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Chapter 16

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।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। नृपं सुमनसं दृष्ट्वा श्रद्दधानं महाक्रतौ ।। उवाच परमप्रीत्या नारदो लोकहर्षणः ।। १ ।। व्यवसाये सुकृतिनां देवा यांति सहायताम् ।। तत्रोदाहरणं त्वं हि यत्सहायश्चतुर्मुखः ।। २ ।। तदेहि यामस्तत्रैव नीलकंठस्य सन्निधौ ।। सर्वराक्षससंहारं सर्वविघ्ननिवारणम् ।।३।। स्थापयाम्यग्रतो राजन्नृसिंहं वारुणीमुखम् ।। अंतर्हितो हि भगवान्प्रत्यक्षोऽसौ नृकेसरी ।।४।। सन्निधावस्य यागस्तु फलातिशयवान्भवेत् ।। त्वमग्रतो गच्छ शीघ्रं प्रासादं तत्र कारय ।। ५ ।। स्मरणान्मम चागत्य सुतो वै विश्वकर्मणः ।। प्रत्यङ्मुखं तु प्रासादं स तूर्णं घटयिष्यति ।। ६ ।। दक्षिणे नीलकंठस्य यो महांश्चंदनद्रुमः ।। धनुःशतांतरे राजंश्चिररूढस्तु तिष्ठति ।। ७ ।। तस्य पश्चिमदेशस्थं क्षेत्रं राजन्भविष्यति ।। वाजिमेधसहस्रेण तस्याग्रे यजतां भवान् ।। ८ ।। गच्छ त्वमहमत्रैव स्थास्यामि दिनपञ्चकम् ।। आराध्यैनं दिव्यसिंहं ज्योतीरूपमनन्तकम् ।। ९ ।। प्रत्यर्चायां प्रतिष्ठाप्य प्राणेंद्रियमनोयुतम् ।। दीपाद्दीपं यथा राजन्नयिष्ये शोभनाकृतिम् ।। 2.2.16.१० ।। नारदस्येति वचनं प्रतिश्रुत्य नृपोत्तमः ।। जगाम तत्र वेगेन चन्दनद्रुमसंनिधिम् ।। ११ ।। तत्रापश्यत्सुघटकं शिल्पशास्त्रविशारदम् ।। नारदस्याज्ञया प्राप्तं पुत्रं वै देवशिल्पिनः ।। १२ ।। मनुष्यरूपमास्थाय शस्त्रसूत्रधरं स्थितम् ।। राजानं स तु दृष्ट्वा वै चिकीर्षंतं सुरालयम् ।। १३ ।। कृतांजलिपुटः प्रोचे देवाहं शिल्पशास्त्रवित् ।। नरसिंहालयं तेऽद्य घटयिष्यामि शोभनम् ।। राजापि तमुवाचेदं प्रहसन्भो द्विजोत्तमाः ।। १४ ।। ।। इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच ।। ।। न शिल्पी त्वं हि सामान्यः शिल्पशास्त्रप्रणेतृकः ।। कथितो नारदेनैव त्वष्टुः पुत्रो महायशाः ।। १५ ।। निर्जनेऽस्मिन्महारण्ये नेतः पूर्वं जनाश्रयः ।। वयमद्यागताः शिल्पिन्सम्बन्धः किंनिमित्तकः ।। १६ ।। देवशिल्पी भवानेव विष्णोरमिततेजसः ।। सदानुध्यायिनस्तस्य निदेशवशवर्तिनः ।। १७ ।। येन स्मृतस्त्वं मुनिना स एवात्रागमिष्यति ।। प्रत्यर्चां नरसिंहस्य गृहीत्वा तु दिनांतरे ।। १८ ।। तदाशु घटयस्वाद्य सप्राकारं सतोरणम् ।। प्रासादं नरसिंहस्य प्रतीचीवदनं शुभम् ।। १९ ।। तं पूजयित्वा विधिवन्नियोज्य घटने नृपः ।। शिलासंचयकान्भृत्यान्बहुवित्तैरयोजयत् ।। 2.2.16.२० ।। चतुर्थे दिवसे विप्राः प्रासादोऽभूदनुत्तमः ।। बहुकालप्रसाध्योऽपि महिम्ना देवशिल्पिनः ।। २१ ।। ततः प्रभाते विमले नित्यकर्मावसानतः ।। प्रतिष्ठाविधिसंभारं गृहीत्वा सपरिच्छदः ।। २२ ।। नारदागमनं प्रेक्ष्य यावत्तिष्ठति भूपतिः ।। तावच्छुश्रुविरे शङ्खा मृदङ्गा मुरजास्तथा ।। २३ ।। गीतमङ्गलवाद्यानि घंटानां करिणां स्वनाः ।। तथा जय जयेत्युच्चैः शब्दा आकाशमण्डले ।। २४ ।। ताञ्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयापन्ना इंद्रद्युम्नपुरोगमाः ।। राजानः श्रोत्रिया विप्रा वैष्णवाश्च सहस्रशः ।। २५ ।। निराधारास्त्विमे शब्दा अद्भुतानि न संशयः ।। विचारयंतस्ते यावत्तावद्दक्षिणतो मरुत् ।। २६ ।। गन्धान्वितद्विरेफौघशब्दिताः पुष्पवृष्टयः ।। आविर्भूतास्त्रिपथगा वारिणार्द्रीकृता द्विजाः ।। २७ ।। तदनंतरमेवासौ नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः ।। तपःप्रभावनिर्व्यूढ विमानवरशायिनीम् ।। २८ ।। रत्नचामरहस्ताभिर्दिव्यस्त्रीभिः सुशोभिताम् ।। अलंकृतां वहुविधैर्मणिरत्नप्रसाधनैः ।। २९ ।। दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरां दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनाम् ।। रम्यां प्रतिष्ठितप्राणां घटितां विश्वकर्मणा ।। 2.2.16.३० ।। तेजोमण्डलसंवीतां परितो हर्षदामपि ।। आदाय नरसिंहस्य प्रत्यर्चां प्रत्युपस्थितः ।। ३१ ।। तां दृष्ट्वा हर्षिताः सर्वे राजा राजानुयायिनः ।। अन्तर्द्धानं गतो देवो नारदेनोद्धृतः किमु ।। ३२ ।। मेनिरे हर्षितात्मानः प्रशशंसुश्च तं मुनिम् ।। निरूप्य संनिधिस्थां तु नरसिंहाकृतिं द्विजाः ।। आद्यमूर्तेर्नृसिंहस्य प्रतिमामथ मेनिरे ।। ३३ ।। प्रत्युत्थाय ततो राजा प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य हरिं जगाम शिरसा महीम् ।। ३४ ।। श्रद्धासंपत्तियोग्येन संभारेण नृपाज्ञया ।। प्रस्थापयामास मुनिः प्रासादं शुभलक्षणम् ।। ३५ ।। प्रतिमां देवदेवस्य सुमुहूर्ते द्विजोत्तमाः ।। धरारमाभ्यां सहितां रत्नवेद्यां प्रतिष्ठिताम्।। योगारूढतनुं राजा इन्द्रद्युम्नोऽथ तुष्टुवे ।। ३६ ।। वैष्णवैर्ब्राह्मणैर्भूपैर्नारदेन च धीमता।। गुह्योपनिषदैः स्मार्तैः स्तोत्रैः शास्त्रैर्मुदान्वितैः ।। ३७ ।। ।। इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच ।। ।। एकानेकस्थूलसूक्ष्माणुमूर्ते व्योमातीत व्योमरूपैकरूप ।। व्योमाकार व्यापक व्योमसंस्थ व्योमारूढ व्योमकेशाब्जयोने ।। ३८ ।। दुःखांभोधेस्त्राहि मां दिव्यसिंह प्रादुर्भूतानेककोट्यर्कधामन् ।। नित्यासन्नो दूरसंस्थो न दूरो नासन्नो वा बोध्यबोधात्मभाव ।। ३९ ।। ज्ञेयज्ञेयो ज्ञानगम्योऽप्यगम्यो मायातीतो मानमेयोऽनुमानात् ।। कृत्स्नस्यादिः कृत्स्नकर्त्तानुमंता पाता हर्त्ता विश्वसाक्षिन्नमस्ते ।। 2.2.16.४० ।। दुःखध्वंसस्यैकहेतुं न हेतुं भेत्तुं छेत्तुं संशयानग्रजातम् ।। ज्योतीरूप ज्ञानरूप प्रकाश स्तोमव्यूहाकार निर्माणहेतो ।। ४१ ।। त्वत्पादब्जे भक्तिमग्र्यां सदा मे देहि स्वामिन्मूलभूतां चतुर्णाम् ।। श्रौतैः स्मार्तैर्नित्ययुक्ता जनास्ते दीनास्तिष्ठन्त्यत्र बद्धा भवाब्धौ ।। ४२ ।। अनन्तपादं बहुहस्तनेत्रमनंतकर्णं ककुभौघवस्त्रम् ।। दिवानिशानाथसुकुण्डलाढ्यं नक्षत्रमाला कृतचारुहारम् ।। ४३ ।। त्वामद्भुतं दिव्यनृसिंहमूर्तिं भक्तेष्टपूर्तिं शरणं प्रपद्ये ।। यत्पादपद्म हि पितामहस्य किरीटरत्नैर्विकचत्वमेति।।४४।। यदीयपादाब्जयुगांतभूमौ लुठेच्छिरो यस्य हि पांचभौतम् ।। तद्दिव्यपादं शिरसा वहंति सुरेन्द्रनार्यः खलु तं नमामि ।। ४५ ।। तद्दिव्यसिंहं हतपापसंघं पादाश्रितानां करुणाब्धिसिंहम् ।। पादाऽब्जसंघट्टविघट्टमानब्रह्मांडभांडं प्रणमामि चण्डम् ।। ४६ ।। सटाच्छटाकंपनशीर्यमाणघनौघविद्रावितपापसंघम् ।। चंडाट्टहासांतरिताब्दशब्दं त्रिलोकगर्भं नृहरिं नमामि ।। ४७ ।। नमस्ते नमस्ते नमस्तेऽद्य विष्णो परित्राहि दीनानुकंपिन्ननाथम् ।। भवंतं समासाद्य मे देहबन्धो मुरारे न संसारकारागृहेऽस्तु ।। ४८ ।। हयमेधसहस्रांते यथा त्वां चर्मचक्षुषा ।। दिव्यरूपं प्रपश्यामि तथानुक्रोशय प्रभो ।। ४९ ।। यथा चेज्यासहस्रं मे निर्विघ्नं तत्समाप्यते ।। यज्ञेश त्वत्प्रसादान्मे तथा सान्निध्यमस्तु ते ।। 2.2.16.५० ।। कोटयः पापराशीनां क्षयं यांति यथा प्रभो ।। धर्मार्थकामा हस्तस्था नैषां चित्रं स्तुवंति ये ।। मोक्षस्य भाजनं विष्णो ते नरा ये तवाश्रयाः ।। ५१ ।। स्तुत्वेत्थं दिव्य सिंहं तं भूपतिर्हष्टमानसः ।। दण्डपातप्रणामेन जगाम धरणीं मुहुः ।। ५२ ।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। क्षेत्रं तन्नरसिंहस्य ब्रह्मणा निर्मितं पुरा ।। इन्द्रद्युम्नानुग्रहाय सर्वलोकहिताय च ।। ५३ ।। पश्यंति ये नृसिंहं तं शंभुना सह संस्थितम् ।। न देहबन्धं ते विप्राः प्राप्नुवंति न संशयः ।। ।। ५४ ।। मनसा वांछितं यद्यत्प्राप्नुवंति ततोऽधिकम् ।। स्तोत्रेणानेन ये दिव्यसिंहरूपं स्तुवंति वै ।। ५५ ।। सर्वकामप्रदो देवस्तस्य मुक्तिं प्रयच्छति ।। ज्येष्ठशुक्लद्वादशी या स्वातीनक्षत्रसंयुता ।। ५६ ।। तस्यां प्रतिष्ठितः क्षेत्रे दिव्यसिंहो महर्षिणा ।। सुतेन ब्रह्मणः साक्षात्तत्र पश्यंति तं च ये ।। ५७ ।। वाजिमेधसहस्रस्य फलं साग्रं लभंति ते ।। पञ्चामृतैर्वा क्षीरेण नारिकेलरसेन वा ।। ५८ ।। स्नापयंति नरा ये वै अथवा गन्धवारिणा ।। पूजयित्वा महासिंहमुपचारैः सपायसैः ।। ५९ ।। जपाकुसुममाल्यैश्च गन्धमाल्यैः सुशोभनैः ।। धूपदीपैः सकर्पूरैस्तांबूलैरतिशोभनैः ।। 2.2.16.६० ।। सुगीर्भिः स्तुतिपाठैश्च जयशब्दैस्तथोच्चकै ।। प्रदक्षिणप्रणामैश्च दानैर्ब्राह्मणतर्पणैः ।। सन्तोष्य नरसिंहं तं ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् ।। ६१ ।। वैशाखस्य चतुर्दश्यां सौरिवारेऽनिलर्क्षके ।। आद्यावतारः सिंहस्य प्रदोषसमये द्विजाः ।।६२।। तस्यां संपूज्य विधिवन्नरसिंहं समाहितः ।। जन्मकोटिसहस्रैस्तु पापराशिः सुसंचितः ।। दह्यते तत्क्षणादेव तूलराशिरिवाग्निना ।। ६३ ।। दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा नमस्कृत्वा प्रणिपत्य च भक्तितः ।। स्तुत्वा विमुच्यते पापैर्निर्मोकेन भुजंगवत् ।। ६४ ।। न तस्य व्याधयः संति न शोका नाधयस्तथा ।। सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति हयमेधफलं तथा ।। ६५ ।। समीपे तस्य भो विप्रा यजनं दानमेव च ।। अन्यानि पुण्यकर्माणि कृतानि च सकृन्नरैः ।। कोटिकोटिगुणानि स्युर्नरसिंहप्रसादतः ।। ६६ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जैमिनिऋषिसंवादे षोडशोऽध्यायः ।। १६ ।।

|| jaiminiruvāca || || nṛpaṃ sumanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā śraddadhānaṃ mahākratau || uvāca paramaprītyā nārado lokaharṣaṇaḥ || 1 || vyavasāye sukṛtināṃ devā yāṃti sahāyatām || tatrodāharaṇaṃ tvaṃ hi yatsahāyaścaturmukhaḥ || 2 || tadehi yāmastatraiva nīlakaṃṭhasya sannidhau || sarvarākṣasasaṃhāraṃ sarvavighnanivāraṇam ||3|| sthāpayāmyagrato rājannṛsiṃhaṃ vāruṇīmukham || aṃtarhito hi bhagavānpratyakṣo'sau nṛkesarī ||4|| sannidhāvasya yāgastu phalātiśayavānbhavet || tvamagrato gaccha śīghraṃ prāsādaṃ tatra kāraya || 5 || smaraṇānmama cāgatya suto vai viśvakarmaṇaḥ || pratyaṅmukhaṃ tu prāsādaṃ sa tūrṇaṃ ghaṭayiṣyati || 6 || dakṣiṇe nīlakaṃṭhasya yo mahāṃścaṃdanadrumaḥ || dhanuḥśatāṃtare rājaṃścirarūḍhastu tiṣṭhati || 7 || tasya paścimadeśasthaṃ kṣetraṃ rājanbhaviṣyati || vājimedhasahasreṇa tasyāgre yajatāṃ bhavān || 8 || gaccha tvamahamatraiva sthāsyāmi dinapañcakam || ārādhyainaṃ divyasiṃhaṃ jyotīrūpamanantakam || 9 || pratyarcāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya prāṇeṃdriyamanoyutam || dīpāddīpaṃ yathā rājannayiṣye śobhanākṛtim || 2.2.16.10 || nāradasyeti vacanaṃ pratiśrutya nṛpottamaḥ || jagāma tatra vegena candanadrumasaṃnidhim || 11 || tatrāpaśyatsughaṭakaṃ śilpaśāstraviśāradam || nāradasyājñayā prāptaṃ putraṃ vai devaśilpinaḥ || 12 || manuṣyarūpamāsthāya śastrasūtradharaṃ sthitam || rājānaṃ sa tu dṛṣṭvā vai cikīrṣaṃtaṃ surālayam || 13 || kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ proce devāhaṃ śilpaśāstravit || narasiṃhālayaṃ te'dya ghaṭayiṣyāmi śobhanam || rājāpi tamuvācedaṃ prahasanbho dvijottamāḥ || 14 || || indradyumna uvāca || || na śilpī tvaṃ hi sāmānyaḥ śilpaśāstrapraṇetṛkaḥ || kathito nāradenaiva tvaṣṭuḥ putro mahāyaśāḥ || 15 || nirjane'sminmahāraṇye netaḥ pūrvaṃ janāśrayaḥ || vayamadyāgatāḥ śilpinsambandhaḥ kiṃnimittakaḥ || 16 || devaśilpī bhavāneva viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ || sadānudhyāyinastasya nideśavaśavartinaḥ || 17 || yena smṛtastvaṃ muninā sa evātrāgamiṣyati || pratyarcāṃ narasiṃhasya gṛhītvā tu dināṃtare || 18 || tadāśu ghaṭayasvādya saprākāraṃ satoraṇam || prāsādaṃ narasiṃhasya pratīcīvadanaṃ śubham || 19 || taṃ pūjayitvā vidhivanniyojya ghaṭane nṛpaḥ || śilāsaṃcayakānbhṛtyānbahuvittairayojayat || 2.2.16.20 || caturthe divase viprāḥ prāsādo'bhūdanuttamaḥ || bahukālaprasādhyo'pi mahimnā devaśilpinaḥ || 21 || tataḥ prabhāte vimale nityakarmāvasānataḥ || pratiṣṭhāvidhisaṃbhāraṃ gṛhītvā saparicchadaḥ || 22 || nāradāgamanaṃ prekṣya yāvattiṣṭhati bhūpatiḥ || tāvacchuśruvire śaṅkhā mṛdaṅgā murajāstathā || 23 || gītamaṅgalavādyāni ghaṃṭānāṃ kariṇāṃ svanāḥ || tathā jaya jayetyuccaiḥ śabdā ākāśamaṇḍale || 24 || tāñchrutvā vismayāpannā iṃdradyumnapurogamāḥ || rājānaḥ śrotriyā viprā vaiṣṇavāśca sahasraśaḥ || 25 || nirādhārāstvime śabdā adbhutāni na saṃśayaḥ || vicārayaṃtaste yāvattāvaddakṣiṇato marut || 26 || gandhānvitadvirephaughaśabditāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ || āvirbhūtāstripathagā vāriṇārdrīkṛtā dvijāḥ || 27 || tadanaṃtaramevāsau nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ || tapaḥprabhāvanirvyūḍha vimānavaraśāyinīm || 28 || ratnacāmarahastābhirdivyastrībhiḥ suśobhitām || alaṃkṛtāṃ vahuvidhairmaṇiratnaprasādhanaiḥ || 29 || divyamālyāṃbaradharāṃ divyagandhānulepanām || ramyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaprāṇāṃ ghaṭitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā || 2.2.16.30 || tejomaṇḍalasaṃvītāṃ parito harṣadāmapi || ādāya narasiṃhasya pratyarcāṃ pratyupasthitaḥ || 31 || tāṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve rājā rājānuyāyinaḥ || antarddhānaṃ gato devo nāradenoddhṛtaḥ kimu || 32 || menire harṣitātmānaḥ praśaśaṃsuśca taṃ munim || nirūpya saṃnidhisthāṃ tu narasiṃhākṛtiṃ dvijāḥ || ādyamūrternṛsiṃhasya pratimāmatha menire || 33 || pratyutthāya tato rājā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā || pradakṣiṇīkṛtya hariṃ jagāma śirasā mahīm || 34 || śraddhāsaṃpattiyogyena saṃbhāreṇa nṛpājñayā || prasthāpayāmāsa muniḥ prāsādaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam || 35 || pratimāṃ devadevasya sumuhūrte dvijottamāḥ || dharāramābhyāṃ sahitāṃ ratnavedyāṃ pratiṣṭhitām|| yogārūḍhatanuṃ rājā indradyumno'tha tuṣṭuve || 36 || vaiṣṇavairbrāhmaṇairbhūpairnāradena ca dhīmatā|| guhyopaniṣadaiḥ smārtaiḥ stotraiḥ śāstrairmudānvitaiḥ || 37 || || indradyumna uvāca || || ekānekasthūlasūkṣmāṇumūrte vyomātīta vyomarūpaikarūpa || vyomākāra vyāpaka vyomasaṃstha vyomārūḍha vyomakeśābjayone || 38 || duḥkhāṃbhodhestrāhi māṃ divyasiṃha prādurbhūtānekakoṭyarkadhāman || nityāsanno dūrasaṃstho na dūro nāsanno vā bodhyabodhātmabhāva || 39 || jñeyajñeyo jñānagamyo'pyagamyo māyātīto mānameyo'numānāt || kṛtsnasyādiḥ kṛtsnakarttānumaṃtā pātā harttā viśvasākṣinnamaste || 2.2.16.40 || duḥkhadhvaṃsasyaikahetuṃ na hetuṃ bhettuṃ chettuṃ saṃśayānagrajātam || jyotīrūpa jñānarūpa prakāśa stomavyūhākāra nirmāṇaheto || 41 || tvatpādabje bhaktimagryāṃ sadā me dehi svāminmūlabhūtāṃ caturṇām || śrautaiḥ smārtairnityayuktā janāste dīnāstiṣṭhantyatra baddhā bhavābdhau || 42 || anantapādaṃ bahuhastanetramanaṃtakarṇaṃ kakubhaughavastram || divāniśānāthasukuṇḍalāḍhyaṃ nakṣatramālā kṛtacāruhāram || 43 || tvāmadbhutaṃ divyanṛsiṃhamūrtiṃ bhakteṣṭapūrtiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || yatpādapadma hi pitāmahasya kirīṭaratnairvikacatvameti||44|| yadīyapādābjayugāṃtabhūmau luṭhecchiro yasya hi pāṃcabhautam || taddivyapādaṃ śirasā vahaṃti surendranāryaḥ khalu taṃ namāmi || 45 || taddivyasiṃhaṃ hatapāpasaṃghaṃ pādāśritānāṃ karuṇābdhisiṃham || pādā'bjasaṃghaṭṭavighaṭṭamānabrahmāṃḍabhāṃḍaṃ praṇamāmi caṇḍam || 46 || saṭācchaṭākaṃpanaśīryamāṇaghanaughavidrāvitapāpasaṃgham || caṃḍāṭṭahāsāṃtaritābdaśabdaṃ trilokagarbhaṃ nṛhariṃ namāmi || 47 || namaste namaste namaste'dya viṣṇo paritrāhi dīnānukaṃpinnanātham || bhavaṃtaṃ samāsādya me dehabandho murāre na saṃsārakārāgṛhe'stu || 48 || hayamedhasahasrāṃte yathā tvāṃ carmacakṣuṣā || divyarūpaṃ prapaśyāmi tathānukrośaya prabho || 49 || yathā cejyāsahasraṃ me nirvighnaṃ tatsamāpyate || yajñeśa tvatprasādānme tathā sānnidhyamastu te || 2.2.16.50 || koṭayaḥ pāparāśīnāṃ kṣayaṃ yāṃti yathā prabho || dharmārthakāmā hastasthā naiṣāṃ citraṃ stuvaṃti ye || mokṣasya bhājanaṃ viṣṇo te narā ye tavāśrayāḥ || 51 || stutvetthaṃ divya siṃhaṃ taṃ bhūpatirhaṣṭamānasaḥ || daṇḍapātapraṇāmena jagāma dharaṇīṃ muhuḥ || 52 || || jaiminiruvāca || || kṣetraṃ tannarasiṃhasya brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ purā || indradyumnānugrahāya sarvalokahitāya ca || 53 || paśyaṃti ye nṛsiṃhaṃ taṃ śaṃbhunā saha saṃsthitam || na dehabandhaṃ te viprāḥ prāpnuvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ || || 54 || manasā vāṃchitaṃ yadyatprāpnuvaṃti tato'dhikam || stotreṇānena ye divyasiṃharūpaṃ stuvaṃti vai || 55 || sarvakāmaprado devastasya muktiṃ prayacchati || jyeṣṭhaśukladvādaśī yā svātīnakṣatrasaṃyutā || 56 || tasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ kṣetre divyasiṃho maharṣiṇā || sutena brahmaṇaḥ sākṣāttatra paśyaṃti taṃ ca ye || 57 || vājimedhasahasrasya phalaṃ sāgraṃ labhaṃti te || pañcāmṛtairvā kṣīreṇa nārikelarasena vā || 58 || snāpayaṃti narā ye vai athavā gandhavāriṇā || pūjayitvā mahāsiṃhamupacāraiḥ sapāyasaiḥ || 59 || japākusumamālyaiśca gandhamālyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ || dhūpadīpaiḥ sakarpūraistāṃbūlairatiśobhanaiḥ || 2.2.16.60 || sugīrbhiḥ stutipāṭhaiśca jayaśabdaistathoccakai || pradakṣiṇapraṇāmaiśca dānairbrāhmaṇatarpaṇaiḥ || santoṣya narasiṃhaṃ taṃ brahmalokamavāpnuyāt || 61 || vaiśākhasya caturdaśyāṃ saurivāre'nilarkṣake || ādyāvatāraḥ siṃhasya pradoṣasamaye dvijāḥ ||62|| tasyāṃ saṃpūjya vidhivannarasiṃhaṃ samāhitaḥ || janmakoṭisahasraistu pāparāśiḥ susaṃcitaḥ || dahyate tatkṣaṇādeva tūlarāśirivāgninā || 63 || dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā namaskṛtvā praṇipatya ca bhaktitaḥ || stutvā vimucyate pāpairnirmokena bhujaṃgavat || 64 || na tasya vyādhayaḥ saṃti na śokā nādhayastathā || sarvānkāmānavāpnoti hayamedhaphalaṃ tathā || 65 || samīpe tasya bho viprā yajanaṃ dānameva ca || anyāni puṇyakarmāṇi kṛtāni ca sakṛnnaraiḥ || koṭikoṭiguṇāni syurnarasiṃhaprasādataḥ || 66 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaiminiṛṣisaṃvāde ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 16 ||

English translation

Jaimini said :

1. On seeing that the king was cheerful in his mind believing in (the efficacy of) the great sacrifice, Nārada , the delighter of the worlds, spoke to him with great pleasure:

2. “ Devas lend a helping hand in the enterprises of meritorious ones. An example thereof is you yourself, as you have the assistance of the Four-faced Lord ( Brahmā ).

3-4a. Therefore come on. Let us go there to the presence of Nīlakaṇṭha . In front of him, O king, I shall install Nṛsiṃha , the destroyer of all Rākṣasas , the dispeller of all obstacles. The idol shall be facing the West.

4b-5a. The Lord has vanished, but this Nṛsiṃha is visible. The sacrifice in his presence shall yield excellent fruit.

5b-6. You go ahead quickly and get a palace built there. On my remembering (him) the son of Viśvakarman will come there and build the West-facing Mansion rapidly.

7-8. To the south of Nīlakaṇṭha, a hundred Bows’ length away (i.e. 400 Hastas or about 100 Metres), there is a pretty old huge sandal tree. The land to the west of it shall be the requisite site (for sacrifice), O king. There you do perform a thousand horse-sacrifices.

9-10. You go. I shall stay here for five days and propitiate this divine lion of infinite form of fiery nature. In the return worship, in the idol, I shall install the Lord along with vital breath, sense-organs and mind. Just as one lights a lamp from another lamp, so also (I shall infuse the new idol with the power of the old one) and I shall bring the idol of splendid form.”

11. On hearing these words of Nārada the excellent king hurriedly went near the sandal tree.

12-13a. There he saw the son of the Celestial Architect, who had come at the bidding of Nārada. He stood there assuming human form with the necessary implements.

13b-14. On seeing the king desirous of building a shrine, he spoke to him with palms joined in reverence: “O lord, I am conversant with the Science of Architecture. I shall build a temple of Narasiṃha with splendid features.” O Brāhmaṇas , the king replied to him laughingly.

Indradyumna said :

15-17. You are no ordinary architect. You are an expounder of the Science of Architecture. This has been spoken by Nārada himself. You are the extremely reputed son of Tvaṣṭṛ .

In this tenantless big forest there was no human habitation before. O Architect, we have come only today; how can we have contacts with architects? You alone can be the architect (of the temple) of Viṣṇu of unmeasured refulgence. You always meditate upon him. You strictly abide by his behest.

18. The sage by whom you have been remembered, will himself come here in a couple of days taking the idol of Narasiṃha with him.

19. Therefore, build a palatial temple of Narasiṃha along with the rampart walls, ornamental gateways etc. It should be a splendid structure facing the West.

20. The king honoured him duly and engaged him in the work of construction. By spending a great deal of money he engaged a number of servants for collecting stones.

21. Thanks to the greatness of the celestial architect, O Brāhmaṇas, the excellent Mansion-like shrine was complete on the fourth day, though (ordinarily) it could have been accomplished only after a long time.

22-24. When the day dawned clear, the king concluded his daily round of holy rites. Accompanied by his followers he took with him the requisite materials for the installation. While he awaited the arrival of Nārada, presently (mixed) sounds were heard in the sky, viz. those of conch-shells, Mṛdaṅga drums, Muraja drums, auspicious songs and instruments of music, the sounds of bells, the trumpeting of elephants and shouts of “Be victorious, be victorious”.

25-31. On hearing them Indradyumna and other kings, Brāhmaṇas well-versed in the Vedas and thousands of Vaiṣṇavas stood surprised. While they were thinking like ‘These sounds have risen without any (visible) source. No doubt it is a mysterious phenomenon,’ a wind blew from the South. There were showers of flowers with great fragrance accompanied by the humming sounds of bees. O Brāhmaṇas, they were drenched with the waters of Gaṅgā .

Immediately after this, Nārada, the son of Brahmā, came with the idol of Narasiṃha, which had been made by Viśvakarman. It had a halo around it. It was highly delightful. It was embellished with many kinds of gems and decorative features. It had divine garlands and robes. Divine scents and unguents had been smeared upon it. It was very beautiful. The holy rite of infusing Prāṇa (vital airs) had been completed herein. It was rendered splendid by celestial women with diamond-studded chowries in their hands. The idol was kept in an excellent Vimāna (a decorated carriage, or palanquin) created by the power of penance.

32-37. On seeing the idol, all the kings and the followers of the kings became greatly pleased. The Lord had vanished. Has he been brought back by Nārada?’ thought all those delighted souls. They praised the sage too. On carefully observing the form of Narasiṃha that was near them, they thought that it was a replica of the earlier idol of Nṛsiṃha. With delighted mind the king stood up in honour thereof. He circumambulated Had and bent down his head so as to touch the ground. At the behest of the king the sage furnished the palace of splendid characteristics with all the requisites befitting the faithful devotion and affluence (of the king). The idol of the Lord of Devas along with Dharā (Earth) and Ramā ( Lakṣmī ) was installed on a gem-set altar in an auspicious hour. The idol was infused with Yogic power.

In the company of Vaiṣṇava Brāhmaṇas, the kings and the intelligent Nārada King Indradyumna eulogized it with secret Upaniṣad Mantras , Smṛti Texts, eulogies, and passages from scriptures with great joy.

Indradyumna said :

38-39. O Lord, possessing single, multiple, gross, subtle and minute forms, O Lord beyond the firmament, O Lord with a single form of the firmament, O Lord with the shape of the sky, O pervading one, O Lord stationed in the sky, O Lord mounted on the firmament, O Lord with the sky for the tresses, O Lord with a lotus for womb! O Divine Lion, save me from the ocean of misery. O Lord having the combined splendour of many crores of suns coming out (together), O Lord who are always near at hand and yet stationed far away, O Lord who are neither away nor close by, O Lord with the states of Bodhya (i.e. that which should be known) and Bodha (i.e. knowledge)!

40. You are both comprehensible and incomprehensible. You can be realised through knowledge, yet you cannot be so realized. You are beyond Māyā . You can be measured, comprehended through inference; you are the cause of everything. You are the maker of everything. You are the knower, protector and annihilator (of all things). O Witness of the universe, obeisance to you!

41-42. (We know) you are the sole cause of the destruction of misery, and not merely the cause; you are born ahead in order to dispel doubts. O Lord with fiery form, (O Lord) with knowledge as form; O light! O Lord, the source of the collection of Stoma sacrifices; O cause of creation! Grant me the excellent perpetual devotion unto your lotuslike feet, the devotion which is the source of the four Puruṣārthas . There are persons who are perpetually engaged in the rites etc. laid down in Śrutis and Smṛtis but are bound within the ocean of worldly existence. They stay here in a wretched condition.

43-45. I seek refuge in you, the Lord with infinite number of feet, [1] hands, eyes and ears, whose garments are the quarters, whose excellent ear-rings are the Sun and the Moon, who have an excellent necklace made of the clusters of stars, who have the wonderfully divine form of Nṛsiṃha (Man-Lion) and who fulfil the desires of devotees.

I bow down to the Lord whose lotus-like feet bloom by the light of the gems of the crown of Brahmā; on the ground of the extremity of the pair of whose lotus-like feet his (Brahmā’s) head which is evolved out of the five elements, rolls, and which divine feet the women of the king of Suras bear on their heads.

46. I bow down to that fierce divine lion who destroys the mass of sins of those who resort to his feet—the lion who is an ocean of mercy and by the stroke of whose lotus-like feet all the Cosmic Eggs are shattered.

47. I bow down to Nṛhari who has the three worlds in his belly, who drowns the sound of the thundering clouds by means of his fierce and boisterous laughter, and who routes away the mass of sins by means of the groups of clouds that are scattered when he shakes his thick cluster of manes.

48. Obeisance to you, salute to you, bow to you, O Viṣṇu, O Lord merciful to the poor and the wretched; save me the helpless one. O enemy of Mura , may there be no bondage of physical bodies for me in the prison of worldly existence after attaining you.

49. O Lord, have compassion for me so that at the end of the thousand horse-sacrifices I shall be able to see you of divine form with these pḥysical eyes.

50. O Lord of Yajñas , show me your favour and let me have your proximity, so that my thousand sacrifices may conclude without obstacles.

51. Crores of the heaps of sins of those who eulogize you perish. So it is no wonder that virtue, wealth and love are within their reach. O Viṣṇu, those men who resort to you are the enjoyers of salvation.

52. After eulogizing that Divine Lion thus, the king became delighted in his mind. He fell down on the ground frequently by way of prostrating in front of him.

Jaimini said :

53. That shrine and holy spot of Narasiṃha was built by Brahmā formerly for blessing Indradyumna and for the welfare of all the worlds.

54. There is no doubt about this that those who visit that Nṛsiṃha installed along with Śaṃbhu , do not get involved in the bondage of physical bodies, O Brāhmaṇas.

55. Those who eulogize that Lord in the form of Divine Lion by means of this prayer, obtain whatever is desired by them mentally and even more than that.

56-61. The Lord who gives all desired things grants him salvation.

The Divine Lion was installed in that holy spot by the great sage, the son of Brahmā, on the twelfth day in the bright half of the lunar month of Jyeṣṭha (while it was) in conjunction with the Svātī constellation. Those who visit the Lord on that day obtain more than the benefit of a thousand horse-sacrifices.

Men who bathe the idol with Pañcāmṛta , milk, coconut-water or scented water after offering worship, shall attain the world of Brahmā. They should worship the great Lion with all offerings including milk pudding. Garlands of China -rose flowers as well as splendid garlands of other sweet-smelling flowers should be offered. Incenses, lights, camphor, very fine betel leaves etc. should be offered. Prayers should be recited with excellent words and nice tone. With loud shouts of “Be victorious”, be should be circumambulated and bowed down to. Charitable gifts should be made and Brāhmaṇas should be propitiated. By propitiating Narasiṃha thus one shall obtain the world of Brahmā.

62. The first incarnation of the Lion, O Brāhmaṇas, appeared on the fourteenth day of the month of Vaiśākha on a Saturday at the time of dusk in conjunction with Kṭttikā star.

63. If one worships Narasiṃha duly with mental concentration and purity on that day, the heap of sins accumulated in the course of crores of births is burned at the very same instant like a heap of cotton by fire.

64. By visiting, touching, bowing down, falling down (at the feet) and devoutly eulogizing the Lord one is liberated from sins just as a serpent gets rid of slough.

65. He shall not be afflicted with sickness, grief or worries. He shall obtain all desired objects and the benefit of a horse-sacrifice.

66. O Brāhmaṇas, if Yajñas, charitable gifts or other holy rites are performed near him once, they shall have crores and crores of times the benefit by the favour of Narasiṃha.

[1]: [1] : Purāṇic echo of the Puruṣasūkta (RV X.90).

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