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Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.3

11.3.1

kṣamāhātmyavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
(śuddhaṃ smārtaṃ cācamanaṃ paurāṇaṃ vaidikaṃ tathā /
tāntrikaṃ śrautamityāhuḥ ṣaḍ‌vidhaṃ śruticoditam //
viṇmūtrādikaśaucaṃ ca śuddhaṃ ca parikīrtitam /
smārtaṃ paurāṇikaṃ karma ācānte vidhipūrvakam //
vaidikaṃ śrautramityādi brahmayajñādipūrvakam /
astravidyādikaṃ karma tāntriko vidhirucyate //)
smṛtvā coṅ‌kāragāyatrīṃ nibadhnīyācchikhāṃ tathā /
punarācamya hṛdayaṃ bāhū skandhau ca saṃspṛśet

11.3.2

kṣute niṣṭhīvane caiva dantocchiṣṭe tathānṛte /
patitānāṃ ca sambhāṣe dakṣiṇaṃ śravaṇaṃ spṛśet

11.3.3

agnirāpaśca vedāśca somaḥ sūryo'nilastathā /
sarve nārada viprasya karṇe tiṣṭhanti dakṣiṇe

11.3.4

tatastu gatvā nadyādau prātaḥsnānaṃ viśodhanam /
samācarenmuniśreṣṭha dehasaṃśuddhihetave

11.3.5

atyantamalino deho navadvārairmalaṃ vahan /
sadā''ste tacchodhanāya prātaḥsnānaṃ vidhīyate

11.3.6

agamyāgamanātpāpaṃ yacca pāpaṃ pratigrahāt /
rahasyācaritaṃ pāpaṃ mucyate snānakarmaṇā

11.3.7

asnātasya kriyāḥ sarvā bhavanti viphalā yataḥ /
tasmātprātaścaretsnānaṃ nityameva dine dine

11.3.8

darbhayuktaścaretsnānaṃ tathā sandhyābhivandanam /
saptāhaṃ prātarasnāyī sandhyāhīnastribhirdinaiḥ

11.3.9

dvādaśāhamanagniḥ sandvijaḥ śūdratvamāpnuyāt /
alpatvāddhomakālasya bahutvātsnānakarmaṇaḥ

11.3.10

prātarna tu tathā snāyāddhomakāle vigarhitaḥ /
gāyatryāstu paraṃ nāsti iha loke paratra ca

11.3.11

gāyantaṃ trāyate yasmād‌gāyatrītyabhidhīyate /
praṇavena tu saṃyuktāṃ vyāhṛtitrayasaṃyutām

11.3.12

vāyuṃ vāyau jayedvipraḥ prāṇasaṃyamanatrayāt /
brāhmaṇaḥ śrutisampannaḥ svadharmanirataḥ sadā

11.3.13

sa vaidikaṃ japenmantraṃ laukikaṃ na kadācana /
gauśṛṅ‌ge sarṣapo yāvat tāvadyeṣāṃ na sa sthiraḥ

11.3.14

na tārayantyubhau pakṣau pitṝnekottaraṃ śatam /
sagarbho japasaṃyuktastvagarbho dhyānamātrakaḥ

11.3.15

snānāṅ‌gatarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā devarṣipitṛtoṣakam /
śuddhe vastre parīdhāya jalād‌bahirupāgataḥ

11.3.16

vibhūtidhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ ca dhāraṇam /
kramayogena kartavyaṃ sarvadā japasādhakaiḥ

11.3.17

rudrākṣānkaṇṭhadeśe daśanaparimitā-
nmastake viṃśatī dve
ṣaṭ ṣaṭ karṇapradeśe karayugalakṛte
dvādaśa dvādaśaiva /
bāhvorindoḥ kalābhirnayanayugakṛte
tvekamekaṃ śikhāyāṃ
vakṣasyaṣṭādhikaṃ yaḥ kalayati śatakaṃ
sa svayaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ

11.3.18

baddhvā svarṇena rudrākṣaṃ rajatenāthavā mune /
śikhāyāṃ dhārayennityaṃ karṇayorvā samāhitaḥ

11.3.19

yajñopavīte haste vā kaṇṭhe tunde'thavā naraḥ /
śrīmatpañcākṣareṇaiva praṇavena tathāpi vā

11.3.20

nirvyājabhaktyā medhāvī rudrākṣaṃ dhārayenmudā /
rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ sākṣācchivajñānasya sādhanam

11.3.21

rudrākṣaṃ yacchikhāyāṃ tattāratattvamiti smaret /
karṇayorubhayorbrahman devaṃ devīṃ ca bhāvayet

11.3.22

yajñopavīte vedāṃśca tathā haste diśaḥ smaret /
kaṇṭhe sarasvatīṃ devīṃ pāvakaṃ cāpi bhāvayet

11.3.23

sarvāśramāṇāṃ varṇānāṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ ca dhāraṇam /
kartavyaṃ mantrataḥ proktaṃ dvijānāṃ nānyavarṇinām

11.3.24

rudrākṣadhāraṇād‌rudro bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
paśyannapi niṣiddhāṃśca tathā śṛṇvannapi smaran

11.3.25

jighrannapi tathā cāśnan pralapannapi santatam /
kurvannapi sadā gacchanvisṛjannapi mānavaḥ

11.3.26

rudrākṣadhāraṇādeva sarvapāpairna lipyate /
anena bhuktaṃ devena bhuktaṃ yattu tathā bhavet

11.3.27

pītaṃ rudreṇa tatpītaṃ ghrātaṃ ghrātaṃ śivena tat /
rudrākṣadhāraṇe lajjā yeṣāmasti mahāmune

11.3.28

teṣāṃ nāsti vinirmokṣaḥ saṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ /
rudrākṣadhāriṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā parivādaṃ karoti yaḥ

11.3.29

utpattau tasya sāṅ‌karyamastveveti viniścayaḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇādeva rudro rudratvamāpnuyāt

11.3.30

munayaḥ satyasaṅ‌kalpā brahmā brahmatvamāgataḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇācchreṣṭhaṃ na kiñcidapi vidyate

11.3.31

rudrākṣadhāriṇe bhaktyā vastraṃ dhānyaṃ dadāti yaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati

11.3.32

rudrākṣadhāriṇaṃ śrāddhe bhojayeta vimodataḥ /
pitṛlokamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

11.3.33

rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ pādau prakṣālyād‌‍bhiḥ pibennaraḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate

11.3.34

hāraṃ vā kaṭakaṃ vāpi suvarṇaṃ vā dvijottamaḥ /
rudrākṣasahitaṃ bhaktyā dhārayan rudratāmiyāt

11.3.35

rudrākṣaṃ kevalaṃ vāpi yatra kutra mahāmate /
samantrakaṃ vā mantreṇa rahitaṃ bhāvavarjitam

11.3.36

yo vā ko vā naro bhaktyā dhārayellajjayāpi vā /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ samyagjñānamavāpnuyāt

11.3.37

aho rudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate /
tasmātsarvaprayat‍nena kuryād‌rudrākṣadhāraṇam

11.3.3

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
sadācāranirūpaṇe rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

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