Tirthakanda 1.p122

1.p122

ruciraṃ sthānamāsādya avimuktaṃ tu me² gṛham | na kadācinmayā muktamavimuktaṃ tataḥ smṛtam || anenaiva prakāreṇa avimuktaṃ tu kathyate || aviśāktena pāpaṃ tu kathyate vedavādibhiḥ || tena pāpena tat kṣetraṃ varjitaṃ varavarṇini | siddhāḥ pāśupatāḥ śreṣṭhāstanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ || upāsate ca māṃ nityaṃ tasmin sthāne sthitāssadā | pūrvottare digvibhāge tasmin kṣetre tu sundari || surāsuraiḥ stutaścāhaṃ tatra sthāne yaśasvini³ | ⁴divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu stuto'haṃ vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ || utpannaṃ mama liṅgaṃ tu bhittvā bhūmiṃ yaśasvini | teṣāmanugrahārthāya lokānāṃ bhaktibhāvataḥ⁵ || vārāṇasyāṃ mahādevi tatra sthāne sthito hyaham | taṃ dṛṣṭvā manujo devi paśupāśairvimucyate⁶ || kūpastatraiva saṃlagno mahādevasya caiva hi⁷ | tatropasparśanādevi labhedvāgīśvarīṃ gatim || tatra vārāṇasī devī sthitā vigraharūpiṇī