Kalika Purana · Chapter 67

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kramastu balidānasya svarūpa rudhirāditaḥ /
yatā syāt prītaye samyak tad vāṃ vakṣyāmi putrakau

vaiṣṇavītantrakalpoktaḥ kramaḥ sarvatraḥ sarvadā/
sādhakairbalidānasya grāhyaḥ sarvasurasya ca

pakṣiṇaḥ kañchapā grāhā matsyā navavidhā mṛgāḥ/
mahiṣo godhikā kāvaśchāgo ruruśca śūkaraḥ

khaḍgaśca kṛṣṇasāraśca godhikā śarabho hariḥ/
śārdūlaśca naraścaiva svagātrarudhiraṃ tathā

caṇḍikābhairavādonāṃ balayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ/
balibhiḥ sādhyate muktirbalibhiḥ sādhyate divam

balidānena satataṃ jayecchatrūnnṛpān nṛpaḥ/
matsyānāṃ kacchapānāṃ tu rudhiraiḥ satataṃ śivā

māsaikaṃ tṛptimāpnoti grāhairmāsāṃstu trīnatha/
mṛgāṇāṃ śoṇitairdevī narāṇāmapi śoṇitaiḥ

aṣṭau māsānavāpnoti tṛptiṃ kalyāṇadā ca sā/
godhikānāṃ gaurudhirairvāṣikāṃ tṛptimāpnuyāt

kṛṣṇasārasya rudhiraiḥ śūkarasya ca śoṇitaiḥ/
prāpnoti satataṃ devī tṛptiṃ dvādaśavārṣikom

ajāvikānāṃ rudhiraiḥ pañcaviṃśativārṣikīm/
mahiṣāṇāṃ ca khaḍgānāṃ rudhiraiḥ śatavārṣikīm

tṛptimāpnoti paramāṃ śārdūlarudhiraistathā/
siṃhasya śarabhasyātha svagātrasya ca śoṇitaiḥ

devī tṛptimavāpnoti sahasraṃ parivatsarān/
māṃsairapi tathā prīti rudhirairyasya yāvatī

kṛṣṇasāraṃ mṛgaṃ khaḍgaṃ tatā matsyaṃ ca rohitam/
vārdhrīṃṇasayugaṃ cāpi phalaṃ teṣāṃ pṛthak pṛthak

kṛṣṇasārasya māṃsena tathā khaḍgena caṇḍikā/
varṣāṇāṃ ca śatānyeva taptimāpnoti kevalam

rohitasya tu matsyasya māṃsairvārdhrīṇasasya ca/
tṛptiṃ prāpnoti varṣāṇāṃ śatāni trīṇi matpriyā

tṛpnuvantvindriyakṣīṇaṃ svetaṃ vṛddhamajāpatim/
vārdhrīṇasaḥ procyate'sau havye kavye ca satkṛtaḥ

nīlagrīvo raktaśīrṣaḥ kṛṣṇapādaḥ sitacchadaḥ/
vārdhrīṇasaḥ syātpakṣī ca mama viṣṇorapi priyaḥ

nareṇa balinā devī sahasraṃ parivatsarān/
vidhidattena cāpnoti tṛptiṃ lakṣaṃ tribhirnaraiḥ

nareṇevātha māṃsena trisahasraṃ ca vatsarān/
tṛptimāpnoti kāmākhyā bhairavī mama rūpadhṛk

mantrapūtaṃ śoṇitaṃ tu pīyūṣaṃ jāyate sadā/
mastakaṃ cāpi tasyāti māṃsaṃ cāpi tathā śivā

tasmāt tu pūjane dadyād valeḥ śīrṣa ca lohitam/
bhojye home ca māṃsāni niyuñjīyād vicakṣaṇaḥ

pūjāsu nāmamāṃsāni dadyād vai sādhakaḥ kvacit/
ṛte tu lohitaṃ śīrṣamamṛtaṃ tattu jāyate

kūṣmāṇḍabhikṣudaṇḍaṃ ca madyamāsavameva ca/
ete balisamāḥ prāktāstṛptau chāgasamāḥ sadā

candrahāsena kartryā vā chadanaṃ mukhyamiṣyate/
dātrāsidhenukrakacaśaṃkulābhistu madhyamam

kṣurakṣuraprabhallaiśca vādhama parikīrtitam/
ebhyo'nyaḥ śaktibāṇādyai rbaliśchedyaḥ kadāpi na

nātti devī baliṃ tattu dātā mṛtyumavāpnuyāt/
hastena cedayed yastu prokṣita sādhakaḥ paśum

pakṣiṇaṃ vā brahmavadhyāmavāpnoti suduḥsahām /
nāmantrya khaṇḍaṃ tu bali niyuñjīta vicakṣaṇaḥ

khaḍgasyāmantraṇe mantrā yāvantaḥ kathitāḥ purā/
mahāmāyābalau te vai yojyāstatroditā budhaiḥ

taiḥ sārdhamete mantrāstu yojyāḥ khaḍgādimantraṇe/
pūjane śāradādīnāṃ kāmākyāyā viśeṣataḥ

dviḥ kālīti tato devyā vajreśvaripadaṃ tataḥ/
tato'nu lauhadaṇḍāyai namaḥ śeṣe tu yojayet

sampūjyānena mantreṇa khaḍgamādāya pāṇinā/
kālarātryāstu mantreṇa taṃ khaḍgamabhimantrayet

netrabījasya madhyaṃ tu dvirāvartya prayojayet/
tato'tu kālikālīti karāloṣṭhī tataḥ param

hāntādīṃśca tṛtīyena svareṇaikādaśena vai /
yojitā nābindubhyāṃ dvau tata paścānniyojayet

phetkāriṇipadaṃ tasmāt khādayacchedayetyataḥ/
sarvān duṣṭāniti tato dvimariya lulāyakam

khaḍgena chindhi chindhīti tataḥ kilakileti vai/
tataḥ cikicikītyevaṃ tataḥ pibapibeti ca

tato'nu rudhiraṃ ceti sphaiṃkiri kirīti ca/
kālikāyai nama iti kālarātryāstu mantrakam

ityanena tu mantreṇa karavāle'bhimantrite/
kālarātrī svayaṃ tatra prasīdatyarihānaye

baleḥ pūrvoditā mantrā nityaṃ guhyāstu sādhakaiḥ/
ayaṃ mantrastu vaktavyastasya hatyāvihānaye

yajñārthe paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā/
atastvāṃ ghātayiṣyāmi tasmād yajñe vadho'vadhaḥ

tato daivatamuddiśya kāmamuddiśya cātmanaḥ/
chedayet tena khaḍgena baliṃ pūrvānanaṃ tu tam

athavottaravakttraṃ taṃ svayaṃ pūrvamukhastathā/
pūrvoktān saindhavādīṃstu vakttre'vaśyaṃ niyojayet

sauvarṇaṃ rājata tāmraṃ raityaṃ patrapuṭa ca vā/
māheyaṃ kāṃsyamathavā yajñakāṣṭhamayaṃ ca vā

pātraṃ rudhiradānāya karttavyaṃ vibhavāvadhi/
na lauhe valkale vāpi vaitre rāṅge'tha saisake

dadyādraktaṃ balīnāṃ tu bhūmau sruci sruve tathā /
na ghaṭe bhūtale vāpi deyaṃ kṣudre na bhājane

rudhirāṇi pradadyāttu bhūtikāmo narottamaḥ/
narasya tu sadā raktaṃ māhaiye taijase'tha vā

dadyānnarapatistattu na patrādau kadācana/
hayamedhamṛte dadyānna kadāciddhayaṃ balim

tathā dik‌pālamede tu gajaṃ dadyānnarādhipaḥ/
na kadācit tadā devyai pradadyāddhayahastinau

hayākarṣe cāmaraṃ tu baliṃ dadyānnarādhipaḥ/
siṃhaṃ vyāghraṃ naraṃ cāpi svagātrarudhiraṃ tathā

na dadyāt brāhmaṇo madyaṃ mahādevyai kadācana/
siṃhaṃ vyaghrannaraṃ datvā brāhmaṇo naraka vrajet

ihāpi syāt sa hīnāyuḥ sukhasaubhāgyavarjitaḥ/
svagātrarudhiraṃ dadyāccātmavadhyāmavāpnuyāt

madyaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇastu brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate/
na kṛṣṇāsāraṃ vitared baliṃ tu kṣatriyādikaḥ

dadataḥ kṛṣṇasāraṃ tu brahmahatyā bhaved yataḥ/
yatra siṃhasya vyāghrasya narasya vihito vadhaḥ

brahmaṇoktā tu balyādau tatrāyaṃ vihitaḥ kramaḥ/
kṛtvā ghṛtamayaṃ vyāghraṃ naraṃ siṃhaṃ ca bhairava

athavā pūpavikṛtaṃ yavakṣodamayaṃ ca vā/
ghātayeccandrahāsena tena mantreṇa saṃskṛtam

prabhūtabalidāne tu dvau vā trīn vāgrataḥ kṛtān/
pūjayet pramukhān kṛtvā sarvān mantreṇa sādhakaḥ

sāmānyapūjā kathitā balīnāṃ pūrvato mayā/
viśeṣo yatraḥ yatrāsti tanmattaḥ śṛṇu bhairava

mahiṣaṃ pradaded devyai bhairavyai bhairavāya vā /
anenaiva tu mantreṇa tadā taṃ pūyayed balim

yathā vāhaṃ bhavān dveṣṭi yathā vahasi caṇḍikām/
tathā mama ripūn hiṃsa śubhaṃ vaha lūlāyaka

yamasya vāhanastvaṃ tu vararūpadharāvyaya/
āyurvittaṃ yaśo dehi kāsarāya namo'stu te

khaḍgasya tu yadā dānaṃ kriyate tantramantrakam/
jalenābhyukṣya kurvīta guhājāteti bhāṣayan/. ६७.६० //
daive paitre ca śubhagaḥ khaḍgastvaṃ khaḍgasannibhaḥ/
chindhi vighnān mahābhāga guhājāta namo'stu te

pradāne kṛṣṇasārasya mantro'yaṃ parikīrtitaḥ/
kṛṣṇasāra brahmamūrte brahmatejovivardhana

caturvedamayaṃ prājña prajñāṃ dehi yaśī mahat /
tathā śarabhapūjāyāṃ mantrametat prakīrtitam

tvamaṣṭapādo vibhraṣṭacandrabhāgasamudbhava/
aṣṭamūrte mahābāho bhairavākhya namo'stu te

yathā bhairavarūpema varāho nihatastvayā/
tathā śarabharūpeṇa ripūn pighnān niṣūdaya

haristvaṃ hararūpeṇa yathā vahasi caṇḍikām/
tathā śubhāni me nityaṃ bahuvighnāṃśca sūdaye

tvaṃ hariḥ siṃharūpeṇa jagatpratyūharūpiṇam/
jaghāna yena satyena hiraṇyakaśipuṃ haran

ityevaṃ siṃhapūjāyāṃ krama ukto mayānagha/
nare svagātrarudhire paryāyaṃ śṛṇu bhairava

pīṭhe ced dīyate martyo baliṃ dadyāt śmaśānake/
śmaśānaṃ herukākhyaṃ tu tatpūrvaṃ pratipāditam

kāmākhyānilaye śaile oḍādau viddhi tat kramam/
mama rūpaṃ śmaśānaṃ tad bhairavākhyaṃ ca kathyate

tatrāṅgatvaṃ tapaḥsiddhau tribhāgāṃ tu bhaviṣyati/
pūrvāṅge bhairavākhye tu samutsṛṣṭirnarasya tu

dakṣiṇāṅge śiro dadyād bhairavyā muṇḍamālayā/
rudhiraṃ paścimāṅge tu herukākhye niyojayet

dattvā sampūjya tu naraṃ visṛjyāgamanakrame/
pīṭhaśmaśāneṣu baliṃ nekṣettu balidīpakam

anyatrāpi yato yatra dīyate yanmahābaliḥ/
tatrāpyanyatra cotsṛjyacchitvānyatra śiro'mṛtam

niyojayet sādhakastu visṛjya na vilokayet/
sasnātaṃ manujaṃ dīptaṃ pūrvāhṇaniyatāśanam

māṃsamaithunabhogyena hīnaṃ srak‌candanokṣitam/
kṛtvottarāmukhaṃ taṃ tu tadaṅgeṣvaṅgadevatāḥ

pūjayet taṃ tu nāmnā tu daivatena ca mānuṣam/
tadbrahmarandhre brahmāṇaṃ tannāsāyāṃ ca medinīm

karṇayostu tathākāśaṃ jihvāyāṃ sarvatomukham/
jyotīṃṣi netrayorviṣṇuṃ vadane paripūjayet

lalāṭe pūjayeccandra śaktaṃ dakṣiṇagaṇḍataḥ/
vāmāṇḍe tathā vahniṃ grīvāyaṃ samavartinam

keśāgre nirṛtiṃ madhye bhravoścāpi pracetasam/
nāsāmale tu śvasanaṃ skandhaṃ cāpi dhaneśvaram

hṛdaye sarparājaṃ tu pūjayitvā paṭhedidam/
naravaryya mahābhāga sarvadevamayottama

rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāpannaṃ saputrapaśubāndhavam/
sarājyaṃ māṃ mahāmātyaṃ caturaṅga samanvitam

rakṣa parityajya prāṇānmaraṇe niyate sati/
mahātapobhirjñānaiśca yajñairyat sādhyate'mṛtam

tanme dehi mahābhāga tvaṃ cāpi prāpnuhi śriyam/
rākṣasāśca paśācāśca vetālādyāḥ sarīsṛpāḥ

nṛpāśca ripavaścānye na māṃ te dhnantu tvatkṛte/
tvatkaṇṭhanālagalitaiḥ śoṇitairaṅgasaṃyutaiḥ

āpyāyasvātmavanmṛtvā maraṇe niyate sati/
evaṃ sampūjya vidhivat pūrvatantraiśca pūjayet

pūjito matsvarūpo'yaṃ dik‌pālādhiṣṭhito bhavet/
adhiṣṭhitastathānyaiśca brahmādyaiḥ sakalaiḥ suraiḥ

kṛtapāpo'pi manujo niṣpāpmā sa tu jāyate/
tasya niṣkaluṣasyāśu pīyūṣaṃ śoṇitaṃ bhavet

prīṇāti ca mahādevī jaganmātā jaganmayī/
so'pi kāyaṃ parityajya mānuṣaṃ nacirānmṛtaḥ

bhaved gaṇānāmadhipo mayāpi bahusatkṛtaḥ/
ito'nyathā pāpayuktaṃ malamūtravasāyutam

taṃ baliṃ na hi gṛhṇāti kāmākhyānyāpi nāmataḥ/
anyeṣāṃ mahiṣadīnāṃ balīnāmatha pūjanāt

kāyo medhyatvamāyāti raktaṃ gṛhṇāti vai śivā/
anyebhyo'pi ca devebhyo yadā yattu pradīyate

tadarcitaṃ pradadyāt tu pūjitāya surāya vai/
kāṇaṃ paṅguṃ cātivṛddhaṃ rogiṇaṃ ca galad‌vraṇam

klībaṃ hīnāṅgamathavā vṛddhaliṅgaṃ kulakṣaṇam/
śvitriṇaṃ cātihrasvaṃ ca mahāpātakinaṃ tathā

advādaśakavarṣīyaṃ śiśu sūtakasaṃyutam/
ūrdhvaṃ saṃvat‌sarāccāpi mahāgurunipātinam

balikarmaṇi cetāṃstu varjayet pūjitānapi/
paśūnāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ vāpi narāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

striyaṃ na dadyāt tu balīn dattvā narakamāpnayāt/
saṅghātavalidāneṣu yoṣitaṃ paśupakṣiṇaḥ

baliṃ dadyānmānuṣīṃ tu tyaktvā saṅghātapūjitam/
na trimāsīyakānyūnaṃ paśuṃ dadyācchivābalim

na ca traipakṣikān nyūna pradadyād vai patattriṇam/
kāṇavyaṅgādiduṣṭaṃ tu na paśuṃ pakṣiṇaṃ tathā

devyai dadyāt tathā martyaṃ tathaiva paśupakṣiṇau/
chinnalāṅgūlakarṇādīn bhagnadantāṃstathaiva ca

bhagnaśṛṅgādikaṃ vāpi na dadyāt tu kadācana/
na brāhmaṇaṃ baliṃ dadyāccāṇḍālamapi pārthiva

notsṛṣṭaṃ dvijadevebhyo bhūpatestanayaṃ tathā/
raṇena vijitaṃ dadyāttanayaṃ ripubhūbhṛtaḥ

svaputraṃ bhrātaraṃ vāpi pitaraṃ cāvirodhinam/
viṭ‌patiṃ ca na dadyāttu bhāgineyaṃ ca mātulam

anuktānnāpi dadyāt tu tathājñātān mṛgadvijān/
uktālābhe pradadyāttu gardabhaṃ coṣṭrameva ca

lābhe'nyeṣāṃ na vitared vyāghramuṣṭraṃ kharaṃ tayā/
sampūjya vidhivanmartyaṃ paśuṃ pakṣiṇameva vā

sacchinnaṃ cāpi mantreṇa mantreṇaiva nivedayet/
nāraṃ martyaśiroraktaṃ devyāḥ samyag nivedayet

chāgaṃ tu vāmato dadyānmāhiṣaṃ vitaret puraḥ/
pakṣiṇaṃ bāmato dadyādagrato dehaśoṇitam

kravyādānāṃ paśūnāṃ tu pakṣiṇāṃ tu siro'sṛjam/
vāme nivedayet pārśve jalajānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

kṛṣṇasārasya kūrmasya khaḍgasya śaśakasya ca/
grāhāṇāmatha matsyānāmagre eva nivedayet

siṃhasya dakṣime dadyāt khaḍgino'pi ca dakṣiṇe/
pṛṣṭhadeśe na dadyāt tu śiro vā rudhiraṃ valeḥ

naivedyaṃ dakṣiṇe vāme purato ne tu pṛṣṭataḥ/
dīpaṃ dakṣiṇato dadyāt purato vā na vāmataḥ

vāmatastu tathā dhūpamagre vā na tu dakṣiṇe/
nivedayeta purobhāge gandhaṃ puṣpaṃ ca bhūṣaṇam

maṇḍale cenmadhyābhāge vāmadakṣādipūrvavat/
madirāṃ pṛṣṭhato dadyādanyat pānaṃ tu vāmataḥ

avaśyaṃ vihita yatra madyaṃ tatra dvijaḥ punaḥ/
nārikelajalaṃ kāṃsye tāmre vā visṛjenmadhu

nāpadyapi dvijo madyaṃ kadācid visṛjedapi/
ṛte puṣpāsavāduktāda gṛñjanād vā viśeṣataḥ

rājaputrastathāmātyaḥ sacivaḥ sauptikādayaḥ /
dadyurnarabaliṃ bhūpa sampattyai vibhavāya ca

nṛpānanumate martyaṃ dattvā pāpamavāpnuyāt/
upaplave raṇe vāpi yathecchaṃ vitarennaram

yaḥ kaścidrājapuruṣo nānyastvapi kadācana/
balidānadināt pūrvaṃ divase tu baliṃ naram

mānastoketi mantreṇa devīsūktena yena ca/
gandhadvāretyanenāpi khaḍgaṃ śīrṣe nidhāya ca

tasmin khaḍge sugandhādi dattvā tenādhivāsayet/
gandhādikaṃ ta khaḍgasthaṃ

ambe'mbiketi mantreṇa raudreṇa bhairavasya ca/
evaṃ tu saṃskṛte martye devī rakṣati taṃ balim

na tasya vyādhayaścāpi kṣuṇṇatārajasī na va/
na sūtakaṃ dūṣayettaj‌jñātyutpattimṛtādikam

chinnaṃ narasya śīrṣaṃ tu patitaṃ yatra yatra ca/
yacchubhaṃ cāśubhaṃ vāpi paśvādīnāṃ ca tacchṛṇu

chinnaṃ sirastataiśānyāṃ nāraṃ diśyatha rākṣase/
patitaṃ rājyahāniṃ ca vināśaṃ ca vinirdiśet

pūrvāgniyāmyavāruṇya-vāyavyādigataṃ kramāt/
śriyaṃ puṣṭiṃ bhayaṃ lābhaṃ putralābhaṃ dhanaṃ tathā

kramād vinirdiśennāraṃ chinnaśīrṣaṃ tu bhairava/
uttarādikramādeva mahiṣasyāpi mastakaḥ

patito vāyukāṣṭhānte sūcayed yacchṛṇuṣva tat/
bhāgyaṃ hānintathaiśvarya vittaṃ ripujayaṃ bhayam

rājyalābhaṃ śriyaṃ cāpi kramād viddhi tu bhairava/
paśūnāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ chāgādīnāmaśeṣata-

evaṃ phalaṃ kramād vidyādṛte jalajavāṇḍajau/
jalajānāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ tu yāmyanairṛtyayorbhayam

anyatra tu śriyaṃ dadyāt patitaṃ śātitaṃ śiraḥ/
yaḥ syāt kaṭakaṭāśabdo dantānāṃ chinnamastake

narāṇāṃ paśupakṣyādigrāhādīnāṃ ca rogadaḥ/
lotakaṃ cakṣuṣorjātaṃ yadi sravati mastake

chinne narasya rājyasya tā hāniṃ vinirdiśet/
māhiṣe mastake netrād yadi sravati lotakam

chinne niveditaṃ vairibhūpamṛtyuṃ tadādiśet/
anyeṣāmatha paśvādivalīnāṃ śiraso'rditāt

nigaṃtaṃ lotakaṃ dhatte parāṃ bhītiṃ gadaṃ tathā/
hasati cchinnaśīrṣaṃ cennāraṃ syāt tu ripukṣayaḥ

śrīvṛddhirayuṣo vṛddhiḥ sadā dāturasaṃśayaḥ/
yad yad‌vākyaṃ nigadati tathā bhavati cācirāt

hūṅkārādrājyahāniḥ syācchaleṣmasrāvācca pañcatā/
devānāṃ yadi nāmāni bhāṣate chinnamastakaḥ

vibhūtimatulāṃ vidyāt ṣaṇmāsābhyantare tadā/
rudhirādānakāle tu śakṛnmūtre yadi sravet

kāyaṃ tadādhaścordhvaṃ vā dātuḥ syānmaraṇaṃ tadā/
ākṣepād vāmapādasya mahārogaḥ prajāyate

anyadākṣepacalanaiḥ kalyāṇamupajāyate/
mahiṣasya tu raktasya mānuṣasya tu sādhakaḥ

aṅguṣṭhānāmikābhyāṃ tu kiṃcidud‌dhṛtya bhūtale/
mahākauśikamantreṇa nikṣiped balimuttamam

devebhyaḥ pūtanādibhyo nairṛtyāṃ diśī pūrvataḥ/
mahiṣaḥpañcavarṣīyaḥ pañcaviṃśativārṣikaḥ

balirdeyo naro devyai tasya raktaṃ tu bhūtaye/
netrabījatrayaṃ kāmavījaṃ hantā prajāpatiḥ

vahnibījaṃ ṣaṭ‌svarābhyāṃ saṃpṛktaśca tathā paraḥ/
sa evaitāstathaitāvadādivargāntasaṃyutaḥ

ṣaṣṭhasvaraśikhābinduścandrayuktasthāparaḥ/
dvirmāsikābojakāntaḥ kauśikītyabhimantraṇam

eṣa baliḥ svāheti mantro'yaṃ kauśikī smṛtaḥ/
nṛpo vairibaliṃ dadyāt khaḍgamāmantrya pūrvataḥ

mahiṣaṃ cātha chāgaṃ vā vairināmnābhimantrya ca/
sūtreṇa vadane baddhaṃ tridhā tasya tu mantrakaiḥ

chittvā tasyottamāṅgaṃ tu devyai dadyāt prayatnataḥ/
yadā yadā riporvṛddhirvalidānaṃ tadā param

dadyāt tadā śiraśchittvā ripostasya kṣayāya ca/
prāṇapratiṣṭhāṃ ca ripoḥ kuryāt tasmin paśāvatha

tasmin kṣīṇe ripoḥ prāṇāḥ kṣīyante vipadā yutāḥ/
ādau viruddharūpiṇi caṇḍike ca tataḥ param

vairiṇantvamukaṃ ceti yāhītyāmreḍitaṃ punaḥ/
vahnibhāryā tataḥ paścāt khaḍgamantraṃ prakīrtitam

svayaṃ sa vairī yo dveṣṭi tamimaṃ paśurūpiṇam/
vināśaya mahāmārī spheṃ khādaya khādaya

ityanena tu mantreṇa vadvyaḥ śirasi puṣpakam/
dadyāt tatastadrudhiraṃ dvyakṣarābhvāṃ nivedayet

mahānavamyāṃ śaradi yadyevaṃ dīyate baliḥ/
tadā tadaṣṭāṅgabhavairmāṃsairhomaṃ samācaret

durgātantreṇa mantreṇa praṇīte dahane śucau/
evaṃ dattvā valiṃ martyo ripukṣayamavāpnuyāt

nābheradhastādradhiraṃ pṛṣṭhabhāgasya ca śriye/
svagātrarudhiraṃ dadyānna kadācana sādhakaḥ

noṣṭhasya cibukasyāpi nendriyāṇāṃ ca mānavaḥ/
kaṇṭhādho nābhitaścordhvaṃ bāhvoḥ pāṇimṛte tathā

pradadyādrudhiraṃ ghātaṃ nātikuryācca sādhakaḥ/
gaṇḍayośca lalāṭasya bhruvormadhyasya śoṇitam

karṇāgrasya ca bāhvosca galayo rudarasya ca/
kaṇṭhādho nābhitaścordhvaṃ hṛd‌bhāgasya yatastataḥ

pārśvayoścāpi rudhiraṃ durgāyai vinivedayet/
na gulphato'sṛk‌pradadyānna jatrornāpi vaktrataḥ

na ca rogabilādaṅgānnānyaghātācca bhairava/
tadarthe ca kṛtāghātaḥ saśraddho'bhubdhamānasaḥ

śrute raktaṃ pradadyāttu padmapuṣpasya patrake/
sauvarṇe rājate kāṃsye lauhe phali na vā naraḥ

nidhāya devyai dadyāt tu tadraktaṃ mantrapūrvakam/
khananaṃ kṣurikākhaḍgaśaṅkulādi yadastrakam

ghātena bṛhadastrasya mahāphalamavāpnuyāt/
padmapuṣpasya patraṃ tu yāvad gṛhṇāti śoṇitam

tat‌pramāṇe caturbhāgādhikaṃ raktaṃ tu sādhakaḥ/
na kadācit pradadyāttu nāṅgacchedamathācaret

yaḥ svahṛdayasañjātamāṃsaṃ māṣapramāṇataḥ/
tilamud‌gapramāṇād vā devyai dadyāt tu bhaktitaḥ

ṣaṇmāsābhyantare tasmāt kāmamiṣṭamavāpnuyāt/
bāhvostu skandhayorvāpi yo dadyād dīpavartikām

hṛdaye vā snehapātraṃ vinā bhavatyā tu sādhakaḥ/
kṣaṇamātreṇa taddīṣapradānasya phalaṃ śṛṇu

bhuktvā ca vipulān bhogān devīgehe yadṛcchayā/
kalpatrayaṃ tu saṃsthāya sārvabhaumo nṛpo bhavet

mahiṣasya śiraśchinnaṃ sapradīpaṃ śivāpuraḥ/
hastābhyāṃ yaḥ samādāya ahorātraṃ tu tiṣṭhati

sa cirāyuḥ pūtamūrtiriha bhuktvā manoramān/
bhogānte mad‌gṛhago gaṇānāmadhipo bhavet

narasya śīrṣamādāya sādhako dakṣiṇe kare/
vāmena raudhiraṃ pātraṃ gṛhītvā niśi jāgrataḥ

yāvadrātraṃ sthito martyo rājā bhavati ceha vai/
mṛte mama gṛhaṃ prāpya gaṇānāmadhipo bhavet

kṣaṇamātraṃ valīnāṃ yaḥ śiroraktaṃ karadvaye/
gṛhītvā cintayed devīṃ purastiṣṭhati mānavaḥ

sa kāmāniha samprāpya devīloke mahīyate/
mahāmāye jagannāthe sarvakāmapradāyini

dadāmi deharudhiraṃ prasīda varadā bhava/
ityuktvā mūlamantrema natipūrva vicakṣaṇaḥ

svagātrarudhiraṃ dadyād mānavaḥ siddhasannibhaḥ /
yenātmamāṃsaṃ satyena dadāmīśvari bhūtaye

nirvāṇaṃ tena satyana dehi haṃ haṃ namo namaḥ/
ityanena tu mantreṇa svamāṃsaṃ vitared budhaḥ

saubhāgyaṃsukhasampannaṃ pradīpaṃ paramaṃ ruciḥ/
dīpayonmāṃsamiha taṃ dīpaṃ hnauṃ hnauṃ namo namaḥ

ityanena tu mantreṇa dīpaṃ dadyād vicakṣaṇaḥ/
mahānavamyāṃ śiradi rātrau skandaviśākhayoḥ

yavacūrṇaṃmayaṃ kṛtvā ripuṃ mṛnmayameva vā/
śiraśchittvā valiṃ dadyāt kṛtvā tasya tu mantrataḥ

anenaiva tu mantrema khaḍgamāmantrya yatnataḥ/
raktaṃ kilikilī ghora ghorādhāravihiṃsakaḥ

brahmaśiṣyāmbikāśiṣyamamukaṃ cārisattamam/
mānto visargasahitaḥ sa ca binduyuto'paraḥ

śiraśchittvā valiṃ dadyāt kṛtvā tasya tu mantrataḥ/
anenaiva tu mantreṇa bindunā ca samanvitaḥ

brahmagniryogacandreṇa bindunā ca samanvitaḥ/
phaḍanto valiṣu proktaḥ khaḍgaḥ skandaviśākhayoḥ

raktadravyaiḥ śocayitvā kṛtrimaṃ taṃ valiṃ ripum/
kucandanasya tilakaṃ lalāṭe viniveśya ca

raktamālyāmbaraṃ kṛtvā raktavastradharaṃ tathā/
kaṇṭhe bad‌dhvā raktasūtrairnābhau śalyaṃ ca kṛtrimam

dattvottaraśiraḥ skandhaṃ kṛtvā khaḍgena chedayet/
śirastasya tato dadyāt skandamantreṇa mantritam

caturdaśasvarāgnibhyāṃ sampṛktaḥ stāt puraḥsakam /
parataḥ parataḥ pūrvaṃ candrabindusamanvitam

skandasya mūlamantro'yaṃ tena tasmai baliṃ sṛjet/
caturdaśasvarāgnibhyāṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu ca pūrvavat

prokto viśākhamantro'yaṃ tena tasmai baliṃ sṛjet/
kuṭilākṣau kṛṣṇapiṅgavarṇau raktāṅgadhāriṇau

triśūlaṃ karavālaṃ ca pāṇibhyāṃ dakṣiṇe tathā/
bibhratau nṛkapālaṃ ca katriṃkāṃ cāti vāmataḥ

trinetrau naramuṇḍānāṃ mālāmurasi bibhratau/
vikaṭau daśanairbhīmairgaṇeśau dvārapālakau

dhyānena cintayed devyāḥ purataḥ saṃsthitau sadā/
caitre māsyasite pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

valibhirmahiṣaiśchāgaiḥ māṃ ca bairavarūpiṇam/
toṣayenmadhumirmāṃsaistena tuṣyāmyahaṃ sutau

caṇḍikā validāne tu valiśīrṣaṃ jalena ca/
abhiṣicya tu mantreṇa mūlenaiva nivedayet

īṣat‌prāṇaṃ tu bahudhā calitaṃ pūrvamarcitam/
vīkṣet kāyasamṛddhiṃ tu siddhabhāvaṃ ca sādhakaḥ

sitapreto rathasteṣāṃ yogapīṭhasya sannibhaḥ/
dhyāyāmyasmin mahāmāye siddhiṃ bodhayate namaḥ

anenāmantritaṃ śīrṣaṃ na cirād yadi vepate/
tat‌kāryasya tadā siddhirasiddhistu viparyayāt

evaṃ dadad valiṃ vīro yathokta vidhinā'munā/
validānādeva caturvargamāpnotyasaṃśayam

evaṃ valipradānasya kramo rūpaṃ tathaiva ca/
kathito rudhirādhyāya upacārāñ śṛṇuṣva me

iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe validānavivaraṇaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ//