Chapter 266

śrīlakṣmīruvāca |
vārṣikāṇāṃ vratānāṃ ca rūpaṃ vistarato vada |
yatkṛtvā mānavāścāpi prāpnuyurbhogamokṣaṇe || 1 ||
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vinā''tmasādhanaṃ tvanyaddhruvaṃ duḥkhasaṃbhṛtam |
jñātvā yateta nityārthaṃ jano yathā ca tadvada || 2 ||
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śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi pravakṣyāmi pāvanāni dināni vai |
vratātmakāni sarvāṇi niḥśreyasapradāni hi || 3 ||
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harestasya vibhūtīnāṃ satāṃ yogācca sarvathā |
kālo'pi divyatāṃ yāti vratātmā muktido bhavet || 4 ||
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yasyāṃ tithau vrataṃ yasya yatphalaṃ pūjanaṃ yathā |
yadvidhānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ tatsarvaṃ pravadāmi te || 5 ||
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caitre māsi jagatsarvaṃ śuklapakṣe tu viśvasṛṭ |
dināraṃbhe pratipadi sasarjaitaccarācaram || 6 ||
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tatra pratipadi kāryā mahāśāntiḥ sukhapradā |
sarvotpātapraśamanī dhanasaubhāgyadāyinī || 7 ||
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āyuḥpuṣṭipradā ceyaṃ lokadvayasukhapradā |
kuṇḍaṃ ca maṇḍapaṃ tatra kārayitvā śubhe sthale || 8 ||
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vahnivapurdharaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vai samarcayet vratī |
pādyārghyapuṣpadhūpaiśca vastrālaṃkārabhojanaiḥ || 9 ||
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homairbalyupahāraiśca sādhusādhvīpratarpaṇaiḥ |
pūjanīyo viśeṣeṇā'kṣatacandanasadrasaiḥ || 10 ||
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suvarṇapratimāṃ kṛtvā brahmāṇaṃ saṃprapūjayet |
ṣoḍaśottamakaraṇairbhojanairvividhaistathā || 11 ||
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caturmukhaṃ caturhastaṃ dvipādaṃ vedahastakam |
kamaṇḍalukaraṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ tvabhipūjayet || 12 ||
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ārārtrikottaraṃ devaṃ prārthayedvratakṛnnaraḥ |
vrate phalādikaṃ bhuñjyādathavaikānnamityapi || 13 ||
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brahmacaryaṃ rakṣayecca dadyād dānāni bhūriśaḥ |
prārthayed vedhasaṃ putrapautravaṃśapravṛttaye || 14 ||
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mūrtidānaṃ tu gurave dadyādajasvarūpiṇe |
kanyādānamapi dadyād vratī saṃkalpapūrvakam || 15 ||
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vaṃśavṛddhikaraṃ tvetadvrataṃ sarvasukhapradam |
kṛtvauṃkāranamaskāraṃ kuśodakatilā'kṣataiḥ || 16 ||
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savastraṃ sahiraṇyaṃ ca miṣṭānnaṃ ca gavādikam |
anyaccāpi yathāśaktidhanaṃ dadyāddvijātaye || 17 ||
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dakṣiṇāṃ vedaviduṣe vratasaṃpūrtihetave |
etadbrāhmavrataṃ proktaṃ kartavyaṃ kāmanārthibhiḥ || 18 ||
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asyāmeva tithau tadvat sarasvatīvrataṃ śubham |
kartavyaṃ saphalāhāraṃ yadvaikāhāramityapi || 19 ||
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brahmaṇo vadanātprātaḥ samutpannā hi śāradā |
dvādaśādhikavarṣīyā savīṇā samayūrakā || 20 ||
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nīlasvarṇamahāmūlyaśāṭikadisamanvitā |
kartavyā sūjjvalā mūrtiḥ pūjanīyā vidhānataḥ || 21 ||
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prātaḥ sampūjya sā devī ṣoḍaśādikavastubhiḥ |
prārthanīyā brahmavidyālabdhaye vratinā tataḥ || 2 |||| 2 ||
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dugdhapākastu naivedye tvarpaṇīyaśca pūrikāḥ |
taddine kṣīrapākaśca bhojanīyo vratārthinā || 23 ||
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dvitīye divase vidyā''raṃbharaṇīyā'rthadā bhavet |
dānāni vividhānyeva dadyācchrīgurave vratī || 24 ||
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svarṇasarasvatīmūrtiṃ dadyācchrīgurave tataḥ |
vidyā me rasanāgre tu nartakī syāttadarthayet || 25 ||
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visarjayecca dānāni dadyācchaktyanusārataḥ |
viprānsādhūnpaṇḍitāṃśca bhojayetpūjayed vratī || 26 ||
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vaiśākhe śuklapakṣe tu pratipadyabdhimanthane |
kriyamāṇe surairdaityaiḥ prātaḥ kūrmo'bhavaddhariḥ || 27 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ kūrmarūpaṃ tu vāsudevaṃ samarcayet |
uttarāṃgaṃ narākāraṃ pūrvāṃgaṃ kūrmarūpadhṛk || 28 ||
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śaṃkhaṃ gadāṃ bhujayostu dadyānmodakabhojanam |
śarkarāṃ dadhi ciñcvādyā vāri miṣṭaṃ samarpayet || 29 ||
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utsavaṃ tu mahāntaṃ vai kuryātkūrmakathānakam |
evaṃ vratī vrataṃ kṛtvā bhuktiṃ muktiṃ samāpnuyāt || 30 ||
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atha jyeṣṭhe site pratipadi druṃ karavīrakam |
svargodyānāt pṛthivyāmāgataṃ prātaḥ prapūjayet || 31 ||
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raktatantuparīdhānaṃ dadyād dhūpaṃ vilepanam |
gandhākṣatān jalaṃ dadyānnāraṃgaṃ bījapūrakam || 32 ||
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prarūḍhadhānyaṃ'kurakairabhyukṣya stavanaṃ caret |
karavīra mahābhāga phalāni yaccha sarvadā || 33 ||
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saptadhānyāni saumyāni kusūleṣu vasantu me |
iti pradakṣiṇīkṛtya datvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ vratī || 34 ||
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namaskṛtya jalaṃ datvā paścāt svaṃ bhavanaṃ vrajet |
evaṃ saṃpūjito vṛkṣo dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ dadāti vai || 35 ||
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namaḥśukle pratipadi lakṣmībuddhipradāyakam |
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sampādakaṃ vrataṃ mahat || 36 ||
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bhādraśuklapratipadi vrataṃ maunaṃ prakīrtitam |
śivaprapūjanaṃ kuryāt kuṃbhopari vidhānataḥ || 37 ||
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sauvarṇaśivamūrtestvarcanaṃ ṣoḍaśavastubhiḥ |
phalāni miṣṭapakvāni dadyādviprāya ṣoḍaśa || 38 ||
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pakvānnāni ca dānāni dadyācchivāya ṣoḍaśa |
dhenuṃ dadyāttathā'nyāni dadyād dānāni ṣoḍaśa || 39 ||
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idaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ lakṣmi devadevasya śūlinaḥ |
caturdaśābdaṃ dehāntaṃ bhuktabhogaḥ śivaṃ vrajet || 40 ||
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āśvine śuklapratipadvrataṃ cā'śokasaṃjñakam |
aśokastu samāyātaḥ svargād bhuvi drumottamaḥ || 41 ||
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aśokapūjanaṃ tatra kuryāt ṣoḍaśavastubhiḥ |
aśoko jāyate tena dhanadhānyaprapūritaḥ || 42 ||
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vratānte dvādaśe varṣe mūrtiṃ cā'śokaśākhinaḥ |
samarpya gurave bhaktyā viṣṇuloke sukhī bhavet || 43 ||
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aśokaphalavattasya prajā aśokakārikāḥ |
sukhadāśca dhanāḍhyāśca phalanti phaladā bhuvi || 44 ||
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asyāmeva pratipadi navarātraṃ samācaret |
navarātraṃ tvekabhuktaṃ vartayeccā'pyayācitam || 45 ||
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athavopavasennityaṃ phalaṃ vā bhakṣayed vratī |
pūrvāhṇe pūjayed durgāṃ ghaṭasthāpanapūrvakam || 46 ||
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aṃkurāropaṇaṃ kuryād yavairgodhūmataṇḍulaiḥ |
pūjanaṃ paṭhanaṃ mālājapanaṃ tvanvahaṃ caret || 47 ||
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mārkāṇḍeyakṛtaṃ stotraṃ paṭhennityaṃ śubhāvaham |
rātrau tu pūjanaṃ nityaṃ kuryātprajāgaraṃ tathā || 48 ||
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kumārīpūjanaṃ kuryāt praśastaṃ bhojanādibhiḥ |
durgāmūrtiṃ sahasrāḍhyāṃ kuryāt sudhanavān janaḥ || 49 ||
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antime divase sāyaṃ jale tāṃ tu visarjayet |
itthaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ lakṣmi sarvasiddhyālayo bhavet || 50 ||
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bhuktimuktipradā durgā bhavatyasya na saṃśayaḥ |
vittaśāṭhyaṃ balaśāṭhyaṃ vratinā kāryameva na || 51 ||
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ūrje site pratipadi viṣṇuprītivivardhanam |
annakūṭotsavākhyaṃ vai vrataṃ kuryād viśeṣataḥ || 52 ||
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ekottaraśatānyatra miṣṭānnāni nivedayet |
sarvāṇyapi ca śākāni śrāṇā bhājāśca patrikāḥ || 53 ||
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vaṭikāḥ kandamūlāni daugdhāni śārkarāṇi ca |
bhakṣyabhojyapralehyānucoṣyāṇi vividhāni vai || 54 ||
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arpayed brahmaṇe govardhanaṃ ca pūjayettathā |
nīrājayet tato bhojyaṃ prasādaṃ prāpnuyād vratī || 55 ||
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annakūṭotsavakartā bhuktimuktī samāpnuyāt |
dhanadhānyarasavastrabhūṣāyānādisampadaḥ || 56 ||
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asminneva dine prātaḥ pūjayed gāśca vatsakān |
vṛṣān vatsatarīścāpi haridrākuṃkumādibhiḥ || 57 ||
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pauṣpairhāraiḥ śṛṃgaraṃgairnūtanairyavasādibhiḥ |
sampūjya khelayet tāṃśca kṛṣṇamandiracatvare || 58 ||
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mārge site pratipadi śreṣṭhaṃ dhanavrataṃ matam |
kuryādvai dhanalābhāya naktaṃ viṣṇoḥ samarcanam || 59 ||
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lakṣmīyuktasya sauvarṇīṃ mūrtiṃ vai kārayed vratī |
pūjayitvā tu tāṃ mūrtiṃ sannidhau vahnimaṇḍale || 60 ||
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aṣṭottaraśataṃ homaṃ lakṣmīnāmnā samācaret |
raktavastrayugacchannāṃ viṣṇuyuktāṃ samarcayet || 61 ||
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dadyācca gurave mūrtiṃ dānānyanyāni dāpayet |
evaṃ kṛtvā dhanairdhānyairlakṣmīpūrṇaḥ prajāyate || 62 ||
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smṛddho bhūtvā dhūtapāpo viṣṇuloke mahīyate |
ekabhuktaṃ ca naktaṃ vā phalāhāraṃ cared vratī || 63 ||
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pauṣaśuklapratipadi bhānuvratamanuttamam |
bhānuṃ ṣoḍaśavastvādyaiḥ pūjayed bhaktibhāvataḥ || 64 ||
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dvādaśātmā'bhavatsūryo hyasminneva dine purā |
dvādaśātmānamādityaṃ sauvarṇaṃ gurave'rpayet || 65 ||
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vratī sūryasamo bhūtvā svargaloke mahīyate |
sūryanetro bhavatyatra paratra vratakṛnnaraḥ || 66 ||
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māghaśuklapratipadi vahnirjāto maheśvarāt |
vahnimabhyarcya vidhito vahnilokamavāpnuyāt || 67 ||
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vahnimūrteḥ pradānaṃ ca homaṃ tilādibhistathā |
pūjanaṃ vandanaṃ sarvaṃ prakuryād vratavān janaḥ || 68 ||
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phālgunaśuklapratipad dhūlidhūsarakaṃ vratam |
śaṃkareṇa prage tatra satīdehasamudbhavam || 69 ||
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bhasma samantato liptaṃ dhūlidhūsarakaṃ vratam |
atastatra mahādevaṃ devadevaṃ digambaram || 70 ||
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dhūlidhūsarasarvāṃgaṃ jalaiḥ saṃprokṣitaṃ vyadhāt |
tena tuṣṭo haraścāsmai svasāyujyaṃ prayacchati || 71 ||
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sva dehaṃ ca tathā kuryād digambaraṃ sakardamam |
karmaṇā'nena santuṣṭo dadyācchaṃbhuḥ sukhālayam || 72 ||
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phālgune phalgunīnakṣatrayoge tu naro hariḥ |
naranārāyaṇā''khyo'bhūnmūrtyāṃ vai dharmadevataḥ || 73 ||
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dharmāśrame nibaddhāyāṃ dolāyāṃ tau samarcya ca |
devā āndolayāmāsurataḥ kāryo'tra cotsavaḥ || 74 ||
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prātaḥ pūjāṃ prakurvīta naranārāyaṇaprabhoḥ |
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhistulasīvastracandanaiḥ || 75 ||
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naivedye pāyasaṃ dadyād badarāṇi phalāni ca |
raṃgotsavaṃ tathā kṛtvā vratī bhuṃjīta pāraṇām || 76 ||
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vaiśākhaśuklapratipad viṣṇujanmavrataṃ param |
tatra viṣṇuṃ samabhyarcya vairājasya sutaṃ śubham || 77 ||
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viprān sādhūn bhojayecca dadyād dānāni bhūriśaḥ |
ekabhuktaṃ vrataṃ kuryād bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt || 78 ||
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śucau śuklapratipadi brahmā jajñe jagadguruḥ |
tasyā'tra pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ deyaṃ dānaṃ suvarṇavat || 79 ||
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ekabhaktaṃ vrataṃ kāryaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ bhavet |
satyalokapradaṃ tvante bhuktimuktipradaṃ bhavet || 80 ||
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evaṃ pratipaddivase vārṣikāṇi vratāni te |
uktānyatra brahmacaryaṃ haviṣyānnaṃ phalapradam || 81 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne vārṣikapratipadvrateṣu jagatsarjanasarasvatījanmakūrmajanmakaravīrāgamanalakṣmīvratamaunavratā'śokavratanavarātrā'nnakūṭadhanavratadvādaśabhānuvratavahnyutpattisatībhasmadhūlīvratanaranārāyaṇajanmaviṣṇujanmabrahmajanmavratānāṃ |
kathananāmā ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 266 ||
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