Chapter 8

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prahlāda uvāca |
mā gacchadhvaṃ suranadīṃ kāliṃdīṃ mā sarasvatīm |
gacchadhvaṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭhā gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 1 ||
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prāpyate helayā yatra sarve kāmā na saṃśayaḥ |
gomatījalakallolaiḥ krīḍate yatra sāgaraḥ || 2 ||
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pāpaghnaṃ gomatītīraṃ prāpyate puṇyavannaraiḥ |
sāgareṇa ca saṃmiśraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 3 ||
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gomatī saṃgatā yatra sāgareṇa dvijottamāḥ |
muktidvāraṃ tu tatproktaṃ kalikāle na saṃśayaḥ || 4 ||
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yatpuṇyaṃ labhate tūrṇaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame |
tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 5 ||
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namaskṛtya ca toyeśaṃ gomatīṃ ca saridvarām |
arghyaṃ dadyādvidhānena kṛtvā ca karayoḥ kuśān || 6 ||
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maṃtreṇānena vipreṃdrā dadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ |
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃgatya sadā tattīrthavāsibhiḥ || 7 ||
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bhaktyā cārghyaṃ pradāsyāmi devāya paramā tmane |
trāhi māṃ pāpinaṃ ghoraṃ namaste surarūpiṇe || 8 ||
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tīrtharāja namastubhyaṃ ratnākara mahārṇava |
gomatyā saha goviṃda gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te || 9 ||
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dattvā cārghyaṃ śikhāṃ baddhvā saṃsmṛtya jalaśāyinam |
kuryācca prāṅmukhaḥ snānaṃ tataḥ pratyaṅmukhastathā || 10 ||
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snātvā ca parayā bhaktyā pitṝnsaṃtarpayettataḥ |
viśvedevādi saṃpūjya pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamācaret || 11 ||
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yathoktāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādviṣṇurme prīyatāmiti |
viśeṣataḥ pradātavyaṃ suvarṇaṃ viprasattamāḥ || 12 ||
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daṃpatyorvāsasī caiva kaṃcukoṣṇīṣameva ca |
lakṣmyā saha jagannātho viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti || 13 ||
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mahādānāni sarvāṇi gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
saptadvīpapatirbhūtvā viṣṇuloke mahīyate || 14 ||
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yastulāpuruṣaṃ dadyādgomatyudadhisaṃgame |
saptadvīpapatirbhūtvā viṣṇuloke mahīyate || 15 ||
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ātmānaṃ tolayedyastu svarṇena rajatena vā |
vastrairvā kuṃkumairvāpi phalairvāpi tathā rasaiḥ || 16 ||
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bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulāṃstathā kāmānmanoharān |
saṃpūjyamānastridaśairyāti viṣṇvālayaṃ naraḥ || 17 ||
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hiraṇyarūpyadānaṃ ca hyaśvaṃ dhenuṃ tathaiva ca |
gomatīsaṃgame dattvā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 18 ||
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bhūmidānaṃ ca yo dadyādgomatyudadhisaṃgame |
snātvā śucirhariṃ smṛtvā tasmāddhanyataro nahi || 19 ||
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kanyādānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādvidyādānamathāpi vā |
gomatyāḥ saṃgame snātvā yāti brahmapadaṃ naraḥ || 20 ||
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yo dadyātsvarṇadhenuṃ ca ghṛtadhenuṃ samāhitaḥ |
brahmāṇḍadānamapi vā tasya puṇyamanaṃtakam || 21 ||
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tathā lavaṇadhenuṃ ca jaladhenumathāpi vā |
dattvā yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 22 ||
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yugādiṣu ca sarveṣu gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
snātvā saṃtarpya ca pitṝnakṣayaṃ lokamāpnuyāt || 23 ||
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āṣāḍhyāṃ ca tathā māghyāṃ kārtikyāṃ saṃgame naraḥ |
pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ pāvakapūjanam |
kuryāccaiva tathā dānaṃ yadīcchedakṣayaṃ padam || 24 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā tṛptirgayāśrāddhena vai yathā |
tadvacchrāddhānmahābhāga gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 25 ||
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kuryyātsnānaṃ tathā dānaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ tathā |
pañcakāsu dvijaśreṣṭhāstathā caivāṣṭakāsu ca || 26 ||
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vaidhṛtau ca vyatīpāte chāyāyāṃ kuṃjarasya ca |
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca kapilākhyāyāṃ tathā hi dvādaśīṣu ca || 27 ||
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gomatyāṃ saṃgame snātvā dadyāddānaṃ viśeṣataḥ |
nirmalaṃ sthānamāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati || 28 ||
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śrāddhapakṣe tvamāvāsyāṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
helayā prāpyate puṇyaṃ dattvā piṇḍaṃ gayāsamam || 29 ||
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tasmātsarvaṃ prayatnena tvamāvāsyāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
śrāddhaṃ hi pitṛpakṣāṃte kāryyaṃ gomatisaṃgame || 30 ||
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yadyapyaśrotriyaṃ śrāddhaṃ yadyapyupahataṃ bhavet |
pakṣaśrāddhakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ dinenaikena labhyate || 31 ||
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śraddhāhīnaṃ mantrahīnaṃ pātrahīnamathāpi vā |
dravyahīnaṃ kālahīnaṃ manasaḥ svāsthyavarjitam || 32 ||
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śrāddhapakṣe hyamāyāṃ tu gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
paripūrṇaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā || 33 ||
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gomatī kamalā caiva caṃdrabhāgā tathaiva ca |
tisrastu saṃgatā nadyaḥ praviṣṭā varuṇālayam || 34 ||
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gayāyāṃ piṃḍadānena prayāge hyasthipātane |
tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti pakṣāṃte śrāddhakṛnnaraḥ || 35 ||
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yadīcchetsarvatīrtheṣu helayā tvabhiṣecanam |
snānaṃ kurvīta bhaktyā vai gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 36 ||
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pakṣepakṣe samagrā tu pitṛpūjā kṛtā ca yaiḥ |
sampūrṇā jāyate teṣāṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 317 ||
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śrāddhe kṛte tvamāvasyāṃ pitṛpakṣe ca vai dvijāḥ |
aputrā caiva yā nārī kākavaṃdhyā ca yā bhavet || 38 ||
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mṛtaputrā tathā viprāḥ saṃgame snānamācaret |
doṣaiḥ pramucyate sarvairgomapyudadhisaṃgame |
snātvā sukhamavāpnoti prajāṃ ca cirajīvinīm || 39 ||
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yāni kāni ca dānāni pṛthivyāṃ sambhavaṃti hi |
tāni sarvāṇi deyāni gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 40 ||
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sarvadaiva ca viprendrā viśeṣātsarvaparvasu |
snānaṃ kurvīta niyato gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 41 ||
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darśanādeva pāpasya kṣayo bhavati bho dvijāḥ |
praṇāme manasastuṣṭirmuktiścaivāvagāhane || 42 ||
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śrāddhe kṛte pitṝṇāṃ tu tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī |
dāne manorathāvāptirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 43 ||
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kṛtakṛtyāstu te dhanyā yaiḥ kṛtaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam |
śrāddhaṃ ca ṛṣiśārdūlā gomatyudadhisaṃgame || 44 ||
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pitṛpakṣe ca vai kecinmātṛpakṣe tathaiva ca |
tathā śvaśurapakṣe ca ye cānye mitrabāṃdhavāḥ || 45 ||
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sthāvaratvaṃ gatā ye ca pudgalatvaṃ ca ye gatāḥ |
piśācatvaṃ gatā ye ca ye ca pretatvamāgatāḥ || 46 ||
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tiryyagyonigatā ye ca ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ |
snānamātreṇa te sarve muktiṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 47 ||
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kiṃ punaḥ śrāddhadānādi gomatīsaṃgame tathā |
kṛtvā muktimavāpnoti mānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ || 48 ||
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śravaṇadvādaśīyoge gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
snātvā muktimavāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati || 49 ||
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santyajya sarvatīrthāni gomatyudadhisaṃgame |
snānaṃ kṛtvā tathā śrāddhaṃ kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ |
paraṃ lokamavāpnoti hyarcayitvā tu vāmanam || 50 ||
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samyaksnātvā naro yastu pūjayedgaruḍadhvajam |
pītāṃbaradharo bhūtvā divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ || 51 ||
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vīkṣyamāṇaḥ surastrībhirnāgārikṛtaketanaḥ |
caturbhujadharo bhūtvā vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ |
saṃstūyamāno munibhiryāti viṣṇvālayaṃ naraḥ || 52 ||
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gomatīsaṃgame snātvā kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ |
yatra daityavadhaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā || 53 ||
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cakraṃ prakṣālitaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇena svayameva hi |
tenaiva cakratīrthaṃ hi khyātaṃ lokatraye dvijāḥ || 54 ||
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bhavaṃti yatra pāṣāṇāścakrāṃkā muktidāyakāḥ |
yaiḥ pūjitairjagannāthaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sāṃnidhyamāvrajet || 55 ||
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tatraiva yadi labhyeta cakrairdvādaśabhiḥ saha || 56 ||
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dvādaśātmā sa vijñeyo mokṣadaḥ sarvadehinām |
ekacakrāṃkito yastu dvāravatyāṃ suśobhanaḥ || 57 ||
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sudarśanābhidhāno'sau mokṣaikaphalado hi saḥ |
lakṣmīnārāyaṇo dvābhyāṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ || 58 ||
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tribhistrivikramaścaiva trivargaphaladāyakaḥ |
śrīprado ripuhantā ca caturbhiḥ saṃyutaḥ sa hi || 59 ||
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pañcabhirvāsudevastu janmamṛtyubhayāpahaḥ |
pradyumnaḥ ṣaḍbhirevāsau lakṣmīṃ kāṃtiṃ dadāti yaḥ || 60 ||
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saptabhirbalabhadraśca cakrago'tra prakīrtitaḥ |
lācchitaścāṣṭabhirbhaktiṃ dadāti puruṣottamaḥ || 61 ||
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sarvaṃ dadyānnavavyūho durlabho yaḥ surairapi |
daśāvatāro daśamī rājyado nātra saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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ekādaśabhiraiśvaryaṃ cakragaḥ saṃprayacchati |
nirvāṇaṃ dvādaśātmā ca dvādaśabhirdadāti ca || 63 ||
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ata ūrdhvaṃ mahābhāgāḥ saukhyamokṣapradāyakāḥ ||
yato'tra te ca pāṣāṇāḥ kṛṣṇacakreṇa citritāḥ || 64 ||
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teṣāṃ sparśanamātreṇa mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |
cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā kṛṣṇacakreṇa cihnitaḥ || 65 ||
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pūjayitvā cakradharaṃ hariṃ dhyāyetsanātanam |
nāputro nādhano rogī na sa saṃjāyate naraḥ || 66 ||
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brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmajam |
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti sakṛccakrāṃkadarśanāt || 67 ||
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mleccha deśe śubhe vāpi cakrāṃko dṛśyate yadi |
tatra caiva harikṣetraṃ muktidaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 68 ||
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mṛtyukāle'pi samprāpte yadi dhyāyeddhariṃ naraḥ |
cakrāṃkaṃ dhārayedaṃge sa yāti paramaṃ padam || 69 ||
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hṛdayasthe ca cakrāṃke pūto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt |
nopasarpaṃti taṃ bhītā dūtāḥ kṛṣṇāyudhaṃ tadā |
vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamā pnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 70 ||
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api pāpasamācāraḥ kiṃ punardhārmikaḥ śuciḥ |
gomatī saṃgame snātvā cakratīrthe tathaiva ca |
mucyate pātakairghorai rmānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ || 71 ||
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rājasāḥ sattvamāyāṃti viṣṇudharmaṃ sanātanam |
kṣetrasya tasya māhātmyātsatyametatprakīrtitam || 72 ||
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tāmasaṃ rājasaṃ cāpi yatkiñcidviṣṇupūjane |
tacca sattvatvamāyāti nimnagā ca yathārṇave || 73 ||
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durlabhā dvārakā vipra durlabhaṃ gomatījalam |
durlabhaṃ jāgaro rātrau durlabhaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanam || 74 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye gomatyudadhi saṃgamasnānādimāhātmyapūrvaka cakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
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