Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.9

saśirovrataṃ tripuṇḍadhāraṇavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
idaṃ śirovrataṃ cīrṇaṃ vidhivadyairdvijātibhiḥ /
teṣāmeva parāṃ vidyāṃ vadedajñānabādhikām

vidhivacchraddhayā sārdhaṃ na cīrṇaṃ yaiḥ śirovratam /
śrautasmārtasamācārasteṣāmanupakārakaḥ

śirovratasamācārādeva brahmādidevatāḥ /
devatā abhavanvidvan khalu nānyena hetunā

śirovratasya māhātmyaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam /
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca devatāḥ sakalā api

sarvapātakayukto'pi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
śirovratamidaṃ yena caritaṃ vidhivad‌budhaiḥ

śirovratamidaṃ nāma śirasyātharvaṇaśruteḥ /
yaduktaṃ taddhi naivānyattattu puṇyena labhyate

śākhābhedeṣu nāmāni vratasyāsya vibhedataḥ /
paṭhyante muniśārdūla śākhāsvekavrataṃ hi tat

sarvaśākhāsu vastvekaṃ śivākhyaṃ satyacid‌ghanam /
tathā tadviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ tathaiva ca śirotavratam

śirovratavihīnastu sarvadharmavivarjitaḥ /
api sarvāsu vidyāsu so'dhikārī na saṃśayaḥ

śirovratamidaṃ kāryaṃ pāpakāntāradāhakam /
sādhanaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ yatastatsamyagācaret

śrutirātharvaṇī sūkṣmā sūkṣmārthasya prakāśinī /
yaduvāca vrataṃ prītyā tannityaṃ samyagācaret

agnirityādibhirmantraiḥ ṣaḍ‌bhiḥ śuddhena bhasmanā /
sarvāṅ‌goddhūlanaṃ kuryācchirovratasamāhvayam

etacchirovrataṃ kuryātsandhyākāleṣu sādaram /
yāvadvidyodayastāvattasya vidyā khalūttamā

dvādaśābdamathābdaṃ vā tadardhaṃ ca tadardhakam /
prakuryād‌dvādaśāhaṃ vā saṅ‌kalpena śirovratam

śirovratena yaḥ snātastaṃ tu nopadiśettu yaḥ /
tasya vidyā vinaṣṭā syānnirghṛṇaḥ sa guruḥ khalu

brahmavidyāguruḥ sākṣānmuniḥ kāruṇikaḥ khalu /
yathā sarveśvaraḥ śrīmānmṛduḥ kāruṇikaḥ khalu

janmāntarasahasreṣu narā ye dharmacāriṇaḥ /
teṣāmeva khalu śraddhā jāyate na kadācana

pratyutājñānabāhulyād‌dveṣa eva vijāyate /
ataḥ pradveṣayuktasya na bhavedātmavedanam

brahmavidyopadeśasya sākṣādevādhikāriṇaḥ /
ta eva netare vidvan ye tu snātāḥ śirovrataiḥ

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ cīrṇaṃ yairdvijairādareṇa tu /
teṣāmevopadeṣṭavyamiti vedānuśāsanam

yaḥ paśustatpaśutvaṃ ca vratenānena santyajet /
tānhatvā na sa pāpīyānbhavedvedāntaniścayaḥ

tripuṇḍradhāraṇaṃ proktaṃ jābālairādareṇa tu /
triyambakena mantreṇa satāreṇa śivena ca

tripuṇḍraṃ dhārayennityaṃ gahasthāśramamāśritaḥ /
oṅ‌kāreṇa triruktena sahaṃsena tripuṇḍrakam

dhārayed‌‍bhikṣuko nityamiti jābālikī śrutiḥ /
triyambakena mantreṇa praṇavena śivena ca

gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho dhārayecca tripuṇḍrakam /
medhāvītyādinā vāpi brahmacārī dine dine

bhasmanā sajalenāpi dhārayecca tripuṇḍrakam /
brāhmaṇo vidhinotpannastripuṇḍrabhasmanaiva tu

lalāṭe dhārayennityaṃ tiryagbhasmāvaguṇṭhanam /
(mahādevasya sambandhāttaddharme'pyasti saṅ‌gatiḥ /)
samyak tripuṇḍradharmaṃ ca brāhmaṇo nityamācaret

ādibrāhmaṇabhūtena tripuṇḍraṃ bhasmanā dhṛtam /
yato'ta eva viprastu tripuṇḍraṃ dhārayetsadā

bhasmanā vedasiddhena tripuṇḍraṃ dehaguṇṭhanam /
rudraliṅ‌gārcanaṃ vāpi mohato'pi ca na tyajet

triyambakena mantreṇa satāreṇa tathaiva ca /
pañcākṣareṇa mantreṇa praṇavena tathaiva ca

lalāṭe hṛdaye caiva dordvandve ca mahāmune /
tripuṇḍraṃ dhārayennityaṃ saṃnyāsāśramamāśritaḥ

triyāyuṣeṇa mantreṇa medhāvītyādināthavā /
gauṇena bhasmanā dhāryaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ brahmacāriṇā

namo'ntena śivenaiva śūdraḥ śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ /
uddhūlanaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ ca nityaṃ bhaktyā samācaret

anyeṣāmapi sarveṣāṃ vinā mantreṇa suvrata /
uddhūlanaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ ca kartavyaṃ bhaktito mune

bhūtyaivoddhūlanaṃ tiryak tripuṇḍrasya ca dhāraṇam /
vareṇyaṃ sarvadharmebhyastasmānnityaṃ samācaret

bhasmāgnihotrajaṃ vātha virajāgnisamud‍bhavam /
ādareṇa samādāya śuddhe pātre nidhāya tat

prakṣālya pādau hastau ca dvirācamya samāhitaḥ /
gṛhītvā bhasma tatpañcabrahmamantraiḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā agnirityādimantritam /
taireva saptabhirmantraistrivāramabhimantrayet

omāpojyotirityuktvā dhyātvā mantrānudīrayet /
sitena bhasmanā pūrvaṃ samuddhūlya śarīrakam

vipāpo virajo martyo jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
tato dhyātvā mahāviṣṇuṃ jagannāthaṃ jalādhipam

saṃyojya bhasmanā toyamagnirityādibhiḥ punaḥ /
vimṛjya sāmbaṃ dhyātvā ca samuddhūlyordhvamastakam

tena bhāvanayā brāhmabhūtena sitabhasmanā /
lalāṭavakṣaḥskandheṣu svāśramocitamantrataḥ

madhyamānāmikāṅ‌guṣṭhairanulomavilomataḥ /
tripuṇḍraṃ dhārayennityaṃ trikāleṣvapi bhaktitaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe
saśirovrataṃ tripuṇḍadhāraṇavarṇanaṃ nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ