Kalika Purana · Chapter 89
//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
saṃkṣepataḥ sadācāro viśeṣo rājanītiṣu/
śrutastvadvacanādaurvaḥ sagarāya yathoktavān
viṣṇudharmottare tantre bāhulyaṃ sarvataḥ punaḥ/
draṣṭavyastu sarācāro draṣṭavyāste prasādataḥ
bhūyo naḥ saṃśayo yo'sti tadanuktaṃ tvayā purā/
chindhi viprendra pṛcchāmaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
aputrasya gatirnāsti śrūyate vedalokayoḥ/
vetālabhairavau yātau purā vai tapase girim
pūrvastvakṛtadarau tau tayoḥ putrā na ca śrutāḥ/
na jātā athavā jātā yadi nānā dvijottama/
teṣāṃ tu samyagicchāmi śrotuṃ sa sthānamuttamam
//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
aputrasya gatirnāsti niścitaṃ ceti sattamāḥ/
svaputrairbhrātṛputrairvā putravanto hi svargatāḥ
jātāpatyau ca tau viprā dhīrau vetālabhairavau/
tayorvaṃśān pravakṣyāmi śrṛṇvantu ca maharṣayaḥ
samyak siddhimavāpyaiva yadā vetālabhairavau/
harasya mandiraṃ prāptau kailāsaṃ pratiharṣitau
tadā harasya vacanānnandī tau rahasi dvajāḥ/
prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ tathyaṃ sāntvayannivaṃ bodhakṛt
//nandyuvāca//
aputrau pūtrajanane bhavantau śaṅkarātmajau/
yatatāṃ jātaputrasya sarvatra sulabhā gatiḥ
punnāma narakaṃ putravihīnaḥ paripaśyati/
na tapobhirna dharmeṇa tanmocayitumīśvaraḥ
kevalāt putrajananāt tasmānmokṣaḥ prajāyate/
tadutpādayatāṃ putraṃ bhavantau devayoniṣu
amartyatā tu yuvayoḥ kṣorapānādajāyata/
kātyāyanyāstataḥ putrānamartyāḥ svasamā yataḥ
tasmād yathā tathā putrānutpādya surayoniṣu/
priyau bhavantau śivayorbhavanaṃ na cirāditi
//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
tasyeti vacanaṃ śrutvā nandinaḥ prītamānasau/
evameva kariṣyāvo nandinaṃ cetyabhāṣatām
tatastau satataṃ kṛtvā nandinau vacanaṃ hṛdi/
aceṣṭatāṃ svaputrārthe vrajantau tāvitastataḥ
athaikadā bhairavo'sau urvaśīmapsarovarām/
himavat-parvataprasthe dadarśa sumanoharām
atha tāṃ kāmuko bhūtvā yayāce suratotsavam/
veśyābhāvācca suprītā sā yathecchamuvāca tam
tatastasyāṃ bhairavastu cakāra suratotsavam/
prītāyāmurvaśīdevyāṃ suprīto'bhūcca kelibhiḥ
suprītāyāmathorvaśyāṃ tejoṃbhirbhairavasya tu/
sadyojāto'bhavat putro bālasūryasamaprabhaḥ
taṃ tu putra parityajya yayau svasthānamurvaśī/
ādāya tanayaṃ paścād bhairavaḥ svapadaṃ yayau
saṃskṛtya tanayaṃ taṃ tu bhairavo modasaṃyutaḥ/
suveśamiti tannāma cakāra sagaṇādhipaḥ
atha taṃ jātavayasaṃ śakrasūryasamaprabham/
vidyādharādhipatye ku suveśamabhyaṣecayat
sa tu vidyādharādhyakṣastanayāmatisundarīm/
yeme gandharvarājasya dhṛtarāṣṭrāhvayasya ca
tasyāṃ tasya suto jajñe rururnnāma manoharaḥ/
rurostu tanayo bāhurmainākyāmabhyajāyata
bāhostu putrāścatvārastapano'ṅgada īśvaraḥ/
kumudo'bhūt kanīyāṃstu cārvatyāṃ tu manoharaḥ
kumadasya suto jajñe devaseno mahābalaḥ/
sa devasenaḥ pṛthivīmavatīrya manoharaḥ
māndhāturyau vanāśvasya tanayāṃ keśinīṃ muhuḥ/
varayāmāsa bhāryārthe mṛdvaṅgīmapsaraḥ samām
yauvanāśvo'pi māndhātā śakrasya vacanād dadau/
keśinīṃ tanayāṃ svīyāṃ devasenāya vāñchayā
keśinīmupayamyā devasenastayā saha/
vārāṇasyāṃ śambhupuryāṃ haramārādhayacchivam
ārādhito haraḥ prītastasyeṣṭaṃ pradadau varam/
so'pyādade harāt tasmādiṣṭameva varatrayam
yāvacca sūryo bhavitā tāvat sthāsyati saṃtatiḥ/
asyāmeva nagayryāṃ ye madvaṃśasyāpi rājatā
prasanno mama vaṃśe tvaṃ nityameva bhaviṣyasi/
ityādāya varaṃ so'pi devaseno mahākṛtī
śaṅkarasya prasādena ciraṃ tāṃ bubhuje purīm/
devaseno'tha keśinyāṃ janayāmāsa putrakān
yūyaṃ śṛṇuta saptaitānnāmataḥ kīrtitāṃstathā/
sumanā vasudānaśca ṛtughṛg yavanaḥ kṛtī
nīlo vivekī hyete vai sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ/
sarve vaṃśakarāḥ putrā devasenasya sattamāḥ
atha kāle tu saṃprāpte devaseno'pi bhāryayā/
putreṣa rājyaṃ niḥkṣipya yāto vidyādharakṣayam
tataste tasya tanayāḥ kṛtvā sutanasaṃ nṛpam/
vasudānādayaḥ sarve bubhujuścottamāṃ śriyam
jātāḥ sumanasaḥ putrāstrayaḥ śūrā mahābalāḥ/
sumatiśca virūpaśca satyaḥ śāstrārthapāragāḥ
sumaterabhavat kanyā sutaḥ satyasya ḍiṇḍimaḥ/
virūpasyābhavad gādhargādhermitro'bhavat sutaḥ
teṣāṃ kalpo'bhavadrājā kalpātu tu vijayo'bhavat/
yo vijitya kṣitiṃ sarvāṃ pārthivān bhūritejasaḥ
śakrasyānumate cakre khāṇḍavaṃ śatayojanam/
yat savyasācī hyadahat pāṇḍuputraḥ pratāpavān/
āvahat paramāṃ prītiṃ jvalanasya mahātmanaḥ
//ṛṣaya ūcu://
kathaṃ sa khāṇḍavaṃ cakre vijayaḥ śatayojanam/
tad vayaṃ śrotumicchāmaḥ kathayasya tapodhana
//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
somavaṃśe'bhavadrājā mahābalaparākramaḥ/
dhīraḥ sudarśano nāma cārurūpaḥ pratāpavān
sa vai himavato nātidūre bhaṅktvā mahāvanam/
siṃhān vyāghrān samutsārya kvaciccāpi tapodhanān
khāṇḍavīṃ nāma nagarīmakarīt tatra śobhanām/
triṃśadyojana vistīrṇāmāyatāṃ śatayojanām
uccaprākārasaṃyuktāṃ sāṭṭālambudatoraṇām/
nimnābhiratidīrghābhiḥ parikhābhiḥ samāvṛtām
aghṛṣyāmaparairvīrairnānājanasamāvṛtām/
dīrghikābhiścopavanairbahubhiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ
ākīrṇāṃ ca tathārāmairuttamairapi mānavaiḥ/
sotsavāḥ satataṃ yatra janā devān divi sthitān
spardhante sma mudā yuktā ādyā-bhogasamanvitāḥ/
sa vai sudarśano rājā khātvā bhūmiṃ vidārya ca
gaṅgāṃ kanakhalāṃ devīṃ vāhayāmāsa khāṇḍavīm/
saṃplāvyākhāṇḍavīmadhyaṃ tena khātaiśca vartmabhiḥ
vakrānuvakragā bhūtvā yāti sītāṃ nadīṃ prati/
sa jitvā sakalān bhūpān vittānyāhṛdaya bhūriśaḥ
vaśīcakāra khāṇḍavyāṃ madhye ratnairanekaśaḥ/
anyeṣāṃ nagarebhyastu janānānīya bhūpatiḥ
khāṇḍavyāṃ vāsayāmāsa haṭhādapi sudarśanaḥ/
devadānavagandharvāñ jitvā jitvā yudhā kṛtī
devavṛkṣaṃ devaratnaṃ devīṃ cāpi tathauṣadhim/
khāṇḍavyāṃ ropayāmāsa sa bhūpālaḥ sudarśanaḥ
viṣṇusto'pi vai viṣṇurnṛpatiṃ taṃ sudarśanam/
kṛtāpakāraṃ ca bahudhā devānāṃ ca tathā nṛṇām
vārāṇasīpatiṃ vīraṃ vijayaṃ jayaśālinam/
yuddhāya kṛtasācivyaṃ tadvaire samayojayat
vijayo vivaraṃ prāpya mahābalaparākramaḥ/
sudarśanasya nṛpateravaskandamathākarot
nāsahat sa hyavaskandaṃ vijayasya sudarśanaḥ/
caturaṅgabalenāśu yuddhāyābhimukho'bhavat
vijayo rathamāruhya niyojya caturaṅgiṇīm/
tataḥ sudarśanaṃ yoddhuṃ sammukho'bhavadañjasā
tadā mahāyuddhamāsīdvijayena mahātmanā/
sudarśanasya nṛpatervṛtravāsavayoryathā
sudarśanasya senānāṃ rumaṇvānnāma vīryavān/
kāṃcanaṃ rathamāruhya vijayasaṃmukho'bhyayāt
akṣauhiṇyastu saptāsya parivārya samantataḥ/
vyadhamattāṃ śatrisenāṃ yāvatīmudyatāyudhaḥ
vijayasya ca senānīḥ sañjayaḥ sa ripuñjayaḥ/
nāgānīkena jagrāha rumaṇvantaṃ sasainikam
tayormahadabhūd yuddhaṃ senānyorvīrayormahat/
vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa rumaṇvānatha saṃjayam
kurvaṃścāpi mahānādaṃ gajaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva keśarī/
rumaṇvānatha viśatyā bā ṇairvidhvātha sañjayam
kṣurapreṇa dhanustasya ciccheda kṛtahastavata/
so'pi kārmukamādāya tadā'nyat saṃjayastribhiḥ
bāṇairvivyādha bhallena dhanuściccheda tatkṣaṇāt/
śatānyaṣṭau ca nāgānāṃ sahasrāṇi ca paṃcaṣaṭ
pattīnāṃ vājināṃ trīṇi sahasrāṇi samantataḥ/
saṃjayo nirjaghānāśu bāṇavarṣaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ
athānyad dhanurādāya rumaṇvān kupito bhṛśam/
bhallena sāratherasya śiraḥ kāyādapāharat
hayāṃścāsya caturbhiṃstu bāṇairninye yamakṣayam/
caturaḥ paṃcabhirbāṇairavidhyaccāpi śañjayam
saṃjayo'pyativegena gadāmādāya tat kṣaṇāt/
avatīrya rathopasthādrumaṇvantamadhāvata
sa dhāvantaṃ sañjayaṃ taṃ rumaṇvān drutahastavat/
śaravarṣeṇa sañchādya vārayāmāsa saṃjayam
gadāyā bhrāmaṇenāsau nivārya śaravarṣaṇam/
āsasāda rumaṇvantaṃ kesarīva mahāgajam
āsādya tāṃ gadāṃ gurvīmāvidhyātīva sañjayaḥ/
ekenaiva prahāreṇa sarathaṃ taṃ vyapothayat
sa papāta mahāvīraḥ pṛthivyāṃ gadayā hataḥ/
vajrahato yathā śālaḥ praphullo vanamadhyagaḥ
rumaṇvantaṃ nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā sudarśanaḥ/
śoka-kopasamāviṣṭaḥ sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ
jajvālākuladeho'pi krodhenātīva saṃyutaḥ/
āruhya javanairaśvairyuktaṃ vaiyāghrakṛttinā
rathaṃ kāṃcana-citrāṃgaṃ siṃhadhvaja-vibhūṣitam/
āmukto dhanurādāya visphārya ca punaḥ punaḥ
sasainyaḥ sañjayaṃ rājā samādravata vegavān/
athāsya niśitaiḥ śastraiḥ senāmagragatāṃ bhṛśam
nyahanat sakalāṃ rājā mṛgāniva mṛgādhipaḥ/
ekāmakṣauhiṇīmagragāminīṃ vipulaujasām
krośadvayena nyahanat tāmaṃsīva divākaraḥ/
hatvā cākṣohiṇīmekāmāsādya saṃjayaṃ nṛpaḥ
bāṇaiḥ ṣaṣṭvā tu vivyādha dhvajamekena cicchide/
saṃjayo'pyatha viṃśatyā hṛdi viddhvā sudarśanam
lalāṭe tvekabāṇena prāvidhyat kṛtahastavat/
kṣurapreṇāsya kodaṇḍaṃ chittvā rājñaḥ pratāpavān
sārathiṃ daśabhirbāṇaiḥ punarvivyādha sañjayaḥ/
kodaṇḍamanyamādāya tadā rājā sudarśanaḥ
śaravarṣeṇa tīvreṇa vavarṣātīva sañjayam/
tayormahadbhūd yuddhaṃ munivismayakārakam
śastrairastrairbhṛśaṃ tīkṣṇairbalivāsavayoriva/
tataḥ sudarśano rājā bhallenāsya dṛḍhaṃ dhanuḥ
ciccheda sārathiṃ cāsya jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ/
svayaṃ saṃyamya vāhān sa sañjayaḥ paravīrahā
dhanuranyat samādāya parivārya sudarśanam/
vivyādha daśabhirbāṇairdhanurapyacchinad dṛḍham
śarāsanāntaraṃ rājā samādāya sudarśanaḥ/
sañjayasya caturvāhāñcharairninye yamakṣayam
muṣṭau dhanuśca ciccheda taṃ ca vivyādha paṃcabhiḥ/
virathaśchinnavāhaśca sañjayaḥ khaḍgacarmaṇī
ādāya sammukhaṃ rājño'bhyadravat kupito bhṛśam/
tasya cāpaṃ tataḥ khaḍgaṃ kṣurapreṇa sudarśanaḥ
dvidhā ciccheda bhallena carma cāpyacchinattadā/
atha drutaṃ tadopetya saññayaḥ syandanottamam
sudarśanasya sūtaṃ tu karābhyāṃ pātayat kṣitau/
rathābhyāśe gatasyāsya sañjayasya sudarśanaḥ
śiraściccheda khaḍgena tato'sau nyapatad bhuvi/
sa papāta tadā tasya rathābhyāśe mahābalaḥ
kṛttaḥ paraśunā'raṇye puṣpitaḥ śālavṛkṣavat/
sañjayaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vijayaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ
mahatā śaṅkhanādena nādayaṃstu nabhaḥsthalam/
rathena svarṇacitreṇa vyāghracarmavirājinā
ketunā vṛṣabheṇātha yojanārdhocchritena ca/
nādayan kakubhaḥ sarvā rathaughapariveṣṭitaḥ
vimuñcañcharavarṣāṇi sasāda ca sudarśanam/
āsādya taṃ nṛpaṃ bhūpo vijayaḥ paravīrahā
hṛdi viddhvā tribhirbāṇaistiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt/
sudarśano'pi vijayaṃ nadantaṃ kuṃjaropamam
daśabhirniśitairbāṇairviddhvā ciccheda taddhanuḥ/
athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ jatrudeśe tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
nirbhidyātha mahānādaṃ nanāda sa sudarśanaḥ/
so'nyaddhanuḥ samādāya kaṃkapatraistribhiḥ śaraiḥ
vivyādha hṛdaye vīro vijayo'pi sudarśanam/
tatastannṛpamuddiśya mahāśaktiṃ sudīpitām
nāgakanyāṃ kopayuktāṃ lelihānāmivātulām/
svarṇadaṇḍāṃ sutīkṣṇāgrāṃ tailadhautāṃ sunirmalām
samudyamyāthācikṣepa vijayaḥ śātravaṃ prati/
sudarśanasya hṛdayaṃ sā śaktiḥ praviveśa ha
sa vihvalo rathopasthe hyadhovaktra upāviśat/
tasmin moha-samāpanne nṛpatau ca sudarśane
tasyāgratastathā pārśve ye sthitāstatra sainikāḥ/
tān sarvānahanadrājā kṣaṇamātrād dvijottamāḥ
rathān daśasahasrāṇi tāvantyeva ca dantinām/
paṃcaviṃśahasrāṇi vājināṃ ca tarasvinām
lakṣadvayaṃ tu pattīnāṃ kṣaṇamātrādapothayat/
sa tu labdhvā tataḥ saṃjñāṃ dhanurādāya vai dṛḍham
śaravarṣeṇa vijayaṃ vavarṣa sa sudarśanaḥ/
nivārya śaravarṣeṇa vijayaṃ tu sudarśanaḥ
bhallena kārmukaṃ sajyaṃ tasya ciccheda tatkṣaṇāt/
sārathestu śiraḥ kāyād bhallenāpāharat tataḥ
hayāṃśca caturaścāsya preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave/
athaivaṃ virathaṃ bhūpaṃ daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ
vivyādha hṛdaye bhūyo nanāda ca sudarśanaḥ/
sa cchinnadhanvā viratho gadāmādāya vegavān
vijayo vijayākāṅkṣī sudarśanamadhāvata/
āpatantaṃ mahāvīraṃ bāṇavarṣaiḥ sudarśanaḥ
vavarṣa varṣāsu yathā vāridaḥ pṛthivīdharam/
vijayaḥ śaravṛṣṭiṃ tāṃ prācchādya svaśareṇa vai
gadayā taṃ rathārūḍhamāsasāda uta tatkṣaṇāt/
āsādya taṃ mahāvīryaṃ vijayo'tha sudarśanam
śīrṣa prahṛtya gadayā pātayāmāsa bhūtale/
gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ yathā tuṅgaṃ vajrāśanividāritam
tathā sudarśano rājā dārito gadayā'patat/
tasminnipatite vīre senābhistasya sainikāḥ
bhayāt saṃprādravaṃstasmād diśaśca pradiśastathā/
naṣṭeṣu tasya sainyeṣu vijayaḥ khāṇḍavīṃ purīm
praviśya dadṛśe tatra rāśībhūtān girīniva/
suvarṇānāṃ ca ratnānāṃ saṃcayān bahuśaḥ punaḥ
dṛṣṭvā sarāṃsi tatraiṣa praphullakamalāni ca/
haṃsakāraṇḍavānādairnāditāni samantataḥ
rāśīn suvarṇaratnānāṃ parvatāniva vistṛtān/
puṣpitān devavṛkṣāṃśca bhramadbhramarabhūṣitān
prāsādān vipulāñchubhrān kailāsasadṛśān gajān/
prasphuṭāṃśca sugandhāḍhyān pratigehe vyavasthitān
utphullanayano rājā vijayaḥ paravīrahā/
mene'marāvatīṃ tāṃ tu purīm kṣitigatāmiva
taṃ vākṣantaṃ narapatiṃ nagarīṃ tāṃ sureśvaraḥ/
sametya vijayaṃ prāha sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā girā
//indra uvāca//
rājan mahāvanamidamāsīd devagaṇāvṛtam/
ta cca gandharvayakṣāṇāṃ munīnāṃ ca manoharam
sarvānutsārya devādīn mama cāpyapriye rataḥ/
bhaṅktvā vanamidaṃ guhyamutsādya ca tapodhanam
khāṇḍavīṃ nagarīṃ cakre haṭhādrājā sudarśanaḥ/
tadidaṃ punareva tvaṃ vanaṃ kuru narottama
tatrāhaṃ vihariṣyāmi takṣakeṇa samaṃ rahaḥ/
munīnāṃ ca tapaḥ sthānamatulaṃ te prasādataḥ/
bhaviṣyati ca yakṣāṇāṃ kinnarāṇāṃ ca pārthiva
//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
etacchratvā vacastasya śakrasya vijayastadā/
vanamevākarot tāntaṃ khāṇḍavī śakragauravāt
gacchantu bho yathāsthānaṃ prajāḥ sarvā yathacchayā/
yeṣāṃ vāñchāsti lokānāṃ madrājyagamane punaḥ
vārāṇasīṃ te gacchantu mayaiva pratipālitām/
tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā janāḥ kecinnijāspadam
jagmurvārāṇasīṃ kecid vijayenābhipālitām/
tato dhanānāṃ tān rāśīn ratnānāṃ ca pṛthak pṛthak
maṇīnāṃ kanakānāṃ ca kupyānāṃ vijayastathā/
vividhairvārayāmāsa purīṃ vāraṇasīṃ prati
gandharvāṇāṃ ca devānāṃ yadānītaṃ haṭhāt purā/
ratnadārvādikaṃ yat tu vijayaṃ tat prasādya ca
taistairnītaṃ ca khāṇḍavyāḥ svasthānaṃ pratiharṣitaiḥ/
triṃśadyojanavistīrṇāṃ śatayojanamāyatām
tāṃ purīṃ vijayaścakre nacirādeva vai vanam/
tasmiñchakrasya sammatyā takṣakaḥ sahito gaṇaiḥ
uvāsa suciraṃ tatra tato'bhūnnirjanaṃ vanam/
tatra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ krīḍante'psarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
āśaṃsantaśca vijayaṃ raṇeṣu vijayāvaham/
prāpte'ṣṭāviṃśatitame yuge dvāparaśeṣataḥ
vahnirbrāhmaṇarūpeṇa bhikṣāṃ jiṣṇumamācata/
dātumaṅgīkṛte bhikṣāṃ tadā pāṇḍusutena vai
vahniḥ svarūpamāsthāya jiṣṇuṃ vacanamabravīt/
ahamagniḥ pāṇḍuputra yajñabhāgātibhojanāt
vyādhito'haṃ tato vyādhiṃ mama tvaṃ nāśayādhunā/
khāṇḍavaṃ nāma vipinaṃ sapatrimṛgarākṣasam
yadi tvaṃ māṃ bhojayituṃ śakroṣi śvetavāhana/
tadā mama hyasau vyādhirapayāsyati no cirāt
purā tu vijayo rājā khāṇḍavīṃ nāma tāṃ purīm/
bhaṅktvā vana yataścakre tena tat khāṇḍavaṃ vanam
madarthaṃ devavihitaṃ vanaṃ tu śvetavāhana/
virodhāt tat tu śakrasya na svayaṃ bhoktumutsahe
tasmāt trāhi mahābhāga vane tasminniyojaya/
yathāhaṃ sakalaṃ bhoktuṃ śaknomi tatprasādataḥ
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā savyasācī mahābalaḥ/
dāhayāmāsa vipinaṃ tatsarvaṃ prāṇisaṃyutam
devakītanayenāsau vāsudevena pālitaḥ/
khāṇḍavaṃ dāhayāmāsa jvalanasya hite rataḥ
suprītaḥ pradadau tasmādarjunāya mahātmane/
vahnirdhanuśca gāṇḍīvaṃ vāruṇaṃ devanirmitam
akṣayye ceṣudhī divye rupāḍhyāṃścaturo hayān/
hanumatādhiṣṭhitaṃ tu mahāntaṃ vānaradhvajam
khaḍgaṃ ca triśikhaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ dahanaḥ savyasācine/
nīrogaścābhavad vahnistathā jiṣṇuprasādataḥ
tairbāṇaistana dhanuṣā tena khaḍgena ketunā/
tadaśvasyandanenāpi vijigye phālguno ripūn
evaṃ bhairavavaṃśeṣu sañjāto vijayo nṛpaḥ/
khāṇḍavaṃ nāma vipinaṃ cakāra sumahākṛtī
vijayasya sutā jātāstrayodaśa mahābalāḥ/
dyutimān saumyadarśī ca bhūriḥ pradyumna eva ca
kratustuṇḍo virūpākṣo vikrānto'tha dhanaṃjayaḥ/
praharṣaḥ prabalaḥ ketustathoparicaro'paraḥ
eṣāṃ rājā'bhavad vīraḥ śeṣoparicarastu yaḥ/
vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ yo yajñalakṣaṃ purā'karot
lakṣayajñakaraḥ ko'pi nāsīnnāpi bhaviṣyati/
rājā kṣitau mahābhāgo yathoparicarastathā
eṣāṃ sūtiprasūtaiśca vyāptaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat/
cireṇa tān kaḥ saṃkhyātuṃ śaknoti bhuvi mānuṣaḥ
kramād bhairavavaṃśena vyāptaṃ lokatrayaṃ tvidam/
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ santānaṃ bhairavasya tu
yeṣāṃ śrutvā kathāmātraṃ nāputro jāyate naraḥ/
idaṃ yaḥ kīrtayet puṇyaṃ caritaṃ vijayasya tu
satataṃ vijayastasya jāyate na parābhavaḥ/
ekāgramanasā yastu śrṛṇuyādidamuttamam/
tasya vaṃśasya vicchedo na kadācid bhaviṣyati
// iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe ekonanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
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