Chapter 511

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi tataścainamatithiṃ śrīnarāyaṇam |
viprarūpaṃ papracchuste brāhmaṇā maṇḍapasthitāḥ || 1 ||
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gṛhaṃ tyaktvā gatastvaṃ kva kiyān kālo gatastava |
vada yogyaṃ yajñakārye sametānāṃ tapasvinām || 2 ||
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atithiśca tadā prāha bhrānto'haṃ bhuvanatrayam |
brahmalokaṃ ceśalokaṃ jīvalokaṃ punaḥ punaḥ || 3 ||
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khaṇḍānāṃ pṛthivīnāṃ ca golokānāṃ śatāni ca |
sahasrāṇi cāyutāni lakṣāṇi cārbudāni ca || 4 ||
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yatrā'stamitaśāyyasmi kṛtāptadehayātrakaḥ |
nivasāmi yathādehe prāyastattveṣu vai tathā || 5 ||
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yajñe vasāmi sarvatra pralaye'pi vasāmi ca |
saṃkhyayā rahitānyeva varṣāṇāṃ me gatāni ca || 6 ||
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yugānāṃ saṃkhyakā nāsti tvāyurme śāśvataṃ matam |
yatra gacchāmi tīrthāni bhavantyeva mamāgamāt || 7 ||
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tāni kṛtvā'pyanantāni tvāgato'smi surakratau |
dvīpān khaṇḍān bhramitvā ca tīrthāni sakalānyapi || 8 ||
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dakṣiṇaṃ pūrvajyotiṣkaṃ himaśailaṃ tathottarān |
śvetadvīpaṃ kṛṣṇadeśaṃ siṃhāraṇyaṃ ca raivatam || 9 ||
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kṛtvā sārasvataṃ gāṃgaṃ vārāṇasīṃ ca puṣkaram |
śrutvā kratuṃ sārvabhaumaṃ pitāmahasya paścime || 10 ||
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samāgato'smi cātithyaṃ grahītuṃ dīyate yadi |
brahmādyāste kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ prāhurvaraṃ vṛṇu || 11 ||
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yatheṣṭaṃ ca tathā''tithyaṃ gṛhāṇā'dhyātmikaṃ ca vā |
avaśyaṃ tat pradāsyāmo jñānine tvantarātmane || 12 ||
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atithiḥ prāha me'pekṣyā nityamātmaniveditā |
prapannānāṃ śaraṇyaṃ ca sarvārpaṇaṃ tathepsitam || 13 ||
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adatvā me tu ye kuryurbrahmādyā api vai kratum |
adatvā'tithaye naiva prāpnuyuḥ phalamīpsitam || 14 ||
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yajñabhāgaṃ devabhāgaṃ divyatvaṃ prārthayāmi ca |
āntaratvaṃ ca bāhyatvaṃ prayacchantu tathā mama || 15 ||
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ityuktā devatāḥ prāhurdūrāt samāgato'tithiḥ |
satyātraṃ cāsi viprendra sarvaṃ te dīyate kratau || 16 ||
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ya eṣaḥ kriyate yajñastasya nātho hariḥ smṛtaḥ |
etasmāt kāraṇāt proktaḥ sa devo yajñapūruṣaḥ || 17 ||
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vartase kuṃkumavāpyāṃ kṣetre kṛṣṇanarāyaṇaḥ |
śrīmadgopālakṛṣṇasya kambharā kamalā priyā || 18 ||
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tapasā mānasaṃ lebhe tvātmasthaṃ cātmajaṃ tu yam |
sa tvaṃ lakṣmīpatirnārāyaṇaḥ śrīpārvatīpatiḥ || 19 ||
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prabheśo māṇikīśaśca jayeśaḥ śrīhariḥ svayam |
vartase yajñakarmātman karmaṇāṃ phaladāyakaḥ || 20 ||
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manaseśo maṃgaleśo rādheśaścākṣareśvaraḥ |
rameśaścāpi mukteśaḥ paramātmā''ntarasthitaḥ || 21 ||
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tava nāmnā sadā deyaṃ pūrṇaṃ yajñe phalaṃ bhavet |
śrāddhe paitrye tathā daive yo vai tvāṃ pūjayiṣyati || 22 ||
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viṣṇunāmasamopetaṃ bhaviṣyati tadakṣayam |
kṛṣṇe tuṣṭiṃ gate sarve surāstuṣṭā bhavanti vai || 23 ||
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ityuktvā brahmalakṣmīśadharmaśeṣaśivādayaḥ |
dadāvatithaye sarvaṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇāya vai || 24 ||
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tataḥ prabhṛti sañjātā pūjā tvatithisaṃbhavā |
tasmāllakṣmi sadā pūjā'titheḥ kāryā śubhe kṣaṇe || 25 ||
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gṛhasthānāṃ paro dharmo nānyo'styatithipūjanāt |
atitherna paro devo devaṃ nātikramet kvacit || 26 ||
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atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate |
tad datvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati || 27 ||
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satyaṃ vrataṃ tapo'dhītaṃ dattamiṣṭaṃ śataṃ samāḥ |
tasya sarvaṃ bhavennaṣṭamatithiṃ yo na pūjayet || 28 ||
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yasya gehe'tithayo vai sutṛptāśca bhavanti hi |
sa gṛhasthastadanye tu bhavanti gṛharakṣiṇaḥ || 29 ||
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purā sukṛtapuṇyānāṃ janānāmiha bhūtale |
trīṇyetāni prapadyante śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ śubhā giraḥ || 30 ||
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tuṣṭe'tithau gṛhasthasya santuṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ |
vimukhe vimukhāḥ sarvā bhavantyeva na saṃśayaḥ || 31 ||
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apyātmanaḥ pradānena toṣayitavya eva saḥ |
nārāyaṇo devatāśca devyaścā'tithayo guruḥ || 32 ||
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sādhvī kanyā hyanāthā ca bhikṣukī hyatithirmatāḥ |
pitṛśrāddhe bhojanasya samaye yo'bhiyāti ca || 33 ||
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dūrādhvādita āśrānto madhyāhne yo'bhiyāti ca |
kṛte tu bhojane cā'hni rātrau vā yo'bhigacchati || 34 ||
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ta ete'tithayaḥ proktā nā'tithiḥ pūrvamāgataḥ |
priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyo mūrkho vā paṇḍito'thavā || 35 ||
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tasya śaktyā pradātavyamannaṃ vai gṛhamedhinā |
āsanaṃ ca jalaṃ bhāvaḥ suvāṇī snehavīkṣaṇam || 36 ||
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etāni tu satāṃ gehe nocchidyante kadācana |
atitheḥ svāgatāt tṛptā bhavanti pitaraḥ khalu || 37 ||
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atitherāsanāt tuṣṭirbrahmaṇo jāyate tathā |
argheṇa śaṃbhoḥ pādyena devānāṃ toṣaṇaṃ bhavet || 38 ||
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bhojyadānena viṣṇośca tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī |
yathāśakti sadā pūjyo bhojanīyo viśeṣataḥ || 39 ||
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ityuktvā yajñakāryasya vidhiṃ kṛtvā surāstataḥ |
parihāraṃ vidhāyaiva bhojayāmāsurīśvarān || 40 ||
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rātriṃ ninyurutsavaiśca vyākhyānaiḥ pārameśvaraiḥ |
caturthe divase yajñakarmārambhaṃ yathāvyadhuḥ || 41 ||
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somapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ homadravyādikaṃ tathā |
prāvartata yathāyogyaṃ tāvat tatra samāgataḥ || 42 ||
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yuvā vai brāhmaṇaḥ kaścid bubhukṣitastṛṣāyutaḥ |
homadravyaṃ śubhaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhakṣayāmāsa sotsukaḥ || 43 ||
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prasthātā taṃ bhakṣyamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaśāpa dhig vadan |
homārthadravyaṃ duṣṭa tvaṃ rakṣovadatra khādasi || 44 ||
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rākṣasānāmidaṃ karma rākṣaso bhava mā ciram |
ityuktaḥ so'bhavat tatra ūrdhvakeśo'tibhairavaḥ || 45 ||
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lamboṣṭho vikarālāsyo rākṣasaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇakaḥ |
śaṃkukarṇaśca raktākṣo dṛṣṭamātrabhayaṃkaraḥ || 46 ||
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rākṣasaṃ taṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhītā vitresurīśvarāḥ |
rakṣoghnāni ca sūktāni jajapuśca punaḥ punaḥ || 47 ||
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rākṣaso'pi bhayaṃ tyaktvā pitāmahamupāgamat |
uvācā''tmānamuddiśya kṛtāñjaliḥ praṇamya ca || 48 ||
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pautro'haṃ vai tava brahman pulastyasya suto dvijaḥ |
nīto rākṣasatāmadya prasthātrā śāpataḥ pitaḥ || 49 ||
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ahaṃ viśvāvasurnāma paulastyo'smi kṛpāṃ kuru |
bhakṣitaṃ yanmayā cātra homārthaṃ yatprakalpitam || 50 ||
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aparādhaṃ kṣamayitvā rākṣasatvaṃ nirākuru |
tadā brahmā pratiprasthātaraṃ prāha dayāyutaḥ || 51 ||
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bālo'yaṃ mama pautrastu kṛtyā'kṛtye na vetti ca |
tasya rākṣasabhāvo vai tvayā hartavya eva ha || 52 ||
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śrutvā tacca muniḥ prāha pulastyasya tu vaṃśajāḥ |
devakāryavirodhitvād bhaviṣyanti hi rākṣasāḥ || 53 ||
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nā'sya rākṣasabhāvo vai hartuṃ kenāpi śakyate |
satyapi mānave bhāve kṛtamucchiṣṭameva yat || 54 ||
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yajñadravyaṃ svabhāvo'yaṃ naiṣekaḥ kena vāryate |
syācca vā śītalo vahniryadi syāduṣṇaguḥ śaśī || 55 ||
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tanme syādanyathā vākyaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ prapitāmaha |
tasmādayaṃ sadā cāstu rākṣasaḥ rakṣasāṃ patiḥ || 56 ||
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śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasya vidhirviśvāvasuṃ tadā |
jagāda pautra cānena rūpeṇa tiṣṭha sarvadā || 57 ||
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camatkārapurasyā'sya paścimasthānamāśritaḥ |
paścime rākṣasāḥ santi kūṣmāṇḍakāḥ piśācakāḥ || 58 ||
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bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca tānnivāraya sarvathā |
tadgaccha putra tatra tvaṃ sarveṣāmadhipo bhava || 59 ||
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rākṣasānāṃ mayā dattaṃ tava rājyaṃ ca sāmpratam |
rākṣasaḥ prāha rājye ca mayā bhoktavyameva kim || 60 ||
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rājñā caiva mayā deyaṃ bhṛtyānāṃ bhojanaṃ ca kim |
na karoti ca yo rājā bhṛtyaprajāprapoṣaṇam || 61 ||
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tasyāpi narakaprāptistato dehi prabhojanam |
brahmā prāha tilairdarbhaivihīnaṃ śrāddhameva te || 62 ||
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rajasvalayā saṃdṛṣṭaṃ śūkareṇā'valokitam |
śunā khareṇa ca dṛṣṭaṃ vidhihīnaṃ ca te'rpitam || 63 ||
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kuṣṭhī kunakhī mahiṣo vā bhuṃkte yatra te'rpitam |
asnātaiśca kṛtaṃ tailābhyaṃgavadbhirmalāmbaraiḥ || 64 ||
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bhuṃkte ca śyāmadanto vā vṛṣalīpatireva vā |
vedahīnena ca kṛtaṃ brahmacaryaṃ vinā kṛtam || 65 ||
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devakāryavihīnaṃ ca tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati |
pratyakṣaṃ lavaṇaṃ takraṃ vikṛtaṃ te bhaviṣyati || 66 ||
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yajamāno dvijo vā'tha brahmacaryavivarjitaḥ |
bhoktāpi tādṛśo yatra tatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati || 67 ||
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āyasena tu pātreṇa yat pāvitryavivarjitam |
dattamannaṃ sadā te'stu mantraśuddhivivarjitam || 68 ||
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ityukto rākṣaso natvā dattaṃ bhuktvā yayau tataḥ |
yajñakārye ca sampanne parihāraḥ kṛtastathā || 69 ||
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tataśca pañcame tvahni pulastyena prabodhitāḥ |
śvetadhautāmbarāḥ snātāścakruḥ karmāṇi tatkratau || 70 ||
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sāmavedasya gānena tūdgātrā karmayojitam |
śaṃkubhiḥ kriyate yacca tatkṛtaṃ susamāhitam || 71 ||
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devairāgatya sānandaṃ kṛtaṃ vai somabhakṣaṇam |
home pradīptavahnau ca jāyamāne punaḥ punaḥ || 72 ||
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prārabdhe somabhakṣye'tha gīte codgātṛnirmite |
āgatā kanyakā tvekā sāmagītisamutsukā || 73 ||
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śaṃkukarṇaṃ nijaṃ citte vāñcchamānā vicakṣaṇā |
chandogasya sutā śreṣṭhā devaśarmābhidhasya sā || 74 ||
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udumbarītināmnā sā sāmaśravaṇalālasā |
udgātāraṃ ca sadasi vacanaṃ vyājahāra vai || 75 ||
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yathā tathā pravartante śaṃkavaḥ sāmasūcitāḥ |
dakṣiṇāgnau kṛte home pāpanāśo bhavediti || 76 ||
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evaṃ tayā darśitaśca homaḥ kṛto dvijairiti |
tataḥ papracchurete tāṃ kuta āyāsi kanyake || 77 ||
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udumbarī samuvāca parvatasya ṛṣeḥ sutā |
jātismarā'bhijātā'smi śāpād gandharvalokataḥ || 78 ||
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gāyane svarabhaṃgo vai nāradasyā'nvapadyata |
tadā ca hasitastatra nārado gāyane mayā || 79 ||
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tataḥ sa kupito mahyaṃ mithyā'haṃ hasitastviti |
tena nāradaśāpo'bhūnmānuṣī bhava kanyake || 80 ||
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mayā prasāditaḥ stotraiḥ śāpāntārthaṃ tadā ca saḥ |
prāha māṃ mānuṣī śreṣṭhavipragṛhe bhaviṣyasi || 81 ||
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devaśarmagṛhe jātā tenā'haṃ kanyakā'dhunā |
satyabhāmā mama mātā vartate ca pativratā || 82 ||
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nāradena tadā coktaṃ brahmā yajñaṃ kariṣyati |
tatra tadā ca samaye śaṃkoścāpi viparyaye || 83 ||
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tadā tatra tvayā vācyaḥ sthāne śaṃkuḥ samāhitaḥ |
dakṣiṇāgnau kṛte home pāpanāśo bhavediti || 84 ||
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tāvattadā ca te mokṣo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
imā kāntiṃ mama paśya vimānaṃ tvāgataṃ tathā || 85 ||
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ahaṃ yāsyāmi me svargaṃ gāndharvasthānamadya hi |
udgātā ca tadā prāha yajñe kṣaternivārike || 86 ||
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tuṣṭo'haṃ tvaṃ varaṃ brūhi na vṛkṣā darśanaṃ mama |
udumbarī tadā prāha dehi me devasannidhau || 87 ||
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yajñe yajñe samāje ca madhyasthā bhuktireva me |
tato matpuratastatra kāryaṃ śaṃkupracāraṇam || 88 ||
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mattejaḥkarmaṇā tuṣṭiḥ svargasthānāṃ bhavet tathā |
evaṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā udgātā tāmathā'bravīt || 89 ||
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yajñe sadasi madhye tvāṃ vinyasya samprapūjya ca |
vastrabhūṣāgandhapuṣpalepanaiśca tataḥ param || 90 ||
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śaṃkupracāraṇaṃ sarve kariṣyanti tvadagrataḥ |
kalyāṇaṃ te sadā cāstu santoṣaṃ tvaṃ paraṃ vraja || 91 ||
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tvayā virahitaṃ karma niṣphalaṃ bhāvi sarvathā |
yā nārī sadaso madhye phalaistvāṃ pūjayiṣyati || 92 ||
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sā phalaṃ prāpsyati pūrṇaṃ yajñasya śreya ityapi |
vastrabhūṣādibhiḥ pūjākartrī te yajñapuṇyabhāg || 93 ||
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ityevaṃ devavaryaiśca tathodgātā ca bhūsuraiḥ |
uktā devī tato vyomni divyā vimānagā'bhavat || 94 ||
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vimāne tvambare tasyāḥ pūjāṃ kartuṃ janāḥ striyaḥ |
sahasraśaścāgatāstaiḥ pūjitā bahuvastubhiḥ || 95 ||
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śrutvaivaṃ devaśarmā'pi putrīṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ |
patnīyuto namaścakre putrīṃ vimānagāṃ satām || 96 ||
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putrī prāha pitarmā tvaṃ mā namaskāramācara |
prāptā svargagatirme vai puṇyahrāsād vinaṃkṣyati || 97 ||
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tiṣṭhā'tra svāṃganāyuktaḥ svargaṃ neṣyāmi vai saha |
tatastau harṣitau tasyāḥ pitarau susthitau tadā || 98 ||
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putryāṃ pūjāṃ prapaśyantau manyamānau svadhanyatām |
anye kuṭumbinaścāpi dhanyān matvā'tra saṃsthitāḥ || 99 ||
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tāvadbhṛguḥ samāyāto brahmāṇaṃ sadaso bahiḥ |
prāha kanyāṃ yajñakārye gṛhītvā nityadā punaḥ || 100 ||
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udgātrā vedamārgo'yaṃ kṛtaścā'vaidikaḥ prabho |
devītvaṃ cārpitaṃ tasyai mānuṣyai devasannidhau || 101 ||
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somapānaṃ tayā sākaṃ yajñe naḥ sampravartitam |
etadyogyaṃ na vai jātaṃ tasmād yogyaṃ vicāraya || 102 ||
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ityukto viśvasṛṭ prāha naiṣā vai mānuṣī satī |
kintu gāndharvaputrī sā devī hyudambarī sadā || 103 ||
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yajñe nāradaśāpādvai muktā śaṃkumiṣeṇa sā |
yajñīyā devatā ceyaṃ sarvadā sthāsyati dhruvam || 104 ||
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atha tāvacca kailāsādāgatā mātaraḥ kratau |
aṣṭaṣaṣṭisaṃkhyayā vai hṛṣṭāḥ procuśca vedhasam || 105 ||
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āmantritāḥ pavanena tava yajñe samāgatāḥ |
udumbarī yajñamadhye labdhavatī prapūjanam || 106 ||
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bhāgaṃ ceti samākarṇya cāgatāstat pitāmaha |
bhāgaṃ sthānaṃ yajñasadomadhye dehi ca śāśvatam || 107 ||
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brahmaṇā tvaṣṭaṣaṣṭirvai sthānāni tvarpitāni hi |
teṣu tāḥ susthitā yajñe pūjitā balibhistadā || 108 ||
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tarpitāḥ saṃsthitā maunaṃ sāvitrī tata āgatā |
dvijaiḥ sā'bhihitā yajñe mā gaccheti nivāritā || 109 ||
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brahmaṇā pariṇītā'sti gāyatrīti varāṃganā |
itiśrutvā vajratulyaṃ mene śuśoca vai ruṣā || 110 ||
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sūryastvastaṃgatastāvat parihāraḥ kratorabhūt |
yājñikānāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ tattvavādo'bhavanniśi || 111 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne'tithidattavaradānaṃ pulastyaputraviśvāvasunā homadravyabhakṣaṇaṃ rākṣaso bhaveti śāpaḥ parvatarṣiputryā udumbaryā āgamanaṃ kratau pūjāsthānaṃ ca aṣṭaṣaṣṭimātṛkāgaṇā''gamaścetyādinirūpaṇanāmā ekādaśādhikapañcaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 511 ||
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