Chapter 136

śrīpuruṣottama uvāca |
śṛṇu nārāyaṇīśri tvaṃ lakṣmīnāmnāṃ śatadvayam |
purā japtvā samārādhya tapaḥ kṛtvā tavopari || 1 ||
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acchodā nāma pitṝṇāṃ kanyakā mānasī śubhā |
amāvasuṃ hi balinaṃ patiṃ prāptavatī tataḥ || 2 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ ca mahālakṣmyā āśīrvādamavāpa sā |
matsyayonisamutpannā vasoḥ rājñaḥ suvīryajā || 3 ||
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kanyakā dhīvarapoṣyā sasyavatī bhaviṣyasi |
parāśarasya vīryeṇa putramekamavāpsyasi || 4 ||
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dvīpe tu badarīprāye bādarāyaṇamacyutam |
viṣṇormātā svayaṃ bhūtvā tataḥ paraṃ vivāhitā || 5 ||
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samudrāṃśena bhūpena śantanunā suputriṇī |
bhaviṣyasi sutau citrāṃgadavicitravīryakau || 6 ||
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utpādya ca tataḥ pitṛlokaṃ prayāsyasi drutam |
prauṣṭhapadyaṣṭakārūpā pitṛloke bhaviṣyasi || 7 ||
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nāmnā satyavatī loke pitṛloke tathā'ṣṭakā |
āyurārogyadā nityaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradā || 8 ||
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bhaviṣyasi tataścāpi nadītvaṃ saṃvrajiṣyasi |
acchodānāmataścāpi pitruddhārakarī sadā || 9 ||
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ityevaṃ sā pitṛkanyā lakṣmīśāntivratena vai |
khyātimatī vyāsamātā varadānamavāpa ha || 10 ||
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gīyate dve śate nāmnāṃ yenā'ṣṭamyāṃ ca pūjane |
godāne śrāddhadāne vā bahuputro bhaveddhi saḥ || 11 ||
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dve śate te tathā lakṣmi tīrthānyapi bhavanti ca |
sṛṣṭitraye'pi tatrāpi snātā brahmā'dhigacchati || 12 ||
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pitarastasya santṛptāstaranti brahma yāntyapi |
atha cānye barhiṣadaḥ pulastyasya sutā divi || 13 ||
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pitaraḥ śataśaḥ santi tāsāṃ kanyā tu mānasī |
pīvarī nāmataḥ sādhvī cakre lakṣmi vrataṃ tava || 14 ||
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lakṣmīśāntikaraṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ tapaśca dāruṇam |
tvāṃ labdhvā gocarāṃ divyāṃ harikṛṣṇayutāṃ vane || 15 ||
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varaṃ cāvāpa tatraiva tvattaḥ patimatī bhava |
patiste śukradevo vai mahāyogī bhaviṣyati || 16 ||
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vyāsasutastasya bhāryā bhavatī mānasīṃ sutām |
kṛtvīnāmnīṃ lapsyase ca yoginīṃ divyaśobhanām || 17 ||
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dāsyasi tvaṃ sutāṃ rājñe pāñcāleśāya vai tataḥ |
putrāste'pi ca catvāraḥ kṛtvyanujā maheśvarāḥ || 18 ||
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kṛṣṇo gauraḥ prabhuḥ śaṃbhurbhaviṣyanti pramuktidāḥ |
patiputrādisahitā cireṇa mokṣameṣyasi || 19 ||
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ityevaṃ pīvarī prāptā varadānaṃ tava vratāt |
atha cā'nye pitaro'pi marīcigarbhanāminaḥ || 20 ||
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eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yaśodā nāmataḥ śubhā |
kṛtvā vrataṃ tava lakṣmi patnī hyaṃśumato'bhavat || 21 ||
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jananyapi dilīpasya bhagīrathapitāmahī |
ajāyata tataḥ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ gatā'pi sundarī || 22 ||
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athā''jyapānāṃ kanyāpi nāmnā tu virajā purā |
lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā nahuṣasya priyā'bhavat || 23 ||
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yayāterjananī sā ca aikāṣṭakā'bhavattataḥ |
brahmalokagatā tatra modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ || 24 ||
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atha mānasapitṝṇāṃ kanyā tu narmadā satī |
lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā nadīrūpā pramodate || 25 ||
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pramodate sadā svarge pitṛloke'pi modate |
pūjyate triṣu lokeṣu harernarmapradā sakhī || 26 ||
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atha gauḥ pitṛkanyāpi lakṣmīśāntivratena vai |
śukrasya dayitā patnī sādhyamātā virājate || 27 ||
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evaṃ svarge tathā satye bhūtale'pi sthalesthale |
lakṣmīśāntivratenaiva modante sampadarddhibhiḥ || 28 ||
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atha lakṣmi śukaputrī nāmnā kṛtvī tu yoginī |
pitṛmānasakanyāyāḥ pīvaryāḥ putrikā purā || 29 ||
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lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ cakre nārāyaṇasamanvitam |
putrārthaṃ tatpatiścāpi pañcālādhipatirnṛpaḥ || 30 ||
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anagho nāma vaibhrājo hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ ramām |
lakṣmīśāntivratenaiva toṣayāmāsa vai tataḥ || 31 ||
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lakṣmījanārdanau tuṣṭau prāhatustau varāya ca |
vavrāte tau varaṃ putraṃ nārāyaṇasamaṃ tadā || 32 ||
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pāragaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ dhārmikaṃ yoginaṃ varam |
sarvabhūtarutajñaṃ ca mahābalaparākramam || 33 ||
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evamastviti cārpayya varadānaṃ tirogatau |
so'yaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāttasya putro'bhavattadā || 34 ||
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brahmadattābhidhāno vai dayāluḥ sattvasadbalaḥ |
tasya bhāryā'bhavallakṣmīrnāmnā sannatirityatha || 35 ||
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viśvakseno'bhavattasyāḥ putro'pi bhagavān svayam |
evaṃ lakṣmīvratapuṇyaṃ mahāphalapradaṃ sadā || 36 ||
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atha kardamapatnī yā sinīvālī purā'bhavat |
lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā devahūtī tato'bhavat || 37 ||
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kapilaṃ śrīhariṃ putraṃ prāptavatī vratena te |
dyutistaptvā tapaḥ kṛtvā lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ purā || 38 ||
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vibhāvasuṃ patiṃ lebhe pavamānādikān sutān |
tuṣṭistepe tapaścāpi lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ vyadhāt || 39 ||
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patiṃ prāpa hi dhātāraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam |
prabhā kṛtvā vrataṃ lebhe patiṃ prabhākaraṃ harim || 40 ||
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kuhūḥ kṛtvā vrataṃ lebhe haviṣyantaṃ patiṃ śubham |
kīrtirjayantaṃ bhartāraṃ vasurmārīcakaśyapam || 41 ||
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dhṛtiḥ prāptā patiṃ nandiṃ purūravasamurvaśī |
urvaśī tvekadā lakṣmīsvayaṃvare nanarta ha || 42 ||
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lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ cakre sutānaṣṭāvajījanat |
āyuṃ dṛḍhāyumaśvāyuṃ dhanāyuṃ sadhṛtiṃ vasum || 42 ||
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śucividyaṃ śatāyuṃ ca tato divaṃ yayau hi sā |
atha lakṣmi vṛṣaparvasutā śarmiṣṭhikā śubhā || 44 ||
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lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā yayātiṃ prāpa satpatim |
śukraputrī devayānī cakre lakṣmīvrataṃ tataḥ || 45 ||
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guruputraṃ kacaṃ daityavṛkairattamajīvayat |
punardaityairmadirāyāṃ cūrṇitaṃ pāyitaṃ kacam || 46 ||
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śukrāya sa ca śukro'pi sañjīvanīṃ kacāya vai |
dadāvudarasthāyā'pi devayānyāḥ śubhāgrahāt || 47 ||
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lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā kacaḥ pitṛgṛhaṃ yayau |
sañjīvanīṃ svaśiṣyebhyo'dhyāpayāmāsa tadbalāt || 48 ||
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atha vai jyāmaghabhāryā caitrā lakṣmīvratena vai |
putraṃ vidarbhasaṃjñaṃ cā'vāpa sadguṇaśālinam || 49 ||
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snuṣā patiṃ hyavāpā'tha lakṣmīvratena taṃ tathā |
yā jitā raṇasaṃgrāme jyāmaghena snuṣā kṛtā || 50 ||
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lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ cakre dṛśadvatī hyuśīnarāt |
śibimauśīnaraṃ putraṃ lebhe vai cakravartinam || 51 ||
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baleḥ patnī sudeṣṇā ca kṛtvā lakṣmīvrataṃ purā |
aṃgaṃ vaṃgaṃ kaliṃgaṃ ca puṇḍṃ suhmaṃ sutān śubhān || 52 ||
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dīrghatamasaḥ saṃlebhe brāhmaṇān rājyabhoginaḥ |
śakuntalā vrataṃ kṛtvā lebhe tu bharataṃ sutam || 53 ||
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mamatā tu vrataṃ kṛtvā bharadvājaṃ sutaṃ śubham |
avāpa tu bṛhaspaterbharatāya dadau ca tam || 54 ||
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hiraṇyanābhinaḥ śiṣyaḥ kauśalyasya mahātmanaḥ |
kṛtāyano vrataṃ kṛtvā lakṣmīprasādatastataḥ || 55 ||
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caturviṃśatidhāścakre divyā vai sāmasaṃhitāḥ |
ahalyā tu divodāsabhaginī vai śaradvatāt || 56 ||
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śatānandamṛṣiṃ putraṃ lebhe lakṣmīvratāt kila |
kāverī kṛṣṇaveṇī ca narmadā yamunā tathā || 57 ||
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godāvarī vitastā ca candrabhāgā irāvatī |
vipāśā kauśikī cāpi śatadrūḥ sarayūstathā || 58 ||
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sītā manasvinī cāpi hradinī pāvanā nadī |
lakṣmīśāntivrataṃ kṛtvā dhiṣṇyān putrān hi lebhire || 59 ||
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evamanyā yoṣito'pi kṛtvā lakṣmīvrataṃ tvidam |
lebhire sampadaḥ putrīputrān svargaṃ ca mokṣaṇam || 60 ||
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śṛṇu lakṣmi vrataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ saubhāgyaśayanaṃ tvapi |
purā kṛtaṃ tvayā tvetat sarvakāmaphalapradam || 61 ||
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purā dagdheṣu lokeṣu bhūrbhuvaḥsvarmahaḥsu ca |
saubhāgyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ piṇḍībhūtaṃ tadā'bhavat || 62 ||
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vaikuṇṭhaṃ tat samāsādya viṣṇorvakṣaḥsthale sthitam |
punaḥ sṛṣṭau prajāyāṃ tat saubhāgyaṃ gantumicchukam || 63 ||
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harervakṣaḥsthalāllakṣmīrūpaṃ prādurajāyata |
sarvasaukhyapradaṃ taccā'bhavaddhareranujñayā || 64 ||
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lakṣmīrūpaṃ vihāyaiva rasarūpaṃ sudhātmakam |
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca ye sṛṣṭervai dhurandharāḥ || 65 ||
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te saubhāgyaṃ papustatra rasaṃ devīsamanvitāḥ |
rūpalāvaṇyasaubhāgyatejobalādivardhanam || 66 ||
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śeṣaṃ sarvaprabhūtārthamaṣṭadhā samajāyata |
rasāt saptā'bhavan modāḥ sapta saubhāgyadāyinaḥ || 67 ||
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ikṣavo guḍapiṇḍāvā niṣpāvā jīrakāni ca |
gokṣīrādi kusumbhaṃ ca sindūraṃ kuṃkumaṃ tathā || 68 ||
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lavaṇaṃ ceti saubhāgyaṃ vardhante tāni tadvratāt |
nārāyaṇena saubhāgyātmakaṃ svenāpi rakṣitam || 69 ||
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lālanāt sā'bhavattasya lalitā nāma sundarī |
lokān saubhāgyarūpān sā lālayatyeva sarvadā || 70 ||
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lokānavāpya lālityāllalitāśrīstaducyate |
trailokyasundarīmenāmupayeme mahāprabhuḥ || 71 ||
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yā loke saubhāgyamayī bhuktimuktiphalapradā |
tvameva lakṣmi sañjātā mahālakṣmīḥ subhāgyadā || 72 ||
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tvāmārādhya naro nārī bhaktyā kiṃ kiṃ na vindati |
ārādhanaṃ vrataṃ te tad vakṣyāmyatra hitāvaham || 73 ||
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vasantamāsamāsādya tṛtīyāyāṃ tu śuklake |
pūrvāhṇe yajamānastu tilaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret || 74 ||
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saubhāgyā lalitā devī vavre nārāyaṇaṃ tadā |
tayā sahaiva māṃ nārāyaṇaṃ sampūjayet prage || 75 ||
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tṛtīyāyāṃ phalaiḥ puṣpairdhūpairdīpairnivedanaiḥ |
pañcagavyena ca tīrthatoyaiḥ saṃsnāpayecchriyam || 76 ||
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namo lakṣmyai mahālakṣmyai lalitāyai tu mastake |
namo devyai mahādevyai lalitāyai mukhe namaḥ || 77 ||
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namo brāhmyai mahābrāhmyai vaiṣṇavyai hṛdaye namaḥ |
namo mātre mahāmātre nārāyaṇyai tathodare || 78 ||
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namaḥ śriyai mahāśriyai vāsudevyai kaṭisthale |
namo bhāgyai mahābhāgyai saubhāgyāyai urau namaḥ || 79 ||
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namo bhūmnyai mahāśūnyai vyāpikāyai ca pādayoḥ |
namo'nādikṛṣṇanārāyaṇapatnyai samantataḥ || 80 ||
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saubhāgyabhavanāyai te namaḥ kāntāvibhūtaye |
namo yugalarūpāyai dampatyai te namo namaḥ || 81 ||
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sarvasaubhāgyayuktāyai lalitāyai namonamaḥ |
evaṃ saṃsnāpya vidhinā vastrālaṃkāramarpayet || 82 ||
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bhūṣaṇāni samastāni śṛṃgārāṇi samarpayet |
ghṛtaṃ sindūrakaṃ kṣīraṃ kuṃkumaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā || 83 ||
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jīrakaṃ kajjalaṃ cāpi candanaṃ raktacandanam |
haridrāṃ karpūrakaṃ ca kastūrīṃ kaṃkaṇāni ca || 84 ||
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śṛṃkhalāṃ natthikāṃ tantīṃ nūpurormikasaṃyutām |
niṣpāvān patrikāṃ pūgīphalaṃ tāmbūlakaṃ tathā || 85 ||
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śarkarāṃ ca lavaṃgaṃ ca elāṃ saṃsthāpayet puraḥ |
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ dadyājjalaṃ sugandhi ca || 86 ||
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ārārtrikaṃ prakuryādvai lalitāyāḥ pradakṣiṇam |
namaskāraṃ punaḥ kuryāt puṣpāñjaliṃ samarpayet || 87 ||
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prārthayellalitāṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dīyetāṃ bhāgyamuttamam |
dampatīrūpamevāpi hyakhaṇḍitasukhāvaham || 88 ||
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rasadhānyādibhojyāni miṣṭānnāni sadā gṛhe |
sūpaudanāni śākāni dadhyodanāni yāni ca || 89 ||
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kṣīrodbhavāni sarvāṇi cekṣubhavāni yāni ca |
veśavārādikaṃ cāpi mukhavāsādikāni ca || 90 ||
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śayyāstaraṇayānāni veṣaśṛṃgārakāṇi ca |
bhūṣāmbarāṇi sarvāṇi vividhābhūṣaṇāni ca || 91 ||
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yānavāhanarathakā govājigajasadvṛṣāḥ |
dāsadāsībhṛtyasakhīvargāḥ svarṇālayāstathā || 92 ||
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bhavanāni vicitrāṇi kṣetrāṇi vāṭikāstathā |
mahodyānāni sarvāṇi vaṃśaḥ putrāḥ sutāstathā || 93 ||
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snuṣāśca bāndhavāścāpi yaśo kīrtiśca sampadaḥ |
ṛddhiḥ śāntiḥ ratnagajā ārogyaṃ dharma uttamaḥ || 94 ||
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bhaktirjñānaṃ ca dīyantāṃ kṛṣṇau dhāmākṣaraṃ tataḥ |
evamabhyarcya tau tatra sthāpayenmaṇḍape tvatha || 95 ||
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havanaṃ tu prakuryādvai cāṣṭottaraśatātmakam |
dakṣiṇāṃ ca tato dadyād bhojayedviprasajjanān || 96 ||
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dīnā'nāthān bhojayecca dadyāddānāni vai tataḥ |
parihāraṃ prakurvīta madhyāhne punareva ca || 97 ||
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bhojayed vividhaṃ bhojyaṃ jalaṃ tāmbūlakaṃ diśet |
svāpayedghaṭikāmutthāpayet kṛṣṇāṃ narāyaṇam || 98 ||
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jalaṃ phalaṃ pradadyācca sāyaṃ rātrau prapūjayet |
ārārtrikaṃ sotsavaṃ ca kārayed bhojayettataḥ || 99 ||
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svāpayed bhagavantau tau śayane mṛdule śubhe |
sahaiva śayanaṃ caitat saubhāgyaśayanaṃ vratam || 100 ||
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prātarutthāpayed devau pūjayed vidhinā tataḥ |
tathā ca dvijadāmpatyaṃ pūjayed vastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ || 101 ||
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saubhāgyā'ṣṭakasaṃyuktaṃ suvarṇacaraṇadvayam |
dvayoścatuṣṭayaṃ dadyād viprāya sādhave tadā || 102 ||
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lalitāṃ gurave dadyāt kṛṣṇaṃ dadyāttu sādhave |
yugalaṃ sādhave dadyāt saubhāgyaciratāptaye || 103 ||
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evaṃ samvatsaraṃ yāvat tṛtīyāyāṃ samācaret |
vatsarānte prakuryācca sūdyāpanaṃ mahattamam || 104 ||
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caitre śṛṃgāṭakaṃ dadyād vaiśākhe ghṛtapāyasam |
jyeṣṭhe mandārakusumaṃ vṛndāpatraṃ śucau tathā || 105 ||
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śrāvaṇe dadhi dadyācca nabhasye tu kuśodakam |
kṣīramāśvayuje māsi kārtike navanītakam || 106 ||
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mārge māse dvidalāṃ ca pauṣe ghṛtaṃ saśarkaram |
māghe kṛṣṇātilān dadyāt pañcagavyaṃ tu phālgune || 107 ||
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tulasīkamalādīni sarvamāse matāni vai |
evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ nārī kumārī vidhavā'pi vā || 108 ||
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vratānte śayanaṃ dadyāt sarvopaskarasaṃyutam |
lakṣmīnārāyaṇau haimau śayane sthāpayettataḥ || 109 ||
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dānaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇāya sādhave vā supūjine |
dhānyālaṃkāragodānaṃ dhanaṃ dadyād dvijātaye || 110 ||
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evaṃ karoti yaḥ samyak saubhāgyaśayanavratam |
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti padaṃ cānantamaśnute || 111 ||
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yastu dvādaśavarṣāṇi saubhāgyaśayanavratam |
karoti strī naro vāpi devyanugrahalālitau || 112 ||
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pūjyamānau vasetāṃ svaḥ yāvatkalpā'yutatrayam |
śṛṇuyādvā paṭhedvāpi pradadyādatha vā matim || 113 ||
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so'pi deveśvaro bhūtvā svarge vasenna saṃśayaḥ |
bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnoti śāśvatānandasampadaḥ || 114 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye dvāparasantāne lakṣmīśatadvayanāmajapena pitṛkanyakādīnāṃ sveṣṭaphalāvāptiḥ lakṣmīsaubhāgyaśayanavratavidhi |
ścetinirūpaṇanāmā ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 136 ||
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