Kalika Purana · Chapter 85

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sadācāreṣu rājendra viśeṣāñ śṛṇu samprati/
yānavaśyaṃ nṛpaḥ kuryāt tānmattaḥ sakalāñ śṛṇu

sādhavaḥ kṣīṇadoṣāśca sacchabdaḥ sādhuvācakaḥ/
teṣāmācaraṇaṃ yat tat sadācāraḥ sa ucyate

āgameṣu purāṇeṣu saṃhitāsu yathoditān/
samuddiṣṭasadācārān gṛhṇīyāt tān gṛhasthavat

ṛṣīn yajed vedapāṭhairdevān homaiḥ prapūjayet/
śrāddhaiḥ pitṛṃ starpayet tu bhūtāni valibhistathā

maitraṃ prasādhanaṃ snānaṃ dantadhāvanamañjanam/
sarvaṃ gṛhasthavat kuryānniṣekādyaṃ vidhiṃ tathā

ṣaṭkarmasu niyuñjīta rājā viprān samantataḥ/
tathaiva kṣatriyādīṃśca sve sve dharme niyojayet

yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya paradharmaṃ samācaret/
taṃ śatena nṛpo daṇḍaṃ punastasmin niyojayet

sāṃvatsareṣu kṛtyeṣu viśiṣyaitān samācaret/
avaśyaṃ pārthivo rājan tān viśeṣāñ śṛṇuṣva me

śaratkāle mahāṣṭamyāṃ durgāyāḥ paripūjanam/
nīrājanaṃ daśamyāṃ tu kuryād vai balavṛddhaye

pauṣe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ kuryāt puṣyābhiṣecanam/
pūjayitvā śriyaṃ devīṃ pañcamyām̐ nṛpatiścaret

śrīyajñaṃ dhanadhānyasya vṛddhaye nṛpasattama/
jyaiṣṭhe daśaharāyāṃ tu viṣṇoriṣṭiṃ tathācaret

ravau haristhe dvādaśyāṃ śakrapūjāṃ samācaret/
viśiṣyaitāṃstu nṛpatiḥ kuryād yajñān bahuvyayaiḥ

ebhiḥ kṛtairbalaṃ rājyaṃ koṣaścāpi vivardhate/
akṛteṣveṣu yajñeṣu durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā

jāyante cetayaḥ sarvā viśiṣyaitāṃstataścaret/
śaratkāle mahāṣṭamyāṃ durgāyā; pūjane vidhiḥ

purā proktastu vidhinā tena kāryaṃ tu pūjanam/
vidhiṃ nīrājanasya tvaṃ śṛṇu pārthivasattama

kṛtena yena cāśvānāṃ gajānāmapi vardhanam/
āśvine śuklapakṣai tu tṛtīyā svātīyoginī

aiśānyāṃ svapurasyaiva gṛhṇīyāt sthānamuttamam/
nīrājanaṃ tataḥ kuryāt saṃprāpte divase'ṣṭame

nīrājanasya kālastu pūrvamukto mayā tava/
vidhānamātraṃ śṛṇu me kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi

ekaṃ hayaṃ mahāsattvaṃ sumanoharameva ca/
pūjayet saptadivasān gandhapuṣpāṃśukādibhiḥ

tṛtīyādau pūjayitvā nayeta yajñamaṇḍalam/
ceṣṭāṃ nirūpayaṃstasya jānīyāt tu śubhāśubham

pararāṣṭrāvamardaḥ syādaśvo yadi palāyate/
mriyate rājaputrastu yadi cāśrūṇi muñcati

nīyamāno na gacchet tu mahiṣīmaraṇaṃ tataḥ/
tathaiva mukhanāsākṣi śabdaṃ kuryāddhayo yadi

yaḥ kāṣṭhābhimukhaḥ kuryāt tat kāṣṭhāyāṃ jayedripūn/
utkṣipya dakṣiṇāgraṃ tu padamaśvo bhavet puraḥ

tadā yadi samastāṃśca nṛpatirvijayedripūn/
prātarnārājanaṃ kuryād daśamyāṃ nṛpasattama

tadaprāptau ca dvādaśyāṃ tasyāmeva samācaret/
kārtike paṃcadaśyāṃ vā tatrābhāve tu pārthiva

aiśānyāṃ svapurasyoccairhastamānena ṣoḍaśa/
daśahastaṃ tu vipulāṃ kuryād vai tatra toraṇam

dvātriṃśaddhastamātraṃ tu hastaṣoḍaśavistṛtam/
yajñārthaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kuryānmadhye vediṃ vanirdiśet

vedyāścottarataścāśva-vediṃ kuryādanuttamām/
yatra saṃsthāpya cāśvaśca pūjitavyaḥ purohitaiḥ

sarjodumbaraśākhānāmarjunasyāthavā nṛpa/
matsyaśaṅkhāṅkitaicakraijaiścāpyabhibhūṣayet

toraṇaṃ kanakaratnastathā nānārvidhaiḥ phalaiḥ/
bhallātakaṃ śālikuṣṭhaṃ siddhyarthaṃ saindhavasya tu

kaṇṭhadeśe nibadhnīyāt puṣṭiśāntyarthameva ca/
vaiṣṇavaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā dikpālāṃśca navagrahān

viśvedevāṃstu mantreṇa viṣṇumukhyān prapūjayet/
ājyaistilaiśca puṣpaiśca miśrīkṛtya purohitaḥ

ravestu varuṇasyaiva prajeśasya tathaiva ca/
puruhutasya viṣṇośca homaṃ saptāhamācaret

ekaikasya sahasraṃ vā aṣṭottaraśataṃ ca vā/
kuryāt tu pratyahaṃ homaṃ caturvargasya siddhaye

samadhaścāpi hotavyāḥ pālāśāḥ khādirāstathā/
audumbaryaśca kāśmaryā āśvatthāśca purodhasā

sauvarṇān rājatān vāpi mārtikān vā yathecchayā/
kuryāt tu kalaśānaṣṭau phalāmrāmvarayojitān

kṣipet teṣu ghaṭeṣveva samaṅgaharitālakam/
candanaṃ ca tathā kuṣṭhaṃ priyaṅguṃ ca manaḥśilām

añjanaṃ ca haridrāṃ ca śvetāṃ dantīṃ tathaiva ca/
bhallātakaṃ pūrṇakośaṃ sahadevīṃ śatāvarīm

vacāṃ sanāgakusumāṃ somarājīṃ suguptikām/
tutthaṃ ca karavīraṃ ca tulasīdalameva ca

etāni nikṣipenmadhye kalaśānāṃ purohitaḥ/
kanakarambujairyajñadārubhiḥ sruksruvau tathā

kartavye śāntikāmena nīrājanavidhau nṛpa/
evaṃ saptāhaparyantaṃ pūjābhirhavanaistathā

pūrvoktān pūjayitvā tu nṛpaḥ saptāhamācaret/
yāvannīrājanaṃ kuryāt tāvadrājā vased gṛhe

rātrau na yajñabhūmau tu nivasecchāntimicchrukaḥ/
nārohayet turaṅgaṃ taṃ gajaṃ vā tatra pārthivaḥ

yāvat saptāhaparyantaṃ yānenānyena vai vrajet/
bhakṣyairnānāvidhaiścaiva madhupāyasayāvakaiḥ

modakairvā baliṃ kuryādannavyañjanasambhavaiḥ/
pūrvoktānāṃ tu devānāṃ saptāhaṃ yāvaduttamam

saptame'hni tu rebhantaṃ pūjayet toraṇāntare/
sūryaputraṃ mahābāhuṃ dvibhujaṃ kavacojjvalam

jvalantaṃ śuklavastreṇa keśānudgrathya vāsavā/
kaśāṃ vāmakare bibhrad dakṣiṇaṃ tu karaṃ punaḥ

sa khaḍgaṃ nyasya vāmāyāṃ sitasaindhavasaṃsthitam/
evaṃvidhe tu rebhantaṃ pratimāyāṃ ghaṭe'pi vā

sūryapūjāvidhānena pūjayeta toraṇāntare/
pūjayitvā tu rebhanta dviradaṃ turagaṃ tathā

ahatāmbarasaṃvītaṃ srakcandanasamanvitam/
suvarṇaviddhanistriṃśaṃ vicitraṃ kavacādibhiḥ

yuktaṃ tu homakuṇḍasya aiśānyāmaśvavedikām/
pūrvaṃ kṛtāṃ nayedaśvagajapālau pṛthak pṛthak

nīyamāne gaje cāśve pūrvoktaṃ tu nimittakam/
yatnād vīkṣeta nṛpatiḥ phalaṃ caivāvadhārayet

homakuṇḍasyottarasyāṃ vaiyāghre carmaṇi sthitaḥ/
vedavidā cāśvavidā sahito vīkṣya saindhavam

nītāya turagāyāśu bhaktapiṇḍīṃ sugandhinīm/
dadyāt purohitastatra saṃmantrya śāntimantrakaiḥ

bhakṣaṇād yadi jighret tadaśnīyād vā hayaḥ saca/
tadā syāt sarvakalyāṇaṃ viparītamato'nyathā

śākhāmaudumbarīmāmrīṃ sakuśāṃ ca ghaṭodake/
āplāvyāplāvya turagān gajān bhūpaṃ ca sainikān

rathāṃśca saṃspṛśenmantraiḥ śāntikaiḥ pauṣṭikaistathā/
secayet sahitairvipraiścaturaṅgaṃ purohitaḥ

dikpālānāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca mantraiśca vaiṣṇavaistathā/
bahudhā cābhiṣicyātha tataḥ sauvarṇa darpaṇam

vīkṣayitvā nṛpaṃ cartvik tato mantriṇameva ca/
rājaputraṃ tathāmātyānanyānapi ca sainikān

kampayan dvijaśārdūlaḥ sarvāneva tu darśayet/
caturaṃgasya svasyāpi kṛtvaivaṃ śāntipauṣṭike

mṛnmayaṃ śātravaṃ kṛtvā cābhicārikamantrakaiḥ/
hṛdi śūlena vidhvā taṃ śiraṃ khaḍgena chedayet

ācāryaḥ kavikāṃ paścādabhimantrya hayāya vai/
aindraiḥ prābhākarairmandatrairdadyād vaktre svayaṃ punaḥ

tamanena tu mantreṇa samāruhya nṛpastadā/
gaccheduttarapūrvāṃ tu diśaṃ sarvairbalairyutaḥ

ṛtvik purohitācāryāḥ sarva eva nṛpaṃ tadā/
anugaccheyuranyāni nimittāni vilokitum

vāditraghoṣaistumulairātapatrairvṛtastathā/
gacchennīrājane rājā dārayanniva medīnīm

maṇividrumamuktādi-svarṇa-ratnairalaṅkṛtaḥ/
krośamātraṃ tato gatvā pūrvadvāreṇa pārthivaḥ

svapuraṃ praviśed viprairyajñaṃ yāyāt purohitaḥ/
tatra gatvā dakṣiṇāṃ tu hiraṇyaṃ gāṃ tathā tilam

dattvā paścād dvijebhyastu dadyād dānāni śaktitaḥ/
evaṃ nīrājanaṃ kṛtvā bālānāṃ ca mahīkṣitaḥ

pretyeha susthirāṃ lakṣmīṃ nṛpatiḥ prāpnuyāt tathā/
tvamaśvāmṛtasañjāta sāgarodbhava saindhava

yena satyena bahase śaktaṃ teneha māṃ vaha/
yena satyena rebhantaṃ yena satyena bhāskaram

vahase tena satyena vijayāya vahasva mām/
ābhyāṃ tu bhūpa mantrābhyāmaśvārohaṇamācaret

āruhyāgre mahiṣyāstu śuddhānte lambayet tataḥ/
mahiṣī ca tato bhūpaṃ paryaṅkopari saṃsthitam

dūrvākṣataiḥ sasiddhārthaḥ strībhiḥ saha tamarcayet/
kṛte tu bhūmigrahaṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ nirājane

sūtakaṃ yadi jāyeta tatra duṣyati kevalam/
sūtakī mṛtakī vāpi pārthivastu yathā tathā

balanīrājanaṃ kuryāt tanmātraṃ ca viśeṣataḥ/
sadyaḥ śaucaṃ bhavedrājño vyavahāravilokane

tathādhivāsane yajñe pararāṣṭravimardane/
ayaṃ te kathito rājannīrājanakramo mayā/
puṣyasnānavighānaṃ tu pārthiva śṛṇu sāmpratam

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