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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.222

6.222.1

nārada uvāca-
ākarṇaya śibe rājanvarṇayāmi tavāgrataḥ /
puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ kāśyā māhātmyamuttamam

6.222.2

iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ kāśyāmekastu pādapaḥ /
śiṃśapākhyobhavedrājan purā puṇyayuge kṛte

6.222.3

tatraiko vāyaso hyāsītkṛtanīḍo vanaspatau /
tasyādhastānmahāsarpaṃ koṭareva sati sma ha

6.222.4

ekadā tasya kākasya bhāryāṃḍadvayamālaye /
pratimucya gatā kvāpi na nīḍe sve samāgatā

6.222.5

svayameva sa kākastu pālayannaṃḍakadvayam /
tāmeva śiṃśapāmuccairadhyatiṣṭhanmahīpate

6.222.6

athaikadā niśīdhe tu mahāvātyā samāgatā /
abhanakśiṃśapāṃ rājanmūlādapi dṛḍhādapi

6.222.7

vātyayā pātyamānāyā śiṃśapāyāstadā tale /
cūrṇitau kākasarpau tau gataprāṇau babhūvatuḥ

6.222.8

divyāṃgāste trayo bhūtvā śiṃśapā vāyasādayaḥ /
vimānatrayamārūḍhā jagmuḥ śrīpatiketanam

6.222.9

śibiruvāca-
devarṣe kena puṇyena prāptā tairmuktidā purī /
āsaṃste ke trayaḥ pūrvaṃ sarvaṃ kathaya nārada

6.222.10

nārada uvāca-/
kurujāṃgaladeśīyo brāhmaṇaḥ śravaṇābhidhaḥ /
tasya bhāryā kuḍā nāma bhrātābhūcca kuraṃṭakaḥ

6.222.11

asnātabhoktā nityaṃ sa kavalo miṣṭabhugrahaḥ /
śravaṇastena doṣeṇa babhūva grāmavāyasaḥ

6.222.12

kuraṃṭakastu tadbhrātā nāstiko'bhavadulbaṇaḥ /
śrutismṛtipathocchettā devatānāṃ ca niṃdakaḥ

6.222.13

tena doṣeṇa sa mṛto hyabhavatkālakuṃḍalī /
sā kuṃḍā śravaṇasya strī babhūvobhayadoṣabhāk

6.222.14

ataḥ sā sthāvaratvaṃ hi labdhvāsīdubhayāśrayā /
etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa tadvṛttaṃ pūrvajanmani

6.222.15

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi teṣāṃ puṇyaṃ yatastrayaḥ /
prāpustena purīṃ ramyāṃ kāśīṃ vaiśveśvarīṃ nṛpa

6.222.16

grāmāṃtarādekadā tau pratyāyātau nijālayam /
kasyacitpathikasyātha kūpamagnāṃ payasvinīm

6.222.17

avalokya taduddhāraṃ cakratustena noditau /
tābhyāṃgaditamākarṇya kuṃḍā sādhvityabhāṣata

6.222.18

te trayastenapuṇyena maraṇaṃ prāpya durlabham /
iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ kāśyāṃ vaikuṃṭhamāruhan

6.222.19

iyaṃ kāśī maheśasya purī yadyapi bhūpate /
tathāpyasyāṃ mṛtaṃ jaṃturvaikuṃṭhe syātsukhī hareḥ

6.222.20

etatte kathitaṃ rājankāśyā māhātmyamuttamam /
kimanyacchrotumicchā te vidyate tadvadasva me

6.222.21

śibiruvāca-
mune tvayā maheśasya kṣetratrayamudīritam /
kāśī ca śivakāṃcī ca gokarṇaṃ ca tathāparam

6.222.22

ekasya mahimā prokto tvayā kāśyā mahāmune /
gokarṇaśivakāṃcyośca kathyatāṃ yadi vidyate

6.222.23

nārada uvāca-/
gokarṇaṃ kevalaṃ śaivaṃ kṣetraṃ paramapāvanam /
tasminmṛto naro rājanśivaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ

6.222.24

sthale jaleṃtarikṣe ca jaṃtustatra mṛyeta cet /
tadā kailāsaśikharo śivaḥ saṃbhūya dīvyati

6.222.25

atra gokarṇatīrthe syānmṛtasya na punarbhavaḥ /
śivena sa samaṃ rājanmuktiṃ yāsyati karhicit

6.222.26

asyāpi tava māhātmyaṃ gokarṇasya mahāmate /
varṇayāmi yadākarṇi mayā brahmamukhātprabho

6.222.27

prayāgādekagavyūtau gurutīrthasamīpagaḥ /
maryādāparvato yo'yaṃ dṛśyate puṇyadarśanaḥ

6.222.28

tatraikaḥ karkaṭo nāma bhilla āsītsudāruṇaḥ /
tasya bhāryā jarā nāma sā jaghne patipaṃcakam

6.222.29

sā jarā viṣasaṃyuktaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ karkaṭakaṃ tadā /
akaronmodakaṃ haṃtuṃ tadā tena svasuḥ śrutam

6.222.30

nijāyā mukhato rājanbhillena ca mahātmanā /
bālāṃ tāṃ haṃtumārebhe karkaṭo bhṛśadāruṇaḥ

6.222.31

khaṅgapāṇiryadā yāti tadvadhāya sa bhillapaḥ /
yāvattāvattu sā yāyājjñātvā nijavadhodyamam

6.222.32

vanamabhyadravadbhītā nijaprāṇaparīpsayā /
tāmanudravatā tena karkaṭena mahīpate

6.222.33

atra gokarṇatīrthe tu gṛhītā khaṅgapāṇinā /
śiraśchitvā tu khaṅgena pātayitvā jale vapuḥ

6.222.34

tasya gokarṇatīrthasya nijasthānamagācca saḥ /
sā jarā tatra gokarṇe pāpāpi nidhanaṃ gatā

6.222.35

kailāsaśikhare rājanpārvatyā abhavatsakhī /
ahaṃ kathitavānetattava gokarṇavaibhavam

6.222.36

śivakāṃcyāśca māhātmyaṃ pavitraṃ varṇayāmi te /
iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyāṃ śivakāṃcyāmapi prabho

6.222.37

gatiḥ sā paramā puṃsāṃ gokarṇe yā mayoditā /
atra śrīmanmahādevo viṣṇuṃ sarvasureśvaram

6.222.38

ārādhya bhaktarājatvaṃ lebhe jñānaṃ ca tātvikam /
ataḥ sarve vayaṃ putrā brahmaṇastaṃ maheśvaram

6.222.39

ārādhayāmaḥ satataṃ sadbhaktijñānalipsayā /
atra bāṇāsuro rājannārarādha maheśvaram

6.222.40

nirāhāro varṣaśataṃ tadguṇatvabubhūṣayā /
tasmai prasanno bhagavāngaṇatvaṃ dattavānnijam

6.222.41

svayaṃ ca sarvadā tasya purapālo babhūvaha /
iyaṃ purī purā rājannāsīdviṣṇormahātmanaḥ

6.222.42

dattā śivāya tuṣṭena tapasā tasya viṣṇunā /
asyāmekaṃ purāvṛttaṃ mahadāścaryakārakam

6.222.43

viprasya śivabhaktasya vaikuṃṭhāptiryathābhavat /
ekastu brāhmaṇo rājan heraṃbo nāma dhārmikaḥ

6.222.44

kāyena manasā vācā śivapūjārataḥ sadā /
ekadā sa mahābhāgaḥ śivatīrthāni paryaṭan

6.222.45

śivabhaktaḥ śive rājanśivakāṃcyāmihāgataḥ /
enāṃ manoharāṃ caiva na tatyāja sa buddhimān

6.222.46

paścāttatraiva tatyāja prāṇānasyā jalāṃtare /
tatraiva śrīmahādevagaṇāstaṃ brāhmaṇottamam

6.222.47

nītvā kailāsamacalaṃ celustadanuśāsanāt /
atha madhye samāyātā gaṇā vaikuṃṭhato hareḥ

6.222.48

tebhyo balātsamādātuṃ taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhamudyatāḥ /
āsītteṣāṃ mahayuddhaṃ gaṇānāṃ hariśarvayoḥ

6.222.49

tatra yuddhena vaikeṣāṃ vijayo na parājayaḥ /
tatra vaikuṃṭhato viṣṇurāgato garuḍāsanaḥ

6.222.50

kailāsādvṛṣabhārūḍho maheśaśca trilokadhṛk /
tāvanyonyaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā vihasya jagadīśvarau

6.222.51

paśyatasma mahadyuddhaṃ nabhasyeva gaṇaiḥ kṛtam /
atha svīyāngaṇānviṣṇuḥ śaivāṃśca divi yuddhataḥ

6.222.52

nivārya taṃ dvijaṃ tārkṣyamāropyāgācchivālayam /
śivena tadgaṇaiścāpi svakīyairapi mādhavaḥ

6.222.53

vṛto gachanpathi śrīmānstutastridaśavaṃditaḥ /
gatvā viveśa taṃ cāgaṃ mahādevapuraḥsaraḥ

6.222.54

tasmai dvijāya vai tasya darśayanramaṇīyatām /
atha tasmāttu kailāsānmahādevena vaṃditaḥ

6.222.55

mādhavaḥ parayā bhaktyā vaikuṃṭhamagamattadā /
dvijaḥ so'pi mahābhāgastīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ

6.222.56

goviṃdadarśanaṃ prāpya mumude harasannidhau /
etatte kathitaṃ rājanśivakāṃcyāstu vaibhavam

6.222.57

tīrthasaptakanāmnastu śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ /
tīrthametanmahārāja caturvargaphalapradam

6.222.58

darśanātsparśanāddhyānātsmaraṇādapi bhūpate /
vasiṣṭhādibhiretasminmaharṣibhiranuṣṭhitam

6.222.59

mahattapastu sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tatrāsaṃstu kṣamā nṛpa /
marīcirapi dharmātmā putrārthaṃ snānamācaran

6.222.60

atra lebhe mahābhāgaḥ kaśyapaṃ sutamuttamam /
atriratrāpi tapasā toṣayaddevapuṃgavān

6.222.61

somaṃ durvāsasaṃ dattaṃ tebhyo lebhe sutatrayam /
aṃgirā api dharmātmā tīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ

6.222.62

lebhe sutāṃstutadvaṃśyā jātā āṃgirasā dvijāḥ /
pulaho'pi sutaṃ lebhe daṃbholi guṇavattaram

6.222.63

yo'gastyobhūtpurā rājaṃstīrthe'traiva nimajjanāt /
pulastyasyātra tīrthe vai putro labdho tapasyataḥ

6.222.64

kuberobhūnmahābhāgo yaḥ sakhāsīdumāpateḥ /
kratorapi sutā jātā vālakhilyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

6.222.65

tīrthasyāsya prasādena te sarve hyūrdhvaretasaḥ /
rajaādīnsutām̐ lebhe vasiṣṭho'pi mahātapāḥ

6.222.66

saptaiva rājaśārdūla mahimā tasya varṇitaḥ /
anyānyapi ca tīrthāni saṃtyanekāni bhūpate

6.222.67

kapilāśramakedāraprabhāsādīni vai prabhau /
niyutairapi varṣāṇāṃ teṣāṃ ca mahimā nṛpa /
anaṃtenāpi no vaktuṃ śakyate kimu mādṛśaiḥ

6.222.68

saubhariruvāca-
evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado munipuṃgavaḥ /
śivaṃ jagāma nabhaso nārāyaṇaguṇāngṛṇan

6.222.69

śibirauśīnaro rājā śakraprasthasya vaibhavam /
śrutvā munimukhādrājankṛtārthaṃ svamamanyata

6.222.70

tatra snātvā hi vidhivadiṃdraprasthe sa bhūpatiḥ /
vidhāya satkriyāḥ sarvā jagāma nijapattanam

6.222.71

iṃdraprasthasya māhātmyametattava mayā vibho /
yamunātīratīrthasya varṇitaṃ janapāvanam

6.222.72

nāsyādaraṃ kariṣyaṃti kalau śraddhāvivarjitāḥ /
iṃdraprasthasya rājeṃdra sarvatīrthaśiromaṇeḥ

6.222.73

aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ śravaṇādbhāratasya ca /
yatphalaṃ tanmahimnasya śakraprasthasya jāyate

6.222.74

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ māghalakṣaikamajjanāt /
yatphalaṃ tanmahimnosya śravaṇācchraddhayā bhavet

6.222.75

śraddhayāsya tu māhātmyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti mahīpate /
tarpitāstena pitaro devāśca munayastathā

6.222.76

kṛcchrātikṛcchrapārāka cāṃdrāyaṇa vratādibhiḥ /
yatphalaṃ tanmahimno'sya śraddhayā śravaṇādbhavet

6.222.77

aśvamedhādiyajñānāṃ samastānāṃ mahīpate /
yatphalaṃ tanmahimno'sya śraddhayā śravaṇādbhavet

6.222.78

sūta uvāca-
evaṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā śrutvā śaunaka saubhareḥ /
iṃdraprasthasya māhātmyaṃ sa yayau hastinaṃ puram

6.222.79

tato vinīya sadbhrātṝnduryodhanapuraḥsarān /
iṃdraprasthamagātpuṇyaṃ rājasūyacikīrṣayā

6.222.80

dvārakāyāḥ samāgamya goviṃdaṃ kuladaivatam /
rājasūyena yajñena sa iyāja mahīpatiḥ

6.222.81

muktidaṃ tīrthametattu śapatosyāpyajāyata /
iti matvā haristatra śiśupālaṃ jaghāna ha

6.222.82

śiśupālo'pi tasyaiva tīrthasya maraṇādbhuvi /
sāyujyamagamatkṛṣṇe nikhilārthapradāyake

6.222.83

śiśupālo hato yatra vihito yatra cakratuḥ /
gadayā tatra bhīmena kṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ suvistaram

6.222.84

bhīmakuṃḍaṃ tu vijñātaṃ jātaṃ tadbhuvipāvanam /
kāliṃdyā dakṣiṇe bhāge gavyūtyardhaṃ mahītale

6.222.85

iṃdraprasthagatāyā yatkāliṃdyāḥ snānataḥ phalam /
tatphalaṃ tatra kuṃḍe tu jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

6.222.86

sūta uvāca-
yasminkṣetre sthito jaṃtustaṃ kṣetramanuvatsaram /
pradakṣiṇādibhirdharmaiḥ svāparādhānkṣamāpayatet

6.222.87

pratisaṃvatsaraṃ caiva parikrāmati yo naraḥ /
kṣetrāparādhadoṣaiśca na sa lipyettu pātakaiḥ

6.222.88

pradakṣiṇamakurvāṇaḥ kṣetrasiddhiṃ na viṃdati /
tasmātpradakṣiṇā tīrthe dātavyā ca phalārthibhiḥ

6.222.89

harernāma nisaṃjalpanprakaroti pradakṣiṇām /
padepade sa labhate kapilādānajaṃ phalam

6.222.90

caitrakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ śakraprasthapradakṣiṇām /
yaḥ karoti naro dhanyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

6.222.222

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kāliṃdīmāhātmye iṃdraprasthagata kāśīgokarṇaśivakāṃcītīrthasaptaka bhīmakuṃḍavarṇanonāma dvāviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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