Kumarikakhanda 58

Kumārikākhaṇḍa 58

Language: Sanskrit

58.18 — 1 part

58.1

cha
nārada uvāca || || ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi brahmeśaṃ liṃgamuttamam || yasya smaraṇamātreṇa vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet

58.2

ekadā tu purā pārtha sṛṣṭi
kāmena brahmaṇā || tapaḥ sucaritaṃ ghoraṃ sārdhavarṣasahasrakam

58.3

tapasā tena santuṣṭaḥ pārvatīpatiśaṃkaraḥ || varamasmai tataḥ prādādāllokakartre svayāṃchi
tam

58.4

tato hṛṣṭaḥ pramuditaḥ kṛtakṛtyaḥ pitāmahaḥ || jñātvā kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ svayaṃ liṃgaṃ cakāra ha

58.5

khanāna ca saraḥ puṇyaṃ nāmnā brahmasaraḥ
śubham || mahīnagarakāṃtpūrve mahāpātakanāśanam

58.6

asya tīre mahāliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ || tatra devaḥ svayaṃ sākṣāddṛśyate kila śaṃkaraḥ

58.7

puṣkarādadhikaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmeśanāma phālguna || tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā piṇḍadānaṃ samācaret

58.8

dānaṃ caiva yathāśaktyā kārtikyāṃ ca
viśeṣataḥ || devaṃ prapūjayedbhaktyā brahmeśaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

58.9

pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || puṣkareṣu ca yatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre ravigrahe

58.10

gaṃgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ || tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tīrthasyāsyāvagāhanāt

58.11

mokṣaliṃgasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pārtha mahādbhutam
mayā sthānahitārthaṃ ca samārādhya maheśvaram

58.12

sthāpitaṃ pravaraṃ liṃgaṃ nāmnā mokṣeśvaraṃ haram || darbhāgreṇa tataḥ pārtha kūpaṃ khanitavānaham

58.13

prasādya lokakartāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam || kamaṇḍalorbrahmaṇaśca samānītā sarasvatī

58.14

kūpe'sminmokṣanāthasya lokānāṃ pretamuktaye || kārti
kasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣe caturdaśī

58.15

kūpe snātvā narastasyāṃ tilapiṇḍaṃ samācaret || pretānuddiśya niyataṃ mokṣatīrthaphalaṃ labhet

58.16

kule na jāyate tasya pretaḥ pārtha na saṃśayaḥ || pretā mokṣaṃ pragacchanti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

58.17

jayādityakūpavare naraḥ snātvā prayatnataḥ
garbheśvaraṃ namaskṛtya na sa garbheṣu majjati

58.18

idaṃ mayā pārtha tava praṇītaṃ guhyasya kṣetrasya samāsayogāt || māhātmyametatsakalaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ syāddvija
śuddhaḥ kimu vacmi bhūyaḥ

58.18.p1

iti śrīskande mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe brahmeśvaramokṣeśvara garbheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ