shrI sImandhar bhagavAnanI chhe. jem aDhI hajAr varSha pahelAnn A bharatabhUmi upar shrI mahAvIr bhagavAn
tIrthankarapaNe vicharI rahyA hatA tem atyAre paN A pRithvI uparanA ‘mahAvideh’ nAmanA kShetramAn shrI
sImandhar bhagavAn tIrthankarapaNe sAkShAt vicharI rahyA chhe. teo atyAre arihantapade birAje chhe... ‘namo
arihantANan’ em ApaNe kahIe temAn te sImandhar bhagavAnane paN namaskAr AvI jAy chhe. jyAn shrI
sImandhar bhagavAn birAje chhe te mahAvideh kShetra ahInthI pUrva dishAmAn eTalun badhun dUr Avelun chhe ke koI
vAhanadvArA atyAre tyAn pahonchI shakAy nahIn. Am chhatAn, je jambudvIpamAn ApaNun bharatakShetra chhe te ja
dvIpamAn mahAvideh kShetra Avelun chhe, banne ek ja dvIpamAn AvelA chhe... eTale je dvIpamAn je shrI sImandhar
bhagavAn vichare chhe te ja dvIpamAn ApaNe rahIe chhIe.
lanchhan vRuShabh chhe. temano janma sItA nAmanI nadInI uttare AvelA puShkalAvatI deshanA punDarIkapur
nagaramAn thayo hato, temanun AyuShya 84 lAkh pUrvanun chhe temAnthI atyAre lagabhag 83 lAkh pUrva vItyA
chhe. temanun samavasaraN bAr yojan vyAsanun chhe; temanA samavasaraNamAn manuShyonI sabhAnA nAyak shrI
padmarath chakravartI chhe. jyAre shrIkRiShNanI rukimaNI rANIno putra pradyumnakumAr khovAI gayo hato tyAre
ahInthI shrI nAradajI te pradyumnakumAranun charitra sAmbhaLavA mATe mahAvidehakShetre sImandhar prabhu pAse gayA
hatA. tyAre e padmarath chakravartIe AshcharyathI bhagavAnane pUchhayun hatun ke ‘A shun chhe... A koN chhe?’ –A
prakAranun vistArathI varNan shrI pradyumnacharitranA chhaThThA sargamAn chhe.
Asakta chhe evA dasharath mahArAjAnA darabAramAn ekavAr nArad Ave chhe ane dasharatharAjA temane navIn
samAchAr pUchhe chhe tyAre, jinendrachandranun charitra pratyakSha dekhavAthI jene param harSha upajyo chhe evA te nArad
kahe chhe ke he rAjan! hun mahAvidehakShetre gayo hato; te kShetra uttam jIvothI bharelun chhe, tyAn TheraTher shrI
jinarAjanAn mandiro chhe ne TheraTher mahA munio birAje chhe; tyAn dharmano mahAn udyot chhe; shrI tIrthankaradev,
chakravartI, baLadev–vAsudev prativAsudev vagere tyAn Upaje chhe; tyAn jaIne punDarikiNI nagarImAn men shrI
sImandhar svAmIno tap kalyANak dekhyo; tathA jevo ahIn shrI munisuvratanAthano sumerUparvat upar
janmAbhiShek ApaNe sAmbhaLyo chhe tevo shrI sImandhar svAmInA janmAbhiShekano utsav men sAmbhaLyo...
temanA tapakalyANakane to men pratyakSha ja dekhyo.’
vAt to suprasiddha chhe. ‘samavasaraN–stuti’mAn te