% Text title            : Brahmaproktam Kashipraptisadhanopadesham
% File name             : kAshIprAptisAdhanopadeshambrahmA.itx
% Category              : shiva, shivarahasya, upadesha, advice, tIrthakShetra
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% Transliterated by     : Ruma Dewan
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% Description/comments  : shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 13 | 470-484||
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brahmovAcha \-
kAshI shrImanmahAdevaprasAdena bhaviShyati || 470||
mahAdevaprasAdArthaM pUjayasva maheshvaram |
puNye.asminkArtike mAsi somavAreShu sha~Nkaram || 471||
upoShyAbhyarthaya prItyA nishi yAmachatuShTaye |
asya kArtikamAsasya chatvAraH somavAsarAH || 472||
puNyeShveteShu sarveShu nishi pUjaya sha~Nkaram |
shivasyomAsametasya vAsaraH somavAsaraH || 473||
tasminnarbhyarchite shambhau prasIdati maheshvaraH |
adyaiva yAhi kedAraM tatrorje mAsi sAdaram || 474||
pUjayitvA mahAdevaM kAshI prApsyasi sarvathA |
kedArAnyashivasthAneShvarchito.asti tvayA shivaH || 475||
kedAre.asminpuNyamAsi pUjayasva sadAshivam |
bilvapallavadhuttUradroNanIlotpalAdibhiH || 476||
pUjayitvA shivaM dhUpairdIpAdyaishcha prasAdaya |
mayopendreNa chandreNa sUryAdyairamarairapi || 477||
visheSheNArchitaH sAmbaH kArtike mAsi sAdaram |
ambApyupoShya vishveshaM kArtike mAsi bhaktitaH || 478||
archayiShyanti herambaskandAdyAshchArchayanti tam |
UrjashuklachaturdashyAM kAshyAM vishveshvaraM prabhum || 479||
samarchayitumindrAdyairgamyate.asmAbhirAdarAt |
tvayApi taShTine kAshI samprApyA puNyayogataH || 480||
atastadarthaM shIghra eNa prasannaM kuru sha~Nkaram |
ityetadvachanaM shrutvA tannatvAhamihAgataH || 481||
atrorjemAsi gaurIshaH pUjitashcha mayA tadA |
tataH shivaprasAdena kAshI pApApanodinI || 482||
bhuktimuktipradA puNyA mayA prAptA shivAtmikA |
tato vishveshvaro dR^iShTaH saMsArabhayanAshakaH || 483||
pUjitashcha mayA bhaktayA vishvesho bhaktavatsalaH |
bahukAlaM sthitaM kAshyAM tato.atra tu kadAchana || 484||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate brahmAproktaM kAshIprAptisAdhanopadeshaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 13 | 470\-484||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 13 . 470-484 ..

Notes:
Brahmā ##brahmA## tells Devarṣi Nārada ##devarShi nArada## that one can attain Kāśī ##kAshI## only with the Grace of Mahādeva ##mahAdeva##; and highlights the importance of worshiping Śiva ##shiva## in the month of Kārtika ##kArtikamAsa##, especially during the four Mondays of the month ##kArtika somavAra## in order to acquire that Grace. Kāśī Viśveshvara ##kAshI vishveshvara## is especially worshiped on Ūrja/Kārtika Śukla Caturdaśī ##Urja/kArtika shukla chaturdashI##.##
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