Chapter 26

|| ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

śrīḥ-
saṃsārasāgarottārapotapādāmbujadvaya|
madutsavānte deveḍya vivāhotsavamāvayoḥ|| 26.1 ||
avaśyaṃ kāryamityuktaṃ tadvidhānaṃ vada prabho|
śrībhagavān-
kṣīrodamathanodbhūtaśramacchiccandrike rame|| 26.2 ||
tadvidhānaṃ pravakṣyāmi kṣīrābdhitanaye tava|
utsavāntyadināddevi parasmin divase guruḥ|| 26.3 ||
nityapūjāṃ purā kṛtvā devadevyostato rame|
namaste sindhu(1)tanaye namaścandrasahodari|| 26.4 ||
(1.gra. saṃbhūte)
namaḥ śrīvatsavāsinyai trayyantādyai namo namaḥ|
vaivāhikotsavārthaṃ tvaṃ prārthayāmi haripriye|| 26.5 ||
ataḥ karmaṇi bimbe'smin sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru bhārgavi|
iti vijñāpya lakṣmīṃ tāmāvāhya tadanantaram|| 26.6 ||
bhagavatsadanaṃ gatvā tamapi prārthayed guruḥ|
namo devādideveḍya sarvalokamaheśvara|| 26.7 ||
ṣāḍguṇyāmbhonidhe śārṅgin doṣaśūnya nirañjana|
udvāhotsavasiddhyarthaṃ bimbe'smin saṃnidhiṃ kuru|| 26.8 ||
itthaṃ saṃprārthya tadanu lakṣmīṃ lakṣmīśameva ca|
saṃsnāpya gandhatailādyaiḥ pratyekaṃ svarṇaviṣṭare|| 26.9 ||
vastrabhūṣaṇamālyādyairyajñasūtrairhiraṇmayaiḥ|
alaṃkṛtya samāropya (2)yātropakaraṇaissaha|| 26.10 ||
(2.gra. prākārabhramaṇaṃ caret|)
(3)prākārabhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā nayedudvāhamaṇḍapam|
(4)svarṇasiṃhāsane devaṃ devīṃ saṃsthāpya deśikāḥ|| 26.11 ||
(3.gra. yātropakaraṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ)
(4.gra. hemādiviṣṭare)
kuṇḍe vā sthaṇḍile vāpi divyāgniṃ prārthayettataḥ|
devadevyośca karayorbadhnīyāddhemakautukam|| 26.12 ||
madhuparkaṃ nivedyātha kuṇḍamadhye jagatprabhum|
devyā saha samabhyarcya namaskṛtya kṛtāñjaliḥ|| 26.13 ||
[oṃ namaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa nārāyaṇa jaganmaya|
abhirāma śarīreśa pītāmbarasamujjvala|| 26.14 ||]
kṣīrasāgarasaṃbhūtāṃ pārijātādisodarīm|
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām|| 26.15 ||
mahālakṣmīmimāṃ kanyāṃ tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi viṣṇave|
gṛhāṇa jagatāṃ yogakṣemāya puruṣottama|| 26.16 ||
iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ svarṇagobhūmibhiḥ saha|
haste bhagavato bhadre dadyādudakapūrvakam|| 26.17 ||
pāṇiṃ lakṣmyāstato viṣṇoḥ pāṇinā yojayed‌guruḥ|
devadevyau samabhyarcya madhuparkaṃ nivedya ca|| 26.18 ||
māṅgalyamaṇimādāya vaiṣṇavānāmanujñayā|
aparājitamantrādyairabimantrya ca sūtravat|| 26.19 ||
[kṣīrodamathanāyāse(sa?) phale(la?)rūpe madhudviṣaḥ|
namaścandrasahodaryai namaste'mṛtayonaye|| 26.20 ||]
samudratanaye mātarlakṣmīstvāṃ prārthayāmyaham|
māṅgalyasūtraṃ devena yuṣmatkuṇeḍe(kaṇṭha?) samarpaṇe|| 26.21 ||
niyojito'haṃ badhnāmi gṛhāṇa parameśvari|
iti vijñāpya badhnīyād devyāḥ kaṇṭhe hariṃ smaran|| 26.22 ||
sādhakena samaṃ devadevyorādāya pādukāḥ|
guruḥ purāgnibhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā puṃsūktamantrataḥ|| 26.23 ||
lājān hunecchriyaḥ sūktamuccaraṃstadanantaram|
bhūsūktena tataḥ kuryāt pratyekaṃ ca pradakṣiṇam|| 26.24 ||
tatastu lakṣmīgāyatryā samiccarughṛtaiḥ saha|
viṣṇugāyatriyā kuryāt pratyekaṃ dvādaśāhutīḥ|| 26.25 ||
tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ hutvā dvādaśākṣaravidyayā|
pañcopaniṣadā paścāt prāyaścittāhutīścaret|| 26.26 ||
vahnisthaṃ paramātmānaṃ lakṣmīṃ [ca] (5)saṃprārthayettayoḥ|
bimbayorvahnimudvāsya havirādīn nivedayet|| 26.27 ||
(5.gra. codvāsayettayoḥ|)
nīrājya devaṃ devīṃ ca dhanairviprāṃstu toṣayet|
niveditānnabhakṣyādi vaiṣṇavebhyaḥ pradāpayet|| 26.28 ||
sāyāhnasamaye prāpte prasūnādyairalaṃkṛtām|
śibikāṃ puṇyatoyena saṃprokṣya kamalāṃ vibhum|| 26.29 ||
āropya vastrabhūṣādyairmaṇḍayet puṣpadāmabhiḥ|
yātropakaraṇaiścaiva ghṛtadīpairanekaśaḥ|| 26.30 ||
dhāma pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vidhivaddeśikottamaḥ|
śibikāyāḥ śriyaṃ devaṃ ninayed garbhamandiram|| 26.31 ||
śayyāntaṃ pūjayedvidvān bhaṭṭācāryastu bhaktimān|
[evaṃ caturdinaṃ vāpi kuryāllaukikavartmanā|| 26.32 ||
jāmadagnyādidevīnāṃ vivāhaḥ smārtavartmanā]
itthaṃ lakṣmīṃ pratiṣṭhāpya vivāhaṃ yastu kārayet|| 26.33 ||
tasya gehe nityavāsaṃ śrīḥ karoti na saṃśayaḥ|
putrapautrādivṛddhiśca bhūmilābhaśca jāyate|
āyuṣmānnīrujo bhūtvā viṣṇulokamiyāttataḥ|| 26.34 ||

|| iti śrīśrīpraśnasaṃhitāyāṃ (6)ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||
(6.gra. `lakṣmīvivāhavidhirnāma' ityadhikam|)