Maheshvarakhanda 83

Māheśvarakhaṇḍa 83

Language: Sanskrit

83.1

cha|| aruṇācalamāhātmyasya pūrvārddhaṃ saṃpūrṇam
❊ || ityaruṇācalamāhātmyapūrvārdhaṃ samāptam || ( 31 ) || ❊
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmye
pūrvārdhaṃ samāptam || ( 3

83.1-2

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || athāruṇācalamāhātmyottarārdham || vyāsa uvāca || vasaṃto naimiṣāraṇye munayaḥ sūtamabruvan || || munaya ūcuḥ || || sthānā
nāmuttamaṃ śaivaṃ yatsthalaṃ tadvadasva naḥ

83.2

sūta uvāca || || yūyaṃ śṛṇuta yatpūrvaṃ naṃdīśvaramukhācchrutam || mārkaṃḍeyena tadvakṣye munayaḥ śa‍ṛṇutādarāt

83.3

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca || naṃdīśvara tvayā prokto mahimā moṃdhyameśvaraḥ||mayāpyavadhṛtaḥ sarvo bhaktiśradvārdracetasā

83.4

tathāpi vad me bhūyo devadeva dayānidhe
ahaṃ yatparipṛcchāmi bhavaṃtaṃ vihitādaraḥ

83.5

tvayāpyaviditaṃ kiṃcinnāstyatra bhuvanatraye || sarvāgamapurāṇeṣu bāhyeṣvvābhyaṃtareṣu ca

83.6

svargāpavargayoḥ
puṃsāṃ bhūmiraiva viśiṣyate³ || sarvakarmāṇi nirmātuṃ tattatphalaparāyaṇaiḥ

83.7

phalaṃ ca trividhaṃ puṃsāṃ tvayaiva kathitaṃ purā || bhūmau sukhaṃ svargabhogaḥ kaivalya
miti bhedataḥ

83.8

puṇyakṣayeṇa kṣīyeta prāyaḥ prāthamikaṃ dvayam|| kṣīyate na tṛtīyaṃ tu karmaṇāmeva nāśayāt

83.9

tatsiddhistu tvayā proktā viśuddha
jñānagocarā || sarveṣāṃ durlabhaṃ śuddhajñānaṃ dehabhṛtāṃ punaḥ

83.10

tajjñānaṃ kutra vā kṣetre śāstrādipaṭhanaṃ vinā || śivapūjanamātreṇa siddhyetsarvaśarīriṇām

83.11

jñānayogakriyācaryāṃsvaśeṣāṇāṃ śarīriṇām || api śaivāgamoktāsu na buddhiḥ saṃpravarttate

83.12

yasya sthānasya māhātmyādalpairapi śarī
riṇaḥ|| lapsyaṃte niyamaiḥ śuddhajñānaṃ tanmama kathyatām

83.13

bhasmarudrākṣavahanādīśvarasmaraṇātsakṛt || yatra mugdhairapi śreyo labhyaṃ tatsthāna
mucyatām

83.14

abuddhipūrvakeṇāpi yatra vāsena dehinām || avighnaṃ setsyate śreyaḥ sthānaṃ tanme'nugṛhyatām

83.15

jātānāṃ varṇasāṃkaryye
tairraścīṃ yonimīyuṣām || sthāvarāṇāmapi śreyo yatra tatkṣetramucyatām

83.16

itīrayitvā sa mṛkaṃḍunaṃdanaḥ samaṃ munīṃdrairaparairmahātmabhiḥ|| papāta tasyāṃ
ghrisaroruhadvaye śilādasunorakhilāgamābdheḥ

Linked texts (4)

Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa — Sanskrit
Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa — Sanskrit
Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker) — Sanskrit
Śoṇādrimāhātmya — Sanskrit