Chapter 77

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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
prabhavatyayamākāśe nityaṃ dvijavara prabho |
ko'yaṃ ko vā prabhāvosya kutra jāto ghṛṇīśvaraḥ || 1 ||
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kiṃ karoti hi kāryaṃ vai yato raśmimayo bhṛśam |
devairmunivaraissiddhaiścāraṇairdaityarākṣasaiḥ || 2 ||
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nikhilairmānuṣaiḥ pūjyaḥ sadaiva brāhmaṇādibhiḥ |
vyāsa uvāca |
paramaṃ brahmaṇastejo brahmadehādvinissṛtam || 3 ||
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sākṣādbrahmamayaṃ viddhi dharmakāmārthamokṣadam |
mayūkhairnirmalaiḥ kūṭamaticaṃḍaṃ suduḥsaham || 4 ||
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dṛṣṭvā pradudruvurlokāḥ karaiścaṃḍaiḥ prapīḍitāḥ |
tataśca sāgarāḥ sarve varanadyo nadādayaḥ || 5 ||
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śuṣyaṃti jaṃtavastatra mriyaṃte cāturā janāḥ |
atha śakrādayo devā brahmāṇaṃ samupāgatāḥ || 6 ||
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imamarthaṃ tadā procurdevāṃśca vidhirabravīt |
ādirbrahmatanordevāḥ sattvago janakaḥ prabhuḥ || 7 ||
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ayaṃ rajomayaḥ sākṣātsudhāṃśustanumadhyagaḥ |
etābhyāṃ pālitā lokāstrailokye sacarācarāḥ || 8 ||
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divyopapādakā devā ye vātraiva jarāyujāḥ |
aṃḍajāḥ svedajāścaiva ye vātraivodbhijjādayaḥ || 9 ||
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sūryasyāsya prabhāvaṃ tu vaktumeva na śaknumaḥ |
anena rakṣitā lokā janitāḥ pālitā dhruvam || 10 ||
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asyaiva sadṛśo nāsti sarveṣāṃ parirakṣaṇāt |
yaṃ ca dṛṣṭvāpyuṣaḥkāle pāparāśiḥ pralīyate || 11 ||
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tamārādhya janā mokṣaṃ sādhayaṃti dvijātayaḥ |
saṃdhyopāsanakāle tu viprā brahmavidaḥ kila || 12 ||
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udbāhavo bhavaṃtyeva te ca devaprapūjitāḥ |
asyaiva maṃḍalasthāṃ ca devīṃ saṃdhyāsvarūpiṇīṃ || 13 ||
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samupāsya dvijāssarve labhaṃte svargamokṣakau |
dharāyāṃ patitocchiṣṭāḥ pūtāste cāsya raśmibhiḥ || 14 ||
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saṃdhyopāsanamātreṇa kalmaṣātpūtatāṃ vrajet |
dṛṣṭvā cāṃḍālakaṃ goghnaṃ patitaṃ kuṣṭhasaṃgatam || 15 ||
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mahāpātakasaṃkīrṇamupapātakasaṃvṛtam |
paśyaṃti ye narāssūraṃ te pūtā gurukilbiṣāt || 16 ||
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asyopāsanamātreṇa sarvarogātpramucyate |
nāṃdhatvaṃ na ca dāridryaṃ duḥkhaṃ na ca śocyatām || 17 ||
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labhate ca ihāmutra samupāsya virocanam |
adṛṣṭā naiva lokaiśca devā hariharādayaḥ || 18 ||
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dhyānarūpapragamyāste dṛṣṭo devo hyayaṃ smṛtaḥ |
devā ūcuḥ |
astu prasādanārādhyaścāstūpāsanapūjanam || 19 ||
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asyaiva darśanaṃ brahmanpralayānalasaṃmitam |
sarve narādayassatvā mṛtāvasthāṃ gatā bhuvi || 20 ||
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asya tejaḥprabhāveṇa praṇaṣṭāssāgarādayaḥ |
na samarthā vayaṃ soḍhuṃ kathamanye pṛthagjanāḥ || 21 ||
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tasmāttavaprasādācca pūjayāmo yathā ravim |
yajaṃti ca narā bhaktyā tadupāyo vidhīyatām || 22 ||
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devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā gato brahmakhageśvaram |
gatvā stotuṃ samārebhe sarvalokahitāya vai || 23 ||
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devatvaṃ sarvalokasya cakṣurbhūto nirāmayaḥ |
brahmarūpadharaḥ sākṣādduṣprekṣyaḥ pralayānalaḥ || 24 ||
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sarvadevasthitastvaṃ hi sadā vāyusakhastanau |
annādipācanaṃ tvatto jīvanaṃ ca bhaveddhruvam || 25 ||
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utpattipralayau deva tvameko bhuvaneśvaraḥ |
tvadṛte sarvalokānāṃ dinaikaṃ nāsti jīvanam || 26 ||
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prabhustvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ trātā goptā pitā prasūḥ |
carācarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvatprasādāddhṛtaṃ jagat || 27 ||
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deveṣu tvatsamo nāsti bhagavaṃstvakhileṣu ca |
sarvatra te'sti sadbhāvastvayaiva dhāritaṃ jagat || 28 ||
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rūpagaṃdhādikārī tvaṃ rasānāṃ svādutā tvayā |
evaṃ viśveśvaraḥ sūro nikhilasthitikārakaḥ || 29 ||
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tīrthānāṃ puṇyakṣetrāṇāṃ makhānāṃ jagataḥ prabho |
tvamekaḥ prayato hetussarvasākṣī guṇākaraḥ || 30 ||
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sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca hartā pātā sadotsukaḥ |
dhvāṃtapaṃkāmayaghnaśca dāridryaduḥkhanāśanaḥ || 31 ||
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pretyeha ca paro baṃdhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvalocanaḥ |
tvadṛte sarvalokānāmupakārī na vidyate || 32 ||
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āditya uvāca |
pitāmaha mahāprājña viśveṃdra viśvabhāvaka |
brūhi śīghraṃ paraṃ yatte kariṣyāmi mataṃ vidhe || 33 ||
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brahmovāca |
mayūkhastvaticaṃḍaśca lokānāmatiduḥsahaḥ |
yathaiva mṛdutāmeti tathā kuru sureśvara || 34 ||
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āditya uvāca |
kiraṇāḥ koṭikoṭirme lokanāśakarāḥ parāḥ |
na cābhīṣṭakarā loke prayogācchindhi tānprabho || 35 ||
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tato viriṃcinā tūrṇaṃ ravivākyavaśāddhruvaṃ |
āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ kṛtvā vajramayīṃ bhrami || 36 ||
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ciccheda ca raverbhānūnpralayānalasannibhān |
taireva racitaṃ tatra viṣṇoścakraṃ sudarśanam || 37 ||
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amoghaṃ yamadaṃḍaṃ ca śūlaṃ paśupatestathā |
kālasya ca paraḥ khaḍgaśśaktirgurupramodinī || 38 ||
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caṃḍikāyāḥ paraṃ śastraṃ vicitraṃ śūlakaṃ tathā |
cakre brahmājñayā śīghraṃ tenaiva viśvakarmaṇā || 39 ||
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sahasrakiraṇaṃ śiṣṭamanyaccaiva praśātitam |
ajanopāyabhāvena punaśca kaśyapānmune || 40 ||
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aditergarbhasaṃjāta āditya iti vai smṛtaḥ |
ayaṃ carati viśvāṃte meruśṛṃgaṃ bhramatyapi || 41 ||
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sadordhvaṃ dinarātraṃ ca dharaṇyā lakṣayojane |
grahāścaṃdrādayastatra caraṃti vidhinoditāḥ || 42 ||
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sūraḥ saṃcarate māsāndvādaśadvādaśātmakaḥ |
saṃkramādasya saṃkrāṃtiḥ sarvaireva pratīyate || 43 ||
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tāsu yadvā phalaṃ brūmo lokānāṃ nikhilaṃ mune |
dhanurmithunamīneṣu kanyāyāṃ ṣaḍaśītayaḥ || 44 ||
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vṛṣavṛścikakuṃbheṣu siṃhe viṣṇupadī smṛtā |
tarpaṇaṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi dānaṃ devārcanaṃ tathā || 45 ||
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ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi ṣaḍaśītau phalaṃ bhavet |
viṣṇupadyāṃ tu lakṣaṃ tu ayane koṭikoṭakaṃ || 46 ||
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viṣṇupadyāṃ tu yaddānamakṣayaṃ parikīrtitaṃ |
dāturvadāmi sānnidhyaṃ sadā janmanijanmani || 47 ||
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śīte tūlapaṭīdānānna duḥkhaṃ jāyate tanau |
tulādāne talpadāne dvayorevākṣayaṃ phalaṃ || 48 ||
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sarvopakaraṇāṃ śayyāṃ yo dadāti vimatsaraḥ |
varṇamukhyāya viprāya sa rājapadavīṃ labhet || 49 ||
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tathaivāgniṃ jalaṃ datvā nadītīre pathiprage |
datvā ca tailatāṃbūlamūrvyā adhipatirbhavet || 50 ||
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satyabhāvāddvijaṃ natvā dhanī cākṣayatāṃ vrajet |
māghe māsyasite pakṣe paṃcadaśyāmaharmukhe || 51 ||
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pitṝṃstilajalaireva tarpayitvākṣayo divi |
sulakṣaṇāṃ ca gāṃ datvā hemaśṛṃgāṃ maṇiprabhām || 52 ||
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raupyakhurapradeśāṃ ca tathā kāṃsyasudohanām |
etāṃ datvā dvijāgryāya sārvabhaumo bhavennṛpaḥ || 53 ||
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datvānnābharaṇaṃ rājā maṃḍaleśo dhanīśvaraḥ |
tiladhenuṃ tu yo dadyātsarvopaskaraṇānvitām || 54 ||
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saptajanmārjitātpāpānmukto nāke'kṣayo bhavet |
bhojyānnaṃ brāhmaṇe datvā akṣayaṃ svargamaśnute || 55 ||
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dhānyaṃ vastraṃ tathā bhṛtyaṃ gṛhapīṭhādikaṃ ca yat |
yo dadāti dvijāgryāya taṃ ca lakṣmīrna muṃcati || 56 ||
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yatkiṃciddīyate dānaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu |
akṣayaṃ paralokeṣu yugādyāsu tathaiva ca || 57 ||
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yadvā devārcanaṃ stotraṃ dharmākhyānapratiśravaḥ |
punāti sarvapāpebhyo divi pūjyo bhavatyasau || 58 ||
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tṛtīyā māghamāsasya sitā manvaṃtarā smṛtā |
tasyāṃ yaddīyate dānaṃ sarvamakṣayamucyate || 59 ||
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dhanaṃ bhogyaṃ tathā rājyaṃ nākaṃ kalpāṃtarasthitam |
tasmāddānaṃ satāṃ pūjā pretyānaṃtaphalapradā || 60 ||
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manvaṃtarā tu māghe syātsaptamī yā śitītarā |
tithiḥ puṇyatamā proktā purāṇairabhirakṣitā || 61 ||
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māghamāse site pakṣe saptamī koṭibhāskarā |
tāmupoṣya naraḥ puṇyāṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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sūryagrahaṇatulyā hi śuklā māghasya saptamī |
aruṇodayavelāyāṃ tasyāṃ snānaṃ mahāphalam || 63 ||
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yacca tatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mayā saptasu janmasu |
tanme rogaṃ ca śokaṃ ca bhāskarī haṃtu saptamī || 64 ||
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jananī sarvabhūtānāṃ saptamī saptasaptike |
saptamyāmudite devi namaste ravimaṃḍale || 65 ||
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arkapatraṃ yavāḥ puṣpaṃ sugaṃdhaṃ badarīphalam |
tatpatre tāmrapātre vā yuktamānīya taṇḍulam || 66 ||
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yajñasūtraṃ sasiṃdūraṃ datvā cārghaṃ suśobhanam |
sarvapāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti saptajanmakṛtaṃ ca yat || 67 ||
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narakaiḥ pīḍyate tāvadrogaiḥ pāpaiśca duḥkhadaiḥ |
haviṣyaṃ bhojayedannaṃ śuddhamātapataṃḍulaiḥ || 68 ||
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varjayecca śilāghṛṣṭaṃ śṛṃgaberaṃ tu śākakam |
koradūṣakapatraṃ ca raṃbhācchāgīghṛtaṃ tathā || 69 ||
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keśakīṭādikaṃ varjyamuṣṇodasnānameva ca |
alpabījādikaṃ sarvaṃ vrate sūrasya varjayet || 70 ||
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anyacca nācarettatra dharmaciṃtāṃ vinā vratī |
sauravrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ purāṇairabhinaṃditam || 71 ||
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varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi varṣakoṭiśatāni ca |
ādityasya samaṃ bhogyaṃ labhate divi śāśvatam || 72 ||
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evaṃ svargakṣayādeva rājā bhūmau mahādhanī |
martyaloke purābhyāsātkaroti bhāskaravratam || 73 ||
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tathā svayaṃ sukhaṃ bhogyaṃ labhate divi śāśvatam |
ārogyaṃ saṃpadaṃ janmī bhāskarasya prasādataḥ || 74 ||
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ravivāre bhavedyā ca saptamī māghaśuklake |
mahājayeti vikhyātā anyatra vijayā smṛtā || 75 ||
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vijayā koṭilakṣaṃ syādanaṃtaṃ syānmahājayā |
tatraikena vratenaiva mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt || 76 ||
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aśvaratnaṃ suvarṇaṃ ca raktavastraṃ ca dhānyakam |
dadāti bhāskara prītyā svarga martyapatiḥ kramāt || 77 ||
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eṣāṃ bhedaṃ pravakṣyami śṛṇu vipra yathārthavat |
uttamābharaṇairyuktaṃ sadvāhaṃ yo dadāti ha || 78 ||
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samudraissaptabhirjuṣṭāṃ bhūmimetyārivarjitām |
labhedbhavāṃtare martyamekenaikādhipo bhavet || 79 ||
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aśvahīnaṃ ca patrāṃgaṃ vṛṣabhairvāpyalaṃkṛtam |
hemamāṣaṃ dvimāṣaṃ vā dakṣiṇā vihitā budhaiḥ || 80 ||
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ratnabhāṃḍaṃ mahārthaṃ ca haimaireva kṛtaṃ ca yat |
svarṇaṃ vā kevalaṃ datvā triviṣṭapadhaneśvaraḥ || 81 ||
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raktavastraṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca śaktito yaḥ prayacchati |
svargorvyorīśatāmeti na taṃ lakṣmīrvimuṃcati || 82 ||
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arogī suprasannātmā dasyujetā pratāpavān |
yāvatprabhāsate bhānustāvatpūjyatamo hi saḥ || 83 ||
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māghādau dvādaśīṃmāyāṃ saptamīṃ kārayetsa tu |
ihābhīṣṭaphalaṃ bhuktvā suraiścaiva prapūjyate || 84 ||
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arkāṅgasaptamī vrataṃ kṛtvā ca vidhivadbudhaḥ |
pāpātpūta ihābhīṣṭaṃ saṃprāpya muktimāpnuyāt || 85 ||
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lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi māsi māsi ca yo vidhiḥ |
vratasyāsya prasādācca surāṇāmarcito divi || 86 ||
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śuklapakṣe ravidine pravṛtte cottarāyaṇe |
puṃnāmadheyanakṣatre gṛhṇīyātsaptamīvratam || 87 ||
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hasto maitraṃ tathā puṣyaḥ śravo mṛga punarvasu |
puṃnāmadheya nakṣatrāṇyetānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || 88 ||
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paṃcamyāmekabhaktaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhyāṃ naktaṃ prakīrtitam |
saptamyāmupavāsaṃ ca aṣṭamyāṃ pāraṇaṃ bhavet || 89 ||
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arkāgraṃ śucigomayaṃ sumaricaṃ toyaṃ phalaṃ cāśnute |
mūlaṃ naktamupoṣaṇaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvaikabhaktaṃ tathā |
kṣīraṃ vāpyaśanaṃ ghṛtāktamiti ca proktāḥ krameṇāmunā |
kṛtvā vāsarasaptamīṃ dinakṛtaḥ prāpnotyabhīṣṭaṃ phalaṃ || 90 ||
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arkāgraṃ grāmātpūrvottaradiggatārkaviṭapasya śākhāgrasthitaṃ |
viśiṣṭaṃ sūkṣmapatradvayaṃ satoyaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ |
śucigomayaṃ bhūmāvapatitaṃ madyāṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ palamātraṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam |
sumaricamavraṇamapurātanaṃ sthūlamavaśuṣkamekaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam |
toyaṃ brahmapitraṅgulīmūlaprasaraṃ pātavyamphalaṃ kharjūranārikelānāmanyatamaṃ daṃtairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ ghṛtāktamiti cāhāraṃ mayūraḍiṃbhaparimāṇaṃ |
ghṛtamapi tatparimāṇam || 91 ||
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ātmano dviguṇāṃ chāyāṃ yadā kurvīta bhāskaraḥ |
tadā naktaṃ vijānīyānna naktaṃ niśibhojanaṃ || 92 ||
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prathamaṃ pūjayeddevaṃ phalapuṣpādimaṃtrakaiḥ |
annadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādvidhyuktaparimāṇakaṃ || 93 ||
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tato dhyānam |
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaṃ |
dvibhujaṃ raktavarṇaṃ ca raktapaṃkajadhṛtkaraṃ || 94 ||
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tejobiṃbaṃ bahujalamadhyasthaṃ saparicchadaṃ |
padmāsanagataṃ devaṃ raktagaṃdhānulepanaṃ || 95 ||
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ādityaṃ ciṃtayeddevaṃ pūjākāle viśeṣataḥ |
atha maṃtraścāyaṃ |
bhāskarāya vidmahe sahasraraśmaye dhīmahi tannaḥ sūryaḥ pracodayāt || 96 ||
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japya eṣa paraḥ proktaḥsaptamyāṃ vijayāvahaḥ |
karavīraiḥ karaṃjaiśca raktakuṃkumasannibhaiḥ || 97 ||
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paścācca pāraṇā kāryā tathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
aṣṭamyāmeva kartavyaṃ navamyāṃ naiva pāraṇaṃ || 98 ||
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vrate phalaṃ na cāpnoti navamyāṃ pāraṇe kṛte |
pāraṇaṃ tvaparāhṇe tu kaṭutiktāmlavarjitaṃ || 99 ||
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taṃḍulaṃ śodhayedyatnāttṛṇabījādikaṃ tyajet |
mudga māṣa tilādīni ghṛtaṃ ca parivarjayet || 100 ||
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brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā śaktaḥ kṣīrādihavyakaiḥ |
yathāśaktyannapānaiśca vyaṃjanaiśca nirāmiṣaiḥ || 101 ||
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viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādvibhajya cānurūpataḥ |
imāmanaṃtaphaladāṃ yaḥ kuryātsaptamīṃ naraḥ || 102 ||
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sarvapāpapraśamanīṃ dhanaputravivardhanīm |
māsi māsi dvijaśreṣṭha vrataṃ kṛtvārkatuṣṭaye || 103 ||
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yaḥ kuryātpāraṇaṃ bhaktyā sūryalokaṃ sa gacchati |
kalpakoṭiṃ vasetsvarge tato yāti parāṃ gatiṃ || 104 ||
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idameva paraṃ guhyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ śaṃbhunā purā |
śravaṇātsatataṃ tasya vratasya paripālanāt |
śrāvayedvāpi lokasya phalaṃ tulyaṃ prakīrtitaṃ || 105 ||
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iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe arkāṅgasaptamīvrataṃnāma |
saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 77 ||
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