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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

tato gacchenmahīpāla kohanasveti viśrutam / (1.2) Par.?

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ mṛtyuvināśanam // (1.3) Par.?

purā tatra dvijaḥ kaścidvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ / (2.1) Par.?

patnīputrasuhṛdvargaiḥ svakarmanirato 'vasat // (2.2) Par.?

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (3.1) Par.?

brāhmaṇasya tu yatkarma utpattiḥ kṣatriyasya tu / (3.2) Par.?

vaiśyasyāpi ca śūdrasya tatsarvaṃ kathayasva me // (3.3) Par.?

dharmasyārhasya kāmasya mokṣasya ca paraṃ vidhim / (4.1) Par.?

nikhilaṃ jñātum icchāmi nānyo vettā matirmama // (4.2) Par.?

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca / (5.1) Par.?

utpattikāraṇaṃ brahmā devadevaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / (5.2) Par.?

prathamaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ carācarajagadguruḥ // (5.3) Par.?

dvijātayo mukhājjātāḥ kṣatriyā bāhuyantrataḥ / (6.1) Par.?

ūrupradeśād vaiśyāstu śūdrāḥ pādeṣvathābhavan // (6.2) Par.?

tatastvanye pṛthagvarṇāḥ pṛthagdharmān samācaran / (7.1) Par.?

paryāyeṇa samutpannā hyanulomavilomataḥ // (7.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrutismṛtyarthacoditam / (8.1) Par.?

yena samyakkṛtenaiva sarve yānti parāṃ gatim // (8.2) Par.?

gatirdhyānaṃ vinā bhaktair brāhmaṇaiḥ prāpyate nṛpa / (9.1) Par.?

adhyāpayanyato vedānvedaṃ vāpi yathāvidhi // (9.2) Par.?

kulajāṃ rūpasampannāṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitām / (10.1) Par.?

udvāhayettataḥ patnīṃ guruṇānumate tadā // (10.2) Par.?

tataḥ smārtaṃ vivāhāgniṃ śrautaṃ vā pūjayet kramāt / (11.1) Par.?

pratigrahadhano bhūtvā dambhalobhavivarjitaḥ // (11.2) Par.?

pañcayajñavidhānāni kārayedvai yathāvidhi / (12.1) Par.?

vanaṃ gacchet tataḥ paścāddvitīyāśramasevanāt // (12.2) Par.?

putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya sarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ / (13.1) Par.?

iṣṭāṃllokānavāpnoti na ceha jāyate punaḥ // (13.2) Par.?

kṣatriyastu sthito rājye pālayitvā vasuṃdharām / (14.1) Par.?

śaśvaddharmamanāścaiva prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim // (14.2) Par.?

vaiśyadharmo na sandehaḥ kṛṣigorakṣaṇe rataḥ / (15.1) Par.?

satyaśaucasamopeto gacchate svargamuttamam // (15.2) Par.?

na śūdrasya pṛthagdharmo vihitaḥ parameṣṭhinā / (16.1) Par.?

na mantro na ca saṃskāro na vidyāparisevanam // (16.2) Par.?

na śabdavidyāsamayo devatābhyarcanāni ca / (17.1) Par.?

yathā jātena satataṃ vartitavyamaharniśam // (17.2) Par.?

sa dharmaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ purā sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā / (18.1) Par.?

mantrasaṃskārasampannāstrayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ // (18.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ matam anādṛtya yadi varteta kāmataḥ / (19.1) Par.?

sa mṛto jāyate śvā vai gatirūrdhvā na vidyate // (19.2) Par.?

na teṣāṃ preṣaṇaṃ nityaṃ teṣāṃ matamanusmaran / (20.1) Par.?

yaśobhāgī svadharmasthaḥ svargabhāgī sa jāyate // (20.2) Par.?

evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇo 'vasadvipraḥ sa bhārata / (21.1) Par.?

hanasveti hanasveti śṛṇoti vākyamīdṛśam // (21.2) Par.?

tato nirīkṣate cordhvam adhaścaiva diśo daśa / (22.1) Par.?

vepamānaḥ sa bhītaśca praskhalaṃśca pade pade // (22.2) Par.?

śṛṅkhalāyudhahastaiśca pāśaiścaiva sudāruṇaiḥ / (23.1) Par.?

veṣṭitaṃ mahiṣārūḍhaṃ naraṃ paśyati manmukham // (23.2) Par.?

kṛṣṇāṃjanacayaprakhyaṃ kṛṣṇāmbaravibhūṣitam / (24.1) Par.?

raktākṣamāyatabhujaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam // (24.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā taṃ tu samāyāntaṃ nirīkṣyātmānamātmanā / (25.1) Par.?

japañjāpyaṃ ca paramaṃ śatarudrīyasaṃstavam // (25.2) Par.?

tataḥ provāca bhagavānyamaḥ saṃyamano mahān / (26.1) Par.?

śṛṇu vākyamato brahmanyamo 'haṃ sarvajantuṣu // (26.2) Par.?

saṃharasva mahābhāga rudrajāpyaṃ sudurbhidam / (27.1) Par.?

yenāhaṃ kālapāśaistvāṃ saṃyamāmi gatavyathaḥ // (27.2) Par.?

tacchrutvā niṣṭhuraṃ vākyaṃ yamasya mukhanirgatam / (28.1) Par.?

mahābhayasamopeto brāhmaṇaḥ prapalāyitaḥ // (28.2) Par.?

tasya mārge gatāḥ sarve yamena saha kiṃkarāḥ / (29.1) Par.?

tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti taṃ vipramūcuste so 'pyadhāvata // (29.2) Par.?

tvaramāṇaḥ pariśrānto hā hato 'haṃ durātmabhiḥ / (30.1) Par.?

rakṣa rakṣa mahādeva śaraṇāgatavatsala // (30.2) Par.?

evamuktvāpatadbhūmau liṅgamāliṅgya bhārata / (31.1) Par.?

gatasattvaḥ sa viprendraḥ samāśritya sureśvaram // (31.2) Par.?

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau devadevo maheśvaraḥ / (32.1) Par.?

ko haniṣyati mābhaistvaṃ huṅkāramakarottadā // (32.2) Par.?

tena te kiṃkarāḥ sarve yamena saha bhārata / (33.1) Par.?

huṅkāreṇa gatāḥ sarve meghā vātahatā yathā // (33.2) Par.?

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ kohanasveti viśrutam / (34.1) Par.?

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam // (34.2) Par.?

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayet parameśvaram / (35.1) Par.?

agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamāpnotyanuttamam // (35.2) Par.?

tatra tīrthe tu rājendra prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ / (36.1) Par.?

na paśyati yamaṃ devamityevaṃ śaṅkaro 'bravīt // (36.2) Par.?

agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryājjale vā nṛpasattama / (37.1) Par.?

agniloke vaset tāvad yāvat kalpaśatatrayam // (37.2) Par.?

evaṃ varuṇaloke 'pi vasitvā kālamīpsitam / (38.1) Par.?

iha lokamanuprāpto mahādhanapatirbhavet // (38.2) Par.?

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kohanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (39.1) Par.?