Kalika Purana · Chapter 68

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upacārān pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu ṣoḍaśa bhairava/
yaiḥ samyak tuṣyate devī devo'pyanyo hi bhaktitaḥ

āsanaṃ prathamaṃ dadyāt pauṣṇyaṃ dāravameva vā/
vāstraṃ vā cārmaṇaṃ kauśaṃ maṇḍalasyottare sṛjet

yadaiva dīyate padme maṇḍalasya tadutsaḍajet /
vāk‌puṣpatoyaiḥ kusumaṃ vinā yacchādakaṃ bhavet

padmasya tad‌bahirdeśe dvārādau vinivedayet/
ardhyaṃ pādyaṃ cācamanaṃ snānīyaṃ netrarañjanam

madhuparkaṃ ca gandhaṃ ca puṣpaṃ padme nivedayet/
pratimāsu ca yad‌yogyaṃ gātre dātuṃ ca tat tanau

dadyād yogyaṃ tu purato naivedyaṃ bhojanādikam/
pauṣpāsanaṃ yad vihitaṃ yasya tad‌ yadi garbhakam

nivedayet tadā padme vipulaṃ dvāri cotsṛjet/
pauṣpaṃ puṣpaugharacitaṃ kuśasūtrādisaṃyutam

atiprītikaraṃ devyā mamāpyanyasya bhairava/
yajñakāṣṭhasamud‌bhūtamāsanaṃ masṛṇaṃ śubham

nocchrāyaṃ nātivistīrṇamāsanaṃ viniyojayet/
anyad dārubhavaṃ cāpi dadyādāsanamuttamam

sakaṇṭakaṃ kṣīrayuta dārusāravivarjitam/
caityaśmaśānasambhūtaṃ varjayitvā vibhītakam

valkalaṃ koṣajaṃ śāṇaṃ vastrametat trayaṃ matam/
romajaṃ kambalaṃ caitadanena tu catuṣṭayam

anena racitaṃ dadyādāsanaṃ ceṣṭabhūtaye/
siṃhavyāghratarakṣūṇāṃ chāgasya mahiṣasya vā

gajānāṃ turagāṇāṃ ca kṛṣṇasārasya carmaṇaḥ/
sṛmarasyātha rāmasya mṛgāṇāṃ navabhedinām

carmabhiḥ sarvadevānāmāsanaṃ prītidaṃ śrutam/
vastreṣu kambalaṃ śastamāsanaṃ devatuṣṭaye

rāṅkavaṃ cārmaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dāravaṃ candanodbhavam/
yaccāsanaṃ kuśamayaṃ tadāsanamanuttamam

sarveṣāmapi devānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca yatātmanām/
yogapīṭhasya sadṛśamāsanaṃ sthānamucyate

āsanasya pradānena saubhāgyaṃ muktimāpnuyāt/
śambaro rohito rāmo nyaṅkuraṅkaśaśā ruruḥ

eṇaśca hariṇaśceti mṛgā navavidhā matāḥ/
hariṇaścāpi vijñeyo pañcabhedo'tra bhairava

ṛṣyaḥ khaḍgo ruruścaiva pṛṣataśca magastathā/
ete valipradāneṣu carmadāneṣu kīrtitāḥ

sarveṣāṃ taijasānāṃ ca āsanaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate/
āyasaṃ varjayitvā tu kāṃsyaṃ sīsakameva vā

śilāmayaṃ maṇimayaṃ tathā ratnamayaṃ matam/
āsana devatābhyastu bhuktyai muktyai samutsṛjet

atraiva sādhakānāṃ ca āsanaṃ śṛṇu bhairava/
yatrāsīnaḥ pūjayaṃstu sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt

aindhanaṃ cārmaṇaṃ vāstraṃ taijasaṃ ca catuṣṭayam/
āsanaṃ sādhakānāṃ ca satataṃ parikīrtitam

tat sarvamāsanaṃ śastaṃ pūjākarmaṇi sādhake/
na yatheṣṭāsano bhūyāt pūjākarmaṇi sādhakaḥ

kāṣṭhādikāsanaṃ kuryāt sitameva sadā budhaḥ/
caturviṃśatyaṅgulena dorghaṃ kāṣṭhāsanaṃ matam

ṣoḍaśāṅgulavistīrṇamucchrāyaṃ caturaṅgulam/
ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ vā kuryāt tu nocchritañcāta ācaret

pūrvoktaṃ varjayed varjyamāsanaṃ pūjaneṣvapi/
vastraṃ dvihastānno dīrghaṃ sārdhahastānna vistṛtam

na tryaṅgulāt tathocchrāyaṃ pūjākarmaṇi saṃśrayet/
yatheṣṭaṃ cārmaṇaṃ kuryāt pūrvoktaṃ siddhidāyakam

ṣaḍaṅgulādhikaṃ kuryānnocchritaṃ ca kadācana/
kāmbalaṃ cārmaṇaṃ śailaṃ mahāmāyāprapūjane

praśastamāsanaṃ proktaṃ kāmākhyāyāstathaiva ca/
tripurāyāśca satataṃ viṣṇoścāpi kuśāsanam

bahudīrghaṃ bahūṃcchrāyaṃ tathaiva bahuvistṛtam/
dāru bhūmisamaṃ proktamaśmāpi sarvakarmaṇi

pṛthak pṛthak kalpayet tu bahirdvāri tathāsanam /
na patramāsanaṃ kuryāt kadācidapi pūjane

na prāṇyaṅga-samud‌bhūtamasthijaṃ dviradādṛte/
mātaṅgadantasañjātaṃ kāmikeṣvāsanaṃ caret

cārmaṃ pūrvoditaṃ grāhyaṃ tathā ganadhamṛgasya ca/
salile yadi kurvīta devatānāṃ prapūjanam

tatrāpyāsana āsīno notthitastu kadācana/
toye śilāmayaṃ kuryādāsanaṃ kauśameva vā

dāravaṃ taijasaṃ vāpi nānyadāsanamācaret/
āsanāropasaṃsthānaṃ sthānābhāve tu pūjakaḥ

āsanaṃ kalpayitvā tu manasā pūjayejjale/
yadyāsituṃ na saṃsthānaṃ vidyate toyamadhyataḥ

anyatra vā tadā sthitvā devapūjāṃ samācaret/
ityetat kathitaṃ putra pūjyapūjakasaṅgatam

āsanaṃ pādyamadhunā śṛṇu vetāla bhairava/
pādārthamudakaṃ pādyaṃ kevalaṃ toyameva tat

tat taijasena pātreṇa śaṅkhenāpi pradāpayet/
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sasthānaṃ pādyamiṣyate

tadāsanottaraṃ dadyānmūlamantreṇa sarvataḥ/
kuśapuṣpākṣataiścaiva siddhārthaiścandanaistathā

toyairgandhairyathālabdhairghyaṃ dadyāt tu siddhaye/
ardhyeṇa labhate kāmānardhyeṇa labhate dhanam

putrāyuḥsukhamokṣāṇi dānādardhyasya vai labhet/
na dadyād bhāskarāyārghyaṃ śaṅkhatoyairvicakṣaṇaḥ

tathā na śuktipātreṇa viṣṇave'rghyaṃ nivedayet /
dadyādācamanīyaṃ tu sugandhisalilaiḥ śubhaiḥ

karpūravāsitairvāpi kṛṣṇāguruvidhūpitaiḥ/
yathā tathā sugandhairvā prasaṅgaiḥ phenavarjitaiḥ

tat taijasena pātreṇa śaṅkhenāpi pradāpayet/
udakaṃ dīyate yat tu prasannaṃ phenavarjitam

ācamanāya devebhyastadācamanamucyate/
kevalaṃ toyamātreṇa tad vā dadyānna miśritam

vāsitaṃ tu sugandhādyaiḥ kartavyaṃ yadi labhyate/
āyurbalaṃ yaśovṛddhiṃ pradāyācamanīyakam

labhate sādhako nityaṃ kāmāṃścaiva yathotthitān /
dadhirsarpirjala kṣaudraṃ sitā tābhiśca pañcabhiḥ

procyate madhuparkastu sarvadevaughatuṣṭaye/
jalaṃ tu sarvataḥ svalpaṃ sitādadhighṛtaṃ samam

sarvebhya ścādhikaṃ kṣaudraṃ madhuparkeprayojayet/
tad‌ dadyāt kāṃsyapātreṇa raukmasvetamayena vā

jyotiṣṭomāśvamedhādau pūrte ceṣṭe ca pūjane/
madhuparkaḥ pradiṣṭo'yaṃ sarvadevaughatuṣṭidaḥ

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sādhakaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
madhuparkaḥ saukhyabhogyatuṣṭipuṣṭipradāyakaḥ

piṣṭātako'tha kastūrī rocanaṃ kuṅkumaṃ tathā/
guḍaḥ kṣaudraṃ pañcagavyaṃ sarvauṣadhigaṇastathā

sitā nirṇejanaṃ tailaṃ snigdhasnehena tat‌tilāḥ /
prānte toyamiti prāktaṃ snānīyaṃ kalpakovidaiḥ

svarṇaratnodakaṃ caiva karpūrādyadhivāsitam/
taijasaiḥ kāṃsyapātrairvā śaṅkhairvā tannivedayet

maṇḍale keśare deyamādityapratimāsu ca/
śivaliṅge tathā bhoge pīṭhe devatanau tathā

sadyaḥ snigdhaṃ mṛnmayaṃ vā sarpiḥsinduraje tathā/
śrīcandanapratiṣṭhe vā lepayet pratimātanau

svastikasthāpite khaḍge snāpayed darpaṇe'tha vā/
evaṃ dadyāt tu snānīyaṃ mahādevyai viśeṣataḥ

ravi viṣṇuśivebhyo vā yatra tatra prapūjane/
pūjakaḥ snānadānāt t cirāyurupajāyate

samyak snānapradānāt tu kalpāntaṃ svargabhāg‌bhavet/
yadeva dīyate pādyaṃ gandhapuṣpādikaṃ tathā

upācārāṃstathā sarvānarghyapātrāhitairjalaiḥ/
amṛtīkaraṇādyaistu saṃskṛtaistvabhiṣicya taiḥ

pradadyādiṣṭadevebhyo gṛhṇāti ca tataḥ svayam/
arghyapātrāṇi taistoyairvinā yad‌vinivedanam

dīyate ceṣṭadevebhyaḥ sarvaṃ tanniṣphalaṃ bhavet/
rāgāllobhāt pramādād vā hyardhyaṃ pātrāmṛtīkṛtam

toyaṃ srutaṃ syāt pātrāt tu punaḥ kuryāt tadāmṛtam/
svalpāvaśeṣatoye tu pātrasthe hyamṛtīkṛte

tatrānyadudakaṃ dadyāt tat‌tainaivāmṛtaṃ bhavet/
bahūni yadi puṣpāṇi mālā vā pracurā yadi

dīyante cārghyapātrasthairjalaiḥ saṃsicya cotsṛjet/
anyatoyairyadutsṛṣṭamardhyapātrasthitetaraiḥ

tanna gṛhvātīṣṭadevo dattaṃ vidhiśatairapi/
saṃskṛte tvarghyapātre tu navabhiḥ pratipattibhiḥ

tiṣṭhanti savatīrthāni pīyūṣāṇi ca sarvataḥ/
tasmāt tatra sthitaistoyairabhyukṣyopacārānutsṛjet

na yogyamarghyapātreṣu nidhāya vinivedayet/
idaṃ te bhairava proktaṃ ṣaṭkaṃ caivāsanādikam/
vastrādi daśa vakṣyāmi śṛṇu vijñānavṛddhaye

iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ//