Chapter 16 - Shodasha Adhyaya (sodaso'dhyayah)

atha sodaso'dhyayah | himamsustatra gangeyam dvapare'pujayad yuge | putrodayartham vidhivad snatva tatra guhodake || vivahasaile gamgeyamagastyomunisattamah | tretayuge'rcayamasa vagaptvarthamadarat || sriyarcitobhud gangeya statra tretayugepura | pascat kaliyugetasmin girau gangeyamarcayat | | 1 2 allh 3 kubero yaksarajendra komalairambujaissubhaih | anyepi deva munayorajanah purusastriyah || 1 4 vivahasaile gangeyamarmyacyarpumanorathan | tasmattad ksetrasadrsam na bhutam na bhavisyati || 5 vivahasaile gangeya sviyasarvakalanvitah | jananamistadanartham adhyuvasa subhacale || itah param pravaksyami sucindrasthalavaibhavam | srotranandakaram sarvavedasaram munisvarah | | 6 7 1 purusastayah A 8 353

pitamaho nijeloke kadacid prathameyuge | sahasradalambhojamadaya sumanogaram || srstisiddhyarthamajuhoddhutasanamukhe svayam | dalam dalam vibhajyaiva mantrapurva munisvarah | | sahasrasisavastamad krsanojajjire tada | vodhavilokya tan balan pratyuvaca giram priyam | | 9 10 sisavo rupasampanna vani te tanaya ime | stanyam sudhamayam dehi tvadvanmadhu ca bharati ' || 11 vanija iti namastu tesam lokesu visrutam | vidhivakyam samakarnya vani jagraha tan sisun || 'sutan samvardhayamasa pratyaham purvapaksagam | kaladharamivanandadayakan padmajapriyam || tasyah padmajakaminyah stanyapanena balakah | vavrrdhuvanijasresthah brahmahomagnisambhavah || 2 bhasitam A 7 3 sutam A 7 354 12 13 14

vidyavanto vidhataram pranermuvanijassutah | samiksya padmajah putran vanikkarmavisaradan | | 15 tesam sarasvananca putranamagryetejasam | sikham yajnopavitanca mantraputam dadau vidhih | | 16 brahmopadesasampanna virejustejasabhrsam | grhitavidyan samprapta yauvanan vedaparagan || 17 sarasvati vidhata ca samiksya svasutamstada | udvahartham kumaranam kanyah kutretyacintayat || 18 kuberabhavane ramye isat sampraptayauvanah | udvahayogya etesam tascagnimukhasambhavah | | 19 kanyasahasram vartate dvatrisallaksanairaryutah | tadalakapurinathamasmaran padmasambhavah | | 20 dhyanena dhaturyaksesa satyaloke jagama sah | bedhah punyajanadhisamavalokyabhyanandayat|| bedhah kuberasmatsutanam tvam kanyaka datumarhasi | avam yacavahe'dya tvam bhaktam harapadabjayoh | | 355 21 22

kuberastadvacah srutva parampritimupagamat | brahmayaksesvarajinam sabhayamalakapure | | vaivahikagnisu tada hutva lajadirbhivarah | jagrgarbharatiputrastasam panya mbujani ca | | subhe muhutem vidhivat sarvesasisamaprabhah | pranomussahabharyarbhivanimambhojasambhavam || tataste prararthayamasuh pitaram kamalasanam | vidhe vithehi vyaparamasmakam janakadhuna | | 23 24 25 26 dharmarthakamamoksamsca prarthayamo nirantaram | vaidha - yuyam vyaparinodhatryam dhanikasca vasisyatha | | 27 yusmakamastu satatam purusarthacatustam | daksinabdhyucare tire malayadresca daksine | | sucindranamaniksetre purnajyotih sabhasthale | asvatthavipinadhiso devanam darsanam dadau | | 4 aradhayata yuyam tam sahasrakulasambhavah | yusmanavatu sarvesah tatraivasvatthakanane || ur text reads : pusyamvujani suitable reading is punyanbujani A 7 356 28 29 30

evamakarna vacanam janakasya visam varah | sahasrakulanamaravyah sucindrasthalamayayuh || sahadarairtrimurtisam pujayamasuradarat | 31 vatsarad vanijam tesamavirasinmahesvarah | | 32 mule brahmatmakassarbhudhye garudavahanah| lingagre pancavadanah pratyaksamagamattada || 33 sucindranagarasthane surayutheh samavrtah | trimurtirupam te viksya samprapuh paramam mudam || 34 sthanuh sahasrakulaja vaisyassadhu sadhvajasunavah | janamyabhistam vanijo yusmakam manasetsitam || 35 tulapatram ca hemapi tuladandam ca padmajah | dadatubhavatam prajna vainateyadhvajastulam || 36 dadatu bhavatam visnurnavaratnani bharati | aham dadami yusmakam pancaksarajapam param || 37 vibhutisca visesena rudraksam mama lanchanam | astabhagakalabhena dhanikah krayavikraye | | 38 357

bhavatatra vaniva srestha bhedabuddhivivarjitah | addhitiyatmavijnananmuktimante gamisyatha || yusmatkulasahasrani vrddhim prapsyanti bhutale | evam dattva varam tesam sthanurantaradhiyata | | te sucindasthale ramye vasatim cakruragnijah | daksinamalakamahuh sucindranagarim janah | | 39 40 41 laksmirnanarta sutaram trimurtinamanugrahat | tatra vaisyaparasthane naimisaranyavasinah | | 42 tatra tretayuge sambhum tulasivananayakam pujayamasa vidhivat svayambhurmunipungavah || 43 pascad vilvavanadhisamarcayad dvapare yuge | visvakarma vidheh sunuvaridhinam vimuktaye || 44 tatha tripathaga ganga sthanorasinmunisvarah | rsayah visvakarmarcayat sthanum payonidhivimuktaye || S muktimanto gamisyatha B 2 358 45

itiritam tadasmakam vistarad bruhi sutaja | sutah pura yugantare prapre saptapi jalarasayah | | 46 dhruvamandalaparyantam lokamstrinapi varibhih| kabalikrtya sahasa madamattastadabhavan || 47 tada sarve janah sthanuksetra bilvamahiruham | asritya nirbhayastasthuh sthanorajnabalanvitah | | tadabdhipurusah sapta svatoya madapuritah | tatksetram kabalikartum manascakrurmunisvarah || tesam bhavam harojnatva hastavahnimacodayat | saptarnavanamudakam ksanajjagraha pavakah | | sahasravadanajvalavegena sa sivajnaya | tatah saptasamudresu caranti maruvicika | | varidhinam dhruvasyapi hahakaro'bhavatada | anyonyam hantavibhrastah prabruvan sakaladhdhayah || akale'smakamadhuna samabhujjalasamksayah | etatkaranamadityo veti nanyah puman bhuvi || evamanyonyamalocya udayadrim samayayuh | sahasrakiranam devamudayadrim samagatam || 359 48 49 50 51 52 53 llh 54

pranamyocurmunisrestah saptapyarnavapurusah | akale'mbulayascabhudasmakam padmabandhavah || idam kimadbhutam bhano raksaraman karunanidhe | suryah- sucindranathadrohena samprapto vo jalaksayah || sa eva raksitastvadya yusmakam jalarasayah | tasmat bilvavanam prapya tapah kurutaniscalah || sutah- suryasya vacanam srutva vrddhabrahmanarupinah | sucindrasthalamasadya tapastepustadarnavah || saramsi cakrustatksetre samudrah svasvanamabhih | snatva tepustapastatra svasvatirthesucarnavah || papitrasarasah purve lavanardhemahatsarah | 55 56 57 58 59 sthanulingasya cagneya'moksvammbhodhissaraudisi || 60 sabhayam daksine bhage surabdhervartate sarah | tattirthapascime dhrtarthaivartate sarah || 61 tasyapraticyam disyabdheh sarastasyettare mahat | ksirambudhisaroramyam ksirambujalapuritam || 62 devasya vayudigbhage suddhodakasarassubham | etesu punyatirthesu kadacit ksiravaridheh || 63 pascime sthanulingasya dvare balasya tatsarah | ksiram dadau mahasasya tusyartham munisattamah || 64 360

tatah prasanno bhagavan vardhinam darsanam dadau | isvarah- visvakarmacanam kartu mamaivatragamisyati || tadasiddhagireh purvabhage lavanavaridheh | 65 tate mamabhisekartham jalam vah pravadamyaham || tada samagato viskarma sthanusthale subhe | dadarsarvadhayo visvakarmanam devasilpinam || bho visvakarmannihavedamarganmamacarya vakracalapurvabhage | snanarthambhonidhidevatanam kuru prasadam mahatisatirtham || mamasiktvodakamamburasestiretaladvarapathanayasva | tatsthanutirtham jaladhim punatu mahatsarastatra gamisyasitvam || srutva vacasthanusivasya visvakarmakarot brahmasutasutasilpi | gamgam trimargam manasasucindrasthane mahavilvavanesa lingat || tatah pravahabhimukhabhragamga samagatasatrividhatadabhut | ekabdhitiram samavapa samyag patalamanyadivamapacanya || tada daduste stridasalayasthassamagatah kalpakapuspakahastah | divyani vadyani ca nadayantastattoyamargena sucindradesam || 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 nagasca patalanivasino'nye janasca patalamukhapravahat | svayam bhuvam lingamathanusutyaprapuh sucindrasthalamadvitiyam || 73 iti sucindrasthalamahatmaye sodaso'dhayah | 361