Chapter 59

brahmovāca |
māghe māsi tathā deva site pakṣe jitendriyaḥ |
ṣaṣṭhyāmupoṣito bhūtvā gandhapuṣpopahārataḥ || 1 ||
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pūjayitvā dinakaraṃ rātrau tasyāgrataḥ svapet |
vibuddhastvatha saptamyāṃ bhaktyā bhānuṃ samarcayet || 2 ||
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brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādvittaśāṭhyaṃ1 vivarjayet |
khaṇḍaveṣṭairmodakaiśca tathekṣuguḍapūpakaiḥ || 3 ||
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atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe saptamyāṃ kārayedbudhaḥ |
devadevasya vai yātrāṃ pūrvoktavidhinā hara || 4 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣe tu yaḥ kṛtvā rathamārohitaṃ ravim |
paśyedbhaktyā jagannāthaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 5 ||
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tṛtīyāyāmaikabhaktaṃ caturthyāṃ naktamucyate |
pañcamyāmayācitaṃ syātṣaṣṭhyāṃ caivamupoṣaṇam || 6 ||
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saptamyāṃ pāraṇaṃ kuryāddṛṣṭvā devaṃ rathe sthitam |
pūjayitvā ca vidhinā śaktyā bhaktyā trilocana || 7 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ tu rathaṃ kṛtvā tāmrapātropari sthitam |
rathamadhye nyasedvyoma pūjitaṃ maṇibhirhara || 8 ||
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padmarāgaṃ nyasenmadhye mauktikaṃ pūrvato nyaset |
iṃdranīlamatho yāmyāṃ vāruṇyāṃ marakataṃ hara || 9 ||
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pravālamuttare rudra savajraṃ vinyased budhaḥ |
śvetaṃ pītāsitaṃ cāpi raktaṃ cāndhakasūdana || 10 ||
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etāni tāta vastrāṇi dikṣu sarvāsu vinyaset |
patākākārasaṃsthānaṃ ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitam || 11 ||
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puṣpairdāmairalaṃkṛtya rathaṃ rudra samantataḥ |
yathānyāyaṃ pūjayitvā bhāskarāya nivedayet || 12 ||
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bhojayitvātha vā viprānācāryāya nivedayet |
yo'dhīte saptamīkalpaṃ sopākhyānaṃ ca bhārata || 13 ||
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ācāryaḥ sa dvijo jñeyo varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ |
saurāṇāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu śaivānāṃ pārvatīpriya || 14 ||
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alābhe tu suvarṇasya rathaṃ rājatamādiśet |
tadalābhe tāmramayaṃ rathaṃ vyoma ca kārayet || 15 ||
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abhāve cāpi tāmrasya rathaḥ piṣṭamayaḥ smṛtaḥ |
sahiraṇyo 1 mahādeva tāmrabhājanamāśritaḥ || 16 ||
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2 kauśeyayugmasahitaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet |
pūrvoktāya mahādeva vācakāya mahātmane || 17 ||
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pañcaratnasamāyuktaṃ gubhagandhādhivāsitam |
svaśaktyā tu virūpākṣa vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet || 18 ||
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eṣā puṇyā pāpaharā rathāhvā saptamī hara |
kathitā te mayā rudra mahatīyaṃ prakīrtitā || 19 ||
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snānaṃ dānamatho homaḥ pūjā grahapaterhara |
śatasāhasraṃ bhavedasyāṃ kṛtaṃ bhūdharavidyate || 20 ||
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evameṣā puṇyatamā māghe proktā tu saptamī |
yāmupoṣya naro bhaktyā sūryasyānucaro bhavet || 21 ||
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brāhmaṇo yāti devatvaṃ kṣatriyo vipratāṃ vrajet |
vaiśyaḥ kṣatriyatāṃ yāti śūdro vaiśyatvameti ca || 22 ||
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vidyāvinayasampannaṃ bharttāraṃ 3 kanyakā labhet |
aputrā strī sutaṃ vindetsaumāgyaṃ ca gaṇādhipa || 23 ||
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vidhavā cāpyupoṣyemāṃ saptamīṃ tripurāntaka |
nānyajanmasu vaidhavyaṃ prāpnuyātpārvatīpriya || 24 ||
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bahuputrā bahudhanā patyurvallabhatāṃ vrajet |
yāvadvai sapta janmāni striyastu puruṣāstathā || 25 ||
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evaṃvidhā saptamī te kathitā vṛṣabhadhvaja |
yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā mucyate brahmahatyayā || 26 ||
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