Kalika Purana · Chapter 76

// ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
//śrībhagavānuvāca//
mantraśuddhimavekṣyeva gṛhṇīyānmantramuttamam

tatra siddhaṃ susiddhaṃ ca sādhyaṃ śātravameva ca/
mantraṃ caturvidhaṃ proktaṃ tadviddhyakṣarabhedataḥ

varṇakramaḥ śāśvatastu yo mayā bhāṣitaḥ purā/
tatrādau bhairava jñātvā paścāccakraṃ śṛṇuṣva me/
varṇānāṃ tu mukhādīnāṃ vaiṣmavītantrasaṃjñaka

yaḥ prokto'bhūnmahāmantrastasyāsannakṣarāṇi tu/
mūlabhūtāni tānyeva tato'nyānapi vardhayet

akāraśca kakāraśca caṭakārau tathaiva ca/
tapakārau yakāraśca vargādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ lṛ lṛ ete'dīrghadīrghakāḥ/
e ai o au visargaśca bindivādiryājñikastathā

dhvanerantarajāśceti kīrtitāstu svarā amī/
khakarāśca gakarāśca gha ṅo vargaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

vyañjanakārādichajau bhairavaśabdādireva ca

ṇakārāntastṛtīyo'yaṃ vargoṣṭhādiḥ prakīrtitaḥ/
thakāraśca dakāraśva dharmaśabdādireva ca

navaśabdasya caivādiścaturtho varga ucyate/
phalaśabdasya yaścādirbahuśabdādireva ca

bhakāro manaḥśabdādiḥ pañcamo varga ucyate/
yakāraśca rakāraśca lakāro vastathaiva ca

ebhiścaturbhirvargā'yaṃ ṣaṣṭho bhairava ucyate/
śaṣasā haḥ kṣakāraśca saṃyogaḥ parivedakaḥ

pañcabhiḥ śeṣavargo'yaṃ saptamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
saṃyogayogasaṃlomapratilomairime suta

varṇāḥ syurmantranāmādau vāṅmātre'pi ca bhairava/
cartuvargapradā varṇāḥ sukhaduḥkhakarāstathā

rogaṃ ca tejasampūjyapūjakāḥ karikortitāḥ/
ahaṃ viṣṇuśca brahmā ca gāyatrī brahmamātṛkāḥ

aparaṃ brahmavarṇā ye parabrahmasukhapradam/
aparaṃ brahmakuśalaḥ parabrahmadhigacchati

sisṛkṣurīśvaro varṇājja ganti svecchayā punaḥ/
sasarja mama vaktre tāṃ brahmavaktre ca vai nyadhāt

ahaṃ tu sakalān varṇān nyasya bhairava tantrakam/
akāra bahulaṃ putra jñānamārgaṃ vivardhayan

ya ime gaditā varṇā mayā varṇaviniścaye/
mantraśuddhivivekārthaṃ varṇacakraṃ tataḥ śṛṇu

śaktiśambhusvarūpiṇyo rekhe dve prathamaṃ nyaset/
tanmadhyataḥ punārekhe viṣṇulakṣmītale tathā

tayostu rekhayormaṃdhye dve rekhe samato nyaset/
tasya cakrasya cāreṣu rekhāstu parisaṃkhyayā

catasrastu pradātavyāḥ svaramadhye tu bhairava/
bhinnānāṃ ca tathā varṇāḥ sandhayo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ

nemayastu catasro'sya sandhimadhyeṣu kīrtitāḥ/
aṣṭārasaṃyutaṃ cakraṃ caturnemisamanvitam

bahirveṣṭanasaṃyuktaṃ varṇacakraṃ prakīrtitam/
meṣādīnāṃ ca rāśīnāmudayāstapratijñayā

idameva bhaveccakraṃ jñānaśrīvṛddhi-kārakam/
idaṃ cakraṃ likhitvā tu samabhūmāvudaṅmukhaḥ

prāṅmukho vā likhed varṇāṃcchuciriṣṭaṃ naman gurum/
pradakṣiṇaṃ likhet tasmin varṇāsteṣveva tu kramāt

puro nemevakāraṃ tu rakāraṃ cāpi vai likhet/
akāraṃ varjayed dīrghamīkāraṃ ca svareṣu vai

akarādikṣakārānta ḍha ṭa ña ṇa varjitam/
pradakṣiṇakramādeva likhitvā varṇasañcayam

svanāmādyakṣaraṃ gṛhya kuryāt tu gaṇanakramam/
mantrasyādyakṣaraṃ yāvat siddhādyaṃ tatra yojayet

navaikapañcake siddhaḥ sādhyaḥ ṣaḍyugmapaṅkiṣu/
trisaptakādaśeṣveva susuddhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

dvādaśāṣṭajaturtheṣu bhātravaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
siddhenāvācirāt siddhiḥ sādhyaḥ kālena sidhyati

kramānnāśayate śatruḥ susiddhaḥ siddhido'cirāt/
yo yo varṇakramaḥ prokto mantre dakṣiṇagocare

vāmyārādhanamantreṣu kramaṃ śṛṇviha bhairava/
ṛlṛdvayaṃ ṅa ña ṇa nā varjyāśca varṇagocare

likhed vāmakrameṇaiva tatra varṇāṃstu mantravit/
nṛsiṃhārkavarāhāṇāṃ prasādapraṇavasya ca

ekākṣaradvyakṣarāṇāṃ na siddhādivicintanam/
bījetu cāpi sarveṣu dīkṣārtheṣu ca bhairava

siddhādicintā no kāryā grāhyāstu daśa vaśyakam/
susiddhaṃ kāmadaṃ grāhyaṃ sādhyasiddhavicāraṇāt

na grāhyaḥ śātravo dhīrairgṛhītvāpnoti cāpadam/
yo yasyaikākṣaro mantrastannāmnā sa nigadyate

sahitaścandrabindubhyāṃ tadbījamiti gadyate/
tathā śakro sakāraḥ syāt sārdhacandraḥ sabindukaḥ

sa eva śakrabījaṃ syāt tathānyatrāpi yojayet/
mantroddhāreṣu sarvatra parataḥ parataḥ puraḥ

pūrvato'pi pare kāryamanuktaḥ pūrvapakṣakaḥ/
yadā ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ vaiṣmavyā mantrasañcayam

cakre nirīkṣyate tatra ṣoḍaśāraṃ tu cakrakam/
viṃśatistu sahasrāṇi tripurāyā yadīkṣate

dvātriṃśāraṃ tatra cakraṃ lekhanīyaṃ sadā budhaiḥ/
idameva mahācakraṃ ṣoḍaśārādikaṃ kṛtī

kuryādadhikarekhābhirmantraśuddhyantare suta/
iyaṃ te kathitā putra mantrasiddhirabhīṣṭadā

jānāti samyak ya imāṃ sa jayī kāmamāpnuyāt/
rahasyaṃ paramaṃ putra prayogādiprakārataḥ

vakṣyāmi tat samāsena śṛṇu vetāla bhairava/
dantaḥ pakṣaviḍālasya tattvacā pariveṣṭitaḥ

nirmālyena tu vaiṣmavyā tat saṃveṣṭaya guṇatrayam/
tat tad vā vāmasūtrasya tattanmantreṇa mantritam

gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau mantrāṇāṃ śatamāditaḥ/
sañcayedatha vaiṣṇavyā aṣṭamyāṃ niyatendriyaḥ

tatastu dakṣiṇe bāhau dhāryaṃ yantrottamaṃ budhaiḥ/
tato dvādaśasiddhiḥ syāddhartācennātritittilīm

jayaḥ saṃgrāmavādeṣu śarīrasyāpyarogitā/
vaśakṛdrājaputrāṇāṃ rājñāmapi ca santatam

bhūtapretapiśācāśca no yānti netragocaram/
yoṣitāṃ samadānāṃ tu vaśakṛccintanāt sakṛt

rudhirāṇāṃ śleṣmaṇā ca dhātūnāṃ stambhanaṃ tathā/
tejasāṃ stambhakaṃ caiva cakṣustejaḥ pradaṃ tathā

mūrdhni pakṣaviḍālasya hastaṃ dattvā śatatrayam/
vaiṣmavītantramantraṃ tu japtvā taṃ sthāpayed gṛhe

taṃ viḍālaṃ tu yā paśyenmalinī vanitā suta/
nāputrā sā bhavitrī tu kadācidapi bhairava

tādṛk pakṣaviḍālastu yasya tiṣṭhati mandire/
mṛtāpatyāpi tadgehe jīvatputrā prajāyate

kokilo bhṛṅgarājo vā cakoro vā śuko'thavā/
vaiṣṇavītantramantreṇa mantrito yatra tiṣṭhati

vighnaṃ na mandire tasya bhavitṛ suprajā bhavet/
na sarpāstatra gacchanti gatāḥ khādanti no narān/
nārī na bandhakī tasya mandire'pi prajāyate

pañcamūrteścaṇḍikāyā nirmālyāni ca pañcamaḥ

teṣām̐ valīnāṃ māṃsna sthālyāṃ paktvā dinatrayam/
aṣṭamyāṃ tatpunardevyai dattvā tanmantramantritaiḥ

toyaurbhyukṣya bhuñjīyānmanasā cintayecchivām/
tasmin bhukte tu dīrghāyujaṃrā śokavivarjitaḥ

tejasvī śatrudamanaḥ kavirvāgmo ca jāyate/
lalāṭe mūrdhni kaṇṭhe ca bāhvoḥ pāṇyostathā hṛdi

vaiṣṇavītantramantrasya yāni cāṣṭākṣarāṇi ca/
likhitvā tāni caiteṣu sthāneṣu mantravid budhaḥ

kuṅkumaṃ kṣīramalayajātapaṅkaḥ suyāvakaiḥ/
aṣṭamyāṃ saṃyato bhūtvā navamyāṃ prathamaṃ naraḥ

pratiṣṭhāne nyasya karamaṣṭāvaṣṭau japed budhaḥ/
āvartanena mantrāṇāṃ tato'nu pūjayecchivām

tatastasmin dine devyai vijātīyaṃ valitrayam/
dattvā sahasraṃ mantrasya saṃkhyayā japamārabhet

japānte tu havirbhuktā saṃyato rajanīṃ nayet/
evaṃ sakṛtkṛte putra raṇe tasya parājayaḥ

kadācidapi no bhūyānna ca vādeṣu śāstrataḥ/
vidhimevaṃ sakṛtkṛtvā raṇakāle yathā tathā

sadā likhet kṣatriyastu vijayāya raṇeṣu ca/
aparaṃ tu raṇāṣṭāṅgaṃ guhyametat prakīrtitam

anenaiva tu guhyena vijayī tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi/
iti nau kathitaṃ sarvaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ śubham

sukhasampatkaraṃ mantraṃ yantratantrasamanvitam/
yacchrotuṃ tridaśāḥ sarve nityaṃ vāñchanti cāmṛtam

tadidante samākhyātaṃ putra vetāla bhairava/
etat sarvaṃ nado jñātvā tattvataḥ putra bhairava

sa kāmānakhilān prāpya nityaṃ kaivalyamāpnuyāt/
śṛṇoti yaḥ sakṛdidaṃ kathyamāno dvijottamaiḥ

na tasya vighnā jāyante nāputraḥ sa ca jāyate/
dīrghāyurbalayuktaśca nityaṃ pramuditaḥ kṛtī/
vāñcitārthamavāpnoti devīgṛhamavāpnuyāt

gacchataṃ kāmarūpāntaḥpīṭhaṃ nīlācalāhvayam

kāmākhyānilayaṃ guhyaṃ kubjikāpīṭhasaṃjñakam/
ākāśagaṅgā yatrāsti tajjalairabhiṣicya ca

tatrārādhayataṃ putrau mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayīm/
sā prasannācirād devo varadā nau bhaviṣyati

//aurvya uvāca//
ityuktvā vṛṣabhārūḍhastadā vetālabhairavau/
sa putrau tu parityajya tatraivāntaradhīyata

tatastau nāṭaka śailaṃ parityajya tapasvinau/
āsedaturmahātmānaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutam

sa tu sandhyācalagatastau dṛṣṭvā samupasthitau/
sabhājayāmāsa muniḥ śiṣyavat tau harātmajau

tatastasyopadeśena vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ/
jagmatustau mahāśailaṃ nīlaṃ kāmākhyayāgatam

tatra gatvā mahātmānau vaiṣṇavītantragocaram/
ādāya jātāṃ tāṃ devīṃ mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayīm

bhairavākhyasya liṅgasya nikaṭasthau śivātmanaḥ/
ākāśagaṅgāmāplāvya sthaṇḍile maṇḍalottamam

vidhāya naraśārdūlau jepaturmantramuttamam/
tau japtvā vidhivanmantraṃ siddhamaṣṭākṣarātkam

vetālasya tathāsādhyamaṣṭalakṣāṇi saṃkhyayā/
tribhirvarṣaistu lakṣāṇāṃ caturṇāmantatastataḥ

tridhā puraścaraṇaṃ ca tau bhaktyā samakurvatām/
yadyaduttaratantroktaṃ kalpoktaṃ pūjane kṛtam

tatsarvaṃ cakratustau tu taṃ trihāyaṇasaṃvṛtau/
kāmākhyā tripurādīnāmanyāsāmapi pūjanam

sakṛtkṛtvā pīṭhayātrāṃ ceraturvidhivat tadā/
evaṃ tau baddhakavacau kṛtanyāsau harātmajau

suprītā cānujagrāha mahāmāyā'tha tau tadā/
dhyānasthayostu japatoryajatośca jaganmayo

śivaliṅgaṃ vinirbhidya tadā pratyakṣatāṃ gatā/
tasyāṃ vinirgatāyāṃ tu śivaliṅgaṃ tridhā'bhavat

bhairavo bhairavī ceti herukaśca tathā trayaḥ/
tāṃ dadarśa tadā devīṃ vetālo bhairavastadā/
yathā dhyānagatā dṛṣṭā bahiścāpi tathā tathā

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgī pīnonnatapayodharām

baradābhayahastāṃ ca siddhasūtrāsidhāriṇīm/
raktapadmapratīkāśāṃ sitapretāsanasthitām

nimīlya nayanadvandvaṃ tadā vetālabhairavau/
trāhi trāhi mahāmāye ūcatustau muhurmuhuḥ

tatastayā mahādevyā tejasāpyāyi tu tau/
pasparśa varahastasya cāgrabhāgena vaiṣṇavī

āpyāyitau tatastau tu spṛṣṭāvapi tathā punaḥ/
āsedatuśca devatvaṃ manuṣyatvaṃ vihāya ca

devabhūtau tadā tau tu mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayīm/
stutibhirnatibhiśceti tadā tuṣṭuvatuḥ śivām

//vetālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
jaya jaya devi suragaṇārcitapaṅkaje
viśvasya bhūtibhāvinī śaśimauli-kelibhāvini girije/
netratrayanirjitavivasvadvidhuvahlikāntitulitakamalaje madhyanetranatabhrū bhaṅgabhaktaraktamaticayajvāyakavimalaje

ājñācakrāntaśāntanavakoṭikaroṭitulyakānta śāntaśaśadhare/
bahumāyakāyabhogayogataraṅgasārasya padmavasucare

trināḍinītamadhyabaddhaviṣkiravallabhaśubhasuṣumnasamādhārapare/
vibudharatnavimodiviśvamūrtimahomayānavasi ṣaṭcakradhare

ādiṣoḍaśacakracumbitacārudehapīnatuṅgakucācalāligitabhūmimadhyanāgaśākagate
paṅkajātakamūlamaṇicaturbāhuyute/
jñānatālakamantratantrayogiyoganibaddhasārasūtabhaṅga vinodakṛte/
ātmatattvaparaikaśāraratnahārakamuktisūktivivekasitapretarate

ratnasārasamastasaṅgataraṃgarāgaviyogimantraśāntapuraviśeṣakṛte/
yoginīgaṇanaॉtyabhṛtyabhāvananibaddhanaddhahārakaṅkaṇamukhyabhūṣaṇapate/
sāṭṭahāsavinodamoditamuktakeśasureśanibaddhadehapuṭe/
dehi devi śokaśocanabandhamocanapāpaśātanaśuddhamate

sarvavidyātmikāṃ guhyāṃ mantrayantramayīṃ śivām/
praṇamāmi mahāmāyāṃ loke vede ca kīrtitām

parāparātmikāṃ nityāṃ sādhyādhāraikasaṃsthitām/
kāmāhlādakarīṃ kāntāṃ tvāṃ namāmi jaganmayom

prapañcaparamavyaktaṃ jagadekavivardhini/
prabhāvanenārdharaktāṃgi devi tubhyaṃ namo'stu te

kāmākhyā nityarūpākhyā mahāmāyā sarasvatī/
yā lakṣmīrviṣṇuvakṣaḥsthā nāmāvo hyacyutāṃ śivām

mantrāṇi yasyāstantrāṇi sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa/
mantrayantrātmake tubhyaṃ nam'stu mama pārvati

//aurvauvāca//
iti stutā tatastābhyāṃ mahāmāyā jagatprasūḥ/
uvāca muditā ceti varaṃ varayataṃ yuvām

pratyakṣato mahāmāyāṃ pūrvavad dhyānagocarām/
tau dṛṣṭvā bhargatanayau prāhatuścedamuttamam

//vaitālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
devyanena śarīrema bhavatyāḥ śaṅkarasya ca/
prārthaye śāśvatīṃ sevāṃ nityaṃ yāvadraviḥ śaśī

nānyaṃ varaṃ sodhayāvo māye tvatto jaganmayi/
anyathā tava bhaktyaiva sthāsyāvo girikandare

//aurvauvāca//
evamuktā tatastābhyāṃ mahāmāyā jaganmayī/
evamastviti covāca bhavatyevaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

evaṃ siddhirjagaddhātrī proktā svasyātha cūcuke/
niṣpīḍya kārayāmāsa kṣīradhārādvayaṃ śivā

tatastu niḥsṛtaṃ kṣīraṃ pāyayāmāsa bhairavam/
vetālaṃ ca mahārāja pibatastau ca tat tadā

pītvā tau ca tadā kṣīraṃ devatvaṃ prāpya śāśvatam/
ajarau cāmarau bhūtī mahātejasvinau śubhau

tasyāstu kṣīramamṛtaṃ tat pītvā tau mahābalau/
pīyūṣapānāt sajātau tatastau prāha vaiṣṇavī

gaṇānāṃ devadevasya bhavatascādhipau yuvām/
dvāḥsthau ca nityamāsannau nandivad bhavataṃ sutau

ityuktvā harasammatyā mahāmāyā jaganmayī/
yoginīgaṇasaṃyuktā tatraivāntaradhīyata

antarhitāyāṃ tasyāṃ tu tadā vetālabhairavau/
muditau paramaprītau kṛtakṛtyau babhūvatuḥ

athāgacchad devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ sapramatho haraḥ/
sabhājayitumatyarthaṃ putrau vetālabhairavau

tāvāsādya mahādevastadā nīlāhvayaṃ girim/
sakalaṃ darśayāmāsa pīṭhaṃ tu sthānabhedataḥ

kāmākhyāyā guhāṃ tatra darśayitvā manobhavām/
tataḥ svīyāṃ kāmaguhāṃ cāyācchatraṃ svamālayam

svakīyaṃ pañcamūrtīnāṃ saṃsthānaṃ cāpyadarśayat/
kāmarūpasya sakalaṃ pīṭhaṃ devamayaṃ tathā

pratyekaṃ darśayāmāsa kramatastripurāntakaḥ/
prathamaṃ karatoyākhyāṃ satyagaṅgā sadāśivām/
puṇyatoyamayīṃ śuddhāṃ dakṣiṇābdhyekagaminīm

// iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe vetālabhairavayoḥ siddhilābho nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ