Chapter 14

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śrīsūta uvāca |
snātvā tvamṛta vāpyāṃ vai sevitvaikāṃtarāghavam |
jiteṃdriyo naraḥ snātuṃ brahmakuṃḍaṃ tato vrajet || 1 ||
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setumadhye mahātīrthaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate |
brahmakuḍamiti khyātaṃ sarva dāridryabheṣajam || 2 ||
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vidyate brahmahatyānāmayutāyutanāśanam |
darśanaṃ brahmakuṃḍasya sarvapāpaughanāśanam || 3 ||
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kiṃ tasya bahubhistīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ |
mahādānaiśca kiṃ tasya brahmakuṃḍavilokinaḥ || 4 ||
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brahmakuṃḍe sakṛtsnānaṃ vaikuṃṭhaprāptikāraṇam |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma yena dhṛtaṃ dvijāḥ || 5 ||
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tasyānugāstrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtabhasmanā yastripuṃḍrakam || 6 ||
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karoti tasya kaivalyaṃ karasthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |
tadbhasmaparamāṇurvā yo lalāṭe dhṛto bhavet || 7 ||
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tāvadevāsya muktiḥ syānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
tatkuṃḍabhasmanā martyaḥ kuryāduddhūlanaṃ tu yaḥ || 8 ||
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tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śaṃkaro vetti vā na vā |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma yo naiva dhārayet || 9 ||
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raurave narake so'yaṃ patedācaṃdratārakam |
uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ vā brahmakuṃḍasthabhasmanā || 10 ||
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narādhamo na kuryādyaḥ sukhaṃ nāsya kadācana |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtabhasmaniṃdāratastu yaḥ || 11 ||
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utpattau tasya sāṃkaryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasmaitallokapāvanam || 12 ||
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anyabhasmasamaṃ yastu nyūnaṃ vā vakti mānavaḥ |
utpattau tasya sāṃkarya manumeyaṃ vipaścitā || 13 ||
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brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūte'pyasminbhasmani jāgrati |
bhasmāṃtareṇa manujo dhārayedyastripuṃḍrakam || 14 ||
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utpattau tasya sāṃka ryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā |
kadācidapi yo martyo bhasmaitattu na dhārayet || 15 ||
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utpattau tasya sāṃkaryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā |
brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma dadyāddvijāya yaḥ || 16 ||
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caturarṇavaparyaṃtā tena dattā vasundharā |
saṃdeho nātra kartavyastrirvā śapathayāmyaham || 17 ||
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satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhṛtya bhujamucyate |
brahmakuṃḍodbhavaṃ bhasma dhārayadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ || 18 ||
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etaddhi pāvanaṃ bhasma brahmayajñasamudbhavam |
purā hi bhagavānbrahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ || 19 ||
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sannidhau sarvadevānāṃ parvate gaṃdhamādane |
īśaśāpanivṛttyarthaṃ kratūnsarvānsamātanot || 20 ||
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vidhāya vidhivatsarvānadhvarānbahudakṣiṇān |
mumuce sahasā brahmā śaṃbhuśāpāddvijottamāḥ || 21 ||
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tadetattīrthamāsādya snānaṃ kurvaṃti ye narāḥ |
te mahādevasāyujyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 22 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
vyāsaśiṣya mahāprājña purāṇārthaviśārada |
caturdaśānāṃ lokānāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ caturānanam || 23 ||
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śaṃbhuḥ kenāparādhena śaptavānbhāratīpatim |
śāpaśca kīdṛśastasya purā datto hareṇa vai |
etatsarvaṃ mune brūhi tattvato'smākamādarāt || 24 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
purā babhūva kalaho brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam || 25 ||
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kaṃciddhetuṃ samuddiśya spardhayā ślāghamānayoḥ |
ahaṃ karttā na matto'nyaḥ karttāsti jagatītale || 26 ||
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evamāha hariṃ brahmā brahmāṇaṃ ca haristathā |
evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānprāvarttata purā tayoḥ || 27 ||
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etasminnaṃtare viprāḥ kurvatoḥ kalahaṃ mithaḥ |
tayorgarvavināśāya prabodhārthaṃ ca devayoḥ || 28 ||
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madhye prādurabhūlliṃgaṃ svayaṃjyotiranāmayam |
tau dṛṣṭvā vismitau liṃgaṃ brahmaviṣṇu parasparam || 29 ||
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samayaṃ cakraturviprā devānāṃ sannidhau purā |
anādyaṃtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ yadetaddṛśyate puraḥ || 30 ||
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anaṃtādityasaṃkā śamanaṃtāgnisamaprabham |
āvayorasya liṃgasya yoṃ'tamādiṃ ca drakṣyati || 31 ||
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sa bhavedadhiko loke lokakartā ca sa prabhuḥ |
ahamūrdhvaṃ gamiṣyāmi liṃgasyātaṃ gaveṣayan || 32 ||
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gaveṣaṇāya mūlasya tvamadhastāddhare vraja |
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tathe tyāha ramāpatiḥ || 33 ||
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evaṃ tau samayaṃ kṛtvā mārgaṇāya vinirgatau |
viṣṇurvarāharūpeṇa gato'dhastādgaveṣitum || 34 ||
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haṃsatāṃ bhāratījāniḥ svīkṛtyopari niryayau |
adho lokānvicityātho viṣṇurvarṣagaṇānbahūn |
yathāsthānaṃ samāgatya vabhāṣe devasannidhau || 35 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
ahaṃ liṃgasya nādrākṣamādimasyeti satyavāk || 36 ||
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ūrdhvaṃ gaveṣayitvātha brahmāpyāgacchadatra saḥ |
āgatya ca vacaḥ prāha chadmanā caturānanaḥ || 37 ||
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brahmovāca |
ahamadrākṣamasyāṃtaṃ liṃgasyeti mṛṣā punaḥ |
tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā vrahmaviṣṇvormaheśvaraḥ |
mithyāvādinamāhedaṃ prahasya caturānanam || 38 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
asatyaṃ yadavocastvaṃ caturānana matpuraḥ || 39 ||
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tasmātpūjā na te bhūyālloke sarvatra sarvadā |
atha viṣṇuṃ punaḥ prāha bhagavānparameśvaraḥ || 40 ||
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yasmātsatyamavocastvaṃ kamalāyāḥ pate hare |
tasmātte matsamā pūjā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 41 ||
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tato brahmā viṣaṇṇaḥ sañchaṃkaraṃ pratyabhāṣata |
svāminmamāparādhaṃ tvaṃ kṣamasva karuṇānidhe || 42 ||
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ekoparādhaḥ kṣaṃtavyaḥ svāmi bhirjagadīśvaraiḥ |
tato maheśvaro'vādīdbrahmāṇaṃ parisāṃtvayan || 43 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
na mithyāvacanaṃ me syādbrahmanvakṣyāmi te śṛṇu |
gaccha tvaṃ sahasā vatsa gandhamādanaparvatam || 44 ||
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tatra kratūnkuruṣva tvaṃ mithyādoṣapraśāṃtaye |
tato vidhūtapāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ || 45 ||
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tena śrauteṣu te brahmansmārteṣvapi ca karmasu |
pūjā bhaviṣyati sadā na pūjā pratimāsu te || 46 ||
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ityuktvā bhagavānīśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata |
tato brahmā yayau viprā gaṃdhamādanaparvatam || 47 ||
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īje ca kratukartāraṃ kratubhiḥ pārvatīpatim |
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ || 48 ||
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pauṃḍarīkādibhiḥ sarvairadhvarairbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ |
indrādisarvadevānāṃ sannidhāvayajacchivam |
tena tuṣṭobhavacchaṃbhurvaramasmai pradattavān || 49 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
mithyoktidoṣaste naṣṭaḥ kṛtairetairmakhairiha || 50 ||
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caturānana te pūjā śrautasmārteṣu karmasu |
bhaviṣyatyamalā brahmanna pūjā pratimāsu te || 51 ||
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yāgasthalamidaṃ te'dya brahmakuṇḍamiti prathām |
gamiṣyati trilokesminpuṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam || 52 ||
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brahmakuṇḍābhidhe tīrthe sakṛdyaḥ snānamā caret |
muktidvārārgalaṃ tasya bhidyate tatkṣaṇādvidhe || 53 ||
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brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtaṃ lalāṭe bhasma dhārayan |
māyākapāṭaṃ nirbhidya muktidvāraṃ prayā syati || 54 ||
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brahmakuṇḍotthitaṃ bhasma lalāṭe yo na dhārayet |
svapiturbījasaṃbhūto na mātari sutastu saḥ || 55 ||
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brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtabhasmadhāraṇato vidhe |
brahmahatyāyutaṃ naśyetsurāpānāyutaṃ tathā || 56 ||
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gurutalpāyutaṃ naśyetsvarṇasteyāyutaṃ tathā |
tatsaṃsargāyutaṃ naśyetsatyamuktaṃ mayā vidhe || 57 ||
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brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtabhasmadhāraṇavaibhavāt |
bhūtapretapiśācādyā naśyaṃti kṣaṇamātrataḥ || 58 ||
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ityuktvā bhagavānīśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata |
yajñeṣvatha samāpteṣu munayaśca jiteṃdriyāḥ || 59 ||
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indrādidevatāścaiva siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ |
anye ca devanivahā gaṃdhamādanaparvate || 60 ||
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tāṃ yajñabhūmimāśritya svayaṃ rudreṇa sevitām |
niraṃtaramavartaṃta viditvā tasya vaibhavam || 61 ||
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yathāvidhi tato yajñānsamāpya bahudakṣiṇān |
satyalokamagādbrahmā śivāllabdhamanorathaḥ || 62 ||
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tadāprabhṛti devāśca munayaśca dvijottamāḥ |
brahmakuṇḍaṃ samāsādya cakruryāgānvidhānataḥ || 63 ||
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tasmādiyakṣavo martyāḥ kuryuryajñānihaiva hi || 64 ||
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manujadevamunīśvaravaṃditaṃ sakalasaṃsṛtināśakaraṃ dvijāḥ |
jalajasaṃbhavakuṇḍamidaṃ śubhaṃ sakala pāpaharaṃ sakalārthadam || 65 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye brahmakuṇḍapraśaṃsāyāṃ brahmaśāpavimokṣaṇavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 14 ||
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