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Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.6

11.6.1

rudrākṣamāhātmye guṇanidhimokṣavarṇanam
īśvara uvāca
mahāsena kuśagranthiputrājīvādayaḥ pare /
rudrākṣasya tu naiko'pi kalāmarhati ṣoḍaśīm

11.6.2

puruṣāṇāṃ yathā viṣṇurgrahāṇāṃ ca yathā raviḥ /
nadīnāṃ tu yathā gaṅ‌gā munīnāṃ kaśyapo yathā

11.6.3

uccaiḥśravā yathāśvānāṃ devānāmīśvaro yathā /
devīnāṃ tu yathā gaurī tadvacchreṣṭhamidaṃ bhavet

11.6.4

nātaḥ parataraṃ stotraṃ nātaḥ parataraṃ vratam /
akṣayyeṣu ca dāneṣu rudrākṣastu viśiṣyate

11.6.5

śivabhaktāya śāntāya dadyād‌rudrākṣamuttamam /
tasya puṇyaphalasyāntaṃ na cāhaṃ vaktumutsahe

11.6.6

dhṛtarudrākṣakaṇṭhāya yastvannaṃ samprayacchati /
trisaptakulamuddhṛtya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

11.6.7

yasya bhāle vibhūtirna nāṅ‌ge rudrākṣadhāraṇam /
na śambhorbhavane pūjā sa vipraḥ śvapacādhamaḥ

11.6.8

khādanmāṃsaṃ pibanmadyaṃ saṅ‌gacchannantyajānapi /
pātakebhyo vimucyeta rudrākṣaṃ śirasi sthite

11.6.9

sarvayajñatapodānavedābhyāsaiśca yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ labhate sadyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt

11.6.10

vedaiścaturbhiryatpuṇyaṃ purāṇapaṭhanena ca /
yattīrthasevanenaiva sarvavidyādibhistathā

11.6.11

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate sadyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt /
prayāṇakāle rudrākṣaṃ bandhayitvā mriyedyadi

11.6.12

sa rudratvamavāpnoti punarjanma na vidyate /
rudrākṣaṃ dhārayetkaṇṭhe bāhvorvā mriyate yadi

11.6.13

kulaikaviṃśamuttārya rudraloke vasennaraḥ /
brāhmaṇo vāpi cāṇḍālo nirguṇaḥ saguṇo'pi ca

11.6.14

bhasmarudrākṣadhārī yaḥ sa devatvaṃ śivaṃ vrajet /
śucirvāpyaśucirvāpi tathābhakṣyasya bhakṣakaḥ

11.6.15

mleccho vāpyatha cāṇḍālo yuto vā sarvapātakaiḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇādeva sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ

11.6.16

śirasā dhārite koṭiḥ karṇayordaśakoṭayaḥ /
śatakoṭirgale baddho mūrdhni koṭisahasrakam

11.6.17

ayutaṃ copavīte tu lakṣakoṭirbhuje sthite /
maṇibandhe tu rudrākṣo mokṣasādhanakaḥ paraḥ

11.6.18

rudrākṣadhārako bhūtvā yatkiñcitkarma vaidikam /
kurvanvipraḥ sadā bhaktyā mahadāpnoti tatphalam

11.6.19

rudrākṣamālikāṃ kaṇṭhe dhārayed‍bhaktivarjitaḥ /
pāpakarmā tu yo nityaṃ sa muktaḥ sarvabandhanāt

11.6.20

rudrākṣārpitacetā yo rudrākṣastu na vai dhṛtaḥ /
asau māheśvaro loke namasyaḥ sa tu liṅ‌gavat

11.6.21

avidyo vā savidyo vā rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt /
śivalokaṃ prapadyeta kīkaṭe gardabho yathā

11.6.22

skanda uvāca
rudrākṣānsandadhe deva gardabhaḥ kena hetunā /
kīkaṭe kena vā dattastad‌brūhi parameśvara

11.6.23

śrībhagavānuvāca
śṛṇu putra purāvṛttaṃ gardabho vindhyaparvate /
dhatte rudrākṣabhāraṃ tu vāhitaḥ pathikena tu

11.6.24

śrānto'samarthastad‍bhāraṃ voḍhuṃ patitavānbhuvi /
prāṇaistvaktastrinetrastu śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ

11.6.25

matprasādānmahāsena madantikamupāgataḥ /
yāvadvaktrasya saṃkhyānaṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ sudurlabham

11.6.26

tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate /
svaśiṣyebhyastu vaktavyaṃ nāśiṣyebhyaḥ kadācana

11.6.27

abhaktebhyo'pi mūrkhebhyaḥ kadācinna prakāśayet /
abhakto vāstu bhakto vā nīco nīcataro'pi vā

11.6.28

rudrākṣāndhārayedyastu mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ kena vā sadṛśaṃ bhavet

11.6.29

mahāvratamidaṃ prāhurmunayastattvadarśinaḥ /
sahasraṃ dhārayedyastu rudrākṣāṇāṃ dhṛtavrataḥ

11.6.30

taṃ namanti surāḥ sarve yathā rudrastathaiva saḥ /
abhāve tu sahasrasya bāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa

11.6.31

ekaṃ śikhāyāṃ karayordvādaśa dvādaśaiva tu /
dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśe tu catvāriṃśacca mastake

11.6.32

ekaikaṃ karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ṣaṭ vakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam /
yo dhārayati rudrākṣān rudravatsa tu pūjyate

11.6.33

muktāpravālaskaṭikaraupyavaidūryakāñcanaiḥ /
sametāndhārayedyastu rudrākṣānsa śivo bhavet

11.6.34

kevalānapi rudrākṣānyadyālasyād‌bibharti yaḥ /
taṃ na spṛśanti pāpāni tamāṃsīva vibhāvasum

11.6.35

rudrākṣamālayā mantro japto'nantaphalapradaḥ /
yasyāṅ‌ge nāsti rudrākṣa eko'pi bahupuṇyadaḥ

11.6.36

tasya janma nirarthaṃ syāttripuṇḍrarahitaṃ yathā /
rudrākṣaṃ mastake dhṛtvā śiraḥsnānaṃ karoti yaḥ

11.6.37

gaṅ‌gāsnānaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
ekavaktraḥ pañcavaktra ekādaśamukhāḥ pare

11.6.38

caturdaśamukhāḥ kecid‌rudrākṣā lokapūjitāḥ /
bhaktyā saṃpūjyate nityaṃ rudrākṣaḥ śaṅ‌karātmakaḥ

11.6.39

daridraṃ vāpi puruṣaṃ rājānaṃ kurute bhuvi /
atra te kathayiṣyāmi purāṇaṃ matamuttamam

11.6.40

kosaleṣu dvijaḥ kaścid‌girinātha iti śrutaḥ /
mahādhanī ca dharmātmā vedavedāṅ‌gapāragaḥ

11.6.41

yajñakṛddīkṣitastasya tanayaḥ sundarākṛtiḥ /
nāmnā guṇanidhiḥ khyātastaruṇaḥ kāmasundaraḥ

11.6.42

guroḥ sudhiṣaṇasyātha pat‍nīṃ muktāvalīmatha /
mohayāmāsa rūpeṇa yauvanena madena ca

11.6.43

saṅ‌gatastu tayā sārdhaṃ kañcitkālaṃ tato bhiyā /
viṣaṃ dadau ca gurave yebhe paścāttu nirbhayaḥ

11.6.44

yadā mātā pitā karma kiñcijjānāti yatkṣaṇe /
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cāpi mārayāmāsa tadviṣāt

11.6.45

nānāvilāsabhogaiśca jāte dravyavyaye tataḥ /
brāhmaṇānāṃ gṛhe cauryaṃ cakāra sa tadā khalaḥ

11.6.46

surāpānamadonmattastadā jñātibahiṣkṛtaḥ /
grāmānniṣkāsitaḥ sarvaistadā so'bhūdvanecaraḥ

11.6.47

muktāvalyā tayā sārdhaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ vanam /
mārge sthito dravyalobhājjaghāna brāhmaṇānbahūn

11.6.48

evaṃ bahugate kāle mamāra sa tadādhamaḥ /
netuṃ taṃ yamadūtāśca samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ

11.6.49

śivalokācchivagaṇāstathaiva ca samāgatāḥ /
tayoḥ parasparaṃ vādo babhūva girijāsuta

11.6.50

yamadūtāstadā procuḥ puṇyamasya kimasti hi /
bruvantu sevakāḥ śambhoryadyenaṃ netumicchatha

11.6.51

śivadūtāstadā procurayaṃ yasminsthale mṛtaḥ /
daśahastādadho bhūme rudrākṣastatra cāsti hi

11.6.52

tatprabhāveṇa he dūtā neṣyāmaḥ śivasannidhim /
tato vimānamāruhya divyarūpadharo dvijaḥ

11.6.53

gato guṇanidhirdūtaiḥ sahitaḥ śaṅ‌karālayam /
iti rudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ tava suvrata

11.6.54

evaṃ rudrākṣamahimā samāsātkathito mayā /
sarvapāpakṣayakaro mahāpuṇyaphalapradaḥ

11.6.6

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
rudrākṣamāhātmye guṇanidhimokṣavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ

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