Chapter 9

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naṃdikeśvara uvāca |
tatrāṃtare tau ca nāthaṃ praṇamya vidhimādhavau |
baddhāṃjalipuṭau tūṣṇīṃ tasthaturdakṣavāmagau || 1 ||
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tatra saṃsthāpya tau devaṃ sakuṭuṃbaṃ varāsane |
pūjayāmāsatuḥ pūjyaṃ puṇyaiḥ puruṣavastubhiḥ || 2 ||
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pauruṣaṃ prākṛtaṃ vastujñeyaṃ dīrghālpakālikam |
hāranūpurakeyūrakirīṭamaṇikuṃḍalaiḥ || 3 ||
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yajñasūtrottarīyasrakkṣaumamālyāṃgulīyakaiḥ |
puṣpatāṃbūlakarpūracaṃdanāgurulepanaiḥ || 4 ||
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dhūpadīpasitacchatravyajanadhvajacāmaraiḥ |
anyairdivyopahāraiśca vāṇmanotītavaibhavaiḥ || 5 ||
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patiyogyaiḥ paśvalabhyaistau samarcayatāṃ patim |
yadyacchreṣṭhatamaṃ vastu patiyogyaṃ hitaddhvaje || 6 ||
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tadvastvakhilamīśopi pāraṃ paryacikīrṣayā |
sabhyānāṃ pradadau hṛṣṭaḥ pṛthaktatra yathākramam || 7 ||
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kolāhalo mahānāsīttatra tadvastu gṛhṇatām |
tatraiva brahmaviṣṇubhyāṃ cārcitaḥ śaṃkaraḥ purā || 8 ||
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prasannaḥ prāha tau namrau sasmitaṃ bhaktivardhanaḥ |
īśvara uvāca |
tuṣṭo'hamadya vāṃ vatsau pūjayā'sminmahādine || 9 ||
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dinametattataḥ puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahattaram |
śivarātririti khyātā tithireṣā mama priyā || 10 ||
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etatkāle tu yaḥ kuryātpūjāṃ malliṃgaberayoḥ |
kuryāttu jagataḥ kṛtyaṃ sthitisargādikaṃ pumān || 11 ||
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śivarātrāvahorātraṃ nirāhāro jiteṃdri yaḥ |
arcayedvā yathānyāyaṃ yathābalamavaṃcakaḥ || 12 ||
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yatphalaṃ mama pūjāyāṃ varṣamekaṃ niraṃtaram |
tatphalaṃ labhate sadyaḥ śivarātrau madarcanāt || 13 ||
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maddharmavṛddhikālo'yaṃ caṃdra kāla ivāṃbudheḥ |
pratiṣṭhādyutsavo yatra māmako maṃgalāyanaḥ || 14 ||
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yatpunaḥ staṃbharūpeṇa svāvirāsamahaṃ purā |
sa kālo mārgaśīrṣe tu syādādrā r ṛkṣamarbhakau || 15 ||
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ādrā ryāṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu yaḥ paśyenmāmumāsakham |
madberamapi vā liṃgaṃ sa guhādapi me priyaḥ || 16 ||
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alaṃ darśanamātreṇa phalaṃ tasmindine śubhe |
abhyarcanaṃ cedadhikaṃ phalaṃ vācāmagocaram || 17 ||
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raṇaraṃgatale'muṣminyadahaṃ liṃgavarṣmaṇā |
jṛṃbhito liṃgavattasmālliṃgasthānamidaṃ bhavet || 18 ||
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anādyaṃtamidaṃ staṃbhamaṇumātraṃ bhaviṣyati |
darśanārthaṃ hi jagatāṃ pūjanārthaṃ hi putrako || 19 ||
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bhogāvahamidaṃ liṃgaṃ bhuktiṃ muktyekasādhanam |
darśanasparśanadhyānājjaṃtūnāṃ janmamocanam || 20 ||
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analācalasaṃkāśaṃ yadidaṃ liṃgamutthitam |
aruṇācalamityeva tadidaṃ khyātimeṣyati || 21 ||
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atra tīrthaṃ ca bahudhā bhaviṣyati mahattaram |
muktirapyatra jaṃtūnāṃ vāsena maraṇena ca || 22 ||
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rathotsavādikalyāṇaṃ janāvāsaṃ tu sarvataḥ |
atra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet || 23 ||
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matkṣetrādapi sarvasmātkṣetrametanmahattaram |
atra saṃsmṛtimātreṇa muktirbhavati dehinām || 24 ||
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tasmānmahattaramidaṃ kṣetramatyaṃtaśobhanam |
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvamuktikaraṃ śubham || 25 ||
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arcayitvā'tra māmeva liṃge liṃginamīśvaram |
sālokyaṃ caiva sāmīpyaṃ sārūpyaṃ sārṣṭireva ca || 26 ||
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sāyujyamiti paṃcaite kriyādīnāṃ phalaṃ matam |
sarvepi yūyaṃ sakalaṃ prāpsyathāśu manoratham || 27 ||
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naṃdikeśvara uvāca |
ityanugṛhya bhagavānvinītau vidhimādhavau |
yatpūrvaṃ prahataṃ yuddhe tayoḥ sainyaṃ parasparam || 28 ||
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tadutthāpayadatyarthaṃ svaśaktyā'mṛtadhārayā |
tayormauḍhyaṃ ca vairaṃ ca vyapanetumuvāca tau || 29 ||
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sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ ceti svarūpadvayamasti me |
nānyasya kasyacittasmādanyaḥ sarvopyanīśvaraḥ || 30 ||
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purastātstaṃbharūpeṇa paścādrū peṇa cārbhakau |
brahmatvaṃ niṣkalaṃ proktamīśatvaṃ sakalaṃ tathā || 31 ||
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dvayaṃ mamaiva saṃsiddhaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit |
tasmādīśatvamanyeṣāṃ yuvayorapi na kvacit || 32 ||
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tadajñānena vāṃ vṛttamīśamānaṃ mahādbhutam |
tannirākartumatraivamutthito'haṃ raṇakṣitau || 33 ||
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tyajataṃ mānamātmīyaṃ mayīśe kurutaṃ matim |
matprasādena lokeṣu sarvopyarthaḥ prakāśate || 34 ||
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gurūktirvyaṃjakaṃ tatra pramāṇaṃ vā punaḥ punaḥ |
brahmatattvamidaṃ gūḍhaṃ bhavatprītyā bhaṇāmyaham || 35 ||
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ahameva paraṃ brahma matsvarūpaṃ kalākalam |
brahmatvādīśvaraścāhaṃ kṛtyaṃ menugrahādikam || 36 ||
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bṛhattvādbṛṃhaṇatvācca brahmāhaṃ brahmakeśavau |
samatvādvyāpakatvācca tathaivātmāhamarbhakau || 37 ||
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anātmānaḥ pare sarve jīvā eva na saṃśayaḥ |
anugrahādyaṃ sargāṃtaṃ jagatkṛtyaṃ ca paṃkajam || 38 ||
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īśatvādeva me nityaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit |
ādau brahmattvabuddhyarthaṃ niṣkalaṃ liṃgamutthitam || 39 ||
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tasmādajñātamīśatvaṃ vyaktaṃ dyotayituṃ hi vām |
sakalohamato jātaḥ sākṣādīśastu tatkṣaṇāt || 40 ||
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sakalatvamato jñeyamīśatvaṃ mayi satvaram |
yadidaṃ niṣkalaṃ staṃbhaṃ mama brahmatvabodhakam || 41 ||
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liṃgalakṣaṇayuktatvānmama liṃgaṃ bhavedidam |
tadidaṃ nityamabhyarcyaṃ yuvābhyāmatra putrakau || 42 ||
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madātmakamidaṃ nityaṃ mama sānnidhyakāraṇam |
mahatpūjyamidaṃ nityamabhedālliṃgasiṃginoḥ || 43 ||
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yatrapratiṣṭhitaṃ yena madīyaṃ liṃgamīdṛśam |
tatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ sohamapratiṣṭhopi vatsakau || 44 ||
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matsāmyamekaliṃgasya sthāpane phalamīritam |
dvitīye sthāpite liṃge madaikyaṃ phalameva hi || 45 ||
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liṃgaṃ prādhānyataḥ sthāpyaṃ tathāberaṃ tu gauṇakam |
liṃgābhāvena tatkṣetraṃ saberamapi sarvataḥ || 46 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ navamo'dhyāyaḥ || 9 ||
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