Tirthakanda 17.p4

17.p4

brahmaṇaścā'pi saṃgṛhya viṣṇunā sthāpitaḥ punaḥ | brahmaṇā sa tato viṣṇuḥ proktaḥ saṃbhinnacetasā || mayā''nītamidaṃ liṅgaṃ kasmāt sthāpitavānasi | tamuvāca punarviṣṇurbrahmāṇaṃ kupitānanam || rudre deve mamā'tyantaṃ parā bhaktirahattarā | mayaiva sthāpito'pīha nāmnā tava bhaviṣyati || hiraṇyagarbha ityevaṃ tatrā'haṃ samavasthitam | dṛṣṭvainamapi deveśi mama loke mahīyate || punaścā'pi tato brahmā mama liṅgamidaṃ śubhe | sthāpayāmāsa vidhivadbhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ || svarlīneśvara ityevaṃ tatrā'haṃ samavasthitaḥ | tasmin paratare līne pradhāne mama kāraṇe || tasmāt svarlīna ityevaṃ guhyakṣetramiti sthitam | prāṇāniha narasyaktvā na punarjāyate kvacit || anantā sā gatistasya yogināmeva yā smṛtā | asminnapi mahādeśo daityo devasya kaṇṭakaḥ || vyāghrarūpaṃ samāsthāya nihato darpito balī | vyāghreśvareti saṃkhyāto nityamatrā'hamāsthitaḥ || na punardurgatiṃ yāti dṛṣṭena sa maheśvaram | utpalo vidalaścaiva yau daityau brahmaṇaḥ purā || strīvadhyau darpitau dṛṣṭvā tvayaiva nihatau śubhe | sāvajñaṃ kandukenātra tasyedaṃ cihnamāsthitam || ādāvatrā'hamāgatya āsthito gaṇapaiḥ saha | jyeṣṭhasthānamidaṃ tasmādetanme puṇyadarśanam || dṛṣṭvaivaṃ mama liṅgaṃ tu jyeṣṭhasthānasamāśritam | na śocate punarmartyaḥ siddho janmani janmani || samantācā'pi devairme liṅgāni sthāpitāni ha | dṛṣṭvā tu niyato martyo dehabhede gaṇo bhavet || idānīmahamāgatya svayamasmin vyavasthitaḥ | na vimuktaṃ mayā yasmādavimuktamidaṃ tataḥ || kṣetraṃ vārāṇasīpuṇyaṃ muktidaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati | avimukteśvaraṃ māṃ vai yo'tra drakṣyati mānavaḥ || gāṇapatyaṃ gatistasya yatra tatra mṛtasya hi | prāṇāniha ca saṃtyajya prāpyate muktiruttamā || pitrā te girirājena śaile himavatā svayam | mama priyaṃ tu tatsthānaṃ jñātvā liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam || śaileśvaramiti khyātaṃ dṛśyatāmiha saṃsthitam | dṛṣṭvainaṃ manujo devi na durgatimavāpnuyāt || nadī vārāṇasī ceyaṃ puṇyā pāpapraṇāśinī | kṣetrametadalaṃkṛtya jāhnavyā saha saṃgatā || sthāpitaṃ saṃgame cāsmin brahmaṇā liṅgamuttamam | saṃgameśvaramityevaṃ khyātaṃ jagati dṛśyate¹ || saṃgame devanadyośca yaḥ snātvā manujaḥ śuciḥ | arcayet saṃgameśānaṃ tasya janmabhayaṃ kutaḥ || sthāpitaṃ liṅgametacca śukena tava sūnunā | nāmnā śukeśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ sarvasiddhāmarārcitam