Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.182

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato bhṛguḥ śriyā caiva sametaḥ kacchapaṃ gataḥ /
abhinandya yathānyāyamuvāca vacanaṃ śubham

tvayā dhṛtā dharā sarvā tathā lokāścarācarāḥ /
tathaiva puṇyabhāvatvātsthitastatra mahāmate

cāturvidyasya saṃsthānaṃ karomi ramayā saha /
yadi tvaṃ manyase deva tadādeśaya māṃ vibho

kūrma uvāca -
evameva dvijaśreṣṭha mama nāmāṅkitaṃ puram /
bhaviṣyati mahatkālaṃ mamopari susaṃsthitam

acalaṃ susthiraṃ tāta na bhīḥ kāryā sulocane /
etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ kacchapasya mukhāccyutam

hṛṣṭastuṣṭaḥ śriyā sārddhaṃ padmayonisuto bhṛguḥ /
abhīci udaye prāpte kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ

nandane vatsare māghe pañcamyāṃ bharatarṣabha /
śaste tu hyuttarāyoge kumbhasthe śaśimaṇḍale

revāyā uttare tīre gambhīre cābhivāruṇi /
prāgudakpravaṇe deśe koṭitīrthasamanvitam

krośapramāṇaṃ tatkṣetraṃ prāsādaśatasaṃkulam /
acireṇaiva kālena tapobalasamanvitaḥ /
vicintya viśvakarmāṇaṃ cakāra bhṛgusattamaḥ

brāhmaṇā vedavidvāṃsaḥ kṣatriyā rājyapālakāḥ /
vaiśyā vṛttiratāstatra śūdrāḥ śuśrūṣakāstriṣu

evaṃ śriyā vṛtaṃ kṣetraṃ paramānandananditam /
nirmitaṃ bhṛguṇā tāta sarvapātakanāśanam /
iti bhṛgukacchotpattiḥ

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tataḥ kālena mahatā kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare /
devalokaṃ jagāmāśu lakṣmīrṛṣisamāgame

samarpya kuñcikāṭṭālaṃ bhṛgave brahmavādine /
pālayasva yathārthaṃ vai sthānakaṃ mama suvrata

devakāryāṇyaśeṣāṇi kṛtvā śrīḥ punarāgatā /
ājagāma ramā devī bhṛgukacchaṃ tvarānvitā

prārthitaṃ kuñcikāṭṭālaṃ svagṛhaṃ saparigraham /
bhṛguryadā tadā pārtha mithyā nāsti tadā vadata

eva vivādaḥ sumahānsaṃjātaśca nareśvara /
mameti mama caiveti parasparasamāgame

tataḥ kālena mahatā bhṛguṇā paramarṣiṇā /
cāturvidyapramāṇārthaṃ cakāra mahatīṃ sthitim

asmadīyaṃ yathā sarvaṃ nagaraṃ mṛgalocane /
cāturvidyā dvijāḥ sarve tathā jānanti sundari

śrīruvāca -
pramāṇaṃ mama viprendra cāturvaṇyā na saṃśayaḥ /
madīyaṃ vā tvadīyaṃ vā kathayantu dvijottamāḥ

tataḥ samastairvibudhaiḥ sampradhārya parasparam /
dvidhā tairvāksthalaṃ dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇā nṛpasaṃhitam

aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi nocurvai kiṃciduttaram /
aṣṭādaśasahasreṣu bhṛgukopabhayānnṛpa /
uktaṃ ca tālakaṃ haste yasya tasyedamuttaram

etacchrutvā tu sā devī nigamaṃ naigamaiḥ kṛtam /
krodhena mahatāviṣṭā śaśāpa dvijapuṃgavān

śrīdevyuvāca -
yasmātsatyaṃ samutsṛjya lobhopahatamānasaiḥ /
madīyaṃ lopitaṃ sthānaṃ tasmācchṛṇvantu me giram

tripauruṣā bhavedvidyā tripuruṣaṃ na bhaveddhanam /
na dvitīyastu vo vedaḥ paṭhito bhavati dvijāḥ

gṛhāṇi na dvibhaumāni na ca bhūtiḥ sthirā dvijāḥ /
pakṣapātena vo dharmo na ca niḥśreyabhāvataḥ

iṣṭo gotrajanaḥ kaścillobhenāvṛtamānasaḥ /
na ca dvaidhaṃ parityajya hyekaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati

adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāmahaṅkāro dvijanmanām /
na pitā putravākyena na putraḥ pitṛkarmaṇi

ahaṅkārakṛtāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ /
iti śaptvā ramādevī tadaiva ca divaṃ yayau

tato gatāyāṃ vai lakṣmyāṃ devā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ /
krodhalobhamidaṃ sthānaṃ te'pi coktvā divaṃ yayuḥ

gatāṃ dṛṣṭvā tato devīmṛṣīṃścaiva tapodhanān /
bhṛguśca parameṣṭhī sa viṣādamagamatparam /
prasādayāmāsa punaḥ śaṅkaraṃ tripurāntakam

tapasā mahatā pārtha tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ /
uvāca vacanaṃ kāle harṣayan bhṛgusattamam

kiṃ viṣaṇṇo'si viprendra kiṃ vā santāpakāraṇam /
mayi prasanne'pi tava hyetatkathaya me'nagha

bhṛguruvāca -
śāpayitvā dvijānsarvānpurā lakṣmīrvinirgatā /
apavitramidaṃ coktvā tato devā vinirgatāḥ

īśvara uvāca -
purā mayā yathā proktaṃ tattathā na tadanyathā /
krodhasthānamasaṃdehaṃ tathānyadapi tacchṛṇu

tatra sthānasamudbhūtā mahadbhayavivarjitāḥ /
brāhmaṇā matprasādena bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

vedavidyāvratasnātāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ /
ye'pi te śatasāhasrāstvaritā hyāgatāstviha

apaṭhasyāpi mūrkhasya sarvāvasthāṃ gatasya ca /
uttarāduttaraṃ śakro dātuṃ na tu bhṛgūttama

koṭitīrthamidaṃ sthānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
adyaprabhṛti viprendra bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

matprasādāddevagaṇaiḥ sevitaṃ ca bhaviṣyati /
bhṛgukṣetre mṛtā ye tu kṛmikīṭapataṃgakāḥ

vāsasteṣāṃ śive loke matprasādādbhaviṣyati /
vṛṣakhāte naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā maheśvaram

sarvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam /
bhṛgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

tasya te dvādaśābdāni śāntiṃ gacchanti tarpitāḥ /
dadhikṣīreṇa toyena ghṛtena madhunā saha

ye snapanti virūpākṣaṃ teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape /
matprasādāddvijaśreṣṭha sarvadevānusevitam

bhaviṣyati bhṛgukṣetraṃ kurukṣetrādibhiḥ samam /
mārtaṇḍagrahaṇe prāpte yavaṃ kṛtvā hiraṇmayam

dattvā śirasi yaḥ snāti bhṛgukṣetre dvijottama /
avicāreṇa taṃ viddhi saṃsnātaṃ kurujāṅgale

ahaṃ caiva vasiṣyāmi ambikā ca mama priyā /
sarvaduḥkhāpahā devī nāmnā saubhāgyasundarī

vasiṣyāmi tayā devyā sahito bhṛgukacchake /
evamuktvā sthito devo bhṛgukacche'mbikā tathā

bhṛgustu svapuraṃ prāyādbrahmaghoṣanināditam /
ṛgyajuḥsāmaghoṣeṇa hyatharvaṇanināditam

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vṛṣamutsṛjate naraḥ /
sa yāti śivasāyujyamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā caitre māsi samācaret /
dadyācca lavaṇaṃ vipre pūjya saubhāgyasundarīm

gobhūhiraṇyaṃ viprebhyaḥ prīyetāṃ lalitāśivau /
na duḥkhaṃ durbhagatvaṃ ca viyogaṃ patinā saha

prāpnoti nārī rājendra bhṛgutīrthāplavena ca /
yastu nityaṃ bhṛguṃ devaṃ paśyedvai pāṇḍunandana

ā brahmasadanaṃ yāvattatrasthairdaivataiḥ saha /
yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tacchṛṇuṣva nṛpottama

suvarṇaśṛṅgīṃ kapilāṃ payasvinīṃ sādhvīṃ suśīlāṃ taruṇīṃ savatsām /
dattvā dvije sarvavratopapanne phalaṃ ca yatsyāttadihaiva nūnam

samāḥ sahasrāṇi tu sapta vai jale mriyellabheddvādaśavahnimadhye /
tyajaṃstanuṃ śūravṛttyā narendra śakrātithyaṃ yāti vai martyadharmā

ākhyānametacca sadā yaśasyaṃ svargyaṃ dhanyaṃ putryamāyuṣyakāri /
śṛṇvaṃllabhetsarvametaddhi bhaktyā parvaṇi parvaṇyājamīḍhassadaiva

saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yastu bhṛgutīrthe vidhānataḥ /
sa mṛtaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ gacchedvai yacca durlabham

etacchrutvā bhṛguśreṣṭho devadevena bhāṣitam /
prahṛṣṭavadano bhūtvā tatraiva saṃsthito dvijaḥ

tirobhāvaṃ gate deve bhṛguḥ śreṣṭho dvijottamaḥ /
svamūrti tatra muktvā tu brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha

bhṛgukacchasya cotpattiḥ kathitā tava pāṇḍava /
saṃkṣepeṇa mahārāja sarvapāmapraṇāśanī

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ kṣetraṃ devena kīrtitam /
caturyugasahasreṇa pitāmahadinaṃ smṛtam

prāpte brahmadine viprā jāyate yugasambhavaḥ /
na paśyāmi tvidaṃ kṣetramiti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau

yaḥ śṛṇoti tvidaṃ bhaktyā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā /
sa yāti paramaṃ lokamiti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau

devakhāte naraḥ snātvā piṇḍadānādisatkriyām /
yāṃ karoti nṛpaśreṣṭha tāmakṣayaphalāṃ viduḥ

ya imaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā bhṛgukacchasya vistaram /
koṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya bhavedvai nātra saṃśayaḥ

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