Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 38

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe devatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 38
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gaccheta rājendra guhāvāsīti cottamam /
yatra siddho mahādevo guhāvāsī samārbudam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
kena kāryeṇa bho tāta mahādevo jagadguruḥ /
guhāyām anayatkālaṃ sudīrghaṃ dvijasattama

etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha /
śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvaparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
sādhu praśno mahārāja pṛṣṭo yo vai tvayottamaḥ /
purāṇe vistaro hyasya na śakyo hi mayādhunā

kathituṃ vṛddhabhāvatvādatīto bahukālikaḥ /
saṃkṣepāt tena te tāta kathayāmi nibodha me

purā kṛtayuge rājannāsīd dāruvanaṃ mahat /
nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāvallyupaśobhitam

siṃhavyāghravarāhaiśca gajaiḥ khaḍgairniṣevitam /
bahupakṣiyutaṃ divyaṃ yathā caitrarathaṃ vanam

tatra kecin mahāprājñā vasanti saṃśitavratāḥ /
vasanti parayā bhaktyā caturāśramabhāvitāḥ

brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatis tathā /
svadharmaniratāḥ sarve vāñchantaḥ paramaṃ padam

tāvadvasantasamaye kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare /
vimānastho mahādevo gacchanvai hyumayā saha

dadarśa toya āvāsamṛksāmayajurnāditam /
alakṣyāgatanirgamyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

taṃ dṛṣṭvā muditā devī harṣagaṅgadayā girā /
papraccha devadeveśaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtabhūṣaṇam

devyuvāca:
kasyāyamāśramo deva vedadhvaninināditaḥ /
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣutpipāsādyaiḥ śramaiśca parihīyate

maheśvara uvāca:
kiṃ tvayā na śrutaṃ devi mahādāruvanaṃ mahat /
bahuviprajano yatra gṛhadharmeṇa vartate

atra yaḥ strījanaḥ kaścid bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ /
nānyo devo na vai dharmo jñāyate śailanandini

etacchrutvā paraṃ vākyaṃ devadevena bhāṣitam /
kautūhalasamāviṣṭā śaṅkaraṃ punarabravīt

yattvayoktaṃ mahādeva patidharmaratāḥ striyaḥ /
tāsāṃ tvaṃ madano bhūtvā cāritraṃ kṣobhaya prabho

īśvara uvāca:
yattvayoktaṃ ca vacanaṃ na hi me rocate priye /
brāhmaṇā hi mahadbhūtaṃ na caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ caret

manyupraharaṇā viprāścakrapraharaṇo hariḥ /
cakrātkrūrataro manyus tasmād vipraṃ na kopayet

na te devā na te lokā na te nagā na cāsurāḥ /
dṛśyante triṣu lokeṣu ye tairdṛṣṭair na nāśitāḥ

teṣāṃ mokṣas tathā svargo bhūmirmartye phalāni ca /
yeṣāṃ tuṣṭā mahābhāgā brāhmaṇāḥ kṣitidevatāḥ

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge asadgrāhaṃ parityaja /
tatra loke viruddhaṃ vai kupyante yena vai dvijāḥ

devyuvāca:
nāhaṃ te dayitā deva nāhaṃ te vaśavartinī /
akṛtvādhaśva vai tāsāṃ mānaṃ surasupūjitam

lokaloke mahādeva aśakyaṃ nāsti te prabho /
kriyatāṃ mama caivaikam etat kāryaṃ surottama

evamukto mahādevo devyā vākyahite rataḥ /
kṛtvā kāpālikaṃ rūpaṃ yayau dāruvanaṃ prati

mahāhitajaṭājūṭaṃ niyamya śaśibhūṣaṇam /
kaṇṭhatrāṇaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā dhārayan karṇakuṇḍale

vyāghracarmaparīdhāno mekhalāhārabhūṣitaḥ /
nūpuradhvaninighoṣaiḥ kampayan vai vasuṃdharām

mahānūrddhvajaṭāmālī kṛttibhasmānulepanaḥ /
kṛtvā haste kapālaṃ tu brahmaṇaśca mahātmanaḥ

mahāḍamarughoṣeṇa kampayan vai vasuṃdharām /
prabhātasamaye prāpto mahādāruvanaṃ prati

tāvat puṇyajanaḥ sarvapuṣpapatraphalārthikaḥ /
nirgato bahubhiḥ sārddhaṃ pavamānaḥ samantataḥ

tad dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ rūpaṃ devasya bhārata /
yuvatīnāṃ manas tāsāṃ kāmena kaluṣīkṛtam

śobhanaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvā api varāṅganāḥ /
kledabhāvaṃ tato jagmurmudā dāruvanastriyaḥ

vikārā bahavastāsāṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādbhutam /
saṃjātā viprapatnīnāṃ tadā tāsu narottama

paridhānaṃ na jānanti kāścid dṛṣṭvā varāṅganāḥ /
uttarīyaṃ tathā cānyā mahāmohasamanvitāḥ

keśabhāraparibhraṣṭā kācidevāsanotthitā /
dātukāmā tadā bhaikṣyaṃ ceṣṭituṃ naiva cāśakat

kācid dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ rūpayauvanagarvitā /
utsaṅge saṃsthitaṃ bālaṃ vismṛtā pāyitum stanam

kāmabāṇahatā cānyā bāhubhyāṃ pīḍya sustanau /
niḥśvasantī tadā coṣṇaṃ na kiṃcit pratijalpati

evaṃ saṃkṣobhya taṃ sarvaṃ strījanaṃ parameśvaraḥ /
jagāma tatra vai tāsāṃ kṣobhaṃ kṛtvā mahādbhutam

tāvat te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ mahat /
āgatāḥ svagṛhe dārān dadṛśuś ca hataujasaḥ

yāsāṃ pūrvatarā bhaktiḥ pātivratye patīnprati /
calitāstā viditvāśu nirjagmurdvijasattamāḥ

saṃvidaṃ paramāṃ kṛtvā jñātvā devaṃ maheśvaram /
kṣobhayitvā manastāsāṃ tataścādarśanaṃ gatam

krodhāviṣṭo dvijaḥ kaścid daṇḍamudyamya dhāvati /
kalmāṣayaṣṭimanye ca tathānye darbhamuṣṭikām

itaścetaśca te sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ nṛpa /
ekībhūtvā mahātmāno vyājahruśca ruṣā giram

yad idaṃ ca hutaṃ kiṃcid guravas toṣitā yadi /
tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu cottamam

āśramād āśramaṃ sarve na tyajāmo vidhikramāt /
tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu bhūtale

evaṃ satyaprabhāvena triruktena dvijanmanām /
śivasya paśyato liṅgaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale

hāhākāro mahānāsīllokāloke 'pi bhārata /
devasya patite liṅge jagataśca mahākṣaye

patamānasya liṅgasya śabdo 'bhūcca sudāruṇaḥ /
ulkāpātā diśāṃ hāhā bhūmikampāśca dāruṇāḥ

patanti parvatāgrāṇi śoṣaṃ yānti ca sāgarāḥ /
devasya patite liṅge devā vimanaso 'bhavan

sametya sahitāḥ sarve brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ

tatas tuṣṭo jagannāthaś caturvadanapaṅkajaḥ /
ārtānprāha surānsarvānmā viṣādaṃ gamiṣyatha

brahmaśāpābhibhūto 'sau devadevastrilocanaḥ /
tuṣṭaistaistapasā yuktaiḥ punarmokṣaṃ gamiṣyati

etacchrutvā yayurdevā yathāgatamarindama /
bhāvayitvā tataḥ sarve munayaścaiva bhārata

viśvāmitravasiṣṭhādyā jābāliratha kaśyapaḥ /
sametya sahitāḥ sarve tamūcus tripurāntakam

brahmatejo hi balavaddvijānāṃ hi sureśvara /
kṣāntiyuktastapastaptvā bhaviṣyasi gataklamaḥ

yataḥ kṣobhādṛṣīṇāṃ ca tadevaṃ liṅgamuttamam /
patitaṃ te mahādeva na tatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati

na tacchreyo 'gnihotreṇa nāgniṣṭomena labhyate /
prāpnuvanti ca yacchreyo mānavā liṅgapūjane

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām /
vacanena tu viprāṇām etat pūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati

brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇām etat pūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
yatphalaṃ tava liṅgasya iha loke paratra ca

evamukto jagannāthaḥ praṇipatya dvijottamān /
mudā paramayā yuktaḥ kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata

brāhmaṇā jaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirjalaṃ sārvakāmikam /
yeṣāṃ vākyodakenaiva śudhyanti malino janāḥ

na tatkṣetraṃ na tattīrthamūṣaraṃ puṣkarāṇi ca /
brāhmaṇe manyumutpādya yatra gatvā sa śudhyati

na tacchāstraṃ yanna viprapraṇītaṃ na tad dānaṃ yanna viprapradeyam /
na tatsaukhyaṃ yannavipraprasādānna tadduḥkhaṃ yanna vipraprakopāt

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritas tathā /
ekasya vipravākyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

abhinandya dvijānsarvānanujñāto maharṣibhiḥ /
tato 'gamat tadā devo narmadātaṭamuttamam

paramaṃ vratamāsthāya guhāvāsī samārbudam /
tapaścacāra bhagavāñjapasnānarataḥ sadā

samāpte niyame tāta sthāpayitvā maheśvaram /
vandyamānaḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ kailāsamagamat prabhuḥ

narmadāyās taṭe tena sthāpitaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
tenaiva kāraṇenāsau narmadeśvara ucyate

yo 'rcayennarmadeśānaṃ yatir vai saṃjitendriyaḥ /
snātvā caiva mahādevam aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

dadāti yaḥ pitṛbhyastu tilapuṣpakuśodakam /
triḥsaptapūrvajāstasya svarge modanti pāṇḍava

yastu bhojayate viprāṃs tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
pāyasaṃ ghṛtamiśraṃ tu sa labhet koṭijaṃ phalam

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira /
dadāti toyamadhyasthaḥ so 'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

aṣṭamyāṃvā caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro vaset tu yaḥ /
narmadeśvaramāsādya prāpnuyājjanmanaḥ phalam

agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāt tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
tasya vyādhibhayaṃ na syāt saptajanmasu bhārata

anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
anivartikā gatis tasya rudraloke bhaviṣyati

eṣa te vidhir uddiṣṭas tasyotpattir narottama /
purāṇe vihitā tāta saṃjñā tasya tu vistarāt

etaṃ kīrtayate yastu narmadeśvarasambhavam /
bhaktyā śṛṇoti ca naraḥ so 'pi snānaphalaṃ labhet