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 6 - Shashta Adhyaya (sasto'dhyayah)
atha sasto'dhyayah | sutah rejuratryasrame ramye vidhatrharisankarah | alamkrta lalitaste munipatyanasuyaya || evam sthitesu balesu trstesvatryasrame subhe | narado munisardula samayatastri vistapat | | atryasrame sisun drastum vrddhanajaharisvaran || samagatannaradamiksya sadhvipadyardhapurva pravidhayapujam | 1 2 3 llh anyaisca bhaksyambubhiratripani santarpayamasa jahatprasiddha | | 4 uvaca naradastrpto bhrsantamatrikaminim | anasuye'ddharam krtva brahmano bharatipateh | | tenasanmanitah pascat svargam prapa suraih saha | kartummakham surapateratristavapatirmmahan || videsasthe mahatyatramke ime sisavah sati | etesam rupamalokya vismitosmi satamaham || anasuyah esam rupam suramune ! janasyevatvamadbhutam | tava prabhavam rupam ca tesam na jnayate maya || 5 6 7 8 ur text has the reading drstum suitable reading is dstum (18), A 4, B 7, B 7 also have the same reading 256
naradah kutra tavadasadhvadyavani padmalayammvikah | anasuyah tapakurvanti tah kanyah prajnatirthatate subhe || bhavato darsanadve krtarthadyasmi naradah | naradastadvaca srutva jnanaranyam jagama sah | | P dadarsa tatra tirthani trani papaharani ca | tanmadhye narado dhiman dardasekam mahatsarah | | apasyattatsarastire daksine kanyakassubhah tapomayirarnirahara pariksinakalebarah | | 10 11 12 rsipatnisca matrsca vibudhan 'vimalaprabhan | tah kanyah naradandustva gayakamntapasi sthitah | | 13 sampujyarghyadibhirdivyam jahrsuh tanmunisvaram | naradah kimarthamanavadyamngarah kayam sosayathapriyam || 14 bhartusevanimittam va pravadami vratam subham | kanyakah vadasmakam krpambhodhe vayam dhanya vratam subham || 2 vibudhanyamalaprabhan - B 2 257 15
purasive jagartsamarntabhutam paratpare | nirgunassasivoghyatah prakrtya cicsvarupaya || adrayamrtarupinya tanadra vratamiritam | nirgunassamaveto yaccichakatya sagunah parah|| 16 17 jagatprarvatayamasa sa srstimargamukhe sivah | margasirsam samakhyatam masanamuttamotnamam || 18 adracichakti rupasyadagnitaram sivakrtih | naksatranam varacadra purvapradhanyakaranat | | 19 tasyam pradurbhavandevyo murtayah trigunatmakah | saktih pranavakaran bibheda trigunatmakan || 20 vidhistvakare laksmya ca prasannebhuccartummukhah | prasannobhudukaresmin gairya saha janardanah | | prasannobhunmakare ca vanya vrsabhavahanah | baddhanjaliputah strirbhammurttayoprarthayan param|| asmabhih karaniyam kimambadipranavatmike | na jnayate kimatyadyavrttim kalpaya nassive || 258 21 22 23
parah sadhutrimurtaya ssuddhamavinodamaveksyatha | srjaja vanya sakalam santatammadanugrahat || mannidesaddhare laksmyatajjagat paripalaya | sambho samharatatsarvam tattakalocitam jagat || 24 25 parvatya matsvarupinya sandesanmama santatam | evamajnapayamasa tanadiparamesvari || 26 cidrupinyah parasakteh vrttametacchubhavaham | thuyamacaratardrakhyam tadvratam mangalapradam || 27 yusmakamaciradeva brahmavisnumahesvarah | bhavisyanti prasannaste munipatnyastvanugrahat || 28 yusmanavatusasaktirbhadrakalivarpuddhara | saptavarannimajyasmin prajnatirthe param sivam || hrdasancintyakusumausampujayasaptabhih | mallikajatipunnagaih kumkumaih karavirakaih | | 259 29 30
canpakaih ketakipuspaih vikasadacchapankajaih | tasyascakram pravaksyami sravanatsarvasiddhim || saptakonam likhitva tu tanmadhye vrttamalikhet | 31 llh himkara bindumadhye tu likhed bhaktipurasaram || 33 valayam vilikhyetsaptakonadupari kanyakah | likhedastadalam pascaccartuddharasammanvitam || 34 evam vilikhya ciccakram samahvaya mahesvarim | sapraksaramahamantram japitvarcayetadarat | | um, aim, srim, hrim, iti prektam honnamontam phalapradam | atiguhyam hi yusmarbhigopaniyamidam bhuvi | | saptaprakarainnaiscavyanjanaih saptarbhibhum | nivedayitva vidhivad brahmanan bhojayisyatha || yuyam kanyavisosena tatassiddhimavapsyatha | evamuktvamaramunistatraivantaradhiyata | | tasmacchakram - B 1 260 35 llh 36 37 68
tastadarkanyasamhrsta naradoktam subham vacah | tathaiva kanyakascakrurardravratamanupamam | | margasisa subhemasi baratikamalambikah | naradastujavatprapyanakam vasavapalitam || indradivibudhanatrim surdhammayandardasasah | tatratrimadhvaryumupattayajnamaveksya kalapantaranirgatam tam | sabhasthalevajripurogamanam provavatadrttamasesamaryah | | srutva vaco naradabhasitantam samapyayajnam sruticoditangam | sammanito vrtrahana sramam svamavapa devaikakhilaih munindrai || ayantamatrim prasamaksya devauratryasramasthamudamapuragryam | aradavocurvanitamuninam pativrtamatrigrahainasuyam || anasuye munisreste bharta tava yasasvini | samagato mahanatrirddavaivasumunisvaraih || tadvakyamakarnya jagatprasiddha pratyujjagamasu vihaya balan | punah ksurdhattan parisodhanartham rorudyamanan krpayanasuya | | 261 39 40 41 42 46 44 45 46
padyanca padayoh patyurardhayam hastarthamadarat | antassuddharthamatre ssagrhitvacamanam subham || madhurpakam rasopetamatmasuddharyathamadbhutam | 47 arcanarthasugandhasca kusumananyaksatanapi | | || 48 purnapatrepratistapya tattatvatre nidhaya ca | namascakrenasuya tam jagadekapativrata | sarvagrandhivinirmuktahrdaya'pujayatatpatim | ardhyapadyadibhissamyagatrim svaprananayakam || santustah svasramam prapa deverindradirbhimmunih | tatratisundaran balan dadarsatrirmahadyutin|| idam kimadbhutam bale nanu tvamhi pativrata | ka ete balaka bale ye tisthanti tavagratah | | anasuyatrivacanat kampamanasaririni | mandamandamuvacatha sapabhitya patinnijam || jnaturmahasi natha tvam karma tatkim vadamyaham | santosacatulam lebhe svapatni vratardasanat || 49 50 51 52 llh 54 262
atrih maya srutannaradamukhadetatsarvam trivistape | idanim vibudhadinam svarupam rdasayisyasi || tesam tvataharisanam tvatpativratyardhamatah | 55 anasuyah srutva karnamrtam vakyam svarbhatuh karunambudheh || 56 atryamghriksalanat putam divyam sisukaram jalam | adaya daksine haste vacanam sa tadabravit || anasuyah pativrata yadyahameva patyuh manohara kayamanovacobhih | ete ca balah prabhavantu sighram svarupayukta itisatripatni | | samproksyamasa jalam visesattesam sariresvati balakanam | 57 58 smrtva svanathamghriyugammunindrah sandesanartham sakalamaranam || 59 tatah prasannanijarupamaptastasyah prasadadajavisnurudrah | atryasrame daksina varddhitire tirthadriyamyetriho dyalandyah 60 hamsasanah svasya vapurdharobhut divyanca dandam varapustakanca | kamandatuncitramapi pragrha karaih sikhavan upavitavaksah || 61 sadukhanca cakranca gadha़ाnca padmam dhrtva harih paksivaradhirudhah | patiिाmbara sannihitastadasidr anyasrarma nilapayodharabhah || 62 263
prasannamurtissasibaddhamaulih gamgadharo sulamrghagniharastah | nagendrabhuso brsabhadhirudhah sardulacarmambaradhrnmahesah || annirmunindrasca samastadevah yaksoragah kinnaracaranasca | drstvadhikanandamavaptuvanti sacanasuyastadigisvarasca || 63 64 patinta nrtyanti muhurmuhustan samviksya gayanti hasanti ketic | dhyanam prarkuvanti namaskriyante brahondiranayakacandracudan || 65 atrimtamanasuyanca brahonisnumahesvarah | procuh protsahayantaste krpapiyusamadbhutam || 66 trimutteyah- sadhu sadhu munisresta trptah sma vayamadyavam | * bhaksyannamrtapanadyaih visesadannibhusura || 67 vada bho kutra yuvayoh grhasramam mahiyale | vadamo kutra yuvayoh grhasramam bhuvi | agbanasuye tebhistam yadasti manasi sthitam || 68 dadamo vayametatte varam varayamangale | muninamagraganyatre vrnisva varamuttame || 4 'bhaktyacamrtapanena BI - 264 69
atrih- bhavatam rupamevedam drastumicchami santatam | stracah drsyoham darsanaccaham drstva darsayitapyaham || phalam localayugmasya vah svarupavilokanam | prarthayamyanvaham deva nanyad yusmanaham vrne || anasuyah- mamastu bhatkiratula bhartariprananayake | avayosca natha yuyam bhavisyatha visesatah || 190 71 72 punaranyavaram yace yusmana jaharilah | sarasvati ca kama� girija kanyakatmikah || 73 tapah kurvanti yusmabhih samyogartha madajnaya | prajnatirthatateramye santanavipine subhe || svasaktibhih sahedani prayacchata subhavahame | darsanamamadevanam muniyositame || vadame kutra yuvayoh grahasramam bhuvi 74 75 trimurttayah- sadhusadhvanasuye tattathalatu tava vanchitam | vayanjanma bhajisyamo yuvayoh kusavaridhau || 76 265
candrasca datatramyasca durvasasceti te vayam | putravatsalpamadhike dasyamodatrikamini || pativratayastedatum pativratyam hi mamakaih | na sakyatenasuyedya devairapi muniraih || prajnatirtha ramye pura saptasayastapah | cakrustesam varam datum gacchamo jnanakananam || aradhayamo vayameva caraman pasyantutacchobhanamadarena | munisrastaptasameta saktinasmat sabhayatnidivaikasanca || prapurvirincambujanananesah santosamanyasramapunyadese | 77 78 69 80 atresca patnyanca varam pradaya krpambu sampurita tat pradesah || 81 apurayanasramamadhyadese sanandamanneramarah pramatah | sudhapravahaih kusumapravarsaih ghosairyanmanojnairsurabherijataih || 82 anyasramasthasca daivah trimurttayah kinnarayaksasiddhah | pritastadanyonyamudaracittah tamabruvancitramitidamurvyam || 5 aradhya kamo - B 2 samabuvascitramimidamurvyam - A 7 266 83
tasmadatrayasramasamannadrstannaksutammaya | tadasramasya munayosayo naiva kadacana || anasuyasrama iti yathanarya sadocyate | pativratyamntadatasyasiddhatyaiva na samsayah || 84 85 iti sucindrasthalamahatye trimurtidarsanaprasamsa nama sastodhyayah samaptah | 267