Skanda Purana · Chapter 4

atha śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe caturthaṃ kāśīkhaṇḍam

atha kāśīkhaṇḍe pūrvārdham // (४- १) //
१ maṅgalācaraṇam, sūtāgre vyāsasya kāśīkhaṇḍakathopakramakaraṇam, nāradasya narmadāmbhasi snātvoṃkāramabhyarcya ca purato vindhyaparvatadarśanam. prasaṃgena vindhyācalavarṇanam, merustvāmavamanyata iti nāradamunervacaḥ śrutvā vidhyasya vardhanena śrīsūryamārgāvarodhavarṇanaṃ ca... १

२ ekato naiśatimirasaṃbaṃdhādanyatra divākaracaṇḍātapāttrailokyonavasthāvarṇanam, devairvidhistavanam, satyaloke bhayābhāvaṃ darśayituṃ satyalokāgantṛpuruṣapuṇyācāravarṇanapūrvakaṃ vidhikṛtadevasāntvanam, brahmaṇo vacanāttrailokyāpannivāraṇāya śrīkṣetrakāśīsthāgastyamunisamīpe gantuṃ śrīkāśīśakāśīdarśanotsukā'maraprayāṇavarṇanam, saṃkṣepataḥ kāśīvarṇanaṃ ca.. १०

३ kāśīkṣetre maṇikarṇikāsnānaviśveśvaradarśanādiyātrāṃ vidhāya surāṇāmagastyamunyāśrama gamanam, surāṇāṃ tadāśrame lopāmudrāmunyagastvarūpadarśanaṃ ca. १५

४ bṛhaspatipraṇītāgasyamunistutiprasaṃgena lopāmudrāvarṇanam, etatprasaṅgena pativratācāranirūpaṇam, sūryamārganirodhakavindhyavṛddhinivāraṇāya prārthayamānasya surācāryasya vacanānusāreṇāgastyenāmarāśvāsanam, amarāṇāṃ svargalokagamanaṃ ca. २०

५ amaraprārthanāmaṅgīkṛtya vindhyavṛddhinirākaraṇāya bhāryayā sahā'gastyamuneḥ kāśīkṣetrādbahiḥ prayāṇam, kāśīviyogaduḥkhitasya munerviśvanāthakālabhairavādidevatājñāgrahaṇapūrvakaṃ viśeṣato vilāpakaraṇam, agastyamunimāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā vindhyasya kharvatāsvīkāraḥ, yāvanmamāgamanaṃ punarna bhavettāvatkharvataro bhaveti muneradriṃ prati kathanam, munermahālakṣmīdarśanam, agastyamunināḥ mahālakṣmīstotrakaraṇam, mahālakṣmyā'gastyāya varapradānam, agastasyāgre prayāṇaṃ ca..... ...

६ paropakārapraśaṃsanam, śrīśailaśikharādipuṇyasthānadarśanena muktiścetkiṃ kāśīmahattvamiti lopāmudrāpraśnaḥ, tīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena kāśīkṣetramahattvakathanam, sarvatīrthāni kāśīkṣetraprāpakāṇīti kāśīśraiṣṭhyadyotanaṃ ca.. .. ... ३०

७ śivaśarmākhyasya mathurāpurīsthadvijasya svadehe samāgatāṃ jarāṃ dṛṣṭvā cintodgārāḥ, saptapurīyātrārthaṃ gṛhādbahirdvijasya prayāṇam, ayodhyāyātrāṃ samāpya prayāge samāgamanam, prasaṅgena prayāgamāhātmyavarṇanam, dvijasya kāśīyātrākathanam, tasya mahākālapurīprayāṇam, tatprasaṅgānmahākālamāhātmyakathanam, māyāpurītīrthayātrākathanam, dvijasya māyāpuryāṃ dehāvasānam, puṇyaśīlasuśīlanāmakavaiṣṇavagaṇā-
dhiṣṭhitasvarṇavimānamāsthāya dvijasya nabhovartmārohaṇaṃ ca.. ३३

८ māyākhyāyāṃ muktipuryāṃ mṛtasya śivaśamarṇo dvijasya kathaṃ mokṣānavāptiriti lopāmudrāsatīpraśnaḥ, māyādiṣu ṣaṭpurīṣu sākṣātsāyujyaṃ nāstīti darśayituṃ śivaśarmaviṣṇugaṇasaṃvādārambhaḥ, dvijapraśnānusāreṇa piśācaguhyakagandharvalokasthitapuruṣasaṃpāditasadācāravarṇanam, yamalokamāgatasya dvijasya śivaśarmaṇaḥ satkārapūrvakapūjanārthaṃ dharmarājasyāgamanam, dharmarājasya saumyamūrteḥ saumyavacāṃsi śrutvā
kathamidamiti dvijapraśnaḥ, yamasya rūpadvayanirūpaṇaprasaṅgena saṃkṣepato yamalokavarṇanaṃ ca .....

९ apsarolokavarṇanam, sūryalokavarṇanam, sūryopāsanāvarṇanaprasaṅgena gāyatrīmantramāhātmyanirūpaṇam, arghapradānavidhinirūpaṇaṃ ca.. ४३

१० sahasrākṣapuravarṇanam, arciṣmatyākhyavītihotrapurīvarṇanam, kṛśānūtpattikathanaprasaṃgena jyotiṣmatīpurīsthaviśvānarākhyamunītihāsakathanam, śuciṣmatīkathanānusāreṇa muneḥ kāśīkṣetre gatvā vīreśvaraśivaliṅgasamīpe tapo'nuṣṭhānakathanam, trayodaśe māsibālarūpeṇa liṅge śivadarśanam, abhilāṣāṣṭakastotrakathanam, śivādvaralābhena santuṣṭasya muneḥ svagṛhe prayāṇaṃ ca.. - .... ...

११ kālāntareṇa viśvānarācchuciṣmatyāṃ garbhādhānam, śubhamuhūrte sutotpattiḥ, jātakarmādasaṃskāranirūpaṇam, hastasāmudrikaṃ vīkṣya nāradoktaṃ vaiśvānarākhyasya bālasya gaṇḍāntaṃ śrutvā mātāpitrāḥ śokakaraṇam , apamṛtyuharaṇāya munikumārasya kāśyāṃ liṅga saṃsthāpyānuṣṭhānakaraṇam, tṛtīyasaṃvatsare varapradānāya samāgatasya kuliśāyudhasya munikumāraṃ pratiṃ vacanam, 'nāhaṃ tvatto varāngrahītumutsahe' iti vacaḥ śrutvā indrasya kuliśapātanodyogaṃ vilokya munikumārasya mūrcchāvagamaḥ, tatraiva śiva-prādurbhāvaḥ, śivavarādvaiśvānarasya dikpatitvādiprāptivarṇanaṃ ca.. ... ..

१२ nairṛtalokavaṇarnam, vindhyāṭavyāṃ pallīpateḥ piṃgākṣasya viśvanāthapurīṃ pratiṃ yātukāmasya sārthasya prāṇaparirakṣaṇārthaṃ prāṇadānāllokapālatvaprāptiḥ, vāruṇalokavarṇanam, kardamasya prajāpateḥ putrasya śuciṣmato jalakrīḍāyāṃ śiśumāreṇa sarasyāharaṇam, sarasi magnaṃ śrutvā'pi sutaṃ pūjāyāmadhikāsaktasya muneḥ savidhe śivagaṇena saśiśumārasya bālakasyānayanam, śuciṣmato munikumārasya kāśyāṃ śivaliṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya tapaścaraṇam, śivaprasādādvāruṇalokasaṃprāptiśca.. ....

१३ jagatprāṇasya pavanasya gaṃdhavatīpurīvarṇanam, kaśyapaputrasya pūtātmanaḥ śrīkāśīkṣetre liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya tapaścaraṇam, tasya śivāllokapālatvaprāptikathanam, guhyakeśvarasyālakāvatīpurīvarṇanam, kāmpilyanagare yajñadattanāmno brāhmaṇasya nāmnā guṇaṃnidhirapyaguṇanidhirdyutāsakto madyapaḥ putro babhūva tasya mātrā bahukālaṃ pracchannadurācārasya sutasya duṣkṛtiṃ saṃpaśyatā pitrā svagṛhānniṣkāsanam, svārthaṃ dīpadaśodyotena liṃgamaulitamoharasya bahūpoṣitasyāsya śivarātryāṃ śivālaye 'nnāpaharaṇādghātitasya kaliṅgadeśarājaputratvaprāptivarṇanam, tatra tasya śivālayeṣu dīpadānātkalpāntare viśravaḥsutatvamabhigabhya duḥsahatapaścaraṇataḥ śivasakhyālakārājyādilā-
bhavarṇanaṃ ca-. .. .. ... .. ..

१४ rudrabhaktoṣitaiśānīpurīvarṇanam ,ajaikapādādirudragaṇasthāpitaiśānaliॆgamāhātmyavarṇanam, candralokavarṇanam, brahmaṇo mānasātsamudbhūtasya somasya vārāṇasyāṃ liṃgaṃ vidhāya tatpuro mahattapaścaraṇam, śivaprasādāttasya mahaiśvaryalābhakathanaṃ ca. ६६

१५ dakṣaprajāpateḥ ṣaṣṭiduhitṛmadhye rohiṇyādibhiḥ saptaviṃśatibhiḥ kanyābhirekapatilābhāya liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya vārāṇasyāṃ tapaḥkaraṇācchivavarānusārataḥ somaṃ patimāsādya saṃpāditasya nakṣatralokasya saṃkṣepato varṇanam, atriputrasya somasya gurubhāryāpaharaṇam, rudracandramasoryuddhakathanam, yuddhaṃ nivārya brahmaṇo vacanāccandrasya bṛhaspataye tārāsamarpaṇam, tasyāṃ budhasyotpattiḥ, budhakṛtaśivārādhanam, budhasya śivavarāllokapālatvādivaraiśvaryalābhavarṇanaṃ ca. ........ ६८

१६ samare devairghātitānāṃ dānavendrāndhakasainikānāṃ saṃjīvanīmantrato bhārgavaśukreṇa punarujjīvanam, devaprārthanayā śivena naṃdikeśvaradvārā śukramānāyya svamukhe tasya nikṣepaṇam, andhakasya sasainyasya pramathaiḥ saha yuddhavarṇanam, śukrataḥ śukrasya bahirniḥsaraṇam, śukrasya vārāṇasyāṃ tapaścaraṇācchivaprasādato lokādhipatyādivaraprāptivarṇanaṃ ca.. ...... ..... ... ७१

१७ śrīśivasya bhālasthalato bhūmau nipatitātsvedabindorlohitāṅgasyotpattiḥ, śivaprasādāttasya lokādhipatyādikathanam, aṅgirasasya śivaprasādārthaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ tapaḥkaraṇam, śivasya varaprasādāllokapatitvadevagurutvalābhaḥ, mārtaṇḍātsaṃjñāpratikṛtau chāyāyāṃ śanaiścarotpattikathanam, tasya vārāṇasyāṃ tapaścaraṇāllokapālatvagrahamukhyatvalābhavarṇanaṃ ca................. ७६

१८ brahmamānasasṛṣṭamarīcyādiputrasaptarṣilokavarṇanam, arundhatīnakṣatrasthānadarśanādivarṇanaṃ ca. .... ..... ... ... .... ८१

१९ pituraṃkādhiṣṭhitasya sāpatnamātrā tiraskṛtasya dhruvasya mātṛvacanāttapasyārthaṃ vipinapraveśaḥ, tatra saptarṣisamāgamaḥ, tasmai dvādśākṣaramantramupadiśya munīnāmantardhānaṃ ca. ८२

२० yamunātaṭe madhuvane sthitasya dhruvasya tapasyāvarṇanam, indrapreṣitanānāvidhatapovighna nirūpaṇam, dhruvasya sākṣācchrībhagavato darśanaṃ ca ... ... ( ८६

२१ dhruvakṛtaśrībhagavatstotranirūpaṇam, jyotiścakrasyādhārapadaṃ te dāsyāmi tathāpi mayā saha kāśī yāhi tatra liṃgārcanaṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyo bhava iti dhruvaṃ sandiśya tena saha bhagavataḥ kāśīpuryāṃ prayāṇam, tatra dhruvasya liṃgasthāpanena kṛtakṛtyatvamāsādya svagṛhe prayāṇaṃ ca. - -.. ९०

२२ maharjanatapolokavarṇanam, satyaloke samāgatānāṃ brahmaṇā saha saṃvādāḥ, dvijapraśaṃsanapūrvakaṃ brahmakṛtakāśīvarṇanaṃ ca... ra.. .. ... ९५

२३ bhūlokācchivalokaparyantaṃ yojanapramāṇakathanam, śivopāsanato viṣṇorātmasātmyaprāptikathanapūrvakaṃ śivakṛtaviṣṇvabhiṣekavarṇanaṃ ca..... ... ९९

२४ dvijasya māyāpuryāṃ maraṇato viṣṇuloke brahmaṇo vatsaraparyaṃtaṃ bahuvidhopabhogaprāptiḥ, tataśca puṇyakṣaye nandivardhanagrāme bhūpatvamāsādya prajārañjanakarturasya kāśīmāhātmyaśravaṇasaṃjātaharṣasya kāśyāṃ prayāṇam, viśveśvarānugrahāttatra śivaprāsādaṃ vidhāya vṛddhakāleśvarākhyasthāpitaśivaliṅgāgre tapasyataḥ parīkṣaṇārthamāgatena śivena parīkṣaṇottaraṃ saha tena sastrīkasya rājñastasminneva liṃge layo bhaviṣyati iti viṣṇugaṇapratipādita śivaśarmadvijabhāvisthitivarṇanam .... - -०१

२५ agastyamuneḥ sabhāryasya śrīgiriṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya skandavane kumāradarśanam, agastyakṛtaskandastotram, kāśīmāhātmyaviṣaye skandaṃ prati munipraśnaḥ, skandanirūpita kāśīvāsaphalakathanaṃ ca.-.. ... ... १०४

२६ avimuktakṣetrotpattivarṇanam, cakrapuṣkariṇītīre viṣṇostapovarṇanam, maṇikarṇikāyā utpattivarṇanam, maṇikarṇikāsnānavidhikathanaṃ ca. ... १०७

२७ gaṃgāmāhātmyavarṇanam, daśaharāstotrakathanaṃ ca. .. ... ..-

२८ śivādhiṣṭhānagauravataḥ kāśyāṃ gaṃgāsnānānmahāpātakopapātakaśamanavarṇanam, kaliṃgadeśe vāhīkanāmnaḥ kasyacinnāmamātradvijasya vṛṣalīpateraraṇye vyāghreṇa māraṇam, sāsthi tanmāṃsaṃ samādāya gacchato gṛdhrasyānyagṛdhreṇa yuddham, daivatastadasthno gaṃgājalepatanena gaṃgājalasaṃgamānmahāścaryam, nānāvidhapātakakṣālanāya kumbhīpākādinarakeṣu prakṣiptasyāpi tasya vāhīkasya sukhāvāptiṃ vilokya sarveṣāṃ vismayakaraṇam, ante vimānamāruhya vāhīkasya svargalokaprayāṇam, gaṃgāmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca- - - ११९

२९ aśaktānāṃ snānatulyaphalāvāptimicchūnāṃ mahāghaughanivārakaśrīgaṃgāsahasranāmastotravarṇanam......... ... -... -. -..

३० maṇikarṇyāṃ bhagīrathanṛpānītagaṃgāsaṃgamātkṣetramāhātmyādhikyakathanam, dakṣiṇottarabhāge'sivaraṇāvasthitikathanam, dehalīvināyakasya śivājñāṃ vinā antaḥ praveśaṃ
kurvatāṃ vighnotpādanāya niyojanam, dhanaṃjayavaṇigitihāsakathanam, kāśyā vārāṇasīnāmanirvacanaṃ ca..... ...... -... ... १३६

३१ brahmaṇaḥ śiraśchettuṃ śivātkālarājasyotpattiḥ, śivīniṃdākāribrahmaśiraśchedātkālarājasya kāpālikaveṣeṇa kāśyāṃ prayāṇam, tatra gatasya kālabhairavasya pṛṣṭhalagnāyā brahmahatyāyāḥ pātālagamanam, tatra kapālamocanatīrthe sarveṣāṃ pātakakṣālanāya kālabhairavasthitivarṇanaṃ ca. -...... -.. -. -. -. १४२

३२ pūrṇabhadranāmakayakṣasya śivārādhanātkanakakuṇḍalākhyabhāryāyāṃ harikeśābhidhaputrajanmakathanam, bālyāvasthāmārabhya śivāsaktasya harikeśasya pitustāḍanabhayādgṛhānnirgatasya kāśyāṃ prayāṇam, pārvatīṃ prati śivanirūpitānandakānanavarṇanam, ānandakānane harikeśasya tapaḥsantuṣṭamaheśvarāddṛṇḍapāṇitvakathanam, daṇḍapāṇyaṣṭakakathanaṃ ca................ .... १४७

३३ jñānavāpīnāmakatīrthotpattivarṇanapūrvakatannāmamāhātmyavarṇanam, kāśīnivāsiharisvāmikanyāyā jñānavāpīṃ sevamānāyāstadrūpamohitavidyādhareṇāharaṇam, malaya-parvate vidyādhareṇa sākaṃ rākṣasasya yuddhavarṇanam, yuddhe rākṣasavidyādharayoḥ parasparaprahāreṇaiva maraṇāddharisvāmikanyāyā vidyādharaṃ prati manyamānāyā dehaparityāgakathanam, ubhayo rājadehamāsādya tatra citrapaṭīvilokanānantaraṃ vivāhaḥ ... १२५

३४ mālyaketukalāvatyostayoḥ kāśīprayāṇam, tatra kāśīyātrāṃ vidhāya jñānavāpīnikaṭe śivopadeśādvimānamāruhyobhayoḥ śivalokagamanakathanam, jñānavāpīmāhā-
tmyakathanaṃ ca. ......... ... -. - -.. १६१

३५ kāśīprāpakabrāhmaṇasadācāravarṇanaprasaṅgena nityakartavyadharmanirūpaṇam ... १६४

३६ sadācāravarṇanaprasaṅgena dvijānāṃ brahmacaryadharmanirūpaṇam. - ... ... १७४

३७ sulakṣaṇāṃ striyaṃ vinā gṛhasthāśramasya na siddhistasmādvistareṇa strīlakṣaṇanirūpaṇam. १७७

३८ aṣṭavidhavivāhavarṇanam, dvijādīnāṃ kāśīprāptikarasya śubhācārasya vistareṇa kathanaṃ ca १८०

३९ divodāsanṛpetihāsakathanaprasaṅgenāvimukte kṣetre avimukteśaśivaliṅgotpattikathanam. - १८५

४० kāśikākṣetragamanavighnavidhāyidvijādiniṣiddhācārasvarūpavarṇanam, gṛhasthāśramiṇāṃ vihitācāranirūpaṇaṃ ca. - -..... .. १८८

४१ vānaprasthayatidharmāṇāṃ vistareṇa nirūpaṇe yogākhyānam..... -. ... १९३

४२. nikaṭāsannamṛtyucihnakathanapūrvakaṃ śrīkṣetrakāśīmāhātmyamiśritakālavañcanopāyakathanam २००

४३ divodāse kāśyāmuṣitvā bhuvo rājyaṃ śāsati sati sarveṣāṃ viśveśvarādidevānāṃ bhuvaṃ parityajya mandarācalagamanam, divodāsarājye prajāsaukhyavarṇanam, bhuvaṃ parityajya agnerapi svargagamanam, tadvilokya rājñā vyāhṛtasya svasāmarthyasya varṇanaṃ ca. .... ....... .. .... २०२

४४ viśvanāthabhavānyormandaragirivare sthitayoḥ kāśīviyogaduḥkhavarṇanam, divodāsanṛpasya kāśīkṣetraparityāgārthaṃ śivena yoginīgaṇapreṣaṇavarṇanaṃ ca. .. ---. २०६

४५ catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginītāṃ śivājñayā kāśīpure rājño divodāsasya vighnārthaṃ praveśakathanam, tāsāṃ nāmanirūpaṇaṃ ca... ... ... -..... - .. २१०

४६ divodāsasya vighnamutpādya kāśyāṃ bahirniṣkāsanāya śivādiṣṭaravyāgamanam, divodāsarājye nānāvidhaprayatnena cchidrānveṣaṇodyatasya raverdvādaśadhā ātmānaṃ vibhajya kāśyāmeva nivāsakathanam, lolārkasthānakathanam, tattīrthayātrāvidhimāhātmyakathanaṃ ca.. ...... ...... ...... ... २११

४७ uttarārkakuṇḍanirūpaṇam, tatra sthitāyā dvijakanyāyā mātāpitrormaraṇānantaramuttarārkasamīpe tapaścaraṇam, tasyai gauryā svasakhītvarūpavarapradānam, uttarārkakuṇḍamāhātmyanirūpaṇaṃ ca...... ...............

४८ kṛṣṇaputrasya sāṃbasya nāradāpamānātkṛṣṇaśāpaprabhavakuṣṭharogāvagamakathanam, tatparihārāya kāśyāṃ tasya svanāmnā kuṇḍaṃ vidhāya tapaścaraṇādroganivṛttiḥ, kuṇḍamāhātmyasahitasāṃbādityamāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ...... .... ... २१५

४९ pāṇḍavānāṃ vanavāsaprasaṅgena kāśyāṃ gamanam, tatra draupadyā sūryārādhanam, tasyai sūryattaḥ sthālīprāptiḥ, draupadyārādhitaraveḥ sthānanirūpaṇam, mayūkhādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca. २१७

५० uccaiḥśravaso varṇaviṣaye kadrūvinatayorvādakathanam, tatra kāpaṭyena vinatāyāḥ parābhavātkadrūdāsyakaraṇam, māturdāsyāpanodāya garuḍasya sudhāharaṇavarṇanam, vinatāgaruḍayoḥ kāśyāṃ śivaliṃgasthāpanapūrvakaṃ tapaścaraṇam, tayorvarapradānapūrvakakhakholkādityasthānamāhātmyakathanaṃ ca........ .... २२०

iti śrīkāśīkhaṇḍapūrvārdham // ( ४-१) //
// atha kāśīkhaṇḍottarārdham // ( ४-२) //
५१ aruṇādityamāhātmyavarṇanam, vinatādāsyakāraṇakathanam, vṛddhahārītopāsitavṛddhādityamāhātmyakathanam, viṣṇuvacanātkāśyāṃ śivaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sūryasya tapaścaraṇam, tasya keśavādityanāmaprāptipūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanam, vimalagaṃgāyamādityānāṃ saṃkṣepato varṇanaṃ ca.... ........... २२३

५२ divodāsanṛpatiniṣkāsanāya śivapreṣitasya caturānanasya dvijaveṣeṇa kāśyāṃ daśasaṃkhyākāśvamedhakaraṇāttīrthasyadaśāśvamedhanāmakaraṇakathanam, tattīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca २२९

५३ śivapreṣitānāṃ yoginībhānuvidhīnāṃ kāśyāmeva śivaliṃgāni saṃsthāpya tatraiva sthitānāṃ sthitiṃ parijñātuṃ divodāsasya niṣkāsanāya ca śaṃkukarṇādīnāṃ śivājñayā kāśīprayāṇavarṇanam, kāśīvarṇanaṃ ca. . ..... २३१ -'
५४ śambhoratyantapriyakapardigaṇasthāpitaśivaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena vālmīkisaṃjñaka dvijetihāsakathanam, tatkṛtapiśācoddhāravarṇanam, piśācamocanatīrthayātrāmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ... .. ... ..... २३५

५५ piṃgalādigaṇasthāpitaśivaliṃgamāhātmyanirūpaṇam, ye ye gaṇādyāḥ kāśīsthitiṃ vilokayituṃ śivena preṣitāsteṣāmaṣunarāvṛttiṃ vilokya kāśyāṃ śivājñayā gaṇe-
śasya praveśavarṇanaṃ ca. .. . २३७

५६ gaṇeśasya jyautiṣikadvijaveṣamāśritya kāśyāṃ praveśavarṇanam, svamāyayā purīsthitānekajanamohaṃ vidhāya rājño'ntaḥpure gaṇeśasya rājastrībhiḥ sahā''lāpādivarṇanam, divodāsanṛpasamāgame rājño varṇanapūrvakaṃ gaṇeśena tasmai brāhmaṇāgamanapūrvaka brāhmaṇakṛtopadeśarūpa bhavipyakathanaṃ ca. .. २३९

५७ atha śivena kṛtāyā gaṇeśastuteḥ prasaṃgato varṇanam, gaṇeśasya ḍhuṃḍhirājanāmakathanam, bhagīrathahariścandrādigaṇeśasthānakathanaṃ ca... २४१

५८ atha gaṇeśe'pi vilaṃbite cintāparavaśena śivena divodāsanṛpasya kāśīta uccāṭanāya viṣṇunirūpaṇam, kāśyāṃ viṣṇornānāvidhasthānanirūpaṇam , viṣṇulakṣmīgaruḍaiḥ saugataparivrājikāśiṣyarūpairbauddhadharmasthāpanaprakāravarṇanam, prajā adharmarucīḥ kṛtvā gaṇeśavacanānusāreṇa dvijarūpasya viṣṇo rājñe śivaliṃgasthāpanopadeśakathanam, śivaliṅgamabhyarcya rājño divodāsasya vimānamāruhya kailāsapura
prayāṇavarṇanaṃ -...... -.... २४५

५९ vedaśiraso muneḥ śucimapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā skhalitavīryasya vīryātkanyotpattikathanam, tasyā dhūtapāpākhyāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ piturvacanāttapaścaryākaraṇam, brahmaṇo varadānāttasyāḥ pāvitryaviśeṣatāprāptikathanam, tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmasya kāmoddīpanātparasparaṃ śāpaprasaṅgena tayornadīnadatvaprāptikathanam, gaṃgāyamunāsarasvatīkiraṇādhūtapāpādharmanadasaṃgamātpañcanadītīrthakathanam., tanmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ...... २५१

६० agnibiṃdumunikṛtaviṣṇustutivarṇanam, tatra bidumādhavāvasthānavarṇanam, bindumādhavamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca २५४

६१ ādikeśavatārkṣyakeśavādivaiṣṇavasthānānāṃ saṃkṣepato varṇanam, biṃdumādhavanirūpitanānāsthānatadyātrādinirūpaṇam, biṃdumādhavakathanādagnibiṃdumuneḥ sudarśanacakrasaṃsparśātsāyujyalābhanirūpaṇaṃ ca. ... ..... २५८

६२ divodāsanṛpe viṣṇukathanānusāreṇa kailāsapuraṃ praviṣṭe viṣṇvādīnāṃ mandare harasannidhau śivānayanārthaṃ gamanam, śivakṛtakapilatīrthavarṇanam, kapilatīrthe vṛṣadhvajaprādurbhāvakathanaṃ ca...... ... ... ... -.. २६४

६३ jaigīṣavyamunitapovarṇanam, tasya śivādvaraprāptikathanam, jyeṣṭheśamāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. २६७

६४ mandarācalādāgataṃ śivaṃ sagaṇaṃ sāmbaṃ draṣṭuṃ nānātīrthāgatānāṃ dvijānāṃ śivadarśanam, śivapraṇītakāśīkṣetrarahasyakathanaṃ ca.............

६५ parāśareśvaramāṃḍavyeśvarajābāleśvarakandukeśvarādinānāvidhaśivaliṅgamāhātmyarūthanama, २७२

६६ śaileśvarādīnāṃ kāśīkṣetrasthitaśivaliṅgānāṃ nirṇayakathanam .. ... .. - २७४

६७ gaurīṃ prati śivanirūpitaratneśvaraśivaliṅgamāhātmyakathanam, kasyāścinnartakyāḥ śivarātryāṃ ratneśvarasamīpe nartanagānādinā jāgaraṇācca śivaprasādena dehāntare vasubhūtināmakagandharvarājatanayātvalābhavarṇanam, ratnāvalīnāmnyāstasyā gandharvakanyāyā ratneśvaravaraliṃgaprabhāvātparamāścaryajanakavivāhādicaritavarṇanam, dākṣāyaṇīśvaramāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ... ... ... ... ... ... २७८

६८ mahiṣāsuraputrasya gajāsurasya vidhivarādanyāvadhyasya śivena śūlena vināśanam, kṛttivāseśvarotpattikathanam, kṛttivāseśamāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. .. ... २८३

६९ nānāvidhasthānasthitānāṃ śubhadānāmaṣṭaṣaṣṭisaṃkhyākānāmāyatanānāṃ kāśyā samāgamakathanam .. ... ..- ... - -.

७० vetālādiparivārasahitānāṃ navakoṭisaṃkhyacaṇḍīnāṃ kāśīrakṣaṇāya sthānesthāne sthāpanavarṇanaṃ ca... -..... .. ... ...

७१ rurudaityaputrasya puṃbhirajeyasya durgāsurasya trailokyarājyakarturnāśāya svanikaṭe tamānetuṃ bhagavatyāḥ kālarātreḥ preṣaṇam, kālarātrivacanātsasainyasya durgadaityasya bhagavatyāḥ samīpa āgamanam, yuddhodyataṃ durgasainyaṃ vilokya devīśarīrācchakyudgamavarṇanam, durgāsurasya bhagavatyā saha yuddhavarṇanaṃ ca -.. .. २९२

७२ bhagavatīśarīrotpannaśaktīnāṃ nāmanirūpaṇam, daityadevīyuddhavarṇanam, durgadaityavadhasantuṣṭadevakṛtadurgādevīstutikathanam, durgābhairavapūjanaphalakathanaṃ ca - . २९६

७३ pārvatīṃ prati śivanirūpitoṃkārādi caturdaśaliṃgagaṇanam, oṃkārareśotpattivarṇanaprasaṃgena brahmakṛtoṃkārastutikathanam , oṃkāreśaliṅgamāhātmyanirūpaṇaṃ ca. ... ... २९९

७४ pādmakalpīyabharadvājasutadamanasya vidyāmadhītya viraktasya revātīre'marakaṃṭakakṣetre garganāmno munerdarśanam, gargamuninirūpitoṃkāramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca--.. .. ३०४

७५ saptajanmārjitapāpanivāraṇaikadakṣatrilocaneśvarāvirbhāvakathanam, tanmāhātmyanirūpaṇaṃ ca........ ...... ... . ३०८

७६ maṇimāṇikyanirmitatrilocanaprāsādasthitapārāvatadvandvetihāsakathanapūrvakaṃ triloca-nākhyaśivaliṃgamāhātmyakathanam -.. ... ... .. ३१०

७७ kedāreśvaramāhātmyakathanaprasaṅgenojjayinīsthitadvijadāraketihāsakathanam ३१४

७८ yamadharmārādhitadharmeśvarākhyaśivaliṃgamāhātmyanirūpaṇam. ... ३१५

७९ dharmatapaḥsākṣiṇāṃ kīraśiśūnāṃ śivavarātkailāsapadāptikathanapūrvakaṃ dharmeśamāhātmyakathanam- ... ... ... ३१७

८० pulomajāṃ prati śivanirūpitasya caitraśuklatṛtīyāmārabhya phālgunaśuklatṛtīyāparyantaṃ viśvabhujākhyagaurīvināyakadaivatamanorathatṛtīyāvratasya vistareṇa varṇanam... ३२०

८१ suragurorvacanādvṛtrahatyodbhavatrāsasaṃtaptendrasya kāśyāmuttaravāhinyāṃ snātvā gharmeśākhyaśivaliṃgasaṃnidhau tapaścaraṇam, brahmahatyānivṛttipūrvakamiṃdrasya pūrvavattejaḥprāptikathanam, durdamabhūpetihāsakathanapūrvakadharmeśamāhātmyakathanaṃ ca. ... ३२२

८२ vīreśvarāvirbhāvaprasaṅgena mitrajitparākramavarṇanam, mahāvaiṣṇavasya mitrajinnṛpasya kaṃkālāsuraṃ triśūlena hatvā kaṃkālāsurahṛtamalayagandhinī vidyādharakanyāṃ gāndharveṇodvāhya tayā saha kāśyāmāgamanam, abhīṣṭatṛtīyāvrataviṣaye rājñīṃ prati nṛpapraśnaśca. ३२४

८३ nṛpapraśnānusāreṇa mārgaśīrṣaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ rājñīnirūpitagaurīvidhidevatābhīṣṭatṛtīyāvratanirūpaṇam, vratakaraṇādrājñyāḥ putralābhaḥ mūlarkṣe jātasya mātrā vikaṭādevīpurataḥ sthāpitasya tasya śiśordevyanujñayā māheśvaryādimātṛsamīpe preṣaṇam, mātṛvisṛṣṭasya bālakasyānandakānane pañcamudrādevīnikaṭe tapaścaraṇācchivaliṃgāvirbhāvaḥ, asyaiva liṃgasya vīreśvarākhyāprāptistanmāhātmyakathanam, vīreśvaraśivena tasmai rājaputrāya nānāvidhavarāndattvā kathitānāmasigaṃgāsaṃgamasthitapuṇyasthānānāṃ krameṇa varṇana ca.. .. .... .. ३२७

८४ mitrajinnṛpaputrāya vīreśvarākhyaśivanirūpitānāṃ śrīmadādikeśavādibhagīrathatīrthānāṃ kathanam .. ... ३३०

८५ ānaṃdakānane śivaliṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya bahutapastatvā'pi phalābhāvāddurvāsasi kāśīṃ śaptumudyate śivasya liṃgādāvirbhāvavarṇanam, durvāsaḥkāmapūraṇāttacchivaliṃgasya kāme- śvarābhidhānaṃ tanmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca .. ... ३३३

८६ viśvakarmanirmitaśivaliṃgasya kāśyāṃ viśvakarmeśvarābhidhānakathanapūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanam ३३५

८७ dakṣeśvarotpattikathanapūrvakaṃ kenacitprasaṅgena śivavairiṇo dakṣaprajāpateḥ śivau vinā yajñārambhavarṇanam ... ... .... ३३८

८८ nāradamukhādaghvaravṛttamākarṇya śivavacanamanādṛtyaiva satyā dakṣayajñaṃ prati gamanam, tatra śivaniṃdāṃ piturmukhādākarṇya paramakupitayā tayā dehavisarjanama, ... ३४१

८९ śivagaṇavīrabhadrakṛtaṃ yatravidhvaṃsanapūrvakaṃ dakṣaśironāśanam, punarvīrabhadreṇa śivājñayā dakṣasya meṣavadanatvaṃ saṃpādya vimocanam, kāśyāṃ śivaliṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya dakṣasya tapaḥkaraṇam, dakṣeśvarotpattikathanaṃ ca .. -- .. .. ३४४

९० pārvatīkṛtapārvatīśaśivaliṃgasthāpanam, tanmāhātmyanirūpaṇaṃ ca. -- ३४७

९१ viśvanāthaśivaliṃgātpūrvato gaṃgāsthāpitagaṃgeśaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca. ... - ३४८

९२ brahmaṇaḥ sakāśādgaṅgāsāmyarūpaṃ varamalabdhvā kāśyāṃ śivaliṅgaṃ saṃsthāpya revāyāstapaḥkaraṇam, narmadeśvaradattarevāvaradānakathanapūrvaka talliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca ... ३४८

९३ śivaṃ patiṃ labdhuṃ kāśyāṃ ,cīsthāpitasatīśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama- ... - ३४९

९४ amṛteśvarakaruṇeśvarajyotīrūpeśvarāṇāṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ māhātmyavarṇanam ... ३५०

९५ kāśyāmapi bhujamūrdhvīkṛtya hariḥ sevyo hariḥ sevya iti vsāsavacanaṃ śrutvā śailādikṛtavyāsabhujavākstambhanavarṇanam tato viṣṇorupadeśena vyāsena viṣṇukaṇṭhasaṃsparśanātstambhanānnivṛtya śivastutikaraṇam, .. - ... ३५१

९६ vyāsaśāpamocanakathanam, kṛcchrādisvarūpakathanam, vyāsasya kāśīto bahirniṣkāsanavṛttāntavarṇanam. ..... ..... ३५३

९७ sarvapāpāpanodanakāśīkṣetrasthitasarvatīrthakathanam, . - --- ३५८

९८ kāśyāṃ muktimaṇḍape śrīviśveśvarasamāgamanamahotsavasya viśeṣeṇa varṇanam - ३६४

९९ śrīśambhunā brahmaviṣṇvādidevebhyaḥ śroviśveśvarākhyasya kāśīśetraparamadaivatasya māhātmyanirūpaṇam-. ..- ... - .- -. ३६७

१०० kāśīkhaṇḍāntargatetihāsānukramavarṇanam, pañcatīrthyādiyātrāvarṇanan, kāśīkhaṇḍaśravaṇapaṭhanaphalavarṇanaṃ ca. - .. - --- -.

iti kāśīkhaṇḍottarārdham // ( ४-२) //
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe caturthaṃ kāśīkhaṇḍam