Vaishnavakhanda 3.3.p1.2_2

3.3.p1.2_2

3 atha setumūlākhyacakratīrthasiddhivṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra dharmapuṣkariṇītīregālavākhyamaharṣipataprastutena bhagavatā gālavāya varapradānapūrvakaṃ dharmasyārādhanasantoṣitaharaprasādalabdhaharavāhanatvaprabhatvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, atha hariḥ kṛparāyaṇasya gālavamaharṣeḥ kenacidrākṣasena bhakṣaṇārthe gṛhītasya stutyā bhagavatā sudarśanacakreṇa
9 atha putraśokavyākulasya goviṃdasvāminaḥ svagṛhaṃ pratyāgatya bhāryayā saha vilāpakaraṇam, aśokadattanāmnā goviṃdasvāmidvitīyaputreṇa pratāpamukuṭākhyanarapateranujayā dākṣiṇātyamahāmalasya nipātanapūrvakaṃ hananam, atha pratāpamukuṭanṛpaterāśrayeṇāśokadattasya sthitiḥ, atha kadācidvijane'raṇye nṛpeṇa saha paribhramatā dhairyavatāśokadattena ramaśānaṃ gatvā māyikāyā vidyutkeśākhyāyāḥ rākṣasyāḥ pādatalaṃ nigūḍhakaṃ ratnannapuraṃ gṛhītvā rājasabhāmāgatya rājñe ratnanūpurasamarpaṇam, tatastaddhairyasantuṣṭena pratāpamukuṭākhyena rājñā'śokadattāya vaivāhikena vidhinā madanalekhākhyanijasutāpradānam, tato nṛpecchāṃ vijñāya dvitīyanūpuraprāptaye'śokadattasya mahāmāṃsaṃ gṛhītvā smaśāne gamanam, tatra mantrairbhūtānāmāmantraṇe kriyamāṇe rakṣaḥkanyāsamāvṛtāyā vidyutkeśākhyarākṣasyāstatsamīpaṃ prati māṃsabhakṣaṇalālasayā''gamanam, tatastaddhairyasantuṣṭayā vidyutkeśākhyayā rākṣasyā'śokadattākhyāya dvijasūnave svapādasthitadvitīyaratnanūpurapradānapūrvakaṃ vidyutprabhākhyanijakanyāpradānam, tasmā eva ca jāmātre kanyāpradānaprāptattarūpeṇa suvarṇakamalapradānam, tatsarvaṃ gṛhītvā'śokadattasya pratāpamukuṭākhyanṛpasamīpa āgamanam, pratāpamukuṭenāśokadattasya praśaṃsākaraṇam, atha kadācidekānte vidyutprabhāṃ prati tanmātā dattasuvarṇapaṅkajotpattisthale pṛṣṭe tayā kapālavisphoṭakanāmakavetālabhūpatidivyasarovṛttāntavarṇanam, atha tayā vidyatprabhayā sahāśokadattasya kapālavisphoṭaka- vetālarakṣitakāñcanakamalasaraḥ prati gamanam, tatra vighnakāriṇo vetālānhatvā kapālavisphoṭakākhyaṃ vetālaṃ hantukāmenāśokadattena vimānārūḍhavijñaptiryautukanā- makavidyādharapatidarśanam, taddarśanamātreṇāśokadattasya gālavamaharṣiśaptamanuṣyatvarūpa19 atha lakṣmaṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena balabhadrabrahmahatyāvimuktivṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra kauravapāṃḍavavadhaṃ draṣṭumanicchato balabhadrasya tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena naimiṣāraṇye maharṣisamāje gamanam, tatra balabhadreṇa purāṇakathanāyoccāsane sthitasya sūtasyāvicārya nijahastotsṛṣṭakuśāgreṇa hananādbrahmahatyāprāptiḥ, atha munīnāṃ vacanena lokasaṃgrahāya prāyaścittacikīrṣayā munīnprati prārthanam, munibhirbalabhadrāya valvalākhyarākṣasavadhaṃ kṛtvā varṣaparyaṃtaṃ tīrthayātrākaraṇarūpaprāyaścittakathanam, atha balabhadreṇa valvalanāmakarākṣasahananam, tato varṣaparyantaṃ bhūtalasthasarvatīrtheṣu snānapūrvakaṃ yātrākaraṇam, kṛtāyāmapi tīrthayātrāyāṃ brahmahatyāyā nivṛttimadvā munipraveśe sati tadantaḥsthitaraya duṣpaṇyasya mṛtyuḥ, tadanaṃtaraṃ tasya piśācatvaprāptiḥ,
tataḥ piśācarūpiṇā tenāgatyāśramasamīpaṃ pratyabhyetyoktaiḥ svamuktaye maharṣīṇāṃ
prārthanākaraṇam, atha tasya vimuktaye'gatyamaharṣiṇā sutīkṣṇākhyaṃ svaśiṣyaṃ prati
taduddeśenāgnitīrthe snānārthamājñākaraṇam, sutīkṣṇena piśācasya vimuktyuddeśenāgnitīrthe snāne kṛte sati duṣpaṇyasya piśācatvavimuktipūrvakaṃ divyaṃ vimānamāruhya
maharṣīnnamaskṛtya divyalokaṃ prati gamanam, agnitīrthamāhātmyam| ... ... 39 2