Chapter 37

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|| brahmovāca |
vīrabhadrotha yuddhe vai viṣṇunā sa mahābalaḥ |
saṃsmṛtya śaṃkaraṃ citte sarvāpadvinivāraṇam || 1 ||
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āruhya syaṃdanaṃ divyaṃ sarvavairivimardanaḥ |
gṛhītvā paramāstrāṇi siṃhanādaṃ jagarja ha || 2 ||
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viṣṇuścāpi mahāghoṣaṃ pāṃcajanyā bhidhannijam |
dadhmau balī mahāśaṃkhaṃ svakīyān harṣayanniva || 3 ||
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tacchrutvā śaṃkhanirhrādaṃ devā ye ca palāyitāḥ |
raṇaṃ hitvā gatāḥ pūrvaṃ te drutaṃ punarāyayuḥ || 4 ||
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vīrabhadra gaṇaisteṣāṃ lokapālāssavāsavāḥ |
yuddhañcakrustathā siṃhanādaṃ kṛtvā balānvitāḥ || 5 ||
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gaṇānāṃ lokapālānāṃ dvandvayuddhaṃ bhayāvaham |
abhavattatra tumulaṃ garjatāṃ siṃhanādataḥ || 6 ||
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nandinā yuyudhe śakro'nalo vai vaiṣṇavāstathā |
kuberopi hi kūṣmāṇḍapatiśca yuyudhe balī || 7 ||
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tadendreṇa hato nandī vajreṇa śataparvaṇā || 8 ||
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nandinā ca hataśśakrastriśūlena stanāṃtare || 9 ||
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balinau dvāvapi prītyā yuyudhāte parasparam |
nānāghātāṃśca kurvaṃtau nandiśakrau jigīṣayā || 10 ||
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śaktyā jaghāna cāśmānaṃ śuciḥ paramakopanaḥ |
sopi śūlena taṃ vegācchitadhāreṇa pāvakam || 11 ||
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yamena saha saṃgrāmaṃ mahāloko gaṇāgraṇīḥ |
cakāra tumulaṃ vīro mahādevaṃ smaranmudā || 12 ||
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nairṛtena samāgamya caṃḍaśca balavattaraḥ |
yuyudhe paramāstraiśca nairṛtiṃ nibiḍaṃ vayan || 13 ||
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varuṇena samaṃ vīro muṃḍaścaiva mahābalaḥ |
yuyudhe parayā śaktyā trilokīṃ vismayanniva || 14 ||
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vāyunā ca hato bhṛṃgī svāstreṇa paramojasā |
bhṛṃgiṇā ca hato vāyustriśūlena pratāpinā || 15 ||
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kubereṇaiva saṃgamya kūṣmāṃḍapatirādarāt |
yuyudhe balavān vīro dhyātvā hṛdi maheśvaram || 16 ||
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yoginīcakrasaṃyukto bhairavīnāyako mahān |
vidīryya devānakhilānpapau śoṇitamadbhutam || 17 ||
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kṣetrapālāstathā tatra bubhukṣuḥ surapuṃgavān |
kālī cāpi vidāryaiva tānpapau rudhiraṃ bahu || 18 ||
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atha viṣṇurmahātejā yuyudhe taiśca śatruhā |
cakraṃ cikṣepa vegena dahanniva diśo daśa || 19 ||
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kṣetrapālassamāyāṃtaṃ cakramālokya vegataḥ |
tatrāgatyāgato vīraścāgrasatsahasā balī || 20 ||
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cakraṃ grasitamālokya viṣṇuḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ |
mukhaṃ tasya parāmṛjya tamudgālitavānarim || 21 ||
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svacakramādāya mahānubhāvaścukopa cātīva bhavaikabharttā |
mahābalī tairyuyudhe pravīraissakruddhanānāyudhadhārakostraiḥ || 22 ||
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cakre mahāraṇaṃ viṣṇustaissārddhaṃ yuyudhe mudā |
nānāyudhāni saṃkṣipya tumulaṃ bhīmavikramam || 23 ||
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atha te bhairavādyāśca yuyudhustena bhūriśaḥ |
nānāstrāṇi vimuṃcaṃtassaṃkuddhāḥ paramojasā || 24 ||
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itthaṃ teṣāṃ raṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā hariṇātulatejasā |
vinivṛtya samāgamya tānsvayaṃ yuyudhe balī || 25 ||
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atha viṣṇurmahātejāścakramudyamya mūrcchitaḥ |
yuyudhe bhagavāṃstena vīrabhadreṇa mādhavaḥ || 26 ||
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tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam |
mahāvīrādhipatyostu nānāstradharayormune || 27 ||
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viṣṇoryogabalāttasya devadeva sudāruṇāḥ |
śaṅkhacakragadāhastā asaṃkhyātāśca jajñire || 28 ||
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te cāpi yuyudhustena vīrabhadreṇa bhāṣatā |
viṣṇuvat balavaṃto hi nānāyudhadharā gaṇāḥ || 29 ||
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tānsarvānapi vīrosau nārāyaṇasamaprabhān |
bhasmīcakāra śūlena hatvā smṛtvā śivaṃ prabhum || 30 ||
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tataścorasi taṃ viṣṇuṃ līlayaiva raṇājire |
jaghāna vīrabhadro hi triśūlena mahābalī || 31 ||
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tena ghātena sahasā vihataḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
papāta ca tadā bhūmau visaṃjñobhūnmune hariḥ || 32 ||
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tato yajñodbhutaṃ tejaḥ pralayānalasannibham |
trailokyadāhakaṃ tīvraṃ vīrāṇāmapi bhīkaram || 33 ||
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krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ śrīmān punarutthāya sa prabhuḥ |
prahartuṃ cakramudyamya hyatiṣṭhatpuruṣarṣabhaḥ || 34 ||
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tasya cakraṃ mahāraudraṃ kālā dityasamaprabham |
vyaṣṭaṃbhayadadīnātmā vīrabhadraśśivaḥ prabhuḥ || 35 ||
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mune śaṃbhoḥ prabhāvāttu māyeśasya mahāprabhoḥ |
na cacāla hareścakraṃ karasthaṃ staṃbhitaṃ dhruvam || 36 ||
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atha viṣṇurgaṇeśena vīrabhadreṇa bhāṣatā |
atiṣṭhatstaṃbhitastena śṛṃgavāniva niścalaḥ || 37 ||
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tato viṣṇuḥ staṃbhito hi vīrabhadreṇa nārada |
yajvopamaṃtraṇamanā nīrastaṃbhanakārakam || 38 ||
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tatasstaṃbhananirmuktaḥ śārṅgadhanvā rameśvaraḥ |
śārṅgaṃ jagrāha sa kruddhaḥ svadhanussaśaraṃ mune || 39 ||
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tribhiśca dharṣito bāṇaistena śārṅgaṃ dhanurhareḥ |
vīrabhadreṇa tattāta tridhābhūttatkṣaṇānmune || 40 ||
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atha viṣṇurmayā vāṇyā bodhitastaṃ mahāgaṇam |
asahyavarcasaṃ jñātvā hyaṃtardhātuṃ mano dadhe || 41 ||
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jñātvā ca tatsarvamidaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ satīkṛtaṃ duṣprasahaṃ pareṣām |
gatāḥ svalokaṃ svagaṇānvitāstu smṛtvā śivaṃ sarvapatiṃ svataṃtram || 42 ||
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satyalokagataścāhaṃ putra śokena pīḍitaḥ |
aciṃtayaṃ suduḥkhārto mayā kiṃ kāryamadya vai || 43 ||
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viṣṇau mayi gate caiva devāśca munibhissaha |
vinirjitā gaṇaissarve ye te yajñopajīvinaḥ || 44 ||
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samupadravamālakṣya vidhvastaṃ ca mahāmakham |
mṛgasvarūpo yajño hi mahābhīto'pi dudruve || 45 ||
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taṃ tadā mṛgarūpeṇa dhāvaṃtaṃ gaganaṃ prati |
vīrabhadrassamādāya viśiraskamathākarot || 46 ||
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tataḥ prajāpatiṃ dharmaṃ kaśyapaṃ ca pragṛhya saḥ |
ariṣṭaneminaṃ vīro bahupatramunīśvaram || 47 ||
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munimāṃgirasaṃ caiva kṛśāśvaṃ ca mahāgaṇaḥ |
jaghāna mūrdhni pādena dattaṃ ca munipuṃgavam || 48 ||
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sarasvatyāśca nāsāgraṃ devamāstu tathaiva ca |
ciccheda karajāgreṇa vīra bhadraḥ pratāpavān || 49 ||
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tatonyānapi devādīn vidārya pṛthivītale |
pātayāmāsa soyaṃ vai krodhākrāṃtātilocanaḥ || 50 ||
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vīrabhadro vidāryyāpi devānmukhyānmunīnapi |
nābhūcchāṃto drutakrodhaḥ phaṇirāḍiva maṃḍitaḥ || 51 ||
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vīrabhadroddhṛtārātiḥ kesarīva vanadvipān |
diśo vilokayāmāsa kaḥ kutrāstītyanukṣaṇam || 52 ||
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vyapothayadbhṛguṃ yāvanmaṇibhadraḥ pratāpavān |
padākramyorasi tadā'kārṣīttacchmaśruluṃcanam || 53 ||
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caṃḍaścotpāṭayāmāsa pūṣṇo daṃtān pravegataḥ |
śapyamāne hare pūrvaṃ yo'hasaddarśayandataḥ || 54 ||
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nandī bhagasya netre hi pātitasya ruṣā bhuvi |
ujjahāra sa dakṣokṣṇā yaśśapaṃtamasūsucat || 55 ||
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viḍaṃbitā svadhā tatra sā svāhā dakṣiṇā tathā |
maṃtrāstaṃtrāstathā cānye tatrasthā gaṇanāyakaiḥ || 56 ||
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vavṛṣuste purīṣāṇi vitānā'gnau ruṣā gaṇāḥ |
anirvācyaṃ tadā cakrurgaṇā vīrāstamadhvaram || 57 ||
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aṃtarvedyaṃtaragataṃ nilīnaṃ tadbhayādbalāt |
ānināya samājñāya vīrabhadreḥ svabhūścutam || 58 ||
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kapole'sya gṛhītvā tu khaḍgenopahṛtaṃ śiraḥ |
abhedyamabhavattasya tacca yogaprabhāvataḥ || 59 ||
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abhedyaṃ tacchiro matvā śastrāstraiśca tu sarvaśaḥ |
kareṇa troṭayāmāsa padbhyāmākramya corasi || 60 ||
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tacchirastasya duṣṭasya dakṣasya haravairiṇaḥ |
agnikuṃḍe pracikṣepa vīrabhadro gaṇāgraṇīḥ || 61 ||
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reje tadā vīrabhadrastriśūlaṃ bhrāmayankare |
kruddhā raṇākṣasaṃvartāḥ prajvālya parvatopamāḥ || 62 ||
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anāyāsena hatvaitān vīrabhadrastato'gninā |
jvālayāmāsa sakrodho dīptāgniśśalabhāniva || 63 ||
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vīrabhadrastato dagdhāndṛṣṭvā dakṣapurogamān |
aṭṭāṭṭahāsamakarotpūrayaṃśca jagattrayam || 64 ||
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vīraśriyā vṛtastatra tato nandanasaṃbhavā |
puṣpavṛṣṭirabhūddivyā vīrabhadre gaṇānvite || 65 ||
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vavurgaṃdhavahāśśītāssugandhāssukhadāḥ śanaiḥ |
devaduṃdubhayo nedussamameva tataḥ param || 66 ||
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kailāsaṃ sa yayau vīraḥ kṛtakāryyastataḥ param |
vināśitadṛḍhadhvāṃto bhānumāniva satvaram || 67 ||
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kṛtakāryaṃ vīrabhadraṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃtuṣṭamā nasaḥ |
śaṃbhurvīragaṇādhyakṣaṃ cakāra parameśvaraḥ || 68 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasahitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṃḍe yajñavidhvaṃ savarṇano nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 37 ||
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