Chapter 24 - Caturvimsha Adhyaya (caturvimso'dhyayah)

atha caturvimso'dhyayah | rsayah yajnavalyamunebruhi katham nah sutanandana | sucinandraksetramahatmyam vistarena punah punah || sutah - daksinabdhitate kecit dhrtamaleti visrutah | nadi papapaha nrnam majjananmunisattamah || tasyastire munisrestha cakruravasamuttamam tesam madhye munisrestho hastamalakasamjnakah || parasvatthavanadhisamaradhya sthanumisvaram | krsnadhatrikalam prapya siddhaste tadanugrahat || nidhaya tadphalam haste dadarsa sakalam jagad | anekandani lokam ca tattallokanivasinah || pratyaksamiva tat sarvam dadarsa munipungavah | tasmat sarvejana loke tamarhumunipungavah || hastamalakaityagryam jnanadustisamanvitam | dhrtamala naditire sah garhasthyam cakara ha || tasya putro mahanasid yajnavalkya iti srutah vavrdhe lalitah pitra purvapakse yathasasi || arambhya ' balatsamunih samyagdhyanaparo'bhavat | anatyasaktacitto'sau sivabhaktiparayanah || brahmopadesam prapyasau brahmavarcapradayakam | janakat pancame varse yajnavalkyo mahamunih || 1 2 llh 4 5 6 7 9 10 samjnika B 1 2 vakradestadanugrahat B 2 3 aruhmabalatsa A 7 413

pranavartha vicarena brahmajnanavanabhut | tatvamasyadividanta vakyarthasyaviniscayat || so'ham bhavanasilosau jagat brahmetyakalpayat | jyotirupena sarvatra paripurna'yamisvarah || sa evahamaham brahmahamsah so'hami 'tiksayat | pajnavalkyo mahajnani paripurnatmakobhavat || sangan vedan purarnani sastrani vividhani ca | catuhsastikalascaiva vividhanagamanapi || bodhayamasa putrasya yajnavalkyasya dhimatah | sarvavidya kusalosca hastamalasamjnikah || yajnavalkyo mahajnani sakalam svapirtumukhat | pade pade mandahasam kurvan jagraha buddhiman || samprapte sodase varse yajnavalkyadhimatah | sucindrasthanudevesassabhyetyatadantikam || avadhutasvarupena darsanam pradadau mahan | 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 tasya sandarsanad yajnavalkya sarvatra tulyadrk || 18 mataram pitaram tvaktva tameva saranam yayau | purnanandagirirnama gurustrigunasankarah || svarupam darsayamasa yajnavalkyasya bhasvaram | utpatanavalokyaitad yajnavalkyo mahitale || 19 20 " anandavaspani vilocanabhyam sravamstuvan mastakabaddhapanih | dhanyo'smi dhanyo'smyahamityudirya pranamamisasya muniscakara || 21 4 Advaitic doctrine 5 hamsamantrah 6 verse 21,22 are omitted in B group of manuscripts 414

purnandagiristena yajnavalkyena dhimata | sucindranagarim prapa tasya muktyarthamisvarah || tam hastamalakah preksya putrakarpatakayoginam | avadhutam bhrsam kruddho bandhubhih parvavarayat | sahaivanudagamainam nirvattayitumaksamah || bharyayaputravatslyat hastamalakatapasah | purnanandagirih prapa yajnavalkyena yogavit || sucindraksetramatule tavapyajagmatustada | hastamalaka bhudevah pantya sakam mahamatih || krosatyasau duracarah akarsati himesutam | hahalokayata prajna yuyametat puradhipah || yajnavalkyena bhaktena sucindravipinesvarah | svalayam pravivesasu naimisarayamavasinah || purnanandagirau yajnavalkyah sayujyamaptavan | sasariro jagatyasmin purnanandagiristada || 22 23 llh 24 25 26 27 28 purnajyotih mahalinge sthanvantaradhiyata | tataste tatpurarthisah sodhayamasuraturah || 29 garbhagehe'vadhutam ca hastamalakanandanam | tavaddastva janastasthuh sthanu lingasya sannidhau | vahnindvarkavilocano damarukam sulam mrgam canalam | bibhraccandrakaladharo nijakarairvamangava bamanvitah || aruhyatulatungasungamrsabham bhasvadgalekalima | srihastamalakasya darsanamadat jyotissabhanayakah || 7 darsanamagat A 7 415 30 llh 31 32

samiksya hastamalakastamisam svaputrasayujyadaminducudam | jnanabdhimagno'bhavadattamedha nivarya samsaramahandha karam || 33 ksetrasya mahatmyamidam mayoktam ascaryabhutam prthivitalesmin | sudhamayam ko vadati prabhosca tirthasya tadrajamahiruhasya || sucindrasthalamahatmyam sunvanti ca pathanti ye | slokam va slokapadam va te yanti paramam gatim || papaganam yatha gamnga kamadhenuscatuspadam | 34 35 tejasaravirasvatthah padapanam munisvarah || 36 sucindraksetramatulam sthananamuktamantatha | sucindraksetramahatmyam vinasvatthakathassubhah || 37 tatksetreyevisrnvadanti pathanti munisattamah | gayatrimapahayanyam mantram japati yo dvijah || 38 mataram pitaram tvaktva brahmanan bhojanti ye | karoti havanam bhaktya bhasmanyeyajyadharaya || 39 yatphala labhate tasya tadvat satyam bhavisyati | adhyayamekam slokam va mahatmyesmin samahitaih || 40 pathityanyapuranani pathitavyani suribhih | pitroranajnaya karma yatkrtam tena bhutale || 41 tasya tatkarma saphalam bhavisyati yatha tatha | patim vinangananam ca sevyo nasti yatha parah || 42 tatha putrasya sisyasya mataram pitaram guruma | sthanulingam sadasevyam tatha nanyatmunisvarah || 43 sucindram sucindram japato laye ye param lokamindrasya samprapnuvanti | vidherindiranayakasyapisammbhoh sucindrasyamahatmyatoti prahrstah || 44 416

srutvodyatadivyamadhaprakartamapujayan sutamunim munindrah || bhavayanto hrda sutam sucindrasthalayakam | sthanum sampuyajamasuradarat munipungavah || 8 kecittasmaidardumantran yogyani vasanani ca | 45 46 kecit kamandalun dandan kecid svarnam dadasca || 47 kecit pavitradarbhamsca pustakani tathapare | salagramam daduscanye sivaligam tathapare || daduh krsnajinam kecit valkalanamsca tathapare | pradardumunisardula lajagandhaphalanyapi || evam satkrtya tam sutamalamkrtya nijasrame | pradaksinam karayitva svastivacanapurvakam || prasadam jagrhustasmat katham srutiphalapradam | vedavrksaprabhavam te tatra srotum samutyukah || taddinadhvarakarmani cakrunaimisakanane | 48 49 50 51 sambhavanam prapya munisvarebhyah sutomuda sthanusivam vicintya || 52 tatradhyuvasa srutibhuruhasya vaktum prabhavam mahatam muninam | sucindramahatmyamidam pavitram pathanti srnvanti ca ye prthivyam | sthanoh prasadat sakalam janaste svabhistamagrayam phalamapnuvanti || 53 iti skande purane uparibhage sthanavaibhavaravande sucindrasthalamahatmye yajnavalkyasayujyamnama caturvimso'dhyayah samaptah || sabhamastu || sthanunatho raksatu | sucindrasthalamahatmyam samapram | 8 gopicandana bhasmani kecid rudraksamalikah A 7 417