Chapter 12

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu padme pravakṣyāmi brahmā'ṇḍāni yathā'karot |
caturviśatitattvātmavairājatanumadhyataḥ || 1 ||
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brahmā karāñjalī piṇḍaṃ gṛhītvaikaṃ ca taṃ punaḥ |
mardayitvā'saṃkhyabhāgānaṇurūpānakalpayata || 2 ||
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tāṃśca hastatale dhṛtvā phutkāreṇodaḍīḍayat |
sattvātmakamahākāśe samantāduḍḍitāstu te || 3 ||
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aṇḍasvarūpagolātmabrahmāṇḍānyabhavan priye |
tadānīṃ brahmaṇā tatra saṃkalpā bahavaḥ kṛtā || 4 ||
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mahāmbare pratiṣṭhantu sarve'saṃkhyā'ṇavaḥ pṛthak |
parasparaṃ sadā tatrā'ghaṭṭayantaḥ sthirāḥ iti || 5 ||
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sarve tathaiva vartante parasparamanāhatāḥ |
atha pratyekamadhye'stu mahākāśo'vakāśadaḥ || 6 ||
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iti saṃkalpamātreṇa madhyākāśāstadā'bhavan |
tatra canurdaśādyāśca bhūmikāḥ saṃbhavantviti || 7 ||
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tādṛksaṃkalpamātreṇa caturdaśādibhūmikāḥ |
pratyekā'ṇḍe nu jātā santamovyāptā hi sarvaśaḥ || 8 ||
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teṣu praveśanārthāya brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ |
yogaśaktyā'saṃkhyasūkṣmasvasvarūpāṇyadhārayan || 9 ||
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tattaṇḍe tatra tatra devāḥ praviviśustrayaḥ |
tatrā''lokya tamastīvraṃ vedhāḥ saṃkalpamācarat || 10 ||
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sarveṣvatra prabileṣu tejodravyāṇi santviti |
tadā sarvapare loke satyadīpaḥ prakāśitaḥ || 11 ||
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satyasaṃyamajo dīpo yatastatra prakāśate |
atastadbhūmikāyāstu satyaloka iti prathā || 12 ||
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tato'dhobhūmikāyāntu tapasaśca prakāśanāt |
tatolokaitikhyātirbrahmaṇā parikalpitā || 13 ||
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tato'pyadhastare pitṛjanānāṃ puṇyayogataḥ |
prakāśaḥ samabhūttasmājjanalokā'bhidhā kṛtā || 14 ||
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tato'dho bhūmikāyāṃ vai mahardīpaḥ prakāśitaḥ |
pitṛdehotthasattejo mahaścetyabhiniścitam || 15 ||
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mahaḥpradīpayogādvai maharlokābhidhā kṛtā |
tato'dhastāttathā loke sūryapradīpasaṃgamāt || 16 ||
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svargalokastathā tārādyotanāda dyauriti prathā |
tato'dhastādantarāle nakṣatrekṣaṇadīpanāt || 17 ||
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antarīkṣamiti khyātirbhuvarbhūvivarāḍhapi |
ato'dhastādbhūmikāyāṃ pṛthoragneḥ prakāśanāt || 18 ||
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agnināmā pṛthivīti bhūriti bhrājanādapi |
tato'dhastāttalānā tu saptānāṃ sapta dīpakāḥ || 19 ||
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maṇayaḥ maṇi divyārthāstattadādyakṣarādiyuk |
tattannāma kṛtaṃ samyak tattannāmāni me śṛṇu || 20 ||
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oṣadhayastvadholoke prakāśante'talaṃ tataḥ |
vaidūryamaṇitejastvād vitalaṃ tadadhaḥ smṛtam || 21 ||
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kaustubhastomakāntyā ca sutalaṃ tadadho matam |
phaṇātālumaṇidīpāt talātalamitīritam || 22 ||
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mārakatamaṇīnāṃ tu prakāśāttanmahātalam |
ratnānāṃ tu vibhinnānāṃ prakāśāttad rasātalam || 23 ||
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puṣparājamaṇīnāṃ ca prakāśāt pattalasthiteḥ |
pātālamiti tatsaṃjñā kṛtā vai brahmaṇā svayam || 24 ||
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maharjanatapasatyaprastarāḥ puṇyatattvajāḥ |
svarge tejasstaro vāyoḥ staro bhuvaritīritaḥ || 25 ||
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pṛthivyāstu kṛtā bhūścā'talādyāstu tamasstarāḥ |
ityevaṃ tatstarāṇāṃ vai klṛptanaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam || 26 ||
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teṣvapi pārthivā bhāgā dārḍhyārthaṃ svalpamātrakāḥ |
kvacittejomayā bhāgā dhātavaḥ staramiśritāḥ || 27 ||
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kvacijjalīyabhāgāśca sudṛḍhāstāmasā api |
starāḥ prajāsamādhārā vivarākhyā bhavanti hi || 28 ||
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atha brahmā starādhāraṃ staṃbhaṃ madhye'pyakalpayat |
sauvarṇaḥ sa tu pātālādāsatyaṃ suvyavasthitaḥ || 29 ||
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satyaloke svakaṃ dhāma brahmā vai samakalpayat |
madhyaloke tu kailāsaṃ śaṃbhuḥ svaṃ samakalpayat || 30 ||
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viṣṇustu śeṣaśāyī svaṃ pātālā'dho jale svakam |
kṣīre tu sāgare vāsaṃ svayogyaṃ samakalpayat || 31 ||
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yogināṃ darśanārthaṃ vai nāradādi mahātmanām |
devānāṃ cāpi siddhānāṃ gatiryatra bhavatyapi || 32 ||
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ṛṣīṇāṃ ca gatiryatra ruciraṃ dhāma tanmatam |
anyeṣāṃ divyadehānāṃ yatra vai sugatirbhavet || 33 ||
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dvitīyaṃ tādṛśaṃ śvetadvīpākhyaṃ samarocayat |
kṣīrābdheścottare bhāge divyo dvīpaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ || 34 ||
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tataścāpi tṛtīyaṃ svaṃ mānavairgamyamarthadam |
bhūmau himagireḥ śṛṃge badrikāśramanāmakam || 35 ||
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naranārāyaṇamūrtyā tapastapati tatra saḥ |
lokakṣemakarā devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || 36 ||
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prayatante sadaivaṃ te rakṣārthaṃ tatsthitā yataḥ |
teṣāṃ dhāmāni cā'ṇḍe'tra bhautikānyavarāṇi ca || 37 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne'saṃkhyabrahmāṇḍotpattistaravyavasthātridevavāsādinirūpaṇanāmā dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
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