Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)
by Anand Dilip Raj | 2002 | 65,969 words
The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices. It is divided into two parts: Part I includes a study with four chapters di...
Chapter 3 - Tritiya Adhyaya (trtiyo'dhyayah)
trtiyo'dhyayah | sutah visesanmunisardulo visnudhyanasamanvitah | anyatra vigatasneho bhaktim prapa harau param || svabharyayammbhojadrsah sakasallabdhva varantatramunipravirah | himacalad daksinavardidhatiram praptomahadbhih saha tatpukamah || s jnanaranyasya vayavyadisi yajnasarastate | asvatthasakhinam ramyam snigdhachayasamanvitam | | 3 dadarsatrimunih sriman sabharyah pranavakrtim | sandadarsa sadharmatma kasyapim sasyasalinim || yajnatirtham mahapunyam jananam muktidayakam | tattirthadarsanenaiva saromancicavigrahah || 4 5 uvaca patnimalokya munih priti purassaram | alokayasramam punyamimambujalocane | | 6 munayahpasyatatmajnah yajnatirthatatavanim | asmakam snanayogyam tat yajnatirthodakam subham || 229 7
pradaksinanamaskarayogyamastthabhuruham | kandamulaphalaih purnamimam pasyata medinim || yupayogyascatakho vasantyatrimunisvarah | evamuktvatriranandam jagama munibhissaha | | kusaurdabhaisca parnaisca prasirbhimunisattamah | prthak prthak parnasalah karayamasuruttamah || grhasthasramamargena nivasancakrurasrame | 9 10 yadatrivasitincakre yajnatirthatate subhe || 11 anugrahat padmadrso munirbhivedaparagaih | tadavirasit kamala sarvasaibhagyadayini || pratyaham bharyaya sakam svasrametrimunirvasan | snanairjapaiscahomaiscaniyamairdevatarcanaih || vidhivakyoditarairatrih karmabhih paralaukikaih | kalannayati dharmatma tvananyasaktamanasah | tadatryasramasya mahatmyamatreravasakaranat | devassarve ca munayo murtayasca munisvarah | | 230 12 13 14 15
atrayasramamanuprapya havyakavyadibhirbhrsam | santrpta vahninayana mahidevarcanadibhih || tasmadatrayasramasyatra sadrsannasti bhutale | ayusomanusomanamanasuya ca tatpatih || atikramya sthitau tatra vayunam bahusadhanaih tapobhirnimaipuge naimisaranyavasinah || ekatambhojabhussatyaloke kartummahadhvaram | udyukto bhutsuraganairharina samnkarena ca | | kasamartho mahasatre kartumadhvaramityasau | cintayamasa viputhah sabhayam pankajotbhavah || tadovaca mahavisnuh padmayonimmahadyatim | srunu vaksyami vagisa tavadvaryum mahadhvare | | daksinabdhyuttare tire sthanamat kanane | atryasrama iti khyato maharsiganasobhita | | tatratrimunisardulatapasviyogatatparah | atikramyasthitascabhut manusam manamayusah | | 231 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
aneka pralayanadrstva bharyaya ca anasusaya sa eva catvaram kartumadhvaryuh sruti paragah | | tamanayitvatrimunih kuru yajnam pitamaha sango bhavati te yajnahtadatrimunina krtah || evamakarnya vacanam visnoh ambujasambhavah manasam yogamasthaya tamatrim manasasmaran | | tatksane'trimunisrestoyajnatirthatatasrame | nityakarmadikam krtva hutvagnau pratarahutih || brahmarpanamiti dhyatva brahamanam sama tarpayat | 24 25 26 27 brahmarsiatrihrtam karmaprapya prito abhavat tada | | 28 samavapamutajnatrihghyatahpankajayoninah | | cakara mandasmitamadvitiyam svasramotri sutarammunindrah | sisyasca patni ca tadavalokya mandasmitantam munivaryamucuh || 29 mandasmitemunisrestha ! karanam kimakarane | tavadya karunambhodhe vadasmakam visesatah || 30 atrih anasuye mahabhage srnu me paramam vacah | udyuktobhunmakham kartum satyaloke cartumukhah | | 232 31
tadarthamadhvaram kartum yasyamyahamajalayam | yuyamatryasrame ramye sthita bhavata niscala || srunu sadhvanasuye tvam asmadasramamuttamam | paripalaya kalyani pankajacchadalocane | | madagamanaparyantam dayayatra sthita bhava | ityutkvatrimunim vahnih prarthayamasabhasvaram || anasuyatibhiryuktatadatripadapankaje | pranamamakarodbhatkya pativratyaparayana | | atrih samiksya gehinya manobhavam tadabravit | vicaram ma kuru prajne mam vinatra sthita priye | | 32 allh 33 llh 34 35 36 karomyanugrahammaham tvayyamburuhalocane | tadanasuya padabjayugalam sudhdavarina || 37 praksalya tajjalam suddhamatmaraksarthamagrahit | bhuktasesodanam bhartussamgrhya ca subhavaham || svaminnatrimunisrestha ksamasva karunambudhe | etatkalam samarabhya tava sardasanavadhih | | 38 39 233
kriyamanani karmani maya bharturasanni | atrih sadhu sadhvanasuye tvammadajnam paripalaya || 40 mangalancavayorastu punassandarsanam priye | etadasramamukhyasya muninam vasatam satam || ityasvasyanasuyantam sisyanasramavasinah | brahmadhyanaparobhutva satyalokam yayau munih || sasariro'triranaghastapomayakalebarah | sanasuya mahabhaga patyuktapathacarini || svasrame'tripadambhojayugaladhyanatatpara | adhyuvasa ciram kalamevam sadvrtikarini || tadasramam srestha sarvairya samanvitah | phalamuladibhih purna payobhirbihiryavaih|| pativratyadatripatnaya tadasitparisobhita | nanarta kamaladevi sarvasaibhagyasamyuta || atrerasramamukhyesmin anasuyabhirpalita | sutah atryagamanamalokya satyalokembujasanah | | 234 487 46 45 44 C allh 42 42
manoharsamavapyatrerarghapadyadikam dadau | atrissabhayam padmabhuvamssamavapya munisrarah || brahmavisnisran drstva jaharsamarapungavan | sarojayonemnikatasratastam dadrsuradvaitavicarasilam | | brahmadyutimmanusagatrayuktam purandaradya munimatrimaptam | vedatmakovisnurayam pumrarividhirgurussatyamitiprahrsta | | procurvicaryatrimunirmahatma hutasanasceti samastadevah | iti sucindrasthalamahatmye satyaloke'tryagamanannamatrtiyodhyayah | 235 48 49 50