Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 7.40

devīgītāyāṃ bāhyapūjāvidhivarṇanam
śrī devyuvāca
prātarutthāya śirasi saṃsmaretpadmamujjvalam /
karpūrābhaṃ smarettatra śrīguruṃ nijarūpiṇam

suprasannaṃ lasad‌bhūṣābhūṣitaṃ śaktisaṃyutam /
namaskṛtya tato devīṃ kuṇḍalīṃ saṃsmaredbudhaḥ

prakāśamānāṃ prathame prayāṇe
pratiprayāṇe'pyamṛtāyamānām /
antaḥ padavyāmanusañcarantī-
mānandarūpāmabalāṃ prapadye

dhyātvaivaṃ tacchikhāmadhye saccidānandarūpiṇīm /
māṃ dhyāyedatha śaucādikriyāḥ sarvāḥ samāpayet

agnihotraṃ tato hūtvā matprītyarthaṃ dvijottamaḥ /
homānte svāsane sthitvā pūjāsaṅkalpamācaret

bhūtaśuddhiṃ purā kṛtvā mātṛkānyāsameva ca /
hṛllekhāmātṛkānyāsaṃ nityameva samācaret

mūlādhāre hakāraṃ ca hṛdaye ca rakārakam /
bhrūmadhye tadvadīkāraṃ hrīṅkāraṃ mastake nyaset

tattanmantroditānanyānnyāsānsarvānsamācaret /
kalpayetsvātmano dehe pīṭhaṃ dharmādibhiḥ punaḥ

tato dhyāyenmahādevīṃ prāṇāyāmairvijṛmbhite /
hṛdambhoje mama sthāne pañcapretāsane budhaḥ

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca īśvaraśca sadāśivaḥ /
ete pañca mahāpretāḥ pādamūle mama sthitāḥ

pañcabhūtātmakā hyete pañcāvasthātmakā api /
ahaṃ tvavyaktacid‌rūpā tadatītāsti sarvathā

tato viṣṭaratāṃ yātāḥ śaktitantreṣu sarvadā /
dhyātvaivaṃ mānasairbhogaiḥ pūjayenmāṃ japedapi

japaṃ samarpya śrīdevyai tato'rghyasthāpanaṃ caret /
pātrāsādanakaṃ kṛtvā pūjādravyāṇi śodhayet

jalena tena manunā cāstramantreṇa deśikaḥ /
digbandhaṃ ca purā kṛtvā gurūnnatvā tataḥ param

tadanujñāṃ samādāya bāhyapīṭhe tataḥ param /
hṛdisthāṃ bhavitāṃ mūrtiṃ mama divyāṃ manoharām

āvāhayettataḥ pīṭhe prāṇasthāpanavidyayā /
asanāvāhane cārghyaṃ pādyādyācamanaṃ tathā

snānaṃ vāsodvayaṃ caiva bhūṣaṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ /
gandhapuṣpaṃ yathāyogyaṃ dattvā devyai svabhaktitaḥ

yantrasthānāmāvṛtīnāṃ pūjanaṃ samyagācaret /
prativāramaśaktānāṃ śukravāro niyamyate

mūladevīprabhārūpāḥ smartavyā aṅgadevatāḥ /
tatprabhāpaṭalavyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ ca vicintayet

punarāvṛttisahitāṃ mūladevīṃ ca pūjayet /
gandhādibhiḥ sugandhaistu tathā puṣpaiḥ suvāsitaiḥ

naivedyaistarpaṇaiścaiva tāmbūlairdakṣiṇādibhiḥ /
toṣayenmāṃ tvatkṛtena nāmnāṃ sāhasrakeṇa ca

kavacena ca sūktenāhaṃ rudrebhiriti prabho /
devyatharvaśiromantrairhṛllekhopaniṣad‌bhavaiḥ

mahāvidyāmahāmantraistoṣayenmāṃ muhurmuhuḥ /
kṣamāpayejjagaddhātrīṃ premārdrahṛdayo naraḥ

pulakāṅ‌kitasarvāṅgairbāṣparuddhākṣiniḥsvanaḥ /
nṛtyagītādighoṣeṇa toṣayenmāṃ muhurmuhuḥ

vedapārāyaṇaiścaiva purāṇaiḥ sakalairapi /
pratipādyā yato'haṃ vai tasmāttaistoṣayettu mām

nijaṃ sarvasvamapi me sadehaṃ nityaśo'rpayet /
nityahomaṃ tataḥ kuryād‌brāhmaṇāṃśca suvāsinīḥ

baṭukānpāmarānanyāndevībuddhyā tu bhojayet /
natvā punaḥ svahṛdaye vyutkrameṇa visarjayet

sarvaṃ hṛllekhayā kuryāt pūjanaṃ mama subrata /
hṛllekhā sarvamantrāṇāṃ nāyikā paramā smṛtā

hṛllekhādarpaṇe nityamahaṃ tatpratibimbitā /
tasmād‌hṛllekhayā dattaṃ sarvamantraiḥ samarpitam

guruṃ sampūjya bhūṣādyaiḥ kṛtakṛtyatvamāvahet /
ya evaṃ pūjayeddevīṃ śrīmad‌bhuvanasundarīm

na tasya durlabhaṃ kiñcitkadācitkvacidasti hi /
dehānte tu maṇidvīpaṃ mama yātyeva sarvathā

jñeyo devīsvarūpo'sau devā nityaṃ namanti tam /
iti te kathitaṃ rājan mahādevyāḥ prapūjanam

vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇāpyadhikārānurūpataḥ /
kuru me pūjanaṃ tena kṛtārthastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

idaṃ tu gītāśāstraṃ me nāśiṣyāya vadet kvacit /
nābhaktāya pradātavyaṃ na dhūrtāya ca durhṛde

etatprakāśanaṃ māturud‌ghāṭanamurojayoḥ /
tasmādavaśyaṃ yat‍nena gopanīyamidaṃ sadā

deyaṃ bhaktāya śiṣyāya jyeṣṭhaputrāya caiva hi /
suśīlāya suveṣāya devībhaktiyutāya ca

śrāddhakāle paṭhedetad‌brāhmaṇānām samīpataḥ /
tṛptāstatpitaraḥ sarve prayānti paramaṃ padam

vyāsa uvāca
ityuktvā sā bhagavatī tatraivāntaradhīyata /
devāśca muditāḥ sarve devīdarśanato'bhavan

tato himālaye jajñe devī haimavatī tu sā /
yā gaurīti prasiddhāsīddattā sā śaṅkarāya ca

tataḥ skandaḥ samud‌bhūtastārakastena pātitaḥ /
samudramanthane pūrvaṃ rat‍nānyāsurnarādhipa

tatra devaiḥ stutā devī lakṣmīprāptyarthamādarāt /
teṣāmanugrahārthāya nirgatā tu ramā tataḥ

vaikuṇṭhāya surairdattā tena tasya śamo'bhavat /
iti te kathitaṃ rājan devīmāhātmyamuttamam

gaurīlakṣmyoḥ samud‌bhūtiviṣayaṃ sarvakāmadam /
na vācyaṃ tvetadanyasmai rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ yataḥ

gītā rahasyabhūteyaṃ gopanīyā prayat‍nataḥ /
sarvamuktaṃ smasena yatpṛṣṭaṃ tattvayānagha /
pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ divyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptamaskandhe
devīgītāyāṃ bāhyapūjāvidhivarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ