Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.10

bhasmamāhātmye pāśupatavratavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
āgneyaṃ gauṇamajñānadhvaṃsakaṃ jñānasādhakam /
gauṇaṃ nānāvidhaṃ viddhi brahmanbrahmavidāṃvara

agnihotrāgnijaṃ tadvadvirajānalajaṃ mune /
aupāsanasamutpannaṃ samidagnisamud‍bhavam

pacanāgnisamutpannaṃ dāvānalasamud‍bhavam /
traivarṇikānāṃ sarveṣāmagnihotrasamud‍bhavam

virajānalajaṃ caiva dhāryaṃ bhasma mahāmune /
aupāsanasamutpannaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

samidagnisamutpannaṃ dhāryaṃ vai brahmacāriṇā /
śūdrāṇāṃ śrotriyāgārapacanāgnisamud‍bhavam

anyeṣāmapi sarveṣāṃ dhāryaṃ dāvānalod‍bhavam /
kālaścitrā paurṇamāsī deśaḥ svīyaḥ parigrahaḥ

kṣetrārāmādyaraṇyaṃ vā praśastaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ /
tatra pūrvatrayodaśyāṃ susnātaḥ sukṛtāhnikaḥ

anujñāpya svamācāryaṃ saṃpūjya praṇipatya ca /
pūjāṃ vaiśeṣikīṃ kṛtvā śuklāmbaradharaḥ svayam

śuddhayajñopavītī ca śuklamālyānulepanaḥ /
darbhāsane samāsīno darbhamuṣṭiṃ pragṛhya ca

prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā prāṅ‌mukho vāpyudaṅ‌mukhaḥ /
dhyātvā devaṃ ca devīṃ ca tadvijñāpanavartmanā

vratametatkaromīti bhavetsaṅ‌kalpadīkṣitaḥ /
yāvaccharīrapātaṃ vā dvādaśābdamathāpi vā

tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsadvādaśakaṃ tu vā /
tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsamekamathāpi vā

dinadvādaśakaṃ vāpi dinaṣaṭkamathāpi vā /
tadardhaṃ dinamekaṃ vā vratasaṅ‌kalpanāvadhi

agnimādhāya vidhivadvirajāhomakāraṇāt /
hutvā''jyena samid‌‍bhiśca caruṇā ca yathāvidhi

pūtāhātpurato bhūyastattvānāṃ śuddhimuddiśan /
juhuyānmūlamantreṇa taireva samidādibhiḥ

tattvānyetāni me dehe śudhyantāmityanusmaran /
paścād‌bhūtāditanmātrāḥ pañcakarmendriyāṇi ca

jñānakarmavibhedena pañca pañca vibhāgaśaḥ /
tvagādidhātavaḥ sapta pañca prāṇādivāyavaḥ

mano buddhirahaṅ‌kāro guṇāḥ prakṛtipūruṣau /
rāgo vidyā kalā caiva niyatiḥ kāla eva ca

māyā ca śuddhavidyā ca maheśvarasadāśivau /
śaktiśca śivatattvaṃ ca tattvāni kramaśo viduḥ

mantraistu virajairhutvā hotāsau virajo bhavet /
atha gomayamādāya piṇḍīkṛtyābhimantrya ca

nyasyāgnau taṃ ca saṃrakṣya dine tasmin haviṣyabhuk /
prabhāte ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ puroditam

tasmindine nirāhāraḥ kālaśeṣaṃ samāpayet /
prātaḥ parvaṇi cāpyevaṃ kṛtvā homāvasānataḥ

upasaṃhṛtya rudrāgniṃ gṛhītvā bhasma yat‍nataḥ /
tataśca jaṭilo muṇḍaḥ śikhaikajaṭa eva ca

bhūtvā snātvā punarvītalajjaścetsyāddigambaraḥ /
anyaḥ kāṣāyavasanaścarmacīrāmbaro'thavā

ekāmbaro valkalavānbhaveddaṇḍī ca mekhalī /
prakṣālya caraṇau paścād‌dvirācamyātmanastanum

saṅ‌kalīkṛtya tad‍bhasma virajānalasambhavam /
agnirityādibhirmantraiḥ ṣaḍ‌bhirātharvaṇaiḥ kramāt

vimṛjyāṅ‌gāni mūrdhādicaraṇāntaṃ ca taiḥ spṛśet /
tatastena krameṇaiva samuddhūlya ca bhasmanā

sarvāṅ‌goddhūlanaṃ kuryātpraṇavena śivena vā /
tataśca puṇḍraṃ racayettriyāyuṣasamāhvayam

śivabhāvaṃ samāgamya śivabhāvamathācaret /
kuryāttrisandhyamapyevametatpāśupataṃ vratam

bhuktimuktipradaṃ caiva paśutvaṃ vinivartayet /
tatpaśutvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam

pūjanīyo mahādevo liṅ‌gamūrtiḥ sadāśivaḥ /
bhasmasnānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvasaukhyakaraṃ param

āyuṣyaṃ balamārogyaṃ śrīpuṣṭivardhanaṃ yataḥ /
rakṣārthaṃ maṅ‌galārthaṃ ca sarvasampatsamṛddhaye

bhasmasnigdhamanuṣyāṇāṃ mahāmārībhayaṃ na ca /
śāntikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ bhasma kāmadaṃ ca tridhā bhavet

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
bhasmamāhātmye pāśupatavratavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ