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Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.7

11.7.1

rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
evaṃ nārada ṣaḍvaktro giriśena vibodhitaḥ /
rudrākṣamahimānaṃ ca jñātvāsītsa kṛtārthakaḥ

11.7.2

itthaṃ bhūtānubhāvo'yaṃ rudrākṣo varṇito mayā /
sadācāraprasaṅ‌gena śṛṇu cānyatsamāhitaḥ

11.7.3

yathā rudrākṣamahimā varṇito'nantapuṇyadaḥ /
lakṣaṇaṃ mantravinyāsaṃ tathāhaṃ varṇayāmi te

11.7.4

lakṣaṃ tu darśanātyuṇyaṃ koṭistatsparśanād‍bhavet /
tasya koṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate dhāraṇānnaraḥ

11.7.5

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca /
tajjapāllabhate puṇyaṃ naro rudrākṣadhāraṇāt

11.7.6

rudrākṣāṇāṃ tu bhadrākṣadhāraṇātsyānmahāphalam /
dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃ yacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam

11.7.7

badarīphalamātraṃ tu procyate madhyamaṃ budhaiḥ /
adhamaṃ caṇamātraṃ syātpratijñaiṣā mayoditā

11.7.8

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśceti śivājñayā /
vṛkṣā jātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ

11.7.9

śvetāstu brāhmaṇā jñeyāḥ kṣatriyā raktavarṇakāḥ /
pītā vaiśyāstu vijñeyāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ śūdrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

11.7.10

brāhmaṇo bibhṛyācchvetān raktān rājā tu dhārayet /
pītānvaiśyastu bibhṛyātkṛṣṇān śūdrastu dhārayet

11.7.11

samāḥ snigdhā dṛḍhāstadvatkaṇṭakaiḥ saṃyutāḥ śubhāḥ /
kṛmidaṣṭāñchinnabhinnānkaṇṭakairahitāṃstathā

11.7.12

vraṇayuktānāvṛtāṃśca ṣaḍ‌rudrākṣāṃstu varjayet /
svayameva kṛtadvāro rudrākṣaḥ syādihottamaḥ

11.7.13

yattu pauruṣayat‍nena kṛtaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ bhavet /
samānsnigdhāndṛḍhānvṛttānkṣaumasūtreṇa dhārayet

11.7.14

sarvagātreṣu sāmyena samānātivilakṣaṇā /
nirgharṣe hemalekhābhā yatra lekhā pradṛśyate

11.7.15

tadakṣamuttamaṃ vidyātsa dhāryaḥ śivapūjakaiḥ /
śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃ triṃśadvai śirasā vahet

11.7.16

ṣaṭ‌triṃśacca gale dhāryā bāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa /
maṇibandhe dvādaśākṣānskandhe pañcāśataṃ bhavet

11.7.17

aṣṭottaraśatairmālopavītaṃ ca prakalpayet /
dvisaraṃ trisaraṃ vāpi bibhṛyātkaṇṭhadeśataḥ

11.7.18

kuṇḍale mukuṭe caiva karṇikāhārakeṣu ca /
keyūre kaṭake caiva kukṣivaṃśe tathaiva ca

11.7.19

supte pīte sarvakālaṃ rudrākṣaṃ dhārayennaraḥ /
triśataṃ tvadhamaṃ pañcaśataṃ madhyamamucyate

11.7.20

sahasramuttamaṃ proktaṃ caivaṃ bhedena dhārayet /
śirasīśānamantreṇa karṇe tatpuruṣeṇa ca

11.7.21

aghoreṇa lalāṭe tu tenaiva hṛdaye'pi ca /
aghorabījamantreṇa karayordhārayetpunaḥ

11.7.22

pañcāśadakṣagrathitāṃ vāmadevena codare /
pañcabrahmabhiraṅ‌gaiścāpyevaṃ rudrākṣadhāraṇam

11.7.23

grathitānmūlamantreṇa sarvānakṣāṃstu dhārayet /
ekavaktrastu rudrākṣaḥ paratattvaprakāśakaḥ

11.7.24

paratattvadhāraṇācca jāyate tatprakāśanam /
dvivaktrastu muniśreṣṭha ardhanārīśvaro bhavet

11.7.25

dhāraṇādardhanārīśaḥ prīyate tasya nityaśaḥ /
trivaktrastvanalaḥ sākṣātstrīhatyāṃ dahati kṣaṇāt

11.7.26

trimukhaścaiva rudrākṣo'pyagnitrayasvarūpakaḥ /
taddhāraṇācca hutabhuk tasya tuṣyati nityaśaḥ

11.7.27

caturmukhastu rudrākṣaḥ pitāmahasvarūpakaḥ /
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīmānmahadārogyamuttamam

11.7.28

mahatī jñānasampattiḥ śuddhaye dhārayennaraḥ /
pañcamukhastu rudrākṣaḥ pañcabrahmasvarūpakaḥ

11.7.29

tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa santuṣyati maheśvaraḥ /
ṣaḍvaktraścaiva rudrākṣaḥ kārtikeyādhidaivataḥ

11.7.30

vināyakaṃ cāpi devaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ /
saptavaktrastu rudrākṣaḥ saptamātrādhidaivataḥ

11.7.31

saptāśvadaivataścaiva munisaptakadaivataḥ /
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīḥ syānmahadārogyamuttamam

11.7.32

mahatī jñānasampattiḥ śucirvai dhārayennaraḥ /
aṣṭavaktrastu rudrākṣo'pyaṣṭamātrādhidaivataḥ

11.7.33

vasvaṣṭakaprītikaro gaṅ‌gāprītikaraḥ śubhaḥ /
taddhāraṇādime prītā bhaveyuḥ satyavādinaḥ

11.7.34

navavaktrastu rudrākṣo yamadeva udāhṛtaḥ /
taddhāraṇādyamabhayaṃ na bhavatyeva sarvathā

11.7.35

daśavaktrastu rudrākṣo daśāśādaivataḥ smṛtaḥ /
daśāśāprītijanako dhāraṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ

11.7.36

ekādaśamukhastvakṣo rudraikādaśadaivataḥ /
tamindradaivataṃ cāhuḥ sadā saukhyavivardhanam

11.7.37

rudrākṣo dvādaśamukho mahāviṣṇusvarūpakaḥ /
dvādaśādityadaivaśca bibhartyeva hi tatparaḥ

11.7.38

trayodaśamukhaścākṣaḥ kāmadaḥ siddhidaḥ śubhaḥ /
tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa kāmadevaḥ prasīdati

11.7.39

caturdaśamukhaścākṣo rudranetrasamud‍bhavaḥ /
sarvavyādhiharaścaiva sarvārogyapradāyakaḥ

11.7.40

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ ca laśunaṃ palāṇḍuṃ śigrumeva ca /
śleṣmātakaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ bhakṣaṇe varjayettataḥ

11.7.41

grahaṇe viṣuve caiva saṅ‌krame tvayane tathā /
darśe ca paurṇamāse ca puṇyeṣu divaseṣvapi /
rudrākṣadhāraṇātsadyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

11.7.7

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ

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