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Garga Samhita · Chapter 6.15

6.15.1

dvārakākhaṇḍaḥ - pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
kapiṭaṅka-nṛgakūpa-gopībhūmi-māhātmyakathanam -
śrīnārada uvāca -
tasmin girau yajñatīrthaṃ raivatena kṛtaṃ purā /
yatra kṛtvā yajñamekaṃ koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet

6.15.2

kapiṭaṃkaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ kapipātasamud‌bhavam /
girau raivatake rājan sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

6.15.3

bhaumāsurasakho duṣṭo dvivido nāma vānaraḥ /
mārito yatra rāmeṇa muṣṭinā vajrapātinā

6.15.4

sadyo muktiṃ gataḥ so'pi satāṃ helanavānapi /
tatra snātuṃ sadā devā āgacchanti nareśvara

6.15.5

kalaviṃkasya yātrāyāṃ koṭigodānajaṃ phalam /
etasya dviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ daṇḍakākhye vane śubhe

6.15.6

tasmāccaturguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ saiṃdhavākhye mahāvane /
jaṃbumārge pañcaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

6.15.7

tasmāddaśaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ puṣkarākhye vane smṛtam /
tasmāddaśaguṇaṃ puṇyamutpalāvartayātrayā

6.15.8

tasmācca naimiṣāraṇye puṇyaṃ daśaguṇaṃ smṛtam /
tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ kapiṭaṃke videharāṭ

6.15.9

nṛgakūpaṃ dvārakāyāṃ tirthānāṃ tīrthamuttamam /
yasya darśanamātreṇa viprāvadhyātpramucyate

6.15.10

ajñānād‍brāhmaṇasyāpi gāṃ dadau brāhmaṇāya saḥ /
tena pāpena kūpe vai kṛkalāsavapurddharaḥ

6.15.11

nṛgo'pi dānināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ patito'tha caturyugam /
śrīkṛṣṇena taduddhāraḥ kṛto vai paśyatāṃ satām

6.15.12

taddinānnṛgakūpaṃ tu tīrthībhūtaṃ mahīpate /
kārtike pūrṇimāyāṃ tu tasmin snānaṃ samācaret

6.15.13

koṭijanmakṛtātpāpān mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
ekaṃ yatrāpi godānaṃ karoti vidhivannaraḥ

6.15.14

koṭigodānajaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate vai na saṃśayaḥ /
gopībhūmeśca māhātmyaṃ śruṇu pāpaharaṃ param

6.15.15

yasya śravaṇamātreṇa karmabandhātpramucyate /
gopīnāṃ yatra vāso'bhūttena gopībhuvaḥ smṛtāḥ

6.15.16

gopyaṃgarāgasaṃbhūtaṃ gopīcandanamuttamam /
gopīcandanaliptāṃgo gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet

6.15.17

mahānadīnāṃ snānasya puṇyaṃ tasya dine dine /
gopīcandanamudrābhirmudrito yaḥ sadā bhavet

6.15.18

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca /
sarvāṇi tīrthadānāni vratāni ca tathaiva ca /
kṛtāni tena nityaṃ vai sa kṛtārtho na saṃśayaḥ

6.15.19

gaṃgāmṛd‌dviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ citrakūṭarajaḥ smṛtam /
tasmāddaśaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ rajaḥ pañcavaṭībhavam

6.15.20

tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ gopīcandanakaṃ rajaḥ /
gopīcandanakaṃ viddhi vṛndāvanarajaḥsamam

6.15.21

gopīcandanaliptāṃgaṃ yadi pāpaśatairyutam /
taṃ netuṃ yamaḥ śakto yamadūtaḥ kutaḥ punaḥ

6.15.22

nityaṃkaroti yaḥ pāpī gopīcandanadhāraṇam /
sa prayāti harerdhāma golokaṃ prakṛteḥ param

6.15.23

siṃdhudeśasya rājā'bhūddīrdhabāhuriti śrutaḥ /
anyāyavartī duṣṭātmā veśyāsaṃgarataḥ sadā

6.15.24

tena vai bhārate varṣe brahmahatyāśataṃ kṛtam /
daśa garbhavatīhatyāḥ kṛtāstena durātmanā

6.15.25

mṛgayāyāṃ tu bāṇaughaiḥ kapilāgovadhaḥ kṛtaḥ /
saiṃdhavaṃ hayamāruhya mṛgayārthī gato'bhavat

6.15.26

ekadā rājyalobhena mantrī kruddho mahākhalam /
jaghānāraṇyadeśe taṃ tīkṣṇadhāreṇa cāsinā

6.15.27

bhūtale patitaṃ mṛtyugataṃ vīkṣya yamānugāḥ /
baddhvā yamapurīṃ ninyurharṣayantaḥ parasparam

6.15.28

saṃmukhe'vasthitaṃ vīkṣya pāpinaṃ yamarāḍ balī /
citraguptaṃ prāha tūrṇaṃ kā yogyā yātanā'sya vai

6.15.29

citragupta uvāca -
caturaśītilakṣeṣu narakeṣu nipātyatām /
niḥsandehaṃ mahārāja yāvaccaṃdradivākarau

6.15.30

anena bhārate varṣe kṣaṇaṃ na sukṛtaṃ kṛtam /
daśagarbhavatīghātaḥ kapilāgovadhaḥ kṛtaḥ

6.15.31

tathā vanamṛgāṇāṃ ca kṛtvā hatyāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
tammādayaṃ mahāpāpī devatādvijaniṃdakaḥ

6.15.32

śrīnārada uvāca -
tadā yamājñayā dūtā nītvā taṃ pāparūpiṇam /
sahasrayojanāyāme taptataile mahākhale

6.15.33

sphuradatyucchalatphene kumbhīpāke nyapātayan /
pralayāgnisamo vahniḥ sadyaḥ śītalatāṃ gataḥ

6.15.34

vaideha tannipatanātprahlādakṣepaṇādyathā /
tadaiva citramācakhyuḥ yamadūtā mahātmane

6.15.35

anena sukṛtaṃ bhūmau kṣaṇavanna kṛtaṃ kvacit /
citraguptena satataṃ dharmarājo vyaciṃtayat

6.15.36

sabhāyāmāgataṃ vyāsaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivannṛpa /
natvā papraccha dharmātmā dharmarājo mahāmatiḥ

6.15.37

yama uvāca -
anena pāpinā pūrvaṃ na kṛtaṃ sukṛtaṃ kvacit /
sphuradagnyucchalatphene kuṃbhīpāke mahākhale

6.15.38

asya kṣepaṇato vahniḥ sadyaḥ śītalatāṃ gataḥ /
iti sandehataścetaḥ khidyate me na saṃśayaḥ

6.15.39

śrīvyāsa uvāca -
sūkṣmā gatirmahārāja viditā pāpapuṇyayoḥ /
tathā brahmagatiḥ prājñaiḥ sarvaśāstravidāṃ varaiḥ

6.15.40

daivayogādasya puṇyaṃ prāptaṃ vai svayamarthavat /
yena puṇyena śuddho'sau tacchṛṇu tvaṃ mahāmate

6.15.41

kasyāpi hastato yatra patitā dvārakāmṛdaḥ /
tatraivāyam mṛtaḥ pāpī śuddho'bhūttatprabhāvataḥ

6.15.42

gopīcandanaliptāṃgo naro nārāyaṇo bhavet /
etasya darśanātsadyo brahmahatyā pramucyate

6.15.43

śrīnārada uvāca -
iti śrutvā dharmarājaḥ tamānīya viśeṣataḥ /
vimāne kāmage sthāpya vaikuṇṭhaṃ prakṛteḥ param

6.15.44

preṣayāmāsa sahasā gopīcandanakīrtivit /
evaṃ te kathitaṃ rājan gopīcandanakaṃ yaśaḥ

6.15.45

gopīcandanamāhātmyaṃ ya śrṛṇoti narottamaḥ /
sa yāti paramaṃ dhāma śrīkṛṣṇasya mahātmanaḥ

6.15.15

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ dvārakākhaṃḍe śrīnārada bahulāśva saṃvāde
kapiṭaṃkanṛgakūpa gopībhūmimāhātmyaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥ :garga saṃhitā

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