Citralakṣaṇam · Chapter 2

yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvam ācaṣṭe bhūpatiṃ tathā
likhanādividhiṃ samyak citrasya parinirmito //

sthāvare jaṃgame naṣṭe pralayānte ca vai purā
prādurabhūt suvarṇāṇḍaṃ tamo hatvā jalāt kila //

tasmādaṇḍāt prādurabhūt lokapitāmahaḥ svayam
omityekākṣaraṃ tasmād vedavidyāśca kalpanā //

catasraśca prajāstāsāṃ rupasaṃjñādayastadā
āyuṣā sahitasyaiva brahmaṇo jātireva ca //

sthānaṃ caryā ca dharmaśca nyāyaśca prābhavan tadā
evaṃ kṛte sati brahmā cintayat jagato hitam //

evaṃ cintayatastasya matiritthaṃ babhūva ha
kathaṃ janāśca jānīyuḥ saṃjñāṃ devamahībhūjām
apramādena cādaraḥ sadā teṣu kathaṃ bhavet //

brahmetthaṃ cintayitvā tu viṣṇoḥ śivasya cātmanaḥ
śakrasya sarvadevānāṃ parimāṇaṃ guṇaṃ tathā //

savastraṃ vividhasthitam alaṃkārāstrasaṃyutaṃ
manoramaṃ surupaṃ ca atyantasradṛśaṃ tathā //

sasavibhaktasarvāṅgaṃ pratyaṅgaṃ ca yathāyatham
miśritena ca varṇena citrākāraṃ vinirmame //

vilokya tāni citrāṇi netramūlāt pramoditāḥ
sādhu sādhviti saṃpūjya praśaṃśasurvidhiṃ surāḥ //

ime devāḥ prasannāśca svaptākāraṃ ca lebhire
adhiṣṭhānaṃ prabhāvaṃ ca kṛtavantastathā ime //

prāha saptasurān brahmā astu puṇyaṃ samāśritam
adya prabhṛti sarvatra yuṣmākaṃ pratimāsu ca
nātra śaṅkā kṛthā naraḥ pūjayiṣyati vaḥ sadā //

śūddhayā dānena vidhivat tatparāyaṇamānasaḥ
manuṣyeṣu ca yo nāma bhavantaṃ pūjayiṣyati
tasmai kāmasya siddhaye nairujyaṃ saṃpradāsyati //

nānā prakāraduḥsvapnāt dveṣagrastebhya eva ca
sarveṣā rakṣaṇa kṛtvā pāpān nāśayati dhruvam //

dharmaśca sadṛśo bhāvyaḥ rakṣohānirbhaved dhruvam
yaśovṛddhirbhaved viśve yuṣmākaṃ paripūjanāt //

lokapūjāvyavasthāyai pratimānāṃ yathāyatham
nāmādikīrtanaṃ kārya stavapūjādikaṃ tathā //

pratimāṃ yāṃ pratidinaṃ puṇyātmā pūjayiṣyati
tayaiva dīyate śāntis tasmai bhaktāya sarvataḥ //

evaṃ vavatviti prāhur devāḥ prasannamānasāḥ
svīyaveṣaiḥ svacetasā svādhiṣṭhānaṃ samāgatāḥ
itthaṃ pūjābhavad viśva vāsibhiste prapūjitāḥ //

parimāṇādikaṃ teṣāṃ mattaḥ śrutvā ca lakṣaṇam
adya manuṣyalokeṣu pracāraya prayatnataḥ //

brahmaṇaśca mayā prāptaṃ vidyottamā ca lakṣaṇam
aśeṣaṃ parimāṇaṃ ca tubhyamadya pradīyate //

trilokeṣu ca pūjyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dehināṃ tathā
pāpahānikaraṃ bhīter nāśakam netramodakaṃ //

ādyutpannañca doṣeṇa hīnaṃ nānāśrayaṃ param
vijānīhi kṣitīndra tvaṃ yaśorāśivivardhakam //