Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.23

taptakṛcchrādilakṣaṇavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
amṛtāpidhānamityevamuccārya sādhakottamaḥ /
ucchiṣṭabhāgbhyaḥ pātrānnaṃ dadyādante vicakṣaṇaḥ

ye ke cāsmatkule jātā dāsadāsyo'nakāṅ‌kṣiṇaḥ /
te sarve tṛptimāyāntu mayā dattena bhūtale

raurave'puṇyanilaye padmārbudanivāsinām /
arthināmudakaṃ dattamakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatu

pavitragranthimutsṛjya maṇḍale bhuvi nikṣipet /
pātre tu nikṣipedyastu sa vipraḥ pa‍ṅ‌ktidūṣakaḥ

ucchiṣṭastena saṃspṛṣṭaḥ śunā śūdreṇa ca dvijaḥ /
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ pañcagavyena śudhyati

anucchiṣṭena saṃspṛṣṭaiḥ snānameva vidhīyate /
ekāhutipradānena koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet

pañcabhiḥ pañcakoṭīnāṃ tadanantaphalaṃ smṛtam /
prāṇāgnihotravetre yo hyannadānaṃ karoti ca

dātuścaiva tu yatpuṇyaṃ bhoktuścaiva tu yatphalam /
prāpnutastau tadeva dvāvubhau tau svargagāminau

sapavitrakaro bhuṅ‌kte yastu vipro vidhānataḥ /
grāse grāse phalaṃ tasya pañcagavyasamaṃ bhavet

pūjākālatraye nityaṃ japastarpaṇameva ca /
homo brāhmaṇabhuktiśca puraścaraṇamucyate

adhaḥśayāno dharmātmā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ /
laghumiṣṭahitāśī ca vinītaḥ śāntacetasā

nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnāyī nityaṃ sa śubhabhāṣaṇaḥ /
strīśūdrapatitatvrātyanāstikocchiṣṭabhāṣaṇam

cāṇḍālabhāṣaṇaṃ caiva na kuryānmunisattama /
natvā naiva ca bhāṣeta japahomārcanādiṣu

maithunasya tathālāpaṃ tad‌goṣṭhīmapi varjayet /
karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā

sarvatra maithunatyāgo brahmacaryaṃ pracakṣate /
rājñaścaiva gṛhasthasya brahmacaryamudāhṛtam

ṛtustāteṣu dāreṣu saṅ‌gatiryā vidhānataḥ /
saṃskṛtāyāṃ savarṇāyāmṛtuṃ dṛṣṭvā prayat‍nataḥ

rātrau tu gamanaṃ kāryaṃ brahmacaryaṃ harenna tat /
ṛṇatrayamasaṃśodhya tvanutpādya sutānapi

tathā yajñānaniṣṭvā ca mokṣamicchanvrajatyadhaḥ /
ajāgalasya yajjanma tajjanma śruticoditam

ataḥ kāryaṃ tu viprendra ṛṇatrayaviśodhanam /
te devānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāmṛṇinastathā

ṛṣibhyo brahmacaryeṇa pitṛbhyastu tilodakaiḥ /
mucyedyajñena devebhyaḥ svāśramaṃ dharmamācaret

kṣīrāhārī phalāśī vā śākāśī vā haviṣyabhuk /
bhikṣāśī vā japedvidvānkṛcchracāndrāyaṇādikṛt

lavaṇaṃ kṣāramamlaṃ ca gṛñjanaṃ kāṃsyabhojanam /
tāmbūlaṃ ca dvibhuktaṃ ca duṣṭavāsaḥ pramattanam

śrutismṛtivirodhaṃ ca japaṃ rātrau vivarjayet /
vṛthā na kālaṃ gamayed‌dyūtastrīsvāpavādataḥ

gamayeddevatāpūjāstotrāgamavilokanaiḥ /
bhūśayyā brahmacāritvaṃ maunacaryā tathaiva ca

nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnānaṃ śūdrakarmavivarjanam /
nityapūjā nityadānamānandastutikīrtanam

naimittikārcanaṃ caiva viśvāso gurudevayoḥ /
japaniṣṭhasya dharmā ye dvādaśaite susiddhidāḥ

nityaṃ sūryamupasthāya tasya cābhimukho japet /
devatāpratimādau vā vahnau vābhyarcya tanmukhaḥ

snānapūjājapadhyānahomatarpaṇatatparaḥ /
niṣkāmo devatāyāṃ ca sarvakarmanivedakaḥ

evamādīṃśca niyamānpuraścaraṇakṛccaret /
tasmād‌dvijaḥ prasannātmā japahomaparāyaṇaḥ

tapasyadhyayane yukto bhaved‌bhūtānukampakaḥ /
tapasā svargamāpnoti tapasā vindate mahat

tapoyuktasya sidhyanti karmāṇi niyatātmanaḥ /
vidveṣaṇaṃ saṃharaṇaṃ māraṇaṃ roganāśanam

yena yenātha ṛṣiṇā yadarthaṃ devatāḥ stutāḥ /
sa sa kāmaḥ samṛddhyeta teṣāṃ teṣāṃ tathā tathā

tāni karmāṇi vakṣyāmi vidhānāni ca karmaṇām /
puraścaraṇamādau ca karmaṇāṃ siddhikārakam

svādhyāyābhyasanasyādau prājāpatyaṃ cared‌dvijaḥ /
keśaśmaśrulomanakhān vāpayitvā tataḥ śuciḥ

tiṣṭhedahani rātrau tu śucirāsīta vāgyataḥ /
satyavādī pavitrāṇi japedvyāhṛtayastathā

jyekārādyāstu tā japtvā sāvitrīṃ ca tadityṛcam /
āpo hi ṣṭheti sūktaṃ ca pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

punantyaḥ svastimatyaśca pāvamānyastathaiva ca /
sarvatraitatprayoktavyamādāvante ca karmaṇām

āsahasrādāśatādvāpyādaśādathavā japet /
akāraṃ vyāhṛtīstisraḥ sāvitrīmathavāyutam

tarpayitvād‌‍bhirācāryānṛṣīṃśchandāṃsi devatāḥ /
anāryeṇa na bhāṣeta śūdreṇāpi na garhitaiḥ

nāpi codakyayā vadhvā patitairnāntyajairnṛbhiḥ /
na devabrāhmaṇadviṣṭairnācāryagurunindakaiḥ

na mātṛpitṛvidviṣṭairnāvamanyeta kañcana /
kṛcchrāṇāmeṣa sarveṣāṃ vidhirukto'nupūrvaśaḥ

prājāpatyasya kṛcchrasya tathā sāntapanasya ca /
parākasya ca kṛcchrasya vidhiścāndrāyaṇasya ca

pañcabhiḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairduṣkṛtaiśca pramucyate /
taptakṛcchreṇa sarvāṇi pāpāni dahati kṣaṇāt

tribhiścāndrāyaṇaiḥ pūto brahmalokaṃ samaśnute /
aṣṭabhirdevatāḥ sākṣātpaśyeta varadāstadā

chandāṃsi daśabhirjñātvā sarvānkāmānsamaśnute /
tryahaṃ prātastryahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitam

tryahaṃ paraṃ ca nāśnīyātprājāpatyaṃ cared‌dvijaḥ /
gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam

ekarātropavāsaśca kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ smṛtam /
ekaikaṃ grāsamaśnīyādahāni trīṇi pūrvavat

tryahaṃ copavaseditthamatikṛcchraṃ cared‌dvijaḥ /
evameva tribhiryuktaṃ mahāsāntapanaṃ smṛtam

taptakṛcchraṃ caranvipro jalakṣīraghṛtānilān /
pratitryahaṃ pibeduṣṇānsakṛtsnāyī samāhitaḥ

niyatastu pibedāpaḥ prājāpatyavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
yatātmano'pramattasya dvādaśāhamabhojanam

parāko nāma kṛcchro'yaṃ sarvapāpapraṇodanaḥ /
ekaikaṃ tu grasetpiṇḍaṃ kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet

amāvāsyāṃ na bhuñjīta evaṃ cāndrāyaṇe vidhiḥ /
upaspṛśya triṣavaṇametaccāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam

caturaḥ prātaraśnīyādvipraḥ piṇḍātkṛtāhnikaḥ /
caturo'stamite sūrye śiśucāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam

aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṇḍānmadhyandine sthite /
niyatātmā haviṣyasya yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam

etadrudrāstathādityā vasavaśca caranti hi /
sarve kuśalino devā marutaśca bhuvā saha

ekaikaṃ saptarātreṇa punāti vidhivatkṛtam /
tvagasṛk‌piśitāsthīni medomajjāvasāstathā

ekaikaṃ saptarātreṇa śudhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
ebhirvratairvipūtātmā karma kurvīta nityaśaḥ

evaṃ śuddhasya karmāṇi sidhyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
śuddhātmā karma kurvīta satyavādī jitendriyaḥ

iṣṭānkāmāṃstataḥ sarvānsamprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ /
trirātramevopavasedrahitaḥ sarvakarmaṇā

trīṇi naktāni vā kuryāttataḥ karma samārabhet /
evaṃ vidhānaṃ kathitaṃ puraścaryāphalapradam

gāyatryāśca puraścaryāṃ sarvakāmapradāyinī /
kathitā tava devarṣe mahāpāpavināśinī

ādau kuryād‌vrataṃ mantrī dehaśodhanakārakam /
puraścaryāṃ tataḥ kuryātsamastaphalabhāgbhavet

iti te kathitaṃ guhyaṃ puraścaryāvidhānakam /
etatparasmai no vācyaṃ śrutisāraṃ yataḥ smṛtam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
ekādaśaskandhe taptakṛcchrādilakṣaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ