vishay soochi
brahm vaivart puran
prakritikhand : adhyay 18
shankhachoo d ka pushpabhadra nadi ke tat par jana, vahaan bhagavan shankar ke darshan tatha unase vishad vartalap bhagavan narayan kahate haian- narad! raja shankhachoo d shrikrishn ka bhakt tha. vah man mean bhagavan shrikrishn ka dhyan karake brahmamuhoort mean hi apani pushpamayi shaiyya se uth gaya. usane svachchh jal se snan karake rat ke vastr tyag diye. dhule hue do vastroan ko pahanakar ujjval tilak kar liya; phir isht devata ke vandan adi pratidin ke avashyak kartavyoan ko poora kiya. dahi, ghrit, madhu aur laja adi maangalik vastuean dekhian. narad! pratidin ki bhaanti usane bhakti poorvak brahmanoan ko uttam ratn, mani, svarn aur vastr pradan kiye. yatra mangalamayi hone ke liye usane amooly ratn tatha kuchh moti, mani evan hire bhi apane gurudev brahman ki seva mean samarpit kiye. vah apane kalyanarth shreshth hathi, gho de aur sarvottam sundar dhan daridr brahmanoan ko khule hathoan baantane laga. us samay hajaroan vastupoorn bhavan, lakhoan nagar tatha asankhy gaanv shankhachoo d ne danaroop mean brahmanoan ko diye. isake bad usane apane putr ko sampoorn danavoan ka raja banakar use apani preyasi patni, rajy, sampoorn sampatti, praja evan sevak varg, kosh tatha hathi-gho de adi vahan sauanp diye. usane svayan kavach pahan liya. hath mean dhanush aur ban le liye. sab sainikoan ko ekatr kiya. tin lakh gho de aur paanch lakh uttam shreni ke hathi upasthit hue. das hajar rath tatha tin-tin karo d dhanurdhari, dhal-talavaradhari aur trishooladhari vir usaki sena ke aang bane. narad! is prakar daneshvar shankhachoo d ne aparimit sena saja li. yuddh shastr ke paragami ek maharathi vir ko senapati ke pad par niyukt kiya. maharathi use samajhana chahiye jo rathiyoan mean shreshth ho. raja shankhachoo d ne us maharathi ko aganit akshauhini sena par adhikar pradan kar diya. us senadhyaksh mean aisi yogyata thi ki svayan tis akshauhini sena se apani sena ko bacha sakata tha. tatpashchath shankhachoo d man-hi-man bhagavan shrikrishn ka smaran karata hua bahar nikala. uttam ratnoan se bane hue viman par savar hua aur guruvaroan ko age karake bhagavan shankar ki seva mean chal diya. narad! pushpabhadra (ya chandrabhaga) nadi ke tat par ek sundar akshayavat hai. vahian siddhoan ke bahut-se ashram haian. us sthan ko siddh kshetr kaha gaya hai. vah pavitr sthan bharatavarsh mean hai. ise kapil muni ki tapobhoomi kahate haian. |
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sanbandhit lekh
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