Chapter 272

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
vārṣikasaptamīnāṃ vai vratāni kathayāmi te |
yāni kṛtvā vratī lakṣmi bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt || 1 ||
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caitrasya śuklasaptamyāṃ tīrthe snānaṃ samācaret |
sthaṇḍilaṃ gomayāliptaṃ gauramṛttikayā'nvitam || 2 ||
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kṛtvā tatrā'ṣṭadalakaṃ kamalaṃ karṇikopari |
vibhāvasuṃ sthāpayitvā pūrvapatre raviṃ harim || 3 ||
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āgneye cānalaṃ śukraṃ dakṣiṇe maṃgalaṃ yamam |
nairṛtye nirṛtaṃ rāhuṃ ketuṃ vinyasya vai tataḥ || 4 ||
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pratīcyāṃ śanivaruṇau vāyavye'nilacandrakau |
udīcyāṃ budhakuberau aiśānyāṃ ca guruṃ haram || 5 ||
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sthāpayitvā'rcayet sarvān gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ |
dhūpadīpasunaivedyatāmbūlaphalacarvaṇaiḥ || 6 ||
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aṣṭottaraśataṃ homaṃ ghṛtena kārayed vratī |
aṣṭāṣṭa cāhutīrdadyātpratyekaṃ nāmamantrataḥ || 7 ||
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tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ kuryād dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ śubhām |
evaṃ vai dikprapālānāṃ kuryāttu pūjanaṃ vratam || 8 ||
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vrataṃ kṛtvā tvekabhuktaṃ sarvaṃ saukhyamavāpnuyāt |
dehānte maṇḍalaṃ bhānorbhittvā yāti paraṃ padam || 9 ||
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vaiśākhaśuklasaptamyāṃ jahnunā jāhnavī purā |
pītā tyaktā punaścaiva gaṃgāvratamidaṃ matam || 10 ||
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gaṃgāṃ tu jāhnavī snātvā pūjayedupacārakaiḥ |
ghaṭasāhasradānaṃ vai kartavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā || 11 ||
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saptakulaṃ nayetsvargaṃ gaṃgāvratamidaṃ śubham |
atra tithau tathā bodhyaṃ kamalavratamityapi || 12 ||
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tilamātrasuvarṇasya kartavyaṃ kamalaṃ śubham |
vastrayugmāvṛtaṃ kṛtvā gandhadhūpādinā'rcayet || 13 ||
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sāyaṃ sūryāya natvā'tha padmaṃ dvijāya cārpayet |
udakuṃbhaṃ ca tatpadmaṃ kapilāṃ gāṃ dvije'rpayet || 14 ||
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upavāsaṃ prakuryācca pāraṇāṃ tu pare'hani |
brāhmaṇān bhojayedbhaktyā sādhūn sādhvīḥ satīstathā || 15 ||
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evaṃ vrataṃ prakartavyaṃ dānaṃ deyaṃ gavāṃ tathā |
bhuktiṃ muktiṃ vrajennārī vratakartrī dhanaṃ laset || 16 ||
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atraiva tithau kāryaṃ nimbavrataṃ śubhāvaham |
sūryapūjā prakartavyā nimbapatrairviśeṣataḥ || 17 ||
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nimbapatraṃ tathā'śnīyād bhūśāyī syādvinā'śanam |
pare'hni brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā bhuñjīta bandhubhiḥ || 18 ||
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śarkarāsaptamī tveṣā bhūmau sarvarasapradā |
kartavyaṃ śarkarāyāstu vrataṃ rasārthibhiryataḥ || 19 ||
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amṛtaṃ pibato hastātsūryasyā'mṛtabindavaḥ |
nipeturbhuvi cotpannā śālimudgayavekṣavaḥ || 20 ||
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śarkarā cekṣuto jātā raveriṣṭā sadā śubhā |
havye kavye pavitrā sā dātavyā devatuṣṭaye || 21 ||
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atra vai śarkarādānaṃ śarkarābhojanaṃ tathā |
kartavyaṃ vratinā samyak putrasantativardhanam || 22 ||
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sarvaduḥkhopaśamanaṃ vājimedhaphalapradam |
dānaṃ cānyatprakartavyaṃ bhojanīyāśca sādhavaḥ || 23 ||
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jyeṣṭhe vai śuklasaptamyāṃ sūryaṃ indro'bhavat svayam |
sopavāsaṃ vrataṃ kāryaṃ pūjya indro vidhānata || 24 ||
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dānamindrasya kartavyaṃ sauvarṇasya dvijātike |
sādhūn bālān bhojayitvā tatau bhuñjīta vai vratī || 15 ||
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aṣāḍhaśuklasaptamyāṃ vivasvānnāmabhāskaraḥ |
rājyābhiṣeka samprāptaḥ pūjā tasya matā vrate || 26 ||
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vivasvantaṃ tu sauvarṇa prapūjya kusumādibhiḥ |
labhate rarhasāyujya divyaṃ sukha ca śāśvatam || 27 ||
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śrāvaṇe śuklasaptamyām arvyagākhyaṃ vrataṃ smṛtam |
kārpāsaṃ vastrabhevātra dāne deyaṃ viśeṣataḥ || 28 ||
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hastarkṣasahitā cetsyāt saptamī puṇyadāyinī |
asyāṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ sarvaṃ tvakṣayatāṃ vrajet || 29 ||
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śītalāsaptamī ceyaṃ ijyā vai pārvatī satī |
śītalāyai pradātavyā śāṭī piṣṭādibhojanam || 30 ||
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ārogyaṃ tena vratino bhavedvai sarvadā kule |
upavāsaḥ prakartavyo deyaṃ dānaṃ phalādikam || 31 ||
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bhādre tu śuklasaptamyām amuktābharaṇaṃ vratam |
candro dhṛto lalāṭe vai śaṃbhunā''bhūṣaṇātmakaḥ || 32 ||
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somasya ca maheśasya pūjanaṃ ṣoḍaśādibhiḥ |
prakuryād visṛjennatvā sarvakāmasamṛddhaye || 32 ||
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phalasaptamī caiveyaṃ phalasaptātmikī matā |
nālikeraṃ ca vṛntākaṃ nāraṃgaṃ bījapūrakam || 34 ||
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kūṣmāṇḍaṃ bruhatīpūgaṃ phalānyetāni cārpayet |
saptatantukṛtaṃ cātra saptagranthisudorakam || 35 ||
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samarpya śaṃkarāyātha badhnīyād vāmahastake |
nārī vāme naro dakṣe haste varṣaṃ surakṣayet || 36 ||
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vratāṃte bālakān sapta bhojayitvā tato vratī |
svayaṃ bhuñjīta nijayug vratasampūrtihetave || 37 ||
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phalāni tu dvijebhyo vai dadyāt santuṣṭihetave |
evaṃ sapta tu varṣāṇi vrataṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi || 38 ||
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sāyujyaṃ labhate lakṣmi mahādevasya tadvatī |
pūjanaṃ tadvrate kārye yathāvidhi yathādhanam || 39 ||
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āśvine śuklapakṣe tu pañcagavyavrataṃ smṛtam |
śubhasaptamī saṃproktā śuddhidā puṇyadā tathā || 40 ||
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snātvā devaṃ hariṃ sūrya pūjayitvā vratī tataḥ |
kapilāṃ gāṃ pūjayitvā prārthayettāṃ śṛṇu priye || 41 ||
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dade'haṃ tvāṃ sukalyāṇi prīyatāmaryamā svayam |
pālaya tvaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ dharmapuṇyaprabhāvataḥ || 42 ||
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evamuccārya natvā ca dravā dvijāya visṛjet |
mate''bhabhīyātpañcagavyaṃ pare'hi pāraṇā caret || 43 ||
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dvijottamān bhojayitvā gṛhṇīyācchiṣṭakaṃ vratī |
sa 3 iriprasādena bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt || 44 ||
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atha kārtikaśuklāyāṃ śākākhyasaptamīvratam |
śākāhāro vratī tiṣṭhet saptaśākāni sādhave || 45 ||
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dvijāya saptakāyātha dadyādannaṃ ca dakṣiṇām |
dvitīye'hni pāraṇāṃ ca kuryātpāpaharaṃ vratam || 46 ||
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mārgasya śuklasaptamyāṃ mitravratamudāhṛtam |
adityāṃ kaśyapājjajñe mitro nāmā divākaraḥ || 47 ||
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tasya vrataṃ sopavāsaṃ sotsavaṃ kāryamuttamam |
pūjanaṃ vidhinā kārya madhuraṃ bhojayet sataḥ || 48 ||
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suvarṇadakṣiṇāṃ datvā visṛjecca tato vratī |
pāraṇāṃ tu pare prātaḥ kuryānnatvā raviṃ punaḥ || 49 ||
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kṛtvaivaṃ vratamevātra sūryalokaṃ prayāti vai |
yaḥ kopi vratakartā'tra satkule janmavān bhavet || 50 ||
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pauṣaśuklasya saptamyāṃ vrataṃ cābhayanāmakam |
dharāsthito vratī sūryaṃ trikālaṃ pūjayettathā || 51 ||
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sopavāso bhaveccānyān brāhmaṇān sapta bhojayet |
kṣīrānnaṃ modakān prasthamitān dadyād dvijātaye || 52 ||
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dakṣiṇāṃ bhūyasīṃ pṛthvīṃ suvarṇaṃ vā'rpayed vratī |
viprāścāśiṣa evā'smai dadyurabhayadāstathā || 53 ||
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abhayākhyaṃ vrataṃ tvetat sarvasyā'bhayadaṃ smṛtam |
mārtaṇḍākhyaṃ vrataṃ caitanmārtaṇḍaṃ pūjayed vratī || 54 ||
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māghe tu kṛṣṇasaptamyāṃ vrataṃ sarvāptināmakam |
ādityapūjanaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ samupoṣaṇam || 55 ||
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rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ bhojyāḥ santaḥ prage tataḥ |
pāyasānnaistoṣaṇīyā dakṣiṇābhiḥ phalādibhiḥ || 56 ||
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visṛjya ca tato'dyāt sa vratī ceyādabhīpsitam |
etatsarvāptidaṃ nāma vrataṃ vai sārvakāmikam || 57 ||
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māghaśuklasya saptamyāmacalākhyaṃ vrataṃ matam |
upoṣaṇaṃ vidheyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ syādacalaṃ dhruvam || 58 ||
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trilocanaḥ pūjanīyastrilocanānvito haraḥ |
trilocanājayantīyaṃ sarvapāpaharā kṛtā || 59 ||
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rathīyasaptamīyaṃ vai cakravartitvadāyinī |
hastiyuktarathasthaṃ śrīsūryaṃ sauvarṇamarcayet || 60 ||
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bhāskarīsaptamī ceyaṃ prātaścātra vratī svayam |
arkasya ca badaryāśca sapta sapta dalāni vai || 61 ||
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nidhāya mastake snāyāt saptajanmādyaśāntaye |
putrapradavrataṃ tvetatkartavyaṃ putramicchatā || 62 ||
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tasya sūryo bhavetputraḥ svāṃśena bhṛśatoṣitaḥ |
pare dine samupoṣya prātarhomaṃ samācaret || 63 ||
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dadhyodanaṃ payaścāpi bhojayetpūjayet sataḥ |
evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ putraṃ prāpnuyādvai cirāyuṣam || 64 ||
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phālgunaśuklasaptamyāṃ vratamarkapuṭaṃ caret |
arkapatrairyajet sūryamarkapatrāṇi bhakṣayet || 65 ||
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arkanāma japecchaśvadarkavratamidaṃ matam |
dhanaputrasutāsmṛddhipatipatnīpradaṃ śubham || 66 ||
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dharmārthakāmadaṃ sarvapāpanāśakamityataḥ |
kāryaṃ yajñavrataṃ tvetatsarvasaukhyasulabdhaye || 67 ||
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bhāskarārādhanaṃ sarvakāmanāsampradaṃ bhavet |
tasmātsarvāsu saptamītithiṣvarkaṃ prapūjayet || 68 ||
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maṇḍalaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ kalaśāropaṇaṃ tathā |
pañcāmṛtaiḥ snapana cāvāhanādyupacārakam || 69 ||
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naivedyaṃ taṇḍulapuṣpāṃjalivisarjanāntakam |
sarvaṃ yathāvidhaṃ kuryād vrate vai vratakṛt sadā || 70 ||
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udyāpanaṃ mahatkuryād bhojayed bālakānsataḥ |
dānaṃ homo japo bhaktiḥ śrīhareśceti vai dhruvam || 71 ||
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kartavyaṃ vratinā yena harestoṣo bhaved bahuḥ |
bhuktirmuktirbhaveccāpi vratapūrṇaphalaṃ bhavet || 72 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne vārṣikasaptamīvrateṣu dikpālavratajāhnavīvratanimbasūryavratendra |
sūryavratavivasvadabhiṣekavratā'vyaṃgaśītalāsaptamīcandrābharaṇavrataśubhaphalasaptamīśākavratamitrārkajayantīmārtaṃḍābhayavratasārvakāmikāptivratatrilocanā |
jayantībhāskarīsaptamīputrapradā'rkapuṭavratādinidarśananāmā dvāsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 272 ||
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