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Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.18

11.18.1

bṛhadrathakathānakam
nārada uvāca
pūjāviśeṣaṃ śrīdevyāḥ śrotumicchāmi mānada /
yenāśritena manujaḥ kṛtakṛtyatvamāvahet

11.18.2

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
devarṣe śṛṇu vakṣyāmi śrīmatsu pūjanakramam /
bhuktimuktipradaṃ sākṣātsamastāpannivāraṇam

11.18.3

ācamya maunī saṅ‌kalpya bhūtaśuddhyādikaṃ caret /
mātṛkānyāsapūrvaṃ tu ṣaḍaṅ‌ganyāsamācaret

11.18.4

śaṅ‌khasya sthāpanaṃ kṛtvā sāmānyārghyaṃ vidhāya ca /
pūjādravyāṇi cāstreṇa prokṣayenmatimānnaraḥ

11.18.5

guroranujñāmādāya tataḥ pūjāṃ samārabhet /
pīṭhapūjāṃ purā kṛtvā devīṃ dhyāyettataḥ param

11.18.6

āsanādyupacāraiśca bhaktipremayutaḥ sadā /
snāpayetparadevīṃ tāṃ pañcāmṛtarasādibhiḥ

11.18.7

pauṇḍrekṣurasapūrṇaistu kalaśaiḥ śatasaṃkhyakaiḥ /
stāpayedyo maheśānīṃ na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate

11.18.8

yaśca cūtarasairevaṃ snāpayejjagadambikām /
vedapārāyaṇaṃ kṛtvā rasenekṣūd‍bhavena vā

11.18.9

tad‌gehaṃ na tyajennityaṃ ramā caiva sarasvatī /
yastu drākṣārasenaiva vedapārāyaṇaṃ caran

11.18.10

abhiṣiñcenmaheśānīṃ sakuṭumbo narottamaḥ /
rasareṇupramāṇaṃ ca devīloke mahīyate

11.18.11

karpūrāgurukāśmīrakastūrīpaṅ‌kapaṅ‌kilaiḥ /
salilaiḥ snāpayeddevīṃ vedapārāyaṇaṃ caran

11.18.12

bhasmībhavanti pāpāni śatajanmārjitāni ca /
yo dugdhakalaśairdevīṃ stāpayedvedapāṭhataḥ

11.18.13

ākalpaṃ sa vasennityaṃ tasmin vai kṣīrasāgare /
yastu dadhnābhiṣiñcettāṃ dadhikulyāpatirbhavet

11.18.14

madhunā ca dhṛtenaiva tathā śarkarayāpi ca /
snāpayenmadhukulyādinadīnāṃ sa patirbhavet

11.18.15

sahasrakalaśairdevīṃ snāpayanbhaktitatparaḥ /
iha loke sukhī bhūtvāpyanyaloke sukhī bhavet

11.18.16

kṣaumaṃ vastradvayaṃ dattvā vāyulokaṃ sa gacchati /
rat‍nanirmitabhūṣāṇāṃ dātā nidhipatirbhavet

11.18.17

kāśmīracandanaṃ dattvā kastūrībindubhūṣitam /
tathā sīmantasindūraṃ caraṇe'laktapatrakam

11.18.18

indrāsane samārūḍho bhaveddevapatiḥ paraḥ /
puṣpāṇi vividhānyāhuḥ pūjākarmaṇi sādhavaḥ

11.18.19

tāni dattvā yathālābhaṃ kailāsaṃ labhate svayam /
bilvapatrāṇyamoghāni yo dadyātparaśaktaye

11.18.20

tasya duḥkhaṃ kadācicca kvacicca na bhaviṣyati /
bilvapatratraye raktacandanena tu saṃllikhet

11.18.21

māyābījatrayaṃ yat‍nātsusphuṭaṃ cātisundaram /
māyābījādikaṃ nāma caturthyantaṃ samuccaret

11.18.22

namo'ntaṃ parayā bhaktyā devīcaraṇapaṅ‌kaje /
samarpayenmahādevyai komalaṃ tacca patrakam

11.18.23

ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā manutvaṃ labhate hi saḥ /
yastu koṭidalairevaṃ komalairatinirmalaiḥ

11.18.24

pūjayed‌bhuvaneśānīṃ brahmāṇḍādhipatirbhavet /
kundapuṣpairnavīnaistu lulitairaṣṭagandhataḥ

11.18.25

koṭisaṅ‌khyaiḥ pūjayettu prājāpatyaṃ labhed‌dhruvam /
mallikāmālatīpuṣpairaṣṭagandhena lolitaiḥ

11.18.26

koṭisaṅ‌khyaiḥ pūjayā tu jāyate sa caturmukhaḥ /
daśakoṭibhirapyevaṃ taireva kusumairmune

11.18.27

viṣṇutvaṃ labhate martyo yatsureṣvapi durlabham /
viṣṇunaitad‌vrataṃ pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ svapadalabdhaye

11.18.28

śatakoṭibhirapyevaṃ sūtrātmatvaṃ vrajed‌dhruvam /
vratametatpurā samyakkṛtaṃ bhaktyā prayat‍nataḥ

11.18.29

tena vrataprabhāveṇa hiraṇyodaratāṃ vrajet /
japākusumapuṣpasya bandhūkakusumasya ca

11.18.30

dāḍimīkusumasyāpi vidhireṣa udīritaḥ /
evamanyāni puṣpāṇi śrīdevyai vidhinārpayet

11.18.31

tasya puṇyaphalasyāntaṃ na jānātīśvaro'pi saḥ /
tattadṛtūd‍bhavaiḥ puṣpairnāmasāhasrasaṃkhyayā

11.18.32

samarpayenmahādevyai prativarṣamatandritaḥ /
ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā mahāpātakasaṃyutaḥ

11.18.33

upapātakayukto'pi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
dehānte śrīpadāmbhojaṃ durlabhaṃ devasattamaiḥ

11.18.34

prāpnoti sādhakavaro mune nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ /
kṛṣṇāguruṃ sakarpūraṃ candanena samanvitam

11.18.35

silhakaṃ cājyasaṃyuktaṃ guggulena samanvitam /
dhūpaṃ dadyānmahādevyai yena syāddhūpitaṃ gṛham

11.18.36

tena prasannā deveśī dadāti bhuvanatrayam /
dīpaṃ karpūrakhaṇḍaiśca dadyāddevyai nirantaram

11.18.37

sūryalokamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
śatadīpāṃstathā dadyātsahasrānvā samāhitaḥ

11.18.38

naivedyaṃ purato devyāḥ sthāpayetparvatākṛtim /
lehyaiścoṣyaistathā peyaiḥ ṣaḍ‌rasaistu samāhitaiḥ

11.18.39

nānāphalāni divyāni svādūni rasavanti ca /
svarṇapātrasthitānnāni dadyāddevyai nirantaram

11.18.40

tṛptāyāṃ śrīmahādevyāṃ bhavettṛptaṃ jagattrayam /
yatastadātmakaṃ sarvaṃ rajjau sarpo yathā tathā

11.18.41

tataḥ pānīyakaṃ dadyācchubhaṃ gaṅ‌gājalaṃ mahat /
karpūravālāsaṃyuktaṃ śītalaṃ kalaśasthitam

11.18.42

tāmbūlaṃ ca tato devyai karpūraśakalānvitam /
elālavaṅ‌gasaṃyuktaṃ mukhasaugandhyadāyakam

11.18.43

dadyāddevyai mahābhaktyā yena devī prasīdati /
mṛdaṅ‌gavīṇāmurajaḍhakkādundubhiniḥsvanaiḥ

11.18.44

toṣayejjagatāṃ dhātrīṃ gāyanairatimohanaiḥ /
vedapārāyaṇaiḥ stotraiḥ purāṇādibhirapyuta

11.18.45

chatraṃ ca cāmare dve ca dadyāddevyai samāhitaḥ /
rājopacārān śrīdevyai nityameva samarpayet

11.18.46

pradakṣiṇāṃ namaskāraṃ kuryāddevyā anekadhā /
kṣamāpayejjagaddhātrīṃ jagadambāṃ muhurmuhuḥ

11.18.47

sakṛtsmaraṇamātreṇa yatra devī prasīdati /
etādṛśopacāraiśca prasīdedatra kaḥ smayaḥ

11.18.48

svabhāvato bhavenmātā putre'tikaruṇāvatī /
tena bhaktau kṛtāyāṃ tu vaktavyaṃ kiṃ tataḥ param

11.18.49

atra te kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ sanātanam /
bṛhadrathasya rājarṣeḥ priyaṃ bhaktipradāyakam

11.18.50

cakravāko'bhavatpakṣī kvaciddeśe himālaye /
bhramannānāvidhāndeśānyayau kāśīpuraṃ prati

11.18.51

annapūrṇāmahāsthāne prārabdhavaśato dvijaḥ /
jagāma līlayā tatra kaṇalobhādanāthavat

11.18.52

kṛtvā pradakṣiṇāmekāṃ jagāma sa vihāyasā /
deśāntaraṃ vihāyaiva purīṃ muktipradāyinīm

11.18.53

kālāntare mamārāsau gataḥ svargapurīṃ prati /
bubhuje viṣayānsarvān divyarūpadharo yuvā

11.18.54

kalpadvayaṃ tathā bhuktvā punaḥ prāpa bhuvaṃ prati /
kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule janma prāpa sarvottamottamam

11.18.55

bṛhadratheti nāmnābhūtprasiddhaḥ kṣitimaṇḍale /
mahāyajvā dhārmikaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ

11.18.56

trikālajñaḥ sārvabhaumo yamī parapurañjayaḥ /
pūrvajanmasmṛtistasya vartate durlabhā bhuvi

11.18.57

iti śrutvā kiṃvadantīṃ munayaḥ samupāgatāḥ /
kṛtātithyā nṛpendreṇa viṣṭareṣūṣureva te

11.18.58

papracchurmunayaḥ sarve saṃśayo'sti mahānnṛpa /
kena puṇyaprabhāveṇa pūrvajanmasmṛtistava

11.18.59

trikālajñānamevāpi kena puṇyaprabhāvataḥ /
jñānaṃ taveti tajjñātumāgatāḥ sma tavāntikam

11.18.60

vada nirvyājayā vṛttyā tadasmākaṃ yathātatham /
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ

11.18.61

uvāca sakalaṃ brahman trikālajñānakāraṇam /
śrūyatāṃ munayaḥ sarve mama jñānasya kāraṇam

11.18.62

cakravākaḥ sthitaḥ pūrvaṃ nīcayonigato'pi vā /
ajñānato'pi kṛtavānannapūrṇāpradakṣiṇām

11.18.63

tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa svarge kalpadvayasthitiḥ /
trikālajñānatāpyasminnabhūjjanmani suvratāḥ

11.18.64

ko veda jagadambāyāḥ padasmṛtiphalaṃ kiyat /
smṛtvā tanmahimānaṃ tu patantyaśrūṇi me'niśam

11.18.65

dhigastu janma teṣāṃ vai kṛtaghnānāṃ tu pāpinām /
ye sarvamātaraṃ devīṃ svopāsyāṃ na bhajanti hi

11.18.66

na śivopāsanā nityā na viṣṇūpāsanā tathā /
nityopāstiḥ parā devyā nityā śrutyaiva coditā

11.18.67

kiṃ mayā bahu vaktavyaṃ sthāne saṃśayavarjite /
sevanīyaṃ padāmbhojaṃ bhagavatyā nirantaram

11.18.68

nātaḥ parataraṃ kiñcidadhikaṃ jagatītale /
sevanīyā parā devī nirguṇā saguṇāthavā

11.18.69

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājarṣerdhārmikasya ca /
prasannahṛdayāḥ sarve gatāḥ svasvaniketanam

11.18.70

evaṃprabhāvā sā devī tatpūjāyāḥ phalaṃ kiyat /
astīti kena praṣṭavyaṃ vaktavyaṃ vā na kenacit

11.18.71

yeṣāṃ tu janmasāphalyaṃ teṣāṃ śraddhā tu jāyate /
yeṣāṃ tu janmasāṅ‌karyaṃ teṣāṃ śraddhā na jāyate

11.18.18

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
devīmāhāmye bṛhadrathakathānakaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

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