 | Book 3 Chapter 83
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| 1 | pulastya uvāca
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| 1 | atha saṃdhyāṃ samāsādya saṃvedyaṃ tīrtham uttamam
upaspṛśya naro vidvān bhaven nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ
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| 2 | rāmasya ca prasādena tīrthaṃ rājan kṛtaṃ purā
tal lohityaṃ samāsādya vindyād bahu suvarṇakam
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| 3 | karatoyāṃ samāsādya trirātropoṣito naraḥ
aśvamedham avāpnoti kṛte paitāmahe vidhau
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| 4 | gaṅgāyās tv atha rājendra sāgarasya ca saṃgame
aśvamedhaṃ daśaguṇaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 5 | gaṅgāyās tv aparaṃ dvīpaṃ prāpya yaḥ snāti bhārata
trirātropoṣito rājan sarvakāmān avāpnuyāt
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| 6 | tato vaitaraṇīṃ gatvā nadīṃ pāpapramocanīm
virajaṃ tīrtham āsādya virājati yathā śaśī
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| 7 | prabhavec ca kule puṇye sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati
gosahasraphalaṃ labdhvā punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ
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| 8 | śoṇasya jyotirathyāś ca saṃgame nivasañ śuciḥ
tarpayitvā pitṝn devān agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet
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| 9 | śoṇasya narmadāyāś ca prabhave kurunandana
vaṃśagulma upaspṛśya vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet
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| 10 | ṛṣabhaṃ tīrtham āsādya kośalāyāṃ narādhipa
vājapeyam avāpnoti trirātropoṣito naraḥ
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| 11 | kośalāyāṃ samāsādya kālatīrtha upaspṛśet
vṛśabhaikādaśaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 12 | puṣpavatyām upaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ
gosahasraphalaṃ vindyāt kulaṃ caiva samuddharet
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| 13 | tato badarikātīrthe snātvā prayatamānasaḥ
dīrgham āyur avāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati
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| 14 | tato mahendram āsādya jāmadagnyaniṣevitam
rāmatīrthe naraḥ snātvā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet
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| 15 | mataṅgasya tu kedāras tatraiva kurunandana
tatra snātvā naro rājan gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 16 | śrīparvataṃ samāsādya nadītīra upaspṛśet
aśvamedham avāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati
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| 17 | śrīparvate mahādevo devyā saha mahādyutiḥ
nyavasat paramaprīto brahmā ca tridaśair vṛtaḥ
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| 18 | tatra devahrade snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ
aśvamedham avāpnoti parāṃ siddhiṃ ca gacchati
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| 19 | ṛṣabhaṃ parvataṃ gatvā pāṇḍyeṣu surapūjitam
vājapeyam avāpnoti nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate
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| 20 | tato gaccheta kāverīṃ vṛtām apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ
tatra snātvā naro rājan gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 21 | tatas tīre samudrasya kanyātīrtha upaspṛśet
tatropaspṛśya rājendra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
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| 22 | atha gokarṇam āsādya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
samudramadhye rājendra sarvalokanamaskṛtam
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| 23 | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ
bhūtayakṣapiśācāś ca kiṃnarāḥ samahoragāḥ
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| 24 | siddhacāraṇagandharvā mānuṣāḥ pannagās tathā
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā upāsanta umāpatim
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| 25 | tatreśānaṃ samabhyarcya trirātropoṣito naraḥ
daśāśvamedham āpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca vindati
uṣya dvādaśarātraṃ tu kṛtātmā bhavate naraḥ
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| 26 | tata eva tu gāyatryāḥ sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
trirātram uṣitas tatra gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 27 | nidarśanaṃ ca pratyakṣaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ narādhipa
gāyatrīṃ paṭhate yas tu yonisaṃkarajas tathā
gāthā vā gītikā vāpi tasya saṃpadyate nṛpa
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| 28 | saṃvartasya tu viprarṣer vāpīm āsādya durlabhām
rūpasya bhāgī bhavati subhagaś caiva jāyate
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| 29 | tato veṇṇāṃ samāsādya tarpayet pitṛdevatāḥ
mayūrahaṃsasaṃyuktaṃ vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ
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| 30 | tato godāvarīṃ prāpya nityaṃ siddhaniṣevitām
gavāmayam avāpnoti vāsuker lokam āpnuyāt
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| 31 | veṇṇāyāḥ saṃgame snātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
varadāsaṃgame snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 32 | brahmasthānaṃ samāsādya trirātram uṣito naraḥ
gosahasraphalaṃ vindet svargalokaṃ ca gacchati
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| 33 | kuśaplavanam āsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ
trirātram uṣitaḥ snātvā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
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| 34 | tato devahrade ramye kṛṣṇaveṇṇājalodbhave
jātimātrahrade caiva tathā kanyāśrame nṛpa
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| 35 | yatra kratuśatair iṣṭvā devarājo divaṃ gataḥ
agniṣṭomaśataṃ vinded gamanād eva bhārata
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| 36 | sarvadevahrade snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
jātimātrahrade snātvā bhavej jātismaro naraḥ
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| 37 | tato 'vāpya mahāpuṇyāṃ payoṣṇīṃ saritāṃ varām
pitṛdevārcanarato gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 38 | daṇḍakāraṇyam āsādya mahārāja upaspṛśet
gosahasraphalaṃ tatra snātamātrasya bhārata
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| 39 | śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ gatvā śukasya ca mahātmanaḥ
na durgatim avāpnoti punāti ca kulaṃ naraḥ
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| 40 | tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ gacchej jāmadagnyaniṣevitam
rāmatīrthe naraḥ snātvā vindyād bahu suvarṇakam
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| 41 | saptagodāvare snātvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ
mahat puṇyam avāpnoti devalokaṃ ca gacchati
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| 42 | tato devapathaṃ gacchen niyato niyatāśanaḥ
devasatrasya yat puṇyaṃ tad avāpnoti mānavaḥ
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| 43 | tuṅgakāraṇyam āsādya brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ
vedān adhyāpayat tatra ṛṣiḥ sārasvataḥ purā
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| 44 | tatra vedān pranaṣṭāṃs tu muner aṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ
upaviṣṭo maharṣīṇām uttarīyeṣu bhārata
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| 45 | oṃkāreṇa yathānyāyaṃ samyag uccāritena ca
yena yat pūrvam abhyastaṃ tat tasya samupasthitam
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| 46 | ṛṣayas tatra devāś ca varuṇo 'gniḥ prajāpatiḥ
harir nārāyaṇo devo mahādevas tathaiva ca
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| 47 | pitāmahaś ca bhagavān devaiḥ saha mahādyutiḥ
bhṛguṃ niyojayām āsa yājanārthe mahādyutim
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| 48 | tataḥ sa cakre bhagavān ṛṣīṇāṃ vidhivat tadā
sarveṣāṃ punar ādhānaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 49 | ājyabhāgena vai tatra tarpitās tu yathāvidhi
devās tribhuvaṇaṃ yātā ṛṣayaś ca yathāsukham
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| 50 | tad araṇyaṃ praviṣṭasya tuṅgakaṃ rājasattama
pāpaṃ praṇaśyate sarvaṃ striyo vā puruṣasya vā
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| 51 | tatra māsaṃ vased dhīro niyato niyatāśanaḥ
brahmalokaṃ vrajed rājan punīte ca kulaṃ naraḥ
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| 52 | medhāvikaṃ samāsādya pitṝn devāṃś ca tarpayet
agniṣṭomam avāpnoti smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati
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| 53 | tataḥ kālaṃjaraṃ gatvā parvataṃ lokaviśrutam
tatra devahrade snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 54 | ātmānaṃ sādhayet tatra girau kālaṃjare nṛpa
svargaloke mahīyeta naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ
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| 55 | tato girivaraśreṣṭhe citrakūṭe viśāṃ pate
mandākinīṃ samāsādya nadīṃ pāpapramocanīm
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| 56 | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevārcane rataḥ
aśvamedham avāpnoti gatiṃ ca paramāṃ vrajet
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| 57 | tato gaccheta rājendra bhartṛsthānam anuttamam
yatra devo mahāseno nityaṃ saṃnihito nṛpaḥ
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| 58 | pumāṃs tatra naraśreṣṭha gamanād eva sidhyati
koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
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| 59 | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya jyeṣṭhasthānaṃ vrajen naraḥ
abhigamya mahādevaṃ virājati yathā śaśī
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| 60 | tatra kūpo mahārāja viśruto bharatarṣabha
samudrās tatra catvāro nivasanti yudhiṣṭhira
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| 61 | tatropaspṛśya rājendra kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
niyatātmā naraḥ pūto gaccheta paramāṃ gatim
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| 62 | tato gacchet kuruśreṣṭha śṛṅgaverapuraṃ mahat
yatra tīrṇo mahārāja rāmo dāśarathiḥ purā
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| 63 | gaṅgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ
vidhūtapāpmā bhavati vājapeyaṃ ca vindati
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| 64 | abhigamya mahādevam abhyarcya ca narādhipa
pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt
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| 65 | tato gaccheta rājendra prayāgam ṛṣisaṃstutam
yatra brahmādayo devā diśaś ca sadigīśvarāḥ
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| 66 | lokapālāś ca sādhyāś ca nairṛtāḥ pitaras tathā
sanatkumārapramukhās tathaiva paramarṣayaḥ
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| 67 | aṅgiraḥpramukhāś caiva tathā brahmarṣayo 'pare
tathā nāgāḥ suparṇāś ca siddhāś cakracarās tathā
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| 68 | saritaḥ sāgarāś caiva gandharvāpsarasas tathā
hariś ca bhagavān āste prajāpatipuraskṛtaḥ
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| 69 | tatra trīṇy agnikuṇḍāni yeṣāṃ madhye ca jāhnavī
prayāgād abhiniṣkrāntā sarvatīrthapuraskṛtā
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| 70 | tapanasya sutā tatra triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā
yamunā gaṅgayā sārdhaṃ saṃgatā lokapāvanī
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| 71 | gaṅgāyamunayor madhyaṃ pṛthivyā jaghanaṃ smṛtam
prayāgaṃ jaghanasyāntam upastham ṛṣayo viduḥ
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| 72 | prayāgaṃ sapratiṣṭhānaṃ kambalāśvatarau tathā
tīrthaṃ bhogavatī caiva vedī proktā prajāpateḥ
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| 73 | tatra vedāś ca yajñāś ca mūrtimanto yudhiṣṭhira
prajāpatim upāsante ṛṣayaś ca mahāvratāḥ
yajante kratubhir devās tathā cakracarā nṛpa
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| 74 | tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ nāsti triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
prayāgaḥ sarvatīrthebhyaḥ prabhavaty adhikaṃ vibho
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| 75 | śravaṇāt tasya tīrthasya nāmasaṃkīrtanād api
mṛttikālambhanād vāpi naraḥ pāpāt pramucyate
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| 76 | tatrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryāt saṃgame saṃśitavrataḥ
puṇyaṃ sa phalam āpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ
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| 77 | eṣā yajanabhūmir hi devānām api satkṛtā
tatra dattaṃ sūkṣmam api mahad bhavati bhārata
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| 78 | na vedavacanāt tāta na lokavacanād api
matir utkramaṇīyā te prayāgamaraṇaṃ prati
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| 79 | daśa tīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭtyas tathāparāḥ
yeṣāṃ sāṃnidhyam atraiva kīrtitaṃ kurunandana
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| 80 | cāturvede ca yat puṇyaṃ satyavādiṣu caiva yat
snāta eva tadāpnoti gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame
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| 81 | tatra bhogavatī nāma vāsukes tīrtham uttamam
tatrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryāt so 'śvamedham avāpnuyāt
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| 82 | tatra haṃsaprapatanaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
daśāśvamedhikaṃ caiva gaṅgāyāṃ kurunandana
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| 83 | yatra gaṅgā mahārāja sa deśas tat tapovanam
siddhakṣetraṃ tu taj jñeyaṃ gaṅgātīrasamāśritam
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| 84 | idaṃ satyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnām ātmajasya ca
suhṛdāṃ ca japet karṇe śiṣyasyānugatasya ca
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| 85 | idaṃ dharmyam idaṃ puṇyam idaṃ medhyam idaṃ sukham
idaṃ svargyam idaṃ ramyam idaṃ pāvanam uttamam
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| 86 | maharṣīṇām idaṃ guhyaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam
adhītya dvijamadhye ca nirmalatvam avāpnuyāt
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| 87 | yaś cedaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ tīrthapuṇyaṃ sadā śuciḥ
jātīḥ sa smarate bahvīr nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate
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| 88 | gamyāny api ca tīrthāni kīrtitāny agamāni ca
manasā tāni gaccheta sarvatīrthasamīkṣayā
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| 89 | etāni vasubhiḥ sādhyair ādityair marudaśvibhiḥ
ṛṣibhir devakalpaiś ca śritāni sukṛtaiṣibhiḥ
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| 90 | evaṃ tvam api kauravya vidhinānena suvrata
vraja tīrthāni niyataḥ puṇyaṃ puṇyena vardhate
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| 91 | bhāvitaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ pūrvam āstikyāc chrutidarśanāt
prāpyante tāni tīrthāni sadbhiḥ śiṣṭānudarśibhiḥ
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| 92 | nāvrato nākṛtātmā ca nāśucir na ca taskaraḥ
snāti tīrtheṣu kauravya na ca vakramatir naraḥ
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| 93 | tvayā tu samyagvṛttena nityaṃ dharmārthadarśinā
pitaras tāritās tāta sarve ca prapitāmahāḥ
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| 94 | pitāmahapurogāś ca devāḥ sarṣigaṇā nṛpa
tava dharmeṇa dharmajña nityam evābhitoṣitāḥ
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| 95 | avāpsyasi ca lokān vai vasūnāṃ vāsavopama
kīrtiṃ ca mahatīṃ bhīṣma prāpsyase bhuvi śāśvatīm
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| 96 | nārada uvāca
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| 96 | evam uktvābhyanujñāpya pulastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
prītaḥ prītena manasā tatraivāntaradhīyata
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| 97 | bhīṣmaś ca kuruśārdūla śāstratattvārthadarśivān
pulastyavacanāc caiva pṛthivīm anucakrame
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| 98 | anena vidhinā yas tu pṛthivīṃ saṃcariṣyati
aśvamedhaśatasyāgryaṃ phalaṃ pretya sa bhokṣyate
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| 99 | ataś cāṣṭaguṇaṃ pārtha prāpsyase dharmam uttamam
netā ca tvam ṛṣīn yasmāt tena te 'ṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam
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| 100 | rakṣogaṇāvakīrṇāni tīrthāny etāni bhārata
na gatir vidyate 'nyasya tvām ṛte kurunandana
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| 101 | idaṃ devarṣicaritaṃ sarvatīrthārthasaṃśritam
yaḥ paṭhet kalyam utthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
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| 102 | ṛṣimukhyāḥ sadā yatra vālmīkis tv atha kāśyapaḥ
ātreyas tv atha kauṇḍinyo viśvāmitro 'tha gautamaḥ
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| 103 | asito devalaś caiva mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha gālavaḥ
bharadvājo vasiṣṭhaś ca munir uddālakas tathā
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| 104 | śaunakaḥ saha putreṇa vyāsaś ca japatāṃ varaḥ
durvāsāś ca muniśreṣṭho gālavaś ca mahātapāḥ
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| 105 | ete ṛṣivarāḥ sarve tvatpratīkṣās tapodhanāḥ
ebhiḥ saha mahārāja tīrthāny etāny anuvraja
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| 106 | eṣa vai lomaśo nāma devarṣir amitadyutiḥ
sameṣyati tvayā caiva tena sārdham anuvraja
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| 107 | mayā ca saha dharmajña tīrthāny etāny anuvraja
prāpsyase mahatīṃ kīrtiṃ yathā rājā mahābhiṣaḥ
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| 108 | yathā yayātir dharmātmā yathā rājā purūravāḥ
tathā tvaṃ kuruśārdūla svena dharmeṇa śobhase
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| 109 | yathā bhagīratho rājā yathā rāmaś ca viśrutaḥ
tathā tvaṃ sarvarājabhyo bhrājase raśmivān iva
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| 110 | yathā manur yathekṣvākur yathā pūrur mahāyaśāḥ
yathā vainyo mahātejās tathā tvam api viśrutaḥ
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| 111 | yathā ca vṛtrahā sarvān sapatnān nirdahat purā
tathā śatrukṣayaṃ kṛtvā prajās tvaṃ pālayiṣyasi
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| 112 | svadharmavijitām urvīṃ prāpya rājīvalocana
khyātiṃ yāsyasi dharmeṇa kārtavīryārjuno yathā
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| 113 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 113 | evam āśvāsya rājānaṃ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
anujñāpya mahātmānaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
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| 114 | yudhiṣṭhiro 'pi dharmātmā tam evārthaṃ vicintayan
tīrthayātrāśrayaṃ puṇyam ṛṣīṇāṃ pratyavedayat
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