Chapter 35

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pulastya uvāca |
tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam |
māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tasminparvatarodhasi || 1 ||
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tatra snāto naraḥ samyakchraddhāvānsusamāhitaḥ |
mucyate pātakairghoraiḥ pūrvajanmakṛtairapi || 2 ||
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tasya paścimadigbhāge liṃgamasti mahīpate |
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ mudgalena tu || 3 ||
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snātvā māmuhrade puṇye yastalliṃgaṃ ca paśyati |
śuklapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ phālgune māsi mānavaḥ |
sa prāpnoti paraṃ śreyaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu durlabham || 4 ||
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yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ mūrtimāśritaḥ |
pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 5 ||
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tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti nīvārāṇāṃ maharṣayaḥ |
śākamūlādibhiḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭidaṃ nṛpa || 6 ||
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yayātiruvāca |
māmuhradamiti vibho kathaṃ nāmā'bhavatpurā |
mudgalasyāśramaṃ brūhi mama sarvaṃ vidhānataḥ || 7 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
tatrasthasya purā rājanmudgalasya mahātmanaḥ |
vimānaṃ varamādāya devadūtaḥ samāgataḥ || 8 ||
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so'bravīddevarājñāhaṃ preṣito munisattama |
tavārthāyā'ruhainaṃ tvaṃ vimānaṃ gamyatāṃ divi || 9 ||
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mudgala uvāca |
svargasya ye guṇā dūta ye ca doṣā prakīrtitāḥ || |
tānme vada kariṣye'haṃ śrutvā vai yatkṣamaṃ bhavet || 10 ||
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brūhi tānsakalāndūta tvāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ tataḥ || 11 ||
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devadūta uvāca |
alametena darpeṇa kriyatāṃ śakrajalpitam |
puṇyaiḥ svakairdvijaśreṣṭha samāgaccheridaṃ tataḥ || 12 ||
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mudgala uvāca |
aśrutaistairna gacche'hametanme hṛdi niścitam |
kariṣye'haṃ tapo bhūri pūjayiṣye maheśvaram || 13 ||
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dūta uvāca |
na śaktaḥ svarguṇānvaktumapi varṣaśatairapi |
saṃkṣepātkathayiṣyāmi yadi te niścayaḥ paraḥ || 14 ||
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naṃdanādīni ramyāṇi tatra devavanāni ca |
ananyasadṛśā bhogāḥ sadā tṛptirdvijottama || 45 ||
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bubhukṣā naiva tṛṣṇā ca nidrālasye na ca prabho |
raṃbhādyapsaraso mukhyā gaṃdharvāstuṃbarādayaḥ |
ramayaṃti naraṃ tatra gītairnṛtyairanekaśaḥ || 16 ||
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evaṃ ca vasate tatra janaḥ svarge tapodhana |
yāvatpuṇyakṣayastāvatpaścātpātamavāpnuyāt || 17 ||
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eka eva mune doṣaḥ svarloke pratibhāti me |
sa eva patanākhyastu svargiṇāṃ ca bhayāvahaḥ || 18 ||
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na puṇyaṃ labhate tatra kartuṃ vipra kathaṃcana |
karmabhūmiriyaṃ brahmanbhogabhūmistu sā smṛtā || 19 ||
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yadatra kriyate karma śubhaṃ tatropa bhujyate |
tathā dṛṣṭvā vimānasthānbhūridharmādisaṃyutān || 20 ||
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bahutejonvitānsvarge hyalpapuṇyo dvijottama |
paścāttāpajaduḥkhena svargastho duḥkhitaḥ sadā || 21 ||
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na mayā sukṛtaṃ bhūri kṛtaṃ marttye kathaṃcana || 22 ||
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tathā ca patamānāṃśca dṛṣṭvā cānyānsahasraśaḥ |
ātmanaśca mahadduḥkhaṃ jāyate ca tadadbhutam || 23 ||
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etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ guṇadoṣasamudbhavam |
svargasaṃceṣṭitaṃ brahmankuruṣva yadabhīpsitam || 24 ||
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mudgala uvāca |
patanasya bhayaṃ yatra puṇyahānirna varddhanam |
tena svargeṇa me dūta naiva kāryaṃ kathaṃcana || 25 ||
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vācyastvayā mamādeśāddevarājaḥ sphuṭaṃ vacaḥ |
kṣamyatāmaparādho me na svargāya spṛhā mama || 26 ||
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tatkarmā'haṃ kariṣyāmi yena no patanādbhayam |
sādhayiṣyāmi tāṃllokānye sadā pātavarjitāḥ || 27 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
evamuktvā nṛpaśreṣṭha mudgalaḥ svarganiḥspṛhaḥ |
sthitastatraiva nirataḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ || 28 ||
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śrutvā dūto'pi śakrasya tasya vākyaṃ savistaram |
kathayāmāsa śakrasya taṃ bhūyaḥ so'bhyabhāṣata || 29 ||
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devadūtāpramāṇaṃ ca vimānaṃ hi tvayā kṛtam |
na kṛtaṃ kena citpūrvaṃ na kariṣyati kaścana || 30 ||
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tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā balādānaya taṃ munim |
ānayasvānyathā śāpaṃ tava dāsyāmyasaṃśayam || 31 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā devadūte bhayānvitaḥ |
prasthitaḥ satvaraṃ tatra mudgalo yatra tiṣṭhati || 32 ||
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mudgalo'pi vimānasthaṃ punardṛṣṭvā samāgatam |
māmuhrade praviśyātha vārayāmāsa taṃ tadā || 33 ||
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sa tasya vacanenaiva staṃbhito likhito yathā |
calituṃ naiva śaknoti prabhāvāttasya sanmuneḥ || 34 ||
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cirakālagataṃ jñātvā dūtaṃ tu tridaśādhipaḥ |
svayaṃ tatrāyayau kopādāruhyairāvaṇaṃ gajam || 35 ||
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atha dṛṣṭvā tadā dūtaṃ staṃbhitaṃ mudgalena tu |
vadhārthaṃ tūdyatastasya sa vajraṃ bhrāmayaṃstadā || 36 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu utpātāstatra dāruṇāḥ |
apasavyaṃ mṛgāścakruḥ paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaśca ye |
tāndṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa mudgalo vismayānvitaḥ || 37 ||
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atha dṛṣṭvāṃbaragataṃ vajrodyatakaraṃ harim |
staṃbhayāmāsa taṃ sadyo dṛṣṭipātena mudgalaḥ || 38 ||
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tatra śakraḥ stutiṃ cakre bhagnotsāho nṛpottama |
muñca māṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha yāsyāmi tridaśālayam || 39 ||
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svarge vā yadi vā marttye tiṣṭha tvaṃ svecchayā dvija |
mayā kṛtaḥ samudyogo hitārthaṃ te mune hyayam || 40 ||
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varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te nityaṃ yo manasi sthitaḥ |
taṃ te sarvaṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham || 41 ||
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mudgala uvāca |
eṣa eva varaḥ ślāghyo yattvaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ sureśvara |
darśanaṃ te sahasrākṣa svapneṣvapi sudurlabham || 42 ||
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avaśyaṃ yadi me deyo varo vṛtraniṣūdana |
tvatprasādena me mokṣo jāyatāṃ śīghrameva hi || 43 ||
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mā mu hradaṃ samāgatya dūtaḥ prokto mayā yataḥ |
tato māmuhradamiti khyātiṃ yātu dharātale || 44 ||
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tīrthametatsahasrākṣa sarva pāpapraṇāśanam |
atra snātvā divaṃ yāṃtu tvatprasādātsureśvara || 45 ||
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piṇḍadānātparāṃ prītiṃ labhaṃtāṃ pitaro'tra hi || 46 ||
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indra uvāca |
māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tīrthametadbhaviṣyati |
variṣṭhaṃ nātra sandeho matprasādādvijottama || 47 ||
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atra ye phālgune māsi paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitāḥ |
kariṣyaṃti punaḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim || 48 ||
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piṇḍadānādgayātulyaṃ lapsyaṃte phalamuttamam |
puṇyadānaphalaṃ cātra saṃkhyāhīnaṃ dvijottama || 49 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
evamuktvā yayau svargaṃ dūtamādāya vajrabhṛt |
mudgalo'pi paraṃ brahma ciṃtayanhyaniśaṃ tataḥ || 50 ||
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śukladhyānaparo bhūtvā mokṣaṃ prāptastato'kṣayam || 51 ||
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atra gāthā purā gītā nāradena mahātmanā |
bahuviprasamavāye parvatesminmahīpate || 52 ||
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māmu hrade naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ mudgaleśvaram |
iha bhuktvā'khilānkāmānante muktimavāpsyati |
etasmātkāraṇādrājanmāmuhradamiti smṛtam || 53 ||
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tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ lokaviśrutam |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret || 54 ||
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mokṣakāmo viśeṣeṇa ya icchetparamaṃ padam |
caṇḍikāśramamāsādya kiṃ punaḥ paritapyate || 55 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame'rbudakhaṇḍe māmuhradotpattivarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 35 ||
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