Texts

sūta uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

āgnīdhraṃ jyeṣṭhadāyādaṃ kāmyaputraṃ mahābalam / (1.2) Par.?

priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcadvai jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ nṛpaḥ // (1.3) Par.?

so'tīva bhavabhaktaś ca tapasvī taruṇaḥ sadā / (2.1) Par.?

bhavārcanarataḥ śrīmāngomāndhīmāndvijarṣabhāḥ // (2.2) Par.?

tasya putrā babhūvuste prajāpatisamā nava / (3.1) Par.?

sarve māheśvarāścaiva mahādevaparāyaṇāḥ // (3.2) Par.?

jyeṣṭho nābhir iti khyātastasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho vai tvilāvṛtaḥ // (4.2) Par.?

ramyastu pañcamas tatra hiraṇmān ṣaṣṭha ucyate / (5.1) Par.?

kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvastvaṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

navamaḥ ketumālastu teṣāṃ deśānnibodhata / (6.1) Par.?

nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ hemākhyaṃ tu pitā dadau // (6.2) Par.?

hemakūṭaṃ tu yadvarṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya saḥ / (7.1) Par.?

naiṣadhaṃ yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ haraye tatpitā dadau // (7.2) Par.?

ilāvṛtāya pradadau meruryatra tu madhyamaḥ / (8.1) Par.?

nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā // (8.2) Par.?

śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ tasmātpitrā dattaṃ hiraṇmate / (9.1) Par.?

yaduttaraṃ śṛṅgavarṣaṃ pitā tatkurave dadau // (9.2) Par.?

varṣaṃ mālyavataṃ cāpi bhadrāśvasya nyavedayat / (10.1) Par.?

gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān // (10.2) Par.?

ityetāni mahāntīha nava varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ / (11.1) Par.?

āgnīdhrasteṣu varṣeṣu putrāṃstānabhiṣicya vai // (11.2) Par.?

yathākramaṃ sa dharmātmā tatastu tapasi sthitaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

tapasā bhāvitaścaiva svādhyāyaniratastvabhūt // (12.2) Par.?

svādhyāyanirataḥ paścācchivadhyānaratas tvabhūt / (13.1) Par.?

yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇyaṣṭau śubhāni ca // (13.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ svabhāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hyayatnataḥ / (14.1) Par.?

viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca // (14.2) Par.?

dharmādharmau na teṣvāstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ / (15.1) Par.?

na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭasu sarvataḥ // (15.2) Par.?

rudrakṣetre mṛtāścaiva jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarās tathā / (16.1) Par.?

bhaktāḥ prāsaṃgikāścāpi teṣu kṣetreṣu yānti te // (16.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ hitāya rudreṇa cāṣṭakṣetraṃ vinirmitam / (17.1) Par.?

tatra teṣāṃ mahādevaḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurute sadā // (17.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā hṛdi mahādevam aṣṭakṣetranivāsinaḥ / (18.1) Par.?

sukhinaḥ sarvadā teṣāṃ sa eveha parā gatiḥ // (18.2) Par.?

nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāṅke 'sminnibodhata / (19.1) Par.?

nābhistvajanayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahāmatiḥ // (19.2) Par.?

ṛṣabhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvakṣatrasya pūjitam / (20.1) Par.?

ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ // (20.2) Par.?

so'bhiṣicyātha ṛṣabho bharataṃ putravatsalaḥ / (21.1) Par.?

jñānavairāgyamāśritya jitvendriyamahoragān // (21.2) Par.?

sarvātmanātmani sthāpya paramātmānamīśvaram / (22.1) Par.?

nagno jaṭī nirāhāraścīrī dhvāntagato hi saḥ // (22.2) Par.?

nirāśastyaktasaṃdehaḥ śaivamāpa paraṃ padam / (23.1) Par.?

himādrerdakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya nyavedayat // (23.2) Par.?

tasmāttu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā vidurbudhāḥ / (24.1) Par.?

bharatasyātmajo vidvānsumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ // (24.2) Par.?

babhūva tasmiṃstadrājyaṃ bharataḥ saṃnyaveśayat / (25.1) Par.?

putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīko vanaṃ rājā viveśa saḥ // (25.2) Par.?

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bharatavarṣakathanaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // (26.1) Par.?