Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)
by Anand Dilip Raj | 2002 | 65,969 words
The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices. It is divided into two parts: Part I includes a study with four chapters di...
Chapter 15 - Pancadasha Adhyaya (pancadaso'dhyayah)
atha pancadaso'dhyayah | isvarah manyastvamasi devendra suradyairmadanugrahat | mam varam varayedanim taddadamipsitam tava | | karnamrtam vacah srutva vasavassankaroditam | varam vavre mahadevam sucindrastalanayakam || indroh atraivaham vasisyami vibudhairmunipungavai | yatramukta'smi karmabhyo hutasanamukhadaham || s 2 llh vamadevamukhat svaminnetat ksetrasyavaibhavam | srutvanandamupeto'smi tasmadatravasamyaham || 4 snanam trimukhatoye ca rajavrksasyadarsanam | sthanulingasya sevaca ksetramahatmyasamsrutih || 5 mahatam labhyate punyairityuktam sivayohinam | tasmadatra vasisyami nanyatvam prarthayamyaham || isvarah sadhusadhu mahabhaga tathapi pravadami te | sabhapujyahsurasrestha ete'traiva nivasinah | | 345 6 19
bhavisyanti mahidevah pujayisyanti mam sada | samprapya devalokam tvam sacya saha sukhi bhava | | sucindrapuradhisam yuge dvaparanamani | itah paramayam visvatarma mamarcayisyati | | tadatripathaga gamnga ksetresminnagamisyati | mallingamasritya gamgaikenamukhena sa || saptapatalamargena brahamandakhyakatahakam| praveksyeti surasrestha patalatalavasinah || tadvarimargadagatya patalatalanivasinah | janah sucindraksetra mamarcayisyanti sadaram || athanyena mukhenaisa jahnavyatalamargaga | santanakamnacat pracyam srivarannidhestatam || pravisca saptavardhinam darsanam sampradasyati | 8 P 10 11 12 llh anyena vadanenaisa gangordhva tridivamgata || 14 gamisyanti suradhisa nijaraistena vartmana | prapyatat pratyaham ksetram ratrau mamarcayisyati || 1 sagaram A 7 346 15
mamanugrahasampannassukhi bhava suralaye | yatra maladhari kanya daksimammbunidhestate || mamevatridasadhisah mamadhyanaparayanah| mamabhisekam sambhutam tirtha vari dadami te || 16 18 tatah kanyamumam viksya nakam prapsyasi samarah | nivasisyasi catraiva tadvaparayugavadhi | | 19 sabhapujyastada prahuh sucindrasthalanayakam | krtarthasma vayam sambhoh sravanadvavacasastava | 20 anupame sucindre'smin ksetre nivasitum vayam| aradhayitumisatvam dustum rajamahiruham || 21 caturvedamayam prapta vayam tava krpabalat | raksakah ko'trabhubhage kalau papasamakule || 22 katham vasamo niscinta rajabhuruhakanane | raksasman karanambhadhe sucindraksetranayaka || 23 isvarah sabhapujyassubhaprajna etasmin rajakanane | dhatrijanakrtadhaidhan suddhikartum manasvinah | | 347 24
vasatim kurutatraiva pujyassakalamanusaih | madrupah punyakarmano vasisyatha madajnaya | | vaidikah pujayantoma 'sthanvalayavidhiharim | trirupam rajavrksanva jivanmukta vasisyatha || 25 26 etat ksetrantare dese kincidisanabhutale | mahendrasikharityasti dhatuman parvatotnamah || 27 tatpurvam disipunyena pujito'ham puratanah | halamrto'japutro mam tatrarcayati sankaram || sudrasutassuryavamsonirasto'bhucca matsarah | bhratradasaratenatha sahalamrtanayakah | | 28 29 vamabhagasthitam visnoh mam prinayati sadaram | sayam sviya bhaginya ca karoti sumahattapah | | 30 halamrtam tamahuya devabrahmana pujakam | tasmin halamrte yuyam bhubharam sthapayisyata | | 2 rathalvalaya harim vidim A 8 348 31
bhuvam gobrahmana'tyan sa ca raksitumati | sthanau mayi dudham baddhacitta sthatumiharhatha || sthanuvakyam samakarnaya sabhapujyah krpabalavah | llh 32 rajanam tam samanetum nandikesamacodayat || 33 llh halamrtam suryakulaprasutam mumuksumurarvisurabhaktisilam | ksirabdhi tiresvara padapadmadhyanabhrtam dharmavidagrahanyam || 64 siladasunuh samprapya sabhapujyapracoditah | punyasthanam payovadhitiram vaikundasannibham || 35 saivadirakarayamasa halamrtamahipatim | sasivam pundarikaksamabhivadya visesatah | | prarthayamasa dharmotma bhaginya saha parthivah | tatah prasannau sivamadhavau tau carmabjaddagra tasya sivasya khangam | llh 36 37 pritavanujnam dadatuh nrpaya sopyajagamasusiladajena || 38 srivamanaksetrabhuvam sucindram sthanam sabhapujya sahisuranam | sarajakantarasavapa raja tayabhaginyarkakulapradipah | | 39 349
tirthani lingam vipinanca sabhyam nanajanan bhakti purassaramgah| halamrto'saudvijalaryajataih jugopa sakam nija bhagineyaih | tadabhyarthayadisannam caturdanto gajesvarah | sambho sarvajagannatha prasanno bhavame prabho || isvarah airavata gajasrestha srnu me vacanam subham sucindraksetramukhyasya pastime yojanamite || visnum visvasya janakam rudrastvekadasanisam | madamsaste samavrtya dhyayanti gajanayaka || tatra cakra sarittoye snanam kuru samasatah | tam sangacakrakritimadvitiyamadi prabhunnirgunamanjanabham || aradhayananyamanananyacitah sambhavyamasmabhirahindratalpam | | 40 41 42 43 44 atrevaham pradasyami darsanam tava parana | evamairavatam cotva sthanurantaradhiyata | | 45 airavata pranamyendram sabhapujyan sadasivam | cakranadyastatam prapa tapah kartum gajesvarah | | sutoh cakranadyasca namasit tada naimisavasinah | nabhodantipuranceti nagendravasakaranat | | 350 46 47
itah param pravaksyami subramanyasya vaibhavam | sravanat papasamanam sarvasaubhgyadayakam || brahmaksetrasya mahatmyam sravanat sobhavapradam | 48 durlabham srotumanyosam sulabham sukrtatmanam || 49 rsyah vistarena vadasmakam sobhanadreh katham sabham | vaktunam srotukamanam jnanananda pradayakam || 40 uccaisrava hayavarah sthanumisamumapatim | samuddisya tapascakre mule rajatatossubhe || 51 mandalante prasanno'bhuduccaihsravasam isvarah | sthanulingadajakaro bharatya hamsavahanah | | 52 jagatsrastaramalokya stotram cakre hayastada | ucaih sravah sivapujam vidhasyami sthanulingetvayiprabho || 53 krpam kuru jagannatha mayiyakaraksarojvala | vedhah etatksetrasya vayavyam sobhanardrermahan girih | | 54 tatrodavadagneyo vallim ramyam sadananah | tam gurum sobhanagindra turamngarcaya bhaktitah | | 55 351
mayarcaniyassa guho devairapi munisvaraih | hayah tiryagatma katham brahma pujayami sadananam | | 56 vedhah sabhapujyesu bhudevesvetesyekah surottamah | sunandaiti namaya tam bhajasva gurum haya || 57 arcayisyati gamgeya sa eva vidhivatvaya | srutva vidhivacorvaji sunandam saranam yayau | | 58 sajipujyannijagurum matva tam vedasagaram | sasunandassabhapujyasturamgena subhacalam || 59 samprapya sanmukhantena pujayamasa samnkarim | tasmadvajipurasceti prasiddham bhuvanatraye || 60 brahmaksetramiti prahuh munayastasthalam pura | vivahasailasya katham dharityam dharitya sunvanti ye sadaramaihikani | sukhani divyanyanubhuyacante param sivasthanamavapnuvanti | | iti sucindra sthalamahatmye pancadaso'dhyaya samaptah | 352 61