ||
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evaṃ nyaṃkumatīmadhye goṣpade tīrtha uttame |
dattvā piṃḍāṃśca vidhivatpunarmaṃtramimaṃ paṭhet || 57 ||
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sākṣiṇaḥ saṃtu me devā brahmādyā ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ |
mayedaṃ tīrthamāsādya pitṝṇāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā || 58 ||
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āgato'smi idaṃ tīrthaṃ pitṛkārye surottamāḥ |
bhavaṃtu sākṣiṇaḥ sarve muktaścāhamṛṇatrayāt || 59 ||
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evaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam |
viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā nadyāṃ piṃḍānvisarjayet || 60 ||
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godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu tadvatkṛṣṇājinaṃ priye |
aṣṭakāsu ca vṛddhau ca gayāyāṃ mṛtavāsare || 61 ||
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atra mātuḥ pṛthakchrāddhamanyatra patinā saha |
vṛddhiśrāddhe tu mātrādi gayāyāṃ pitṛpūrvakam || 62 ||
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gayāvadatraiva punaḥ śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ narottamaiḥ |
tasmādguptagayā proktā iyaṃ sā viṣṇunā svayam || 63 ||
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gaṃdhadānena gaṃdhāptiḥ saubhāgyaṃ puṣpadānataḥ |
dhūpadānena rājyāptirdīptirdīpapradānataḥ || 64 ||
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dhvajadānātpāpahāniryātrākṛdbrahmalokabhāk |
śrāddhapiṃḍaprado loke viṣṇurneṣyati vai pitṝn || 65 ||
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ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam |
gopracāre mahātīrthe koṭirbhavatibhojitā || 66 ||
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iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktastatra śrāddhavidhistava |
atha te kathayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam || 67 ||
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venasya rājñaścaritaṃ pṛthoścaiva mahātmanaḥ |
yathā tatrābhavanmuktistasya cāṃḍālayonitaḥ |
tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu deveśi samyakchraddhāsamānvitā || 68 ||
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piśunāya na pāpāya nāśiṣyāyāhitāya ca |
kathanīyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ nāvratāya kathaṃcana || 69 ||
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svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ vedena saṃmitam |
rahasyamṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ śṛṇuyādyo'nasūyakaḥ || 70 ||
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yaścainaṃ śrāvayenmartyaḥ pṛtho rvainyasya saṃbhavam |
brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtvā na sa śocetkṛtā'kṛte || 71 ||
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goptā dharmasya rājā'sau babhau cātrisamaprabhaḥ |
atrivaṃśasamutpanno hyaṃgo nāma prajāpatiḥ || 72 ||
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tasya putro'bhavedveno nātyarthaṃ dhārmikastathā |
jāto mṛtyusutāyāṃ vai sunīthāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ || 73 ||
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samātāmaha doṣeṇa tena kālātmakānanaḥ |
sa dharmaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā pāpabuddhirajāyata || 74 ||
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sthitimutthāpayāmāsa dharmopetāṃ sanātanīm |
vedaśāstrāṇyatikramya hyadharma nirato'bhavat || 75 ||
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niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ prajāstasminpraśāsati |
ḍiṃḍimaṃ ghoṣayāmāsa sa rājā viṣaye svake || 76 ||
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na dātavyaṃ na yaṣṭavyaṃ mayi rājyaṃ praśāsati |
āsītpratijñā krūreyaṃ vināśe pratyupasthite || 77 ||
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ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ |
mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi || 78 ||
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tamatikrāṃtamaryādaṃ prajāpīḍanatatparam |
ūcurmaharṣayaḥ kruddhā marīcipramukhāstadā || 79 ||
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mā'dharmaṃ vena kārṣīstvaṃ naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ |
atrervaṃśe prasūto'si prajāpatirasaṃśayam || 80 ||
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pālayiṣye prajāśceti pūrvaṃ te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ |
tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvānbrahmarṣīnabravīttadā || 81 ||
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venaḥ prahasya durbuddhiridaṃ vacanakovidaḥ |
sraṣṭā dharmasya kaścānyaḥ śrotavyaṃ kasya vā mayā || 82 ||
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vīryaśrutatapaḥsatyairmayānyaḥ kaḥ samo bhuvi |
madātmāno na nūnaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ jānītha tattvataḥ || 83 ||
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prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ |
itthaṃ dehena pṛthivīṃ bhāvena yajanena ca || 84 ||
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sṛjeyaṃ ca graseyaṃ ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
yadā na śakyate staṃbhānmattaścaiva vimohitaḥ || 85 ||
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anunetuṃ nṛpo venastatra kruddhā maharṣayaḥ |
ātharvaṇena maṃtreṇa hatvā taṃ te mahābalam || 86 ||
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tato'sya vāmabāhuṃ te mamaṃthurbhṛśakopitāḥ |
tasmācca mathyamānādvai jajñe pūrvamiti śrutiḥ || 87 ||
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hrasvo'timātraḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaścāpi tadā priye |
sa bhītaḥ prāñjaliścaiva tasthivānsaṃmukhe priye || 88 ||
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tamāttaṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣīdetyabruvankila |
niṣādo vaṃśakartā vai tenābhūtpṛthuvikramaḥ || 89 ||
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dhīvarānasṛjaccāpi venapāpasamudbhavān |
ye cānye vindhyanilayāstathā vai tuṃbarāḥ khasāḥ || 90 ||
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adharme rucayaścāpi varddhitā venapāpajāḥ |
punarmaharṣayastetha pāṇiṃ venasya dakṣiṇam || 91 ||
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araṇīmiva saṃrabdhā mamaṃthurjāta manyavaḥ |
pṛthustasmātsamutpannaḥ karājjvalanasaṃnibhaḥ || 92 ||
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pṛthoḥ karatalāccāpi yasmājātastataḥ pṛthuḥ |
dīpyamānaśca vapuṣā sākṣādagniriva jvalan || 93 ||
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dhanurājagavaṃ gṛhya śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān |
khaṅgaṃ ca rakṣanrakṣārthaṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham || 94 ||
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tasmiñjāte'tha bhūtāni saṃprahṛṣṭāni sarvaśaḥ |
saṃbabhūvurmahādevi venaśca tridivaṃ gataḥ || 95 ||
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tato nadyaḥ samudrāśca ratnānyādāya sarvaśaḥ |
abhiṣekāya te sarve rājānamupatasthire || 96 ||
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pitāmahaśca bhagavānṛṣibhiśca sahāmaraiḥ |
sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni jaṃgamāni ca sarvaśaḥ || 97 ||
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samāgamya tadā vainyamabhyaṣiṃcannarādhi pam |
so'bhiṣikto mahātejā devairaṃgirasādibhiḥ || 98 ||
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adhirājye mahābhāgaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān |
pitrā na raṃjitāścāsya prajā vainyena raṃjitāḥ || 99 ||
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tato rājeti nāmāsya anurāgādajāyata |
āpaḥ stastaṃbhire cāsya samudramabhiyāsyataḥ || 100 ||
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parvatāścāpi śīryaṃte dhvajasaṃgo'pi nā'bhavat |
akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī sidhyaṃtyannāni ciṃtayā |
sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ puṭakepuṭake madhu || 101 ||
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tasminneva tadā kāle puna rjajñe'tha māgadhaḥ |
sāmageṣu ca gāyatsu srugbhāṃḍādvaiśvadevikāt || 102 ||
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sāmageṣu samutpannastasmānmagadha ucyate |
aiṃdreṇa haviṣā cāpi haviḥ pṛktaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ || 103 ||
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yadā juhāva ceṃdrāya tatastato vyajāyata |
pramādastatra saṃjajñe prāyaścittaṃ ca karmasu || 104 ||
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śeṣahavyena yatpṛktamabhibhūtaṃ gurorhaviḥ |
adharottarasvāreṇa jajñe tadvarṇavaikṛtam || 105 ||
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yajñastasyāṃ samabhavadbrāhmaṇyāṃ kṣatrayonitaḥ |
tataḥ pūrveṇa sādharmyāttulyadharmāḥ prakīrttitāḥ || 106 ||
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madhyamo hyeṣa tattvasya dharmaḥ kṣatropajīvanam |
rathanāgāśvacaritaṃ jaghanyaṃ ca cikitsitam || 107 ||
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pṛthoḥ kathārthaṃ tau tatra samā hūtau maharṣibhiḥ |
tāvūcurmunayaḥ sarve stūyatāmiti pārthivaḥ || 108 ||
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karmabhiścānurūpo hi yatoyaṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ |
tānūcatustadā sarvānṛṣīṃśca sūtamāgadhau || 109 ||
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āvāṃ devānṛṣīṃścaiva prīṇayāva svakarmabhiḥ |
na cāsya vidvo vai karma na tathā lakṣaṇaṃ yaśa || 110 ||
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stotraṃ yenāsya saṃkurvo rājñastejasvino dvijāḥ |
ṛṣibhistau niyuktau tu bhaviṣyaiḥ stūyatāmiti || 111 ||
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yāni karmāṇi kṛtavānpṛthuḥ paścānmahābalaḥ |
tāni gītāni baddhāni stuvadbhiḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ || 112 ||
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tataḥ śrutārthaḥ suprītaḥ pṛthuḥ prādātprajeśvaraḥ |
anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya māgadhānmāgadhāya ca || 113 ||
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tadādi pṛthivīpālāḥ stūyante sūtamāgadhaiḥ |
āśīrvādaiḥ praśaṃsyaṃte sūtamāgadhabaṃdibhiḥ || 114 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ prītāḥ prajā ūcurmaharṣayaḥ |
eṣa vo vṛttido vainyo vihito'tha narādhipaḥ || 115 ||
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tato vainyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ prajāḥ samabhidudruvuḥ |
tvaṃ no vṛttividhāteti maharṣivacanāttathā || 116 ||
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so'bhīhitaḥ prajābhistu prajāhitacikīrṣayā |
dhanurgṛhītvā bāṇāṃśca vasudhāmārdayadbalī || 117 ||
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tato vainyabhayatrastā gaurbhūtvā prādravanmahī |
tāṃ dhenuṃ pṛthurādāya dravantīmanvadhāvata || 118 ||
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sā lokānbrahmalokādīngatvā vainyabhayāttadā |
dadarśa cāgrato vainyaṃ kārmukodyatapāṇinam || 119 ||
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jvaladbhirviśikhaistīkṣṇairdīptatejaḥsamanvitaiḥ |
mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durddharṣamamarairapi || 120 ||
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alabhaṃtī tu sā trāṇaṃ vainyamevābhyapadyata |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭā devī pūjyā lokaistribhissadā || 121 ||
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uvāca cainaṃ nādharmyaṃ strīvadhaṃ paripaśyasi |
kathaṃ dhārayitā cāsi prajā rājanmayā vinā || 122 ||
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mayi lokāḥ sthitā rājanmayedaṃ dhāryate jagat |
madṛte tu vinaśyeyuḥ prajāḥ pārthiva viddhi tat || 123 ||
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sa māṃ nārhasi haṃtuṃ vai śreyaścettvaṃ cikīrṣasi |
prajānāṃ pṛthivīpāla śṛṇuṣvedaṃ vaco mama || 124 ||
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upāyataḥ samārabdhāḥ sarve sidhyaṃtyupakramāḥ |
hatvā māṃ tvaṃ na śakto vai prajāḥ pālayituṃ nṛpa || 125 ||
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anukūlā bhaviṣyāmi tyaja kopaṃ mahādyute |
avadhyāśca striyaḥ prāhustiryagyonigatā api || 126 ||
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ekasminnidhanaṃ prāpte pāpiṣṭhe krūrakarmaṇi |
bahūnāṃ bhavati kṣemastatra puṇyaprado vadhaḥ |
satyevaṃ pṛthivīpāla dharmmaṃ mā tyaktumarhasi || 127 ||
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evaṃvidhaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā rājā mahābalaḥ |
krodhaṃ nigṛhya dharmātmā vasudhāmidamabravīt || 128 ||
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ekasyārthe ca yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā |
ekaṃ vāpi bahūnvāpi kāmataścāsti pātakam || 129 ||
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yasmiṃstu nidhanaṃ prāptā edhante bahavaḥ sukham |
tasminhate ca bhūyo hi pātakaṃ nāsti tasya vai || 130 ||
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so'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasundhare |
yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam || 131 ||
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tvāṃ nihatyādya bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm |
ātmānaṃ pṛthukṛtveha prajā dhārayitāsmyaham || 132 ||
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sā tvaṃ vacanamāsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃvare |
sañjīvaya prajā nityaṃ śaktā hyasi na saṃśayaḥ || 133 ||
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duhitṛtvaṃ hi me gaccha evametanmahaccharam |
niyacche tvadvadhārthaṃ ca prayuktaṃ ghoradarśanam |
pratyuvāca tato vainyamevamuktā mahāsatī || 134 ||
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sarvametadahaṃ rājanvidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ |
vatsaṃ tu mama saṃyukṣva kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā || 135 ||
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samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ sarvabhṛtāṃ vara |
yathā visyandamānāhaṃ kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvaye || 136 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
tata utsārayāmāsa śilājālāni sarvaśaḥ |
dhanuṣkoṭyā tato vainyastena śailā vivarddhitāḥ || 137 ||
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manvatareṣvatīteṣu caivamāsīdvasundharā |
svabhāvenābhavattasyāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca || 138 ||
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na hi pūrvanisarge vai viṣamaṃ pṛthivītalam |
pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ ca grāmāṇāṃ cātha vidyate || 139 ||
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na sasyāni na gorakṣaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ || 140 ||
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cākṣuṣasyāṃtare pūrvamāsīdetatpurā kila |
vaivasvate'ntare cāsminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ |
samatvaṃ yatrayatrāsīdbhūmeḥ kasmiṃścideva hi || 141 ||
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tatratatra prajāstā vai nivasanti sma sarvadā |
āhāraḥ phalamūlaṃ tu prajānāmabhavatkila || 142 ||
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kṛcchreṇaiva tadā tāsāmityevamanuśuśruma |
vainyātprabhṛtiloke'sminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ || 143 ||
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saṃkalpayitvā vatsaṃ tu cākṣuṣaṃ manumīśvaram |
pṛthurdudoha sasyāni svahaste pṛthivīṃ tataḥ || 144 ||
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sasyāni tena dugdhā vai venyeneyaṃ vasundharā |
manuṃ vai cākṣuṣaṃ kṛtvā vatsaṃ pātre ca bhūmaye || 145 ||
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tenānnena tadā tā vai varttayante sadā prajāḥ |
ṛṣibhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā || 146 ||
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vatsaḥ somastatasteṣāṃ dogdhā cāpi bṛhaspatiḥ |
pātramāsanhi cchandāṃsi gāyatryādīni sarvaśaḥ || 147 ||
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kṣīramāsīttadā teṣāṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam |
punastato devagaṇaiḥ puraṃdarapurogamaiḥ || 148 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ pātramādāya dugdheyaṃ śrūyate mahī |
vatsastu maghavā cāsīddogdhā ca savitā'bhavat || 149 ||
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kṣīramūrjāmadhu proktaṃ vartaṃte tena devatāḥ |
pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā || 150 ||
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rājataṃ pātramādāya svadhā tvakṣayyatṛptaye |
vaivasvato yamastvāsītteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān || 151 ||
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aṃtakaścābhavaddogdhā pitṛṇāṃ bhagavā nprabhuḥ |
asuraiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā || 152 ||
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āyasaṃ pātramādāya balamādhāya sarvaśaḥ |
virocanastu prāhlādisteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān || 153 ||
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ṛtvigdvimūrddhā daityānāṃ dogdhā tu ditinandanaḥ |
māyākṣīraṃ dudohāsau daityānāṃ tṛptikārakam || 154 ||
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tenaite māyayā'dyāpi sarve māyāvido'surāḥ |
varttayaṃti mahāvīryāstadeteṣāṃ paraṃ balam || 155 ||
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nāgaiśca śrūyate dugdhā vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu takṣakam |
alābupātramādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ tadā mahat || 156 ||
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teṣāṃ vai vāsukirdogdhā kādraveyo mahāyaśāḥ |
nāgānāṃ vai mahādevi sarpāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ || 157 ||
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tena vai varttayantyugrā mahākāyā viṣolbaṇāḥ |
tadāhārāstadācārāstadvīryāstadapāśrayāḥ || 158 ||
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āmapātre punardugdhā tvaṃtarddhānamiyaṃ mahī |
vatsaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ kṛtvā yakṣapuṇyajanaistathā || 159 ||
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dogdhā rajatanāgastu cintāmaṇicarastu yaḥ |
yakṣādhipo mahātejā vaśī jñānī mahātapāḥ || 160 ||
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tena te varttayaṃ tīti yakṣā vasubhirūrjitaiḥ |
rākṣasaiśca piśācaiśca punardugdhā vasundharā || 161 ||
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brahmopendrastu dogdhā vai teṣāmāsītkuberataḥ |
vatsaḥ sumālī balavānkṣīraṃ rudhirameva ca || 162 ||
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kapālapātre nirdugdhā tvaṃtarddhānaṃ tu rākṣasaiḥ |
tena kṣīreṇa rakṣāṃsi varttayantīha sarvaśaḥ || 163 ||
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padmapatreṣu vai dugdhā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ |
vatsaṃ caitrarathaṃ kṛtvā śucigandhānmahī tadā || 164 ||
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teṣāṃ vatso rucistvāsīddogdhā putro muneḥ śubhaḥ |
śailaistu śrūyate devi punardugdhā vasuṃdharā || 165 ||
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tadauṣadhīrmūrtimatī ratnāni vividhāni ca |
vatsastu himavāṃsteṣāṃ dogdhā merurmahāgiriḥ || 166 ||
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pātraṃ śilāmayaṃ hyāsīttena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
śrūyate vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ punardugdhā vasundharā || 167 ||
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pālāśaṃ pātramādāya cchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam |
dogdhā tu puṣpitaḥ śālaḥ plakṣo vatso yaśasvini |
sarvakāmadughā dogdhā pṛthivī bhūtabhāvinī || 168 ||
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saiṣā dhātrī vidhātrī ca dharaṇī ca vasundharā |
dugdhā hitārthaṃ lokānāṃ pṛthunā iti naḥ śrutam || 169 ||
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carācarasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca |
āsīdiyaṃ samudrāṃtā medinīti pariśrutā || 170 ||
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madhukaiṭabhayoḥ pūrvaṃ medomāṃsapariplutā |
vasundhārayate yasmādvasudhā tena kīrtitā || 171 ||
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tato'bhyupagamādrājñaḥ pṛthorvainyasya dhīmataḥ |
duhitṛtvamanuprāptā pṛthivītyucyate tataḥ || 172 ||
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prathitā pravibhaktā ca śobhitā ca vasundharā |
dugdhā hi yatnato rājñā pattanākaramālinī || 173 ||
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evaṃ prabhāvo rājāsīdvainyaḥ sa nṛpasattamaḥ |
tataḥ sa raṃjayāmāsa dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ tadā || 174 ||
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tato rājeti śabdo'tha pṛthivyāṃ raṃjanādabhūt |
sa rājyaṃ prāpya vainyastu ciṃtayāmāsa pārthivaḥ || 175 ||
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pitā mama hyadharmiṣṭho yajñādyucchittikārakaḥ |
kasminsthāne gataścāsau jñeyaṃ sthānaṃ kathaṃ mayā || 176 ||
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kathaṃ tasya kriyā kāryā hatasya brāhmaṇaiḥ kila |
kathaṃ gatirbhavettasya yajñadānakriyābalāt || 177 ||
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ityeva ciṃtayā tasya nāradobhyājagāma ha |
tasyaivamāsanaṃ dattvā praṇipatya ca pṛṣṭavān || 178 ||
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bhagavansarvalokasya jānāsi tvaṃ śubhāśubham |
pitā mama durācāro devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ || 179 ||
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svakarmaṇā hato vipraiḥ paralokamavāptavān |
kasmiṃsthāne gatastātaḥ śvabhraṃ vā svargameva ca || 180 ||
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tato'bravīnnāradastu jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā |
śṛṇu rājanmahābāho yatra tiṣṭhati te pitā || 181 ||
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atra deśo marurnāma jalavṛkṣavivarjitaḥ |
tatra deśe mahāraudre janakaste narottama || 182 ||
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mlecchamadhye samutpanno yakṣmī kuṣṭhasamanvitaḥ |
ucchiṣṭabhojī mlecchānāṃ kṛmibhiḥ saṃyuto vraṇaiḥ || 183 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ |
hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūrchito nipapāta ha || 184 ||
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ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhārtaḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ mayā bhavet |
ityevaṃ ciṃtayānasya matirjātā mahātmanaḥ |
putraḥ sa kathyate loke pitaraṃ trāyate tu yaḥ || 185 ||
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sa kathaṃ tu mayā tātaḥ pāpānmukto bhaviṣyati |
evaṃ saṃciṃtya sa tato nāradaṃ paryapṛcchata || 186 ||
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bhagavankathitaṃ sarvaṃ piturmama viceṣṭitam |
kena tasya bhavenmuktiḥ karmaṇā dvijasattama |
vratairdānaistapobhirvā tīrthānāṃ yātrayā vada || 177 ||
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nārada uvāca |
gaccha rājanpradhānāni tīrthāni manujeśvara |
pitaraṃ teṣu cānīya tasmādrājanmarusthalāt || 188 ||
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yatra devāḥ saprabhāvāstīrthāni vimalāni ca |
tatra gaccha mahārāja tīrthayātrāṃ kuru prabho || 189 ||
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evaṃ hyavitathaṃ viddhi mokṣaste bhavitā pituḥ |
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ |
sacive bhāramādhāya svarājasya jagāma ha || 190 ||
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sa gatvā marubhūmiṃ tu mlecchamadhye dadarśa ha |
kuṣṭharogeṇa mahatā kṣayeṇa ca samāvṛtam || 191 ||
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gavyūtimātraṃ tatraiva śūnyaṃ mānuṣavarjitam |
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa rājā tu saṃtapto vākyamabravīt || 192 ||
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he mleccha rogipuruṣaṃ svagṛhaṃ ca nayāmyaham |
tatrāhamenaṃ nirujaṃ karomi yadi manyatha || 193 ||
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jñātveti sarve te mlecchāḥ puruṣaṃ taṃ dayāparam |
ūcuḥ praṇatasarvāṃgāḥ śīghra naya jagatpate |
asmadbhāgyavaśānnātha tvamevātra samāgataḥ || 194 ||
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durgaṃdhopahatā lokāstvayā nātha sukhīkṛtāḥ |
tata ānāyya puruṣāñchibikāvāhanocitān || 195 ||
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tataḥ śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya rājño dayāvaham |
prāpustīrthānyanekāni kedārādīni koṭiśaḥ || 196 ||
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yatrayatra sa gaccheta vainyo venena saṃyutaḥ |
tatra tatraiva tīrthānāmākraṃdaḥ śrūyate mahān || 197 ||
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hā daiva ripurāyāti asmākaṃ nāśahetave |
adhunā kva gamiṣyāma iti ciṃtā punaḥpunaḥ || 198 ||
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darśanenāpi tasyaiva hāhākāraṃ vidhāya vai || |
palāyaṃte ca tīrthāni devā naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt || 199 ||
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evaṃ varṣatrayaṃ rājā tīrthayātrāṃ cakāra vai |
na tasya muktirdadṛśe tataḥ śokamagātparam || 200 ||
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tatastu preritā bhṛtyāḥ kurukṣetre mahāprabhe |
yadi vāpi punastatra pāpamuktirbhavettataḥ || 201 ||
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gṛhītvā śibikāṃ skandhe kurukṣetre gatāḥ priye |
tatra nītvā sthāṇutīrthamavatārya ca te gatāḥ || 202 ||
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tataḥ sa rājā madhyāhne cikīrṣuḥ snānamādarāt |
tasyaiva tu pitustatra tathā dānāni ṣoḍaśa || 203 ||
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brāhmaṇebhyastathā ditsuḥ śraddhāvānbhāvatatparaḥ |
tato vāyuścāṃtarikṣa idaṃ vacanamabravīt || 204 ||
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mā tāta sāhasaṃ kuryāstīrthaṃ rakṣa prayatnataḥ |
ayaṃ pāpena ghoreṇa samaṃtātpariveṣṭitaḥ || 205 ||
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vedanindāsamācāro brahmahatyāśatairyutaḥ |
so'yaṃ pāpo durācārastīrthaṃ nāśaṃ nayiṣyati || 206 ||
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mā tīrthaṃ nāśaya vibho mahadeno bhaviṣyati |
etadvāyorvacaḥ śrutvā duḥkhena mahatārditaḥ |
uvāca śokasaṃtaptaḥ piturduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ || 207 ||
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hā daiveti ca cukrośa ūrddhvabāhuḥ punaḥpunaḥ |
eṣa ghoreṇa pāpena atīva pariveṣṭitaḥ || 208 ||
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yadanenāpi tīrthena śuddhaḥ karttuṃ na śakyate |
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣye'haṃ piturarthe na saṃśayaḥ || 209 ||
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evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā dayāṃ kṛtvā mahīyasīm |
antarikṣabhavāṃ vācaṃ khecarāḥ punarabruvan || 210 ||
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bhobho rājannṛpaśreṣṭha tyaktvā śokaṃ vacaḥ śṛṇu |
yena te janakasyāsya bhavetpāpakṣayo mahān || 211 ||
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asti kṣetraṃ mahāsiddhaṃ prabhāsamiti viśrutam |
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 212 ||
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brahmatattvaṃ haritattvaṃ rudratattvaṃ tṛtīyakam |
tasminneva mahākṣetre prabhāse śaṃkarapriye || 213 ||
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śākteyaṃ yadi vā cāṃdraṃ sauraṃ sārasvataṃ tathā |
āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ cāpi smṛtaṃ kṣetramanuttamam || 214 ||
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brahmāṇḍe yāni tīrthāni purā kṣetrāṇi yāni tu |
prabhāsamāgamiṣyanti saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge || 215 ||
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aṣṭau koṭisahasrāṇi aṣṭau koṭiśatāni ca |
kṣetraṃ rakṣaṃti tatrasthāḥ prabhāsaṃ śāṃkarā gaṇāḥ || 216 ||
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iyaṃ sarasvatī puṇyā sarvatraiva hi vidyate |
pañcasrotāḥ prabhāse tu duṣprāpyā tridaśairapi || 217 ||
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tasyā yatpañcamaṃ srotanyaṃkumatyāstaṭāni ca |
tasya madhye sthitaṃ tīrthaṃ goṣpadeti ca viśrutam || 218 ||
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tatra pretaśilā madhye pretānāṃ muktidāyikā |
yatra pretāḥ purā muktā aṣṭāviṃśatikoṭayaḥ || 219 ||
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pāpināṃ muktidaṃ tīrthamādyā rudragayā smṛtā |
tadasmingoṣpadaṃnāma kalau khyātaṃ dharātale || 220 ||
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yadā kṣīrodamathanānniḥsṛtā lokamātaraḥ |
tadā devaiḥ sametāstu āgatāstīrthasannidhau || 221 ||
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padaṃ tatra nimagnaṃ ca nandāyāśca śilātale |
śilāṃ khurāṃkitāṃ dṛṣṭvā jānudeśāṃkitāṃ tathā || 222 ||
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vismitāḥ sarvadevā vai papracchurgāṃ ca nandinīm |
kimetaddṛśyate devi padaṃ pretaśilātale |
kathaṃ tu khedaḥ sañjātaścāsmākaṃ skhalanaṃ katham || 223 ||
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nandinyuvāca |
idaṃ mama padaṃ devāḥ śilāsaṃsthaṃ virājate |
gaganāṃgaṇabhūmisthaṃ candrabiṃbamivāparam || 224 ||
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adyaprabhṛti bho devāstrailokye sacarācare |
goṣpadaṃnāma vikhyātaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati || 225 ||
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atrāgatya naro yastu snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati |
gayāsaptaguṇaṃtasya phalaṃ devā bhaviṣyati || 226 ||
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na vāro na ca nakṣatraṃ na kālastatra kāraṇam |
yadaiva dṛśyate tīrthaṃ tadā parvasahasrakam || 227 ||
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athavā parvakāṃkṣā cettāni me śṛṇupārvati |
ayane viṣuve yugme sāmānye cārkasaṃkrame || 228 ||
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amāvāsyāṣṭakāyāṃ ca kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ |
ārdrāmaghārohiṇīṣu dravyabrāhmaṇasaṃgame || 229 ||
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gajacchāyā vyatīpāte vaidhṛte dhṛtacāmare |
vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārtikasya tu || 230 ||
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pañcadaśyāṃ ca māghasya nabhasye ca trayodaśīm |
yugādayaḥ smṛtā hyetāstasminkāle ca vā punaḥ || 231 ||
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manvantarādau kāryaṃ ca tatra śrāddhaṃ vijānatā |
āśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārtike tathā || 232 ||
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tṛtīyā caitramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca |
phālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā || 233 ||
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āṣāḍhasyāpi daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī |
śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathā'ṣāḍhī ca pūrṇimā || 234 ||
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kārtikī phālgunī caiva jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī tathā |
manvantarādayaścaitā dattasyā kṣayakārikāḥ || 235 ||
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vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ phālgunasya ca |
pañcamī caitramāsasya tasyaivāṃtyā tathā parā || 236 ||
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śuklā trayo daśī māghe kārtikasya tu saptamī |
navamī mārgaśīrṣasya saptaitāḥ kalpakādimāḥ || 237 ||
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kalpatṛptirbhavecchrāddhe kalpādau tu kṛte purā |
ityevamuktvā sā nandā devānāṃ pratinandinī |
antarddhānaṃ jagāmāśu dīpo vātahato yathā || 238 ||
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itīdaṃ kautukaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ |
brahmarṣayo devarṣayaḥ ślokaṃ paurāṇikaṃ jaguḥ || 239 ||
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aho tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ nandāyāstapaso balam |
sakṛcchrāddhena dattena gayāsaptaguṇaṃ phalam || 240 ||
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evamuktvā tatodevāścakruḥ śrāddhādikāṃ kriyām |
yathoktaṃ phalamāpuste naṃdinyā pūrvabhāṣitam || 241 ||
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itthaṃ tvamapi rājendra gaccha śīghraṃ hi goṣpadam |
tatra śrāddhādikaṃ kṛtvā lapsyase phalamīpsitam || 242 ||
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ayaṃ te janako rājanpāpināṃ pravaraḥ smṛtaḥ |
nānyaistīrthaśataiḥ śakyaḥ proddhartuṃ goṣpadaṃ vinā || 243 ||
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tasmādvraja mahārāja mā kārṣīstvaṃ vilaṃbanam |
evaṃ śrutvā tadā rājā prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ || 244 ||
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tatra sthānasthitānviprāṃstīrthamāhātmyakovidān |
agrekṛtya mahārājo yayau nyaṃkumatīṃ nadīm || 245 ||
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tai rājño darśitaṃ tīrthaṃ padaṃ pretaśilāsthitam |
taddṛṣṭvā vimalaṃ tīrthaṃ vismayotphullalocanaḥ |
cakre kuṇḍāni vedīśca maṇḍapānyajñasiddhaye || 246 ||
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tato yajñaḥ samārabdho vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇaḥ |
pratyakṣaṃ pitara stasya babhūvurjvalanaprabhāḥ || 247 ||
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tataḥ śraddhāṃ samāsthāya śrāddhairyajñairmahodayam |
te cābruvanvacastuṣṭāḥ pitaro rājasattamam || 248 ||
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dhanyo'si rājanpuṇyo'si vayaṃ dhanyatarāstvayā |
yadatra tīrthe śrāddhena uddhṛtā bhavatā vayam || 249 ||
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evamuktvā tataḥ sarve venena pitaraḥ saha |
vimānavarasaṃsthāśca jagmuste tridivālayam || 250 ||
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gacchannuvāca venastaṃ rājānaṃ pṛthuvakṣasam |
rājañjanmāni catvāri abhūvaṃ cānyajanmani || 251 ||
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kuṣṭhī pāpo durācāraścāṃḍālocchiṣṭabhuktathā |
so'haṃ pāpavinirmukto gacchāmi tridivālayam || 252 ||
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tadgaccha tvaṃ mahābhāga rājyaṃ bhuṃkṣva cirāya ca |
kṛtaṃ te sakalaṃ kāryaṃ putreṇa kriyate ca yat || 253 ||
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evaṃ śrutvā tadā rājā mumude jñātisaṃyutaḥ |
brāhmaṇānharṣayāmāsa dānairbhūkāṃcanādibhiḥ || 254 ||
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na tadasti jagatyasmiṃstatra yanna dadau nṛpaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā prabhāvaṃ tīrthasya pratyakṣaṃ pitṛdarśanam || 255 ||
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evaṃ rājā sa kṛtvā tu svakīyaṃ sthāna māyayau |
bhuktvā bhūmiṃ tu sakalāṃ pretya svargaṃ samāptavān || 256 ||
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evaṃ prabhāvaṃ tatkṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam |
yasminnāyāṃti tīrthāni devāstiṣṭhaṃti koṭiśaḥ || 257 ||
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prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya yonyattīrthaṃ hi mārgate |
sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya kūrpareṇa samālihet || 258 ||
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abruvanpitaraścaināṃ gāthāṃ paurāṇikīṃ priye |
gayāṃ gaṃtuṃ na śaknoti yadi putraḥ kathaṃcana |
tadā yatnena gaṃtavyaṃ goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam || 259 ||
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kandairmūlaiḥ phalairvāpi piṇyākeṃgudakena vā |
api naḥ sa kule bhūyādyo'tra śrāddhaṃ pradāsyati || 260 ||
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tatra snātvā prayatnena brāhmaṇānvedavittamān |
āmaṃtrya vidhivacchrāddhe bhojayitvā prayatnataḥ |
piṃḍadānaṃ tu karttavyaṃ pitṛṇāṃ tṛptimicchatām || 261 ||
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na tithirna ca nakṣatraṃ parva māsādikaṃ na hi |
sarvadā tatra gaṃtavyaṃ śraddhā yuktena cetasā || 262 ||
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na kālaniyamastatra pramāṇaṃ darśanaṃ yataḥ |
tatrākṣayatṛtīyāyāṃ durllabhaṃ gamanaṃ priye || 263 ||
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kārttikyāṃ māghasaptamyāṃ padmake vā'tha parvaṇi || 264 ||
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hiraṇyadānaṃ godānaṃ vastraṃ rūpyaṃ ghṛtaṃ tilāḥ |
dātavyāstatra yuktena pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimicchatā || 265 ||
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evaṃ te kathitaṃ devi tīrthaguhyaṃ mahodayam |
na kathyaṃ duṣṭabuddhīnāṃ pāpināṃ krūracetasām || 266 ||
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śraddhāyuktāya dātavyaṃ pitṛbhaktiratāya ca |
śrāddhakāle viśeṣeṇa paṭhe dbhaktyā purāṇavit || 267 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptistena dvādaśavārṣikī |
śrotavyaṃ prayatairnityaṃ narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ |
paṭhitavyaṃ sadā bhaktyā viprāṇāṃ bhuṃjatā puraḥ || 268 ||
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pānīyamapyatra tilairvimiśraṃ dadyātpitṛbhyaḥ prayato manuṣyaḥ |
śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tena samāsahasraṃ rahasyametatpitaro vadaṃti || 269 ||
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idaṃ rahasya yaśaso nidhānamidaṃ pitṝṇāmativallabhaṃ ca |
idaṃ ca vedeṣvamṛtāya nityamidaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ ca puṃsām || 270 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīnadīmāhātmye goṣpadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 336 ||
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