Chapter 23

oṃ |
śrīmatpāṃcarātradivyāgame śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitāyāṃ |
trayoviṃśodhyāyaḥ |
dhvajārohaṇadevatāhvānavidhiḥ |
mahotsava vidhāne |
brahma |
brahma praśnaḥ |
bhagavanpuṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇāgatavatsala |
mahotsavaḥ kadhaṃ kaści tkīdṛktasya phalaṃ cakim. || 1 ||
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mama jijñāsa manasaḥ vistarādvada me prabho |
bhagavatprativacanaṃ |
śrībhagavān |
mahotsava praśastata |
brahmannārādhana midaṃ śreyaḥkāmai ranuṣṭhitam. || 2 ||
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matprītijanakaṃ bhadraṃ mahotsava manuṣṭitam |
purāvṛtravadhe tāta tatpāpasya praśāṃtaye. || 3 ||
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deveṃdreṇāpi matprītyai kṛtame tanmahotsavam |
utsavaśabdārdhaḥ |
vidhānaṃtasya vakṣyāmi utsavasya viśeṣataḥ. || 4 ||
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savassāṃsārikaṃduḥkha muttaraṃti tadaṃbudhim |
kartāyitica vidvāṃ so nircṛvaṃ tyutsavāhvāyam. || 5 ||
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utsavabhedāḥ |
nityonaimittikaḥ kāmya strividha ssamahotsavaḥ |
pāpāpanodanaikāṃtaṃ karturāyu rvivarthanam. || 6 ||
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prajānāmapi rāṣṭranya sarvābhyudayasādhakam |
durbhikṣadurnimittādi ghorāṇāṃ śāṃtidaṃparam. || 7 ||
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dharmārthakāma mokṣāṇāṃ puruṣārdhapradaṃ śubham |
dīrdhanakṣatra nirṇayaḥ |
araṃbhe devayāgānā muttarāyaṇa muttamam. || 8 ||
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darśetu paurṇamāsyāṃca dvādasyāṃ śravaṇepivā |
ayane viṣuvecaiva rohiṇyāṃ tu punarvasā. || 9 ||
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adhikapāṭhāṇi |
anyeṣu puṇyatithiṣu grahaṇādika parvasu |
yajamānyajanmarkṣe pratiṣṭhāṛkṣaketathā |
niścitya tīrthadivasaṃ yāgakarma samārabhet |
utsava divasa nirṇayaḥ |
dvādaśāhaṃ na vāhaṃvā saptāhaṃ vā caturmukha. || 10 ||
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paṃcāhaṃ tyrahaṃcāpi caikāhaṃvā mahotsavam |
dhvajakarṇa nirṇayaḥ |
ekāhaॆ ca trayāhe ca dhvajakarma na kārayet. || 11 ||
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yāgamaṃṭapa lakṣaṇaṃ |
devālayasya caiśānye pūrvava dyāgamaṃṭapam |
daśahastāyataṃ yadvā navahastāyaṃtaṃ tuvā. || 12 ||
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paṃcahastāyataṃ vāpi vistārāyāma saṃmitam |
caturdvāra samāyuktaṃ maṃṭapaṃ parikarbayet. || 13 ||
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maṃṭapasya caturdikṣu kāraye nmahatīṃ prapām |
madhyetasya mahāvedīṃ hastochredāṃ manoharām. || 14 ||
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nirmāyata ccaturdikṣu kuṃḍāni parikalpayet |
āśraṃ cāpaṃ tadhāvṛttaṃ triśraṃpūrdāditaḥkramāt. || 15 ||
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yadvaikaṃcaturaśraṃvā kalpayetkartu ricchayā |
śālālaṃkaraṇaṃ |
aśvaddhatoraṇādīni pūrvava dbaṃdhaye ttataḥ. || 16 ||
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sṛkksṛvaukāraye daṣṭa maṃgaḷāni yadhākramam |
kṣāmaiḥkārpāsakai ścitraiścitrayenmaṃṭapa prapām. || 17 ||
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staṃbhāṃśca veṣṭayetkṣaumaiḥ rmuktādāmānilaṃbayet |
staṃbheṣu dīpānāropya patākābhi rvibhūṣayet. || 18 ||
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śubhrairvitānairbadhnī yātpuṣpamālyaiśca śobhayet |
evaṃ śālāmalaṃkṛtya ācāryādīna varettataḥ || 19 ||
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ṛtvigvaraṇaṃ |
ṛtvijaṣṣoḍaśabrahman yadvāṣṭau caturopivā |
teca bhūṣya yadhāvittaṃ svarṇahārāṃbarādibhi || 20 ||
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sugaṃdhadravyalepaiśca uṣṇīṣairūrthvapuṃḍrakaiḥ |
alaṃkāryā yadhā vittaṃ yajamānena bhaktitaḥ. || 21 ||
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utsavāraṃbhaḥ |
devasya snapanaṃ kuryā dutsacāraṃbhaṇāṃtayoḥ |
utsavāraṃbhaṇā tbūrvaṃ dhvajārohaṇa mucyate || 22 ||
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dhvajārohaṇa pūrvedyu raṃkurārpaṇa mācaret |
kauśeyevā dhakārpāse paṭe garuḍamālikhet. || 23 ||
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dhvajapaṭa lakṣaṇaṃ |
daśahasta samāyāmaṃ vistāraṃ paṃcahastakam |
tanmadhye navatālena garuḍaṃ kāṃcanaprabham. || 24 ||
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nīla nāsāgrasaṃyuktaṃ kuṃcitaṃ savyapādakam |
pakṣavikṣepasaṃyuktaṃ śvetāṃbaradharaṃ vibhum. || 25 ||
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gagane gamanākāraṃ lalāṭe racitālakam |
hārakeyūrasaṃyuktaṃ nūpurābharaṇojvalam. || 26 ||
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nāgeṃdrābharaṇaṃ devaṃ garuḍaṃ lekhya yatnataḥ |
paṃcavarṇaiścitrayitvā śilpinānyena vā guruḥ || 27 ||
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adhikapāṭhāṇi |
chatracāmarakuṃbhādi maṃgaḷāni yadhākramaṃ |
paṭasya pārśve patimān yadhāvithi samālikhet |
garuḍādhivāsaḥ |
tatpaṭaṃ gṛhyadhāmādi prādakṣiṇyena deśikaḥ |
praveśaye dyāgabhūmiṃ paṭaṃdhānyedhivāsayet. || 28 ||
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nayanonmīlanādīni pratiṣṭhāyāmi vā caret |
darpaṇe snapanaṃkṛtvā śayyāyāṃ śoyaye dguruḥ || 29 ||
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tatpaṭasya ca vāyavye dhānya taṃḍulamaṃḍale |
vinyasya ca mahākuṃbhaṃ uttare karakaṃ nyaset. || 30 ||
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aṣṭadikṣyaṣṭakalaśān śāstralakṣaṇa saṃyutān |
saṃsthāpya madhyame kuṃbhe garuḍaṃ vedarūpiṇam. || 31 ||
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āvāhyarakarake cakra miṃdrādī naṣṭadikṣuca |
naivedyāṃtaṃtu saṃpūjya paṭasthaṃ garuḍaṃ tataḥ || 32 ||
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ādhivāsa homaṃ |
saṃśodhyaśoṣaṇādibhyaḥ kuṃḍāgniṃjvālayettataḥ |
darbhamūlena paryagniṃ kṛtvā deśikasattamaḥ. || 33 ||
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prāṇapratiṣṭhāḥ |
tatvānāṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhāra nyāsahomaucakārayet |
kuṃbhasthaśaktiṃ kūrcena samādāya paṭenyaset. || 34 ||
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tataḥ prāṇapratiṣṭhāṃ ca gāruḍanyāsa pūrvakam |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭobhūtvā prārthaye dvinatāsutam. || 35 ||
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garuḍaprārdhanā |
ehideva maṣābhāga vainateya mahābala |
sānnidhyaṃ kurupakṣīṃdra prasīdātra namostute. || 36 ||
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āhūtaḥ karmaṇāsiddhiṃ kurutvaṃ vinatāsuta |
āhūtavyāstrayo lokāḥ devasyotsavasaṃpadi. || 37 ||
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gāyatyrāni hageśasya pūjaye dupacārakaiḥ |
prabhātegrāma pradakṣiṇaṃ |
prabhāte tatpaṭaṃ nyasya śibikādau yadhodite. || 38 ||
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nartagāyakanāditra vedaghoṣa samanvitam |
dhvajārohaṇavithiḥ |
grāmapradakṣiṇenaiva devāgāraṃ praveśayet. || 39 ||
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dhvajasthaṃbhasamīporvīṃ gatvādhvajapaṭenatu |
adhikapāṭhāṇi |
ālaṃkṛtyadhvajasthānaṃ staṃbhaṃ ca tu yadhocitaṃ |
darbhamālādibhiḥ puṣpaiḥ pallavaiśca gurussvaya |
puṇyāhaṃvācayitvātu tūryavāditranisvanaiḥ |
puṇyai rabliṃgakai rmaṃtrai stsaṃbhaṃ saṃprokṣyavāriṇā. || 40 ||
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viṣṇusūktaṃ samuccārya darbhasūtreṇa veṣṭayet |
staṃbhāvaṭe ratna loha thātubījāni nikṣipet. || 41 ||
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staṃbhāgrepaṭamābadhya suvarṇosītimaṃtrataḥ |
ratnanyāsakṛtegarte staṃbhamūlaṃ dṛḍhaṃ yathā. || 42 ||
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pratiṣṭhāpanamaṃtreṇa sthāpaye ddeśikottamaḥ |
devasyābhimukhaṃ sthāpya paṭasthaṃ vinatāsutaṃ. || 43 ||
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caturdikṣu caturdevā nāvāhyavidhipūrvakam |
garuḍaprārthanā |
garuḍaṃ prārthaye ttatra gādhayāpakṣyamāṇayā. || 44 ||
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pakṣīṃdrapakṣavikṣepa taraṃgānila saṃpadā |
nirastāsurasaṃnnāha samare śatrusūdana. || 45 ||
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sannidhatsyapaṭeyāva dutsavāvabṛthāṃtikam |
evaṃ vijñāpyapakṣīśaṃ tadārabhya dinedine. || 46 ||
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kāladvaye cārcanīyaṃ yāvattīrtha dināvadhi |
evaṃ kṛtvātu sāyāhne devatāhvānamācaret. || 47 ||
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bherīpūjāsthānaśudthiḥ |
devasya dakṣiṇe pārśve upaviśyāsaneśubhe |
caraṇaṃ pavitramaṃtreṇa bhuvaṃ prakṣāḷyavāriṇā. || 48 ||
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viṣṇorarāṭamaṃtreṇa darbhai ssaṃmārjaye tkramāt |
gaṃdhadvāretimaṃtreṇa gomayena vilepayet. || 49 ||
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āpavuṃdaṃtu maṃtreṇa raṃgavallīḥ prakalpayet |
akṣatān vikiredbhūmau devasya tveti maṃtrataḥ. || 50 ||
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dhānyama syetimaṃtreṇa dhānyapīṭhaṃ prakalpayet |
śannodevīti maṃtreṇa padmapatrairalaṃkṛtiḥ. || 51 ||
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trātāraṃ maṃtramuccārya padmaṃmadhye samālikhet |
dhanvanāgetimaṃtreṇa darbhairūrdhvaṃ paristaret. || 52 ||
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mūrthnāna mitimaṃtreṇa samaskuryādbhuvaṃ guruḥ |
nyasetkoṇa catuṣṭeṣu ghṛtadīpa catuṣṭayam. || 53 ||
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viṣvakcenapūjā puṇyāhādi |
viṣvaksenaṃ vrapūjyādha puṇyāhaṃ vācayettataḥ |
tajjalaiḥprokṣayedbherī māpavuṃdaṃtu maṃtrataḥ. || 54 ||
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agni rāyuṣma maṃtreṇa prokṣaye tsarvavādyakān |
aryamāyeti tadbherīṃ vinyasedthānyaviṣṭhare. || 55 ||
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saṃsthāpyabherīṃ tanmathye devānāvāhaye tkramāt |
bhaॆryathi devatā vāhanaḥ |
bhūteśaṃ ca mahābhūtaṃ viṣṇubhaktaṃ gadādharam. || 56 ||
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prajāpatiṃ sūryacaṃdrau śeṣaṃ bhūmātṛkāstataḥ |
vācaspatiṃ saptaṛṣī nnaṃdīśaṃ ca samarcayet. || 57 ||
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mardaḷādyupavādyāni |
mardaḷaṃ kāhaḷaṃ śaṃkhaṃ mṛdaṃgaṃ vallakīṃ tadhā |
saṭahaṃ jhallarīṃ kāṃśya tāḷa miṃdrādiṣu kramāt || 58 ||
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paritaḥsthāpya tadbāhye sthāpaye nnṛttagāyakān |
paṭasthaṃ garuḍaṃ pūjya bherīmāveṣṭhyavānasā. || 59 ||
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kadviṣṇo ritimaṃtreṇa bherītāḍana mācaret |
śrīsūktaṃtu samuccāryasarvavādyāni ghoṣayet. || 60 ||
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devatāhvānaṃ |
kumudādigaṇānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmaṇa stataḥ |
rudrāṇāṃcaiva sarveṣā māhvānaṃ samyagācaret. || 61 ||
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tattaddevāditṛptyarthaṃ tattattāḷāni ghoṣayet |
balipradānavithiḥ |
tatastusotsavaṃ biṃbaṃ śrībhūmibhyāṃsamanvitam. || 62 ||
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śibikādau samāropya cālaṃkṛtya viśeṣataḥ |
balibereṇa nahito bhrāmaye tkramayogataḥ. || 63 ||
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nṛttagītayutai rvādyai ssarvaiḥ parijanai ssaha |
arghyaidgaṃdhaiśca mālyaiśca tāṃbūlairdhūpadīpakaiḥ || 64 ||
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vimānadvāra mārabhya grāmavīdhyāṃta mevaca |
pāyasena baliṃ dadyāddevatāhvānapūrvakam. || 65 ||
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grāmasya prāgbhāge kartavyabaliḥ |
grāmasyadiśi pūrvasyāṃ prāṅmukhassaṃsthitoguruḥ |
devatāvāhanaṃ kuryāsmaṃtreṇānena deśikaḥ. || 66 ||
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āgacchatāmaragaṇāḥ prāgāśāṃyedhīśerate |
virūpāśca surūpāśca saparyāmudyatāmimām. || 67 ||
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gṛhītvāpāṃtu nastṛptāḥ kumudasyānuyāyivaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ || 68 ||
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maṃtreṇānena kumudān sagaṇān pūjayetkramāt |
gaṃdhādidīpaparyaṃtaṃ pāyasānnaṃ baliṃ kṣipet. || 69 ||
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tāṃbūlaṃ ca samarpyādha tattatsaṃgīta tāḷakaiḥ |
saṃtoṣayettataḥ paścātprāpyāgneyāṃdiśaṃguruḥ || 70 ||
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āgneya digbhāga baliḥ |
āgacchatāmaragaṇā yegnyāśāmadhiśerate |
bhīmabhīmamukhāraudrā saparyāmudyatāmimām. || 71 ||
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gṛhītvāṃpāṃtunastṛptāḥ kumudākṣānuyāyinaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamonamaḥ. || 72 ||
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anenakumudākṣaṃtu toṣayitvātupūrvavat |
dakṣiṇabhāge |
āgacchatāṃ pitṛgaṇāḥ yāmyāśāṃyedhiśerate. || 73 ||
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dāruṇādāruṇācārā ssaparyā mudyatāmimām |
gṛhītvāpāṃtunastṛptāḥ puḍarīkānuyāyinaḥ || 74 ||
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mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ |
anenapuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ samāvāhya ca pūrvavat. || 75 ||
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nairutibhāge |
āgacchatāṃ yātudhānāḥ koṇeśāṃyedhiśerate |
kravyāśanaḥ krūradhiya ssavaryāmudyatāmimām. || 76 ||
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gṛhītvāpāṃtu nastṛptā vāmanasyānuyāyinaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ. || 77 ||
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ityevaṃ nirṛtiṃpūjya pratīcīṃdi śamāśritaḥ |
paścimadigbhāge |
āgacchatāhi prathamāḥ pratīcyāṃyedhiśerate. || 78 ||
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mahāviṣādaṃdaśūkā ssaparyāmudyatāmimām |
gṛhītvāpāṃtunastṛptā śśaṃkurṇānu yāyinaḥ || 79 ||
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mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ |
iti saṃpūjyavaruṇaṃ vāyadīṃti śamāśritaḥ. || 80 ||
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vāyavyabhāge |
āyāṃtugaṃdharvagaṇāḥ vāyuvyāśāṃyedhiśerate |
saṃdarśanābhīmavegā ssaparyāmudyatāmimām. || 81 ||
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gṛhītvāpāṃtuna stṛptā ssarpanetrāmayāyinaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāntebhonamostuvaḥ. || 82 ||
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vāyumevaṃtusaṃpūjya kauberīṃ diśamāśritaḥ |
uttaradigbhāge |
āgacchatāṃ yakṣagaṇaḥ udīcīyedhiśerate. || 83 ||
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virūpā daṃḍahastāśca saparyāmudyatāmimām |
gṛhītvāpāṃtu nastṛptā ssumukhasyānuyāyivaḥ. || 84 ||
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adhikapāṭhāṇi |
idthaṃ kubera mabhyarcya māheśvaradiśaṃgataḥ |
āyāṃtu paiśācakagaṇāḥ raudrāśāṃyedhiśerate. || 85 ||
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saśūlāyudhahastāśca saparyāmudyatāmimāṃ |
gṛhītvāpāṃtunastṛptā ssupratiṣṭhānuyāyinaḥ || 86 ||
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mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ. || 87 ||
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evaṃ saṃpūjyagrāmasya madhyaṃgatvādhadeśikaḥ |
āgacchatāṃ siddhagaṇāḥ gaganaṃyedhi śerate. || 88 ||
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śucaya ssatyahṛdayā ssaparyāmudya tāmimām |
gṛhītvāpāṃtunastṛptāḥ pṛsnigarbhānuyāyivaḥ. || 89 ||
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mahaṃtvimamupāyāṃtu pkītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ |
evaṃ saṃpūjyagaganaṃ pṛdhivīṃ pūjayettataḥ || 90 ||
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āgaccatādharagaṇāḥ pṛdhivīṃyedhiśerate |
bahurūpā bahujñānā ssaparyāmudya tāmimām. || 91 ||
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gṛhītvāpāṃtu nastṛptā mānavasyānuyāyivaḥ |
mahaṃtvi mamupāyāṃtu prītāstebhyonamostuvaḥ. || 92 ||
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āvāhyatoṣayedevaṃ tattaddevasyatṛptaye |
tato nṛttaiśca tāḷaiśca toṣayitvātu deśikaḥ. || 93 ||
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bherītāḍana pūrvaṃtu devatāvāhanaṃ caret |
grāmamevaṃ paribhrāmya ālayaṃ saṃpraviśyaca. || 94 ||
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dhvajasthānaṃ samāsādya saṃpūjyagaruḍaṃ tataḥ |
tāḷādinṛttagītaiśca viṣvakcenaṃtu toṣayet. || 95 ||
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