Kalika Purana · Chapter 55

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balidānaṃ tataḥ paścāt kuryād devyāḥ pramodakam /
modakairgajavaktraṃ ca haviṣā toṣayedravim

tauryatrikaiśca niyamaiḥ śaṅkaraṃ toṣayed‌dharim /
caṇḍikāṃ balidānena toṣayet sādhakaḥ sadā

pakṣiṇaḥ kacchapā grāhāśchāgalāśca varāhakāḥ/
mahiṣo godhikāśoṣā tatā navavidhā mṛgāḥ

cāmaraḥ kṛṣṇasāraśca śaśaḥ pañcānanastathā/
matsyāḥ svagātrarudhiraiścāṣṭadhā balayo matāḥ

abhāve ca tathaivaiṣāṃ kadāciddhayahastinau/
chāgalāḥ śarabhāścaiva naraścaiva yathākramāt

balirmahābaliriti balayaḥ parikīrtitatāḥ/
snāpayitvā baliṃ tatra puṣpacandanadhūpakaiḥ

pūjayet sādhako devīṃ balimantrairmuhurmmuhuḥ/
uttarābhimukho bhūtvā baliṃ pūrvamukhaṃ tathā

nirīkṣya sādhakaḥ paścādimaṃ mantramudīrayet/
varastvaṃ balirūpeṇa mama bhāgyādupasthitaḥ

praṇamāmi tataḥ sarvarūpiṇaṃ balirūpiṇam/
caṇḍikā prītidānena dāturāpad‌vināśanaḥ

vaiṣṇavībalirūpāya bale tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ /
yajñārthe paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā

atastvāṃ ghātayāmyadya tasmād yajñe vadho'vadhaḥ/
aiṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ iti mantreṇa taṃ baliṃ kāmarūpiṇam

cintayitvā nyaset puṣpaṃ mūrdhni tasya ca bhairava/
tato devīṃ samuddiśya kāmamuddiśya cātmanaḥ

abhiṣicca baliṃ paścāt karavālaṃ prapūjyet/
rasanā tvaṃ caṇḍikāyāḥ suralokaprasādhaka

aiṃ hrīṃ śrīmiti mantreṇa dhyātvā khaḍgaṃ prapūjayet/
kṛṣṇaṃ pinākapāṇiṃ ca kālarātrisvarūpiṇam

ugraṃ raktāsyanayanaṃ raktamālyānulepanam/
raktāmbaradharaṃ caikaṃ pāśahastaṃ kuṭumbinam

pīyamānaṃ ca rudhiraṃ bhuñjānaṃ kravyasaṃhatim /
asirviśasanaḥ khaḍgastīkṣṇadhāro durāsadaḥ

śrīgarvo vijayaścaiva dharmapāla namo'stu te/
pūjayitvā tataḥ khaḍgaṃ ॐ āṃ hrīṃ phaḍitimantrakaiḥ

gṛhītvā vimalaṃ kaḍgaṃ chedayed balimuttamam/
tato balīnāṃ rudhiraṃ toyasaindhavasatphalaiḥ

madhubhirgandhapuṣpaiśca adhivāsya prayatnataḥ/
ॐ aiṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ kauśikīti rudhiraṃ dāpayāmi te

sthāne niyojayedraktaṃ śiraśca sapradīpakam/
evaṃ dattvā baliṃ pūrṇaṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti sādhakaḥ

hīnaṃ syāddhīnatāmūlaṃ niṣphalaṃ syād viparyayāt/
balidāne tu durgāyā anyatrāpi vidhiḥ sadā

ayameva prayoktavyaḥ sad‌bhirvetālabhairavau/
japaṃ samārabhet paścāt pūrvavad‌dhyānamānamāsthitaḥ

hastena srajamādāya cintayenmanasā śivām/
cintayitvā guruṃ mūrdhni yathā varṇādikaṃ bhavet

mantraṃ ca kaṇṭhato dhyātvā sitavarṇaṃ hiraṇmayam/
mahāmāyāṃ ca hṛdaye ātmānaṃ gurupādayoḥ

ācakṣeta tataḥ paścād gurormantrasya cātmanaḥ/
devyāścāpyekatāṃ dhyātvā suṣumnāvartmanā tataḥ

tattvasvarūpamekaṃ tu ṣaṭ‌cakraṃ prati lambayet/
ṣaṭcakre'pi mahāmāyāṃ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā prayatnataḥ

lambayenmūlamātreṇa vādiṣoḍaśacakrakam/
ādiṣoḍaśacakrasthāṃ sādhakānandakāriṇīm

cintayan sādhako devīṃ japakarma samārabhet/
bhravorupari nāḍīnāṃ trayāṇāṃ prānta ucyate

tatprāntaṃ tripathasthānaṃ ṣaṭkoṇaṃ caturaṅgulam/
raktavarṇaṃ tu yogajñairājñācakramitīryate

kaṇṭhe trayāṇāṃ nāḍīnāṃ veṣṭhanaṃ vidyate nṛṇām/
suṣumneḍāpiṅgalānāṃ ṣaṭkoṇaṃ tatṣaḍaṅgulam

tat ṣaṭcakramiti proktaṃ śuklaṃ kaṇṭhasya madyagam /
trayāṇāmatha nīḍīnāṃ hṛdaye caikatā bhavet

tatsthānaṃ ṣoḍaśāraṃ syāt saptāṅgulapramāṇataḥ/
tatprayuktaṃ tu yogajñairādiṣoḍaśacakrakam

dhyānānāmatha mantrāṇāṃ cintanasya japasya ca/
yasmādādyaṃ tu hṛdayaṃ tasmādādīti gadyate

japādau pūjayenmālāṃ toyairabhyukṣya yatnataḥ/
nidhāya maṇḍalasyāntaḥ savyahastagatāṃ ca vā

ॐ māle māle mahāmāye sarvaśaktisvarūpiṇi/
caturvargastvayi nyastastasmānme siddhidā bhava

pūjayitvā tato mālāṃ gṛhṇīyād dakṣiṇe kare/
madhyamāyā madhyabhāge varjayitvātha tarjanīm

anāmikākaniṣṭhābhyāṃ yutāyā namrabhāgataḥ/
sthāpayitvā tatra mālāmaṅguṣṭhāgreṇa tadgatam

pratyekaṃ bījamādāya japyādardhena bhairava/
prativāraṃ paṭhenmantraṃ śanairoṣṭhaṃ ca cālayet

mālābījaṃ tu japtavyaṃ spṛśennahi parasparam/
pūrvajāpaprayuktena naivāṅguṣṭhena bhairava

pūrvabījaṃ japan yastu parabījaṃ ca saṃspṛśet/
aṅguṣṭhena bhavet tasya niṣphalastasya tajjapaḥ

mālāṃ svahṛdayāsanne dhṛtvā dakṣiṇapāṇinā/
devīṃ vicintayan japyaṃ kuryād vāmena na spṛśet

sphaṭikendrākṣarudrākṣaiḥ putrañjīvasamudbhavaiḥ/
suvarṇamaṇibhiḥ samyak pravālairathavābjajaiḥ

akṣamālā tu kartavyā devīprītikarī parā/
japedupāṃśu satataṃ kuśagranthyātha pāṇinā

mālābījeṣu sarveṣu rudrākṣo matpriyāpriyaḥ/
rudraprītikarī yasmāt tena rudrākṣarocanī

pravālairathavā kuryādaṣṭāviṃśatibījakaiḥ/
pañcapañcāśatā vāpi na nyūnairadhikaiśca vā

rudrākṣaryadi japyeta indrākṣaiḥ sphaṭikaistathā/
nānyaṃ madhye prayoktavyaṃ putrañjīvādikaṃ ca yat

yadyanyat tu prayujyeta mālāyāṃ japakarmaṇi/
tasya kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca dadāti na priyaṅkarī

miśrībhāvaṃ tato yāti cāṇḍālaiḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ/
janmāntare jāyate sa vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

eko merustatra deyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ sthūlasambhavaḥ/
ādyaṃ sthūlaṃ tatastasmād nyūnaṃ nyūnataraṃ tathā

vinyaset kramatastasmāt sarpākārā hi sā yataḥ/
brahmagranthiyutaṃ kuryāt pratibījaṃ yathāsthitam

athavā granthirahitaṃ dṛḍharajjusamanvitam/
dvirāvṛtyātha madhyena cārdhavṛtyāntadeśataḥ

granthiḥ pradakṣiṇāvartaḥ sa brahmagranthisaṃjñakaḥ/
ātmanā yojayenmālāṃ nāmantro yojayennaraḥ

dṛḍhaṃ sūtraṃ niyuñjīta jape truṭyati no yathā/
yathā hastānna cyaveta japataḥ srak tamācaret

hastacyutāyāṃ vighnaṃ syācchinnāyāṃ maraṇaṃ bhavet/
evaṃ yaḥ kurute mālāṃ japaṃ ca japakovidaḥ

sa prāpnotīpsitaṃ kāmaṃ hīne syāt tu viparyayaḥ/
anyatrāpi japenmālāṃ japyaṃ devamanoharam

tādṛśaḥ sādhakaḥ kuryānnānyathā tu kadācana/
yathāśakti japaṃ kuryāt saṅkhyayaiva prayatnataḥ

asaṅkhyātaṃ ca yajjaptaṃ tasya tanniṣphalaṃ bhavet/
japtvā mālāṃ śirodeśe prāṃśusthāne'tha vā nyaset

stutipāṭhaṃ tataḥ kuryādiṣṭaṃ kāmaṃ nivedya ca/
statiścāpi mahāmantraṃ sādhanaṃ sarvakarmaṇām

vakṣye yuvāṃ mahābhāgau sarvasiddhipradāyakam/
sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike

śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te/
saptadāvartanaṃ kṛtvā stutimenāṃ ca sādhakaḥ

pañcapraṇāmān kṛtvātha aiṃ hrīṃ śrīmitimantrakaiḥ/
anyeṣāṃ purataścaiva adhikaṃ vā yathecchayā

yonimudrāṃ tataḥ paścād darśayitvā visarjayet/
dvau pāṇi prasṛtīkṛtya kṛtvā cottānjalim

aṅguṣṭhāgradvaṃya nyasya kaniṣṭhāgradvayostataḥ/
anāmikāyāṃ vāmasya tatkaniṣṭhāṃ puro nyaset

dakṣiṇasyānāmikāyāṃ kaniṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇasya ca/
anāmikāyāḥ pṛṣṭhe tu madhyame dve niveśayet

dve tarjanyau kaniṣṭhāgre tadagreṇaiva yojayet/
yonimudrā samākhyātā devyāḥ prītikarī matā

trivāraṃ darśayet tāṃ tu mūlamantreṇa sādhakaḥ/
tāṃ mudrāṃ śirasi nyasya maṇḍalaṃ vinyaset tataḥ

aiśānyāmagrahastena dvārapadmavivarjitam/
tatra natvā raktacaṇḍāṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ mantreṇa sādhakaḥ

raktacaṇḍāyai nama iti nirmālyaṃ tatra nikṣipet /
udake tarumūle vā nirmālyaṃ tatra saṃtyajet

evaṃ yaḥ pūjayed devīṃ vidhānena śivāṃ naraḥ/
so'cireṇa labhetkāmān sarvāneva manogatān

ardhalakṣajapaṃ japtvā prathamaṃ caiva sādhakaḥ /
puraścared viśeṣeṇa nānānaivedyavedanaiḥ

kuṇḍaṃ maṇḍalavat kṛtvā cāṣṭamyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ/
navamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya rajobhiḥ pañcabhirnaraḥ

pūrvavanmaṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā gurupitrośca sannidhau/
anenaiva vidhānena pūjayitvā tu caṇḍikām

sahitairbilvapatraiśca aṣṭottaraśatatrayam/
tilairhomaṃ caret tasyāṃ sahasratritayaṃ japet

naivedyaṃ gandhapuṣpe ca vastraṃ dadyāccha yatpriyam/
pūrvoktaṃ cānyadapyasyai pradadyāt pāyasaṃ tathā

pūjāvasāne deyaṃ syāt tajjātīyaṃ balitrayam/
sindūraṃ svarṇaratnāni strīṇāṃ vibhūṣaṇam

nivedayed yathāśaktyā puṣpamālyaṃ ca bhūriśaḥ/
mahāśaktuṃ saśālyannaṃ gavyavyañjanasaṃyutam

devyai navamyāṃ sampūrṇaṃ baliṃ dadyād ghṛtādibhiḥ/
dakṣiṇāṃ gurave dadyāt suvarṇaṃ gāṃ tathā tilam

abhiśaptamaputraṃ ca sāvadyaṃ kitavaṃ tathā/
kriyāhīnamakalpajñaṃ vāmanaṃ gurunindakam

sadā matsarasaṃyuktaṃ guruṃ mantreṣu varjayet/
gururmantrasya mūlaṃ syānmūlaśuddhau tadudgatam

saphalaṃ jāyate yasmānmantraṃ yatnātparīkṣayet/
śāṭhyāt krodhāttu mohādvā nāsanmatyā gurormukhāt

kalpeṣu dṛṣṭvā vā mantraṃ gṛhṇīyācchadmanā'tha vā/
sa mantrasteya pāpena tāmisre narake naraḥ

manvantaratrayaṃ sthitvā pāpayoniṣu jāyate/
śaṭhe krūre ca mūrkhe ca chadmakāriṇyabhaktike

mantraṃ na dūṣite dadyāt subījaṃ vipine tathā /
lakṣeṇa sādhayet kāmaṃ puraścaraṇapūrvakam

pāpakṣayo bhaved yasmāt puraścaraṇakarmaṇā/
lakṣadvayena mantrasya japena narasattamau

trisandhyāsuta pratidinaṃ bījasaṃghātakena ca/
kavirvāgmī paṇḍitaśca yaśasvī ca prajāyate

sādhakaḥ sādhakaśreṣṭha pūjāsthānaṃ tataḥ śṛṇu/
yatra yatra naraḥ pūjāṃ nirjane kurute ca yaḥ

tasyādatte svayaṃ devī patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ jalam/
śilā praśastā pūjāyāṃ sthaṇḍilaṃ nirjanaṃ tathā

japaścopāṃśu sarveṣāmuttamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
aśucirna mahāmāyāṃ pūjayet tu kadācana

avaśyaṃ tu smarenmantraṃ yo'tibhaktiyuto naraḥ/
dantarakte samutpanne smaraṇaṃ ca na vidyate

sarveṣāmeva mantrāṇāṃ smaraṇannarakaṃ vrajet/
jānūrdhve kṣataje jāte nityaṃ karma na cācaret

naimittikaṃ ca tadadhaḥ sravadrakto na cācaret/
sūtake ca samutpanne kṣurakarmaṇi maithune

dhūmodgāre tatā vānte nityakarmāṇi saṃtyajet/
dravye bhukte tvajīrṇe ca na vai bhuktvā ca kiñcana

karma kuryānnaro nityaṃ sūtake mṛtake tathā/
patraṃ puṣpaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ bheṣajatvena kalpitam

kaṇādipippalyantaṃ ca phalaṃ bhuktvā na cācaret/
jalasyāpi naraśreṣṭha bhojanād bheṣajādṛte

nityakriyā nivarteta saha naimittikaiḥ sadā/
jalaukāṃ gūḍhapādaṃ ca kṛmigaṇḍūpadādikam

kāmāddhastena saṃspṛśya nityakarmāṇi saṃtyajet/
viśeṣataḥ śivāpūjāṃ pramītapitṛko naraḥ

yāvad vatsaraparyantaṃ manasāpi na cācaret/
mahāgurunipāte tu kāmyaṃ kiñcinna cācaret

ārtvijyaṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca śrāddhaṃ devayajaṃ ca yat/
gurumākṣipya vipraṃ ca prahṛtyaiva ca pāṇinā

na kuryānnityakarmāṇi retaḥpāte ca bhairava/
āsanaṃ cārdhyapātraṃ ca bhagnamāsādayennatu

ūṣare kṛmisaṃyukte sthāne mṛṣṭe'pi nārcayet/
nīcairāsanamāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

arcayeccaṇḍikāṃ devīṃ devamanyaṃ ca bhairava/
digvibhāge tu kauberī dik chivā pratidāyinī

tasmāt tanmukha āsīnaḥ pūjayeccaṇḍikāṃ sadā/
puṣpaṃ ca kṛmisaṃmiśraṃ viśīrṇaṃ bhagnamṛdgate

sakeśa mūṣikod‌dhūtaṃ yatnena parivarjayet/
yācitaṃ parakīyaṃ ca tathā paryuṣitaṃ ca yat/
antyasṛṣṭaṃ padā spṛṣṭaṃ yatnena parivarjayet

idaṃ śivāyāḥ paramaṃ manoharaṃ karoti yo'nena tadīyapūjanam/
sa vāñchitārthaṃ samavāpya caṇḍikāgṛhaṃ prayātā nacireṇa bhairava

iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe aurvva sagarasaṃvāde mahāmāyākalpaḥ pañcapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ//