Chapter 166

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devyuvāca |
prabhāse saṃsthitā yā tu sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā |
tasyāścaritraṃ me brūhi devadeva jagatpate || 1 ||
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vratamāhātmyasaṃyuktamitihāsasamanvitam |
pāti vratyakaraṃ strīṇāṃ mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam || 2 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
kathayāmi mahādevi sāvitryāścaritaṃ mahat |
prabhāsakṣetrasaṃsthāyāḥ sthala sthāne maheśvari |
yathā cīrṇaṃ vratakaraṃ sāvitryā rājakanyayā || 3 ||
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āsīnmadreṣu dharmātmā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |
pārthivo'śvapatirnāma paurajānapada priyaḥ || 4 ||
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kṣamāvānanapatyaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ |
prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāmājagāma sa bhūpatiḥ |
yātrāṃ kurvanvidhānena sāvitrīsthalamāgataḥ || 5 ||
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sa sabhāryo vratamidaṃ tatra cakre nṛpaḥ svayam |
sāvitrīti prasiddhaṃ yatsarvakāmaphalapradam || 6 ||
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tasya tuṣṭā'bhavaddevi sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā |
bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritītyeṣā sākṣānmūrtimatī sthitā || 7 ||
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kamaṃḍaludharā devī jagāmādarśanaṃ punaḥ |
kālena vahunā jātā duhitā devarūpiṇī || 8 ||
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sāvitryā prītayā dattā sāvitryāḥ pūjayā tathā |
sāvitrītyeva nāmā'syāścakre viprājñayā nṛpaḥ || 9 ||
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sā vigrāhavatīva śrīḥ prāvardhata nṛpātmajā |
sāvitrī sukumārāṃgī yauvanasthā babhūva ha || 10 ||
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yā sumadhyā pṛthuśroṇī pratimā kāñcanī yathā |
prāpteyaṃ devakanyā vā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ menire janāḥ || 11 ||
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sā tu padmā viśālākṣī prajvalatīva tejasā |
cacāra sā ca sāvitrī vrataṃ yadbhṛguṇoditam || 12 ||
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athopoṣya śiraḥsnātā devatāmabhigamya ca |
hutvāgniṃ vidhivadviprānvācayedvaravarṇinī || 13 ||
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tebhyaḥ sumanasaḥ śeṣāṃ pratigṛhya nṛpātmajā |
sakhīparivṛtā'bhyetya devī śrīvatsarūpiṇī || 14 ||
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sā'bhivādya pituḥ pādau śeṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nivedya ca |
kṛtāñjalirvarārohā nṛpateḥ pārśvataḥ sthitā || 15 ||
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tāṃ dṛṣṭvā yauvanaprāptāṃ svāṃ sutāṃ devarūpiṇīm |
uvāca rājā saṃmantrya putryarthaṃ saha mantribhiḥ || 16 ||
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putri pradānakālaste na hi kaścidvṛṇoti mām |
vicārayanna paśyāmi varaṃ tulyamihātmanaḥ || 17 ||
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devādīnāṃ yathā vācyo na bhaveyaṃ tathā kuru |
paṭhyamānaṃ mayā putri dharmaśāstreṣu ca śrutam || 18 ||
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piturgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā |
brahmahatyā pitustasya sā kanyā vṛṣalī smṛtā || 19 ||
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ato'rthaṃ preṣayāmi tvāṃ kuru putri svayaṃvaram |
vṛddhairamātyaiḥ sahitā śīghraṃ gacchāvadhāraya || 20 ||
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evamastviti sāvitrī procya tasmādviniryayau |
tapovanāni ramyāṇi rājarṣīṇāṃ jagāma sā || 21 ||
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mānyānāṃ tatra vṛddhānāṃ kṛtvā pādābhivandanam |
tato'bhigamya tīrthāni sarvāṇyevāśramāṇi ca || 22 ||
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ājagāma punarveśma sāvitrī saha maṃtribhiḥ |
tatrāpaśyata devarṣiṃ nāradaṃ purataḥ śucim || 23 ||
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āsīnamāsane vipraṃ praṇamya smitabhāṣiṇī |
kathayāmāsa tatkāryaṃ yenāraṇyaṃ gatā ca sā || 24 ||
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sāvitryuvāca |
āsīcchālveṣu dharmātmā kṣatriyaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ |
dyumatsena iti khyāto daivādandho vabhūva saḥ || 25 ||
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āryasya bālaputrasya dyumatsenasya rukmiṇā |
sāmantena hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ chidre'sminpūrvavairiṇā || 26 ||
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sa bālavatsayā sārdhaṃ bhāryayā prasthito vanam || 27 ||
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sa tasya ca vane vṛddhaḥ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ |
satyavāganurūpo me bharteti manasepsitaḥ || 28 ||
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nārada uvāca |
aho bata mahatkaṣṭaṃ sāvitryā nṛpate kṛtam |
bālasvabhāvādanayā guṇavānsatyavāgvṛtaḥ || 29 ||
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satyaṃ vadatyasya pitā satyaṃ mātā prabhāṣate |
satyaṃ vadeti munibhiḥ satyavānnāma vai kṛtam || 30 ||
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nityaṃ cāśvāḥ priyāstasya karotyaśvāśca mṛnmayān |
citre'pi ca likhatyaśvāṃścitrāśva iti cocyate || 31 ||
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satyavānraṃtidevasya śiṣyo dānaguṇaiḥ samaḥ |
brahmaṇyaḥ satyavādī ca śibirauśīnaro yathā || 32 ||
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yayātiriva codāraḥ somavatpriyadarśanaḥ |
rūpeṇānyatamo'śvibhyāṃ dyumatsenasuto balī || 33 ||
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eko doṣo'sti nānyaśca so'dyaprabhṛti satyavān |
saṃvatsareṇa kṣīṇāyurdehatyāgaṃ kariṣyati || 34 ||
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nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā duhitā prāha pārthivam || 35 ||
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sāvitryuvāca |
sakṛjjalpaṃti rājānaḥ sakṛjjalpaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ |
sakṛtkanyā pradīyeta trīṇyetāni sakṛtsakṛt || 36 ||
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dīrghāyurathavālpāyuḥ saguṇo nirguṇo'pi vā |
sakṛdvṛto mayā bhartā na dvitīyaṃ vṛṇomyaham || 37 ||
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manasā niścayaṃ kṛtvā tato vācā'bhidhīyate |
kriyate karmaṇā paścātpramāṇaṃ hi manastataḥ || 38 ||
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nārada uvāca |
yadyetadiṣṭaṃ bhavataḥ śīghrameva vidhīyatām |
avighnena tu sāvitryāḥ pradānaṃ duhitustava || 39 ||
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evamuktvā samutpatya nārūdastridivaṃ gataḥ |
rājā ca duhituḥ sarvaṃ vaivāhikamathākarot |
śubhe muhūrte pārśvasthairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ || 40 ||
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sāvitryapi ca taṃ labdhvā bhartāraṃ manaseptitam || |
mumude'tīva tanvaṃgī svargaṃ prāpyeva puṇyakṛt || 41 ||
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evaṃ tatrāśrame teṣāṃ tadā nivasatāṃ satām |
kālastu paśyatāṃ kiñcidaticakrāma pārvati || 42 ||
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sāvitryāstu tadā nāryāstiṣṭhantyāśca divāniśam |
nāradena yaduktaṃ tadvākyaṃ manasi vartate || 43 ||
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tataḥ kāle bahutithe vyatikrānte kadācana |
prāptaḥ kālo'tha martavyo yatra satyavrato nṛpaḥ || 44 ||
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jyeṣṭhamāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ rajanīmukhe |
gaṇayaṃtyāśca sāvitryā nāradoktaṃ vaco hṛdi || 45 ||
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caturthe'hani martavyamiti saṃciṃtya bhāminī |
vrataṃ trirātramuddiśya divārātraṃ sthitā'śrame || 46 ||
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tatastrirātraṃ nyavasatsnātvā saṃtarpya devatām |
śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ pādau vavaṃde cāruhāsinī || 47 ||
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atha pratasthe paraśuṃ gṛhītvā satyavānvanam |
sāvitryapi ca bhartāraṃ gacchaṃtaṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayāt || 48 ||
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tato gṛhītvā tarasā phalapuṣpasamitkuśān |
atha śuṣkāṇi cādāya kāṣṭhabhāramakalpayat || 49 ||
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atha pāṭayataḥ kāṣṭhaṃ jātā śirasi vedanā |
kāṣṭhabhāraṃ kṣaṇāttyaktvā vaṭaśākhāvalaṃbitaḥ || 50 ||
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sāvitrīṃ prāha śiraso vedanā māṃ prabādhate |
tavotsaṃge kṣaṇaṃ tāvatsvaptumicchāmi sundari || 51 ||
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viśramasva mahābāho sāvitrī prāha duḥkhitā |
paścādapi gamiṣyāmi hyāśramaṃ śramanāśanam || 52 ||
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yāvadutsaṃgagaṃ kṛtvā śirosya tu mahītale |
tāvaddadarśa sāvitrī puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam || 53 ||
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kirīṭinaṃ pītavastraṃ sākṣātsūryamivoditam |
tamuvācātha sāvitrī praṇamya madhurākṣaram || 54 ||
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kastvaṃ devo'thavā daityo yo māṃ dharṣitumāgataḥ |
na cāhaṃ kenacicchakyā svadharmāddeva rodhitum || 55 ||
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viddhi māṃ puruṣaśreṣṭha dīptāmagniśikhāmiva || 56 ||
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yama uvāca |
yamaḥ saṃyamanaścāsmi sarvalokabhayaṃkaraḥ || 57 ||
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kṣīṇāyureṣa te bhartā saṃnidhau te pativrate |
na śakyaḥ kiṃkarairnetumato'haṃ svayamāgataḥ || 58 ||
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evamuktvā satyavrataśarīrātpāśasaṃyutaḥ |
aṃguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ nicakarṣa yamo balāt || 59 ||
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atha prayātumārebhe paṃthānaṃ pitṛsevitam |
sāvitryapi varārohā pṛṣṭhato'nujagāma ha || 60 ||
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pativratatvāccāśrāṃtā tāmuvāca yamastathā |
nivarta gaccha sāvitri muhūrtaṃ tvamihāgatā || 61 ||
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eṣa mārgo viśālākṣi na kenāpyanugamyate || 62 ||
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sāvitryuvāca |
na śramo na ca me glāniḥ kadācidapi jāyate |
bhartāramanugacchantyā viśiṣṭasya ca saṃnidhau || 63 ||
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satāṃ santo gatirnānyā strīṇāṃ bhartā sadā gatiḥ |
vedo varṇāśramāṇāṃ ca śiṣyāṇāṃ ca gatirguruḥ || 64 ||
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sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ sthānamasti mahītale |
bharttāramekamutsṛjya strīṇāṃ nānyaḥ samāśrayaḥ || 65 ||
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evamanyaiḥ sumadhurairvākyairdharmārthasaṃhitaiḥ |
tutoṣa sūryatanayaḥ sāvitrīṃ vākyamabravīt || 66 ||
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yama uvāca |
tuṣṭo'smi tava bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya bhāmini |
sāpi vavre ca rājyaṃ svaṃ vinayāvanatānanā || 67 ||
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cakṣuḥprāptiṃ tathā rājyaṃ śvaśurasya mahātmanaḥ |
pituḥ putraśataṃ caiva putrāṇāṃ śatamātmanaḥ || 68 ||
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jīvitaṃ ca tathā bharturdharmasiddhiṃ ca śāśvatīm |
dharmarājo varaṃ dattvā preṣayāmāsa tāṃ tataḥ || 69 ||
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atha bhartāramāsādya sāvitrī hṛṣṭamānasā |
jagāma svāśramapadaṃ saha bhartrā nirākulā || 70 ||
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jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ ca tayā cīrṇaṃ vrataṃ tvidam |
māhātmyato'sya nṛpateścakṣuḥprāptirabhūtpuraḥ || 71 ||
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tataḥ svadeśarājyaṃ ca prāpa niṣkaṇṭakaṃ nṛpaḥ |
pitāsyāḥ putraśatakaṃ sā ca lebhe sutāñchatam || 72 ||
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evaṃ vratasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ sakalaṃ mayā || 73 ||
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devyuvāca |
kīdṛśaṃ tadvrataṃ deva sāvitryā caritaṃ mahat |
tasmiṃstu jyeṣṭhamāse hi vidhānaṃ tasya kīdṛśam || 74 ||
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kā devatā vrate tasminke mantrāḥ kiṃ phalaṃ vibho |
vistareṇa maheśa tvaṃ brūhi dharmaṃ sanātanam || 76 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
śrūyatāṃ devadeveśi sāvitrīvratamā darāt |
kathayāmi yathā cīrṇaṃ tayā satyā maheśvari || 76 ||
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trayodaśyāṃ tu jyeṣṭhasya dantadhāvanapūrvakam |
trirātraṃ niyamaṃ kuryādupavāsasya bhāmini || 77 ||
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aśaktastu trayodaśyāṃ naktaṃ kuryājjitendriyaḥ |
ayācitaṃ caturdaśyāṃ hyupavāsena pūrṇimām || 78 ||
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nityaṃ snātvā taḍāge vā mahānadyāṃ ca nirjhare |
pāṃḍukūpe tu suśroṇi sarvasnānaphalaṃ labhet || 79 ||
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viśeṣātpūrṇimāyāṃ tu snānaṃ sarṣapamṛjjalaiḥ || 80 ||
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gṛhītvā vālukaṃ pātre prasthamātre yaśasvini |
athavā dhānyamādāya yavaśālitilādikam || 81 ||
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tato vaṃśamaye pātre vastrayugmena veṣṭite |
sāvitrīpratimāṃ kṛtvā sarvāvayavaśobhitām || 82 ||
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sauvarṇīṃ mṛnmayīṃ vāpi svaśaktyā dārunirmitām |
raktavastradvayaṃ dadyātsāvitryā brahmaṇaḥ sitam || 83 ||
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sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇā sārdhamevaṃ śaktyā prapūjayet |
gandhaiḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca dhūpanaivedyadīpakaiḥ || 94 ||
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pūrṇakośātakaiḥ pakvaiḥ kūṣmāṇḍakarkaṭīphalaiḥ |
nālikeraiḥ sakharjūraiḥ kapitthairdāḍimaiḥ śubhaiḥ || 85 ||
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jaṃbūjaṃbīranāriṃgairakṣoṭaiḥ panasaistathā |
jīrakaiḥ kaṭukhaṇḍaiśca guḍena lavaṇena ca || 86 ||
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virūḍhaiḥ saptadhānyaiśca vaṃśapātraprakalpitaiḥ |
raṃjayetpaṭṭasūtraiśca śubhaiḥ kuṃkumakesaraiḥ || 87 ||
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avatāraṃ karotyevaṃ sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā || 88 ||
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tāmarccayīta mantreṇa sāvitryā brahmaṇā samam |
itareṣāṃ purāṇokto maṃtro'yaṃ samudāhṛtaḥ || 89 ||
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oṃkārapūrvake devi vīṇāpustakadhāriṇi |
vedāṃbike namastubhyamavaidhavyaṃ prayaccha me || 90 ||
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evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivajjāgaraṃ tatra kārayet |
gītavāditraśabdenanaranārīkadaṃbakam |
nṛtyaddhasannayedrātriṃ nṛtyaśāstraviśāradaiḥ || 91 ||
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sāvitryākhyānakaṃ cāpi vācayīta dvijottamān |
yāvatprabhātasamayaṃ gītabhāvarasaiḥ saha || 92 ||
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vivāhamevaṃ kṛtvā tu sāvitryā brahmaṇā saha |
paridhāpya sitairvastrairdaṃpatīnāṃ tu saptakam || 93 ||
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gṛhadānaṃ pradātavyaṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam |
brāhmaṇe vedaviduṣe sāvitrīṃ vinivedayet || 94 ||
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atha sāvitrīkalpajñe sāvitryākhyānavācake |
daivajñe hyuñchavṛttisthe daridre cāgnihotriṇi || 95 ||
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evaṃ dattvā vidhānena tasyāṃ rātrau nimantrayet |
paurṇamāsyāṃ vaṭādhastāddaṃpatīnāṃ caturdaśa || 96 ||
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tataḥ prabhātasamaye uṣaḥkāla upasthite |
bhakṣyabhojyādikaṃ sarvaṃ sāvitrīsthalamānayet || 97 ||
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pākaṃ kṛtvā tu śucinā rakṣāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ |
brāhmaṇāngṛhiṇīyuktāṃstata āhvānayetsudhīḥ || 98 ||
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sāvitryāḥ sthalake tatra kṛtvā pādābhiṣecanam |
susnātānbrāhmaṇāṃstatra sabhāryānupaveśayet || 99 ||
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sāvitryāḥ purato devi daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ dadet |
tenāhaṃ bhojitastatra bhavāmīha na saṃśaya || 100 ||
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dvitīyaṃ bhojayedyastu bhojitastena keśavaḥ |
lakṣmyāḥ sahāyo varado varāṃstasya prayacchati || 101 ||
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sāvitryā sahito brahmā tṛtīye bhojito bhavet |
ekaikaṃ bhojanaṃ tatra koṭibhojasamaṃ smṛtam || 102 ||
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aṣṭādaśaprakāreṇa ṣaḍrasīkṛtabhojanam |
devyāstatra mahādevi sāvitrīsthalasannidhau || 103 ||
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vidhavā na kule tasya na vaṃdhyā na ca durbhagā |
na kanyājananī cāpi na ca syādbharturapriyā |
aṣṭau doṣāstu nārīṇāṃ na bhavaṃti kadācana || 104 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena sāvitryagre ca bhojanam |
dātavyaṃ sarvadā devi kaṭunīlavivarjitam || 105 ||
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na cāmlaṃ na ca vai kṣāraṃ strīṇāṃ bhojyaṃ kadācana |
paṃcaprakāraṃ madhuraṃ hṛdyaṃ sarvaṃ susaṃskṛtam || 106 ||
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ghṛtapūrṇāpūpakāśca bahukṣīrasamanvitāḥ |
pūpakāstādṛśāḥ kāryā dvitīyā'śokavartikā || 107 ||
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tṛtīyā pūpikā kāryā kharjureṇa samanvitāḥ |
caturthaścaiva saṃyāvo guḍājyābhyāṃ samanvitaḥ || 108 ||
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āhlādakāriṇī puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ cātīva vallabhā |
dhanadhānyajanopetaṃ nārīnaraśatākulam |
pūpakaistu kulaṃ tasyā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 109 ||
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na jvaro na ca saṃtāpo duḥkhaṃ ca na viyogajam |
aśokavartidānena kulānāmekaviṃśatiḥ || 110 ||
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vadhūbhiśca sutaiścaiva dāsīdāsairanantakaiḥ |
pūritaṃ ca kulaṃ tasyāḥ pūrikā yā prayacchati || 111 ||
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putriṇyo vai duhitaro vadhūbhiḥ sahitāḥ kule |
śikhariṇīpradātrīṇāṃ yuvatīnāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 112 ||
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modate ca kulaṃ sarvaṃ sarvasiddhiprapūritam |
modakānāṃ pradānena evamāha pitāmahaḥ || 113 ||
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etacca gauriṇīnāṃ tu bhojanaṃ hi viśiṣyate || 114 ||
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subhagā putriṇī sādhvī dhanaṛddhisamanvitā |
sahasrabhojinī devi bhavejjanmanijanmani || 115 ||
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pānāni caiva mukhyāni hṛdyāni madhurāṇi ca |
drākṣāpānaṃ tu ciṃcāyāḥ pānaṃ guḍasamanvitam || 116 ||
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sarasena tu toyena kṛtakhaṇḍena vai śubham |
suvāsinīnāṃ peyaṃ vai dātavyaṃ ca dvijanmanām || 117 ||
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itarairitarāṇyeva varṇayogyāni yāni ca |
surabhīṇi ca pānāni tāsu yogyāni dāpayet || 118 ||
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pratipūjya vidhānena vastradānaiḥ sakaṃcukaiḥ |
kuṅkumenānuliptāṃgāḥ sragdāmabhiralaṃkṛtāḥ |
gaṃdhairdhūpaiśca saṃpūjya nālikerānpradāpayet || 119 ||
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netrāṇāṃ cāñjanaṃ kṛtvā sindūraṃ caiva mastake |
pūgīphalāni hṛdyāni vāsitāni mṛdūni ca |
haste dattvā sapātrāṇi praṇipatya visarjayet || 120 ||
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svayaṃ ca bhojayetpaścādbaṃdhubhirbālakaiḥ saha || 121 ||
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athavā naiva saṃpadyettīrthe caiva tu bhojanam |
gṛhe gatvā prabhoktavyaṃ tuṣṭā devī yathā bhavet || 112 ||
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evameva pitṝṇāṃ ca āgamya sve ca mandire |
piṇḍapradānapūrvaṃ tu śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ |
pitarastasya tuṣṭā vai bhavanti brahmaṇo dinam || 123 ||
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tīrthādaṣṭaguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ svagṛhe dadataḥ śubhe |
na ca paśyanti vai nīcāḥ śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ dvijātibhiḥ || 124 ||
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ekānte tu gṛhe gupte pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamiṣyate |
nīcaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ tattu pitṝṇāṃ nopatiṣṭhati || 125 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrāddhaṃ guptaṃ ca kārayet |
pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ proktaṃ svayameva svayaṃbhuvā || 126 ||
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gaurībhojyādikā yā tu utsargātkriyate kriyā |
rājasī sā samākhyātā janānāṃ kīrtidāyinī || 127 ||
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idaṃ dānaṃ sadā deyamātmano hita micchatā |
śrāddhe caiva viśeṣeṇa yadīcchetsāttvikaṃ phalam || 128 ||
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idamudyāpanaṃ devi sāvitryāstu vratasya ca |
sarvapātakaśuddhyarthaṃ kāryaṃ devi naraiḥ sadā |
akāmataḥ kāmato vā pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt || 129 ||
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iha loke tu saubhāgyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ varāḥ striyaḥ |
bhavaṃti vividhāsteṣāṃ yairyātrā tatra vai kṛtā || 130 ||
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idaṃ yātrāvidhānaṃ tu bhaktyā yaḥ kurute naraḥ |
śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva pramucyate || 131 ||
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jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sāvitrīsthalake śubhe |
pradakṣiṇā yaḥ kurute phaladānairyathāvidhi || 132 ||
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aṣṭottaraśataṃ vāpi tadardhārdhaṃ tadardhakam |
yaḥ karoti naro devi sṛṣṭvā tatra pradakṣiṇām || 133 ||
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agamyāgamanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ jñānācca mānavaiḥ |
anyāni pātakānyevaṃ naśyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ || 134 ||
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yairgatvā sthalake saṃdhyā sāvitryāḥ samupāsitā |
svapatnyāścaiva hastena pāṃḍukūpajalena ca || 135 ||
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bhṛṃgārakanakenaiva mṛnmayenātha bhāmini |
ānīya tu jalaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃdhyopāstiṃ karoti yaḥ |
tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi bhavetsaṃdhyā hyupāsitā || 136 ||
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aśvamedhaphalaṃ snāne dāne daśaguṇaṃ tathā |
upavāse tvanaṃtaṃ ca kathāyāḥ śravaṇe tathā || 137 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye sāvitrīvratavidhipūjanaprakārodyāpanādikathanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 166 ||
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