Dvārakā-khaṇḍa · Chapter 12
Sourceश्रीनारद उवाच ।। शंखोद्धारे तीर्थमुख्ये स्वर्णदानं ददाति यः ।। सँगच्छेद्वैष्णवं लोकं सर्वोपद्रववर्जितम् ।। १ ।। श्रीकृष्णभक्तः शांतात्मा त्रितो नाम महामुनिः ।। तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन प्राप्त आनर्तभूमिषु ।। २ ।। दृष्ट्वा शुभं सरः स्नात्वा हरेः पूजां चकार ह ।। तत्पूजायां महाशंखं सुन्दरैर्लक्षणैर्वृतम् । ३ ।। चोरयामास कक्षीवांस्तस्य शिष्योतिलोभतः ।। पूजाशंखं गतं वीक्ष्य कुद्धः प्राह त्रितो मुनिः ।। ४ ।। येन नीतस्तु मे शंखः स शंखो भवतु ध्रुवम्।। तदेव शंखरूपोभूत्कक्षीवाञ्छापपीडितः।।५।। उत्पादयोर्निपतितः पाहि मामित्युवाच ह ।। शीघ्रं शांतस्त्रितः प्राह दुर्मते किं कृतं त्वया ।। स्तेयदोषाद्भुंक्ष्व पापं मद्वचो नो मृषा भवेत् ।।६।। भज श्रीकृष्णपादाब्जं स ते मोक्षं करिष्यति ।। इत्युक्त्वाथ गते राजन्त्रिते देवे महामुनौ।।७।। सरोवरे निपतितः कक्षीवाञ्छंखरूपधृक्।। प्रवदन्कृष्णकृष्णेति शतवर्षं स्थितोभवत् ।।८।। परिपूर्णतमः साक्षाद्भगवान्भक्तवत्सलः ।। आगत्य सरसस्तीरं मा भैष्टेत्यभयं ददौ ।। ९ ।। तां मेघनादगंभीरां गिरं श्रुत्वा जलेचरः ।। चुक्रोश पाहि पाहीति देवदव जगत्पते ।। 6.12.१० ।। भुजगेंद्र भोगरुचा भुजेन भगवान्प्रभुः।। शंखं भक्तं गजमिव प्रोज्जहार दयापरः ।। ११ ।। तदैव दिव्यरूपोभूच्छंखरूपं विहाय सः ।। कृतांजलिर्हरिं नत्वा स्तुतिं चक्रे यदा च सः।।१२ ।। कक्षीवानुवाच ।। वासुदेव नमस्तेस्तु गोविंदपुरुषोत्तम ।। दीनवत्सल दीनेश द्वारकेश परेश्वर ।। १३ ।। ध्रुवे ध्रुवपदंदात्रे प्रह्लादस्यार्तिहारिणे ।। गजस्योद्धारिणे तुभ्यं बलर्बलिविदे नमः ।। १४ ।। द्रौपदीचीरसंत्राणकारिणे हरये नमः ।। गराग्निवनवासेभ्यः पांडवानां सहायिने ।।१५।। यादवत्राणकर्त्रे च शक्रादाभीररक्षिणे ।। गुरुमातृद्विजानां च पुत्रदात्रे नमोनमः ।।१६।। जरासंधनिरोधार्त नृपाणां मोक्षकारिणे ।। नृगस्योद्धारिणे साक्षात्सुदाम्नोदैन्यहारिणे ।। १७।। वासुदेवाय कृष्णाय नमः संकर्षणाय च ।। प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय चतुर्व्यूहाय ते नमः ।।१८।। त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।। त्वमेव विद्या [https://puranastudy.freeoda.com/pur_index14/dravina.htm द्रविणं] त्वमेव त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव ।।१९।। श्रीनारद उवाच ।। एवं स्तुत्वा हरिं राजन्कक्षीवान्प्रेमपूरितः ।। विमानवरमास्थाय यादवानां च पश्यताम् ।। 6.12.२० ।। विभ्राजयन्दशदिशः शतसूर्यसमप्रभः ।। जगाम वैष्णवं लोकं सर्वोपद्रववर्जितम् ।।२१।। शंखोद्धारः कृतो यस्मिन्हरिणा मैथिलेश्वर ।। तस्मात्तीर्थं महापुण्यं शंखोद्धार प्रथां गतम् ।। २२ ।। शंखोद्धारकथामेतां यः शृणोति नरोत्तमः ।। शंखोद्धारस्नानफलं लभते वै न संशयः ।। २३ ।। इति श्रीमद्गर्गसंहितायां श्रीद्वारकाखण्डे नारदबहुलाश्वसंवादे शंखोद्धारमाहात्म्यं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।। १२ ।।
śrīnārada uvāca || śaṃkhoddhāre tīrthamukhye svarṇadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ || sa~gacchedvaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sarvopadravavarjitam || 1 || śrīkṛṣṇabhaktaḥ śāṃtātmā trito nāma mahāmuniḥ || tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena prāpta ānartabhūmiṣu || 2 || dṛṣṭvā śubhaṃ saraḥ snātvā hareḥ pūjāṃ cakāra ha || tatpūjāyāṃ mahāśaṃkhaṃ sundarairlakṣaṇairvṛtam | 3 || corayāmāsa kakṣīvāṃstasya śiṣyotilobhataḥ || pūjāśaṃkhaṃ gataṃ vīkṣya kuddhaḥ prāha trito muniḥ || 4 || yena nītastu me śaṃkhaḥ sa śaṃkho bhavatu dhruvam|| tadeva śaṃkharūpobhūtkakṣīvāñchāpapīḍitaḥ||5|| utpādayornipatitaḥ pāhi māmityuvāca ha || śīghraṃ śāṃtastritaḥ prāha durmate kiṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā || steyadoṣādbhuṃkṣva pāpaṃ madvaco no mṛṣā bhavet ||6|| bhaja śrīkṛṣṇapādābjaṃ sa te mokṣaṃ kariṣyati || ityuktvātha gate rājantrite deve mahāmunau||7|| sarovare nipatitaḥ kakṣīvāñchaṃkharūpadhṛk|| pravadankṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti śatavarṣaṃ sthitobhavat ||8|| paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣādbhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ || āgatya sarasastīraṃ mā bhaiṣṭetyabhayaṃ dadau || 9 || tāṃ meghanādagaṃbhīrāṃ giraṃ śrutvā jalecaraḥ || cukrośa pāhi pāhīti devadava jagatpate || 6.12.10 || bhujageṃdra bhogarucā bhujena bhagavānprabhuḥ|| śaṃkhaṃ bhaktaṃ gajamiva projjahāra dayāparaḥ || 11 || tadaiva divyarūpobhūcchaṃkharūpaṃ vihāya saḥ || kṛtāṃjalirhariṃ natvā stutiṃ cakre yadā ca saḥ||12 || kakṣīvānuvāca || vāsudeva namastestu goviṃdapuruṣottama || dīnavatsala dīneśa dvārakeśa pareśvara || 13 || dhruve dhruvapadaṃdātre prahlādasyārtihāriṇe || gajasyoddhāriṇe tubhyaṃ balarbalivide namaḥ || 14 || draupadīcīrasaṃtrāṇakāriṇe haraye namaḥ || garāgnivanavāsebhyaḥ pāṃḍavānāṃ sahāyine ||15|| yādavatrāṇakartre ca śakrādābhīrarakṣiṇe || gurumātṛdvijānāṃ ca putradātre namonamaḥ ||16|| jarāsaṃdhanirodhārta nṛpāṇāṃ mokṣakāriṇe || nṛgasyoddhāriṇe sākṣātsudāmnodainyahāriṇe || 17|| vāsudevāya kṛṣṇāya namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca || pradyumnāyāniruddhāya caturvyūhāya te namaḥ ||18|| tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva || tvameva vidyā [https://puranastudy.freeoda.com/pur_index14/dravina.htm draviṇaṃ] tvameva tvameva sarvaṃ mama devadeva ||19|| śrīnārada uvāca || evaṃ stutvā hariṃ rājankakṣīvānpremapūritaḥ || vimānavaramāsthāya yādavānāṃ ca paśyatām || 6.12.20 || vibhrājayandaśadiśaḥ śatasūryasamaprabhaḥ || jagāma vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sarvopadravavarjitam ||21|| śaṃkhoddhāraḥ kṛto yasminhariṇā maithileśvara || tasmāttīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śaṃkhoddhāra prathāṃ gatam || 22 || śaṃkhoddhārakathāmetāṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ || śaṃkhoddhārasnānaphalaṃ labhate vai na saṃśayaḥ || 23 || iti śrīmadgargasaṃhitāyāṃ śrīdvārakākhaṇḍe nāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde śaṃkhoddhāramāhātmyaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
English translation
By the curse of Mahamuni Tritta, Kakshivan's being in the form of a conch in the lake and being redeemed by Shri Krishna; Shankhodhar - the glory of the Tirtha
Srinardji says - Rajan! Dwarakamen, a shrine called 'Shankhodvara', is the main one among all the shrines. A person who bathes in that tirtha and gives the donation of gold goes to Vishnuloka, free from all disturbances. 1.
The king! Having said this, when Mahamuni Tritadeva left, the conch-clad Kakshivan jumped into the lake and shouted, "Krishna! Krishna! Oh! He stayed there for a hundred years, calling out. 7 - 8.
Then Lord Krishna came to the banks of the lake, the most perfect of devotees, and blessed him, saying, "Do not be afraid. 'Hearing that solemn voice of God like the thunder of a cloud, that aquatic conch cried out - 'Devdev! O People of the World! Oh! Protect me, protect me, protect me. 'Then the almighty and gracious Lord, like the body of Nagaraja, rescued the devotee's conch from the water with his well-strengthened arm, just as He had rescued the elephant at some time. At that very moment, Kakshivan gave up the form of a conch shell and took on the form of a divine being, and with folded hands, saluted Srihari and began to praise him. 9-12 | (Dwarkand Chapter 11 to 15)
Kakshivana said, "Vasudeva! Hello there. Govinda! Purushottam! Oh dear! Dinanath! Dwarakanath! Oh God! I bow to you again and again. It was you who bestowed the Dhruva position on Dhruva, took away Prahlada's suffering, rescued Gajraj, and accepted the King's sacrificial offering; greetings to you again and again. Salutations to you, Srihari, who saved Draupadi's curse by increasing her incision. Salutations to you, Pandava-Assistant, who protected the Pandavas from poison, fire, and exile. Salutations to you, the protector of Yadukula and the protector of the Gopas of Vraja from Indra's wrath. Lord Krishna who brought Gurus, Mother Devaki and Brahmins to their dead sons! Hello to you again and again. Salutations are due to God, the Redeemer of kings in prison, the Redeemer of king Nruga, and the Redeemer of Sudama. You are salutations to Vasudeva Krishna. Sankarshana, Pradyumra and Aniruddha are also salutations. Thus I bow down to God in the fourfold form. Oh dear God! You are my mother, you are my father, you are my brother, you are my friend, you are my learning, you are my wealth, and you are my everything. 13-19 |
Srinardji says - Rajan! Thus, in praise of Srihariki, the love-filled Kakshiva mounted a superior vimana, glowing like hundreds of suns, illuminating all ten directions, and proceeding to Vishnudham, devoid of all disturbances. Maithileshwar! It was on the banks of the tank where Srihari had salvaged the conch shell that the event became famous as the most virtuous' Shankhodhwar-Tirtha '. The superior human being who hears this story of Sankhodavardhana gets the fruits of bathing in Shankhodavardhana Tirtha - there is no doubt about it. 20-23 |
Thus was completed the twelfth chapter in the Narada Bahulashva-Samvad under Dwarka Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita, titled 'Shankhodhvara-Tirthaka Mahatmya'. 12.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 16765, revision 401707 (2024-04-11T19:47:26Z). English was rendered from the complete Hindi chapter at https://www.mahakavya.com/dwarkakhand-chapter-11-to-15/ as a transparent machine-assisted translation using the pinned IndicTrans2 Indic–English Distilled 200M model and retained without claiming verse-by-verse alignment.