Vaishnavakhanda 98

Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa 98

Language: Sanskrit

98.18 — 1 part

98.1

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

98.2

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

98.3

tapasā tena santuṣṭaḥ pārvatīpatiśaṃkaraḥ || varamasmai tataḥ prādāllokakarte svāṃchitam

98.4

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

98.5

khanitvā ca saraḥ puṇyaṃ nāmnā brahmasaraḥ
śubham || mahīnagarakātpūrve mahāpātakanāśanam

98.6

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

98.7

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

98.8

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

98.9

pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || puṣkareṣu ca yatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre ravigrahe

98.10

gaṃgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ || tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tīrthasyāsyāvagāhanāt

98.11

mokṣaliṃgasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pārtha mahādbhutam
mayā sthānahitārthaṃ ca samārādhya maheśvaram

98.12

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

98.13

prasādya lokakartāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam || kamaṇḍalorbrahmaṇaśca samānītā sarasvatī

98.14

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

98.15

kūpe snātvā narastasyāṃ tilapiṇḍaṃ samācaret || pretānuddiśya niyataṃ mokṣatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet

98.16

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

98.17

jayādityakūpavare naraḥ snātvā prayatnataḥ
garbheśvaraṃ namaskṛtya na sa garbheṣu majjati

98.18

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

98.18.p1

iti śrīskaṃde mahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṃḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe brahmeśvaramokṣeśvara garbheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ