Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.11

trividhabhasmamāhātmyavarṇanam
nārada uvāca
trividhatvaṃ kathaṃ cāsya bhasmanaḥ parikīrtitam /
etatkathaya me deva mahatkautūhalaṃ mama

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
trividhatvaṃ pravakṣyāmi devarṣe bhasmanaḥ śṛṇu /
mahāpāpakṣayakaraṃ mahākīrtikaraṃ param

gomayaṃ yonisambaddhaṃ taddhastenaiva gṛhyate /
brāhmairmantraistu sandagdhaṃ tacchāntikṛdihocyate

sāvadhānastu gṛhṇīyānnaro vai gomayaṃ tu yat /
antarikṣe gṛhītvā tatṣaḍaṅ‌gena dahedataḥ

pauṣṭikaṃ tatsamākhyātaṃ kāmadaṃ ca tataḥ śṛṇu /
prāsādena dahedetatkāmadaṃ bhasma kīrtitam

prātarutthāya devarṣe bhasmavrataparaḥ śuciḥ /
gavāṃ goṣṭheṣu gatvā tu namaskṛtya tu gokulam

gavāṃ varṇānurūpāṇāṃ gṛhṇīyād‌gomayaṃ śubham /
brāhmaṇasya ca gauḥ śvetā raktā gauḥ kṣatriyasya ca

pītavarṇā tu vaiśyasya kṛṣṇā śūdrasya kathyate /
paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā viśuddhadhīḥ

prāsādena tu mantreṇa gṛhītvā gomayaṃ śubham /
hṛdayena tu mantreṇa piṇḍīkṛtya tu gomayam

raviraśmisusantaptaṃ śucau deśe manohare /
tuṣeṇa vā busairvāpi prāsādena tu nikṣipet

araṇyud‍bhavamagniṃ vā śrotriyāgārajaṃ tu vā /
tadagnau vinyasettaṃ ca śivabījena mantrataḥ

gṛhṇīyādatha tatrāgnikuṇḍād‍bhasma vicakṣaṇaḥ /
navapātraṃ samādāya prāsādena tu nikṣipet

ketakī pāṭalī tadvaduśīraṃ candanaṃ tathā /
nānāsugandhidravyāṇi kāśmīraprabhṛtīni ca

nikṣipettatra pātre tu sadyomantreṇa śuddhadhīḥ /
jalasnānaṃ purā kṛtvā bhasmasnānamataḥ param

jalasnāne tvaśaktaśca bhasmasnānaṃ samācaret /
prakṣālya pādau hastau ca śiraśceśānamantrataḥ

samuddhūlya tataḥ paścādānanaṃ tatpuruṣeṇa tu /
aghoreṇa tu hṛdayaṃ nābhiṃ vāmena tatparam

sadyomantreṇa sarvāṅ‌gaṃ samūddhūlya vicakṣaṇaḥ /
pūrvavastraṃ parityajya śuddhavastraṃ parigrahet

prakṣālya pādau hastau ca paścādācamanaṃ caret /
bhasmanoddhūlanābhāve tripuṇḍraṃ tu vidhīyate

madhyāhnātprāgjalairyuktaṃ parato jalavarjitam /
tarjanyanāmikāmadhyaistripuṇḍraṃ ca samācaret

mūrdhni caiva lalāṭe ca karṇe kaṇṭhe tathaiva ca /
hṛdaye caiva bāhvośca nyāsasthānaṃ hi cocyate

pañcāṅ‌gulairnyasenmūrdhni prāsādena tu mantrataḥ /
tryaṅ‌gulairvinyased‍bhāle śiromantreṇa deśikaḥ

sadyena dakṣiṇe karṇe vāmadevena vāmataḥ /
aghoreṇa tu kaṇṭhe ca madhyāṅgulyā spṛśed‌budhaḥ

hṛdayaṃ hṛdayenaiva tribhiraṅ‌gulibhiḥ spṛśet /
vinyaseddakṣiṇe bāhau śikhāmantreṇa deśikaḥ

vāmabāhau nyaseddhīmānkavacena triyaṅ‌gulaiḥ /
madhyena saṃspṛśennābhyāmīśāna iti mantrataḥ

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāstisro rekhā iti smṛtāḥ /
ādyo brahmā tato viṣṇustadūrdhvaṃ tu maheśvaraḥ

ekāṅ‌gulena nyastaṃ yadīśvarastatra devatā /
śiromadhye tvayaṃ brahmā īśvarastu lalāṭake

karṇayoraśvinau devau gaṇeśastu gale tathā /
kṣatriyaśca tathā vaiśyaḥ śūdraścoddhūlanaṃ tyajet

sarveṣāmantyajātīnāṃ mantreṇa rahitaṃ bhavet /
(adīkṣitaṃ manuṣyāṇāmapi mantraṃ vinā bhavet)

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
trividhabhasmamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmakādaśo'dhyāyaḥ