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Shivapurana 4.24: caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | gautamaprabhāvavarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 4.24

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caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | gautamaprabhāvavarṇanam

4.24.1

sūta uvāca |
śrūyatāmṛṣayaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
kathayāmi yathā vyāsātsadgurośca śrutā mayā ||

4.24.2

purā ṛṣivaraścāsīdgautamo nāma viśrutaḥ |
ahalyā nāma tasyāsītpatnī paramadhārmikī ||

4.24.3

dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi hi yo girirbrahmeti saṃjñakaḥ |
tatra tena tapastaptaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ tathā ||

4.24.4

kadācicca hyanāvṛṣṭirabhavattatra suvratāḥ |
varṣāṇāṃ ca śataṃ raudrī lokā duḥkhamupāgatāḥ ||

4.24.5

ārdraṃ ca pallavaṃ na sma dṛśyate pṛthivītale |
kuto jalaṃ vidṛśyeta jīvānāṃ prāṇadhārakam ||

4.24.6

tadā te munayaścaiva manuṣyāḥ paśavastathā |
pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāstatra gatāścaiva diśo daśa ||

4.24.7

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā carṣayo viprāḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ |
dhyānena ca tadā kecitkālaṃ ninyuḥ sudāruṇam ||

4.24.8

gautamo'pi svayaṃ tatra varuṇārthe tapaḥ śubham |
cakāra caiva ṣaṇmāsaṃ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ ||

4.24.9

tataśca varuṇastasmai varaṃ dātuṃ samāgataḥ |
prasanno'smi varaṃ brūhi dadāmi ca vaco'bravīt ||

4.24.10

tataśca gautamastaṃ vai vṛṣṭiṃ ca prārthayattadā |
tataḥ sa varuṇastaṃ vai pratyuvāca muniṃ dvijāḥ ||

4.24.11

varuṇa uvāca |
devājñāṃ ca samullaṅghya kathaṃ kuryāmahaṃ ca tām |
anyatprārthaya sujño'si yadahaṃ karavāṇi te ||

4.24.12

sūta uvāca |
ityetadvacanaṃ tasya varuṇasya mahātmanaḥ |
paropakārī tacchrutvā gautamo vākyamabravīt ||

4.24.13

gautama uvāca |
yadi prasanno deveśa yadi deyo varo mama |
yadahaṃ prārthayāmyadya kartavyaṃ hi tvayā tathā ||

4.24.14

yatastvaṃ jalarāśīśastasmāddeyaṃ jalaṃ mama |
akṣayaṃ sarvadeveśa divyaṃ nityaphalapradam ||

4.24.15

sūta uvāca |
iti samprārthitastena varuṇo gautamena vai |
uvāca vacanaṃ tasmai gartaśca kriyatāṃ tvayā ||

4.24.16

ityukte ca kṛtastena garto hastapramāṇataḥ |
jalena pūritastena divyena varuṇena saḥ ||

4.24.17

athovāca muniṃ devo varuṇo hi jalādhipaḥ |
gautamaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ paropakṛtiśālinam ||

4.24.18

varuṇa uvāca |
akṣayaṃ ca jalaṃ te'stu tīrthabhūtaṃ mahāmune |
tava nāmnā ca vikhyātaṃ kṣitāvetadbhaviṣyati ||

4.24.19

atra dattaṃ hutaṃ taptaṃ surāṇāṃ yajanaṃ kṛtam |
pitṝṇāṃ ca kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet ||

4.24.20

sūta uvāca |
ityuktāntardadhe devaḥ stutastena maharṣiṇā |
gautamo'pi sukhaṃ prāpa kṛtvānyopakṛtiṃ muniḥ ||

4.24.21

mahato hyāśrayaḥ puṃsāṃ mahattvāyopajāyate |
mahāntastatsvarūpaṃ ca paśyanti netare'śubhāḥ ||

4.24.22

yādṛṅnaraṃ ca seveta tādṛśaṃ phalamaśnute |
mahataḥ sevayoccatvaṃ kṣudrasya kṣudratāṃ tathā ||

4.24.23

siṃhasya mandire sevā muktāphalakarī matā |
śṛgālamandire sevā tvasthilābhakarī smṛtā ||

4.24.24

uttamānāṃ svabhāvo'yaṃ paraduḥkhāsahiṣṇutā |
svayaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca samprāptaṃ manyate'nyasya vāryate ||

4.24.25

vṛkṣāśca hāṭakaṃ caiva candanaṃ cekṣukastathā |
ete bhuvi parārthe ca dakṣā evaṃ na kecana ||

4.24.26

dayāluramadasparśa upakārī jitendriyaḥ |
etaiśca puṇyastambhaistu caturbhirdhāryate mahī ||

4.24.27

tataśca gautamastatra jalaṃ prāpya sudurlabham |
nityanaimittikaṃ karma cakāra vidhivattadā ||

4.24.28

tato vrīhīn yavāṃścaiva nīvārānapyanekadhā |
vāpayāmāsa tatraiva havanārthaṃ munīśvaraḥ ||

4.24.29

dhānyāni vividhānīha vṛkṣāśca vividhāstathā |
puṣpāṇi ca phalānyeva hyāsaṃstatrāpyanekaśaḥ ||

4.24.30

tacchrutvā ṛṣayaścānye tatrāyātāḥ sahasraśaḥ |
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścānye jīvāśca bahavo'gaman ||

4.24.31

tadvanaṃ sundaraṃ hyāsītpṛthivyāṃ maṇḍale param |
tadakṣayajalāyogādanāvṛṣṭirna duḥkhadā ||

4.24.32

ṛṣayo'pi vane tatra śubhakarmaparāyaṇāḥ |
vāsaṃ cakruraneke ca śiṣyabhāryāsutānvitāḥ ||

4.24.33

dhānyāni vāpayāmāsuḥ kālakramaṇahetave |
ānandastadvane hyāsītprabhāvādgautamasya ca ||

4.24.33.c1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tryambakeśvaramāhātmye gautamaprabhāvavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

4.24.33.p4

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

4.24.33.p5

caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā

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