CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FIFTYNINE

Kotaratlrtha

Mahadeva said:

1-13. A little away from it is the excellent Siddhaksetra, O goddess. Formerly Aniruddha was chosen by Chitralekha for Usa. He was taken to Banasura's city formerly and he stayed in his (i.e. Banasura's) house. Checked by nooses and arrows, he then remembered Kotaraksi. She is actually the power of Vishnu, always engaged in protecting (the devotees). Krishna installed (the image of) this goddess here on the bank of the river. Due to the hymn of Aniruddha, returning to Dvaraka, after having vanquished Banasura in a battle, she actually came near (him). A man having carefully bathed for one year at that holy place, and having seen Kotaraksi's face, obtains much wealth. A man bathing at Siddha-tlrtha, and seeing (the goddess) living at Kotara, is honoured in Rudra's heaven (after being taken) in a vehicle of (i.e. to which) lions (are yoked). O beautiful lady, even by remembering her, he too is freed. Therefore, those men who go here, enjoy salvation. A man, after having gone there, should especially bathe, and should deliberately recite the hymn of Kotaraksi, O Parvati. Kotaraksi has a universal form. She has great divine power. She is superior in strength. She in Tripura, is the destroyer of Tripura; is Shiva and of the form of Shiva. She is said to be the daughter of Sarasvati. She is Durga. She removes misery. She is Bhairavi, Bhairavaksi, and Laksrm, to whom the people (i.e. devotees) of the goddess are dear, O Chief goddess. Thus various names (of her) are mentioned. Those who recite them go near Shiva. O beautiful lady, those wise men who mutter the hymn composed by Aniruddha, get freed from troublesome bondage. This is the truth, and the (only) truth. The holy place fashioned by Kotara on the earth is best among holy places. Merely on seeing it the heaps of sins (of a man) perish.

 

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIXTY

Vamanatlrtha

Mahadeva said:

1-5. A holy place superior to this holy place is well-known as TIrtharaja. Here seven rivers with their water mixed with sandal flow. A bath here is especially a hundred times superior (i.e. more meritorious) to one at any other holy place. Here, Vamana (i.e. Vishnu), the greatest among gods, himself dwells. He who, on the Dvadasi of the month of Magha would give a cow made of Sheshamum, is free from all sins, and would emancipate a hundred (members) of his family. A devout man, who would give here even water mixed with Sheshamum-seeds to the dead ancestors, has (indeed) offered sraddha for thousand years. The dead ancestors say this. If a man feeds brahmanas at this holy place with jaggery (and) sweetened milk, then, when one brahmana is fed, a thousand would be fed (by him).

 

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIXTYONE

Somatirtha

Mahddeva said:

1-7. A man (then) should go from there to Somatirtha which is hidden on the bank of Sabhramatl. Bhava having come out from the nether world, became Kalagni there. When a man bathes at Somatirtha and sees Somesvara Shiva, he undoubtedly obtains the fruit of drinking Soma. The man becomes handsome, fortunate, enjoys (pleasures), is proficient in all sciences in this world, and would go to shiva after death. O beautiful lady, in this matter I shall tell you an old account; listen to it; hearing it one is free from the sins like that of the murder of a brahmana. Sage Kausitaka especially practised a penance. He gave up food, and was very much engaged in eating leaves (only). Then he subsisted on air and was devoted to meditation on the self. Thus for many ages he practised severe penance there. Some time, fortunately (for him) Mahesvara was very much pleased. " O brahmana, I shall (give) you all that you ask for." Kausitaka said:

8-11. O lord of gods, let a Phallus spring up here by your grace. Let there certainly be here the god called Somesvara, Having bathed and eaten here, may a man obtain his desired fruit. If the best men especially mutter hymns of Rudra etc. at this place, they obtain religious virtue and worldly objects. A sonless man gets a son, and a poor man obtains wealth. One desiring a kingdom undoubtedly gets that kingdom. O lord, if you are pleased, give all that to me. The lord said:

12-17. Then the lord of gods gave everything to the twiceborn. Since then the holy place is well-known as Somalinga. Those who worship Sadashiva with sandal or bilva-leaves, obtain happiness due to the birth of a son etc. in the human body (i.e. existence). Similarly, he who, on a Monday, goes to Shiva's temple, always gets his desired objects due to the grace of Somalinga. O goddess, having gone there, with whatever desire a man offers a fruit etc. all that desire is surely fulfilled. Those who worship god f5ri Mahesa, Pinakin with karavira flowers or parijata flowers, obtain, O best goddess, the best position of Shiva.

 

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