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Svayambhūstotra
Lord Śītalanātha
The tenth Tīrthankara, Lord Śītalanātha, was born as 9 crore sāgaropama and 1 lakh pūrva passed after the birth of the ninth Tīrthankara, Lord Suvidhinātha. Lord Sītalanātha was born in the town of Bhadrikāpurī, on the twelfth day of the dark half of the month of Māgha - māgha krşņa dvādaśī – to Queen Sunandā and King Dradharatha.
His height was 90 dhanușa.
After spending 25,000 pūrva as youth (kumārakāla), Lord Śītalanātha ruled His kingdom for 50,000 pūrva (rājyakāla). Lord Šītalanātha spent 3 years (chadmasthakāla) performing karmadestroying austerities and then attained the all-embracing knowledge - Omniscience (kevalajñāna). The time period of Lord's renunciation (samyamakāla) was 25,000 pūrva.
Lord Śītalanātha lived for 1 lakh pūrva and attained liberation (nirvāņa) from Sammeda Sikhara on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Kārtika - kārtika śukla pañcamī. The Lord's Soul became utterly pure as it rid itself of the three kinds of bodies – the final superior gross body (paramaudārika śārīra) with a bone formation that is possessed of adamantine strength and sturdiness (vajrașşabhanārācasamhanana), the luminous body (taijasa śārīra) and the karmic body (kārmaņa śārīra). The released pure Soul of the Lord immediately darted up to the summit of the universe to dwell there in eternal bliss.
Chief among the Lord's Apostles (gañadhara) was sage Kunthu Svāmī.
I bow to Lord Śītalanātha, the promulgator of the path to liberation.
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