Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.5

rudrākṣajapamālāvidhānavarṇanam
īśvara uvāca
lakṣaṇaṃ japamālāyāḥ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi ṣaṇmukha /
rudrākṣasya mukhaṃ brahmā bindū rudra itīritaḥ

viṣṇuḥ pucchaṃ bhaveccaiva bhogamokṣaphalapradam /
pañcaviṃśatibhiścākṣaiḥ pañcavaktraiḥ sakaṇṭakaiḥ

raktavarṇaiḥ sitairmiśraiḥ kṛtarandhravidarbhitaiḥ /
akṣasūtraṃ prakartavyaṃ gopucchavalayākṛti

vaktraṃ vaktreṇa saṃyojya pucchaṃ pucchena yojayet /
merumūrdhvamukhaṃ kuryāttadūrdhvaṃ nāgapāśakam

evaṃ saṃgrathitāṃ mālāṃ mantrasiddhipradāyinīm /
prakṣālya gandhatoyena pañcagavyena copari

tataḥ śivāmbhasā''kṣālya tato mantragaṇānnyaset /
spṛṣṭvā śivāstramantreṇa kavacenāvaguṇṭhayet

mūlamantraṃ nyasetpaścātpūrvavatkārayettathā /
sadyojātādibhiḥ prokṣya yāvadaṣṭottaraṃ śatam

mūlamantraṃ samuccārya śuddhabhūmau nidhāya ca /
tasyopari nyasetsāmbaṃ śivaṃ paramakāraṇam

pratiṣṭhitā bhavenmālā sarvakāmaphalapradā /
yasya devasya yo mantrastāṃ tenaivābhipūjayet

mūrdhni kaṇṭhe'thavā karṇe nyasedvā japamālikām /
rudrākṣamālayā caivaṃ japtavyaṃ niyatātmanā

kaṇṭhe mūrdhni hṛdi prānte karṇe bāhuyuge'thavā /
rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ / ११ //
kimatra bahunoktena varṇanena punaḥ punaḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ nityaṃ tasmādetatpraśasyate

snāne dāne jape home vaiśvadeve surārcane /
prāyaścitte tathā śrāddhe dīkṣākāle viśeṣataḥ

arudrākṣadharo bhūtvā yatkiñcitkarma vaidikam /
kurvanviprastu mohena narake patati dhruvam

rudrākṣaṃ dhārayenmūrdhni kaṇṭhe sūtre kare'thavā /
suvarṇamaṇisambhinnaṃ śuddhaṃ nānyairdhṛtaṃ śivam

nāśucirdhārayedakṣaṃ sadā bhaktyaiva dhārayet /
rudrākṣatarusambhūtavātod‍bhūtatṛṇānyapi

puṇyalokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham /
rudrākṣaṃ dhārayanpāpaṃ kurvannapi ca mānavaḥ

sarvaṃ tarati pāpmānaṃ jābālaśrutirāha hi /
paśavo hi ca rudrākṣadhāraṇādyānti rudratām

kimu ye dhārayanti sma narā rudrākṣamālikām /
rudrākṣaḥ śirasā hyeko dhāryo rudraparaiḥ sadā

dhvaṃsanaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ sarvapāpavimocanam /
vyāharanti ca nāmāni ye śambhoḥ paramātmanaḥ

rudrākṣālaṅ‌kṛtā ye ca te vai bhāgavatottamāḥ /
rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ sarvaśreyo'rthibhirnṛbhiḥ

karṇapāśe śikhāyāṃ ca kaṇṭhe haste tathodare /
mahādevaśca viṣṇuśca brahmā teṣāṃ vibhūtayaḥ

devāścānye tathā bhaktyā khalu rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ /
gotrarṣayaśca sarveṣāṃ kūṭasthā mūlarūpiṇaḥ

teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtāśca munayaḥ sakalā api /
śrautadharmaparāḥ śuddhāḥ khalu rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ

śraddhā na jāyate sākṣādvedasiddhe vimuktide /
bahūnāṃ janmanāmante mahādevaprasādataḥ

rudrākṣadhāraṇe vāñchā svabhāvādeva jāyate /
rudrākṣasya tu māhātmyaṃ jābālairādareṇa tu

paṭhyate munibhiḥ sarvairmayā putra tathaiva ca /
rudrākṣasya phalaṃ caiva triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

phalasya darśane puṇyaṃ sparśātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet /
śatakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ dhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca /
japācca labhate nityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

haste corasi kaṇṭhe ca karṇayormastake tathā /
rudrākṣaṃ dhārayedyastu sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ

avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rudravaddhi cared‌bhuvi /
surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca vandanīyo yathā śivaḥ

rudrākṣadhārī satataṃ vandanīyastathā naraiḥ /
ucchiṣṭo vā vikarmastho yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt /
kaṇṭhe rudrākṣamābadhya śvāpi vā mriyate yadi

so'pi muktimavāpnoti kiṃ punarmānuṣo'pi saḥ /
japadhyānavihīno'pi rudrākṣaṃ yadi dhārayet

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim /
ekaṃ vāpi hi rudrākṣaṃ kṛtvā yat‍nena dhārayet

ekaviṃśatimuddhṛtya rudraloke mahīyate /
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rudrākṣasya punarvidhim

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmekādaśaskandhe
rudrākṣajapamālāvidhānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ