Chapter 20

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bhīṣma uvāca |
atyāścaryavatī ramyā katheyaṃ pāpanāśinī |
vistareṇa ca me brūhi yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ || 1 ||
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māhātmyaṃ madhyamasyāpi ṛṣibhiḥ parikīrtitam |
phalaṃ cānnasya kathitaṃ māhātmyaṃ ca damasya tu || 2 ||
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viṣṇunā ca padanyāsaḥ kṛto yatra mahāmune |
kanīyasastathotpattiryathābhūtā vadasva me || 3 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
purā rathaṃtare kalpe rājāsītpuṣpavāhanaḥ |
nāmnā lokeṣu vikhyātastejasā sūryasannibhaḥ || 4 ||
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tapasā tasya tuṣṭena caturvaktreṇa bhārata |
kamalaṃ kāṃcanaṃ dattaṃ yathākāmagamaṃ nṛpa || 5 ||
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saptadvīpāni lokaṃ ca yatheṣṭaṃ vicaratsadā |
kalpādau tu samaṃ dvīpaṃ tasya puṣkaravāsinā || 6 ||
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lokena pūjitaṃ tasmātpuṣkaradvīpamucyate |
tadeva brahmaṇā dattaṃ yānamasya tatoṃbujam || 7 ||
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puṣpavāhana ityāhustasmāttaṃ devadānavāḥ |
naupamyamastīha jagattrayepi brahmāṃbujasthasya ca tasya rājñaḥ || 8 ||
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taponubhāvādatha tasya rājñī nārī sahasrairabhivaṃdyamānā |
nāmnā ca lāvaṇyavatī babhūva yā pārvatīveṣṭatamā bhavasya || 9 ||
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tasyātmajānāmayutaṃ babhūva dharmātmanāmagryadhanurdharāṇām |
tadātmajāṃstānabhivīkṣya rājā muhurmuhurvismayamāsasāda || 10 ||
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sobhyāgataṃ pūjya munipravīraṃ pracetasaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe |
kasmādvibhūtiracalāmaramartyapūjā jātā kathaṃ kamalajā sadṛśī surājñī || 11 ||
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bhāryā mayālpatapasā paritoṣitena dattaṃ mamāṃbujagṛhaṃ ca munīṃdra dhātrā |
yasminpraviṣṭamapi koṭiśataṃ nṛpāṇāṃ sāmātyakuṃjararathaughajanāvṛtānāṃ || 12 ||
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nālakṣyate kvagatamambaragāmibhiśca tārāgaṇeṃduraviraśmibhirapyagamyam |
tasmātkimanyajananījaṭharodbhavena dharmādikaṃ kṛtamaśeṣajanātigaṃ yat || 13 ||
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sarvairmayātha tanayairatha vānayāpi sadbhāryayā tadakhilaṃ kathaya pracetaḥ |
sopyabhyadhādatha bhavāṃtaritaṃ nirīkṣya pṛthvīpate śṛṇu tadadbhutahetuvṛttam || 14 ||
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janmābhavattava tu lubdhakulepi ghoraṃ jātastvamapyanudinaṃ kila pāpakārī |
vapurapyabhūttava punaḥ puruṣāṃgasaṃdhidurgaṃdhisattvakunakhābharaṇaṃ samaṃtāt || 15 ||
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na ca te suhṛnna sutabaṃdhujano na tādṛknaivasvasā na jananī ca tadābhiśastā |
atisaṃmatā paramabhīṣṭatamābhimukhī jātā mahī śatavayoṣidiyaṃ surūpā || 16 ||
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abhūdanāvṛṣṭiratīva raudrā kadācanāhāranimittamasyāṃ |
kṣutpīḍitena bhavatā tu yadā na kiṃcidāsāditaṃ vanyaphalādi bhakṣyaṃ || 17 ||
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athābhidṛṣṭaṃ mahadaṃbujāḍhyaṃ sarovaraṃ paṃkaparītarodhaḥ |
padmānyathādāya tato bahūni gataḥ puraṃ vaidiśa nāmadheyaṃ || 18 ||
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tanmūlyalābhāya puraṃ samastaṃ bhrāṃtaṃ tvayāśeṣamahastadāsīt |
kretā na kaścitkamaleṣu jātaḥ klāṃtaḥ paraṃ kṣutparipīḍitaśca || 19 ||
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upaviṣṭastvamekasminsabhāryo bhavanāṃgaṇe |
tato rātrau bhavāṃstatra aśrauṣīnmaṃgaladhvaniṃ || 20 ||
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sabhāryastatra gatavānyatrāsau maṃgaladhvaniḥ |
tatra maṃḍalamadhyasthā viṣṇorarcāvilokitā || 21 ||
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veśyānaṃgavatī nāma bibhratī dvādaśīvrataṃ |
samāpya māghamāsasya dvādaśyāṃ lavaṇācalaṃ || 22 ||
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nyavedayattu gurave śayyāṃ copaskarānvitām |
alaṃkṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ sauvarṇaṃ samamādarāt || 23 ||
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sā tu dṛṣṭā tatastābhyāmidaṃ ca pariciṃtitaṃ |
kimebhiḥ kamalaiḥ kāryaṃ varaṃ viṣṇuralaṃkṛtaḥ || 24 ||
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iti bhaktistadā jātā daṃpatyostu nareśvara |
tatprasaṃgātsamabhyarcya keśavaṃ lavaṇācalaṃ || 25 ||
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śayyā ca puṣpaprakaraiḥ pūjitābhūcca sarvaśaḥ |
athānaṃgavatī tuṣṭā tayordhānyaśatatrayam || 26 ||
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dīyatāmādideśātha kaladhautapalatrayaṃ |
na gṛhītaṃ tatastābhyāṃ mahāsatvāvalaṃbanāt || 27 ||
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anaṃgavatyā ca punastayorannaṃ caturvidhaṃ |
ānīya vyāhṛtaṃ cānnaṃ bhujyatāmiti bhūpate || 28 ||
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tābhyāṃ ca tadapi tyaktaṃ bhokṣyāvaḥ śvo varānane |
prasaṃgādupavāso nau tavādyāstu śubhāvahaḥ || 29 ||
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janmaprabhṛti pāpiṣṭhāvāvāṃ devi dṛḍhavrate |
tvatprasaṃgādbhavadgehe dharmaleśostu nāviha || 30 ||
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iti jāgaraṇaṃ tābhyāṃ tatprasaṃgādanuṣṭhitaṃ |
prabhāte ca tayā dattā śayyā salavaṇācalā || 31 ||
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grāmaśca gurave bhaktyā viprebhyo dvādaśaiva tu |
vastrālaṃkārasaṃyuktā gāvaśca kanakānvitāḥ || 32 ||
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bhojanaṃ ca suhṛnmitradīnāṃdhakṛpaṇaiḥ saha |
tacca lubdhakadāṃpatyaṃ pūjayitvā visarjitam || 33 ||
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sa bhavānlubdhako jātaḥ sapatnīko nṛpeśvaraḥ |
puṣkaraprakarāttasmātkeśavasya tu pūjanāt || 34 ||
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vinaṣṭāśeṣapāpasya tava puṣkaramaṃdiraṃ |
tasya satyasya māhātmyādalobhatapasā nṛpa || 35 ||
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prādātkāmagamaṃ yānaṃ lokanāthaścaturmukhaḥ |
saṃtuṣṭastava rājeṃdra puṣkaraṃ tvaṃ samāśraya || 36 ||
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kalpaṃ satvaṃ samāsādya vibhūtidvādaśīvrataṃ |
kuru rājeṃdra nirvāṇamavaśyaṃ samavāpsyasi || 37 ||
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etaduktvā tu sa munistatraivāṃtaradhīyata |
rājā yathoktaṃ ca punarakarotpuṣpavāhanaḥ || 38 ||
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idamācarato rājannakhaṃḍavratatā bhavet |
yathākathaṃcitkālena dvādaśadvādaśīrnṛpa || 39 ||
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kartavyā śaktito deva viprebhyo dakṣiṇā nṛpa |
jyeṣṭhe gāvaḥ pradātavyā madhyame bhūmiruttamā || 40 ||
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kaniṣṭhe kāṃcanaṃ deyamityeṣā dakṣiṇā smṛtā |
prathamaṃ brahmadaivatyaṃ dvitīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tathā || 41 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ rudradaivatyaṃ trayo devāstriṣu sthitāḥ |
iti kaluṣavidāraṇaṃ janānāṃ paṭhati ca yastu śṛṇoti cāpi bhaktyā || 42 ||
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matimapi ca sa yāti devaloke vasati ca romasamāni vatsarāṇi |
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi vratānāmuttamaṃ vrataṃ || 43 ||
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kathitaṃ tena rudreṇa mahāpātakanāśanam |
naktamabdaṃ caritvā tu gavāsārdhaṃ kuṭuṃbine || 44 ||
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haimaṃ cakraṃ triśūlaṃ ca dadyādviprāya vāsasī |
evaṃ yaḥ kurute puṇyaṃ śivaloke sa modate || 45 ||
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etadeva vrataṃ nāma mahāpātakanāśanam |
yasvekabhaktena kṣipeddhenuṃ vṛṣasamanvitām || 46 ||
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dhenuṃ tilamayīṃ dadyātsa padaṃ yāti śāṃkaram |
etadrudravrataṃ nāma bhayaśokavināśanam || 47 ||
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yaśca nīlotpalaṃ haimaṃ śarkarāpātrasaṃyutam |
ekāṃtaritanaktāśī samāṃte vṛṣasaṃyutam || 48 ||
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vaiṣṇavaṃ sa padaṃ yāti nīlavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
āṣāḍhādicaturmāsamabhyaṃgaṃ varjayennaraḥ || 49 ||
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bhojanopaskaraṃ dadyātsa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ |
janaprītikaraṃ nṝṇāṃ prītivratamihocyate || 50 ||
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varjayitvā madhau yastu dadhikṣīraghṛtaikṣavam |
dadyādvastrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi rasapātreṇa saṃyutam || 51 ||
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saṃpūjya vipramithunaṃ gaurī me prīyatāmiti |
etadgaurīvrataṃ nāma bhavānīlokadāyakam || 52 ||
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puṣyādau yastrayodaśyāṃ kṛtvā naktamatho punaḥ |
aśokaṃ kāṃcanaṃ dadyādikṣuyuktaṃ daśāṃgulam || 53 ||
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viprāya vastrasaṃyuktaṃ pradyumnaḥ prīyatāmiti |
kalpaṃ viṣṇupure sthitvā viśokassyātpunarnṛpa || 54 ||
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etatkāmavrataṃ nāma sadā śokavināśanam |
āṣāḍhādi vrate yastu varjayedyaḥ phalāśanam || 55 ||
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cāturmāsye nivṛtte tu ghaṭaṃ sarpirguḍānvitam |
kārtikyāṃ tatpunarhaimaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet || 56 ||
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sa rudralokamāpnoti śivavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
varjayedyastu puṣpāṇi hemaṃte śiśirāvṛte || 57 ||
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puṣpatrayaṃ ca phālgunyāṃ kṛtvā śaktyā ca kāṃcanam |
dadyāddvikālavelāyāṃ prīyetāṃ śivakeśavau || 58 ||
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datvā paraṃ padaṃ yāti saumyavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
phālgunādi tṛtīyāyāṃ lavaṇaṃ yastu varjayet || 59 ||
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samāṃte śayanaṃ dadyādgṛhaṃ copaskarānvitam |
saṃpūjya vipramithunaṃ bhavānī prīyatāmiti || 60 ||
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gaurīloke vasetkalpaṃ saubhāgyavratamucyate |
saṃdhyāmaunaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā samāṃte ghṛtakuṃbhakam || 61 ||
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vastrayugmaṃ tilānghaṃṭāṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet |
lokaṃ sārasvataṃ yāti punarāvṛttidurlabham || 62 ||
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etatsārasvataṃ nāma rūpavidyāpradāyakam |
lakṣmīmabhyarcya paṃcamyāmupavāsī bhavennaraḥ || 63 ||
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samāṃte hemakamalaṃ dadyāddhenusamanvitam |
sa vai viṣṇupadaṃ yāti lakṣmīḥ syājjanmajanmani || 64 ||
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etallakṣmīvrataṃ nāma duḥkhaśokavināśanam |
kṛtvopalepanaṃ śaṃbhoragrataḥ keśavasya ca || 65 ||
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yāvadabdaṃ punardeyā dhenurjalaghaṭastathā |
janmāyutaṃ sa rājā syāttataḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet || 66 ||
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etadāyurvrataṃ nāma sarvakāmapradāyakam |
aśvatthaṃ bhāskaraṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamyaikāgramānasaḥ || 67 ||
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ekabhaktaṃ naraḥ kuryādabdamekaṃ vimatsaraḥ |
vratāṃte vipramithunaṃ pūjyaṃ dhenutrayānvitam || 68 ||
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vṛkṣaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ dadyātsośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet |
etatkīrtivrataṃ nāma bhūtikīrtiphalapradam || 69 ||
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ghṛtena snapanaṃ kṛtvā śaṃbhorvā keśavasya vā |
akṣatābhiḥ sapuṣpābhiḥ kṛtvā gomayamaṃḍalam || 70 ||
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samāṃte hemakamalaṃ tiladhenusamanvitam |
śūlamaṣṭāṃgulaṃ dadyācchivaloke mahīyate || 71 ||
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sāmagāyanakaṃ caiva sāmavratamihocyate |
navamyāmekabhaktaṃ tu kṛtvā kanyāśca śaktitaḥ || 72 ||
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bhojayitvā samaṃ dadyāddhemakaṃcukavāsasī |
haimaṃ siṃhaṃ ca viprā yadadyācchivapadaṃ vrajet || 73 ||
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janmārbudaṃ surūpaḥ syācchatrubhiścāparājitaḥ |
etadvīravrataṃ nāma narāṇāṃ ca sukhapradam || 74 ||
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caitrādi caturomāsāñjalaṃ dadyāddayānvitaḥ |
vratāṃte maṇikaṃ dadyādannaṃ vastrasamanvitam || 75 ||
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tilapātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca brahmaloke mahīyate |
kalpāṃte bhūtijananamānaṃdavratamucyate || 76 ||
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paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ kṛtvā saṃvatsaraṃ vibhoḥ |
vatsarāṃte punardadyāddhenuṃ paṃcāmṛtānvitāṃ || 77 ||
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viprāya dadyācchaṃkhaṃ ca sapadaṃ yāti śāṃkaram |
rājā bhavati kalpāṃte dhṛtivratamidaṃ smṛtam || 78 ||
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varjayitvā pumānmāṃsaṃ vratāṃte goprado bhavet |
tadvaddhemamṛgaṃ dadyātsośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 79 ||
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ahiṃsāvratamityuktaṃ kalpāṃte bhūpatirbhavet |
kalyamutthāya vai snānaṃ kṛtvā dāṃpatyamarcayet || 80 ||
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bhojayitvā yathāśakti mālyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
sūryaloke vasetkalpaṃ sūryavratamidaṃ smṛtam || 81 ||
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āṣāḍhādi caturmāsaṃ prātaḥsnāyī bhavennaraḥ |
viprāya bhojanaṃ datvā kārtikyāṃ goprado bhavet || 82 ||
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sa vaiṣṇavapadaṃ yāti viṣṇuvratamidaṃ smṛtam |
ayanādayanaṃ yāvadvarjayetpuṣpasarpiṣī || 83 ||
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tadaṃte puṣpamannāni ghṛtadhenvā sahaiva tu |
datvā śivapadaṃ yāti viprāya ghṛtapāyasam || 84 ||
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etacchīlavrataṃ nāma śīlārogyaphalapradam |
yāvatsamaṃ bhavedyastu paṃcadaśyāṃ payovrataḥ || 85 ||
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samāṃte śrāddhakṛddadyādgāśca paṃca payasvinīḥ |
vāsāṃsi ca piśaṃgāni jalakuṃbhayutāni ca || 86 ||
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sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tārayecchatam || 87 ||
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kalpāṃte rājarājeṃdra pitṛvratamidaṃ smṛtam |
saṃdhyādīpa prado yastu ghṛtaistailaṃ vivarjayet || 88 ||
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samāṃte dīpakaṃ dadyāccakraṃ śūlaṃ ca kāṃcanam |
vastrayugmaṃ ca viprāya sa tejasvī bhavennaraḥ || 89 ||
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rudralokamavāpnoti dīptivratamidaṃ smṛtam |
kārtikādi tṛtīyāyāṃ prāśya gomūtra yāvakam || 90 ||
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naktaṃ caredabdamekamabdānte goprado bhavet |
gaurīloke vasetkalpaṃ tato rājā bhavediha || 91 ||
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etadrudravrataṃ nāma sadā kalyāṇakārakam |
varjayeccaturo māsānyastu gandhānulepanam || 92 ||
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śuktigandhākṣatāndadyādviprāya sitavāsasī |
vāruṇaṃ padamāpnoti dṛḍhavratamidaṃ smṛtam || 93 ||
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vaiśākhe puṣpalavaṇaṃ varjayedatha gopradaḥ |
bhūtvā viṣṇupade kalpaṃ sthitvā rājā bhavediha || 94 ||
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etacchāntivrataṃ nāma kīrtikāmaphalapradam |
brahmāṇḍaṃ kāñcanaṃ kṛtvā tilarāśi samanvitam || 95 ||
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ghṛtenānyaprado bhūtvā vahniṃ saṃtarpya sadvijam |
saṃpūjya vipradāṃpatyaṃ mālyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ || 96 ||
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śaktitastripalādūrdhvaṃ viśvātmā prīyatāmiti |
puṇye'hni dadyādapare brahma yātyapunarbhavam || 97 ||
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etadbrahmavrataṃ nāma nirvāṇaphaladaṃ nṛṇām |
yaścobhayamukhīṃ dadyātprabhūtasakalānvitām || 98 ||
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dinaṃ payovrataṃ tiṣṭhetsa yāti paramaṃ padam |
etadvai suvrataṃ nāma punarāvṛttidurlabham || 99 ||
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tryahaṃ payovrataḥ sthitvā kāñcanaṃ kalpapādapam |
palādūrdhvaṃ yathāśakti taṇḍulaprasthasaṃyutam || 100 ||
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dattvā brahmapadaṃ yāti bhīmavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
māsopavāsī yo dadyāddhenuṃ viprāya śobhanām || 101 ||
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sa vaiṣṇavapadaṃ yāti bhīmavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
dadyādviṃśatpalādūrdhvaṃ mahīṃ kṛtvā tu kāñcanīm || 102 ||
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dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhedrudraloke mahīyate |
dhanapradamidaṃ proktaṃ saptakalpaśatānugam || 103 ||
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māghemāsyatha caitre vā guḍadhenuprado bhavet |
guḍavrataṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ gaurīloke mahīyate || 104 ||
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mahāvratamidaṃ nāma paramānandakārakam |
pakṣopavāsī yo dadyādviprāya kapilādvayam || 105 ||
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sa brahmalokamāpnoti devāsurasupūjitaḥ |
kalpānte sarvarājā syātprabhāvratamidaṃ smṛtam || 106 ||
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vatsaraṃ tvekabhaktāśī sabhakṣyajalakuṃbhadaḥ |
śivaloke vasetkalpaṃ prāptivratamidaṃ smṛtam || 7 ||
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naktāśī tvaṣṭamīṣu syādvatsarāṃte tu dhenudaḥ |
pauraṃdaraṃ puraṃ yāti sugativratamucyate || 8 ||
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iṃdhanaṃ yo dadedvipre varṣādīṃścaturastvṛtūn |
ghṛtadhenupradoṃte ca sa paraṃ brahma gacchati || 109 ||
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vaiśvānaravrataṃ nāma sarvapāpapraṇāśanam |
ekādaśyāṃ tu naktāśī yaścakraṃ vinivedayet || 110 ||
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kṛtvā samāṃte sauvarṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ padamavāpnuyāt |
etatkṛṣṇavrataṃ nāma kalpāṃte rājyalābhakṛt || 111 ||
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pāyasāśī samāṃte tu dadyādviprāya goyugam |
lakṣmīloke vasetkalpametaddevīvrataṃ smṛtaṃ || 112 ||
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saptamyāṃ naktabhugdadyātsamāpte gāṃ payasvinīṃ |
sūryalokamavāpnoti bhānuvratamidaṃ smṛtam || 113 ||
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caturthyāṃ naktabhugdadyāddhemaṃte goyugaṃ tathā |
etadvaināyakaṃ nāma śivalokaphalapradam || 114 ||
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mahāphalāni yastyaktvā cāturmāsye dvijātaye |
haimāni kārtikedadyāddhomānte goyugaṃ tathā || 115 ||
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etatsauravrataṃ nāma sūryalokaphalapradam |
dvādaśādvādaśīryastu samāpyopoṣaṇe nṛpa || 116 ||
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govastrakāṃcanairviprānpūjayecchaktito naraḥ |
paraṃ padamavāpnoti viṣṇuvratamidaṃ smṛtam || 117 ||
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caturdaśyāṃ tu naktāśī samānte goyugapradaḥ |
śaivaṃ padamavāpnoti traiyaṃbakamidaṃ smṛtam || 118 ||
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saptarātroṣito dadyādghṛtakuṃbhaṃ dvijātaye |
varavratamidaṃ prāhurbrahmalokaphalapradam || 119 ||
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asau kāśīṃ samāsādya dhenuṃ datte payasvinīm |
śakraloke vasetkalpamidaṃ maṃtravrataṃ smṛtam || 120 ||
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mukhavāsaṃ parityajya samāṃte goprado bhavet |
vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnoti vāruṇavratamucyate || 121 ||
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cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāddhaimaṃ caṃdraṃ nivedayet |
caṃdravratamidaṃ proktaṃ caṃdralokaphalapradam || 122 ||
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jyeṣṭhe paṃcatapā yoṃte hemadhenuprado divam |
yātyaṣṭamīcaturdaśyo rudravratamidaṃ smṛtam || 123 ||
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sakṛdvidhānakaṃ kuryāttṛtīyāyāṃ śivālaye |
samāpte dhenudo yāti bhavānīvratamucyate || 124 ||
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māghe niśyārdravāsāḥ syātsaptamyāṃ goprado bhavet |
divikalpaṃ vasitveha rājā syātpavanavratam || 125 ||
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trirātropoṣito dadyātphālgunyāṃ bhavanaṃ śubham |
ādityalokamāpnoti dhāmavratamidaṃ smṛtam || 126 ||
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trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjya dāṃpatyamupavāsī vibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
dadanmokṣamavāpnoti mokṣavratamidaṃ smṛtam || 127 ||
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dattvāsitadvitīyāyāmiṃdau lavaṇabhājanam |
samāpte goprado yāti viprāya śivamaṃdiram || 128 ||
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kāṃsyaṃ savastraṃ rājendra dakṣiṇāsahitaṃ tathā |
samāpte gāṃ ca yo dadyātsa yāti śivamaṃdiram || 129 ||
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kalpāṃte rājarājassyātsomavratamidaṃ smṛtam |
pratipatsvekabhaktāśī samāpte ca phalapradaḥ || 130 ||
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vaiśvānarapadaṃ yāti śikhivratamidaṃ smṛtam |
haimaṃ paladvayādūrddhvaṃ rathamaśvayugānvitam || 131 ||
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dadyātkṛtopavāsaḥ sa divi kalpaśataṃ vaset |
tadaṃte rājarājassyādaśvavratamidaṃ smṛtam || 132 ||
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tadvaddhemarathaṃ dadyātkaribhyāṃ saṃyutaṃ punaḥ |
satyaloke vasetkalpaṃ sahasramapi bhūmipaḥ || 133 ||
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bhavedihāgato bhūmyāṃ karivratamidaṃ smṛtam |
daśamyāmekabhaktāśī samāpte daśadhenudaḥ || 134 ||
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dīpaṃ ca kāṃcanaṃ dadyādbrahmāṇḍādhipatirbhavet |
etadviśvavrataṃ nāma mahāpātakanāśanam || 135 ||
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kanyādānaṃ tu kārtikyāṃ puṣkare yaḥ kariṣyati |
ekaviṃśadguṇopeto brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati || 136 ||
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kanyādānātparaṃ dānaṃ naiva cāstyadhikaṃ kvacit |
puṣkare tu viśeṣeṇa kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ || 137 ||
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viprāya vidhivaddeyaṃ teṣāṃ lokokṣayo bhavet |
tilapiṣṭamayaṃ kṛtvā gajaṃ ratnasamanvitam || 138 ||
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viprāya ye prayacchaṃti jalamadhye sthitā narāḥ |
teṣāṃ caivākṣayo loko bhavitā bhūtasaṃplavam || 139 ||
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yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi vrataṣaṣṭhimanuttamām |
manvaṃtaraśataṃ sopi gaṃdharvādhipatirbhavet || 140 ||
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ṣaṣṭhivrataṃ bhārata puṇyametattavoditaṃ viśvajanīnamadya |
śrotuṃ yadīcchā tavarājarāja śṛṇu dvijāteḥ karaṇīyametat || 141 ||
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nairmalyaṃ bhāvaśuddhiścavināsnānaṃ na vidyate |
tasmānmanoviśuddhyarthaṃ snānamādau vidhīyate || 142 ||
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anuddhṛtairuddhṛtairvā jalaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret |
tīrthaṃ prakalpayedvidvānmūlamaṃtreṇa maṃtravit || 143 ||
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namo nārāyaṇāyeti mūlamaṃtra udāhṛtaḥ |
sadarbhapāṇirvidhinā ācāṃtaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ || 144 ||
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caturhastasamāyuktaṃ caturaśraṃ samaṃtataḥ |
prakalpyāvāhayedgaṃgāmebhirmaṃtrairvicakṣaṇaḥ || 145 ||
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viṣṇoḥ pādaprasūtāsi vaiṣṇavī viṣṇudevatā |
trāhi nastvenasastasmādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt || 146 ||
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tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt |
divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni te saṃti jāhnavi || 147 ||
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naṃdinītyeva te nāma deveṣu nalinīti ca |
dakṣā pṛthvī ca subhagā viśvakāyā śivāsitā || 148 ||
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vidyādharī suprasannā tathā lokaprasādinī |
kṣemā ca jāhnavī caiva śāṃtā śāṃtipradāyinī || 149 ||
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etāni puṇyanāmāni snānakāle prakīrttayet |
bhavetsannihitā tatra gaṃgā tripathagāminī || 150 ||
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saptavārābhijaptena karasaṃpuṭayojitam |
mūrdhni kuryājjalaṃ bhūyastricatuḥpaṃcasaptadhā || 151 ||
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snānaṃ kuryānmṛdātadvadāmaṃtrya tu vidhānataḥ |
aśvakrāṃte rathakrāṃte viṣṇukrāṃte vasuṃdhare || 152 ||
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mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam |
uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa kṛṣṇena śatabāhunā || 153 ||
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namaste sarvalokānāṃ prabhavoraṇi suvrate |
evaṃ snātvā tataḥ paścādācamya tu vidhānataḥ || 154 ||
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utthāya vāsasī śubhre śuddhe tu paridhāya vai |
tatastu tarpaṇaṃ kuryāttrailokyāpyāyanāya vai || 155 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ tarpayetpūrvaṃ viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ prajāpatīn |
devāyakṣāstathā nāgā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ || 156 ||
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krūrāssarpāḥ suparṇāśca taravo jaṃbhakādayaḥ |
vidyādharā jaladharāstathaivākāśagāminaḥ || 157 ||
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nirādhārāśca ye jīvā pāpadharmaratāśca ye |
teṣāmāpyāyanāyaitaddīyate salilaṃ mayā || 158 ||
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kṛtopavīto devebhyo nivītī ca bhavettataḥ |
manuṣyāṃstarpayedbhaktyā ṛṣiputrānṛṣīṃstathā || 159 ||
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sanakaśca sanaṃdaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ |
kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikhastathā || 160 ||
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sarve te tṛptimāyāṃtu maddattenāṃbunā sadā |
marīcimatryaṃgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum || 161 ||
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pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca |
devabrahmaṛṣīnsarvāṃstarpayetsākṣatodakaiḥ || 162 ||
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apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā savyaṃ jānu ca bhūtale |
agniṣvāttāṃstathā saumyānhaviṣmaṃtastathoṣmapān || 163 ||
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sukālino barhiṣadastathā caivājyapānpunaḥ |
saṃtarpayetpitṝnbhaktyā satilodakacaṃdanaiḥ || 164 ||
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sadarbhapāṇirvidhinā pitṝṃnsvāṃstarpayetattaḥ |
pitrādīnnāmagotreṇa tathā mātāmahānapi || 165 ||
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saṃtarpya vidhivadbhaktyā imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet |
yo bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye yenyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ || 166 ||
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te tṛptimakhilāyāṃ tu yepyasmattoyakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |
ācamya vidhinā samyagālikhetpadmamagrataḥ || 167 ||
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sākṣatādbhissapuṣpābhiḥ satilāruṇacaṃdanaiḥ |
arghyaṃ dadyātprayatnena sūryanāmānukīrtanaiḥ || 168 ||
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namaste viśvarūpāya namaste viṣṇurūpiṇe |
sarvadevanamastestu prasīda mama bhāskara || 169 ||
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divākara namastestu prabhākara namostu te |
evaṃ sūryaṃ namaskṛtya triḥ kṛtvā ca pradakṣiṇam || 170 ||
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dvijaṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā gṛhaṃ vrajet |
svagehasthāṃ tataḥ puṇyāṃ pratimāṃ cāpi pūjayet || 171 ||
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bhojanaṃ ca tataḥ paścāddvijapūrvaṃ ca kārayet |
anena vidhinā sarvaṝṣayaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ || 172 ||
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