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(shivarahasyAntargate ugrAkhye)
shive vR^iddhAchalaM nAma kShetramasti madAtmakam |
tasya smaraNamAtreNa muchyate pApakoTibhiH || 1||
tadbrahmopendrachandrendrapramukhaiH sevyate sadA |
maNimuktA nadI tatra pravahatyatinirmalA || 2||
tattIre koTishaH santi munayo brahmavAdinaH |
tattIre santyasa~NkhyAtA bilvavR^ikShAshcha shobhane || 3||
snAtvAdau maNimuktAyAM shrImadvR^iddhAchaleshvaram |
yaH pUjayati bilvAdyaiH sa madrUpaM prayAsyati || 4||
parvatendrasute yo mAM maNimuktAnadIjalaiH |
bhiShichyArchayedbhaktyA sa madrUpo bhaviShyati || 5||
vR^iddhAchaleshvaraM bhaktyA pUjayitvA namanti ye |
te sarve.api bhaviShyanti mama pAriShadAH priye || 6||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate shivaproktaM vR^iddhAchalakShetravarNanaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 23| 1\-6||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 23 . 1-6..

Notes:
Śiva ##shiva## tells Pārvatī ##pArvatI## about the Vṛddhācālakṣetra ##vR^iddhAchalakShetra## and the River MaṇiMuktā ##maNimuktA## that flows through it - having multitudes of Bilva Trees ##bilvavR^ikShAH## along its banks. He highlights the merits of bathing in that river and worshiping Him in that kṣetra ##kShetra## as Vṛddhācāleśvara ##vR^iddhAchaleshvara##.##
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