Vaishnavakhanda 3.1.2_3

3.1.2_3

13 lomaśavacaḥśravaṇānantaramindradyumnādīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktyekaniṣṭhayā śivadīkṣāgrahaṇārthaṃ lomaśaprārthanam, lomaśamaharṣiṇā sarveṣāṃ teṣāṃ śivadīkṣāpradānapūrvakaṃśivaliṅgapūjopadeśakaraṇam—tatasteṣāṃ mārkaṇḍeyādīnāṃ kriyāyogārambhapūrvakaṃ tapaścaryākaraṇam, tapasyatāṃ teṣāṃ samīpaṃ prati nāradāgamanam, nāradaṃ prati śāpabhraṣṭānāṃ nāḍījaṃghādīnāṃ svamuktyarthamupāyajijñāsayā praśnakaraṇam, nāradena tebhyo vārāṇasīsthasaṃvartamaharṣi49 nāradasthāpitamahīnagarasthitavividhatīrthamāhātmyaprasaṃge jayādityamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra nāradena sūryadarśanārthaṃ sūryalokaṃ prati gatena nijasthāpitamahīnagarasthabrāhmaṇapraśaṃsāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ sūryanārāyaṇena tatratyabrāhmaṇānāṃ darśanārthaṃ vṛddhātithirūpeṇāgamanam, tatra jñānacarcoparamabhojanamākāṅkṣato bhāskarasya hārītaputreṇāṣṭavarṣavayasā kamaṭhākhyena sarvaśāstrīyasiddhāntasiddhajīvagatyādiviṣayakapraśnānāṃ suspaṣṭatayottarapradānena sūryabhagavato'tyantasaṃtoṣaprāyanivṛttāntavarṇanam... ... ... 183 2