Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.26

sāvitrīpūjāvidhikathanam
nārada uvāca
tulasyupākhyānamidaṃ śrutaṃ cātisudhopamam /
tataḥ sāvitryupākhyānaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

purā kena samud‌bhūtā sā śrutā ca śruteḥ prasūḥ /
kena vā pūjitā loke prathame kaiśca vā pare

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
brahmaṇā vedajananī prathame pūjitā mune /
dvitīye ca vedagaṇaistatpaścādviduṣāṃ gaṇaiḥ

tadā cāśvapatirbhūpaḥ pūjayāmāsa bhārate /
tatpaścātpūjayāmāsurvarṇāścatvāra eva ca

nārada uvāca
ko vā so'śvapatirbrahman kena vā tena pūjitā /
sarvapūjyā ca sā devī prathame kaiśca vā pare

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
madradeśe mahārājo babhūvāśvapatirmune /
vairiṇāṃ balahartā ca mitrāṇāṃ duḥkhanāśanaḥ

āsīttasya mahārājñī mahiṣī dharmacāriṇī /
mālatīti samākhyātā yathā lakṣmīrgadābhṛtaḥ

sā ca rājñī ca vandhyā ca vasiṣṭhasyopadeśataḥ /
cakārārādhanaṃ bhaktyā sāvitryāścaiva nārada

pratyādeśaṃ na sā prāptā mahiṣī na dadarśa tām /
gṛhaṃ jagāma duḥkhārtā hṛdayena vidūyatā

rājā tāṃ duḥkhitāṃ dṛṣṭvā bodhayitvā nayena vai /
sāvitryāstapase bhaktyā jagāma puṣkaraṃ tadā

tapaścakāra tatraiva saṃyataḥ śatavatsaram /
na dadarśa ca sāvitryā pratyādeśo babhūva ca

śuśrāvākāśavāṇīṃ ca nṛpendraścāśarīriṇīm /
gāyatryā daśalakṣaṃ ca japaṃ tvaṃ kuru nārada

etasminnantare tatra ājagāma parāśaraḥ /
praṇanāma tatastaṃ ca munirnṛpamuvāca ca

muniruvāca
sakṛjjapaśca gāyatryāḥ pāpaṃ dinabhavaṃ haret /
daśavāraṃ japenaiva naśyetpāpaṃ divāniśam

śatavāraṃ japaścaiva pāpaṃ māsārjitaṃ haret /
sahasradhā japaścaiva kalmaṣaṃ vatsarārjitam

lakṣo janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ daśalakṣo'nyajanmajam /
sarvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ śatalakṣādvinaśyati

karoti muktiṃ viprāṇāṃ japo daśaguṇastataḥ /
karaṃ sarpaphaṇākāraṃ kṛtvā tad‌randhamudritam

ānamramūrdhamacalaṃ prajapetprāṅ‌mukho dvijaḥ /
anāmikāmadhyadeśādadho'vāmakrameṇa ca

tarjanīmūlaparyantaṃ japasyaivaṃ kramaḥ kare /
śvetapaṅ‌kajabījānāṃ sphaṭikānāṃ ca saṃskṛtām

kṛtvā vai mālikāṃ rājan japettīrthe surālaye /
saṃsthāpya mālāmaśvatthapatre padme ca saṃyataḥ

kṛtvā gorocanāktāṃ ca gāyatryā snāpayetsudhīḥ /
gāyatrīśatakaṃ tasyāṃ japecca vidhipūrvakam

athavā pañcagavyena snātvā mālāṃ susaṃskṛtām /
atha gaṅ‌godakenaiva snātvā vātisusaṃskṛtām

evaṃ krameṇa rājarṣe daśalakṣaṃ japaṃ kuru /
sākṣāddrakṣyasi sāvitrīṃ trijanmapātakakṣayāt

nityaṃ sandhyāṃ ca he rājan kariṣyasi dine dine /
madhyāhne cāpi sāyāhne prātareva śuciḥ sadā

sandhyāhīno'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu /
yadahnā kurute karma na tasya phalabhāgbhavet

nopatiṣṭhati yaḥ pūrvāṃ nopāste yastu paścimām /
sa śūdravad‌bahiṣkāryaḥ sarvasmād‌ dvijakarmaṇaḥ

yāvajjīvanaparyantaṃ triḥsandhyāṃ yaḥ karoti ca /
sa ca sūryasamo viprastejasā tapasā sadā

tatpādapadmarajasā sadyaḥpūtā vasundharā /
jīvanmuktaḥ sa tejasvī sandhyāpūto hi yo dvijaḥ

tīrthāni ca pavitrāṇi tasya saṃsparśamātrataḥ /
tataḥ pāpāni yāntyeva vainateyādivoragāḥ

na gṛhṇanti surāḥ pūjāṃ pitaraḥ piṇḍatarpaṇam /
svecchayā ca dvijāteśca trisandhyārahitasya ca

mūlaprakṛtyabhakto yastanmantrasyāpyanarcakaḥ /
tadutsavavihīnaśca viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

viṣṇumantravihīnaśca trisandhyārahito dvijaḥ /
ekādaśīvihīnaśca viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

hareranaivedyabhojī dhāvako vṛṣavāhakaḥ /
śūdrānnabhojī yo vipro viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī yaḥ sa vipro vṛṣalīpatiḥ /
śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāraśca viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

śūdrāṇāṃ ca pratigrāhī śūdrayājī ca yo dvijaḥ /
masijīvī asijīvī viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

yaḥ kanyāvikrayī vipro yo harernāmavikrayī /
yo vipro'vīrānnabhojī ṛtusnātānnabhojakaḥ

bhagajīvī bārdhuṣiko viṣahīno yathoragaḥ /
yo vidyāvikayī vipro viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

sūryodaye svapedyo hi matsyabhojī ca yo dvijaḥ /
śivāpūjādirahito viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

ityuktvā ca muniśreṣṭhaḥ sarvapūjāvidhikramam /
tamuvāca ca sāvitryā dhyānādikamabhīpsitam

dattvā sarvaṃ nṛpendrāya yayau ca svāśrame mune /
rājā saṃpūjya sāvitrīṃ dadarśa varamāpa ca

nārada uvāca
kiṃ vā dhyānaṃ ca sāvitryāḥ kiṃ vā pūjāvidhānakam /
stotraṃ mantraṃ ca kiṃ dattvā prayayau sa parāśaraḥ

nṛpaḥ kena vidhānena saṃpūjya śrutimātaram /
varaṃ ca kaṃ vā samprāpa sampūjya tu vidhānataḥ

tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi sāvitryāḥ paramaṃ mahat /
rahasyātirahasyaṃ ca śrutisiddhaṃ samāsataḥ

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇatrayodaśyāṃ śuddhakāle ca yat‍nataḥ /
vratameva caturdaśyāṃ vratī bhaktyā samācaret

vrataṃ caturdaśābdaṃ ca dvisaptaphalasaṃyutam /
dattvā dvisaptanaivedyaṃ puṣpadhūpādikaṃ caret

vastraṃ yajñopavītaṃ ca bhojanaṃ vidhipūrvakam /
saṃsthāpya maṅ‌galaghaṭaṃ phalaśākhāsamanvitam

gaṇeśaṃ ca dineśaṃ ca vahniṃ viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ śivām /
sampūjya pūjayediṣṭaṃ ghaṭe āvāhite dvijaḥ

śṛṇu dhyānaṃ ca sāvitryāścoktaṃ mādhyandine ca yat /
stotraṃ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca mantraṃ ca sarvakāmadam

taptakāñcanavarṇābhāṃ jvalantīṃ brahmatejasā /
grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍasahasrasammitaprabhām

īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ rat‍nabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām /
vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ bhaktānugrahavigrahām

sukhadāṃ muktidāṃ śāntāṃ kāntāṃ ca jagatāṃ vidheḥ /
sarvasampatsvarūpāṃ ca pradātrīṃ sarvasampadām

vedādhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ ca vedaśāstrasvarūpiṇīm /
vedabījasvarūpāṃ ca bhaje tāṃ vedamātaram

dhyātvā dhyānena naivedyaṃ dattvā pāṇiṃ svamūrdhani /
punardhyātvā ghaṭe bhaktyā devīmāvāhayed‌ vratī

dattvā ṣoḍaśopacāraṃ vedoktaṃ mantrapūrvakam /
sampūjya stutvā praṇameddevadevīṃ vidhānataḥ

āsanaṃ pādyamarghyaṃ ca snānīyaṃ cānulepanam /
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ tāmbūlaṃ śītalaṃ jalam

vasanaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ mālyaṃ gandhamācamanīyakam /
manoharaṃ sutalpaṃ ca deyānyetāni ṣoḍaśa

dārusāravikāraṃ ca hemādinirmitaṃ ca vā /
devādhāraṃ puṇyadaṃ ca mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam

tīrthodakaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca puṇyadaṃ prītidaṃ mahat /
pūjāṅ‌gabhūtaṃ śuddhaṃ ca mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam

pavitrarūpamarghyaṃ ca dūrvāpuṣpadalānvitam /
puṇyadaṃ śaṅ‌khatoyāktaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam

sugandhaṃ gandhatoyaṃ ca snehaṃ saugandhakārakam /
mayā niveditaṃ bhaktyā snānīyaṃ pratigṛhyatām

gandhadravyod‍bhavaṃ puṇyaṃ prītidaṃ divyagandhadam /
mayā niveditaṃ bhaktyā gandhatoyaṃ tavāmbike

sarvamaṅ‌galarūpaṃ ca sarvaṃ ca maṅ‌galapradam /
puṇyadaṃ ca sudhūpaṃ taṃ gṛhāṇa parameśvari

sugandhayuktaṃ sukhadaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam /
jagatāṃ darśanārthāya pradīpaṃ dīptikārakam

andhakāradhvaṃsabījaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam /
tuṣṭidaṃ puṣṭidaṃ caiva prītidaṃ kṣudvināśanam

puṇyadaṃ svādurūpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ pratigṛhyatām /
tāmbūlapravaraṃ ramyaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam

tuṣṭidaṃ puṣṭidaṃ caiva mayā tubhyaṃ niveditam /
suśītalaṃ vāri śītaṃ pipāsānāśakāraṇam

jagatāṃ jīvanarūpaṃ ca jīvanaṃ pratigṛhyatām /
dehaśobhāsvarūpaṃ ca sabhāśobhāvivardhanam

kārpāsajaṃ ca kṛmijaṃ vasanaṃ pratigṛhyatām /
kāñcanādivinirmāṇaṃ śrīkaraṃ śrīyutaṃ sadā

sukhadaṃ puṇyadaṃ rat‍nabhūṣaṇaṃ pratigṛhyatām /
nānāvṛkṣasamud‌bhūtaṃ nānārūpasamanvitam

phalasvarūpaṃ phaladaṃ phalaṃ ca pratigṛhyatām /
sarvamaṅ‌galarūpaṃ ca sarvamaṅ‌galamaṅ‌galam

nānāpuṣpavinirmāṇaṃ bahuśobhāsamanvitam /
prītidaṃ puṇyadaṃ caiva mālyaṃ ca pratigṛhyatām

puṇyadaṃ ca sugandhāḍhyaṃ gandhaṃ ca devi gṛhyatām /
sindūraṃ ca varaṃ ramyaṃ bhālaśobhāvivardhanam

bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca pravaraṃ sindūraṃ pratigṛhyatām /
viśuddhaṃ granthisaṃyuktaṃ puṇyasūtravinirmitam

pavitraṃ vedamantreṇa yajñasūtraṃ ca gṛhyatām /
dravyāṇyetāni mūlena dattvā stotraṃ paṭhetsudhīḥ

tato viprāya bhaktyā ca vratī dadyācca dakṣiṇām /
sāvitrīti caturthyantaṃ vahnijāyāntameva ca

lakṣmīmāyākāmapūrvaṃ mantramaṣṭākṣaraṃ viduḥ /
mādhyandinoktaṃ stotraṃ ca sarvakāmaphalapradam

viprajīvanarūpaṃ ca nibodha kathayāmi te /
kṛṣṇena dattāṃ sāvitrīṃ goloke brahmaṇe purā

nāyāti sā tena sārdhaṃ brahmaloke ca nārada /
brahmā kṛṣṇājñayā bhaktyā tuṣṭāva vedamātaram

tadā sā parituṣṭā ca brahmāṇaṃ cakame patim /
brahmovāva
saccidānandarūpe tvaṃ mūlaprakṛtirūpiṇi

hiraṇyagarbharūpe tvaṃ prasannā bhava sundari /
tejaḥsvarūpe parame paramānandarūpiṇi

dvijātīnāṃ jātirūpe prasannā bhava sundari /
nitye nityapriye devi nityānandasvarūpiṇi

sarvamaṅ‌galarūpe ca prasannā bhava sundari /
sarvasvarūpe viprāṇāṃ mantrasāre parātpare

sukhade mokṣade devi prasannā bhava sundari /
viprapāpedhmadāhāya jvaladagniśikhopame

bahmatejaḥprade devi prasannā bhava sundari /
kāyena manasā vācā yatpāpaṃ kurute naraḥ

tattvatsmaraṇamātreṇa bhasmībhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati /
ityuktvā jagatāṃ dhātā tasthau tatraiva saṃsadi

sāvitrī brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ brahmalokaṃ jagāma sā /
anena stavarājena saṃstūyāśvapatirnṛpaḥ

dadarśa tāṃ ca sāvitrīṃ varaṃ prāpa manogatam /
stavarājamimaṃ puṇyaṃ sandhyāṃ kṛtvā ca yaḥ paṭhet /
pāṭhe caturṇāṃ vedānāṃ yatphalaṃ labhate ca tat

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ navamaskandhe
sāvitrīpūjāvidhikathanaṃ nāma ṣaḍ‌viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ