Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 104

NarP 1 104.1

ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं स्कन्दसंज्ञकम् । यस्मिन्प्रतिपदं साक्षान्महादेवो व्यवस्थितः

brahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ skandasaṃjñakam / yasminpratipadaṃ sākṣānmahādevo vyavasthitaḥ

Brahmā said: Listen, my son, I shall declare the Purāṇa named Skanda, in which, in every word, Mahādeva himself is present.

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NarP 1 104.2

पुराणे शतकोटो तु यच्छैवं वर्णितं मया । लक्षं तस्यार्थं जातस्य सारो व्यासेन कीर्तितः

purāṇe śatakoṭo tu yacchaivaṃ varṇitaṃ mayā / lakṣaṃ tasyārthaṃ jātasya sāro vyāsena kīrtitaḥ

What was described by me as Śaiva in the Purāṇa of a hundred crores (of verses) — of that, once it had come into being, Vyāsa proclaimed a lakh as its essence.

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NarP 1 104.3

स्कन्दाह्वयस्तत्र खण्डाः सप्तैव परिकल्पिताः । एकाशीतिसहस्रं तु स्कान्दं सर्वोघकृतंनम्

skandāhvayastatra khaṇḍāḥ saptaiva parikalpitāḥ / ekāśītisahasraṃ tu skāndaṃ sarvoghakṛtaṃnam

There, under the name Skanda, just seven sections were arranged; the Skanda (Purāṇa) has eighty-one thousand (verses) and destroys every flood (of sin).

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NarP 1 104.4

यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि स तु साक्षाच्छिवः स्थितः । यत्र माहेश्वरा धर्माः षण्मुखेन प्रकाशिताः

yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhedvāpi sa tu sākṣācchivaḥ sthitaḥ / yatra māheśvarā dharmāḥ ṣaṇmukhena prakāśitāḥ

Whoever hears or recites it, for him Śiva himself stands present — (that text) in which the duties relating to Maheśvara were made known by the six-faced one (Skanda),

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NarP 1 104.5

कल्पे तत्पुरुषे वृत्ताः सर्वसिद्धिविधायकाः । तस्य माहेश्वरश्चाथ खण्डः पापप्रणाशनः

kalpe tatpuruṣe vṛttāḥ sarvasiddhividhāyakāḥ / tasya māheśvaraścātha khaṇḍaḥ pāpapraṇāśanaḥ

(and which) took place in the Tatpuruṣa kalpa and bestow all attainments. Now, its Māheśvara section destroys sin.

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NarP 1 104.6

किञ्चिन्न्यूनार्कसाहस्रो बहुपुण्यो बृहत्कथः । सुचरित्रशतैर्युक्तः स्कन्दमाहात्म्यसूचकः

kiñcinnyūnārkasāhasro bahupuṇyo bṛhatkathaḥ / sucaritraśatairyuktaḥ skandamāhātmyasūcakaḥ

It has a little less than twelve thousand (verses), is greatly meritorious, has extensive narratives, is furnished with hundreds of good tales, and indicates the greatness of Skanda.

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NarP 1 104.7

यत्र केदारमाहात्म्ये पुराणोपक्रमः पुरा । दक्षयज्ञकथा पश्चाच्छिवलिङ्गार्चने फलम्

yatra kedāramāhātmye purāṇopakramaḥ purā / dakṣayajñakathā paścācchivaliṅgārcane phalam

In it, in the Kedāra-māhātmya, first comes the opening of the Purāṇa, then the story of Dakṣa's sacrifice, then the fruit of worshipping the Śiva-liṅga,

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NarP 1 104.8

समुद्रमथनाख्यानं देवेन्द्रचरितं ततः । पार्वत्याः समुपाख्यानं विवाहस्तदनन्तरम्

samudramathanākhyānaṃ devendracaritaṃ tataḥ / pārvatyāḥ samupākhyānaṃ vivāhastadanantaram

the narrative of the churning of the ocean, then the deeds of Indra, the full account of Pārvatī, and after that the marriage,

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NarP 1 104.9

कुमारोत्पत्तिकथनं ततस्तारकसंगरः । ततः पाशुपताख्यानं चण्डाख्यानसमन्वितम्

kumārotpattikathanaṃ tatastārakasaṃgaraḥ / tataḥ pāśupatākhyānaṃ caṇḍākhyānasamanvitam

the telling of Kumāra's birth, then the battle with Tāraka, then the Pāśupata narrative together with the narrative of Caṇḍa,

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NarP 1 104.10

द्यूतप्रवर्तनाख्यानं नारदेन समागमः । ततः कुमारमाहात्म्ये पञ्चतीर्थकथानकम्

dyūtapravartanākhyānaṃ nāradena samāgamaḥ / tataḥ kumāramāhātmye pañcatīrthakathānakam

the narrative of the introduction of dicing, the meeting with Nārada, then, in the Kumāra-māhātmya, the tale of the five sacred fords,

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NarP 1 104.11

धर्मवर्मनृपाख्यानं नदीसागरकीर्तनम् । इन्द्रद्युम्नकथा पश्चान्नाडीजङ्घकथान्वितम्

dharmavarmanṛpākhyānaṃ nadīsāgarakīrtanam / indradyumnakathā paścānnāḍījaṅghakathānvitam

the narrative of King Dharmavarman, the praise of rivers and oceans, then the story of Indradyumna together with the story of Nāḍījaṅgha,

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NarP 1 104.12

प्रादुर्भावस्ततो मह्याः कथा दमनकस्य च । महीसागरसंयोगः कुमारेशकथा ततः

prādurbhāvastato mahyāḥ kathā damanakasya ca / mahīsāgarasaṃyogaḥ kumāreśakathā tataḥ

then the appearance of the Earth and the story of Damanaka, the joining of the Earth and the ocean, and then the story of Kumāreśa,

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NarP 1 104.13

ततस्तारकयुद्धं च नानाख्यानसमन्वितम् । वधश्च तारकस्याथ पञ्चलिङ्गनिवेशनम्

tatastārakayuddhaṃ ca nānākhyānasamanvitam / vadhaśca tārakasyātha pañcaliṅganiveśanam

then the war with Tāraka, furnished with various narratives, and the slaying of Tāraka, then the installation of the five liṅgas,

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NarP 1 104.14

द्वीपाख्यानं ततः पुण्यमूर्द्धलोकव्यवस्थितिः । ब्रह्माण्डस्थितिमानं च वर्करेशकथानकम्

dvīpākhyānaṃ tataḥ puṇyamūrddhalokavyavasthitiḥ / brahmāṇḍasthitimānaṃ ca varkareśakathānakam

then the meritorious account of the islands, the arrangement of the upper worlds, the measure of the structure of the cosmic egg, and the tale of Varkareśa,

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NarP 1 104.15

महाकालसमुद्भूतिः कथा चास्य महाद्भुता । वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं कोटितीर्थं ततः परम्

mahākālasamudbhūtiḥ kathā cāsya mahādbhutā / vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ tataḥ param

the origin of Mahākāla and his most wondrous story, the greatness of Vāsudeva, and after that the Koṭi-tīrtha,

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NarP 1 104.16

नानातीर्थसमाख्यानं गुप्तक्षेत्रे प्रकीर्तितम् । पाण्डवानां कथा पुण्या महाविद्याप्रसाधनम्

nānātīrthasamākhyānaṃ guptakṣetre prakīrtitam / pāṇḍavānāṃ kathā puṇyā mahāvidyāprasādhanam

the full account of the various sacred fords proclaimed in the Guptakṣetra, the holy story of the Pāṇḍavas, the accomplishing of the great knowledge,

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NarP 1 104.17

तीर्थयात्रासमाप्तिश्च कौमारमिदमद्भुतम् । अरुणाचलमाहात्म्यं सनकब्रह्मसंकथा

tīrthayātrāsamāptiśca kaumāramidamadbhutam / aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ sanakabrahmasaṃkathā

And the conclusion of the pilgrimage-tour, and this marvellous Kaumāra (section); the greatness of Aruṇācala, the conversation of Sanaka and Brahmā;

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NarP 1 104.18

गौरीतपः समाख्यानं तत्तत्तीर्थनिरूपणम् । माहिषासुरमाख्यानं वधश्चास्य महाद्भुतः

gaurītapaḥ samākhyānaṃ tattattīrthanirūpaṇam / māhiṣāsuramākhyānaṃ vadhaścāsya mahādbhutaḥ

The full account of Gaurī's austerity, the description of this and that sacred place, the account of the buffalo-demon and his most marvellous slaying;

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NarP 1 104.19

द्रोणाचले शिवास्थानं नित्यदापरिकीर्तितम् । इत्येष कथितः स्कान्दे खण्डो माहेश्वरो ऽद्भुतः

droṇācale śivāsthānaṃ nityadāparikīrtitam / ityeṣa kathitaḥ skānde khaṇḍo māheśvaro 'dbhutaḥ

Śiva's abode on Mount Droṇa, celebrated as everlasting — thus has this marvellous Māheśvara section of the Skānda (Purāṇa) been recounted.

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NarP 1 104.20

द्वितीयो वैष्णवः खण्डस्तस्याख्यानानि मे शुणु । प्रथमं भूमिवाराहसमाख्यानं प्रकीर्तितम्

dvitīyo vaiṣṇavaḥ khaṇḍastasyākhyānāni me śuṇu / prathamaṃ bhūmivārāhasamākhyānaṃ prakīrtitam

The second is the Vaiṣṇava section; hear from me its narratives. First is proclaimed the account of the Earth and the Boar,

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NarP 1 104.21

यत्र वेङ्कटकुध्रस्य माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । कमलायाः कथा पुण्या श्रीनिवासस्थितिस्ततः

yatra veṅkaṭakudhrasya māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam / kamalāyāḥ kathā puṇyā śrīnivāsasthitistataḥ

wherein (is told) the sin-destroying greatness of Mount Veṅkaṭa, the holy tale of Kamalā, and then the establishment of Śrīnivāsa;

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NarP 1 104.22

कुला लाख्यानकं चात्र सुवर्णमुखरी कथा । नानाख्यानसमायुक्ता भारद्वाजकथाद्भुता

kulā lākhyānakaṃ cātra suvarṇamukharī kathā / nānākhyānasamāyuktā bhāradvājakathādbhutā

and here the narrative of Kulā(?) and the tale of the Suvarṇamukharī (river); the marvellous tale of Bhāradvāja, joined with various narratives;

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NarP 1 104.23

मतङ्गाञ्जनसंवादः कीर्तितः पापनाशनः । पुरुषोत्तममाहात्म्यं कीर्तितं चोत्कले ततः

mataṅgāñjanasaṃvādaḥ kīrtitaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ / puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ cotkale tataḥ

The sin-destroying dialogue of Mataṅga and Añjana is recounted, and then the greatness of Puruṣottama in Utkala (Orissa) is proclaimed;

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NarP 1 104.24

मार्कण्डेयसमाख्यानमंबरीषस्य भूपतेः । इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य चाख्यानं विद्यापतिकथा शुभा

mārkaṇḍeyasamākhyānamaṃbarīṣasya bhūpateḥ / indradyumnasya cākhyānaṃ vidyāpatikathā śubhā

the full account of Mārkaṇḍeya, and of king Ambarīṣa, and the narrative of Indradyumna, and the auspicious tale of Vidyāpati;

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NarP 1 104.25

जैमिनेः समुपाख्यानं नारदस्यापि वाडव । नीलकण्ठसमाख्यानं नरसिंहोपवर्णनम्

jaimineḥ samupākhyānaṃ nāradasyāpi vāḍava / nīlakaṇṭhasamākhyānaṃ narasiṃhopavarṇanam

the narrative of Jaimini and also of Nārada, O brahmin; the account of Nīlakaṇṭha, and the description of Narasiṃha;

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NarP 1 104.26

अश्वमेधकथा राज्ञो ब्रह्मलोकगतिस्तथा । रथयाव्राविधिः पश्चाज्जन्मस्थानविधिस्तथा

aśvamedhakathā rājño brahmalokagatistathā / rathayāvrāvidhiḥ paścājjanmasthānavidhistathā

the tale of the king's horse-sacrifice, and likewise his going to Brahmā's world; the rule of the chariot-festival, and afterwards the rule concerning the birthplace;

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NarP 1 104.27

दक्षिणामूर्त्युपाख्यानं गुण्डिवाख्यानकं ततः । रथरक्षाविधानं च शयनोत्सवकीर्तनम्

dakṣiṇāmūrtyupākhyānaṃ guṇḍivākhyānakaṃ tataḥ / ratharakṣāvidhānaṃ ca śayanotsavakīrtanam

the narrative of Dakṣiṇāmūrti, then the narrative of Guṇḍivā, the prescription for guarding the chariot, and the celebration of the sleeping-festival;

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NarP 1 104.28

श्वेतोपाख्यानमत्रोक्तं पृथुत्सवनिरूपणम् । दोलोत्सवो भगवतो व्रतं सांवत्सराभिधम्

śvetopākhyānamatroktaṃ pṛthutsavanirūpaṇam / dolotsavo bhagavato vrataṃ sāṃvatsarābhidham

here is told the narrative of Śveta, the description of the Pṛthu festival, the swing-festival of the Lord, and the vow called "the yearly one";

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NarP 1 104.29

पूजा चाकामिका विष्णोरुद्दालकनियोगतः । योगसाधनमत्रोक्तं नानायोगनिरूपणम्

pūjā cākāmikā viṣṇoruddālakaniyogataḥ / yogasādhanamatroktaṃ nānāyoganirūpaṇam

and the desireless worship of Viṣṇu, by the appointment of Uddālaka; here is told the practice of yoga and the description of the various yogas;

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NarP 1 104.30

दशावतारकथनं स्रानादिपरिकीर्तनम् । ततो बदरिकायाश्च माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम्

daśāvatārakathanaṃ srānādiparikīrtanam / tato badarikāyāśca māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam

the telling of the ten incarnations, the account of bathing and the rest; then the sin-destroying greatness of Badarikā;

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NarP 1 104.31

अग्न्यादितीर्थमाहात्म्यं वैनतेयशिलाभवम् । कारणं भगवद्वासे तीर्थं कापालमोचनम्

agnyāditīrthamāhātmyaṃ vainateyaśilābhavam / kāraṇaṃ bhagavadvāse tīrthaṃ kāpālamocanam

the greatness of the Agni and other sacred bathing places, the origin of the Vainateya rock, the reason for the Lord's dwelling (there), and the sacred place Kapālamocana;

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NarP 1 104.32

पञ्चधाराभिधं तीर्थं मेरुसंस्थापनं तथा । ततः कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये माहात्म्यं मदनालसम्

pañcadhārābhidhaṃ tīrthaṃ merusaṃsthāpanaṃ tathā / tataḥ kārtikamāhātmye māhātmyaṃ madanālasam

the sacred place named Pañcadhārā, and likewise the establishing of Meru; then, in the Greatness of (the month of) Kārtika, the greatness (of the place) Madanālasa;

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NarP 1 104.33

धूम्रकेशसमाख्यानं दिनकृत्यानि कर्तिके । पञ्चभीष्मव्रताख्यानं कीर्तितं भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्

dhūmrakeśasamākhyānaṃ dinakṛtyāni kartike / pañcabhīṣmavratākhyānaṃ kīrtitaṃ bhuktimuktidam

the account of Dhūmrakeśa, the daily observances in Kārtika, the account of the five Bhīṣma vows, proclaimed as granting enjoyment and liberation;

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NarP 1 104.34

ततो मार्गस्य माहात्म्ये विधानं स्नानजं तथा । पुण्ड्रादिकीर्तनं चात्र मालाधारणपुण्यकम्

tato mārgasya māhātmye vidhānaṃ snānajaṃ tathā / puṇḍrādikīrtanaṃ cātra mālādhāraṇapuṇyakam

then, in the Greatness of (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa, the prescription and likewise (the merit) arising from bathing; and here the account of the (sectarian) mark and so on, and the merit of wearing a garland;

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NarP 1 104.35

पञ्चामृतस्नानपुण्यं घण्टानादादिजं फलम् । नानापुष्पार्चनफलं तुलसीदलजं फलम्

pañcāmṛtasnānapuṇyaṃ ghaṇṭānādādijaṃ phalam / nānāpuṣpārcanaphalaṃ tulasīdalajaṃ phalam

the merit of the bath with the five nectars, the fruit arising from the ringing of bells and so on, the fruit of worship with various flowers, the fruit arising from a tulasī leaf;

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NarP 1 104.36

नैवेद्यस्य च माहात्म्यं हरिवासरकीर्तनम् । अखण्डैकादशीपुण्यं तथा जागरणस्य च

naivedyasya ca māhātmyaṃ harivāsarakīrtanam / akhaṇḍaikādaśīpuṇyaṃ tathā jāgaraṇasya ca

and the greatness of the food-offering, the account of Hari's day, the merit of the unbroken eleventh-day (fast), and likewise of keeping vigil;

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NarP 1 104.37

यस्योत्सवविधानं च नाममाहात्म्यकीर्तनम् । ध्यानादिपुण्यकथनं माहात्म्यं मथुराभवम्

yasyotsavavidhānaṃ ca nāmamāhātmyakīrtanam / dhyānādipuṇyakathanaṃ māhātmyaṃ mathurābhavam

And the prescription of his festival, the proclamation of the greatness of (his) name, the telling of the merit arising from meditation and the rest, and the greatness that pertains to Mathurā;

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NarP 1 104.38

मथुरातीर्थमाहात्म्यं पृथगुक्तं ततः परम् । वनानां द्वादशानां च माहात्म्यं कीर्तितं ततः

mathurātīrthamāhātmyaṃ pṛthaguktaṃ tataḥ param / vanānāṃ dvādaśānāṃ ca māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ tataḥ

After that, the greatness of the holy places of Mathurā is told separately, and then the greatness of the twelve forests is proclaimed;

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NarP 1 104.39

श्रीमद्भागवतस्यात्र माहात्म्यं कीर्तितं परम् । वज्रशाण्डिल्यसंवाद अन्तर्लीलाप्रकाशकम्

śrīmadbhāgavatasyātra māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ param / vajraśāṇḍilyasaṃvāda antarlīlāprakāśakam

Here the supreme greatness of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata is proclaimed, (in) the dialogue of Vajra and Śāṇḍilya, which reveals the inner play (of the Lord);

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NarP 1 104.40

ततो माघस्य माहात्म्यं स्नानदानजपोद्भवम् । नानाख्यानसमायुक्तं दशाध्यायैर्निरूपितम्

tato māghasya māhātmyaṃ snānadānajapodbhavam / nānākhyānasamāyuktaṃ daśādhyāyairnirūpitam

Then the greatness of (the month of) Māgha, arising from bathing, giving and muttered prayer, joined with various tales, is set forth in ten chapters;

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NarP 1 104.41

ततो वैष्णवमाहात्म्ये शय्यादानादिजं फलम् । जलदा नादिविधयः कामाख्यानमतः परम्

tato vaiṣṇavamāhātmye śayyādānādijaṃ phalam / jaladā nādividhayaḥ kāmākhyānamataḥ param

Then, in the Vaiṣṇava greatness, the fruit born of the gift of a bed and the like; the rules for givers of water and so forth; after that the tale of Kāma;

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NarP 1 104.42

श्रुतदेवस्य चरितं व्याधोपाख्यानमद्भुतम् । तथाक्षयतृतीयादेर्विशेषात्पुण्यकीर्तनम्

śrutadevasya caritaṃ vyādhopākhyānamadbhutam / tathākṣayatṛtīyāderviśeṣātpuṇyakīrtanam

The life of Śrutadeva, the marvellous tale of the hunter, and likewise the proclamation of the merit, by way of particulars, of the Akṣaya-tṛtīyā and the rest;

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NarP 1 104.43

ततस्त्वयोध्यामाहात्म्ये चक्रब्रह्माह्वतीर्थके । सुरापापविमोक्षाख्ये तथाधारसहस्रकम्

tatastvayodhyāmāhātmye cakrabrahmāhvatīrthake / surāpāpavimokṣākhye tathādhārasahasrakam

Then, in the greatness of Ayodhyā, concerning the holy places named Cakra and Brahmā, and the one called the release from the sin of liquor, and likewise the thousand supports (ādhāra-sahasraka);

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NarP 1 104.44

स्वर्गद्वारं चन्द्रहरिधर्महर्युपवर्णनम् । स्वर्णवृष्टेरुपाख्यानं तिलोदासरयूयुतिः

svargadvāraṃ candraharidharmaharyupavarṇanam / svarṇavṛṣṭerupākhyānaṃ tilodāsarayūyutiḥ

The description of Svargadvāra, Candrahari and Dharmahari; the tale of the rain of gold; the junction of the Tilodā and the Sarayū;

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NarP 1 104.45

सीताकुण्डं गुप्तहरिसरंयुघर्घरान्वयः । गोप्रतारं च दुग्धोदं गुरुकुण्डादिपञ्चकम्

sītākuṇḍaṃ guptaharisaraṃyughargharānvayaḥ / gopratāraṃ ca dugdhodaṃ gurukuṇḍādipañcakam

Sītākuṇḍa, the Guptahari lake, the confluence with the Ghaghara, Gopratāra and Dugdhoda, and the five (holy places) beginning with Gurukuṇḍa;

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NarP 1 104.46

सोमार्का दीनि तीर्थानि त्रयोदश ततः परम् । गयाकूपस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वाघविनिवर्तकम्

somārkā dīni tīrthāni trayodaśa tataḥ param / gayākūpasya māhātmyaṃ sarvāghavinivartakam

After that the thirteen holy places beginning with Somārka; (and) the greatness of the Gayā well, which turns away every sin;

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NarP 1 104.47

माण्डव्याश्रमपूर्वाणि तीर्थानि तदनन्तरम् । अजितादि मानसादितीर्थानि गदितानि च

māṇḍavyāśramapūrvāṇi tīrthāni tadanantaram / ajitādi mānasāditīrthāni gaditāni ca

Thereafter the holy places beginning with Māṇḍavya's hermitage; and the holy places beginning with Ajita and with Mānasa are told;

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NarP 1 104.48

इत्येष वैष्णवः खण्डो द्वितीयः परिकीर्तितः । अतः परं ब्रह्मखण्डं मरीचे शृणु पुण्यदम्

ityeṣa vaiṣṇavaḥ khaṇḍo dvitīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / ataḥ paraṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ marīce śṛṇu puṇyadam

Thus this second, the Vaiṣṇava section, has been fully proclaimed. After this, Marīci, hear of the Brahma section, which bestows merit;

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NarP 1 104.49

यत्र वै सेतुमाहात्म्ये फलं स्नाने क्षणोद्भवम् । गालवस्य तपश्चर्या राक्षसाख्यानकं ततः

yatra vai setumāhātmye phalaṃ snāne kṣaṇodbhavam / gālavasya tapaścaryā rākṣasākhyānakaṃ tataḥ

Wherein, in the greatness of the Setu, the fruit produced in a moment by bathing; the practice of austerity by Gālava; then the tale of the demon;

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NarP 1 104.50

चक्रतीर्थादिमाहात्म्यं देवीपत्तनसंयुते । वेतालतीर्थमहिमा पापनाशादिकीर्तनम्

cakratīrthādimāhātmyaṃ devīpattanasaṃyute / vetālatīrthamahimā pāpanāśādikīrtanam

The greatness of Cakratīrtha and the rest, together with Devīpattana; the majesty of Vetālatīrtha; the account of the destruction of sin and so forth;

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NarP 1 104.51

मङ्गलादिकमाहात्म्यं ब्रह्मकुण्डादिवर्णनम् । हनुमत्कुण्डमहिमागस्त्यतीर्थभवं फलम्

maṅgalādikamāhātmyaṃ brahmakuṇḍādivarṇanam / hanumatkuṇḍamahimāgastyatīrthabhavaṃ phalam

The greatness of Maṅgala and the rest; the description of Brahmakuṇḍa and the rest; the majesty of Hanumatkuṇḍa; the fruit arising from Agastyatīrtha;

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NarP 1 104.52

रामतीर्थादिकथनं लक्ष्मीतीर्थनिरूपणम् । शङ्खादितीर्थमहिमा तथा साध्यामृतादिजः

rāmatīrthādikathanaṃ lakṣmītīrthanirūpaṇam / śaṅkhāditīrthamahimā tathā sādhyāmṛtādijaḥ

The telling of Rāmatīrtha and the rest; the setting forth of Lakṣmītīrtha; the majesty of Śaṅkhatīrtha and the rest, and likewise (the fruit) born of Sādhyāmṛta and the rest;

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NarP 1 104.53

धनुष्कोट्यादिमाहात्म्यं क्षीरकुण्डादिजं तथा । गायत्र्यादिकतीर्थानां माहात्म्यं चात्र कीर्तितम्

dhanuṣkoṭyādimāhātmyaṃ kṣīrakuṇḍādijaṃ tathā / gāyatryādikatīrthānāṃ māhātmyaṃ cātra kīrtitam

The greatness of Dhanuṣkoṭi and the rest, and likewise that arising from Kṣīrakuṇḍa and the rest; and here the greatness of the holy places beginning with Gāyatrī is proclaimed;

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NarP 1 104.54

रामनाथस्य महिमा तत्त्वज्ञानोपदेशनम् । यात्राविधानकथनं सेतै मुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम्

rāmanāthasya mahimā tattvajñānopadeśanam / yātrāvidhānakathanaṃ setai muktipradaṃ nṛṇām

The majesty of Rāmanātha; the teaching of the knowledge of reality; the telling of the rules for pilgrimage at the Setu, which grants liberation to men;

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NarP 1 104.55

धर्मारण्यस्य माहात्म्यं ततः परमुदीरितम् । स्थाणुः स्कन्दाय भगवान्यत्र तत्त्वमुपादिशत्

dharmāraṇyasya māhātmyaṃ tataḥ paramudīritam / sthāṇuḥ skandāya bhagavānyatra tattvamupādiśat

After that the greatness of Dharmāraṇya is declared, where the Lord Sthāṇu taught the truth to Skanda;

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NarP 1 104.56

धर्मारण्यसुसंभूतिस्तत्पुण्यपरिकीर्त्तनम् । कर्ंमसिद्धेः समाख्यानं ऋषिवंशनिरूपणम्

dharmāraṇyasusaṃbhūtistatpuṇyaparikīrttanam / karṃmasiddheḥ samākhyānaṃ ṛṣivaṃśanirūpaṇam

The fair origin of Dharmāraṇya, the full proclaiming of its merit; the account of the accomplishment of rites (karma-siddhi); the setting forth of the lineage of seers;

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NarP 1 104.57

अप्सरस्तीर्थमुख्यानां माहात्म्यं यत्र कीर्तितम् । वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च धर्मतत्त्वनिरूपणम्

apsarastīrthamukhyānāṃ māhātmyaṃ yatra kīrtitam / varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca dharmatattvanirūpaṇam

(There) the greatness of the chief Apsaras-tīrthas is proclaimed, and the exposition of the true nature of the duties of the classes and the stages of life.

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NarP 1 104.58

दिवः स्थानविभागश्च बकुलार्ककथा शुभा । छत्रानन्दा तथा शान्ता श्रीमाता च मतङ्गिनी

divaḥ sthānavibhāgaśca bakulārkakathā śubhā / chatrānandā tathā śāntā śrīmātā ca mataṅginī

And the division of the regions of heaven, the auspicious story of Bakulārka; Chatrānandā, and likewise Śāntā, Śrīmātā, and Mataṅginī,

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NarP 1 104.59

पुण्यदा च समाख्याता यत्र देव्यः समास्थिताः । इन्द्रेश्वरादिमाहात्म्यं द्वारकादिनिरूपणम्

puṇyadā ca samākhyātā yatra devyaḥ samāsthitāḥ / indreśvarādimāhātmyaṃ dvārakādinirūpaṇam

and Puṇyadā are recounted—(the places) where these goddesses are established; the greatness of Indreśvara and the rest, and the description of Dvārakā and other (places).

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NarP 1 104.60

लोहासुरसमाख्यानं गङ्गाकूपनिरूपणम् । श्रीरामचरितं चैव सत्यमन्दिरवर्णनम्

lohāsurasamākhyānaṃ gaṅgākūpanirūpaṇam / śrīrāmacaritaṃ caiva satyamandiravarṇanam

The account of the demon Loha, the description of the Gaṅgā well, and the deeds of Śrī Rāma, and the description of the temple of Truth (Satyamandira),

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NarP 1 104.61

जीर्णोद्धा रस्य कथनमासनप्रतिपादनम् । जातिभेदप्रकथनं स्मृतिधर्मनिरूपणम्

jīrṇoddhā rasya kathanamāsanapratipādanam / jātibhedaprakathanaṃ smṛtidharmanirūpaṇam

the telling of the restoration of what has decayed, the setting forth of the (ritual) seat, the exposition of the distinctions of castes, the exposition of the duties (taught) in the Smṛtis,

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NarP 1 104.62

ततस्तु वैष्णवा धर्मा नानाख्यानैरुदीरिताः । चातुर्मास्ये ततः पुण्ये सर्वधमनिरूपणम्

tatastu vaiṣṇavā dharmā nānākhyānairudīritāḥ / cāturmāsye tataḥ puṇye sarvadhamanirūpaṇam

and then the Vaiṣṇava duties, set forth by means of various narratives; then, in the holy four-month season, the exposition of all duties (dharma),

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NarP 1 104.63

दानप्रशंसा तत्पश्चाद्व्रतस्य महिमा ततः । तपश्चैव पूजायाः सच्छिद्रकथनं ततः

dānapraśaṃsā tatpaścādvratasya mahimā tataḥ / tapaścaiva pūjāyāḥ sacchidrakathanaṃ tataḥ

then after that the praise of giving, then the greatness of vows, and asceticism, and then the telling of the defects of worship,

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NarP 1 104.64

तद्वृत्तीनां भिदाख्यानं शालग्रामनिरूपणम् । भारकस्य वधोपायो वृक्षाचामहिमा तथा

tadvṛttīnāṃ bhidākhyānaṃ śālagrāmanirūpaṇam / bhārakasya vadhopāyo vṛkṣācāmahimā tathā

the account of the divisions of its (proper) practices, the exposition of the śālagrāma, the means of slaying Bhāraka, and likewise the greatness of the tree-bathing (vṛkṣācā?),

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NarP 1 104.65

विष्णोः शापश्च वृक्षत्वं पार्वत्यनुतपस्ततः । हरस्य ताण्डवं नृत्यं रामनामनिरूपणम्

viṣṇoḥ śāpaśca vṛkṣatvaṃ pārvatyanutapastataḥ / harasya tāṇḍavaṃ nṛtyaṃ rāmanāmanirūpaṇam

and Viṣṇu's curse and (his) becoming a tree, then Pārvatī's asceticism, Hara's tāṇḍava dance, and the exposition of the name of Rāma,

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NarP 1 104.66

हरस्य लिङ्गपतनं कथा बैजवनस्य च । पार्वतीजन्मचरितं तारकस्य वधो ऽद्भुतः

harasya liṅgapatanaṃ kathā baijavanasya ca / pārvatījanmacaritaṃ tārakasya vadho 'dbhutaḥ

the falling of Hara's liṅga, and the story of Baijavana, the account of Pārvatī's birth, the marvellous slaying of Tāraka,

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NarP 1 104.67

प्रणवैश्वर्यकथनं तारकाचरितं पुनः । दक्षयज्ञसमाप्तिश्च द्वादशाक्षरभूषणम्

praṇavaiśvaryakathanaṃ tārakācaritaṃ punaḥ / dakṣayajñasamāptiśca dvādaśākṣarabhūṣaṇam

the telling of the sovereign power of the praṇava (Om), again the deeds of Tārakā, and the conclusion of Dakṣa's sacrifice, the adornment (that is) the twelve-syllabled (mantra),

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NarP 1 104.68

ज्ञानयोगसमाख्यानं महिमा द्वादशाक्षरेः । श्रवणादिकपुण्यं च कीर्तितं शर्मदं नृणाम्

jñānayogasamākhyānaṃ mahimā dvādaśākṣareḥ / śravaṇādikapuṇyaṃ ca kīrtitaṃ śarmadaṃ nṛṇām

the account of the yoga of knowledge, the greatness of the twelve-syllabled (mantra), and the merit of hearing it and so forth, which is proclaimed as bestowing welfare upon men.

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NarP 1 104.69

ततो ब्राह्मोत्तरे भागे शिवस्य महिमाद्भुतः । पञ्चाक्षरस्य महिमा गोकर्णमहिमा ततः

tato brāhmottare bhāge śivasya mahimādbhutaḥ / pañcākṣarasya mahimā gokarṇamahimā tataḥ

Then, in the Brāhma-uttara section, the marvellous greatness of Śiva, the greatness of the five-syllabled (mantra), then the greatness of Gokarṇa,

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NarP 1 104.70

शिवरात्रैश्च महिमा प्रदोषव्र तकीर्तनम् । सोमवारव्रतं चापि सीमन्तिन्याः कथानकम्

śivarātraiśca mahimā pradoṣavra takīrtanam / somavāravrataṃ cāpi sīmantinyāḥ kathānakam

and the greatness of the Śiva-nights, the proclamation of the Pradoṣa vow, and also the Monday vow, and the little tale of Sīmantinī,

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NarP 1 104.71

भद्रायुत्पत्तिकथनं सदाचारनिरूपणम् । शिववर्मसमुद्देशो भद्रायूद्वाहवर्णनम्

bhadrāyutpattikathanaṃ sadācāranirūpaṇam / śivavarmasamuddeśo bhadrāyūdvāhavarṇanam

the telling of the birth of Bhadrāyu, the exposition of good conduct, the instruction in the Śiva-armour (mantra), the description of Bhadrāyu's marriage,

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NarP 1 104.72

भद्रायुमहिमा चापि भस्ममाहात्म्यकीर्तनम् । शबराख्यानकं चैव उमामाहेश्वरं व्रतम्

bhadrāyumahimā cāpi bhasmamāhātmyakīrtanam / śabarākhyānakaṃ caiva umāmāheśvaraṃ vratam

and also the greatness of Bhadrāyu, the proclamation of the greatness of ashes, and the little tale of the Śabara, and the Umā-Māheśvara vow,

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NarP 1 104.73

रुद्राक्षस्य च माहात्म्यं रुद्राध्यायस्य पुण्यकम् । श्रवणादिकपुण्यं च ब्रह्मखण्डो ऽयमीरितः

rudrākṣasya ca māhātmyaṃ rudrādhyāyasya puṇyakam / śravaṇādikapuṇyaṃ ca brahmakhaṇḍo 'yamīritaḥ

and the greatness of the rudrākṣa, the merit of the Rudra chapter, and the merit of hearing it and so forth—this is the Brahma-khaṇḍa, (thus) declared.

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NarP 1 104.74

अतः परं चतुर्थं तु काशीखण्डमनुत्तमम् । विन्ध्यनारदयोर्यत्र संवादः परिकीर्तितः

ataḥ paraṃ caturthaṃ tu kāśīkhaṇḍamanuttamam / vindhyanāradayoryatra saṃvādaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

After this, the fourth is the unsurpassed Kāśī-khaṇḍa, in which the conversation between Vindhya and Nārada is recounted,

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NarP 1 104.75

सत्यलोकप्रभावश्चागस्त्यावासे सुरागमः । पतिव्रताचरित्रं च तीर्थयात्रा प्रशंसनम्

satyalokaprabhāvaścāgastyāvāse surāgamaḥ / pativratācaritraṃ ca tīrthayātrā praśaṃsanam

and the power of the world of truth, the coming of the gods to Agastya's dwelling, the conduct of a devoted wife, and the praise of pilgrimage to the tīrthas,

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NarP 1 104.76

ततश्च सप्तपुर्याख्या संयमिन्या निरूपणम् । बुधस्य च तथेन्द्राग्न्योर्लोकाप्तिः शिवशर्मणः

tataśca saptapuryākhyā saṃyaminyā nirūpaṇam / budhasya ca tathendrāgnyorlokāptiḥ śivaśarmaṇaḥ

and then the account of the seven cities, the description of Saṃyaminī, and of Budha, and likewise of Indra and Agni, (and) the attainment of (that) world by Śivaśarman,

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NarP 1 104.77

अग्नेः समुद्भवश्चैव क्रव्याद्वरुणसंभवः । गन्धवत्यलकापुर्योरीश्वर्याश्च समुद्भवः

agneḥ samudbhavaścaiva kravyādvaruṇasaṃbhavaḥ / gandhavatyalakāpuryorīśvaryāśca samudbhavaḥ

And the origin of Agni, the arising of Kravyād and of Varuṇa; and the origin of the cities Gandhavatī and Alakā, and of Īśvarī.

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NarP 1 104.78

चन्द्रार्कबुधलोकानां कुजेज्यार्कभुवां क्रमात् । मम विष्णोर्ध्रुवस्यापि तपोलोकस्य वर्णनम्

candrārkabudhalokānāṃ kujejyārkabhuvāṃ kramāt / mama viṣṇordhruvasyāpi tapolokasya varṇanam

(The description) of the worlds of the moon, the sun and Mercury, and in order of the realms of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn; the description of my (world), of Viṣṇu's, of Dhruva's, and of the Tapoloka.

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NarP 1 104.79

ध्रुवलोककथा पुण्या सत्यलोकनिरीक्षणम् । स्कन्दागस्त्यसमालापो मणिकर्णीसमुद्भवः

dhruvalokakathā puṇyā satyalokanirīkṣaṇam / skandāgastyasamālāpo maṇikarṇīsamudbhavaḥ

The meritorious account of Dhruva's world; the viewing of the Satyaloka; the conversation of Skanda and Agastya; the origin of Maṇikarṇī.

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NarP 1 104.80

प्रभावश्चापि गङ्गाया गङ्गानामसहस्रकम् । वाराणसीप्रशंसा च भैरवाविर्भवस्ततः

prabhāvaścāpi gaṅgāyā gaṅgānāmasahasrakam / vārāṇasīpraśaṃsā ca bhairavāvirbhavastataḥ

And the power of the Gaṅgā; the thousand names of the Gaṅgā; the praise of Vārāṇasī; and then the manifestation of Bhairava.

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NarP 1 104.81

दण्डपाणिज्ञानवाप्योरुद्भवः समनन्तरम् । ततः कलावत्याख्यानं सदाचारनिरूपणम्

daṇḍapāṇijñānavāpyorudbhavaḥ samanantaram / tataḥ kalāvatyākhyānaṃ sadācāranirūpaṇam

Immediately after, the origin of Daṇḍapāṇi and of the Jñānavāpī; then the tale of Kalāvatī; the setting forth of right conduct.

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NarP 1 104.82

ब्रह्मचारिसमाख्यानं ततः स्त्रीलक्षणानि च । कृत्याकृत्यविनिर्देशो ह्यविमुक्तेशवर्णनम्

brahmacārisamākhyānaṃ tataḥ strīlakṣaṇāni ca / kṛtyākṛtyavinirdeśo hyavimukteśavarṇanam

The account of the celibate student; then the characteristics of women; the specification of what is to be done and not to be done; and the description of Avimukteśa.

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NarP 1 104.83

गृहस्थयोगिनो धर्माः कालज्ञानं ततः परम् । दिवोदासकथा पुण्या काशिकावर्णनं ततः

gṛhasthayogino dharmāḥ kālajñānaṃ tataḥ param / divodāsakathā puṇyā kāśikāvarṇanaṃ tataḥ

The duties of the householder and of the yogin; after that, the knowledge of time; the meritorious tale of Divodāsa; then the description of Kāśī.

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NarP 1 104.84

मायागणपतेश्चाथ भुवि प्रादुर्भवस्ततः । विष्णुमायाप्रपञ्चो ऽथ दिवोदासविमोक्षणम्

māyāgaṇapateścātha bhuvi prādurbhavastataḥ / viṣṇumāyāprapañco 'tha divodāsavimokṣaṇam

And then the manifestation of Māyā-Gaṇapati on the earth; then the unfolding of Viṣṇu's māyā; the liberation of Divodāsa.

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NarP 1 104.85

ततः पञ्चनदोत्पर्त्तिर्बिन्दुमाधवसंभवः । ततो वैष्णवतीर्थाख्या शूलिनः काशिकागमः

tataḥ pañcanadotparttirbindumādhavasaṃbhavaḥ / tato vaiṣṇavatīrthākhyā śūlinaḥ kāśikāgamaḥ

Then the arising of the Pañcanada; the origin of Bindumādhava; then the account of the Vaiṣṇava sacred fords; the coming of the Trident-bearer to Kāśī.

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NarP 1 104.86

जैगीषव्येन संवादो ज्येष्ठेशाख्या महेशितुः । क्षेत्राख्यानं कन्दुकेशः व्याघ्रेश्वरसमुद्भवः

jaigīṣavyena saṃvādo jyeṣṭheśākhyā maheśituḥ / kṣetrākhyānaṃ kandukeśaḥ vyāghreśvarasamudbhavaḥ

The dialogue with Jaigīṣavya; the account of Jyeṣṭheśa, the great Lord; the account of the sacred field; Kandukeśa; the origin of Vyāghreśvara.

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NarP 1 104.87

शैलेशरत्नेश्वरयोः कृत्तिवासस्य चोद्भवः । देवतानामधिष्टानं दुर्गासुरपराक्रमः

śaileśaratneśvarayoḥ kṛttivāsasya codbhavaḥ / devatānāmadhiṣṭānaṃ durgāsuraparākramaḥ

The origin of Śaileśa and Ratneśvara, and of Kṛttivāsas; the establishing of the gods (in their stations); the might of the demon Durga.

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NarP 1 104.88

दुर्गाया विजयश्चाथ ओङ्कारेशस्य वर्णनम् । पुनराएङ्कार माहात्म्य त्रिलोचोनसमुद्भवः

durgāyā vijayaścātha oṅkāreśasya varṇanam / punarāeṅkāra māhātmya triloconasamudbhavaḥ

And then Durgā's victory; the description of Oṅkāreśa; again the greatness of Oṅkāra; the origin of Trilocana.

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NarP 1 104.89

केदाराख्या च धर्मेश कथा विष्णुभुजोद्भवा । वीरेश्वरसमाख्यानं गङ्गामाहात्म्यकीर्तनम्

kedārākhyā ca dharmeśa kathā viṣṇubhujodbhavā / vīreśvarasamākhyānaṃ gaṅgāmāhātmyakīrtanam

And the account of Kedāra, and the tale of Dharmeśa arisen from Viṣṇu's arm; the account of Vīreśvara; the proclaiming of the Gaṅgā's greatness.

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NarP 1 104.90

विश्वकर्मेशमहिमा दक्षयज्ञोद्भवस्तथा । सतीशस्यामृतेशादेर्भुजस्तंभः पराशरे

viśvakarmeśamahimā dakṣayajñodbhavastathā / satīśasyāmṛteśāderbhujastaṃbhaḥ parāśare

The greatness of Viśvakarmeśa, and likewise the arising of Dakṣa's sacrifice; (the account) of Satīśa, of Amṛteśa and the rest; the paralysing of the arm in (the case of) Parāśara.

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NarP 1 104.91

क्षेत्रतीर्थकदंबश्च मुक्तिमडपसंकथा । विश्वेशविभवश्चाथ ततो यात्रापरिक्रमः

kṣetratīrthakadaṃbaśca muktimaḍapasaṃkathā / viśveśavibhavaścātha tato yātrāparikramaḥ

And the cluster of sacred fords of the (holy) field; the account of the Hall of Liberation; and then the majesty of Viśveśa; after that, the circuit of the pilgrimage.

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NarP 1 104.93

अतः परं त्ववन्त्याख्यं शृणु खण्ड च पञ्चमम् ॥। महाकालवनाख्यानं ब्रह्मशीर्षच्छिदा ततः ॥ नर्प्_१,१०४।९२ ॥ प्रायश्चित्तविधिश्चाग्नेरुत्पत्तिश्च सुरागमः । देवदीक्षा शिवस्तोत्रं नानापातकनाशनम्

ataḥ paraṃ tvavantyākhyaṃ śṛṇu khaṇḍa ca pañcamam /// mahākālavanākhyānaṃ brahmaśīrṣacchidā tataḥ // narp_1,104.92 // prāyaścittavidhiścāgnerutpattiśca surāgamaḥ / devadīkṣā śivastotraṃ nānāpātakanāśanam

Next after this hear the fifth section, called Avantya: the account of the Mahākāla forest; then the severing of Brahmā's head; the rule of expiation; the origin of the fire; the coming of the gods; the initiation of the gods; the hymn to Śiva, destroying manifold sins.

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NarP 1 104.94

कपोलमोचनाख्यानं महाकालवनस्थितिः । तीर्थं कनखलेशस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

kapolamocanākhyānaṃ mahākālavanasthitiḥ / tīrthaṃ kanakhaleśasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

The account of Kapolamocana; the situation of the Mahākāla forest; the ford of Kanakhaleśa, which destroys all sins.

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NarP 1 104.95

कुण्डमप्सरसंज्ञं च सरो रुद्रस्य पुण्यदम् । कुडवेशं च विद्याध्रं मर्कटेश्वरतीर्थकम्

kuṇḍamapsarasaṃjñaṃ ca saro rudrasya puṇyadam / kuḍaveśaṃ ca vidyādhraṃ markaṭeśvaratīrthakam

And the pool named Apsaras, and Rudra's lake which bestows merit; and Kuḍaveśa, and Vidyādhra, and the ford of Markaṭeśvara.

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NarP 1 104.96

स्वर्गद्वारचतुःसिंधुतीर्थं शङ्करवापिका । शङ्कराक गन्धवतीतीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम्

svargadvāracatuḥsiṃdhutīrthaṃ śaṅkaravāpikā / śaṅkarāka gandhavatītīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

The ford of Svargadvāra and of the Four Oceans; the tank of Śaṅkara; Śaṅkarāka; the Gandhavatī ford, destroying sin.

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NarP 1 104.97

दशाश्वमेधिकानंशतीर्थे च हरिसिद्धिदम् । पिशाचकादियात्रा च हनुमत्कवचेश्वरौ

daśāśvamedhikānaṃśatīrthe ca harisiddhidam / piśācakādiyātrā ca hanumatkavaceśvarau

And at the fords of the Ten Horse-sacrifices and of Anaṃśa, that which grants the attainment of Hari; and the pilgrimage to Piśācaka and the rest; Hanumat and Kavaceśvara.

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NarP 1 104.98

महाकालेशयात्रा च वल्मीकेश्वरतीर्थकम् । शुक्रे च पञ्चमे चाख्ये कुशस्थल्याः प्रदक्षिणाः

mahākāleśayātrā ca valmīkeśvaratīrthakam / śukre ca pañcame cākhye kuśasthalyāḥ pradakṣiṇāḥ

And the pilgrimage to Mahākāleśa, and the Valmīkeśvara shrine; and on Friday and on the fifth (day), the circumambulations of Kuśasthalī.

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NarP 1 104.99

अक्रूरसंज्ञकन्त्वेकपादं चन्द्रार्कवैभवम् । करभेशाख्यतीर्थं च लटुकेशादितीर्थकम्

akrūrasaṃjñakantvekapādaṃ candrārkavaibhavam / karabheśākhyatīrthaṃ ca laṭukeśāditīrthakam

That called Akrūra, and Ekapāda, the glory of the moon and sun, the shrine called Karabheśa, and the shrines beginning with Laṭukeśa.

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NarP 1 104.100

मार्कण्डेशं यज्ञवापी सोमेशं नरकान्तकम् । केदारेश्वररामेशसौभाग्येशनरार्ककम्

mārkaṇḍeśaṃ yajñavāpī someśaṃ narakāntakam / kedāreśvararāmeśasaubhāgyeśanarārkakam

Mārkaṇḍeśa, Yajñavāpī, Someśa, Narakāntaka, Kedāreśvara, Rāmeśa, Saubhāgyeśa, Narārka,

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NarP 1 104.101

केशवार्कं शक्तिभेदं स्वर्णसारमुखानि च । ओङ्कारेशादितीर्थानि अन्धकश्रुतिकीर्तनम्

keśavārkaṃ śaktibhedaṃ svarṇasāramukhāni ca / oṅkāreśāditīrthāni andhakaśrutikīrtanam

Keśavārka, the distinction of the Śaktis, Svarṇasāramukha and the rest, the shrines beginning with Oṅkāreśa, the recitation of the tradition (śruti) of Andhaka,

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NarP 1 104.102

कालारण्ये लिङ्गसंख्या स्वर्णशृङ्गाभिधानकम् । कुशस्थल्या अवन्त्याश्चोज्जयिन्या अभिधानकम्

kālāraṇye liṅgasaṃkhyā svarṇaśṛṅgābhidhānakam / kuśasthalyā avantyāścojjayinyā abhidhānakam

In the Kālāraṇya the number of liṅgas, that called Svarṇaśṛṅga, the naming of Kuśasthalī, of Avantī and of Ujjayinī,

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NarP 1 104.103

पद्मावतीवै कुमुद्वत्यमरावतिनामकम् । विशालाप्रतिकल्पाभिधानं च ज्वरशान्तिकम्

padmāvatīvai kumudvatyamarāvatināmakam / viśālāpratikalpābhidhānaṃ ca jvaraśāntikam

Padmāvatī indeed, Kumudvatī, that named Amarāvatī, the naming of Viśālā and Pratikalpā, and the quelling of fever,

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NarP 1 104.104

शिवानामादिकफलं नागोद्गीता शिवस्तुतिः । हिरण्याक्षवधाख्यानं तीर्थं सुंदरकुण्डकम्

śivānāmādikaphalaṃ nāgodgītā śivastutiḥ / hiraṇyākṣavadhākhyānaṃ tīrthaṃ suṃdarakuṇḍakam

The fruit of (reciting) Śiva's names and so forth, the hymn to Śiva sung by the Nāga, the narrative of the slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa, the shrine Sundarakuṇḍa,

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NarP 1 104.105

नीलगङ्गापुष्कराख्यं विन्ध्यवासनतीर्थकम् । पुरुषोत्तमाभिधानं तु तत्तीर्थं चाघनाशनम्

nīlagaṅgāpuṣkarākhyaṃ vindhyavāsanatīrthakam / puruṣottamābhidhānaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ cāghanāśanam

That called Nīlagaṅgā and Puṣkara, the shrine of Vindhyavāsana, and that named Puruṣottama—and that shrine is destructive of sin;

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NarP 1 104.106

गोमती वामनं कुण्डो विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् । वीरेश्वरसरः कालभैरवस्य च तीर्थकम्

gomatī vāmanaṃ kuṇḍo viṣṇornāmasahasrakam / vīreśvarasaraḥ kālabhairavasya ca tīrthakam

Gomatī, Vāmana, the pool, the thousand names of Viṣṇu, the lake of Vīreśvara, and the shrine of Kālabhairava,

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NarP 1 104.107

महिमा नागपञ्चम्या नृसिंहस्य जयन्तिका । कुटुम्बेश्वरयात्रा च देवसाधककीर्तनम्

mahimā nāgapañcamyā nṛsiṃhasya jayantikā / kuṭumbeśvarayātrā ca devasādhakakīrtanam

The greatness of the Nāgapañcamī, the Jayantī of Nṛsiṃha, the pilgrimage to Kuṭumbeśvara, and the account of Devasādhaka,

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NarP 1 104.109

कर्कराजाख्यतीर्थं च विघ्नेशादिसुरोहनम् ॥ रुन्द्रकुण्डप्रभृतिषु बहुतीर्थनिरूपणम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१०४।१०८ ॥ यात्राष्टतीर्थजा पुण्या रेवामाहात्म्यमुच्यते । धर्मपुत्रस्य वैराग्यो मार्कण्डेयेन संगमः

karkarājākhyatīrthaṃ ca vighneśādisurohanam // rundrakuṇḍaprabhṛtiṣu bahutīrthanirūpaṇam // narp_1,104.108 // yātrāṣṭatīrthajā puṇyā revāmāhātmyamucyate / dharmaputrasya vairāgyo mārkaṇḍeyena saṃgamaḥ

And the shrine called Karkarāja, and the ascent (of the deities) beginning with Vighneśa; the description of many shrines at Rundrakuṇḍa and the rest. (108) The merit arising from the pilgrimage to the eight shrines; the greatness of the Revā is told; the dispassion of Dharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira), the meeting with Mārkaṇḍeya,

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NarP 1 104.110

प्राग्रीयानुभवाख्यानममृतापरिकीर्त्तनम् । कल्पे कल्पे पृथङ् नाम नर्मदायाः प्रकीर्तितम्

prāgrīyānubhavākhyānamamṛtāparikīrttanam / kalpe kalpe pṛthaṅ nāma narmadāyāḥ prakīrtitam

The narrative of the experience of Prāgrīya(?), the account of Amṛtā; in each kalpa a separate name of the Narmadā is proclaimed,

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NarP 1 104.111

स्तवमार्षं नामेदं च कालरात्रिकथा ततः । महादेवस्तुतिः पश्चात्पृथक्कल्पकथाद्भुता

stavamārṣaṃ nāmedaṃ ca kālarātrikathā tataḥ / mahādevastutiḥ paścātpṛthakkalpakathādbhutā

And this hymn named 'Ārṣa', then the story of Kālarātrī, afterwards the praise of Mahādeva, the wondrous tale of the separate kalpas,

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NarP 1 104.112

विशल्याख्यानकं पश्चाज्जालेश्वरकथा तथा । गोरीव्रत समाख्यानं त्रिपुरज्वालनं ततः

viśalyākhyānakaṃ paścājjāleśvarakathā tathā / gorīvrata samākhyānaṃ tripurajvālanaṃ tataḥ

Afterwards the narrative of Viśalyā, likewise the story of Jāleśvara, the full account of the Gaurī vow, then the burning of Tripura,

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NarP 1 104.113

देहपातविधानं च कावेरीसंगमस्ततः । दारुतीर्थं ब्रह्मावर्तं यत्रेश्वरकथानकम्

dehapātavidhānaṃ ca kāverīsaṃgamastataḥ / dārutīrthaṃ brahmāvartaṃ yatreśvarakathānakam

And the rule for the laying down of the body, then the confluence of the Kāverī, the Dāru shrine, Brahmāvarta, the tale of Yatreśvara,

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NarP 1 104.114

अग्नितीर्थं रवितीर्थं मेघनादादिदारुकम् । देवतीर्थं नर्मदेशं कपिलाख्यं करञ्जकम्

agnitīrthaṃ ravitīrthaṃ meghanādādidārukam / devatīrthaṃ narmadeśaṃ kapilākhyaṃ karañjakam

The Agni shrine, the Ravi shrine, Meghanāda and Dāruka and the rest, the Deva shrine, Narmadeśa, that called Kapilā, Karañjaka,

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NarP 1 104.115

कुण्डलेशं पिप्पलादं विमलेशं च शूलभित् । शचीहरणमाख्या नमभ्रकस्य वधस्ततः

kuṇḍaleśaṃ pippalādaṃ vimaleśaṃ ca śūlabhit / śacīharaṇamākhyā namabhrakasya vadhastataḥ

Kuṇḍaleśa, Pippalāda, Vimaleśa and Śūlabhit; the account named 'the carrying off of Śacī', then the slaying of Namabhraka (Namuci?),

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NarP 1 104.116

शूलभेदोद्भवो यत्र दानधर्माः पृथग्विधाः । आख्यानं दीर्घतपस ऋष्यशृङ्गकथा ततः

śūlabhedodbhavo yatra dānadharmāḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ / ākhyānaṃ dīrghatapasa ṛṣyaśṛṅgakathā tataḥ

Where the origin of Śūlabheda (is told), the various kinds of gift-duties, the narrative of Dīrghatapas, then the story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga,

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NarP 1 104.117

चित्रसेनकथापुण्या काशिराज्यस्य लक्षणम् । ततो देवशिलाख्यानं शबरीतीर्थकान्वितम्

citrasenakathāpuṇyā kāśirājyasya lakṣaṇam / tato devaśilākhyānaṃ śabarītīrthakānvitam

The meritorious story of Citrasena, the description of the kingdom of Kāśi, then the narrative of Devaśilā, together with the Śabarī shrine,

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NarP 1 104.118

व्याधाख्यानं ततः पुण्यं पुष्करिण्यर्कतीर्थकम् । आप्रेत्येश्वरतीर्थं च शक्रतीर्थं करोटिकम्

vyādhākhyānaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ puṣkariṇyarkatīrthakam / āpretyeśvaratīrthaṃ ca śakratīrthaṃ karoṭikam

Then the meritorious narrative of the hunter, the Puṣkariṇī and Arka shrines, the Āpretyeśvara shrine, and the Śakra shrine, Karoṭika,

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NarP 1 104.119

कुमारेशमगस्त्येशमानन्देशं च मातृजम् । लोकेशं धनदेशं च मङ्गलेशं च कामजम्

kumāreśamagastyeśamānandeśaṃ ca mātṛjam / lokeśaṃ dhanadeśaṃ ca maṅgaleśaṃ ca kāmajam

Kumāreśa, Agastyeśa, and Ānandeśa, and the one of the Mothers; Lokeśa, Dhanadeśa, and Maṅgaleśa, and the one born of Kāma.

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NarP 1 104.120

नागेशं चापि गोपारं गौतमं शङ्खचूडकम् । नारदेशं नन्दिकेशं वरुणेश्वरतीर्थकम्

nāgeśaṃ cāpi gopāraṃ gautamaṃ śaṅkhacūḍakam / nāradeśaṃ nandikeśaṃ varuṇeśvaratīrthakam

And Nāgeśa, and Gopāra, Gautama, Śaṅkhacūḍaka; Nāradeśa, Nandikeśa, and the Varuṇeśvara ford.

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NarP 1 104.121

दधिस्कन्दादितीर्थानि हनूमतेश्वरं ततः । रामेश्वरादि तीर्थानि सोमेशं पिङ्गलेश्वरम्

dadhiskandāditīrthāni hanūmateśvaraṃ tataḥ / rāmeśvarādi tīrthāni someśaṃ piṅgaleśvaram

The fords beginning with Dadhiskanda, then Hanūmateśvara; the fords beginning with Rāmeśvara, Someśa, Piṅgaleśvara.

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NarP 1 104.122

ऋणमोक्षं कपिलेशं पूतिकेशं जलेशयम् । चण्डार्कं यमतीर्थं च काल्होडीशं वनादिके

ṛṇamokṣaṃ kapileśaṃ pūtikeśaṃ jaleśayam / caṇḍārkaṃ yamatīrthaṃ ca kālhoḍīśaṃ vanādike

Ṛṇamokṣa, Kapileśa, Pūtikeśa, Jaleśaya; Caṇḍārka, and the Yama ford, and Kālhoḍīśa in the forest and elsewhere.

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NarP 1 104.123

नारायणं च कोटीशं व्यासतीर्थं प्रभासकम् । नागेशसंकर्षणकं प्रश्रयेश्वरतीर्थकम्

nārāyaṇaṃ ca koṭīśaṃ vyāsatīrthaṃ prabhāsakam / nāgeśasaṃkarṣaṇakaṃ praśrayeśvaratīrthakam

And Nārāyaṇa, Koṭīśa, the Vyāsa ford, Prabhāsaka; Nāgeśa and Saṃkarṣaṇaka, and the Praśrayeśvara ford.

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NarP 1 104.124

ऐरण्डीसंगमं पुण्यं सुवर्णशिलतीर्थकम् । करञ्जं कामहं तीर्थं भाण्डीरो रोहिणीभवम्

airaṇḍīsaṃgamaṃ puṇyaṃ suvarṇaśilatīrthakam / karañjaṃ kāmahaṃ tīrthaṃ bhāṇḍīro rohiṇībhavam

The holy confluence of the Airaṇḍī, the Suvarṇaśila ford; Karañja, the Kāmaha ford, Bhāṇḍīra, and the one arisen from Rohiṇī.

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NarP 1 104.125

चक्रतीर्थं दौतपापं स्कन्दमाङ्गिरसाह्वयम् । कोटितीर्थमयोन्यख्यमङ्गाराख्यं त्रिलोचनम्

cakratīrthaṃ dautapāpaṃ skandamāṅgirasāhvayam / koṭitīrthamayonyakhyamaṅgārākhyaṃ trilocanam

The Cakra ford, Dautapāpa, the one named Skanda and Āṅgirasa; the Koṭi ford, the one called Ayonya, the one called Aṅgāra, Trilocana.

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NarP 1 104.126

इन्द्रेशं कंबुकेशं च सोमेशं कोहनं शकम् । नार्मदं चार्कमाग्नेयं भार्गवेश्वरमुत्तमम्

indreśaṃ kaṃbukeśaṃ ca someśaṃ kohanaṃ śakam / nārmadaṃ cārkamāgneyaṃ bhārgaveśvaramuttamam

Indreśa, and Kaṃbukeśa, Someśa, Kohana, Śaka; the Nārmada, Ārka and Āgneya (fords), and the excellent Bhārgaveśvara.

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NarP 1 104.127

ब्राह्मं दैवं च मार्गेशमादिवाराहकेश्वरम् । रामेशमथ सिद्धेशमाहल्यं कङ्कटेश्वरम्

brāhmaṃ daivaṃ ca mārgeśamādivārāhakeśvaram / rāmeśamatha siddheśamāhalyaṃ kaṅkaṭeśvaram

The Brāhma and the Daiva (fords), Mārgeśa, Ādivārāhakeśvara; Rāmeśa, then Siddheśa, Āhalya, Kaṅkaṭeśvara.

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NarP 1 104.128

शाक्रं सौम्यं च नादेशं तोयेशं रुक्मिणीभवम् । योजनेशं वराहेशं द्वादशीशिवतीर्थकम्

śākraṃ saumyaṃ ca nādeśaṃ toyeśaṃ rukmiṇībhavam / yojaneśaṃ varāheśaṃ dvādaśīśivatīrthakam

The Śākra and the Saumya (fords), and Nādeśa, Toyeśa, the one arisen from Rukmiṇī; Yojaneśa, Varāheśa, the Dvādaśīśiva ford.

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NarP 1 104.129

सिद्धेशं मङ्गलेशं च लिङ्गवाराहतीर्थकम् । कुण्डेशं श्वेतवाराहं गर्भावेशं रवीश्वरम्

siddheśaṃ maṅgaleśaṃ ca liṅgavārāhatīrthakam / kuṇḍeśaṃ śvetavārāhaṃ garbhāveśaṃ ravīśvaram

Siddheśa, and Maṅgaleśa, and the Liṅgavārāha ford; Kuṇḍeśa, Śvetavārāha, Garbhāveśa, Ravīśvara.

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NarP 1 104.130

शुक्लादीनि च तीर्थानि हुङ्कारस्वामितीर्थकम् । संगमेशं नहुषेशं मोक्षणं पञ्चगोपकम् । नागशावं च सिद्धेशं मार्कण्डाङ्क्रूरतीर्थके

śuklādīni ca tīrthāni huṅkārasvāmitīrthakam / saṃgameśaṃ nahuṣeśaṃ mokṣaṇaṃ pañcagopakam / nāgaśāvaṃ ca siddheśaṃ mārkaṇḍāṅkrūratīrthake

And the fords beginning with Śukla, the Huṅkārasvāmin ford; Saṃgameśa, Nahuṣeśa, Mokṣaṇa, Pañcagopaka; and Nāgaśāva and Siddheśa, and the two fords Mārkaṇḍa and Aṅkrūra.

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NarP 1 104.131

कामोदशूलारोपाख्ये माण्डव्यं गोपकेश्वरम् । कपिलेशं पिङ्गलेशं भूतेशं गाङ्गगौतमे

kāmodaśūlāropākhye māṇḍavyaṃ gopakeśvaram / kapileśaṃ piṅgaleśaṃ bhūteśaṃ gāṅgagautame

The two named Kāmoda and Śūlāropa, Māṇḍavya, Gopakeśvara; Kapileśa, Piṅgaleśa, Bhūteśa, and Gāṅga and Gautama.

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NarP 1 104.132

आस्वमेधं भृगुकच्छं केदारेशं च पापनुत् । कलकलेशं जालेशं शालग्रामं वराहकम्

āsvamedhaṃ bhṛgukacchaṃ kedāreśaṃ ca pāpanut / kalakaleśaṃ jāleśaṃ śālagrāmaṃ varāhakam

The Aśvamedha (ford), Bhṛgukaccha, and Kedāreśa which dispels sin; Kalakaleśa, Jāleśa, Śālagrāma, Varāhaka.

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NarP 1 104.133

चन्द्रप्रभासमादित्यं श्रीपत्याख्यं च हंसकम् । मूल्यस्थानं च शूलेशमुग्राख्यं चित्रदैवकम्

candraprabhāsamādityaṃ śrīpatyākhyaṃ ca haṃsakam / mūlyasthānaṃ ca śūleśamugrākhyaṃ citradaivakam

Candraprabhāsa, Āditya, the one called Śrīpati, and Haṃsaka; and Mūlyasthāna, Śūleśa, the one called Ugra, Citradaivaka.

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NarP 1 104.134

शिखीशं काण्टितीर्थं च दशकन्यं सुवणकम् । ऋणमोक्षं भारभूति पुङ्खां मुडिं च डिण्डिमम्

śikhīśaṃ kāṇṭitīrthaṃ ca daśakanyaṃ suvaṇakam / ṛṇamokṣaṃ bhārabhūti puṅkhāṃ muḍiṃ ca ḍiṇḍimam

Śikhīśa, and the Kāṇṭi ford, Daśakanya, Suvaṇaka; Ṛṇamokṣa, Bhārabhūti, Puṅkhā, Muḍi, and Ḍiṇḍima.

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NarP 1 104.135

आमलेशं कपालेशं शृङ्गैरण्डीभवं ततः । कोटितीर्थं लोटणेषं फलस्तुतिरतः परम्

āmaleśaṃ kapāleśaṃ śṛṅgairaṇḍībhavaṃ tataḥ / koṭitīrthaṃ loṭaṇeṣaṃ phalastutirataḥ param

Āmaleśa, Kapāleśa, then the one arisen from Śṛṅga and Airaṇḍī; the Koṭi ford, Loṭaṇeśa — and after that the praise of the fruit (of these).

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NarP 1 104.136

दृमिजङ्गलमाहात्म्ये रोहिताश्वकथा ततः । धुन्धुमारसमाख्यानं वधोपायस्ततो ऽस्य वै

dṛmijaṅgalamāhātmye rohitāśvakathā tataḥ / dhundhumārasamākhyānaṃ vadhopāyastato 'sya vai

In the glorification of the Dṛmi forest, then the story of Rohitāśva; the account of Dhundhumāra, and then the means of his slaying.

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NarP 1 104.137

वधौ धुन्धोस्ततः पश्चात्ततश्चित्रवहोद्भवः । महिमास्य ततश्चडीशप्रभावो रतीश्वरः

vadhau dhundhostataḥ paścāttataścitravahodbhavaḥ / mahimāsya tataścaḍīśaprabhāvo ratīśvaraḥ

Then afterwards the slaying of Dhundhu, and then the origin of the Citravahā; then its greatness, and the power of Caḍīśa, Ratīśvara.

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NarP 1 104.138

केदारेशो लक्षतीर्थं ततो विष्णुपदीभवम् । मुखारं च्यवनान्धास्यं ब्रह्मणश्च सरस्ततः

kedāreśo lakṣatīrthaṃ tato viṣṇupadībhavam / mukhāraṃ cyavanāndhāsyaṃ brahmaṇaśca sarastataḥ

Kedāreśa, the Lakṣa ford, then the one arisen from Viṣṇu's foot; Mukhāra, Cyavana's blindness, and then Brahmā's lake.

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NarP 1 104.139

चक्राख्यं ललिताख्यानं तीर्थं च बहुगोमयम् । रुद्रावर्तं च मर्कण्डं तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम्

cakrākhyaṃ lalitākhyānaṃ tīrthaṃ ca bahugomayam / rudrāvartaṃ ca markaṇḍaṃ tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

(Then) the (shrine) called Cakra, the story called Lalitā, and the sacred ford Bahugomaya; and Rudrāvarta, and Mārkaṇḍa, the ford that destroys sins.

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NarP 1 104.140

श्रवणेशं शुद्धपटं देवान्धुप्रेततीर्थकम् । जिह्वोदतीर्थंसंभूतिः शिवोद्भन्दं फलस्तुतिः

śravaṇeśaṃ śuddhapaṭaṃ devāndhupretatīrthakam / jihvodatīrthaṃsaṃbhūtiḥ śivodbhandaṃ phalastutiḥ

Śravaṇeśa, Śuddhapaṭa, the Devāndhu (divine well) and the Preta ford; the ford Jihvoda, the origin (of it), Śivodbhanda, (and) the praise of the fruit (of these).

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NarP 1 104.141

एष खण्डो ह्यवन्त्याख्यः शृण्वतां पापनाशनः । अतः परं नागराख्यः खण्डः षष्ठो ऽभिधीयते

eṣa khaṇḍo hyavantyākhyaḥ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ / ataḥ paraṃ nāgarākhyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ṣaṣṭho 'bhidhīyate

This section, called Avantya, destroys the sins of those who hear it. After this the sixth section, called Nāgara, is set forth.

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NarP 1 104.142

लिङ्गोत्पत्तिसमाख्यानं हरिश्चन्द्रकथा शुभा । विश्वामित्रस्य माहात्म्यं त्रिशङ्कुस्वर्गतिस्तथा

liṅgotpattisamākhyānaṃ hariścandrakathā śubhā / viśvāmitrasya māhātmyaṃ triśaṅkusvargatistathā

The account of the origin of the liṅga, the auspicious story of Hariścandra, the greatness of Viśvāmitra, and likewise Triśaṅku's going to heaven.

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NarP 1 104.143

हाटके श्वरमाहात्म्ये वृत्रासुरवधस्तथा । नागबिलं शङ्खतीर्थमचलेश्वरवर्णनम्

hāṭake śvaramāhātmye vṛtrāsuravadhastathā / nāgabilaṃ śaṅkhatīrthamacaleśvaravarṇanam

In (the section on) the greatness of Hāṭakeśvara, likewise the slaying of the demon Vṛtra; the Nāga cavern, the Śaṅkha ford, (and) the description of Acaleśvara.

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NarP 1 104.144

चमत्कारपुराख्यानं चमत्कारकरं परम् । गयशीर्षं बालशाख्यं वालमण्डं मृगाह्वयम्

camatkārapurākhyānaṃ camatkārakaraṃ param / gayaśīrṣaṃ bālaśākhyaṃ vālamaṇḍaṃ mṛgāhvayam

The account of the city Camatkārapura, supremely wonder-working; Gayaśīrṣa, the (place) called Bālaśa, Vālamaṇḍa, (and the one) named Mṛga.

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NarP 1 104.145

विष्णुपादं च गोकर्णं युगरूपं समाश्रयः । सिद्धेश्वरं नागसरः सप्तार्षेयं ह्यगस्त्यकम्

viṣṇupādaṃ ca gokarṇaṃ yugarūpaṃ samāśrayaḥ / siddheśvaraṃ nāgasaraḥ saptārṣeyaṃ hyagastyakam

And Viṣṇupāda, Gokarṇa, Yugarūpa, Samāśraya; Siddheśvara, the Nāga lake, the (ford) of the Seven Sages, and indeed that of Agastya.

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NarP 1 104.146

भ्रूणगर्तं नलेशं च भैष्मं वैडुरमर्ककम् । शारमिष्ठं सोमनाथं च दौर्गमातर्जकेश्वरम्

bhrūṇagartaṃ naleśaṃ ca bhaiṣmaṃ vaiḍuramarkakam / śāramiṣṭhaṃ somanāthaṃ ca daurgamātarjakeśvaram

Bhrūṇagarta and Naleśa, Bhaiṣma, Vaiḍura, Arkaka; Śāramiṣṭha and Somanātha, Daurga, Mātarjakeśvara.

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NarP 1 104.147

जामदग्न्यवधाख्यानं नैःक्षत्रियकथानकम् । रामह्रदं नागपुरं षआड्लिङ्गं चैव यज्ञभूः

jāmadagnyavadhākhyānaṃ naiḥkṣatriyakathānakam / rāmahradaṃ nāgapuraṃ ṣaāḍliṅgaṃ caiva yajñabhūḥ

The account of the slaying (of the Kṣatriyas) by the son of Jamadagni, the tale of the world's being without Kṣatriyas; the Rāma lake, Nāgapura, Ṣāḍliṅga, and the sacrificial ground.

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NarP 1 104.148

मुण्डीरादित्रिकार्कं च सतीपरिणयाह्वयम् । रुद्रशीर्षं च यागेशं वालखिल्यं च गारुडम्

muṇḍīrāditrikārkaṃ ca satīpariṇayāhvayam / rudraśīrṣaṃ ca yāgeśaṃ vālakhilyaṃ ca gāruḍam

Muṇḍīra, the triad of Āditya-suns, and (the story) called the marriage of Satī; Rudraśīrṣa and Yāgeśa, Vālakhilya and the Gāruḍa (shrine).

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NarP 1 104.149

लक्ष्मीशापः सप्तविंशसोमप्रासादमेव च । अंबाबद्धं पाण्डुकाख्यमाग्नेयं ब्रह्मकुण्डकम्

lakṣmīśāpaḥ saptaviṃśasomaprāsādameva ca / aṃbābaddhaṃ pāṇḍukākhyamāgneyaṃ brahmakuṇḍakam

The curse of Lakṣmī, and likewise the twenty-seven, the Soma temple; Aṃbābaddha, the (place) called Pāṇḍuka, the Āgneya (shrine), the Brahmā pool.

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NarP 1 104.150

गोमुखं लोहयष्ट्याख्यमजापालेश्वरी तथा । शानैश्चरं राजवापी रामेशो लक्ष्मणेश्वरः

gomukhaṃ lohayaṣṭyākhyamajāpāleśvarī tathā / śānaiścaraṃ rājavāpī rāmeśo lakṣmaṇeśvaraḥ

Gomukha, the (shrine) called Lohayaṣṭi, and likewise Ajāpāleśvarī; Śānaiścara, Rājavāpī, Rāmeśa, Lakṣmaṇeśvara.

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NarP 1 104.151

कुशेशाख्यं लवेशाख्यं लिङ्गं सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम् । अष्टषष्टिसमाख्यानं दमयन्त्यास्त्रिजातकम्

kuśeśākhyaṃ laveśākhyaṃ liṅgaṃ sarvottamottamam / aṣṭaṣaṣṭisamākhyānaṃ damayantyāstrijātakam

The liṅga called Kuśeśa, (that) called Laveśa, the highest of all the highest; the account of the sixty-eight (fords), (and) the birth of Damayantī's three (children).

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NarP 1 104.152

ततो वै रेवती चात्र भक्तिकातीर्थसंभवः । क्षेमङ्करी च केदारं शुक्लतीर्थमुखारकम्

tato vai revatī cātra bhaktikātīrthasaṃbhavaḥ / kṣemaṅkarī ca kedāraṃ śuklatīrthamukhārakam

Then indeed Revatī here, (and) the origin of the Bhaktikā ford; and Kṣemaṅkarī, Kedāra, the Śukla ford, Mukhāraka.

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NarP 1 104.153

सत्यसंधेश्वराख्यानं तथा कर्णोत्पलाकथा । अटेश्वरं याज्ञवल्क्य गौर्यं गाणेशमेव च

satyasaṃdheśvarākhyānaṃ tathā karṇotpalākathā / aṭeśvaraṃ yājñavalkya gauryaṃ gāṇeśameva ca

The account of Satyasaṃdheśvara, and likewise the story of Karṇotpalā; Aṭeśvara, the Yājñavalkya (shrine), the Gaurī (shrine) and indeed the Gaṇeśa one.

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NarP 1 104.154

ततो वास्तुपदाख्यानमजागृहकथानकम् । सौभाग्यान्धुश्च शुलेशं धर्मराजकथानकम्

tato vāstupadākhyānamajāgṛhakathānakam / saubhāgyāndhuśca śuleśaṃ dharmarājakathānakam

Then the account of the Vāstupada, the tale of Ajāgṛha; the Saubhāgya well and Śūleśa, (and) the tale of Dharmarāja.

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NarP 1 104.155

मिष्टान्नेदश्वराख्यानं गाणापत्यत्रयं ततः । जाबालिचरितं चैव मकरेशकथा ततः

miṣṭānnedaśvarākhyānaṃ gāṇāpatyatrayaṃ tataḥ / jābālicaritaṃ caiva makareśakathā tataḥ

The account of Miṣṭānnedaśvara, then the triad of Gaṇapati (shrines); and the deeds of Jābāli, then the story of Makareśa.

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NarP 1 104.156

कालेश्वर्यन्धकाख्यानं कुण्डमाप्यरसं तथा । पुष्यादित्यं रौहिताश्वं नागरोत्पत्तिकीर्त्तनम्

kāleśvaryandhakākhyānaṃ kuṇḍamāpyarasaṃ tathā / puṣyādityaṃ rauhitāśvaṃ nāgarotpattikīrttanam

The account of Kāleśvarī and of Andhaka, likewise the pool full of watery essence; Puṣyāditya, Rauhitāśva, (and) the recital of the origin of the Nāgaras.

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NarP 1 104.157

भार्गवं चरितं चैव वैश्वामैत्रं ततः परम् । सारस्वतं पैप्पलादं कंसारीशं च पैण्डकम्

bhārgavaṃ caritaṃ caiva vaiśvāmaitraṃ tataḥ param / sārasvataṃ paippalādaṃ kaṃsārīśaṃ ca paiṇḍakam

And the deeds of the Bhārgava, and after that those relating to Viśvāmitra; the Sārasvata (shrine), Paippalāda, Kaṃsārīśa, and Paiṇḍaka.

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NarP 1 104.158

ब्रह्मणो यज्ञचरितं सावित्र्याख्यानसंयुतम् । रैवतं भार्तयज्ञाख्यं मुख्यतीर्थनिरीक्षणम्

brahmaṇo yajñacaritaṃ sāvitryākhyānasaṃyutam / raivataṃ bhārtayajñākhyaṃ mukhyatīrthanirīkṣaṇam

The story of Brahmā's sacrifice, joined with the account of Sāvitrī; Raivata, the (place) called Bhārtayajña, (and) the viewing of the chief fords.

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NarP 1 104.159

कौरवं हाटकेशाख्यं प्रभासं क्षेत्रकत्रयम् । पौष्करं नैमिषं धार्ममरण्य त्रितयं स्मृतम्

kauravaṃ hāṭakeśākhyaṃ prabhāsaṃ kṣetrakatrayam / pauṣkaraṃ naimiṣaṃ dhārmamaraṇya tritayaṃ smṛtam

The Kaurava (field), the one called Hāṭakeśa, and Prabhāsa — these are the three sacred fields; Pauṣkara, Naimiṣa, and Dhārma are declared to be the three (holy) forests.

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NarP 1 104.160

वाराणसी द्वारकाख्यावन्त्याख्येति पुरीत्रयम् । बृन्दावनं खाण्डवाख्यमद्वैकाख्यं वनत्रयम्

vārāṇasī dvārakākhyāvantyākhyeti purītrayam / bṛndāvanaṃ khāṇḍavākhyamadvaikākhyaṃ vanatrayam

Vārāṇasī, the one called Dvārakā, and the one called Avantī — these are the three cities; Bṛndāvana, the one called Khāṇḍava, and the one called Advaika are the three forests.

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NarP 1 104.161

कल्पः शालस्तथा नन्दिग्रामत्रयमनुत्तमम् । असिशुक्लपितृसंज्ञं तीर्थत्रयमुदाहृतम्

kalpaḥ śālastathā nandigrāmatrayamanuttamam / asiśuklapitṛsaṃjñaṃ tīrthatrayamudāhṛtam

Kalpa, Śāla, and likewise Nandigrāma — the unsurpassed triad; the three sacred bathing places are named Asi, Śukla, and Pitṛ.

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NarP 1 104.162

र्श्यर्बुदौ रैवतश्चैव पर्वतत्रयमुत्तमम् । नदीनां त्रितयं गङ्गा नर्मदा च सरस्वती

rśyarbudau raivataścaiva parvatatrayamuttamam / nadīnāṃ tritayaṃ gaṅgā narmadā ca sarasvatī

Ṛśya, Arbuda and Raivata — (these are) the excellent triad of mountains; the triad of rivers is the Gaṅgā, the Narmadā and the Sarasvatī.

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NarP 1 104.163

सार्द्धकोटित्रयफलमेकैकं चैषु कीर्त्तितम् । कूषिका शङ्खतीर्थं चामरकं बालमण्डनम्

sārddhakoṭitrayaphalamekaikaṃ caiṣu kīrttitam / kūṣikā śaṅkhatīrthaṃ cāmarakaṃ bālamaṇḍanam

Each one of these is proclaimed to yield the fruit of three and a half crores. Kūṣikā, the Śaṅkha bathing place, Āmaraka, and Bālamaṇḍana —

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NarP 1 104.164

हाटकेशक्षेत्रफलप्रदं प्रोक्तं चतुष्टयम् । सांबादित्यं श्राद्धकल्पं यौधिष्ठिरमथान्धकम्

hāṭakeśakṣetraphalapradaṃ proktaṃ catuṣṭayam / sāṃbādityaṃ śrāddhakalpaṃ yaudhiṣṭhiramathāndhakam

these four are said to bestow the fruit of the Hāṭakeśa field. (Then) Sāṃbāditya, the rite of śrāddha, the Yaudhiṣṭhira (section), then the Andhaka (section),

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NarP 1 104.165

जलशायि चतुर्मासमशून्यशयनव्रतम् । मङ्कणेशं शिवरात्रिस्तुलापुरुषदानकम्

jalaśāyi caturmāsamaśūnyaśayanavratam / maṅkaṇeśaṃ śivarātristulāpuruṣadānakam

(Viṣṇu) lying on the waters, the four months, the vow of the unempty couch, Maṅkaṇeśa, Śivarātri, the gift of (one's weight in) a balance,

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NarP 1 104.166

पृथ्वीदानं वानकेशं कपालमोचनेश्वरम् । पापपिण्डं मासलैङ्गं युगमानादिकीर्तनम्

pṛthvīdānaṃ vānakeśaṃ kapālamocaneśvaram / pāpapiṇḍaṃ māsalaiṅgaṃ yugamānādikīrtanam

the gift of the earth, Vānakeśa, Kapālamocaneśvara, the ball of sin, the Māsalaiṅga, the account of the measure of the ages and so on,

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NarP 1 104.167

निंवेशशाकंभर्याख्या रुद्रैकादशकीर्तनम् । दानमाहात्म्यकथनं द्वादशादित्यकीर्तनम्

niṃveśaśākaṃbharyākhyā rudraikādaśakīrtanam / dānamāhātmyakathanaṃ dvādaśādityakīrtanam

the ones named Niṃveśa and Śākaṃbharī, the recital of the eleven Rudras, the telling of the greatness of giving, the recital of the twelve Ādityas —

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NarP 1 104.168

इत्येषनागरः खण्डः प्रभासाख्यो ऽधुनोच्यते । सोमेशो यत्र विश्वेशोर्ऽकस्थलं पुण्यदं महत्

ityeṣanāgaraḥ khaṇḍaḥ prabhāsākhyo 'dhunocyate / someśo yatra viśveśor'kasthalaṃ puṇyadaṃ mahat

such is the Nāgara section; now the one called Prabhāsa is told, where Someśa, Viśveśa, and the great merit-giving place of the Sun (are found),

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NarP 1 104.169

सिद्धेश्वरादिकाख्यानं पृथगत्र प्रकीर्तितम् । अग्नितीर्थं कपद्दर्शिं केदारेशं गतिप्रदम्

siddheśvarādikākhyānaṃ pṛthagatra prakīrtitam / agnitīrthaṃ kapaddarśiṃ kedāreśaṃ gatipradam

and the narrative of Siddheśvara and the rest is recounted here separately: the Agni bathing place, Kapaddarśin, and Kedāreśa, the giver of (good) destiny;

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NarP 1 104.170

भीमभैरवचण्डीशभास्करेन्दुकुजेश्वराः । बुधेज्यभृगुसौरागुशिरवीशा हरविग्रहाः

bhīmabhairavacaṇḍīśabhāskarendukujeśvarāḥ / budhejyabhṛgusaurāguśiravīśā haravigrahāḥ

Bhīma, Bhairava, Caṇḍīśa, Bhāskara, Indu, Kujeśvara, Budha, Ijya (Jupiter), Bhṛgu, Saura, Agu, Śira, Vīśa — (these are) forms of Hara;

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NarP 1 104.171

सिद्धेश्वराद्याः पञ्चान्ये रुद्रास्तत्र व्यवस्तत्र व्यवस्थिताः । वरारोहा ह्यजा पाला मङ्गला ललितेश्वरी

siddheśvarādyāḥ pañcānye rudrāstatra vyavastatra vyavasthitāḥ / varārohā hyajā pālā maṅgalā laliteśvarī

five other Rudras, beginning with Siddheśvara, are established there; Varārohā, Ajā, Pālā, Maṅgalā, Laliteśvarī,

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NarP 1 104.172

लक्ष्मीशो वाडवेशश्चोर्वीशः कामेस्वरस्तथा । गौरीशवरुणेशाख्यं दुर्वासेशं गणेश्वरम्

lakṣmīśo vāḍaveśaścorvīśaḥ kāmesvarastathā / gaurīśavaruṇeśākhyaṃ durvāseśaṃ gaṇeśvaram

Lakṣmīśa, Vāḍaveśa, Urvīśa, and likewise Kāmeśvara, those named Gaurīśa and Varuṇeśa, Durvāseśa, Gaṇeśvara,

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NarP 1 104.173

कुमारेशं चण्डकल्पं शकुलीश्वरसंज्ञकम् । ततः प्रोक्तो ऽथ कोटीशबालब्रह्मादिसत्कथा

kumāreśaṃ caṇḍakalpaṃ śakulīśvarasaṃjñakam / tataḥ prokto 'tha koṭīśabālabrahmādisatkathā

Kumāreśa, Caṇḍakalpa, the one named Śakulīśvara — thereafter is told the good tale of Koṭīśa, Bālabrahmā and the rest,

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NarP 1 104.174

नरकेशसंवर्त्तेशनिधीश्वरकथा ततः । बलभद्रेश्वरस्याथ गङ्गाया गणपस्य च

narakeśasaṃvartteśanidhīśvarakathā tataḥ / balabhadreśvarasyātha gaṅgāyā gaṇapasya ca

then the tale of Narakeśa, Saṃvartteśa and Nidhīśvara, then that of Balabhadreśvara, of the Gaṅgā, and of Gaṇapa,

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NarP 1 104.175

जांबवत्याख्यसरितः पाण्डुकूपस्य सत्कथा । शतमेधलक्षमेधकोटिमेधकथा तथा

jāṃbavatyākhyasaritaḥ pāṇḍukūpasya satkathā / śatamedhalakṣamedhakoṭimedhakathā tathā

the good tale of the river called Jāṃbavatī and of the Pāṇḍu well, and likewise the tale of the hundredfold, hundred-thousandfold and ten-millionfold sacrifice,

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NarP 1 104.176

दुर्वासार्कघटस्थानहिरण्यासंगमोत्कथा । नगरार्कस्य कृष्णस्य संकर्षणसमुद्रयोः

durvāsārkaghaṭasthānahiraṇyāsaṃgamotkathā / nagarārkasya kṛṣṇasya saṃkarṣaṇasamudrayoḥ

the exalted tale of Durvāsas, of the Sun, of the place of the jar, and of the confluence of the Hiraṇyā; (the tale) of the Sun of the city, of Kṛṣṇa, of Saṃkarṣaṇa and of the ocean,

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NarP 1 104.177

कुमार्याः क्षेत्रपास्य ब्रह्मेशस्य कथा पृथक् । पिङ्गलासंगमेशस्य शङ्करार्कघटेशयोः

kumāryāḥ kṣetrapāsya brahmeśasya kathā pṛthak / piṅgalāsaṃgameśasya śaṅkarārkaghaṭeśayoḥ

separately the tale of Kumārī, of Kṣetrapa, of Brahmeśa, of Piṅgalāsaṃgameśa, of Śaṅkara, and of Arkaghaṭeśa,

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NarP 1 104.178

ऋषितीर्थस्य नन्दार्कत्रितकूपस्य कीर्तनम् । ससोपानस्य पर्णार्कन्यङ्कुमत्योः कथाद्भुता

ṛṣitīrthasya nandārkatritakūpasya kīrtanam / sasopānasya parṇārkanyaṅkumatyoḥ kathādbhutā

the recital of the Ṛṣi bathing place, of Nandārka and of the triple well; the marvellous tale of Sasopāna, of Parṇārka, and of the two (rivers) Nyaṅku and Matī.

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NarP 1 104.179

वाराहस्वामिवृत्तान्तं छायालिङ्गाख्यगुल्फयोः । कथा कनकनन्दायाः कुतीगङ्गेशयोस्तथा

vārāhasvāmivṛttāntaṃ chāyāliṅgākhyagulphayoḥ / kathā kanakanandāyāḥ kutīgaṅgeśayostathā

The account of Vārāhasvāmin; (the account) of Chāyāliṅga and Gulpha; the story of Kanakanandā, and likewise of Kutī and Gaṅgeśa.

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NarP 1 104.180

चमसोद्बेदविदुरत्रिलोकेशकथा ततः । मङ्कणेशत्रैपुरेशषण्डतीर्थकथास्तथा

camasodbedaviduratrilokeśakathā tataḥ / maṅkaṇeśatraipureśaṣaṇḍatīrthakathāstathā

Then the story of Camasodbheda, Vidura and Trilokeśa; and likewise the stories of Maṅkaṇeśa, Traipureśa and Ṣaṇḍatīrtha.

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NarP 1 104.181

सूर्यप्राची त्रीक्षणयोरुमानातकथा तथा । भूद्धारशूलस्थलयोश्च्यवनार्केशयोस्तथा

sūryaprācī trīkṣaṇayorumānātakathā tathā / bhūddhāraśūlasthalayoścyavanārkeśayostathā

So too the story of Sūryaprācī, of the two Trīkṣaṇas(?), and of Umānātha; and of Bhūddhāra and Śūlasthala, and of Cyavanārka and (Cyavana)īśa.

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NarP 1 104.182

अजापालेशबालार्ककुबेरस्थलजा कथा । ऋषितोया कथा पुण्या संगालेश्वरकीर्तनम्

ajāpāleśabālārkakuberasthalajā kathā / ṛṣitoyā kathā puṇyā saṃgāleśvarakīrtanam

The story arising at Ajāpāleśa, Bālārka and Kuberasthala; the holy story of Ṛṣitoyā; the praise of Saṃgāleśvara.

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NarP 1 104.183

नारदादित्यकथनं नारायणनिरूपणम् । तप्तकुण्डस्य माहात्म्यं मूलचण्डीशवर्णनम्

nāradādityakathanaṃ nārāyaṇanirūpaṇam / taptakuṇḍasya māhātmyaṃ mūlacaṇḍīśavarṇanam

The telling of Nāradāditya; the description of Nārāyaṇa; the greatness of Taptakuṇḍa; the account of Mūlacaṇḍīśa.

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NarP 1 104.184

चतुर्वक्त्रगणाध्यक्षकलंबेश्वरयोः कथा । गोपालस्वामिव कुलस्वामिनोर्मरुतां कथा

caturvaktragaṇādhyakṣakalaṃbeśvarayoḥ kathā / gopālasvāmiva kulasvāminormarutāṃ kathā

The story of Caturvaktra, Gaṇādhyakṣa and Kalaṃbeśvara; the story of Gopālasvāmin and Kulasvāmin, and of the Maruts.

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NarP 1 104.185

क्षेमार्केन्नतविघ्नेशजलस्वामिकथा ततः । कालमेघस्य रुक्मिण्या दुर्वासेश्वरभद्रयोः

kṣemārkennatavighneśajalasvāmikathā tataḥ / kālameghasya rukmiṇyā durvāseśvarabhadrayoḥ

Then the story of Kṣemārka, Unnatavighneśa and Jalasvāmin; (and) of Kālamegha, of Rukmiṇī, of Durvāseśvara and Bhadrā.

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NarP 1 104.186

शङ्खावर्तमोक्षतीर्थगोष्पदाच्युतसद्मनाम् । जालेश्वरस्य हुङ्कारेश्वरचण्डीशयोः कथा

śaṅkhāvartamokṣatīrthagoṣpadācyutasadmanām / jāleśvarasya huṅkāreśvaracaṇḍīśayoḥ kathā

(The story) of Śaṅkhāvarta, Mokṣatīrtha, Goṣpada and Acyutasadman; of Jāleśvara; the story of Huṅkāreśvara and Caṇḍīśa.

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NarP 1 104.187

आशापुरस्थविघ्नेशकलाकुण्डकथाद्भुता । कपिलेशस्य च कथा जरद्गवशिवस्य च

āśāpurasthavighneśakalākuṇḍakathādbhutā / kapileśasya ca kathā jaradgavaśivasya ca

The wondrous story of Vighneśa situated in Āśāpura and of Kalākuṇḍa; and the story of Kapileśa, and of Jaradgavaśiva.

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NarP 1 104.188

नलकर्केटेश्वरयोर्हाटकेश्वरजा कथा । नारदेशयन्त्रभूषादुर्गकूटगणेशजा

nalakarkeṭeśvarayorhāṭakeśvarajā kathā / nāradeśayantrabhūṣādurgakūṭagaṇeśajā

(The story) of Nala and Karkeṭeśvara; the story arising at Hāṭakeśvara; (the story) arising at Nāradeśa, Yantrabhūṣā, Durgakūṭa and Gaṇeśa.

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NarP 1 104.189

सुपर्णैलाख्यभैरव्योर्भल्लतीर्थभवा कथा । कीर्तनं कर्दमालस्य गुप्तसोमेश्वस्य च

suparṇailākhyabhairavyorbhallatīrthabhavā kathā / kīrtanaṃ kardamālasya guptasomeśvasya ca

The story arising at Suparṇā, Ilā-named Bhairavī(?) and Bhallatīrtha; the praise of Kardamāla and of Guptasomeśa.

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NarP 1 104.190

बहुस्वर्णेशशृङ्गेशकोटीश्वरकथा ततः । मार्कण्डेश्वरकोटीशदामोदरगृहोत्कथा

bahusvarṇeśaśṛṅgeśakoṭīśvarakathā tataḥ / mārkaṇḍeśvarakoṭīśadāmodaragṛhotkathā

Then the story of Bahusvarṇeśa, Śṛṅgeśa and Koṭīśvara; the story told of Mārkaṇḍeśvara, Koṭīśa and Dāmodara's house.

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NarP 1 104.191

स्वर्णरेखा ब्रह्मकुण्डं कुन्तीभीमेश्वरौ तथा । मृगीकुण्डं च सर्वस्वं क्षेत्रे वस्त्रापथे स्मृतम्

svarṇarekhā brahmakuṇḍaṃ kuntībhīmeśvarau tathā / mṛgīkuṇḍaṃ ca sarvasvaṃ kṣetre vastrāpathe smṛtam

Svarṇarekhā, Brahmakuṇḍa, and likewise Kuntī and Bhīmeśvara, and Mṛgīkuṇḍa — all of this is recorded as being in the sacred field of Vastrāpatha.

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NarP 1 104.192

दुर्गाभिल्लेशगङ्गेशरैवतानां कथाद्भुता । ततोर्ऽबुदेश्वर कथा अचलेश्वरकीर्तनम्

durgābhilleśagaṅgeśaraivatānāṃ kathādbhutā / tator'budeśvara kathā acaleśvarakīrtanam

The wondrous story of Durgā, Bhilleśa, Gaṅgeśa and the Raivatas; then the story of Arbudeśvara; the praise of Acaleśvara.

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NarP 1 104.193

नागतीर्थस्य च कथा वसिष्टाश्रमवर्णनम् । भद्रकर्णस्य माहात्म्यं त्रिनेत्रस्य ततः परम्

nāgatīrthasya ca kathā vasiṣṭāśramavarṇanam / bhadrakarṇasya māhātmyaṃ trinetrasya tataḥ param

And the story of Nāgatīrtha; the description of Vasiṣṭha's hermitage; the greatness of Bhadrakarṇa, and thereafter of Trinetra.

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NarP 1 104.194

केदारस्य च माहात्म्यं तीर्थाङ्गमनकीर्तनम् । कोटीश्वररूपतीर्थहृषीकेशकथारस्ततः

kedārasya ca māhātmyaṃ tīrthāṅgamanakīrtanam / koṭīśvararūpatīrthahṛṣīkeśakathārastataḥ

And the greatness of Kedāra; the praise of going to the sacred fords; then the stories of Koṭīśvara, Rūpatīrtha and Hṛṣīkeśa.

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NarP 1 104.195

सिद्धेशशुक्रेश्वरयोर्मणिकर्णीशकीर्तनम् । पङ्गुतीर्थयमतीर्थवाराहतीर्थवर्णनम्

siddheśaśukreśvarayormaṇikarṇīśakīrtanam / paṅgutīrthayamatīrthavārāhatīrthavarṇanam

(The story) of Siddheśa and Śukreśvara; the praise of Maṇikarṇīśa; the description of Paṅgutīrtha, Yamatīrtha and Vārāhatīrtha.

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NarP 1 104.196

चन्द्रप्रभासर्पिडोदश्रीमाताशुक्लतीर्थजम् । कात्यायन्याश्च माहात्म्यं ततः पिण्डारकस्य च

candraprabhāsarpiḍodaśrīmātāśuklatīrthajam / kātyāyanyāśca māhātmyaṃ tataḥ piṇḍārakasya ca

That which arises at Candraprabhā, Sarpiḍodā(?), Śrīmātā and Śuklatīrtha; and the greatness of Kātyāyanī, and then of Piṇḍāraka.

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NarP 1 104.197

ततः कनखलस्याथ चक्रमानुषतीर्थयोः । कपिलाग्नितीर्थकथा तथा रक्तानुबन्धजा

tataḥ kanakhalasyātha cakramānuṣatīrthayoḥ / kapilāgnitīrthakathā tathā raktānubandhajā

Then (the story) of Kanakhala; then of Cakratīrtha and Mānuṣatīrtha; the story of Kapilā and Agnitīrtha, and likewise that arising from Raktānubandha.

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NarP 1 104.198

गणेशपार्थेश्वरयोर्यान्त्रायामुज्ज्वलस्य च । चण्डीस्थाननागोद्भवशिवकुण्डमहेशजा

gaṇeśapārtheśvarayoryāntrāyāmujjvalasya ca / caṇḍīsthānanāgodbhavaśivakuṇḍamaheśajā

(The story) of Gaṇeśa and Pārtheśvara, of Yāntrā(?), and of Ujjvala; (and the story) arising at Caṇḍīsthāna, Nāgodbhava, Śivakuṇḍa and Maheśa.

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NarP 1 104.199

कामेश्वरस्य मार्कण्डेयोत्पत्तेश्च कथा ततः । उद्दालकेशसिद्धेशगततीथकथा पृथक्

kāmeśvarasya mārkaṇḍeyotpatteśca kathā tataḥ / uddālakeśasiddheśagatatīthakathā pṛthak

Then the story of Kāmeśvara and of the birth of Mārkaṇḍeya; separately, the account of the sacred fords pertaining to Uddālakeśa and Siddheśa.

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NarP 1 104.200

श्रीदेवरवातोत्पत्तिश्च व्यासगौतमतीर्थयोः । कुलसंतारमाहात्म्यं रामकोट्याह्वतीर्थयोः

śrīdevaravātotpattiśca vyāsagautamatīrthayoḥ / kulasaṃtāramāhātmyaṃ rāmakoṭyāhvatīrthayoḥ

And the origin of Śrīdevaravāta, and (that) of the fords of Vyāsa and Gautama; the greatness of Kulasaṃtāra and of the fords called Rāmakoṭi.

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NarP 1 104.201

चन्द्रोद्भेदेशानशृङ्गब्रह्मस्थानोद्भवो ऽद्भुतम् । त्रिपुष्कररुद्रह्रदगुहेश्वर कथा शुभा

candrodbhedeśānaśṛṅgabrahmasthānodbhavo 'dbhutam / tripuṣkararudrahradaguheśvara kathā śubhā

The wondrous origin of Candrodbheda, Īśānaśṛṅga and Brahmasthāna; the auspicious account of Tripuṣkara, Rudrahrada and Guheśvara.

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NarP 1 104.202

अविमुक्तस्य माहात्म्यमुमामाहेश्वरस्य च । महौजसः प्रभावश्च जंबूतीर्थस्य वर्णनम्

avimuktasya māhātmyamumāmāheśvarasya ca / mahaujasaḥ prabhāvaśca jaṃbūtīrthasya varṇanam

The greatness of Avimukta, and of Umā-Māheśvara; the power of Mahaujas, and the description of Jambūtīrtha.

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NarP 1 104.203

गङ्गाधरमिश्रकयोः कथा वाथफलस्तुतिः । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्ये चन्द्रशर्मकथानकम्

gaṅgādharamiśrakayoḥ kathā vāthaphalastutiḥ / dvārakāyāśca māhātmye candraśarmakathānakam

The story of Gaṅgādhara and Miśraka, or the praise of the fruit (of it); and, in the greatness of Dvārakā, the tale of Candraśarman.

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NarP 1 104.204

जागराद्यर्चनाद्याख्या व्रतमेकादशीभवम् । महाद्वादशिकाख्यानं प्रह्लादर्षिसमागमः

jāgarādyarcanādyākhyā vratamekādaśībhavam / mahādvādaśikākhyānaṃ prahlādarṣisamāgamaḥ

The account of the night-vigil, worship and so forth; the observance that occurs on the eleventh (day); the narrative of the great twelfth-day rite; the meeting of Prahlāda with the seer.

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NarP 1 104.205

दुर्वासस उपाख्यानं यात्रोपक्रमकीर्तनम् । गोमत्युत्पत्तिकथनं तस्यां स्नानादिजं फलम्

durvāsasa upākhyānaṃ yātropakramakīrtanam / gomatyutpattikathanaṃ tasyāṃ snānādijaṃ phalam

The tale of Durvāsas; the recital of the commencement of the pilgrimage; the telling of the origin of the Gomatī; the fruit arising from bathing and the rest in it.

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NarP 1 104.206

चक्रतीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं गोमत्युदधिसंगमः । सनकादिह्रदाख्यानं नृगतीर्थकथा ततः

cakratīrthasya māhātmyaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgamaḥ / sanakādihradākhyānaṃ nṛgatīrthakathā tataḥ

The greatness of Cakratīrtha; the confluence of the Gomatī with the ocean; the narrative of the pool of Sanaka and the others; then the story of Nṛga's ford.

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NarP 1 104.207

गोप्रचारकथा पुण्या गोपीनां द्वारकागमः । गोपीसरः समाख्यानं ब्रह्मतीर्थादिकीर्तनम्

gopracārakathā puṇyā gopīnāṃ dvārakāgamaḥ / gopīsaraḥ samākhyānaṃ brahmatīrthādikīrtanam

The meritorious story of Gopracāra; the coming of the cowherd women to Dvārakā; the narrative of Gopīsaras; the recital of Brahmatīrtha and the rest.

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NarP 1 104.208

पञ्चनद्यागमाख्यानं नानाख्यानसमन्वितम् । शिवलिङ्गगदातीर्थकृष्णपूजादिकीर्तनम्

pañcanadyāgamākhyānaṃ nānākhyānasamanvitam / śivaliṅgagadātīrthakṛṣṇapūjādikīrtanam

The narrative of the coming of the five rivers, furnished with various tales; the recital of the Śiva-liṅga, of Gadātīrtha, of the worship of Kṛṣṇa and so forth.

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NarP 1 104.209

त्रिविक्रमस्य मूर्ताख्या दुर्वासःकृष्णसंकथा । कुशदैत्यवधोञ्चारविशेषार्चनजं फलम्

trivikramasya mūrtākhyā durvāsaḥkṛṣṇasaṃkathā / kuśadaityavadhoñcāraviśeṣārcanajaṃ phalam

The account of the image of Trivikrama; the conversation of Durvāsas and Kṛṣṇa; the slaying of the demon Kuśa; the fruit born of the utterance and of special worship.

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NarP 1 104.210

गोमत्यां द्वारकायां च तीर्थागमनकीर्तनम् । कृष्णमन्दिरसंप्रेक्षा द्रारवत्यभिषेचनम्

gomatyāṃ dvārakāyāṃ ca tīrthāgamanakīrtanam / kṛṣṇamandirasaṃprekṣā drāravatyabhiṣecanam

The recital of the coming to the fords at the Gomatī and at Dvārakā; the beholding of Kṛṣṇa's temple; the consecratory bathing at Dvāravatī.

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NarP 1 104.211

तत्रतीर्थावासकथा द्वारकापुण्यकीर्तनम् । इत्येष सप्तमः प्रोक्तः खण्डः प्राभासिको द्विजाः

tatratīrthāvāsakathā dvārakāpuṇyakīrtanam / ityeṣa saptamaḥ proktaḥ khaṇḍaḥ prābhāsiko dvijāḥ

The account of dwelling at the fords there; the recital of the merit of Dvārakā — thus, O twice-born, this seventh section, the Prābhāsika, has been declared.

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