Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.13

tripuṇḍa‍dhāraṇamāhātmyavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
mahāpātakasaṅ‌ghāśca pātakānyaparāṇyapi /
naśyanti muniśārdūla satyaṃ satyaṃ na cānyathā

ekaṃ bhasma dhṛtaṃ yena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu /
yatīnāṃ jñānadaṃ proktaṃ vānasthānāṃ viraktidam

gṛhasthānāṃ mune tadvaddharmavṛddhikaraṃ tathā /
brahmacaryāśramasthānāṃ svādhyāyapradameva ca

śūdrāṇāṃ puṇyadaṃ nityamanyeṣāṃ pāpanāśanam /
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva tathā tiryak tripuṇḍrakam

rakṣārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vidhatte vaidikī śrutiḥ /
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva tathā tiryak tripuṇḍrakam

yajñatvenaiva sarveṣāṃ vidhatte vaidikī śrutiḥ /
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva tathā tiryak tripuṇḍrakam

sarvadharmatayā teṣāṃ vidhatte vaidikī śrutiḥ /
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva tathā tiryak tripuṇḍrakam

māheśvarāṇāṃ liṅ‌gārthaṃ vidhatte vaidikī śrutiḥ /
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva tathā tiryak tripuṇḍrakam

vijñānārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vidhatte vaidikī śrutiḥ /
śivena viṣṇunā caiva brahmaṇā vajriṇā tathā

hiraṇyagarbheṇa tadavatārairvaruṇādibhiḥ /
devatābhirdhṛtaṃ bhasma tripuṇḍroddhūlanātmakam

umādevyā ca lakṣyā ca vācā cānyābhirāstikaiḥ /
sarvastrībhirdhṛtaṃ bhasma tripuṇḍroddhūlanātmanā

yakṣarākṣasagandharvasiddhavidyādharādibhiḥ /
munibhiśca dhṛtaṃ bhasma tripuṇḍroddhūlanātmanā

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrerapi ca saṅ‌karaiḥ /
apabhraṃśairdhṛtaṃ bhasma tripuṇḍroddhūlanātmanā

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ ca yaiḥ samācaritaṃ mudā /
ta eva śiṣṭā vidvāṃso netare munipuṅ‌gava

śivaliṅ‌gaṃ maṇiḥ sakhyaṃ mantraḥ pañcākṣarastathā /
vibhūtirauṣadhaṃ puṃsāṃ muktistrīvaśyakarmaṇi

bhunakti yatra bhasmāṅ‌go mūrkho vā paṇḍito'pi vā /
tatra bhuṅ‌kte mahādevaḥ sapat‍nīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ

bhasmasañchannasarvāṅ‌gamanugacchati yaḥ pumān /
sarvapātakayukto'pi pūjito mānavo'cirāt

bhasmasañchannasarvāṅ‌gaṃ yaḥ stauti śraddhayā saha /
sarvapātakayukto'pi pūjyate mānavo'cirāt

tripuṇḍradhāriṇe bhikṣāpradānena hi kevalam /
tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam

yena vipreṇa śirasi tripuṇḍraṃ bhasmanā kṛtam /
kīkaṭeṣvapi deśeṣu yatra bhūtivibhūṣaṇaḥ

mānavastu vasennityaṃ kāśīkṣetrasamaṃ hi tat /
duḥśīlaḥ śīlayukto vā yogayukto'pyalakṣaṇaḥ

bhūtiśāsanayukto vā sa pūjyo mama putravat /
chadmanāpi caredyo hi bhūtiśāsanamaiśvaram

so'pi yāṃ gatimāpnoti na tāṃ yajñaśatairapi /
samparkāllīlayā vāpi bhayādvā dhārayettu yaḥ

vidhiyukto vibhūtiṃ tu sa ca pūjyo yathā hyaham /
śivasya viṣṇordevānāṃ brahmaṇastṛptikāraṇam

pārvatyāśca mahālakṣyā bhāratyāstṛptikāraṇam /
na dānena na yajñena na tapobhiḥ sudurlabhaiḥ

na tīrthayātrayā puṇyaṃ tripuṇḍreṇa ca labhyate /
dānaṃ yajñāśca dharmāśca tīrthayātrāśca nārada

dhyānaṃ tapastripuṇḍrasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm /
yathā rājā svacihnāṅ‌kaṃ svajanaṃ manyate sadā

tathā śivastripuṇḍrāṅ‌kaṃ svakīyamiva manyate /
dvijātirvānyajātirvā śuddhacittena bhasmanā

dhārayedyastripuṇḍrāṅ‌kaṃ rudrastena vaśīkṛtaḥ /
tyaktasarvāśramācāro luptasarvakriyo'pi saḥ

sakṛttiryaktripuṇḍrāṅ‌kaṃ dhārayetso'pi mucyate /
nāsya jñānaṃ parīkṣeta na kulaṃ na vrataṃ tathā

tripuṇḍrāṅ‌kitabhālena pūjya eva hi nārada /
śivamantrātparo mantro nāsti tulyaṃ śivātparam

śivārcanātparaṃ puṇyaṃ na hi tīrthaṃ ca bhasmanā /
rudrāgneryatparaṃ tīrthaṃ tad‍bhasma parikīrtitam

dhvaṃsanaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ sarvapāpaviśodhanam /
antyajo vādhamo vāpi mūrkho vā paṇḍito'pi vā

yasmindeśe vasennityaṃ bhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ /
tasminsadāśivaḥ somaḥ sarvabhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ /
sarvatīrtheśca saṃyuktaḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurute sadā

etāni pañcaśivamantrapavitritāni
bhasmāni kāmadahanāṅ‌gavibhūṣitāni /
traipuṇḍrakāṇi racitāni lalāṭapaṭṭe
lumpanti daivalikhitāni durakṣarāṇi

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
tripuṇḍa‍dhāraṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ