Chapter 18

aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi devīnāṃ sthāpanaṃ param |
tayorvivāhaṃ homaṃ ca śrṛṇu guhyamanukramāt || 1 ||
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devaṃ pūrvaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tatkāle prokṣayenmune |
śriyādīnāṃ svamantreṇa mahākumbhasthavāriṇā || 2 ||
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pṛthak cenmuniśārdūla devīsthāpanamācaret |
maṇḍapaṃ pūrvavat kṛtvā daśahastasamanvitam || 3 ||
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vedikāṃ pūrvavat kṛtvā maṇḍapasthānurūpataḥ |
hastamātraṃ tadardhaṃ vā kuṇḍāni paritaḥ kramāt || 4 ||
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kārayettadvidhānena śilpibhiḥ saha sādhakaḥ |
caturaśrāṇi sarvāṇi kīrtitāni śriyaḥ kramāt || 5 ||
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bhūmervṛtāni kuṇḍāni tadaṅgānāṃ tathaiva ca |
śāntiṃ lakṣmīṃ ca vāgdevīṃ ratiṃ pūrvādi cāgniṣu || 6 ||
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śvetāṃ padmotpalaśyāmāṃ dhyātvā tu juhuyāt kramāt |
lakṣmīṃ sarasvatī caiva ratiḥ prītisthathaiva ca || 7 ||
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kīrtiḥ śāntistathā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiścaiva yathādiśam |
pūrvādikalaśānāṃ tu vedikāyāṃ tu devatāḥ || 8 ||
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mahāmumbhaṃ tu saṃsthāpya tacchaktiṃ madhyame nayet |
sarvaśaktisamopetāṃ sarvāṅgāṃ sarvakāriṇīm || 9 ||
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saṃpūjayet svamantreṇa gandhādyaiḥsumanoramaiḥ |
dhvajānāṃ toraṇānāṃ ca kalaśānāṃ ca devatāḥ || 10 ||
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pūrvoktāḥ pūjanīyāśca krameṇaivātra caiva hi |
toraṇadvārakalaśān vedikākalaśānapi || 11 ||
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pālikāvedikāyāṃ tu tathā caivāṣṭamaṅgalān |
vastraiḥ krameṇa saṃchādya gandhapuṣpaiśca pūjayet || 12 ||
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tattatsvarūpaṃ sauvarṇaṃ kalaśeṣu vinikṣipet |
snapanaṃ śayanaṃ caiva adhivāsanameva ca || 13 ||
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pūrvoktaṃ sakalaṃ kuryāddevīmāvāhya yatnataḥ |
pūjāṃ ca mahatīṃ kuryāt kāle prāpte suśobhane || 14 ||
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viśeṣamatra vakṣyāmi sarvalokaśubhapradam |
sarveṣāṃ bhaktijananamāyuḥśrīkīrtivadhanam || 15 ||
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kartṝṇāṃ puṣṭijananaṃ grāmasyaiva viśeṣataḥ |
sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam || 16 ||
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kramādvaivāhikaṃ homaṃ kārayettantrapāragaḥ |
vaiṣṇavyaḥ śaktayaḥ proktā mānuṣyo yāśca śaktayaḥ || 17 ||
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tāsāṃ vai yatra śaktīnāṃ pūrvā lakṣmyāḥparā kṣitiḥ |
bhūmeraṃśāvatāraṃ tat puṣṭirnāma mahāmune || 18 ||
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kṣitiṃ vāpyathavā puṣṭiṃ savyapārśve tu yojayet |
devyorvivāhamekasmin kāle tu samupasthite || 19 ||
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lakṣmyāḥ pūrvaṃ tato bhūmeḥ kārayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ |
lagnasyātikrame kṛtvā jaladānaṃ yathāvidhi || 20 ||
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tasmin krameṇa śeṣaṃ tu sādhakaḥ sādhayet punaḥ |
kārayet kramayogena caikasmin sthaṇḍile punaḥ || 21 ||
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vastrayugmena deveśaṃ devīṃ caiva yathākramam |
bhūṣaṇaiścaiva vividhairalaṃkṛtya prayatnataḥ || 22 ||
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devīṃ devāsane nītvā homakarma samārabhet |
puṇyāhaṃ kārayitvā tu brāhmaṇaiḥ svastisaṃyutam || 23 ||
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sarvopacārasaṃyuktaṃ jaladānaṃ tu kārayet |
sthaṇḍilaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā devasya purataḥ sthitaḥ || 24 ||
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vijñāpyaivaṃ kṛtānujño homaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ |
pañcaviṃśatimādāya samidho'ktāstu sarpiṣā || 25 ||
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aṣṭākṣareṇa mantreṇa svāhāntena sakṛt kṣipet |
ājyāhutiśataṃ hutvā gāyatryā viṣṇusaṃjñayā || 26 ||
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ācāryo'gniṃ parikramya yathā rājñāṃ purohitaḥ |
tathā lājaistu juhuyāt praṇavenāhutitrayam || 27 ||
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madhye madhye parikramya pāvakaṃ pāvanaṃ hareḥ |
śāntihomaṃ tu kurvīta sarpiṣāṃ praṇavena tu || 28 ||
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pratyekaikaṃ muniśreṣṭha ṣoḍaśāhutimuttamam |
homaṃ samāpya vidhivat nṛttageyādi kārayet || 29 ||
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evaṃ vaivāhikaṃ kṛtvā pūjayet puruṣottamam |
anenaiva vidhānena pratiṣṭhāmātrayā pi vā || 30 ||
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devena saha saṃyojya pūjayet tantravittamaḥ |
lohabimbasya devīnāṃ saṃproktaṃ munisattama || 31 ||
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lakṣmyādikramayogena pūjayettu dine dine |
sarvāsāmeva devīnāṃ eṣa eva vidhirbhavet || 32 ||
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mūlaberasya devīnāṃ pratiṣṭhāmātrayā pyalam |
vivāhādikramastatra neṣyate munisattama || 33 ||
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svabījaireva kartavyaṃ sthāpanaṃ munisattama |
medhā sarasvatīdurgetyevamādiṣu mūrtiṣu || 34 ||
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svaiḥ svairmantraistu saṃsthāpya pūjayettu vidhānataḥ |
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ devīnāṃ sthāpanakramaḥ || 36 ||
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evaṃ yaḥ kārayedbhaktyā śaktīnāṃ sthāpanaṃ param |
āyuraiśvaryaputrādīn sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt || 37 ||
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iha loke sukhaṃ labdhvā paraloke tathaiva ca |
rājyalakṣmīṃ parāṃ prāpya punaḥ prājño bhaviṣyati || 38 ||
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atra kaścidviśeṣo'sti śrīvatsasya haripriyam |
lakṣaṇaṃ sthānabhedaṃ ca mantramārādhanaṃ tathā || 39 ||
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evamādīni cānyāni viśeṣāṇi mahāmune |
saṃkṣepataḥ pravakṣyāmi śrṛṇu guhyamanuttamam || 40 ||
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sarvasaṃpatsamṛddhyarthaṃ sarvakāmaśubhapradam |
suvarṇarajatenāpi tathā tāmramayena tu || 41 ||
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uttamadikrameṇaiva kārayet phalakāspadam |
ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ tathāyāmaṃ tasya vistārameva ca || 42 ||
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pañcāṅgulāyataṃ vāpi tanmadhye tatsamaṃ bhavet |
dvyaṅgulaṃ tasya vistāraṃ maulerekāṅgulaṃ tu vā || 43 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā muniśreṣṭha kuryādāspadamuttamam |
evaṃ hi lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ uttamaṃ phalakākṛteḥ || 44 ||
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ekāṅgulavihīnaṃ tu madhyamaṃ paripaṭhyate |
dvyaṅgulaṃ tadvihīnaṃ tu kanīyasamudāhṛtam || 45 ||
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tryaṅgula vihīnaṃ tat kuryāttasyādhamādhamam |
madhyamādhamakārye'smin adhamādhamameva ca || 46 ||
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tasyānurūpataḥ kuryāt vistāraṃ munisattama |
tanmadhye cintacitvā tu sādhakaḥ paramārthavit || 47 ||
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sādhayet kamalāṃ devīṃ taptakāñcanasaṃnibhām |
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktāṃ padmāsanasamanvitām || 48 ||
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padmahastāṃ śriyaṃ devīṃ padmanābhapriyāṃ śubhām |
maṇimauktikasaṃyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām || 49 ||
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evaṃ saṃcintya tāṃ devīṃ śriyaṃ trailokyanāyakīm |
harervakṣasi pārśve tu dakṣiṇe munisattama || 50 ||
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sthāpayettāṃ śriyaṃ devīṃ jagatsaṃrakṣaṇārthakam |
sarvasaṃpatsamṛddhyarthamiti śāstrasya niścayaḥ || 51 ||
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jalādhivāsane cāsmin viśeṣaṃ kathayāmi te |
bhāradvayena saṃpūrṇaṃ jalabhājanamuttamam || 52 ||
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saṃgṛhya muniśārdūla tasmin pātre'dhivāsayet |
pūrvoktajalamānīya pūrayitvā tu bhājanam || 53 ||
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gandhapuṣpaistu saṃpūjya saṃsmaredamṛtārṇavam |
tanmadhye pūrvavat kuryāt jalavāsaṃ vidhānataḥ || 54 ||
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etat krameṇa vā kuryāt acyutasya mahāmune |
darpaṇe saṃsthite bere citrādīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 55 ||
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hrastaṃ lohajabimbasya mune svārthaparārthayoḥ |
kārayejjalavāsaṃ tat kanīyasamudāhṛtam || 56 ||
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jalādhivāsane prokto viśeṣo munisattama |
dviprakāraṃ mayā proktaṃ yathāyogaṃ samācaret || 57 ||
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mūlaberāttu tāṃ devīmāvāhyātraiva yojayet |
mūlamantreṇa matimān kumbhatoyena hastayoḥ || 58 ||
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saṃyojyātraiva mantreṇa sādhakaḥ paramārthavit |
mantrakośe mayā proktastantre'smin munisattama || 59 ||
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saṃproktaṃ paramaṃ mantraṃ guhyadguhyaṃ varapradam |
tenaiva prokṣayeddevīṃ mahākumbhasthavāriṇā || 60 ||
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taddehe nyāsamārgeṇa vinyasettantravittamaḥ |
pañcaviṃśatitattvāni tatpañcākṣarameva ca || 61 ||
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śaṅkhacakrābjamudrāṃ tu darśayettantravittamaḥ |
tatastvārādhayeddevīmardhyādyaṣṭopacārakaiḥ || 62 ||
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arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathācāmaṃ gandhapuṣpaṃ tathaiva ca |
dhūpadīpaṃ nivedyaṃ ca pāyasaṃ gulasaṃyutam || 63 ||
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evamuktaprakāreṇa ghaṇṭādundubhisaṃyutam |
kārayed balidānaṃ tu sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham || 64 ||
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bilvapatrākṣatairyuktaṃ padmaṃ pālāśamutpalam |
karavīrādisaṃyuktaṃ pūjayet kamalālayām || 65 ||
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dine dine muniśreṣṭha evameva samarcayet |
pāyasānnaṃga gulopetaṃ bilvapatrāṅkurairyutam || 66 ||
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candanodakasaṃyuktaṃ balidravyamihocyate |
evamuktaprakāreṇa ghaṇṭādundubhisaṃyutam || 67 ||
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kārayedbalidānaṃ tu sarvakarma pradaṃ śubham |
bilvamūlasya pālāśaṃ mūlāśvatthasya vā mune || 68 ||
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caturaśraṃ tu vṛttaṃ vā pīṭhaṃ kṛtvā tu mantravit |
tanmadhye pūjayellakṣmīṃ lakṣmayai nama iti bruvan || 69 ||
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praṇavādisamāyuktaṃ pañcākṣaramiti smṛtam |
tasyāgre tu baliṃ kuryāt pūvoktena vidhānataḥ || 70 ||
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gandhapuṣpasamāyuktaṃ dhūpadīpasamanvitam |
evaṃ saṃpūjayitvā tu mukhavāsaṃ pradāpeyat || 71 ||
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balyante tu muniśreṣṭha śrīsūktaṃ tu paṭhet tridhā |
śrīmantraṃ tatstutiṃ vāpi paṭhettantravicakṣaṇaḥ || 72 ||
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tataḥ pañcamahāśabdaṃ ghoṣayecca punaḥ punaḥ |
pūrvavat pūjayeddevīṃ sāyāhne munisattama || 73 ||
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pūjānte kārayeddhomaṃ samidājyacarūnapi |
bilvādyanyatamasyātha padmakuṇḍe yathecchayā || 74 ||
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saṃkalpyaikaṃ muniśreṣṭha tanmadhye homamācaret |
bilvapālāśasamidhaḥ pratyekaṃ ṣoḍaśāhutīḥ || 75 ||
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juhuyānmūlamantreṇa kapilājyena homayet |
tathaiva pāyasaṃ brahman juhuyāt ṣoḍaśāhutīḥ || 76 ||
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tathaiva bilvapatraiśca padmairekadalairapi |
sākṣataiḥ karavīraistu juhuyāttu punaḥ punaḥ || 77 ||
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homaṃ kṛtvā tu vidhivat kuṇḍāddevīṃ samuddharet |
taddhomaḥ paramo guhyaḥ grāmarājñorvivṛddhikṛt || 78 ||
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sarvarogavinirmuktaṃ sarvakāmapradaḥ śubhaḥ |
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena rātrau homaṃ samācaret || 79 ||
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homānte dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt yathāvittāmusārataḥ |
ācāryaṃ pūjayet paścāddhemavastrāṅgulīyakaiḥ || 80 ||
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brāhmaṇān pūjayet paścāddaivajñamanupūjayet |
uktalakṣaṇahīnena yadi kuryāt pramādataḥ || 81 ||
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grāmarājñośca rāṣṭrasya yajamānasya nāśanam |
na phalanti kriyāstatra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 82 ||
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tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kārayedvidhicoditam |
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktamātmārthasya parasya ca || 83 ||
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