Chapter 13

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sūta uvāca |
yathābhavalliṃgarūpaḥ saṃpūjyastribhave śivaḥ |
tathoktaṃ vā dvijāḥ prītyā kimanyacchrotumicchatha || 1 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ andhakeśvaraliṃgasya mahimānaṃ vada prabho |
tathānyacchivaliṃgānāṃ prītyā vaktumihārhasi || 2 ||
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sūta uvāca |
purābdhigartamāśritya vasandaityo'ndhakāsuraḥ |
svavaśaṃ kārayāmāsa trailokyaṃ surasūdanaḥ || 3 ||
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tasmādgartācca nissṛtya pīḍayitvā punaḥ prajāḥ |
prāviśacca tadā daityastaṃ gartaṃ suparākramaḥ || 4 ||
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devāśca duḥkhitaḥ sarve śivaṃ prārthya punaḥpunaḥ |
sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsussvaduḥkhaṃ ca munīśvarāḥ || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tadākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ devānāṃ parameśvaraḥ |
pratyuvāca prasannātmā duṣṭahaṃtā satāṃ gatiḥ || 6 ||
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śiva uvāca |
ghātayiṣyāmi taṃ daityamandhakaṃ surasūdanam |
sainyaṃ ca nīyatāndevā hyāyāmi ca gaṇaissaha || 7 ||
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tasmādgartādaṃdhake hi devarṣidruhi bhīkare |
nissṛte ca tadā tasmindevā gartamupāśritāḥ || 8 ||
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daityāśca devatāścaiva yuddhaṃ cakruḥ sudāruṇam |
śivānugrahato devāḥ prabalāścābhavaṃstadā || 9 ||
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devaiśca pīḍitaḥ sopi yāvadgartamupāgataḥ |
tāvacchūlena saṃprotaḥ śivena paramātmanā || 10 ||
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tatratyaśca tadā śaṃbhuṃ dhyātvā saṃprārthayattadā |
antakāle ca tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśo bhavati kṣaṇāt || 11 ||
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ityevaṃ saṃstutassopi prasannaḥ śaṃkarastadā |
uvāca vacanaṃ tatra varaṃ brūhi dadāmi te || 12 ||
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ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sa daityaḥ punarabravīt |
supraṇamya śivaṃ stutvā sattvabhāvamupāśritaḥ || 13 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
yadi prasanno deveśa svabhaktiṃ dehi me śubhām |
kṛpāṃ kṛtvā viśeṣeṇa saṃsthito bhava ceha vai || 14 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityuktastena daityaṃ taṃ tadgarte cākṣipaddharaḥ |
svayaṃ tatra sthito liṃgarūpo'sau lokakāmyayā || 15 ||
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andhakeśaṃ ca talliṃgaṃ nityaṃ yaḥ pūjayennaraḥ |
ṣaṇmāsājjāyate tasya vāṃchāsiddhirna saṃśayaḥ || 16 ||
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vṛttyarthaṃ pūjayelliṃgaṃ lokasya hitakārakam |
ṣaṇmāsaṃ yo dvijaścaiva sa vai devalakaḥ smṛtaḥ || 17 ||
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yathā devalakaścaiva sa bhavediha vai tadā |
devalakaśca yaḥ prokto nādhikāro dvijasya hi || 18 ||
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|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
devalakaśca kaḥ proktaḥ kiṃ kāryaṃ tasya vidyate |
tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña lokānāṃ hitahetave || 19 ||
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sūta uvāca |
dadhīcirnāma vipro yo dharmiṣṭho vedapāragaḥ |
śivabhaktirato nityaṃ śivaśāstraparāyaṇaḥ || 20 ||
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tasya putrastathā hyāsītsmṛto nāmnā sudarśanaḥ |
tasya bhāryā dukūlā ca nāmnā duṣṭakulodbhavā || 21 ||
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tadvaśe sa ca bhartāsīttasya putracatuṣṭayam |
so'pi nityaṃ śivasyaiva pūjāṃ ca sma karotyasau || 22 ||
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dadhīcestu tadā hyāsīdgrāmāntaraniveśanam |
jñātisaṃyogataścaiva jñātibhirna sa mocitaḥ || 23 ||
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kathayitvā ca putraṃ sa śivabhaktirato bhava |
ityuktvā sa gato mukto dādhīciśśaivasattamaḥ || 24 ||
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sudarśanastatputro'pi śivapūjāṃ cakāra ha |
evaṃ cirataraḥ kālo vyatīyāya munīśvarāḥ || 25 ||
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evaṃ ca śivarātriśca samāyātā kadācana |
tasyāṃ copoṣitāssarve svayaṃ saṃyogatastadā || 26 ||
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pūjāṃ kṛtvā gatasso'pi sudarśana iti smṛtaḥ |
strīsaṃgaṃ śivarātrau tuṃ kṛtvā punarihāgataḥ || 27 ||
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na snānaṃ tena ca kṛtaṃ tadrātryāṃ śivapūjanam |
tena tatkarmapākena kruddhaḥ provāca śaṅkaraḥ || 28 ||
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maheśvara uvāca |
śivarātryāṃ tvayā duṣṭa sevanaṃ ca striyāḥ kṛtam |
asnātena madīyā ca kṛtā pūjāvivekinā || 29 ||
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jñātvā caivaṃ kṛtaṃ yasmāttasmāttvaṃ jaḍatāṃ vraja |
mamāspṛśyo bhava tvaṃ ca dūrato darśanaṃ kuru || 30 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti śapto maheśena dādhīcissa sudarśanaḥ |
jaḍatvaṃ prāptavānsadyaśśivamāyāvimohitaḥ || 31 ||
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etasminsamaye viprā dadhīciḥ śaivasattamaḥ |
grāmāntarātsamāyāto vṛttāntaṃ śrutavāṃśca saḥ || 32 ||
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śivena bhartsitaḥ so'pi duḥkhito'bhūdatīva hi |
ruroda hā hato'śmīti duḥkhena sutakarmaṇā || 33 ||
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punaḥpunaruvāceti sa dadhīcissatāṃ mataḥ |
anenedaṃ kuputreṇa hataṃ me kulamuttamam || 34 ||
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sa putro'pi hato bhāryāṃ puṃścalīṃ kṛtavāndrutam |
paścāttāpamanuprāpya svapitrā paribhartsitaḥ || 35 ||
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tatpitrā girijā tatra pūjitā vidhibhirvaraiḥ |
suyatnato mahābhaktyā svaputrasukhahetave || 36 ||
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sudarśano'pi girijāṃ pūjayāmāsa ca svayam |
caṇḍīpūjanamārgeṇa mahābhaktyā śubhaiḥ stavaiḥ || 37 ||
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evaṃ tau pitṛputrau hi nānopāyaiḥ subhaktitaḥ |
prasannāṃ cakraturdevīṃ girijāṃ bhaktavatsalām || 38 ||
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tayoḥ sevāprabhāveṇa prasannā caṇḍikā tadā |
sudarśanaṃ ca putratve cakāra girijā mune || 39 ||
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śivaṃ prasādayāmāsa putrārthe caṇḍikā svayam |
kruddhā'kruddhā punaścaṇḍī tatputrasya prasannadhīḥ || 40 ||
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athājñāya prasannaṃ taṃ maheśaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam |
namaskṛtya svayaṃ tasya hyutsaṃge taṃ nyaveśayat || 41 ||
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ghṛtasnānaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā putrasya girijā svayam |
trirāvṛttopavītaṃ ca granthinaikena saṃyutam || 42 ||
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sudarśanāya putrāya dadau prītyā tadāmbikā |
uddiśya śivagāyatrīṃ ṣoḍaśākṣarasaṃyutām || 43 ||
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tadoṃnamaḥ śivāyeti śrīśabda pūrvakāya ca |
vārānṣoḍaśa saṃkalpapūjāṃ kuryādayaṃ baṭuḥ || 44 ||
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āsnānādipraṇāmāntaṃ pūjayanvṛṣabhadhvajam |
maṃtravāditrapūjābhissarṣīṇāṃ sannidhau tathā || 45 ||
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nāmamaṃtrānanekāṃśca pāṭhayāmāsa vai tadā |
uvāca suprasannātmā caṇḍikā ca śivastathā || 46 ||
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madarpitaṃ ca yatkiṃciddhanadhānyādikantathā |
tatsarvaṃ ca tvayā grāhyaṃ na doṣāya bhaviṣyati || 47 ||
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mama kṛtye bhavānmukhyo devīkṛtye viśeṣataḥ |
ghṛtatailādikaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā grāhyaṃ madarpitam || 48 ||
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prājāpatyaṃ bhavedyarhiṃ tarhyeko hi bhavānbhavet |
tadā pūjā ca sampūrṇānyathā sarvā ca niṣphalā || 49 ||
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tilakaṃ vartulaṃ kāryaṃ snānaṃ kāryaṃ sadā tvayā |
śivasandhyā ca kartavyā gāyatrī ca tadīyikā || 50 ||
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matsevāṃ prathamaṃ kṛtvā kāryamanyatkulocitam |
evaṃ kṛte'khile bhadraṃ doṣāḥ kṣāntā mayā tava || 51 ||
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|| sūta uvāca |
ityuktvā tasya putrāśca catvāro baṭukāstadā |
abhiṣiktāścaturdikṣu śivena paramātmanā || 52 ||
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caṇḍī caivātmanikaṭe putraṃ sthāpya sudarśanam |
tatputrānprerayāmāsa varāndattvā hyanekaśaḥ || 53 ||
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devyuvāca |
ubhayoryuvayormadhye vaṭuko yo bhavenmama |
tasya syādvijayo nityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 54 ||
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bhavāṃśca pūjito yena tenaivāhaṃ prapūjitā |
kartavyaṃ hi bhavadbhiśca svīyaṃ karma sadā suta || 55 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ tasmai varāndattāssaputrāya mahātmane |
sudarśanāya kṛpayā śivābhyāṃ jagatāṃ kṛte || 56 ||
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śivābhyāṃ sthāpitā yasmāttasmāttaṃ vaṭukāḥ smṛtāḥ |
tapobhraṣṭāśca ye jātāḥ smṛtāstasmāttapodhamāḥ || 57 ||
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śivayoḥ kṛpayā sarve vistāraṃ bahudhā gatāḥ |
teṣāṃ ca prathamā pūjā mahāpūjā mahātmanaḥ || 58 ||
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tena yāvatkṛtā naiva pūjā vai śaṃkarasya ca |
tāvatpūjā na karttavyā kṛtā cenna śubhāpi sā || 59 ||
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śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi baṭukaṃ na parityajet |
prājāpatye ca bhojye vai vaṭureko viśiṣyate || 60 ||
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śivayośca tathā kārye viśeṣo'tra pradṛśyate |
tadeva śṛṇu suprājña yathāhaṃ vacmi te'nagha || 61 ||
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tasyaiva nagare rājño bhadrasya nityabhojane |
prājāpatyasya niyame hyandhakeśasamīpataḥ || 62 ||
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yajjātamadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ śivānugrahakāraṇāt |
śrūyatāṃ tacca suprītyā kathayāmi yathāśrutam || 63 ||
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dhvaja ekaśca tadrājñe dattastuṣṭena śaṃbhunā |
proktaśca kṛpayā rājā devadevena tena saḥ || 64 ||
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prātaśca vardhyatāṃ rājandhvajo rātrau patiṣyati |
mama tvevaṃ ca sampūrṇe prājāpatye tathā punaḥ || 65 ||
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anyathāyaṃ dhvajo me hi rātrāvapi sthiro bhavet |
ityuktvāntarhitaśśaṃbhū rājñe tuṣṭaḥ kṛpānidhiḥ || 66 ||
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tatheti niyamaścāsīttasya rājño mahāmune |
prājāpatyaṃ kṛtaṃ nityaṃ śivapūjāvidhānata || 57 ||
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svayaṃ prātarvivarde्dheta dhvajaḥ sāyaṃ patediti |
yadi kāryaṃ ca sampūrṇaṃ jātaṃ caiva bhavediha || 68 ||
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ekasminsamaye cātra baṭoḥ kāryaṃ purā hyabhūt |
dhvajaḥ sa patito vai hi brahmabhojaṃ vināpi hi || 69 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tacca tadā tatra pṛṣṭā rājñā ca paṇḍitāḥ |
bhuñjate brāhmaṇā hyatra notthito vai dhvajastviti || 70 ||
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kathaṃ ca patitaḥ so'tra brāhmaṇā brūta satyataḥ |
te pṛṣṭāśca tadā procurbrāhmaṇāḥ paṇḍitottamāḥ || 71 ||
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brahmabhoje mahārāja vaṭuko bhojitaḥ purā |
caṇḍīputraśśivastuṣṭastasmācca patito dhvajaḥ || 72 ||
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tacchrutvā nṛpatisso'tha janāścānye 'pi sarvaśaḥ |
abhavanvismitāstatra praśaṃsāṃ cakrire tataḥ || 73 ||
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evaṃ ca mahimā teṣāṃ varddhitaḥ śaṅkareṇa hi |
tasmācca vaṭukāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ purā vidbhiḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 74 ||
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śivapūjā tu taiḥ pūrvamuttāryyā nānyathā punaḥ |
anyeṣāṃ nādhikāro'sti śivasya vacanādiha || 75 ||
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uttāraṇaṃ ca kāryyaṃ vai pūjā pūrṇā bhavatviti |
etāvadeva teṣāṃ tu śṛṇu nānyattathaiva ca || 76 ||
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etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ ca munīśvarāḥ |
yacchrutvā śivapūjāyāḥ phalaṃ prāpnoti vai naraḥ || 77 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaṭukotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 13 ||
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