Chapter 148

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| adhyāya || 148 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthamaṅgārakaṃ śivam |
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram || 1 ||
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caturthyaṅgārakadine saṃkalpya kṛtaniścayaḥ |
snāyādastaṃ gate sūrye sandhyopāsanatatparaḥ || 2 ||
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pūjayellohitaṃ bhaktyā gandhamālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
saṃsthāpyasthaṇḍile devaṃ raktacandanacarcitam || 3 ||
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aṅgārakāyeti namaḥ karṇikāyāṃ prapūjayet |
kujāya bhūmiputrāya raktāṅgāya suvāsase || 4 ||
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harakopodbhavāyeti svedajāyātibāhave |
sarvakāmapradāyeti pūrvādiṣu daleṣu ca || 5 ||
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evaṃ sampūjya vidhivaddadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ |
bhūmiputra mahāvīrya svedodbhava pinākinaḥ || 6 ||
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aṅgāraka mahātejā lohitāṅga namo'stu te |
karakaṃ vārisaṃyuktaṃ śālitaṃdulapūritam || 7 ||
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sahiraṇyaṃ savastraṃ ca modakopari saṃsthitam |
brāhmaṇāya nivedyaṃ tatkujo me prīyatāmiti || 8 ||
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arghaṃ dattvā vidhānena raktacandanavāriṇā |
raktapuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ tilataṃdulamiśritam || 9 ||
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kṛtvā tāmramaye pātre maṇḍale vartule śubhe |
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ gataḥ || 10 ||
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mantrapūtaṃ mahābhāga dadyādarghyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ |
tato bhuñjīta maunena kṣāratilāmlavarjitam || 11 ||
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snigdhaṃ mṛdusamadhuramātmanaḥ śreya icchatā |
evaṃ caturthe samprāpte caturthyaṅgārake nṛpa || 12 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ kārayeddevaṃ yathāśakti surūpiṇam |
sthāpayettāmrake pātre guḍapīṭhasamanvite || 13 ||
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gandhapuṣpādibhirdevaṃ pūjayedguḍasaṃsthitam |
īśānyāṃ sthāpayeddevaṃ guḍatoyasamanvitam || 14 ||
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kāsāreṇa tathāgneyyāṃ sthāpayetkarakaṃ param |
raktatandulasaṃmiśraṃ nairṛtyāṃ vāyugocare || 15 ||
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sthāpayenmodakaiḥ sārdhaṃ caturthaṃ karakaṃ budhaḥ |
sūtreṇa veṣṭitagrīvaṃ gandhamālyairalaṃkṛtam || 16 ||
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śaṅkhatūryaninādena jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ |
raktāmbaradharaṃ vipraṃ raktamālyānulepanam || 17 ||
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vedimadhyagataṃ vāpi mahadāsanasaṃsthitam |
surūpaṃ subhagaṃ śāntaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam || 18 ||
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vedavidyāvratasnātaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam |
pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ vācayetpāṇḍunandana || 19 ||
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raktāṃ gāṃ ca tato dadyādraktenānaḍuhā saha |
prīyatāṃ bhūmijo devaḥ sarvadaivatapūjitaḥ || 20 ||
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vipraṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya patnīputrasamanvitaḥ |
pitṛmātṛsuhṛtsārddhaṃ kṣamāpya ca visarjayet || 21 ||
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evaṃ kṛtasya tasyātha tasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ |
yatpuṇyaṃ phalamuddiṣṭaṃ tatte sarvaṃ vadāmyaham || 22 ||
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sapta janmāni rājendra surūpaḥ subhago bhavet |
tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 23 ||
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akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra tīrthe mṛto naraḥ |
aṅgārakapuraṃ yāti devagandharvapūjitaḥ || 24 ||
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upabhujya yathānyāyaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān |
iha mānuṣyaloke vai rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ || 25 ||
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surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ |
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ || 26 ||
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