Chapter 17

atha saptadaśaḥ paṭalaḥ ||
atha vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepādadhivāsanamuttamam |
yadyogājjāyate'rcāyāṃ sadā sannihito hariḥ || 1 ||
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astradagdho karau jātāvanyau tattvamayau smaret |
praṇavāṅguṣṭhakau kāryau tau svarāṅguliparvakau || 2 ||
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sabindukatalau sargapuṣṭhagau vāmadakṣiṇau |
vyañjanāni pṛthaṅ nyasya nādamaṅguṣṭhayornyaset || 3 ||
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recayitvā tato vāyuṃ praviśet tatra pūrake |
vidyākośaṃ tataḥ paścādānupūrvyeṇa mantravit || 4 ||
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mahābhūtamayaṃ dehaṃ dharmādharmasamanvitam |
śuṣkaṃ dagdhaṃ kramād dhyātvā plāvitaṃ ca svabījakaiḥ || 5 ||
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bindurūpayutaṃ dhyāyedātmānaṃ vyomnyavasthitam |
yathā siktād bhaved bījādaṅkurastadvadātmanaḥ || 6 ||
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prabhavaṃ cintayed divyaṃ praṇavatvamupāgatam |
triguṇāmaṣṭadhīyuktaṃ prakṛtiṃ tāṃ vidurbudhāḥ || 7 ||
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ādyāvakārau buddhyākhyau ikārau cāpyahaṅkṛtiḥ |
mano dvau tatparau vyomapañcatattvaṃ svarāntikam || 8 ||
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ātmajīvodaraśrotrajihvāghrākṣitvacaḥ kramāt |
ūṣmāntasthāḥ śiraḥkūṭaṃ bāhujaṅghe ca vargaśaḥ || 9 ||
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kavargo'ṅgulayaḥ sarvāḥ sthūladeho'yamīdṛśaḥ |
sūryāmbujasthaṃ vāgīśaṃ vāgīśvaryā samanvitam || 10 ||
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sarvaśaktiyutaṃ mantramaṣṭabāhuṃ hariṃ smaret |
divākarasahasrābhaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ surāsuraiḥ || 11 ||
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brahmarandhreṇa dehāntaḥ praviśantaṃ vicintayet |
vyāpakaṃ vinyasenmūlamaṅgāni ca yathākramam || 12 ||
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ātmānaṃ sarvagaṃ dhyātvā sarvajñaṃ viṣṇumavyayam |
kuryād bhāvānvito viṣyaṇoradhivāsanamuttamam || 13 ||
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bimbābimāninaṃ jīvaṃ tārakalpitamāhṛtam |
dhyānenātmaikatāṃ nītvā pṛthivyādīni saṃharet || 14 ||
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śuṣkadagdhāplutorvyapsu tā vahnau so'nile sa khe |
pañcatattvamayaṃ viśvaṃ vilīnaṃ vyomni bhāvayet || 15 ||
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tanmanogarvadhīmāyākramāt tāreśvaraṃ nayet |
tāṃ svāmavyākṛtiṃ māyāmadhiṣṭhāya sisṛkṣayā || 16 ||
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nādātmā parameṣṭhyādipañcakaṃ sakalaṃ sṛjet |
praṇavātmā svayaṃ viṣṇurnakārādiṣu mūrtayaḥ || 17 ||
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vāsudevādayaḥ kāntāḥ khādi kṣmāntaṃ ca pañcakam |
sthūladeho'yamākhyātastasya viṣṇoḥ ṣaḍātmanaḥ || 18 ||
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so'niruddhābjasambhūtaḥ pṛthivyātmā prajāpatiḥ |
sargabhinnādato viṣṇorjāta ityaja ucyate || 19 ||
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sa sṛṣṭvā pūrvamaptattvaṃ sasarjāṇḍaṃ ca pārthivam |
evaṃ sṛṣṭvā jātā caturdaśajaganmayī || 20 ||
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tadaṇḍaṃ pañcabhūtātmabhūtaṃ śubhraṃ hiraṇmayam |
bimbaṃ dhyātvā svayaṃ viṣṇurjīvaṃ saṃkrāmayeddhṛtam || 21 ||
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sa viṣṇustārajīvātmā nādibhiḥ pañcaśaktibhiḥ |
lipimūlāṅgavinyāsaiḥ sakalo'ṣṭabhujo bhavet || 22 ||
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śayane sthāpayitvā'rcāṃ tato hutvā ghṛtaṃ kramāt |
kuryāt ṣoḍaśakaṃ nyāsaṃ nāhutvā nyāsa iṣyate || 23 ||
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tāravyāhṛtilipyṛkṣakālavarṇaja laṃ śrutiḥ |
vairājadevatāyajñaguṇāstrāṇi yathākramam || 24 ||
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taiḥ śaktimantrajīvāntairnyāsaḥ ṣoḍaśadā smṛtaḥ |
homayet praṇavaṃ pūrvaṃ mātrātrayavibheditam || 25 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ rudraṃ pādahṛnmastake nyaset |
āhutyaṣṭaśataṃ cātra hotavyaṃ tairanukramāt || 26 ||
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vyāhṛtitritayaṃ caiva trailokyaprīṇanāya vai |
akārādikṣakārāntaṃ mātṛkāṃ homayet tataḥ || 27 ||
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tālvāsyavīkṣaṇaśrotradantoṣṭheṣu kajihvayoḥ |
asaṃvṛtā nasorgaṇḍadvitaye caiva saṃvṛtāḥ || 28 ||
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nābhihṛcchroṇijaṭharaśrotradantāgranāsikāḥ |
dṛṣṭistvagiti kūṭādya dorjaṅghāṅgulayastathā || 29 ||
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nakṣatragrahatārāśca hutvā'ṅgeṣu niveśayet |
dṛśorurodhīvāgretolalāṭaṅghrikace grahāḥ || 30 ||
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rohiṇyādikramādevaṃ nakṣatrāṇi ca homayet |
hṛtkakeśalalāṭāsyanāsikādaśaneṣvatha || 31 ||
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śrutyorbāhvoḥ karadvandve stanayoḥ kukṣipārśvayoḥ |
kaṭyāṃ cakṣuṣi liṅge'ṇḍe pāyāvūrvośca jaṅghayoḥ || 32 ||
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pādayośca kramādevaṃ kṛttikāntoḍukalpanā |
dhruvo nābhyāṃ sthitastasya kaṇṭhe saptarṣayastathā || 33 ||
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kaṭideśe sthitaṃ tasya vijñeyaṃ mātṛmaṇḍalam |
padāni trīṇi pāde'sya vanamālā tu vīthikā || 34 ||
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romāṇi tārakāsaṃghā agastyaḥ kaustubho maṇiḥ |
kālarūpaṃ yajet pūrvaṃ saṃvatsaratanuṃ harim || 35 ||
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kāsyahṛddvistanakroḍakaṭidvyūrunalāṅghriṣu |
caitrādayaḥ sthitā māsā dvādaśaivaṃ saphālgunāḥ || 36 ||
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utpūrvaścānupūrvaśca paripūrvaśca vatsarāḥ |
sampūrvaśceti vijñeyāḥ catvārastasya bāhavaḥ || 37 ||
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parvāṇyasyāṅgaparvāṇi ṛtavaścāṅgasaṃjñakāḥ |
ahorātrāṇi cāsthīni romaṇyalpāḥ kṣaṇādayaḥ || 38 ||
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kṛtādi mukhahṛcchroṇipāde yugacatuṣṭayam |
manvantarāṇi bāhvośca vibhāgena prakalpayet || 39 ||
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parārdhadvitayaṃ jaṅghe mahākalpaṃ śiro viduḥ |
ayane dve pade caivamuktaḥ saṃvatsarākṛtiḥ || 40 ||
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mukhabāhūrūpādasthā varṇāśca brāhmaṇādayaḥ |
pādāṅgulīṣu vijñeyā varṇāḥ saṅkarajātayaḥ || 41 ||
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sarvāṅgasandhiṣu tathā utkṛṣṭāḥ saṅkarāstu ye |
gāvo muke'sya vijñeyāḥ stanayoścāpyajāvikāḥ || 42 ||
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padorekaśaphā ūrvorgrāmyāraṇyā vyavasthitāḥ |
keśeṣu meghā vijñeyā romāṇyabhrāṇi tasya vai || 43 ||
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sarvāṅgāvayavā nadyaḥ samudrāḥ kukṣisaṃsthitāḥ |
yajñāstasya śiro jñeyamṛgvedo dakṣiṇo bhujaḥ || 44 ||
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sāmavedaḥ smṛto vāmaḥ sarvopaniṣado hṛdi |
itihāsapurāṇāni jaṅghe yajururaḥ smṛtam || 45 ||
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atharvāṅgiraso nābhiḥ kalpasūtrāṇi pādayoḥ |
śīkṣāvyākaraṇaṃ vaktraṃ tarkaḥ kaṇṭhaṃ samāśritaḥ || 46 ||
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mīmāṃsā hṛnniruktaṃ ca chando jyotiśca cakṣuṣī |
gāruḍaṃ bhūtatantraṃ ca śrotrayugme vyavasthitam || 47 ||
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hastayośca dhanurveda āyurvedaśca kīrttitaḥ |
yogaśāstrāṇi hṛdyeva nītiśāstrāṇi pādayoḥ || 48 ||
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vāggītaṃ karayornṛttaṃ kalā vidyāśca romasu |
dyaurmūrdhendvarkanetrasya ghrāṇe prāṇātmako'nilaḥ || 49 ||
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nābhyāṃ vyomābdhayo bastau pāde bhūḥ sacalācalā |
hiraṇyagarbhaṃ mūrdhnyasya sarpān keśeṣu vinyaset || 50 ||
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rudraṃ lalāṭe bhrukuṭāvantakaṃ śravaṇe'śvinau |
mukhe vaiśvānaraṃ nyasya jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatīm || 51 ||
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rudrān datsu vasūn kaṇṭhe dṛśyādityān niveśayet |
bāhvorindraṃ baliṃ caiva prahlādaṃ vāmake stane || 52 ||
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dakṣiṇe viśvakarmāṇaṃ nāradaṃ kukṣisaṃsthitam |
anantaṃ vāmakukṣisthaṃ varuṇaṃ bastisaṃsthitam || 53 ||
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mitraṃ pāyau kaṭau tārkṣyaṃ viśvān devān tathoragān |
pitṝn jānudvaye yakṣān nale gulphe tu rākṣasān || 54 ||
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piśācān prapade pārṣṇyornyased vidyādharāṃstathā |
grahāṃstale nakheṣveva jambhakādīn sapūtanān || 55 ||
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aṅgulyo'psarasaḥ kaṭyāṃ kārttikeyagaṇeśvarau |
gandharvānoṣṭhayornyasya sarvabhūtāni pṛṣṭhataḥ || 56 ||
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matsyaṃ ke pādayoḥ kūrmaṃ varāhaṃ jaṅghayornyaset |
narasiṃhaṃ lalāṭe tu vāmanaṃ mukhamadhyataḥ || 57 ||
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nābhihṛtkaṭiguhyeṣu rāmān kṛṣṇaṃ ca vinyaset |
kalkinaṃ jānudeśe tu naranārāyaṇau pade || 58 ||
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nyased bāhuṣu caivāsya tathā bāhusahasriṇam |
aśvamedhaḥ śirastasya naramedho lalāṭakam || 59 ||
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rājasūyo mukhaṃ caiva gausavaḥ kaṇṭhasaṃsthitaḥ |
dvādaśāhaśca hṛdayamahīno nābhisaṃsthitaḥ || 60 ||
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viśvajid viśvamedhaṃ ca kaṭideśe vyavasthitau |
agniṣṭomo'sya liṅgastho vṛṣaṇe cātirātrakaḥ || 61 ||
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aptoryāmastathorusthaḥ ṣoḍaśī jānugocare |
ukthyaśca vājapeyaśva nale tvagnistu pādayoḥ || 62 ||
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cāturmāsyāni caivāsya bāhuṣveva niyojayet |
sautrāmaṇiṃ tale nyasya paśviṣṭiṃ cāṅgulīgatām || 63 ||
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darśaśca paurṇamāsaśca dṛśo romāṇi ceṣṭayaḥ |
svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau stanayoḥ saṃvyavasthitau || 64 ||
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bāhvoraṅgulayaḥ pañcamahāyajñāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
hṛdayaṃ dakṣiṇā tasya darbhāḥ keśāstvagambaram || 65 ||
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mukhamāhavanīyāgnirhṛnnābhī dakṣiṇāparau |
pravargyo bhūṣaṇaṃ tasya savanāni gatitrayam || 66 ||
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pākayajñā haviryajñāścaraṇāṅgulayaḥ smṛtāḥ |
ājyabhāgau dṛśau jñeyau vedī śroṇī mukhaṃ haviḥ || 67 ||
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homena prīṇayet pūrvaṃ tanuṃ tasya guṇātmikām |
dharmaṃ tu vinyasenmūrdhni daśadhā saṃvyavasthitam || 68 ||
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jñānaṃ hṛdyaṣṭadhā guhye vairāgyaṃ navadhā nyaset |
aiśvaryaṃ cāṣṭadhā pāde seyaṃ guṇamayī tanuḥ || 69 ||
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śaṅkhacakragadāpadmanyāsaḥ sādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
viśeṣā ye ca tantroktā mūrttibhedena tānyapi || 70 ||
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hṛdi śāntirlalāṭe śrīrmukhe cāsya sarasvatī |
ratirguhye nale prītiḥ kirttistu paritā bhavet || 71 ||
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kukṣau tuṣṭistanau puṣṭiḥ śaktinyāso'yamīritaḥ |
mantranyāso'kṣarāṅgātmā pūrvameva samīritaḥ || 72 ||
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śrīvatsamurasi nyasya kaustubhaṃ nābhimaṇḍale |
vanamālāṃ gale nyasya mudrānyāso'yamīritaḥ || 73 ||
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nābheradhastādutthāpya karaṇaiśca samanvitam |
tanmātradehaprāṇaiśca pañcabhirvyāpya vigraham || 74 ||
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aiśvaryadharmajñānaiśca vairāgyeṇa ca saṃyutam |
sphuradraśmipratānena vyāptāśeṣadigantaram || 75 ||
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divākarasahasrābhamiḍayā brahmarandhragam |
sthitvā kiñcit lalāṭe'ntaḥ praviśantaṃ vicintayet || 76 ||
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śīrṣaṇyāṃstu daśa prāṇān tatrastho'pi niyojayet |
karṇikādvāramārgeṇa praviśya hṛdayāmbujam || 77 ||
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vṛttipañcakabhedena prāṇādīṃstatra yojayet |
pādanāsāntare prāṇamapānaṃ pṛṣṭhato nyaset || 78 ||
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vyānaṃ sarvagataṃ caiva udānamudarordhvagama |
samānaṃ nābhihṛdaye nāgādīnyatha pañca vai || 79 ||
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puryaṣṭakaṃ hṛdi nyasya tanmadhye puruṣottamam |
anugrahakaraṃ saumyaṃ sarvajñaṃ viśvatomukham || 80 ||
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dhyāyedevaṃ kṛte sā'rcā sajīvā jāyate kṣaṇāt |
adhivāse na sā kāryā nyāsāḥ pañcadaśaiva tu || 81 ||
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sajīvakaraṇaṃ kuryāt sthāpite madhusūdane |
jīvanyāsakramaṃ yastu na jānātyupadeśataḥ || 82 ||
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ācāryo na sa mantavyo nigrāhyastaskaro yathā |
etasminneva kāle tu piṇḍikāṃ cādhivāsayet || 83 ||
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nyāsakramastu tatrāpi kathyamāno'vadhāryatām |
śodhayitvā purā darbhamṛttvaggavyāmbubhiḥ kramāt || 84 ||
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tatrādhivāsayed vidvān prakṛtiṃ piṇiḍikātmikām |
mātṛkāṃ vinyaset tatra śaktirūpāṃ prakalpayet || 85 ||
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praṇavaṃ vinyasenmadhye tadbāhye ṣoḍaśa svarān |
vyañjanāni ca tadbāhyo parjanyādi pradakṣiṇam || 86 ||
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tatraiva vinyaset padmaṃ padme sthāpyāśca śaktayaḥ |
anugrahaṃ yayā yukto nityaṃ sa kurute prabhuḥ || 87 ||
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sthitastasyāṃ sadā pūjyaḥ parātmā hariravyayaḥ |
pādyagandhādibhirdevīṃ balibhiśca prapūjayet || 88 ||
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ahataiścaiva vāsobhirlakṣmīrūpāṃ ca kalpayet |
homaṃ śaktyaṣṭakāntānāṃ kuryādācārya eva tu || 89 ||
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ayanasya ca śakteśca prāsādasya tataḥ kramāt |
tatroktastatvavinyāsaḥ pūrvamevādhunā smṛtaḥ || 90 ||
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tathā puruṣarūpaṃ taṃ kalpayitvā yathākramam |
prāsādaṃ pūjayet paścād gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ śubhaiḥ || 91 ||
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tato brahmaśilāṃ cātra śodhitāmadhivāsayet |
anantāsanavinyāso napuṃsakaśilopari || 92 ||
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napuṃsakaṃ paraṃ brahma sarvādhāraṃ taducyate |
ālikhenmaṇḍalaṃ cātra taṇḍulaiḥ pañcaraṅgikaiḥ || 93 ||
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caturaśraṃ caturdvāraṃ madhye padmasamanvitam |
pūrvaṃ tu sakalīkṛtya pratimāṃ deśikottamaḥ || 94 ||
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aṅgapratyaṅgabhedena svakalpoditavartmanā |
sāṅgaṃ prapūjayeddevaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt || 95 ||
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alaṅkārairnivedyaiśca yathāvibhavavistaram |
maṇḍale'bhyarcayedvidvān sāṅgaṃ devamadhokṣajam || 96 ||
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arcāyāṃ yā tu vinyastā mūrtistāṃ tatra kalpayet |
sāṅgaṃ saparivāraṃ ca tatreṣṭvā vidhinā'cyutam || 97 ||
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hutvā'gni ca yathānyāyaṃ pārṣadebhyo baliṃ haret |
ādyaśca karmajāścaiva ye bhūtāḥ pragdiśi sthitāḥ || 98 ||
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prasannāḥ parituṣṭāste pratigṛhṇantvimaṃ balimi |
dakṣiṇe paścime caiva uttare ca niyojayet || 99 ||
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gandhapuṣpāṇi dhūpaṃ dīpamannaṃ jalaṃ kramāt |
vidikṣu ca yathānyāyaṃ dadyāccaiva tato balim || 100 ||
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vṛkṣeṣu parvatāgreṣu ye vidikṣu ca saṃsthitāḥ |
bhūmau vyomni sthitā ye ca te'pi gṛhṇantvimaṃ balim || 101 ||
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vināyakāḥ kṣetrapālā ye cānye balikāṅkṣiṇaḥ |
pūrvādyāḥ pārṣadāścaiva pratigṛhṇantvimaṃ balim || 102 ||
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parito'nena vai dadyāt paribhramya pradakṣiṇam |
ācamyāntaḥ praviśyātha kṛtanyāsaḥ samāhitaḥ || 103 ||
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śāntiṃ vyāhṛtibhirhutvā tato devaṃ kramāt spṛśet |
ghṛtaṃ bhūriti hutvā dvau pādau devasya saṃspṛśet || 104 ||
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dadhnā ca bhuva ityevaṃ tato nābhyantaraṃ spaśet |
kṣīraṃ svariti hutvā'tha tato'sya hṛdayaṃ spṛśet || 105 ||
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bhūrbhuvaḥ svaśca hutvaivaṃ madhunā mūrdhni saṃspṛśet |
sarvaṃ mūlena hutvānte sarvagātraṃ tu saṃspṛśet || 106 ||
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aṣṭāṣṭāhutayaścātra nirdiṣṭāḥ śāntikarmaṇi |
sruveṇa dravyayuktena sparśanaṃ cātra kīrtitam || 107 ||
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dravye dravye tathā spṛṣṭe gandhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet |
kṣālayitvā sruvaṃ paścāt kāryā dravyāntarāhutiḥ || 108 ||
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catasro dhenavaḥ sthāpyā dakṣiṇadvārasannidhau |
uttarābhimukhāḥ śāntā rajjubaddhāḥ savatsakāḥ || 109 ||
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gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva tathā godā sarasvatī |
nāmabhiḥ pūjayitvā tā gandhapuṣpairyathākramam || 110 ||
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duhettā viṣṇugāyattryā tayaiva śrapayeccarum |
nivedayet tayā caiva tayaivānte baliṃ haret || 111 ||
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bhojayed brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhaktān dvādaśa pāyasam |
maṇḍapasyottare pārśve hiraṇyaṃ dakṣiṇā bhavet || 112 ||
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surabhīśca gurordadyād viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti |
evaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ paścād rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ bhavet || 113 ||
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śaṅkhatūryādisaṃyuktaṃ nṛttagītādisaṃyutam |
setihāsapurāṇābhiḥ katābhiśca nayenniśām || 114 ||
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prabhāte sudine vāre puṇyarāśyudaye tathā |
mauhūrttikopadiṣṭena lagnena sthāpayet sudhīḥ || 115 ||
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