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Modhapurana 24

Moḍhapurāṇa 24

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24.1

sūta u0-tatratasyasamīpasthaṃ mārkaṃḍenopalakṣitam
tīrthaṃ govatsasaṃjñaṃtu sarvatrabhuviviśrutam

24.2

tatrāvatīrya govatsaḥ svarūpeṇāmbikāpatiḥ
svayambhuliṃgarūpeṇa saṃsthitojagatāṃpatiḥ

24.3

skaṃda u0-rudro govatsarūpeṇa avatīrṇaḥ kathaṃpurāḥ
etatpraśnaṃ samārabdhaṃ mārkaṃḍo sumatistadā

24.4

śrīmārkaṃḍa u0-āsīdvalāhakonāma rudrabhakto mahābalaḥ
ākheṭakaḥ samāyukto nṛpaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ

24.5

mṛgayūthe sthitaṃdṛṣṭvā govatsaṃ tatpadātinā
uktorājāmayādṛṣṭaṃ kautukaṃ nṛpasattama

24.6

govatsamṛgayūthasya dṛṣṭomadhyasthitomayā
teṣā mevānuraktosau jananyā rahitastathā

24.7

tacchrutvā kautukaṃrājā taṃpatiḥ purataḥsthitaṃ
provāca darśaya sveti govatsaṃvanamāviśat

24.8

gatvāṭavīṃ tasya rājño darśitaḥ sapadātinā
padātināmṛgānīkaḥ dudrāvatrāsitaṃtadā

24.9

pīlugulmaṃpratigataṃ govatsaḥ prasthitastadā
rājāttadgṛhaṇākāṃkṣī prāviśadgulmamādarāt

24.10

tatrasthitaṃ sa govatsaṃ apaśyannṛpatiḥ svayam
yāvat gṛhṇāttitaṃ tāvat liṃgaṃ jātaṃ mahojvalam

24.11

taṃdṛṣṭvāvismitorājā kimetaditivintayat
yāvaccintayatohyete dehaṃtyaktvādivaṃgata:

24.12

tāvatpaśyantitaṃnābhyāṃ govatsaṃ bālakaṃ sthitam
nūnameṣamahādevo vatsarūpimaheśvaraḥ

24.13

nanāmānayane devo notiṣṭhatikathaṃcana
devāūcuḥ-bhagavansarvadeveśasthātavyaṃ bhavatāvibho

24.14

mahādeva u0-śukrenaliṅgarūpeṇa sarvaloka hitaiṣiṇā
sthāsyāmyahaṃ sadaivavātra liṅgarūpeṇavaisurāḥ

24.15

yasmādbhādrapademāsī kṛṣṇapakṣe kuhudine
tasmāttadivase tatrasnānaṃ kṛtvāvidhānataḥ
liṅgaṃye pūjayiṣyanti na teṣāṃhibhayaṃ bhavet

24.16

kṛte ca piṇḍa dānena pūrvajāḥ sāśvataṃsamāḥ
raurave narake ghore kuṃbhipākeca ye gatāḥ

24.17

aneka narakasthāśca tiryagyonim̐gatāścaye
tesakṛtpiṇḍadānenasyātteṣā makṣayāgatiḥ

24.18

eva muktvātu saṃhṛṣṭaḥ vatsarūpo jagadguruḥ
śuklārociborderśārājan svadhāmapratya padyata

24.19

vyāsa u0–tatodevāḥ svayaṃviṣṇuḥ sarvadevasamanvitaḥ
sthāpayāmāsatalliṅgaṃ sarvadevasamīpataḥ

24.20

cakāra varadānāni lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
yāvacintayatohyevaṃ rudropiṃsvaya māgataḥ

24.21

rudra uvāca-asyāṃ rātrautumanujāḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitāḥ
yerca iṣyantideveśaṃ teṣāṃpuṇyamanantakaṃ

24.22

jāgaraṃ ye kariṣyanti gītaśāstrapuraḥsaram
uddhariṣyaṃtitamartyāḥ kulamekottaraṃśatam

24.23

tāvadgarjantitīrthāni naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ gayā
prayāgaṃca prabhāsaṃca dvārakā mathurā'rbudaḥ

24.24

yāvannadṛśyate liṃgaṃ govatsaṃ paramādbhutaṃ
yadāhikurutebhāvaṃ govatsagamanaṃprati

24.25

svavaṃśajāstadāsarve pūrvenṛtyaṃtiharṣitāḥ
vyāsa u0-paścādatyadbhūtaṃtatra vṛttāntaṃ śrṛṇutadvijāḥ

24.26

yenavaiśrutimātreṇa sarvapāpa kṣayobhavet
yadāvaisthāpitaṃliṅgaṃ sarvairdevaiḥpurātanaṃ

24.27

viṣṇunāsthāpita guṇāt sarveṣāṃcadivaukasāṃ
iṣupātapramāṇe pranyahaṃ samavardhata

24.28

tatastemanujāssarve bhītāstaṃśaraṇaṃyayau
devāūcuḥ-vṛddhiṃsaṃharadeveśalokānāṃsvatikṛdbhava

24.29

evamuktetatoliṅgātvāguvācāśarīriṇī
śivavāṇī u0-helokāmābhayaṃyāta upāyaḥśrūyatāmayam

24.30

kaściccāṇḍālamānīya matpuraḥ sthāpyatāṃdhruvam
cāṇḍālaśca samānīya dadhu rdevaspate puraḥ

24.32

tathāpitasyaliṅgasya vṛddhiṃnaivanivartate
punaḥvāguvāca-karmaṇāyastucāṇḍālaḥ agremesthāpyatāṃjanāḥ
tacchrutvāmahadāścaryaṃ matiṃcakrurvilokane
mārgamāṇājanapadān grāmāṇica purāṇica

24.33

kaścitkarmarataṃ pāpe dadṛśurbrāhmaṇaṃbruvam
vṛṣabhānbhārasaṃyuktān madhyāhnevāhayantisaḥ

24.34

kṣu ṭśramaparītāṃśca durbalānkrūramānasaḥ
anācāripravāsīca bhakṣabhakṣeti vai dvijaḥ

24.35

taṃ samādāya vai vipraṃ jagmuryatra jagadguruḥ
tadagrehyānitaṃ bhūmyāṃ sthāpayāmāsurādṛtāḥ

24.36

bhasmīvabhūvasahasā govatsāgrenirūpitaḥ
cāṇḍālasthala ityeṣaḥprasiddhaḥso'bhavatkṣitau

24.37

tatrāsthitairnacādyāpi prāsādo dṛśyatehisaḥ
tadāprabhṛtitalliṅgaṃ sāmyabhāva mupāgatam

24.38

dhautapāpmā gataḥ svargaṃ dvijo liṅga nirīkṣaṇāt
pratyahaṃ pūjayāmāsu govatsaṃ gatakalviṣaḥ

24.40

viśeṣātkṛṣṇa pakṣasya caturdaśyāṃ samāgatāḥ
etanmahadbhutaṃ tasya devasya ca triśūlinaḥ 39
vyāsa u0-śrṛṇuyādyonarobhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ govatseti ca saṃjñitam
narāṇāṃ puṇya phaladaṃ mārkaḍe na prabhāṣitam

24.41

tatrarājan sadāsnānaṃ rudralokaṃ nayennṛṇām
pāpaṃ deha viśuddhyarthaṃ pāpenopa hatātmanām

24.42

kūpe tarpaṇakaṃ śrāddhaṃ saṃśanti pitarodivi
utkṛṣṭaṃ piṃḍa dānena gayāyāṃ pitaro yathā

24.43

vānchanti tarpaṇaṃ kūpe dharmāraṇye viśuddhaye
bhādrapade viśeṣeṇa pakṣasyānte'site kalau

24.44

ekaviṃśati vārāṃstu gayāyāṃ tarpaṇe kṛte
pitṝṇāṃ yā parātṛptiḥ jāyate gaṃgakūpake

24.45

tasmin govatsa sāmipye tiṣṭhate gaṃga kūpakaḥ
tasmin tilodakenāpi sadgatiṃ yānti tarpitāḥ

24.46

pitaro narakādvāpi suputreṇa sumedhasā
gopradānaṃ praśaṃsanti tasmintīrthe munīśvarāḥ

24.47

viprāyadānaṃsvargāya rudralokaṃ naye nṛṇām
sarasvatī śivakṣetraṃ gaṅgakūpaṃtathaivaca

24.48

ekatrametattritayaṃ svargāpavargakāraṇam
sevitaṃṛṣibhissiddhaiḥ tīrthasarvatraviśrutam

24.49

pīlugulmaṃ sthitaṃtatra tattīrthaṃ munisevitam
snānātsvargapradaṃnṝṇāṃ pānātpāpaviśuddhidam

24.50

kīrtanātpuṇyajananaṃ sevanānmuktidaṃparam
tadvipaśyantiyebhaktyā brahmahāyadimātṛhā

24.51

bālaghātīca goghnaścayaca strīśūdraghātakāḥ
garadāścāgnidāścaiva gurudroharatāścaye

24.52

tapasvī nindakāścaiva kūṭasākṣikarotiyaḥ
vaktāca paradoṣasya parasyaguṇalopakāḥ
sarvapāpamayopyatramucyate liṅgadarśanāt

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itiśrīskaṃdapurāṇepātālakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇyopākhyāne-govatseśvara mahātme caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 24

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