Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.23

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BhP_05.23.001/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
atha tasmāt paratas trayodaśa-lakṣa-yojanāntarato yat tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam abhivadanti yatra ha mahā-bhāgavato dhruva auttānapādir agninendreṇa prajāpatinā kaśyapena dharmeṇa ca samakāla-yugbhiḥ sabahu-mānaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ kriyamāṇa idānīm api kalpa-jīvinām ājīvya upāste tasyehānubhāva upavarṇitaḥ

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sa hi sarveṣāṃ jyotir-gaṇānāṃ graha-nakṣatrādīnām animiṣeṇāvyakta-raṃhasā bhagavatā kālena bhrāmyamāṇānāṃ sthāṇur ivāvaṣṭambha īśvareṇa vihitaḥ śaśvad avabhāsate

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yathā meḍhīstambha ākramaṇa-paśavaḥ saṃyojitās tribhis tribhiḥ savanair yathā-sthānaṃ maṇḍalāni caranty evaṃ bhagaṇā grahādaya etasminn antar-bahir-yogena kāla-cakra āyojitā dhruvam evāvalambya vāyunodīryamāṇā ākalpāntaṃ paricaṅ kramanti nabhasi yathā meghāḥ śyenādayo vāyu-vaśāḥ karma-sārathayaḥ parivartante evaṃ jyotirgaṇāḥ prakṛti-puruṣa-saṃyogānugṛhītāḥ karma-nirmita-gatayo bhuvi na patanti

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kecanaitaj jyotir-anīkaṃ śiśumāra-saṃsthānena bhagavato vāsudevasya yoga-dhāraṇāyām anuvarṇayanti

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yasya pucchāgre 'vākśirasaḥ kuṇḍalī-bhūta-dehasya dhruva upakalpitas tasya lāṅgūle prajāpatir agnir indro dharma iti puccha-mūle dhātā vidhātā ca kaṭyāṃ saptarṣayaḥ tasya dakṣiṇāvarta-kuṇḍalī-bhūta-śarīrasya yāny udagayanāni dakṣiṇa-pārśve tu nakṣatrāṇy upakalpayanti dakṣiṇāyanāni tu savye yathā śiśumārasya kuṇḍalā-bhoga-sanniveśasya pārśvayor ubhayor apy avayavāḥ samasaṅkhyā bhavanti pṛṣṭhe tv ajavīthī ākāśa-gaṅgā codarataḥ

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punarvasu-puṣyau dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ śroṇyor ārdrāśleṣe ca dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ paścimayoḥ pādayor abhijid-uttarāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nāsikayor yathā-saṅkhyaṃ śravaṇa-pūrvāṣāḍhe dakṣiṇa-vāmayor locanayor dhaniṣṭhā mūlaṃ ca dakṣiṇa-vāmayoḥ karṇayor maghādīny aṣṭa nakṣatrāṇi dakṣiṇāyanāni vāma-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu yuñjīta tathaiva mṛga-śīrṣādīny udagayanāni dakṣiṇa-pārśva-vaṅkriṣu prātilomyena prayuñjīta śatabhiṣā-jyeṣṭhe skandhayor dakṣiṇa-vāmayor nyaset

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uttarā-hanāv agastir adharā-hanau yamo mukheṣu cāṅgārakaḥ śanaiścara upasthe bṛhaspatiḥ kakudi vakṣasy ādityo hṛdaye nārāyaṇo manasi candro nābhyām uśanā stanayor aśvinau budhaḥ prāṇāpānayo rāhur gale ketavaḥ sarvāṅgeṣu romasu sarve tārā-gaṇāḥ

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etad u haiva bhagavato viṣṇoḥ sarva-devatāmayaṃ rūpam aharahaḥ sandhyāyāṃ prayato vāgyato nirīkṣamāṇa upatiṣṭheta namo jyotir-lokāya kālāyanāyānimiṣāṃ pataye mahā-puruṣāyābhidhīmahīti

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graharkṣatārāmayam ādhidaivikaṃ pāpāpahaṃ mantra-kṛtāṃ tri-kālam /
namasyataḥ smarato vā tri-kālaṃ naśyeta tat-kālajam āśu pāpam