Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 20

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīnarmadāmāhātmye vārāhakalpavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 20
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
śrutā me vividhā dharmāḥ saṃhārāstvatprasādataḥ /
kṛtā devena sarveṇa ye ca dṛṣṭāstvayānagha

sāmprataṃ śrotumicchāmi prabhāvaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ /
tvayānubhūtaṃ viprendra tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prajāsaṃhāralakṣaṇam /
yaccihnaṃ dṛśyate tatra yathā kalpo vidhīyate

ulkāpātāḥ sanirghātā bhūmikampastathaiva ca /
patate pāṃśuvarṣaṃ ca nirghoṣaścaiva dāruṇaḥ

yakṣakinnaragandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ /
sarve te pralayaṃ yānti yugānte samupasthite

parvatāḥ sāgarā nadyaḥ sarāṃsi vividhāni ca /
vṛkṣāḥ śeṣaṃ samāyānti vallījātaṃ tṛṇāni ca

evaṃ hi vyākulībhūte sarvauṣadhijalojjhite /
kāṣṭhabhūte tu saṃjāte trailokye sacarācare

yāvatpaśyāmi madhyāhne snānakāla upasthite /
trailokyaṃ jvalanākāraṃ durnirīkṣaṃ durāsadam

dvau sūryau pūrvatastāta paścimottarayostathā /
tathaiva dakṣiṇe dvau ca sūryau dṛṣṭau pratāpinau

dvau sūryau nāgalokasthau madhye dvau gaganasya ca /
ityete dvādaśādityāstapante sarvato diśam

pṛthivīmadahansarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām /
nādagdhaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcidṛte revāṃ ca māṃ tathā

pṛthivyāṃ dahyamānāyāṃ havirgandhaśca jāyate /
tato me śuṣyate gātraṃ tṛṣāpyevaṃ durāsadā

na hi vindāmi pānīyaṃ śoṣitaṃ ca divākaraiḥ /
yāvatkamaṇḍaluṃ vīkṣe śuṣkaṃ tatrāpi tajjalam

tato 'haṃ śokasaṃtapto viśeṣātkṣuttṛṣārditaḥ /
utpapāta kṣiterūrdhvaṃ paśyamāno divaṃ prati

tāvatpaśyāmi gagane gṛhaṃ śṛṅgārabhūṣitam /
tatastajjñātukāmo 'haṃ prasthito rājasattama

prākāreṇa vicitreṇa kapāṭārgalabhūṣitam /
vicitraśikharopetaṃ dvāradeśamupāgataḥ

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samucchraye /
tadardhaṃ tu pṛthaktvena kāñcanaṃ ratnabhūṣitam

tatra madhye parāṃ śayyāṃ paśyāmi nṛpasattama /
śayyopari śayānaṃ tu puruṣaṃ divyamūrdhajam

vikuñcitāgrakeśāntaṃ samastaṃ yojanāyatam /
mukuṭena vicitreṇa dīptikāntena śobhitam

śyāmaṃ kamalapatrābhaṃ suprabhaṃ ca sunāsikam /
siṃhāsyamāyatabhujaṃ gallaśmaśruvarāṅkitam

trivalībhaṅgasubhagaṃ karṇakuṇḍalabhūṣitam /
viśālābhaṃ supīnāṅgaṃ pārśvasvāvartabhūṣitam

śobhitaṃ kaṭibhāgena vibhaktaṃ jānujaṅghayoḥ /
padmāṅkitatalaṃ devam ātāmrasunakhāṅgulim

meghanādasugambhīraṃ sarvāvayavasundaram /
śayyāmadhyagataṃ devamapaśyaṃ puruṣottamam

śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ śayānaṃ dakṣiṇena tu /
akṣasūtrodyatakaraṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktimāndevaṃ stotukāmo vyavasthitaḥ /
jayeśa jaya vāgīśa jaya divyāṅgabhūṣaṇa

jaya devapate śrīmansākṣādbrahma sanātana /
tava lokāḥ śarīrasthāstvaṃ gatiḥ parameśvara

tvadādhārā hi deveśa sarve lokā vyavasthitāḥ /
tvaṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ tvaṃ kartā dharaṇīdharaḥ

tvaṃ hautram agnihotrāṇāṃ sūtramantrastvameva ca /
gokarṇaṃ bhadrakarṇaṃ ca tvaṃ ca māheśvaraṃ padam

tvaṃ kīrtiḥ sarvakīrtīnāṃ dainyapāpapraṇāśinī /
tvaṃ naimiṣaṃ kurukṣetraṃ tvaṃ ca viṣṇupadaṃ param

tvayā tu līlayā deva padākrāntā ca medinī /
tvayā baddho balirdeva tvayendrasya padaṃ kṛtam

tvaṃ kalirdvāparaṃ deva tretā kṛtayugaṃ tathā /
pralambadamanaśca tvaṃ sraṣṭā tvaṃ ca vināśakṛt

tvayā vai dhāryate lokāstvaṃ kālaḥ sarvasaṃkṣayaḥ /
tvayā hi deva sṛṣṭāstāḥ sarvā vai devayonayaḥ

tvaṃ panthāḥ sarvalokānāṃ tvaṃ ca mokṣaḥ parā gatiḥ /
brahmā tvadudbhavo devo rajorūpaḥ sanātanaḥ /
rudraḥ krodhodbhavo 'pyevaṃ tvaṃ ca sattve vyavasthitaḥ

etaccarācaraṃ deva krīḍanārthaṃ tvayā kṛtam /
evaṃ saṃtaptadehena stuto devo mayā prabhuḥ

bhaktyā paramayā rājansarvabhūtapatiḥ prabhuḥ /
stuvanvai tatra paśyāmi vāripūrṇāṃstato ghaṭān

tato mayā vismṛtā yā tṛṣā sā vardhitā punaḥ /
upāsarpaṃ tatastasya pārśvaṃ vai puruṣasya hi

pānīyaṃ pātukāmena cintitaṃ ca mayā punaḥ /
nāpaśyata hi māṃ caiṣa supto 'pi na ca budhyate

yastu pāpena saṃmūḍhaḥ sukhaṃ suptaṃ prabodhayet /
jāyate tasya pāpasya brahmahatyāphalaṃ mahat

evaṃ saṃcintyamāne tu dvitīyo hyāgataḥ pumān /
nekṣate jalpate kiṃcidvāmaskandhe mṛgājinī

jaṭī kamaṇḍaludharo daṇḍī mekhalayā vṛtaḥ /
bhasmonmṛditasarvāṅgo mahātejāstrilocanaḥ

yāvat taṃ stotukāmo 'ham apaśyaṃ svacchacakṣuṣā /
tāvat sarvāṅgasambhūtyāmahatyā rūpasampadā

apaśyaṃ saṃvṛtāṃ nārīṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām /
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patito bhūmau jayasveti bruvaṃstataḥ

jaya rudrāṅgasambhūte jayavāhini sanātani /
jaya kaumāri māhendri vaiṣṇavī vāruṇī tathā

jaya kauberi sāvitri jaya dhātri varānane /
tṛṣṇayā taptade hasya rakṣāṃ kuru carācare

śrīdevyuvāca:
prasannā vipraśārdūla tava vākyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ /
vartate mānase yatte mayā jñātaṃ dvijottama

śṛṇu vipra mamāpyasti vratametatsudāruṇam /
strīlaghutvānmayārabdhaṃ duṣkaraṃ mandamedhayā

yadi bhāvī ca me putro dharmiṣṭho lokaviśrutaḥ /
viprasya tu stanaṃ dattvā paścāddāsyāmi bālake

sa me putraḥ samutpanno yathokto me mahāmune /
stanaṃ piba tvaṃ viprendra yadi jīvitumicchasi

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
akāryametadviprāṇāṃ yastvimaṃ pibate stanam /
punaścaivopanayanaṃ vratasiddhiṃ na gacchati

brāhmaṇatvaṃ tribhirlokairdurlabhaṃ padmalocane /
saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛto vipro yaiśca jāyeta tacchṛṇu

prathamaṃ caiva nārīṣu saṃskārair bījavāpatam /
bījaprakṣepaṇādeva bījakṣepaḥ sa ucyate

tadante ca mahābhāge garbhādhānaṃ dvitīyakam /
puṃsavanaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sīmantaṃ ca caturthakam

pañcamaṃ jātakarma syānnāma vai ṣaṣṭhamucyate /
niṣkrāmaḥ saptamaścaiva hyannaprāśanamaṣṭamam

navamaṃ vai cūḍakarma daśamaṃ mauñjibandhanam /
aiṣikaṃ dārvikaṃ caiva saumikaṃ bhaumikaṃ tathā

patnīsaṃyojanaṃ cānyaddaivakarma tataḥ param /
mānuṣyaṃ pitṛkarma syāddaśamāṣṭāsu śobhane

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ tatheṣṭaṃ ca pārvaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param

śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇyāmāgrayaṇaṃ ca caitrāśvayujyāṃ daśapaurṇamāsyām /
nirūḍhapaśusavanasautrāmaṇyagniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ

ṣoḍaṣīvājapeyātirātrāptoryāmodaśavājapeyāḥ /
sarvabhūteṣu kṣāntiranasūyā śaucamaṅgalam akārpaṇyam aspṛheti

ebhir aṣṭacatvāriṃśadbhiḥ saṃskāraiḥ saṃkṛto brāhmaṇo bhavati

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge na tu māṃ pātumarhasi /
śiśupeyaṃ stanaṃ bhadre kathaṃ vai madvidhaḥ pibet

mamaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā nārī vacanamabravīt

yadi tvaṃ na pibeḥ stanyaṃ payo bālo mariṣyati /
śrūyate triṣu lokeṣu vedeṣu ca smṛtiṣvapi /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhrūṇahatyā na muñcati

bhavitrī tava hatyā ca mahābhāgavataḥ punaḥ /
janmāni ca śatānyaṣṭau kliśyate bhrūṇahatyayā

mṛtaḥ śunatvaṃ cāpnoti varṣāṇāṃ tu śatatrayam /
tatastasya kṣaye jāte kākayoniṃ vrajetpunaḥ

tatrāpi ca śatānyaṣṭau kliśyate pāpakarmaṇi /
varāho daśa janmāni tadante jāyate kṛmiḥ

tataścārohiṇīṃ prāpya gogajāśvanṛjanmabhāk /
śrūyate śrutiśāstreṣu vedeṣu ca paraṃtapa

sarvapāpādhikaṃ pāpaṃ bālahatyā dvijottama /
bālahatyāyuto vipraḥ pacyate narake dhruvam

varṣāṇi ca śatānyaṣṭau prāpnoti yamayātanām /
tasmādalpataro doṣaḥ pibato me stanaṃ tava

tathaivāpibataḥ pāpaṃ jāyate bahuvarṣikam /
kṣudhātṛṣāvirāmaste puṇyaṃ ca pibataḥ stanam

ato na cetaḥ saṃdigdhaṃ kartavyamiha karhicit /
ehi vipra yathākāmaṃ bālārthe piba me stanam

tato 'haṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā stanaṃ pātuṃ samudyataḥ /
na ca tṛptiṃ vijānāmi pibataḥ stanamuttamam

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi bhārataivaṃ śatāni ca /
tataḥ prabuddhotsaṅge 'haṃ māyānidrāvimohitaḥ

nidrāvigatamoho 'haṃ yāvatpaśyāmi pāṇḍava /
tāvatsuptaṃ na paśyāmi na ca taṃ bālakaṃ vibho

caturastāṃśca vai kumbhān paśyāmi tatra bhārata /
na ca paśyāmi tāṃ devīṃ gatā vai kutracicca te

evaṃ vimṛśyamānasya cintayānasya tiṣṭhataḥ /
īṣaddhasitayā vācā devī vacanamabravīt

śrīdevyuvāca:
kṛṣṇaḥ sa puruṣaḥ supto dvitīyo 'pyāgato haraḥ /
ye catvāraśca te kumbhāḥ samudrāste dvijottama

yaśca bālastvayā dṛṣṭo brāhmā lokapitāmahaḥ /
ahaṃ ca pṛthivī jñeyā saptadvīpā sarvatā

yā gatā tvāṃ parityajya bhūtale supratiṣṭhitā /
imāṃ ca prekṣase vipra narmadāṃ saritāṃ varām

sarvasattvopakārāya bṛhate puṇyalakṣaṇā /
revānadī tu vikhyātā na mṛtā tena narmadā

evaṃ jñātvā śamaṃ gaccha svastho bhava mahāmune /
ityuktvā māṃ tadā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata

evaṃ hi śete bhagavānsattvasthaḥ pralaye sadā /
sattvarūpo mahādevo yadādhāre jagatsthitam

evaṃ mayānubhūtaṃ tu dṛṣṭamāścaryamuttamam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ te narottama

viṣṇoścaritamityuktaṃ yattvayā paripṛcchitam /
bhūya eva mahābāho kimanyacchrotumicchasi