Narada Purana · Chapter 1.16

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde dharmākhyāne dharmarājopadeśena bhagīrathasya gaṅgānayanodyamavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
nārada uvāca
himavadgirimāsādya kiṃ cakāra mahīpatiḥ /
kathamānītavāngaṅgāmetanme vaktumarhasi

sanaka uvāca
bhagīratho mahārājo jaṭācīradharo mune /
gacchanhimādriṃ tapase prāpto godāvarī taṭam

tatrāpaśyanmahāraṇye bhṛgorāśramamuttamam /
kṛṣṇasārasamākīrṇaṃ mātaṅgagaṇasevitam

bhramadbhūmarasaṃghuṣṭaṃ kūjadvihagasaṃkulam /
vrajadvarāhanikaraṃ camarīpucchavīcitam

nṛtyanmayūranikaraṃ sāraṅgādiniṣevitam /
pravarddhitamahāvṛkṣaṃ munikanyābhirādarāt

śālatālatamālāḍhyaṃ nūnahintālamaṇḍitam /
mālatīyūthikākundacampakāśaavatthabhūṣitam

utpullakusumopeta mṛṣisaṅghaniṣevitam /
vedaśāstramahāghoṣamāśramaṃ prāviśadbhugoḥ

gṛṇantaṃ parama brahma vṛttaṃ śiṣyagaṇairmunim /
tejasā sūryasadṛśaṃ bhṛguṃ tatra dadarśa saḥ

praṇanāmātha viprendraṃ pādasaṃgrahaṇādinā /
ātithyaṃ bhṛgurapyasya cakre sanmānapūrvakam

kṛtātithyakriyo rājā bhṛguṇā paramarṣiṇā /
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā vinayānmunipuṅgavam

bhagīratha uvāca
bhagavansarvadharmajña sarvaśāstraviśārada /
pṛcchāmi bhavabhīto 'haṃ nṛṇāmuddhārakāraṇam

bhagavāṃstuṣyate yena karmaṇā munisattama /
tanmamākhyāhi sarvajña anugrāhyo 'smi te yati

bhṛguruvāca
rājaṃstavepsitaṃ jñātaṃ tvaṃ hi puṇyavatāṃ varaḥ /
anyathā svakulaṃ sarvaṃ kathamuddharttumarhasi

yo vā ko vāpi bhūpāla svakulaṃ śubhakarmaṇā /
uddharttakāmastaṃ vidyānnararupadharaṃ harim

karmaṇā yena deveśo nṛṇāmiṣṭaphalapradaḥ /
tatpravakṣyāmi rājendra śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ

bhava satyaparo rājanna hiṃsāniratastathā /
sarvabhūtahito nityaṃ mānṛtaṃ vada vai kvacit

tyaja durjanasaṃsargaṃ bhaja sādhusamāgamam /
kuru puṇyamahorātraṃ smara viṣṇuṃ sanātanam

kuru pūjāṃ mahāviṣṇoryāhi śānti manuttamām /
dvādaśāṣṭākṣaraṃ mantraṃ jaya śreyo bhaviṣyati

bhagīrathā uvāca
satyaṃ tu kīdṛśaṃ proktaṃ sarvabhūtahitaṃ mune /
anṛtaṃ kīdṛśaṃ proktaṃ durjanāścāpi kīdṛśāḥ

sādhavaḥ kīdṛśāḥ proktāstathā puṇyaṃ ca kīdṛśam /
smartavyaśca kathaṃ viṣṇustasya pūjā ca kīdṛśī

śāntiśca kīdṛśī proktā ko mantro 'ṣṭākṣaro mune /
ko vā dvādaśavarṇaśca mune tattvārthakovida

kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mayi parāṃ sarvaṃ vyākhyātamarhasi /
bhṛguruvāca
sādhu sādhumahāprājña tava buddhiranuttamā

yatpṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā bhūpa tatsarvaṃ pravadāmi te /
yathārthakathanaṃ yattatsatyamāhurvipaścitaḥ

dharmāvirodhato vācyaṃ taddhi dharmaparāyaṇaiḥ /
deśakālādi vijñāya svayamasyāvirodhataḥ

yadvacaḥ procyate sadbhistastatyamabhidhīyate /
sarveṣāmeva jantūnāmakleṣajananaṃ hi tat

ahiṃsā sā nṛpa proktā sarvakāmapradāyinī /
karmakāryasahāyatvamakāryaparipanthitā

sarvalokahitatvaṃ vai procyate dharmakovidaiḥ /
icchānuvṛttakathanaṃ dharmādharmavivekinaḥ

anṛtaṃ taddhi vijñeya sarvaśreyovirodhi tat /
ye loke dveṣiṇo mūrkhāḥ kumārgaratabuddhayaḥ

te rājandurjjanā jñeyāḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ /
dharmādharmavivekena vedamārgānusāriṇaḥ

sarvalokahitāsaktāḥ sādhavaḥ parikīrttitāḥ /
hari bhaktikaraṃ yattatsadbhiśca parirañcitam

ātmanaḥ prītijanakaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ parikīrttitam /
sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ viṣṇurvaṣṇuḥ sarvasya kāraṇam

ahaṃ ca viṣṇuryajjñānaṃ tadviṣṇusma raṇaṃ viduḥ /
sarvadevamayo viṣṇurvidhinā pūjayāmi tam

iti yā bhavati śraddhā sā tadbhaktiḥ prakīrtitāḥ /
sarvabhūtamayo viṣṇuḥ paripūrṇaḥ sanātanaḥ

ityabhedena yā buddhiḥ samatā sā prakīrttitā /
samatā śatrumitreṣu vaśitvaṃ ca tathā nṛpa

yadṛcchālābhasaṃtuṣṭiḥ sā śāntiḥ parikīrtitā /
ete sarve samākhyātāstapaḥ siddhipradā nṛṇām

samastapāparāśīnāṃ tarasā nāśahetavaḥ /
aṣṭākṣaraṃ mahāmantraṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

vakṣyāmi tava rājendra puruṣārthaikasādhanam /
viṣṇoḥ priyakaraṃ caiva sarvasiddhipradāyakam

namo nārāyaṇāyeti japetpraṇakpūrvakam /
namo bhagavate procya vāsudevāya tatparam

praṇavādyaṃ mahārāja dvādaśārṇamudāhṛtam /
dvayoḥ samaṃ phalaṃ rājannaṣṭadvādaśavarṇayoḥ

pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca sāmyamuddiṣṭametayoḥ /
śaṅkhacacakradharaṃ śāntaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

lakṣmīsaṃśritavāmāṅkaṃ tathābhayakaraṃ prabhum /
kirīṭakuṇḍaladharaṃ nānāmaṇḍanaśobhitam

bhrājatkaustubhamālāḍhyaṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasam /
pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam

dhyāyedanādinidhanaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam /
antaryāmī jñānarupī paripūrṇaḥ sanātanaḥ

etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yattu puṣṭaṃ tvayā nṛpa /
svasti te 'stu tapaḥ siddhiṃ gaccha labdhuṃ yathāsukham

evamukto mahīpālo bhṛguṇā paramarṣiṇā /
paramāṃ prītimāpannaḥ prapedetapase vanam

himavadgirimāsādya puṇyadeśe manohare /
nādeśvare mahākṣetre tapastepe 'tiduścaram

rājā triṣavaṇasnāyī kandamūlaphalāśanaḥ /
kṛtātithyarhaṇaścāpi nityaṃ homaparāyaṇaḥ

sarvabhūtahitaḥ śānto nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
patraiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaistoyaistrikālaṃ haripūjakaḥ

evaṃ bahutithaṃ kālaṃ nītvā cātyantadhairyavān /
dhyāyannārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ śīrṇaparṇāśano 'bhavat

prāṇāyāmaparo bhūtvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ /
nirucchvāsa stapastaptuṃ tataḥ samupacakrame

dhyāyannārāyaṇaṃ devamanaṃ tamaparājitam /
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahastāṇi nirucchvāsaparo 'bhavat

tasya nānmāpuṭādrājño vahnirjajñaṃ bhayaṅkaraḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ sarve vitrastā vahnitā pitāḥ

abhijagmurmahāviṣṇuṃ yatrāste jagatāṃ patiḥ /
kṣīrodasyottaraṃ tīra saṃprāpya tridaśeśvarāḥ /
astuvandevadeveśaṃ śaraṇāgatapālakam

devā ūcuḥ
natāḥ sma viṣṇuṃ jagadekanāthaṃ smaratsamastārtiharaṃ pareśam /
svabhāvaśuddhaṃ paripūrṇabhāvaṃ vadanti yajjñānatanuṃ ca tajjñāḥ

dhyeyaḥ sadā yogivarairmahātmā svecchāśarīraiḥ kutadevakāryaḥ /
jagatsvarupo jagadādināthastasmai natāḥ smaḥ puruṣottamāya

yanannāmasaṃkīrttanato khalānāṃ samasta pāpāni layaṃ prayānti /
tamīśamīḍyaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ natāḥ sma viṣṇuṃ puruṣāthasiddhyai

yattejasā bhānti divākarādyā nātikramaṃ tyasya kadāpi śikṣāḥ /
kālātmakaṃ taṃ tridaśādhināthaṃ namāmahe vai puruṣārtharupam

jagatkaro 'tyabjabhavo 'tti rudraḥ punāti lokāñśrutibhiśca viprāḥ /
tamādidevaṃ guṇasannidhānaṃ sarvopadeṣṭāramitāḥ śaraṇyam

varaṃ vareṇyaṃ madhukaiṭabhāriṃ surāsurābhyarcitapādapīṭham /
// sadbhaktisaṃkalpitāsiddhihetuṃ jñānaikavedyaṃ praṇatāḥ sma devam

anādimadhyāntamajaṃ pareśamanādyavidyākhyatamovināśam /
saccitparānandaghanasvarupaṃ rupādihīnaṃ praṇatāḥ sma devam

nārāyaṇaṃ viṣṇumanantamīśaṃ pītāmbaraṃ padmabhavādisevyam /
yajñāpriyaṃ yajñakaraṃ viśuddhaṃ natāḥ sma sarvottamamavyayaṃ tam

iti stuto mahāviṣṇurdevairindrādibhistadā /
caritaṃ tasya rājarṣerdevānāṃ saṃnyavedayat

tato devānsamāśvāsya dattvābhayamanañjanaḥ /
jagāma yatra rājarṣistapastapati nārada

śaṅkhacakradharo devaḥ saccidānandavigrahaḥ /
pratyakṣatāmagāttasya rājñaḥ sarvajagadguruḥ

taṃ duṣṭvā puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ bhābhāsitadigantaram /
atisīpuṣpaṃsaṃkāśaṃ sphuratkuṇḍalamaṇḍitam

snigdha kuntalavakrābjaṃ vibhrājanmukuṭojjvalam /
śrīvatsakaustumadharaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam

dīrghabāhumudārāṅgaṃ lokeśārcitapantkajam /
nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau bhūpatirnamrakandharaḥ

atyantaharṣasaṃpūrṇaḥ saromāñcaḥ sagadgadaḥ /
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti śrīkṛṣṇeti samuccaran

tasya viṣṇuḥ prasannātmā hyantaryāmī jagadguruḥ /
uvāca kṛpayāviṣṭo bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca
bhagīratha mahābhāga tavābhīṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati /
āgamiṣyanti mallokaṃ tava pūrvapitāmahāḥ

mama mūrtyantaraṃ śambhuṃ rājanstotraiḥ svaśaktivaḥ /
stuhi te sakalaṃ kāmaṃ savai sadyaḥ kariṣyanti

yastu jagrāha śaśinaṃ śūraṇaṃ samupāgatam /
tasmādārādhayeśānaṃ stotraiḥ stutyaṃ sukhapradam

anādinidhano devaḥ sarvakāma phalapradaḥ /
tvayā saṃpujito rājansadyaḥ śreyo vidhāsyati

ityuktvā devadeveśo jagatāṃ patiracyutaḥ /
antardadhe muniśreṣṭha uttasthauso 'pi bhūpatiḥ

kimidaṃ smama āhosvitsatyaṃ sākṣādvijottam /
bhūpatirvismayaṃ prātpaḥ kiṃ karomīti vismitaḥ

athāntarikṣe vāgujcaiḥ prāha taṃ bhrāntacetasam /
satyametaditi vyaktaṃ na cintāṃ kartumarhasi

tanniśamyāvanīpāla īśānaṃ sarvakāraṇam /
samastadevatārājamastauṣīdbhaktitatparaḥ

bhagīratha uvāca
praṇamāmi jagannāthaṃ praṇatārtipraṇāśanam /
pramāṇāgocaraṃ devamīśānaṃ praṇavātmakam

jagadrūpamajaṃ nityaṃ sargasthityantakāraṇam /
viśvarupaṃ virupākṣa praṇato 'smyugraretasam

ādimadhyāntarahitamanantamajamavyayam /
samāmananti yogīndrā staṃ vande puṣṭivardhanam

namo lokādhināthāpa vañcate parivañcate /
namo 'stu nīlagrīvāya pasūnāṃ pataye namaḥ

namaḥ kapālahastāya pāśapataye namaḥ /
namo 'kalpaprakalpāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ

namaḥ pinākahastāya śūlahastāya te namaḥ /
namaḥ kapālahastāya pāśamudgaradhāriṇe

namaste sarvabhūtāya ghaṇṭāhastāya te namaḥ /
namaḥ pañcāsyadevāya kṣetrāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ

namaḥ samastabhūtānāmādibhṛtāya bhūbhṛte /
anekaruparupāya nirguṇāya parātmane

namo daṇādhidevāya gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ /
namo hiraṇyagarbhāya hiraṇyapataye namaḥ

hiraṇyaretase tubhyaṃnamo hiraṇyabāhave /
namo dhyānasvarupāya namaste dhyānasākṣiṇe

namaste dhyānasaṃsthāya dhyānagamyāya te namaḥ /
yenedaṃ viśvamakhilaṃ carācaravirājitam

varṣevābhreṇa janitaṃ pradhānapuruṣātmanā

svaprakāśaṃ mahātmānaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam /
yamāmananti tattvajñāḥ savitāraṃ nṛcakṣuṣām

umākāntanandikeśantaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ sadāśivam /
mṛtyuñjayaṃ mahādevaṃ parātparataraṃ vibhum

paraṃ śabdabrahmarupaṃ taṃ vande 'khilakāraṇam /
kaparddine namastubhyaṃ sadyo jātāya vai namaḥ

bhavodbhavāya śuddhāya jyeṣṭhāya ca kanīyase /
manyave ta iṣe traghayyāḥ pataye yajñatantave

ūrje diśāṃ ca pataye kālāyāghorarupiṇe /
kṛśānuretase tubhyaṃ namo 'stu sumāhātmane

yataḥ samudrāḥ sarito 'drayaśca gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghāḥ /
sthāṇu ścariṣṇurmahadalpakaṃ ca asañca sajjīvamajīmāsa

nato 'smi taṃ yoginatāṅghripadmaṃ sarvāntarātmānamarupamīśam /
svatantramekaṃ guṇunāṃ guṇaṃ ca namāmi bhūyaḥ praṇamāmi bhūyaḥ

itthaṃ stuto mahādevaḥ śaṅkaro lokaśaṅkaraḥ /
āvirbabhūva bhṛpasya saṃtatpatapasogrataḥ

pañcavakraṃ daśabhujaṃ candrārdhdakṛtaśaekharam /
trilocanamudārāṅgaṃ nāgayajñopavītinam

viśālavakṣasaṃ devaṃ tuhinādrisamaprabham /
gajacarmāmbaradharaṃ surārcitapadāmbujam

dṛṣṭvā papāta pādāgre daṇḍavadbhuvi nārada /
tata utthāya sahasā śivāgre vihitāñjaliḥ

praṇanāma mahādevaṃ kīrtayañśaṅkarāhvayam /
vijñāya bhaktiṃ bhūpasya śaṅkaraḥ śaśiśekharaḥ

uvāca rājñe tuṣṭo 'smi varaṃ varaya vāñchitam /
toṣito 'smi tvayā samyak stotreṇa tapasā tathā

evamuktaḥ sa devena rājā saṃtuṣṭamānasaḥ /
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā jagatāmīśvareśvareśvaram

bhagīratha uvāca
anugrāhyo 'smi yadi te varadānānmaheśvara /
tadā gaṅgāṃ prayacchāsmatpitṝṇāṃ muktihetave

śrīśiva uvāca
dattā gaṅgā mayā tubhyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ te gatiḥ parā /
tubhyaṃ mokṣaṃ paraśceti tamuktvāntardadhe śivaḥ

parardino jaṭāstrastā gaṅgā lokaikapāvirnī /
pāvayantī jagatsarvamanvagacchadbhagīratham

tataḥ prabhṛti sā devī nirmalā malahāriṇī /
bhāgīrathīti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣvabhūnmune

sagarasyātmajāḥ pūrvaṃ yatra dagdhāḥ svapāpmanā /
taṃ deśaṃ plāvayāmāsa gaṅgā sarvasaridvarā

yadā saṃplāvitaṃ bhasma sāgarāṇāṃ tu gaṅgāyā /
tadaiva narake magnā uddhṛtāśca gatainasaḥ

purā saṃkruśyamānena ye yamenātipūḍitāḥ /
ta eva pūcitāstena gaṅgājalapariplutāḥ

gatapāpānya vijñāya yamaḥ sagarasaṃbhavān /
praṇamyābhyarcya vidhivatprāha tānprītamānasaḥ

bho bho rājasutā yūyaṃ narakād bhṛśadāruṇāt /
muktā vimānamāruhya gacchadhvaṃ viṣṇumandiram

ityuktāste mahātmāno yamena gatakalmaṣāḥ /
divyadehadharā bhūtvā viṣṇulokaṃ prapedire

evaṃprabhāvā sā gaṅgā viṣṇupādāgrasaṃbhavā /
sarvalokeṣu vikhyātā mahāpātakanāśinī

ya idaṃ puṇyamākhyānaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam /
paṭhecca śṛṇuyādvāpi gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet

yastve tatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ kathayedrvāhyaṇāgrataḥ /
sa yāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam