Skanda Purana · Verses 5.11-3

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
aho mahatpuṇyatamā viśiṣṭā kṣayaṃ na yātā iha yā yugānte /
tasmātsadā sevyatamā munīndrairdhyānārcanasnānaparāyaṇaiśca

yāmāśritya gatā mokṣamṛṣayo dharmavatsalāḥ /
ye tvayoktāstu niyamā ṛṣīṇāṃ vedanirmitāḥ

mokṣāvāptirbhavedyeṣāṃ niyamaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ /
daśadvādaśabhirvāpi ṣaḍbhiraṣṭābhireva vā

tribhistathā caturbhirvā varṣairmāsaistathaiva ca /
mucyante kalidoṣaiste deveśānasamarcanāt

brahmāṇaṃ vā suraśreṣṭha keśavaṃ vā jagadgurum /
arcayanpāpamakhilaṃ jahātyeva na saṃśayaḥ

etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha /
yasminsaṃsāragahane nimagnāḥ sarvajantavaḥ /
te kathaṃ tridivaṃ prāptā iti me saṃśayo vada

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
janmāntarairanekaistu mānuṣyamupalabhyate /
bhaktirutpadyate cātra kathaṃcidapi śaṅkare

tīrthadānopavāsānāṃ yajñairdevadvijārcanaiḥ /
avāptirjāyate puṃsāṃ śraddhayā parayā nṛpa

tasmācchraddhā prakartavyā mānavairdharmavatsalaiḥ /
īśo'pi śraddhayā sādhyastena śraddhā viśiṣyate

anyathā niṣphalaṃ sarvaṃ śraddhāhīnaṃ tu bhārata /
tasmātsamāśrayedbhaktiṃ rudrasya parameṣṭhinaḥ

teṣāṃhi saphalaṃ janma yeṣāṃ bhaktiracañcalā /
sā caiva trividhā bhaktiḥ sāttvikī rājasī tathā

tāmasī sarvalokasya trividhaṃ ca phalaṃ labhet /
te karmaphalasaṃyogādāvartante punaḥpunaḥ

janmāntaraśataisteṣāṃ jñānināṃ devayājinām /
devatraye bhavedbhaktiḥ kṣayātpāpasya karmaṇaḥ

īśānāttu punarmokṣo jāyate chinnasaṃśayaḥ /
ye punarnarmadātīramāśritya dvijapuṃgavāḥ

trayīmārgamasandigdhāste yānti paramāṃ gatim /
ekāgramanaso ye tu śaṅkaraṃ śivamavyayam

arcayantīha niratāḥ kṣipraṃ sidhyanti te janāḥ /
kālena mahatā siddhirjāyate'nyatra dehinām

narmadāyāḥ punastīre kṣipraṃ siddhiravāpyate /
ṣaḍbhirvarṣaistu sidhyanti ye tu sāṃkhyavido janāḥ

vaiṣṇavā jñānasampannāste'pi sidhyanti cāgrataḥ /
sarvayogavido ye ca samudramiva sindhavaḥ

ekībhavanti kalpānte yoge māheśvare gatāḥ /
sarveṣāmeva yogānāṃ yogo māheśvaro varaḥ

tamāsādya vimucyante ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ /
śivamarcya nadīkūle jāyante te na yoniṣu

gatireṣā durārohā sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī /
mucyante maṅkṣu saṃsārādrevāmāśritya jantavaḥ

tasmātsnāyī bhavennityaṃ tathā bhasmavilepanaḥ /
narmadātīramāsādya kṣipraṃ siddhimavāpnuyāt

trikālaṃ pūjayecchānto yo naro liṅgamādarāt /
sarvarogavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

ṣaḍbhiḥ sidhyati masaistu yadyapi syātsa pāpakṛt /
ye punaḥ śuddhamanaso māsaiḥ śudhyanti te tribhiḥ

yathā dinakaraspṛṣṭaṃ himaṃ śailādviśīryante /
tadvadvilīyate pāpaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ bhasmakaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ

vainateyabhayatrastā yathā naśyanti pannagāḥ /
tadvatpāpāni naśyanti bhasmanābhyukṣitāni ha

narmadātoyapūtena bhasmanoddhūlayanti ye /
sadyaste pāpasaṅghācca mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ bhaktayā yathoktaṃ pālayanti ye /
śūdrānnena vihīnāstu te yānti paramāṃ gatim

amṛtaṃ brāhmaṇasyānnaṃ kṣatriyānnaṃ payaḥ smṛtam /
vaiśyānnamannameva syācchūdrānnaṃ rudhiraṃ smṛtam

śūdrānnarasasaṃpuṣṭā ye mriyante dvijottamāḥ /
te tapojñānahīnāstu kākā gṛdhrā bhavanti te

duṣkṛtaṃ hi manuṣyāṇāmannamāśritya tiṣṭhati /
yo yasyānnaṃ samaśnāti sa tasyāśnāti kilbiṣam

viśeṣādyatidharmeṇa tapolaulyaṃ samāśritāḥ /
narakaṃ yāntyasandigdhamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

īdṛgrūpāśca ye viprāḥ pāśupatye vyavasthitāḥ /
te mahatpāpasaṃghātaṃ dahantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

viḍambena ca saṃyuktā laulupyena ca pīḍitāḥ /
asaṃgrāhyā ityevaṃ śrutinodanā

mātāpitṛkṛtairdoṣairanye kecitsvakarmajaiḥ /
naṣṭā jñānāvalepena ahaṅkāreṇa'pare

śāṅkare prasthitā dharme ye smṛtyarthabahiṣkṛtāḥ /
kliśyamānāstu kalena te yānti paramāṃ gatim

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā mūrkhā dambhavivardhitāḥ /
na sidhyanti durātmānaḥ kudṛṣṭāntārthakīrtanāḥ

mahābhāgye'pi tīrthasya śāṅkaraṃ vratamāsthitāḥ /
viyoniṃ yāntyasandigdhaṃ laulupyena samanvitāḥ

na tīrthairna ca dānaiśca duṣkṛtaṃ hi vilupyate /
ajñānācca pramādācca kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyati

evaṃ jñātvā tu vidhinā vartitavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ /
paraṃ brahma japadbhiśca vārtitavyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

ūrdhvarūpaṃ virūpākṣaṃ yo'dhīte rudrameva ca /
īśānaṃ paśyate sākṣātṣaṇmāsātsaṅgavarjitaḥ

saṃhitāyā daśāvṛttīryaḥ karoti susaṃyataḥ /
narmadātaṭamāśritya sa mucyetsarvapātakaiḥ

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ vāpi śaivīṃ vā vaiṣṇavīmapi /
yaḥ paṭhennarmadātīre śivāgre sa śivātmakaḥ

ā bhūtasaṃkṣayaṃ yāvatsvargaloke mahīyate /
saṃsākhyasanaṃ hātuṃ purā proktaṃ tu nandinā

devarṣisiddhagandharvasamavāye śivālaye /
nandigītāmimāṃ rājañchṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ śubhām

svargamokṣapradāṃ puṇyāṃ saṃsārabhayanāśinīm

saṃsāragahvaraguhāṃ pravihātumetāṃ cedicchatha pratipadaṃ bhavatāpakhinnāḥ /
nānāvidhairnijakṛtairbahukarmapāśairbaddhāḥ sukhāya śṛṇutaikahitaṃ mayoktam

śakra vakragatiṃ mā gā mā kṛthā yama yātanām /
cetaḥ pracetaḥ śamaya laulupyaṃ tyaja vittapa

dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo dhanaṃ sarvaṃ parityaja /
yadi saṃsārajaladhervīcīpreṅkhollanāturaḥ

janmodvignaṃ mṛtestrastaṃ grastaṃ kāmādibhirnaram /
srastaṃ yo na yamādibhyaḥ pinākī pāti pāvanaḥ

mā dhehi garvaṃ kīnāśa hāsyaṃ yāsyasi pīḍayan /
prāṇinaṃ sarvaśaraṇaṃ tadbhāvi śaraṇaṃ tava

kālaḥ karālako bālaḥ ko mṛtyuḥ ko yamādhamaḥ /
śivaviṣṇuparāṇāṃ hi narāṇāṃ kiṃ bhayaṃ bhavet

bhavabhārārtajantūnāṃ revātīranivāsinām /
bhargaśca bhagavāṃścaiva bhavabhītivibhedanau

śivaṃ bhaja śivaṃ dhyāya śivaṃ stuhi śivaṃ yaja /
śivaṃ nama varāka tvaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣaṃ yadīcchasi

paṭha pañcānanaṃ śāstraṃ mantraṃ pañcākṣaraṃ japa /
dhehi pañcātmakaṃ tattvaṃ yaja pañcānanaṃ param

kiṃ taiḥ karmagaṇaiḥ śocyairnānābhāvaviśeṣitaiḥ /
yadi pañcānanaḥ śrīmān sevyate sarvathā śivaḥ

kiṃ saṃsāragajonmattabṛṃhitairnibhṛtairapi /
yadi pañcānano devo bhāvagandhopasevitaḥ

re mūḍha kiṃ viṣādena prāpya karmakadarthanām /
bhavānīvallabhaṃ bhīmaṃ japa tvaṃ bhayanāśanam

narmadātīranilayaṃ duḥkhaughavilayaṃkaram /
svargamokṣapradaṃ bhargaṃ bhaja mūḍha sureśvaram

vihāya revāṃ surasindhusevyāṃ tattīrasaṃsthaṃ ca haraṃ hariṃ ca /
unmattavadbhāvavivarjitastvaṃ kva yāsi re mūḍha digantarāṇi

bhaja revājalaṃ puṇyaṃ yaja rudraṃ sanātanam /
japa pañcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ vraja sthānaṃ ca vāñchitam

kleśayitvā nijaṃ kāyamupāyairbahubhistu kim /
bhaja revāṃ śivaṃ prāpya sukhasādhyaṃ paraṃ padam

evaṃ kailāsamāsādya nadīṃ sa śivasannidhau /
jagau yallokapālānāṃ tanmayoktaṃ tavādhunā

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
snānadānaparo yastu nityaṃ dharmamanuvrataḥ /
narmadātīramāśritya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

vidhihīno japennityaṃ vedānsarvāñchataṃ samāḥ /
mṛtyulāṅgalajāpyena samo yo'pyadhiko guṇaiḥ

bījayonyaviśuddhastu yathā rudraṃ na vindati /
tathā lāṅgalamantro'pi na tiṣṭhati gatāyuṣi

gāyatrījapasaṃyuktaḥ saṃyamī hyadhiko guṇaiḥ /
agnimīḍe iṣetvo vā agna āyāhi nityadā

śanno devīti kūlastho japenmucyeta kilbiṣaiḥ

sāṅgopāṅgāṃstathā vedāñjapannityaṃ samāhitaḥ /
na tatphalamavāpnoti gāyatryā saṃyamī yathā

rudrādhyāyaṃ sakṛjjaptvā vipro vedasamanvitaḥ /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

anyadvai japyasaṃsthānaṃ sūktamāraṇyakaṃ tathā /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

yatkiṃcitkriyate jāpyaṃ yacca dānaṃ pradīyate /
narmadājalamāśritya tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet

evaṃvidhairvratairnityaṃ narmadāṃ ye samāśritāḥ /
te mṛtā vaiṣṇavaṃ yānti padaṃ vā śaivamavyayam

satyalokaṃ narāḥ kecitsūryalokaṃ tathāpare /
apsarogaṇasaṃvītā yāvadābhūtasamplavam

evaṃ vai vartamāne'smiṃlloke tu nṛpapuṃgava /
ṛṣīṇāṃ daśakoṭyastu kurukṣetranivāsinām

mayā saha mahābhāga narmadātaṭamāśritāḥ /
phalamūlakṛtāhārā arcayantaḥ sthitāḥ śivam

tacca varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ kālasaṃkhyānumānataḥ /
ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇi tāni mānuṣasaṃkhyayā

tatastasyāmatītāyāṃ sandhyāyāṃ nṛpasattama /
śeṣaṃ mānuṣyamekaṃ tu kāle varṣaśataṃ sthitam

tato'bhavadanāvṛṣṭirlokakṣayakarī tadā /
yayā yātaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣayaṃ bhūyo hi dāruṇam

ye pūrvamiha saṃsiddhā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ /
teṣāṃ prabhāvādbhagavān vavarṣa balavṛtrahā

mahatī bhūrisalilā samantādvṛṣṭirāhitā /
tato vṛṣṭyā tu teṣāṃ vai vartanaṃ samajāyata

punaryugānte samprāpte kiṃciccheṣe kalau yuge /
niḥśeṣamabhavatsarvaṃ śuṣkaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam

nirvṛkṣauṣadhagulmaṃ ca tṛṇavīrudvivarjitam /
anāvṛṣṭihataṃ sarvaṃ bhūmaṇḍalamabhūdbhṛśam

tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve kṣuttṛṣārtāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
yugasvabhāvamāviṣṭā hīnasattvā abhavannṛpa

naṣṭahomasvadhākāre yugānte samupasthite /
kiṃ kāryaṃ kva nu yāsyāmaḥ ko'smākaṃ śaraṇaṃ bhavet

tānahaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ mā bhaiṣṭeti punaḥpunaḥ /
īdṛgvidhā mayā dṛṣṭā bahavaḥ kālaparyayāḥ

narmadātīramāśritya te sarve gamitā mayā /
eṣā hi śaraṇaṃ devī samprāpte hi yugakṣaye

nānyā gatirihāsmākaṃ vidyate dvijasattamāḥ /
janitrī sarvabhūtānāṃ viśeṣeṇa dvijottamāḥ

pitāmahā ye pitaro ye cānye prapitāmahāḥ /
te samastā gatāḥ svargaṃ samāśritya mahānadīm

bhṛgvādyāḥ sapta ye tvāsanmama pūrvapitāmahāḥ /
dhaumṛṇī ca mahābhāgā mama bhāryā śucismitā /
manasvatī ca yā matā bhārgavo'ṅgirasastathā

pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva vasiṣṭhātreyakāśyapāḥ /
tathānye ca mahābhāgā niyamavratacāriṇaḥ /
anye ca śatasāhasrā atra siddhiṃ samāgatāḥ

tasmādiyaṃ mahābhāgā na moktavyā kadācana /
nānyā kācinnadī śaktā lokatrayaphalapradā

dvandvairanekairbahubhiḥ kṣuttṛṣādyairmahābhayaiḥ /
mucyante te narāḥ sadyo narmadātīravāsinaḥ

tasmātsarvaprayatnena sevitavyā saridvarā /
vāñchadbhiḥ paramaṃ śreya iha loke paratra ca

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