[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Minor Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa) › [Śaiva Upapurāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva) › [Nandipurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi) › 2.11 # Nandipurana 2.11 Nandipurāṇa 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.11.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.136) — 2 parts ### [2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.1) marīciḥ uvāca yadānāṃdīmukhairvipraiḥ sthāpitā kālikāpurī ṛddhirvṛddhiḥ samāyātāṃ mahālakṣmīśca pūjitā > This creation of gross and subtle elements is from the tāmasa ego-principle; > they say the senses are taijasa, and the ten deities are vaikārika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.2) bhṛkuṭe rviṣṇo utpanaiḥ yudhyamānā niśācaraiḥ prasvedācca samutpannau madhukaiṭabha nāmakau ### [2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.3) yeṣu yeṣu kareṇaiva pṛthak saṃjñā udā hṛtā parukhārdra vasu nāmāni viṣṇu satyādaya stathā ### [2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.4) ājyapāḥ somapāścaiva kālanāmnā stathaiva ca kāmadharmo vidhirghātā cakṣurnāmeti maṃḍape ### [2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.5) ālasatkuṃḍalaśveta vāruṇaḥ kiladevatā durgo pavanagahā nāṃdino naṃdinopamāḥ ### [2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.6) nāṃdīmukhā mahānāṃdī yugmarūpā mahābalāḥ dhruvo hānaṃta bhāgaśca medhāvī pada ucyate ### [2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.7) vikalaḥ kalpakālaśca maryādābhūmi rakṣakaḥ paśyākaśca savijñeyo rahasra tryaṃbakastathā ### [2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.8) alpa yugmaśca vijñaptaḥ indranīla suhṛttathā udayaśca hayagrīvastārā buddhimati stathā ### [2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.9) śukranīlāṃbujo rāmo adīnotsāha dīśvara ṛddhi sūtrā maṇirnāma ādirājo kṣite pitā ### [2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.10) anādi kādi saṃsiddhirlakṣmīrviṣṇusmānatanaḥ eṣu ca hyadhikāroktā viśvedevāśca dvādaśa ### [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.11) paṃcāśadadhikā paṃcā vidhāne yajñakarmaṇi karmakarma prathaksthāpyā prāptāvai mahatīkalā ### [2.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.12) sarvalokaṃ samārādhya pitṝṇāṃ ca samāgage sarva viprān samārādhya naṃdavāṇān viśeṣataḥ ### [2.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.13) durgā kātyāyanī caṃḍī brahmāṇīrūdraṃ mātaraḥ skaṃdamātā mahāraudrī bhāratī kālikāṃbikā ### [2.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.14) navanaṃdā mahādevyaḥ svasthāne kamalāpurī pūjanīyā prayatnena nāṃdīmukhaiśca vāḍavaiḥ ### [2.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.15) navanāṃdīmukhe durgā ādiśakti śivālaye gaurīviṃdhyācalejātā durgāpīṭhe sadaivatam ### [2.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.16) prathamaṃ ca madhumatī dvitīyaṃ kuṃḍalaṃ tathā śarāsanaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca caturthaṃ kamalāsanaṃ ### [2.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.17) paṃcamaṃ kālakā puryāṃ nāṃdimukhetiṣaṣṭhakaṃ sthāpitaṃ viṣṇunā paścāt naṃdavāṇeti saptamaṃ ### [2.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.18) anena ca mahāsaṃkhyā viśvedevāśca ṣoḍaśa pratiṣṭhāpya mahatkarma brāhmaṇairveda pāragaiḥ ### [2.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.19) nāṃdīmukhe pureramye ekanātho mahāmuniḥ caṃdrā trigotra utpannaḥ sarvaśāstra viśāradaḥ ### [2.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.20) śataśaḥ paṭavo viprāḥ vidyārthaṃdūraāgatāḥ śiṣyāśca bahavaḥsanti vedaśāstra viśāradāḥ ### [2.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.21) tadākaścit samāyāto brāhmaṇaḥ puṣpabaṃdhanaḥ kudarśanaḥ kurūpaśca vidyārthī pācanāparaḥ ### [2.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.22) dayāvatā ca vipreṇa evanātho dvijanmanām pāṭhayitvā mukhenaiva brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ ### [2.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.23) kāmadevo mahārājo rājyā ca kāmasenayā abhyaṣiṃcaṃstu śiṣyāḥ putrārthe kāmasenayā ### [2.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.24) abhiṣicyatataḥ śiṣyāḥ putrārthe kāmasenayā guroḥ śiṣyāḥ mahāpārśvaṃ puṣpabaṃdho'pisaṃsthitaḥ ### [2.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.25) prahitaścatatorājñyā abhiṣeke sutāya vai gurūṇāṃ vākya taḥ śīghraṃ sagatorājamaṃdiraṃ ### [2.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.26) hasitā ca dvijaṃ vīkṣya nadattaṃ paramāsanaṃ vrajitaśca tatasthānāt brāhmaṇaḥ puṣpabaṃdhanaḥ ### [2.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.27) kapāṭārgalaṃ saṃdarśya tatastaṃbhasthatoraṇai abhiṣekaṃ dadautasyā vrajat śīghraṃ nijālaye ### [2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.28) tasya viprasya caritaṃ viditvā rājamaṃḍale kāmadevo mahārājo daṣṭvā kāma samīpataḥ ### [2.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.29) āgaścattataḥ śīghraṃ naṃdavāṇapura sthitaḥ vijñaptaḥ ekanāthovai śiṣyovai puṣpabaṃdhanaḥ ### [2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.30) abhiṣekaṃ kṛtvāhi rājaśca kāsūsenayā puṣpabaṃdha uvāca yadi bhavān prasanno si prasādaṃ kurūmeprabho ### [2.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.31) vayaṃmaṃtra nadāsyāmo vapuṣe kāmasenayā ekanātha uvāca nadāsyate tvayā maṃtraḥ nṛpāya kāmasenayā ### [2.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.32) tyaja vidyāṃ mayādattāṃ guru haste kṛtāṃjali śiṣya uvāca dvādaśa varṣa paryaṃtaṃ gurvaṃdryiryo rcito mayā ### [2.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.33) vidyāṃnaiva pradāsyāmi suro rājñāna manyate abhiṣekasya maṃtreṇa rājñi bhavatu garbhiṇī ### [2.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.34) saṃpūrṇetu tataḥ kāle jātaḥ putraḥ subhāgyavān harṣitaśca tatorājā datvādānānyanekaśaḥ ### [2.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.35) ākāryāthatato vipraṃ puṣpabaṃdhā bhidhānataḥ duhituśca guruṃ rājā pratigraha makārayat ### [2.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.36) ardhaḥ artha prakartavyaḥ phalenaphalamādiśet puṣpabaṃdha sukhāśīnaḥ kāminī saṃga lālita ### [2.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.37) parākrameṇa te nātha śuṣkā phalanti pādapāḥ mamārthe nātha gaṃtavyaṃ udyotaṃ hāra mānaya ### [2.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.38) aṃdhakāravane ghore kātyāyanī ca rākṣasī avaśyaṃ tatragaṃtavyaṃ hāra mānaya me prabho ### [2.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.39) vanitā vākya vegena sagato gadghare vane palāyanta mahākāyā rukṣāḥ vyāghrāḥ bhayānakāḥ ### [2.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.40) pradhāvanti mahāmārge bibhītā mṛgasūkarāḥ savipra pāda pāruḍhaḥ puṣpabaṃdho bhidhānataḥ ### [2.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.41) biḍālassa samāyātaḥ pucchevahniṃ prasūtrayan ucchalitvātatolagne vapuḥ kharjuḥ prajāyate ### [2.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.42) ajīnavastra bhāraṃgīkarāgre dhanuṣaṃ śarāḥ kṣuraprāsirmahābhallaḥ tasminnāsyan munīśvara ### [2.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.43) bibhratasarvaḥ dhanurbāṇān patra cihno nirālayaḥ auṣadhasyaprabhāveṇa gatā kharjuḥ śarīrataḥ ### [2.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.44) guhāyāṃca dvijonītaḥ kātyāyanī ca rākṣasī kāṣṭhaṣoḍaśatovahni dvāre jvaladhiparvataḥ ### [2.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.45) gṛhamadhye grahī tastu śilāddvāre ṣudīpatām udyotahāra bhāsena dīpa jyoti sahasrakam ### [2.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.46) trivalīnābhi gaṃbhīrā utaṃga pīnatāstanī vipraṃ surata krīḍārthaṃ gāḍhamāliṃgya kāminī ### [2.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.47) rākṣasī pīḍamānāyā pretarupā aharniśam krīḍanti bavamādāyatribhirvarṣaiḥ mahāvayana ### [2.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.48) divyadehā mahākāyā śāpādyābhūt vahāpsarā vihāya rākṣasī rūpaṃ udyota hāra vāsanāḥ ### [2.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.49) taṃ gṛhītvā dvijo hāraṃ samāgacchan gṛhesukhaṃ nyavedayad gurorhāraṃ gurupatni muvācaha ### [2.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.50) tribhirvarṣairvanetaptā tvadarthe varavarṇinī āśābhaṃgo nakartavyaḥ samarpayiṣyati kāminī ### [2.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.51) ekanātho mahāvipraḥ paṃcapaṃcāgni sādhane tanmadhye ca mahāgāvaḥ śvetadhenuḥ payasvinī ### [2.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.52) sravaṃtī ca payastokaṃ nirīkṣayatī gopikā gocarātsā samāyāṃtī dhāvaṃtī ca pṛthak sthitā ### [2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.53) jālamadhye sthitā yoniḥ śivarūpaṃ nirīkṣate saṃpūrṇaṃ ca dhvajaṃdaṃḍe paṃcakanyaḥ parigrahe ### [2.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.54) kanyālagnaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya kārtikyāṃ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau toṣayitvā prayatnena putrīṃjāmātaraṃ tadā ### [2.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.55) kanyāratnamidaṃ samyak aṣṭavarṣānavaivavā dhanyā mātāpitā dhanyo mātulaḥ pitṛvaṃśajaḥ ### [2.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.56) kanyādāna prakartavyaṃ icchābhogo phalaṃ bhavet anyatestoka doṣoyaṃ vikrayaṃ bahulaṃ bhavet ### [2.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.57) kanyāyā vikrayaṃkuryāt dahatyā saptamaṃ kulaṃ kanyāratna pratigrāhaṃ yekurvaṃti narā dhamāḥ ### [2.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.58) yāvadromāṇi saṃkhyākaṃ tāvattiṣṭhaṃti nārakīṃ kanyāratnamidaṃ dravyaṃye bhuṃjaṃti narā dhamāḥ ### [2.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.59) mātā pitā tathā bhrātā mātulaḥ pitṛkastathā ete ca narakaṃyāṃti kanyā vikraya kāraṇāt ### [2.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.60) punarapi ca narake dṛṣṭvākanyāṃ rajasvalāṃ līyaṃte sarvapuṇyāni sahaiva devamaṃḍalaṃ ### [2.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.61) puṣyati grāmādhipatiḥ dharā kaṃpita rājake viprāḥ sahasraṃ bhuṃjanti paṃktau yo vṛṣalīpatiḥ ### [2.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.62) sarvo lipyate pāpaiḥ nirāśā pitṛdevatāḥ asaddharmaniratāḥ golikā gotrajāstathā ### [2.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.63) dāsikā vaṃdikā proktā kumārī ca rajasbalā saptaitā vṛṣalī proktā kumārīṃca vivāhayet ### [2.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.64) aṣṭa māṃgalyakī doṣā vṛṣalā aṣṭa ucyate saṃgrahaṇī mahādoṣaḥ mrīyamāṇe ca bharttari ### [2.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.65) punarbhartā prakurvīta dahatyā saptamaṃkulaṃ saṃtānārthe tato bhedāḥ kathitāḥ prākcasuṃdari ### [2.11.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.66) viṃśanāmābhidhānena vṛṣalī doṣā sahasraśaḥ brahmovāca athātonataraṃ vatsakimujātaṃ ca kautukaṃ ### [2.11.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.67) kanyā sahasra saṃkalpa puṇyapāṇi parigrahe utsavaśca mahad bhūto naṃdavāṇa dvijālaye ### [2.11.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.68) ekanātho mahāvipraḥ saṃnahyalaṃkabhūpateḥ ākāritaścikitsārthe vimānaiti preṣitaḥ ### [2.11.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.69) śiṣyo vai ekanāthasya pallivālaḥ paṭhatyasau lohaṭo nāma vikhyāto brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ ### [2.11.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.70) vyākhyātaṃ ca paṭhatvevaṃ lekhaṃ preṣya vibhīṣaṇaḥ tavapūrva saṃbaṃdhī cikitsā rāvaṇasya ca ### [2.11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.71) gaccha lohaṭabhadraṃte vibhīṣaṇa cikitsakaḥ ekattātha prasādena lohaṭastatragacchati ### [2.11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.72) dṛṣṭvā laṃkā purīramyāṃ durgakośeṣamaṃḍitāṃ rāmāṃkita pāduke ca sevate hanumatprabhuḥ ### [2.11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.73) sa ekṣata ca bhavana hema laṃkāṃ sutoraṇām kapāṭārgala saṃyuktāṃ jālī gavākṣa maṃdiram ### [2.11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.74) daśakoṭi mahādaityāḥ pravartayanti maṃḍale sakacca hemaratnāni divyamāṇikya maṃḍape ### [2.11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.75) chatreṇa vāraṇaṃ meghaṃ siṃhāsanamanuttamam catvāri chatrasaṃyuktaṃ cāmarāṇi caturdaśa ### [2.11.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.76) ajarāmara mahārājaḥ surāsurasupūjitaḥ te rāmeṇa mahārājñā dattaṃ rājya makaṭaṃkam ### [2.11.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.77) yāvadrāma kathāloke tāvadrājyaṃ vibhīṣaṇe saṃprāpyātha dvijaśreṣṭho vibhīṣaṇasabhāṃ prati ### [2.11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.78) āsanaṃ mānasanmānaṃ kṛtaṃrājñā dvijottame mahājñānī prayatnena rogonaṣṭo nṛpasya ca ### [2.11.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.79) bhojaneagnau karaṇaṃ daityānāṃ prathamaṃ kṛtam sarvānnaṃ bhojane kṣiptaṃ daityānāṃ ca mahābalaḥ ### [2.11.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.80) paścād vibhīṣaṇo rājā akarodbhojanaṃ svayam paṃcāgnika midaṃjātaṃ rājña ārogya saukhyadam ### [2.11.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.81) vibhīṣaṇe sukhī bhūte lohaṭo vipra pūjitaḥ paṃca kośīśakāddatvā hemaratna prapūritāt ### [2.11.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.82) vyaṃ dhṛtvā samāyāto naṃdavāṇa pure śubhe sasamarpya gurau dravyaṃ ekanāthe dvijottame ### [2.11.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.83) ekanātha stadākarṇya saṃtuṣṭaḥ śiṣya tatparaḥ gacchalohaṭa dravyaṃ te surabaṃdhu nijālaye ### [2.11.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.84) laṃkākāraṃ mahādurgaṃ tenadravyeṇa kāraya gurūṇāṃ ca prasādena pallīdurgaṃ mahītale ### [2.11.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.85) lohaṭasya gṛhe bhāryā kadācit paryapṛcchata laṃkādhipativedyastvaṃ aputra ātmanā sthitaḥ ### [2.11.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.86) vijñapto gurudeveśaḥ śiṣyaṃ vācā uvācaha naṃdavāṇapure ramye sūryavaṃśī samāgataḥ ### [2.11.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.87) sāgareṇa kṛtākūpā gaṃgājalābhidhānataḥ tasyātha uttarebhāge jalaṃ vai garbhadhāyakaṃ ### [2.11.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.88) tasyajala prabhāveṇa gurvīṇyo bhavatīstrīyaḥ tataḥ śrutvā mahāharṣaṃ guruvākyaṃ tataḥ kṛtaṃ ### [2.11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.89) satputrotpattiḥ saṃjātā patnībāle dvijottame aputrolabhateputraṃ udake sagarasya ca ### [2.11.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.90) brāhmaṇāśca ṛṣīn sarvān garbhamaṃtraiḥ pratiṣṭhitam arghapātraṃprakurvīta rājā rājñī yathā vidhī ### [2.11.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.91) tadādaityāsamāyātāḥ parasainya samāgatāḥ argho dattaṃtataḥ kṣiptvā iti bhītāścarākṣasāḥ ### [2.11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.92) samarasyakūpamadhye ardyodakaṃ niveśitam nahi pītaṃ mahārāja mahīṣyā naṃdabhūpateḥ ### [2.11.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.93) itthaṃ sa vīryatāṃjātaṃ sagarasya kūpodakaṃ tato viprān karagrāhī kūpodakasya prāsane ### [2.11.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.94) naṃdavāṇa puraṃ ramyaṃ viditvā mahī maṃḍale śruṇu vatsa mahīpuṇye naṃdīnāṃ ca dvijālaye ### [2.11.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.95) brahmovāca catusthāne grahaśāṃtiḥ māse māse mahotsave daśamīdine mahāramyaṃ utsavaṃ carakāminī ### [2.11.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.96) caturvedasya nirghoṣaiḥ sugītaṃ vaṃśavādibhiḥ nṛtyaṃti kokilābālā atīva madhurasvarā ### [2.11.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.97) vṛṃdaṃvṛṃde mahāyūthaṃ kāminīhaṃsa gāminī vardhāpayati deveśaṃ lakṣmīkāṃtaṃ jagatpatiṃ ### [2.11.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.98) guṇān vadanti goviṃde nāṃdīmukha mahotsavaṃ caturdaśyāṃ tathāṣṭabhyāṃ pūjayennitya vāḍavān ### [2.11.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.99) pūjayitvā kumārīśca homadevācane ratāḥ naṃdavāṇa puraṃramyaṃ ṛṣīpatnī suśobhitaṃ ### [2.11.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.100) brāhmaṇaprahitaṃ lekhyaṃ yajñaṃprārabhya puṣkare brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca ādityā vāsavādayaḥ ### [2.11.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.101) rājāno somasūryādi daityavaṃśa mahābalaḥ catuṣṣaṣṭhiśca yoginyo yoginī vīramātaraḥ ### [2.11.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.102) kuuṃkumai rakṣatai rārcan naṃdavāṇa dvijā śubhāḥ vrajitāḥ satvaraṃ vegāt saṃprāptāṃ puṣkaraṃ prati ### [2.11.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.103) ālokya ca ṛṣīn sarvān pūrṇāhuti muhūrtakaṃ ghaṭikā paṃcamadhyetu pūrṇāhatiṃ nakārayet ### [2.11.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.104) upaddravā bhaviṣyaṃti daityānāṃ ca mahadbhayaṃ homāṃte amṛtaṃ homaṃ pūrṇaṃ dadyācca brāhmaṇe ### [2.11.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.105) vāmāṃge sarvatra kāle puṇya kālasya dakṣiṇāḥ dakṣiṇāṃgaṃ vinā brahman pūrṇāṃ naiva pradāpayet ### [2.11.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.106) ākāritā satī sādhvī sāvitrī parameṣṭhinā sāvitrī satvaraṃ prāha dharmapatnī viraṃcinaḥ ### [2.11.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.107) snānānulepanāt pūrvaṃ nūparādyai ralaṃkṛtaṃ śṛṃgāraṃ mukure vīkṣya punaḥ śṛṃgāra mārabhat ### [2.11.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.108) yadā śṛṃgāra ārabdha sāvitrī brahmaṇoṃganā nāgacchati vilaṃbena tadākruddhāhi brāhmaṇāḥ ### [2.11.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.109) devatāśca tataḥkrūddhā ṛṣīṇāṃ ṛṣayastadā tataḥ saṃjīvanī vidyāṃ naṃdavāṇe dvijottame ### [2.11.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.110) kuśamayā mahākanyā kṛtā gāyatrīcābhidhā naṃdavāṇa dvijenaiva kṛtā saṃjīvanī sthitā ### [2.11.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.111) sarvaśṛṃgāra saṃyuktā vedamaṃtreṇa nirmitā divyavīra mahāramyā kuṃḍalā bharaṇo jvalā ### [2.11.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.112) ratnālīsudatī divyā ratnamukuṭa mastakāṃ gāyatrī cārusarvāṃgī raṃbhārūpa daśādhikā ### [2.11.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.113) kuraṃga locanā ramyā surāṃgī vīkṣyate janaiḥ pitāmaha samāgaccha karaṃkare niyojaya ### [2.11.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.114) tāmīkṣya harṣito brahmā gāyatrīrūpa dhāriṇīṃ vivāhita stadā brahmā ṛṣīṇāṃ vākya tatparaḥ ### [2.11.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.115) pitāmahaḥ sapatnīkaḥ pūrṇāhutīmakarottadā harṣitāśca surāḥ sarve bherīduṃdubhibhirdhvaniḥ ### [2.11.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.116) yoginī gītagānena mohitaṃ bhuvanatrayam gītagāne mahāmāyā vārāhī divyaṃ mātaraḥ ### [2.11.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.117) nṛtyaṃti cāpsaro bālāḥ bhairavakṣetrapālakaḥ caturvedā ṛṣi sarve brahmaghoṣaṃ cakāra saḥ ### [2.11.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.118) sarvaṃ sanahyasāvitrī āgatā tatra maṃḍape vāmāṃge dṛśyate devī gāyatrī brahmaṇāsaha ### [2.11.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.119) sāvitrī kupitādevī dṛṣṭvāvai tacca kautukaṃ sāvitrī uvāca śruyatāṃ bhodvijāḥ sarve yoginī kṣetrapālakāḥ ### [2.11.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.120) ṣaḍega sahṛtevede brahmapūjā na vidyate kṣetrādhipālā śruyaṃtā manāhrādā pravartate ### [2.11.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.121) nīca jātasya vākāryaṃ bhojanetilamurmuṭā ākarṇaya mahāmāye mahāhrādena gāyatīḥ ### [2.11.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.122) avatīrya sphuṭikāgniḥ vārāhīādi vaiṣṇavī avatīryatvaṃ ca cāmuṃḍe nīcairapi samācara ### [2.11.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.123) mama śalyetvaṃ hṛṣṭāsi brāhmaṇāḥ pūjanena ca viṣṇurudrādayo devaiḥ asuraistvaṃ ca bhakṣasi ### [2.11.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.124) śruyatāṃ ṛṣayaḥ sarve śruti siddhirnajāyate nāṃdīmukhatvamākarṇya naṃdavāṇa dvijālaye ### [2.11.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.125) nasiddhayati tvayā vācā ataḥ paramuvācaha nāṃdīmukhā tato viprāḥ karayugme uvācaha ### [2.11.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.126) sāvitrī tavaśāpena vibhītāḥ suramānavāḥ prasādaṃ kurumedevi tamasi brahma bhāminī ### [2.11.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.127) ityukte naṃdavāṇena sāvitrīvākya mabravīt kopādvai ghātasaṃdoṣaḥ taptastīvra pathe vrajet ### [2.11.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.128) deśedeśe saṃbhramaṇaṃ tatra siddhirbhaviṣyati kṛpite siddhi naivasyāt krayavikrayata stathā ### [2.11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.129) vṛddhi jīvikayā siddhiḥ nacasevā kadācana gadataśca sadānityaṃ satyaṃ vākya pramāṇakṛt ### [2.11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.130) tadā ca devatāḥ sarve dṛtaṃ vibhrāṃta cetasaḥ bhavitavyaṃ nalaṃghyeta vidhātrā nirmitaṃ purā ### [2.11.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.131) sāvitrī uvāca eka mūrti strayo devāḥ brahmaviṣṇu maheśvarāḥ tanmadhye tvamapūjyo'pi pitāmaha bhaviṣyati ### [2.11.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.132) yadāvaidevatānāṃ ca daityovai prahariṣyati tadā aṃśāvatīryāhaṃ vārāhī ādiśaktitaḥ ### [2.11.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.133) śrūyatāṃ ṛṣibhiḥ sarvai sāvitrīmuditā bravīt yajñe mahotsave ramye mahārudrādi śāṃtikaṃ ### [2.11.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.134) nakurvaṃti kriyā karma śrutihīnāḥ surāḥ nṛpāḥ dhanāḍayāśca bhaviṣyaṃti naṃdavāṇa purogamāḥ ### [2.11.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.135) sāvitrī ca varaṃ datvā vedavīryaṃ haret tadā gāyatrī sāvitrī yukto brahmāpūjyaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ### [2.11.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.136) sāvitrī ca mahāsādhvītejo bala tapasvinī datvā varaṃ namaskṛtya gatā devā nijālaye ### [2.11.136.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.136.p1) nāṃdīmukhā stato viprāḥ saṃprāptā ātmane padaṃ ### [2.11.136.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.136.p2) iti śrīvahnipurāṇe caturāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ brahmamarīcisaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe nāṃdīmukhavarṇane sāvitrī śāpānugraho nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi~en-mt.2.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.9.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: 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