Chapter 247

śrīlakṣmīruvāca |
bhagavantaṃ vinā nātra loke tūddhārakaḥ paraḥ |
vinā ca sātvatān loke na paraḥ pāvano'paraḥ || 1 ||
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sādhūn vinā ca jīvānāṃ nā'paraḥ pāpanāśakaḥ |
vrataṃ vinā tathā loke nānyadbhuktipramuktidam || 2 ||
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ekādaśīṃ vinā nānyacchāpapāpapraṇāśakam |
svargadaṃ siddhidaṃ dravyaputradaṃ mokṣadaṃ tathā || 3 ||
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bhagavan śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mamāgrataḥ |
caitrasya śuklapakṣīyā kiṃnāmnyekādaśī matā || 4 ||
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śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
caitrasya śuklapakṣe tu kāmadā nāma nāmataḥ |
ekādaśī puṇyatamā pāpendhanadavānalā || 5 ||
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vimalākhyā'pi saivoktā sarvavāñchitadāyinī |
ramayā sahito viṣṇurasyāḥ patirhi pūjyate || 6 ||
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ṣoḍaśopacārakaistu yathāvittaṃ yathāvidhi |
phalaṃ cārghye cirbhaṭādi cūtapuṣpāṇi pūjane || 7 ||
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naivedye saktavo laḍḍukāśca pakvānnamityapi |
arpaṇīyaṃ viśeṣeṇa vratinā phalasiddhaye || 8 ||
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daśamyāmekabhaktaṃ vā vratī naktaṃ vrataṃ caret |
rātrau bhūśayanaṃ kuryād rakṣayed brahmacāritām || 9 ||
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prātastvekādaśīkāle samutthāya hariṃ smaret |
dhyāyecca śrīhareḥ rūpaṃ snātvā devaṃ prapūjayet || 10 ||
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snāpayedamṛtaiḥ pañcabhirjalaistīrthasaṃbhavaiḥ |
arpayedatimūlyāni vastrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni ca || 11 ||
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śṛṃgārayed vastubhiḥ śrāṃgārikaiśca sugandhibhiḥ |
puṣpairhāraistathā dhūpadīpanaivedyasatphalaiḥ || 12 ||
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jalapānamukhavāsatāmbūlailālavaṃgakaiḥ |
ārārtrikaiḥ stutipradakṣiṇādyaiśca prasādayet || 13 ||
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kṣamāpayet tvavarān vai tataśca stavanaṃ caret |
ekādaśyā vrataṃ kṛṣṇa karomi phalasiddhaye || 14 ||
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kṛpayā tava tatpūrṇaṃ bhavatvavighnakaṃ mama |
ityabhyarthya tato dhānyaiḥ sarvatobhadramaṇḍalam || 15 ||
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kṛtvā svarṇaghaṭaṃ tatra yadvā tāmraghaṭaṃ śubham |
pañcaratnairnavapatrairjalairvastreṇa candanaiḥ || 16 ||
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akṣataiśca phalaiḥ puṣpaiḥ pūjanārthaṃ nyadhāpayet |
tilapātraṃ ghaṭe tatra tatra mūrtiṃ harestathā || 17 ||
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ramāyāḥ kāmadāyāśca sthāpayed vidhinā vratī |
āvāhanādimantraiḥ saṃpūjayetsnāpayejjalaiḥ || 18 ||
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pūjādravyaiḥ pūjayecca vastrābhūṣaṇahetibhiḥ |
śṛṃgārayeddhariṃ viṣṇuṃ ramāṃ śāṭyādibhistathā || 19 ||
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bhūṣāśṛṃgārakairdravyairvividhairabhibhūṣayet |
yathā viṣṇuṃ tathā lakṣmīṃ bhūṣayed bahubhūṣaṇaiḥ || 20 ||
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keśānprasādhayettailasugandhidravavastubhiḥ |
dhammilaṃ racayettatra bhūṣaṇaṃ stabakaṃ tathā || 21 ||
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catuḥsaraṃ vā dvisaraṃ keśagranthanamācaret |
sūtraṃ puṣpāṇi cipiṭaṃ svarṇaśṛṃkhalikāṃ tathā || 22 ||
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trisaraṃ granthanaṃ sarvaṃ kārayettu caturvidham |
agre kuryāttu kabarīṃ sindūraṃ dāpayecchubham || 23 ||
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lalāṭe kesaricandanadravaistilakaṃ tathā |
madhye kuṃkumabindvīṃ ca bhāle kuryāt suśobhitām || 24 ||
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yadvā madhye tilabindvīḥ pañca sūkṣmāḥ samācaret |
gaṇḍayoḥ puṇḍrapārśve ca patrikāviralāṃkanāḥ || 25 ||
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madhye sūkṣmātisūkṣmābhirbindvikābhiḥ prapūritāḥ |
racayedraṃjayedbhālaṃ lakṣmīvāsamivā'param || 26 ||
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netrayoḥ kajjalaṃ dadyāt suvarṇasya śalākayā |
pāṇḍurāraktagandhāḍhyacūrṇaṃ dadyānmukhopari || 27 ||
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rūpalāvaṇyasamabhivyañjanārthaṃ samastaram |
kapole ṭibakī kuryāt raktavarṇaṃ suśobhitām || 28 ||
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cibuke'pi tathā kuryād bindvīṃ svalpāṃ suraktakām |
oṣṭhayoḥ sthalapadmasya rūpaprākaṭyahetave || 29 ||
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raṃgaṃ dadyāttathārūpaṃ nāsikāyāṃ tu natthikām |
karṇayoḥ karṇapūrādīn kuṇḍale śṛṃkhale'rpayet || 30 ||
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suvarṇaje tvairane'pi sadratnāḍhye samarpayet |
kaṇṭhe hārānsvarṇapauṣpān kaustubhādisuhīrakān || 31 ||
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bhujayoḥ kaṭake ratnajaḍite samadhārayet |
prakoṣṭhayoḥ śṛṃkhale ca baṃginīśca suvarṇajāḥ || 32 ||
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dadyāccāṃguliṣu svarṇormikā ratnādiyojitāḥ |
hastatale raṃjanārhadravyeṇa raṃjayennakhān || 33 ||
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vakṣasi tvarpayeddivyaṃ candanaṃ stanayorapi |
svarṇahārānpuṣpahārān kaṃcukīṃ stanabandhanīm || 34 ||
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kaṭyā samarpayet ramyāṃ raśanāṃ svarṇanirmitām |
śāṭikāṃ bahumūlyāṃ ca prāntasvarṇasutārakām || 35 ||
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triraṃgīṃ netrasukhadāṃ susparśāṃ dhārayettathā |
ghargharīṃ sūkṣmavastrīyāṃ raṃgarañjitacitritām || 36 ||
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prāntaraṃgāntaravyāptasubhaṃgībhiḥ sudarśanām |
dadyāttu dhāraṇārthaṃ vai naktakaṃ peśalaṃ kare || 37 ||
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kamalākṛti sauvarṇaṃ pātraṃ sadvyajanaṃ tathā |
cāmare cāpi subhage chatraṃ copānahau tathā || 38 ||
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pādaprakoṣṭhabhūṣāśca śṛṃkhalāḥ kiṃkiṇīyutāḥ |
kaḍḍalikāḥ kāmbikāścāṃgulyarthaṃ karaṭāṃstathā || 39 ||
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datvā sapūjayellakṣmīṃ hariṃ tvekādaśīṃ ramām |
ekādaśyai tathā dadyād ramāvaccopabhūṣaṇam || 40 ||
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yathā ramā tathā tvekādaśī patnī hareḥ priyā |
sarvopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ śrāṃgārikaṃ suvastukam || 41 ||
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sarvālaṃkaraṇaṃ cāpi dadyāttasyai phalāptaye |
evaṃ tu pūjanaṃ kṛtvā candanādi sugandhakam || 42 ||
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dhūpadīpasunaivedyajalatāmbūlapānakam |
dadyād devāya devyai ca carennīrājanaṃ tataḥ || 43 ||
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pradakṣiṇaṃ kṣamāyāñcāṃ stutiṃ namaskriyāṃ tataḥ |
puṣpāṃjaliṃ tato dadyādevaṃ prātarvidhiṃ vratī || 44 ||
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sarvatobhadramadhyasthaharimūrtau vidhāya ca |
tato gacched gṛhaṃ naijaṃ bhajanārthaṃ japaṃ caret || 45 ||
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madhyāhnepi tathā pūjāṃ kṛtvā naivedyamarpayet |
jalaṃ tāmbūlamanyacca sarvaṃ dadyāttu pūrvavat || 46 ||
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sāyaṃ cāpi tathā pūjāṃ kuryādārārtrikādikam |
sarvaṃ sotsavamagryaṃ ca vrataṃ kuryāt supuṇyadam || 47 ||
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rātrau tu maṇḍapaṃ kuryāt kadalīstambhaśobhitam |
pallavaistoraṇaṃ kuryād dolāṃ vai bandhayet drume || 48 ||
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āndolayeddhariṃ viṣṇuṃ vimalākāmadāyutam |
naivedyaṃ jalapānādi dadyād devāya sa vratī || 49 ||
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rātrau tu jāgaraṃ kuryād nṛtyagītamahotsavaiḥ |
hariṃ prasādayet sarvārpaṇena vidhinā vratī || 50 ||
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prātaḥ snātvā hariṃ dhyātvā pūjayitvā janārdanam |
dānaṃ ca vividhaṃ datvā nīrājayitvā mādhavam || 51 ||
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ārdravastraṃ bhrāmayitvā śaṃkhenottārya vai jalam |
tulasīdalasaṃyuktaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ vyaṃjanādikam || 52 ||
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bhojayitvā hariṃ viprān sādhūn sādhvīśca bālakān |
visarjayitvā kuryācca vratī vai pāraṇāṃ tataḥ || 53 ||
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evaṃ kṛtena vidhinā puṇyaṃ bhavati śāśvatam |
aihikaṃ paralokotthaṃ yadicchet tadbhaved dhruvam || 54 ||
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śṛṇu lakṣmi kathāṃ ramyāṃ gandharvadvayamuktidām |
purā nāgapure ramye hemaharmyānvite śubhe || 55 ||
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gandharvāḥ puṇḍarīkākhyajñātayaḥ sma vasanti hi |
madoddhatā mahākrūrā mahāmadabalānvitāḥ || 56 ||
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gandharvāḥ kinnarā yakṣā vidyādhrāḥ kiṃjanāstathā |
satparyo'psaraso devyaḥ kumāryaḥ sma vasanti ca || 57 ||
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tasminpure nṛpaḥ puṇḍarīko rājyaṃ cakāra ha |
nāmnā pauṃḍra iti khyātastenotsave suyojite || 58 ||
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gandharvāḥ kinnarāḥ sūtā māgadhā bandinastathā |
kiṃpuruṣā gāyakāśca vyākhyātāro'pi cāraṇāḥ || 59 ||
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śrotrīyavargā viprāśca rājasā daivayonayaḥ |
tatrotsave samāyatā gāndharvavedapaṇḍitāḥ || 60 ||
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nṛtyaṃ pravartate tatra samāje raṃgamaṇḍape |
gāyanti sma svaradhanā vādayanti ca vādakāḥ || 61 ||
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nṛtyanti nartakījanāḥ paśyanti cetare janāḥ |
pātālānnāgalokācca kāmarūpā bhujaṃgamāḥ || 62 ||
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daiteyā dānavāścāpi samājagmustadutsave |
te'pi devasamā rūpe bhūtvotsave vyavasthitāḥ || 63 ||
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anyeṣāṃ gāyakānāṃ ca nṛtye gīte vyavasthite |
nartakīnāṃ tathā nṛtye gīte nirvartite tataḥ || 64 ||
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pauṃḍrasya rājño gandharveśvaro'tikuśalāgraṇīḥ |
lalito nāma gandharvo raṃge hyavātatāra ha || 65 ||
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lalitā nāma gandharvapatnī tu gṛhakāryataḥ |
nāyātā tatra raṅge vai lalitastvekalastadā || 66 ||
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gītaṃ gānaṃ prakurute lalito dayitā vinā |
dayitāyāstadā'nupasthityā tu lalitaḥ khalu || 67 ||
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pārśvahīnaśca sāhāyyarahito manasā tu tām |
smaran gāyati nṛtyaṃśca vādayati yathākalam || 68 ||
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hṛdye tasya lalitā nityaṃ vasati bhāminī |
prasaṃge tu viśeṣeṇa susmṛtā sā bhavatyapi || 69 ||
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lalitāyāstu hṛdye patirvasati nityadā |
ubhau rāgeṇa saṃraktau dampatī premabandhanau || 70 ||
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remāte sma gṛhe yadvat tat lalitena saṃsmṛtam |
raṅge patnyāḥ smaraṇena vyagramānasanartakaḥ || 71 ||
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pādabandhaḥ skhalajjihvo babhūva lalitāṃ smaran |
pādabandhacyutirjātā jātaṃ svarā'varohaṇam || 72 ||
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gandharvāṇāṃ sabhāmadhye hāsyapātraṃ tu so'bhavat |
pauṃḍrasyāpi yaśohānistadā jātā hi tatkṣateḥ || 73 ||
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tadā pauṃḍraḥ puṇḍarīko babhūva krodhapīḍitaḥ |
śaśāpa lalitaṃ raṅge gāyanta ca smarāturam || 74 ||
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rākṣaso bhava durbuddhe kravyādaḥ puruṣādanaḥ |
yataḥ patnīṃ smaraṃścātra gāyamāno mahotsave || 75 ||
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samāje'navadhānāt tvaṃ kalāyāṃ kṣatimāptavān |
hāsyapātraṃ tvaṃ tathā'haṃ samājena kṛtāvubhau || 76 ||
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tasmāttvaṃ rākṣaso bhūtvā duḥkhaṃ paśya ciraṃ samāḥ |
iti pauṃḍrasya vacanād rakṣārūpo babhūva saḥ || 77 ||
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raudrānano virūpākṣo dṛṣṭamātro bhayaṃkaraḥ |
bahuyojanavistīrṇo mukhe kandarasannibhaḥ || 78 ||
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sūryadvayanibho netre grīvāyāṃ parvatopamaḥ |
nāsāyāṃ parvatamālānibho randhre guhāsamaḥ || 79 ||
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oṣṭhayorgavyūtikalpa ucchrāye yojanadvayam |
īdṛśo rākṣaso bhūtvā bhuṃjānaḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam || 80 ||
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yayau gṛhaṃ ca lalitā svakāntaṃ vikṛtākṛtim |
ālokya cintayāmāsa patiduḥkhena duḥkhitā || 81 ||
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kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi patiḥ pāpena pīḍitaḥ |
jñātvā sarvaṃ tu vṛttāntaṃ patisevāparāyaṇā || 82 ||
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cacāra patinā sārdhaṃ lalitā gahane vane |
pūrvaṃ saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya manasā śarma nā'labhat || 83 ||
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babhrāma vipine durge kāmarūpadharāpi sā |
kāmarūpadhareṇāpi patinā saha sarvadā || 84 ||
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lalito vipine durge kāmarūpī bhavannapi |
nirghṛṇaḥ pāpanirato virūpaḥ puruṣādakaḥ || 85 ||
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na sukhaṃ labhate rātrau na divā pāpapīḍitaḥ |
lalitā duḥkhitā'tīva patiṃ dṛṣṭvātiduḥkhinam || 86 ||
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babhrāma tena sārdhaṃ sā kṣuttṛṣādyatimarditāḥ |
patirvai rākṣasarūpaḥ patnī gandharvarūpiṇī || 87 ||
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vicitraṃ tu tayoryogaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai vanavāsinaḥ |
āścaryaṃ paramaṃ prāpurbhītāśca dudruvuḥ sthalāt || 88 ||
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atha śātātapamunerāśramaṃ tāvavāpatuḥ |
śīghraṃ jagāma lalitā namaskṛtyā'grataḥ sthitā || 89 ||
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dayāluḥ sa muniḥ prāha kā tvaṃ kasmādupasthitā |
lalitovāca gāndharvī vīradhanvasutā'smyaham || 90 ||
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lalitānāma me tvasti patyarthamiha cāgatā |
bhartā me lalitaprakhyaḥ pauṃḍraśāpena rākṣasaḥ || 91 ||
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bhūtvā bhramatyaraṇye'smin dṛṣṭvā taṃ nāsti me sukham |
yena puṇyena me svāmī rākṣasatvādvimucyate || 92 ||
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tādṛśaṃ puṇyakṛtyaṃ me śādhi śātātapa prabho |
śrutvā śātātapaḥ prāha śāpapāpaharā śubhā || 93 ||
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kāmadaikādaśī caitraśuklasya puṇyasaukhyadā |
vrataṃ tasyā vidhānena kuru tvaṃ bhāmini dhruvam || 94 ||
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bhaviṣyati phalaṃ puṇyaṃ tat svabhartre pradīyatām |
datte puṇye kṣaṇāttasya śāpadoṣaḥ prayāsyati || 95 ||
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śātātapamunervākyaṃ śrutvā sā harṣitā'bhavat |
tatrāśrame'vasaccaikādaśīpratīkṣaṇāya sā || 96 ||
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patistasyā vane tatrā'bhito vasati nityadā |
kāmadaikādaśī prāptā nirjalā samupoṣitā || 97 ||
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jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtaṃ rātrau dvādaśyāṃ prātareva ca |
śātātapasya nikaṭe harermūrteśca sannidhau || 98 ||
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vākyamuvāca lalitā svapatyustāraṇāya vai |
mayā tvetadvrataṃ cīrṇaṃ kāmadāyā upoṣaṇam || 99 ||
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tasya puṇyaprabhāveṇa naśyatvasya piśācatā |
lalitāvacanāttasmin kṣaṇe eva piśācatā || 100 ||
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gatā rākṣasatā tasya jātā gandharvatā punaḥ |
gatapāpaḥ sa lalito divyadeho babhūva ha || 101 ||
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svarṇaratnasamākīrṇo reme lalitayā saha |
tau vimānasamārūḍhau pūrvarūpādhikau śubhau || 102 ||
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dampatī cānyaśobhetāṃ gatau nāgapuraṃ hyubhau |
kāmadāyā vratajanyapuṇyenaivaṃ piśācatā || 103 ||
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vinaṣṭā śāpanāśaśca svasvarūpasamāgamaḥ |
iti jñātvā mahālakṣmi kartavyaiṣā'tibhāvataḥ || 104 ||
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vrahmahatyādipāpaghnī piśācatvavināśinī |
paṭhanāchravaṇāccāpi vājapeyaphalapradā || 105 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne caitraśuklakāmadaikādaśīvratamāhātmyaṃ lalitalalitāgandharvayoḥ pauṃḍrasya śāpena jātasya piśācatvasya vratena muktirityādinirūpaṇanāmā saptacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 247 ||
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