Kalika Purana · Chapter 86

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śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi puṣyasnānavidhikramam/
yena vijñānamātreṇa vighnā naśyanti santatam

pauṣe puṣyarkṣage candre puṣyasnānaṃ nṛpaścaret/
saubhāgyakalyāṇakaraṃ durbhikṣamaraṇāpaham

viṣṭyādiduṣṭakaraṇe vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtau/
vajre śūle harṣaṇādau yoge tu yadi labhyate

tṛtīyāyuktapuṣyarkṣaṃ raviśaurikuje'hani/
tadā samastadaṣāṇāṃ tat snānaṃ hānikārakam

grahadoṣāśca jāyante yadi rājyeṣu cetayaḥ/
tadā puṣye tu nakṣatre kuryānmāsāntare'pi ca

iyaṃ tu brahmaṇā śāntiruddiṣṭā gurave purā/
śakrādisarvadevānāṃ śāntyarthaṃ ca jagatpatiḥ

tuṣakeśāsthivalmīka-kīṭadeśādivarjite/
śarkarākṛmikuṣmāṇḍa-bahukṛṣṭavivarjite

kākolūkaiśca kaṅkaiśca kākālairgṛghraśaunakaiḥ/
varjite kaṇṭakivane vibhītakavivarjite

śigruśleṣmātakābhyāṃ tu jalaukādyairvivarjite/
svasthāne campakāśoka-vakulādivirājite

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇe sarastīrethavā śucau/
puṣyasnānāya nṛpatirgṛhṇīyāt sthānamuttamam

tataḥ purohito rājā nānā vāditraniḥsvanaiḥ/
pradoṣasamaye gacchet tat sthānaṃ pūrvavāsare

tasya sthānasya kauveryāṃ diśi sthitvā purohitaḥ/
sugandhacandanaiḥ pānaiḥ karpūrādyadhivāsitaiḥ

gaurocanābhiḥ siddhārthairakṣataiḥ saphalādibhiḥ/
gandhadvāretyādibhirmantraiḥ sarvādhisiktakaiḥ

adhivāsya tu tatsthānaṃ pūjayet tatra devatāḥ/
gaṇeśaṃ keśavaṃ śakraṃ brahmāṇaṃ cāpi śaṅkaram

umayā sahitaṃ devaṃ sarvāśca gaṇadevatāḥ/
mātṛśca pūjayet tatra nṛpatiḥ sapurohitaḥ

maṅgalān kalaśān kṛtvā nānānaivedyasañcayān/
pradadyāt pāyasaṃ svāduphalaṃ modakayāvakau

adhivāsya ca tat sthānaṃ dūrvāsiddhārthakākṣataiḥ/
tatsthānāccāpi bhūtāni sārayenmantramīrayan

apasarpantu te bhūtā ye bhūtā bhūmipālakāḥ/
bhūtānāmavirodhena snānakarma karomyaham

tataḥ karau puṭīkṛtya mantreṇānena pārthivaḥ/
āvāhayedimān devān pūjyān puṣyābhiṣekataḥ

āgacchantu surāḥ sarve ye'tra pūjābhilāṣiṇaḥ/
diśo hi pālakāḥ sarve ye cānye'pyaṃśabhāginaḥ

tataḥ puṣpāñjaliṃ dattvā punarmantraṃ paṭhedimam/
adya tiṣṭhantu vibudhāḥ sthānamāsādya māmakam

svapūjāṃ prāpya pātāro dattvā śāntiṃ mahībhuje/
tatastāṃ nṛpatī rātriṃ nayet tu sapurohitaḥ

svapne śubhāśubhaṃ vidyānnṛpastu sapurohitaḥ/
kṛtvā pūjāṃ tu devānāṃ rātrau sthāne nṛpaḥ svapet

śubhāśubhaphalaṃ svapne jñeyaṃ doṣajñasammate/
duḥsvapnadarśanaṃ cet syāt tadā puṣyābhiṣecane

homaṃ caturguṇaṃ kuryād dattvā cāpi gavāṃ śatam/
govājikuṃjarāṇāṃ tu prāsādasya girestaroḥ

ārohaṇaṃ śubhakaraṃ rājyaśrīvṛddhikārakam/
dadhidevasuvarṇānāṃ brahmaṇasya pradarśanam

vīṇādūrvākṣataphalaṃ puṣpacchatravilepanam/
śītāṃśu cakraśaṃkhānāṃ padmasya suhṛdastathā

lābhāḥ kṣayakarāḥ śatrau ratnākarasya bhūbhṛtaḥ/
darśanaṃ coparāgasya nigaḍena ca bandhanam

māṃsasya bhojanaṃ caiva parvatasya vivartanam/
nābhimadhye tarūtpattirmṛtaṃ pratyanurodanam

agamyāgamanaṃ kūpa paṅkagarbhāvatīrṇatā/
parvatasya tathā nadyāḥ srotasāṃ laṅghanaṃ tathā

svaputramaraṇaṃ caiva pānaṃ rudhiramadyayoḥ/
bhojanaṃ pāyasasyāpi manuṣyārohaṇaṃ tathā

kalyāṇasukhasaubhāgya-rājya-śatrukṣayaṃ tathā/
ete svapnāḥ prakurvanti nṛsya nṛpasattama

kha roṣṭramahiṣāṇāṃ ca āroho rājyanāśanaḥ/
nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ tathā hāsyaṃ pāṭhaścāpyaśubhapradaḥ

raktavastraparidhānaṃ raktamālānulepanam/
raktāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ striyaṃ caiva kāmayat mṛtyumāpnuyāt

kūpāntare praveśaḥ svād dakṣiṇāśāgatistathā/
paṅke nimajjanaṃ snānaṃ bhāryāputravināśanam

lābhastasya bhavet svapne'pyarutpattirnṛpabhya ca/
ādāya garbhanāṅīṃ tu śakuno yāti khañjanaḥ

sa tu rājyāntaraṃ prāpya mahākalyāṇamāpnuyāt/
dīrghaṃ viṃśatihastaṃ tu hastaṣoḍaśavistṛtam

kuryāt tu lakṣaṇopetaṃ yajñamaṇḍalamuttamam/
tato'pare'hni pūrvāhṇemātṛṇāṃ pūjanaṃ caret

kuḍyalagnāṃ vasordhārāṃ vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ tathaiva ca/
candanāgurukastūrīdhūmakarpūracūrṇakaiḥ

sampūjya maṇḍalasthānaṃ tasmin hrauṃ śambhave namaḥ/
astrāya huṃ phaḍityevaṃ likhenmantradvayaṃ budhaḥ

mantravinmaṇḍalajñaśca sūtraiḥ kambalasambhavaiḥ/
kauśeyairvā svastikākhyaṃ prathamaṃ maṇḍalaṃ likhet

caturhastapramāṇaṃ tu maṇḍalaṃ vilikhet tataḥ/
hastapramāṇaṃ padmaṃ tu maṇḍalasya prakīrtitam

dvārāṇi sārdhahastāni karṇikākeśarojjvalam/
sitaṃ raktaṃ ca pītaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ haritameva ca

śālicūrṇaiśca kausumbhairhāridrairharidudbhavaiḥ/
kuryāt tathāñjanaiścūrṇai rājā maṇḍavṛddhaye

padmāntataḥ samārabhya tālaṃ paścimagāminam/
paścimadvāramadhye caśatapatraṃ vinirdiśet

pratyekaṃ dvāramadhye tu padmaṃ caivāṣṭapatrakam/
kuryānmaṇḍalabhāgajñaścūrṇaireva pṛthak pṛthak

cūrṇaistu maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā sūtrāṇyutsārayet tataḥ/
utsārya sūtraṃ prathamaṃ maṇḍalaṃ pūjayet tataḥ

bhavanāya nama iti tato hastaṃ viyojayet/
savyāvalambahastaṃ tu rajaḥpātraṃ samācaret

madhyamānāmikāṅguṣṭhairupariṣṭād yathecchayā/
adhomukhāṅgulīḥ kṛtvā pātayecca vicakṣaṇaḥ

samārekhā tu kartavyā vicchitrā puṣparañjitā/
aṅguṣṭhaparvanaipuṇyāt samā kāryā vijānatā

saṃsaktaviṣamaṃ sthūlaṃ vicchinnaṃ kṛsarakṛtim/
paryantamarpitaṃ hrasvamālikhenna kadācana

saṃsakte kalahaṃ vidyādūrdhva rekhe tu vigraham/
atisthūle bhaved vyādhirnityaṃ pīḍāvimiśrite

bindubhirbhayamāpnoti śatrupakṣānna saṃśayaḥ/
kṛśāyāṃ cārthahāniḥ syācchinnāyāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvam

viyogo vā bhavet tasya iṣṭadravyasutasya vā/
aviditvā likhed yastu maṇḍalaṃ tu yathecchayā

sarvadoṣānavāpnoti ye doṣāḥ pūrvamīritāḥ/
sitasarṣapadūrvāyā rekhāḥ kāryā vijānatā

vimalaṃ vijayaṃ bhadraṃ vimānaṃ śubhadaṃ śivam/
vardhamānaṃ ca devaṃ ca śatākṣaṃ kāmadāyakam

rucikaṃ svastikaṃ caiva dvādaśaite tu maṇḍalāḥ/
yathāsthānaṃ yathāyajñaṃ yojanīyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ

sāgare madhyamāne tu pīyūṣārthaṃ surotkaraiḥ/
pīyūṣadhāraṇārthāya nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā

kalāṃ kalāṃ tu devānāmasitvā te pṛthak pṛthak/
yataḥ kṛtāstu kalasāstataste parikīrtitāḥ

navaiva kalasāḥ proktā nāmatastānnibodhata/
gohyopagohyo maruto mayūkhaśca tathāparaḥ

manohācāryabhadraśca vijayastanu dūṣakaḥ/
indriyaghno'tha vijayo navamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

teṣāmeva kramād bhūpa nava nāmāni yāni tu/
śṛṇu tānyaparāṇyeva śāntidāni sadaiva hi

kṣitīndraḥ prathamaḥ prokto dvitīyo jalasambhavaḥ/
pavanāgnī tato dve tu yajamānastataḥ paraḥ

koṣasambhavāmnā tu ṣaṣṭhaḥ sa parikīrtitaḥ/
somastu saptamaḥ prokta ādityastu tathāṣṭamaḥ

vijayo nāma kalaso yo'sau navama ucyate/
sa tu paṃcamukhaḥ prokto mahādevasvarūpadhṛk

ghaṭasya pañcavaktreṣu pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ tathā/
yathākāṣṭhāṃ sthitaḥ samyagvāmadevādināmataḥ

maṇḍalasya tu padmānte pañcavaktraṃ ghaṭaṃ nyaset/
kṣitīndraṃ pūrvato nyasya paścime jalasambhavam

vāyavye vāyavaṃ nyasya āgneye hyagnisambhavam/
nairṛtye yajamānaṃ tu aiśānyāṃ koṣasambhavam

somamuttarato yojyaṃ sauraṃ dakṣiṇato nyaset/
nyasyaivaṃ kalasāṃścaiva teṣu caitān vicintayet

kalasānāṃ mukhe brahmā grīvāyāṃ śaṅkaraḥ sthitaḥ/
mūle tu saṃsthito viṣṇurmadhye mātṛgaṇāḥ sthitāḥ

dikpālā devatāḥ sarvā veṣṭayanti diśo daśa/
kukṣau tu sāgarāḥ sapta saptadvīpāśca saṃsthitāḥ

nakṣatrāṇi grahāḥ sarve tathaiva kulaparvatāḥ/
gaṅgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvā vedāścatvāra eva ca

kalase saṃsthitāḥ sarve teṣu tāni vicintayet/
ratnāni sarvabījāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca

vajramauktikavaidūryamahāpadmendrasphāṭikaiḥ/
sarvadhāmamayaṃ bilvaṃ nāgarodumbara tathā

bījapūrakajambīrakāśmīrāmrātadāḍimam/
yavaṃ śāliṃ ca nīvāraṃ godhūmaṃ sitasarṣapam

kuṅkumāgurukarpūramadanaṃ rocanaṃ tathā/
candanaṃ ca tathā māṃsīmelāṃ kuṣṭhaṃ tathaiva ca

kastūrīpatracūrṇaṃ ca jalaniryāsakāmbudam/
śaileyaṃ vadaraṃ jātīpatrapuṣpe tathaiva ca

kālaśākaṃ tathā pṛkkā devīparṇakameva ca/
vacāṃ dhātrīṃ samañjiṣṭhāṃ turuṣkaṃ maṅgalāṣṭakam

dūrvāṃ mohanikāṃ bhadrāṃ śatamūlīṃ śatāvarīm/
varṇānāṃ saralāṃ kṣudrāṃ sahadevīṃ gajāhvayām

pūrṇakoṣāṃ sitāṃ pīṭhāṃ guñjāṃ śirasikānalau/
vyāmakaṃ gajadantaṃ ca śatapuṣpaṃ punarnavām

brāhmīṃ devīṃ śivāṃ rudrāṃ sarvasandhānikāṃ tathā/
samāhṛdya śubhānetān rudrāṃ kalaseṣu nidhārpayet

kalasasya yathādeśaṃ vidhiṃ śambhuṃ gadādharam/
yathākramaṃ pūjayitvā śambhu mukhyatayā yajet

prāsādena tu mantreṇa śambhuṃ tantreṇa śaṅkaram/
prathamaṃ pūjayenmadhye nānā naivedyavedanaiḥ

dikpālānāṃ ghaṭeṣveva dikpālānapi pūjayet/
pūrvaṃ bahiḥ sthāpiteṣu grahāṇāṃ kalaseṣu ca

navagrahān pūjayet tu mātṛrmātṛghaṭeṣu ca/
sarve devā ghaṭe pūjyā ghaṭāsteṣāṃ pṛthak pṛthak

navaiva tatra pūrvoktāḥ smṛtā mukhyatayā nṛpa/
bhakṣyairbhojyaiśca peyaiśca puṣpairnānāvidhaiḥ phalaiḥ

yāvakaiḥ pāyasaiścaiva yathāsambhavayojitaiḥ/
puṣyasnānāya nṛpatiḥ pūjayet sakalān surān

dakṣiṇe maṇḍalasyātha kuṇḍaṃ nirmāṃya pāyasaiḥ/
samidbhiḥ śālisiddhārthairghṛtairdūrvākṣataistathā

kevalaiśca tathaivājyaiḥ pūjitān sakalān surān/
homena toṣayed vṛddhyai nṛpaḥ sartvikpurohitaḥ

homānte maṇḍalodīcyāṃ vedikāyāṃ sapaṭṭakam/
rocanākhyamarlakārāṃstathā sarvān niyojayet

vṛddhāvaṅgulamaṅgulyā ṣaḍviṃśaṅgulikāvadhi/
vṛttaṃ vā caturasraṃ vā padmaṃ trikoṇasaṃjñakam

ratneśān padmamadhye tu gomuṣṭikavināyakaiḥ/
śrīśrīvṛkṣavarārohāmumādevīṃ śubhānvitām

ratnaiḥ sarvairalaṅkāraiḥ paṭṭaṃ kāryaṃ dvihastakam/
hastavistāramucchrāyaṃ navahastaṃ daśāṅgulam

snānārthaṃ sārdhahastaṃ ca paṭṭaṃ vṛttaṃ guṇānvitam/
śayyā caturguṇā dīrghā dhanurmānaṃ tu pīṭhakam

gajasiṃhakṛtāṭopaṃ hemaratnavibhūṣitam/
siṃhākhyaṃ sārdhavistārād daṇḍāsanamathāpi vā

vyāghracitrakapaṭṭairvā upadhānāni kārayet/
anyairvā nirmitāṃ carmamṛdutūlakapūritā

śayyā dīrghārghavistīrṇā caturhastā sulakṣaṇā/
vitastyadhikamicchanti nṛpasya guruvidyayā

ardhacandrasamaṃ kuryādāsanaṃ caturasrakam/
upadhānāni śayyāyāḥ karṇādimūlabhedataḥ

ṣoḍaśaivātra kāryāṇi varṇacitrayutāni ca/
yānaṃ siṃhāsana paṭṭaṃ śayyopakaraṇādikam

rājño nūtanayogyaṃ tad vedyā uttarato nyaset/
teṣāṃ tu paścime svarṇaratnaughakhacite vare

paryaṅke yajñadārvaughanirmite mahadāstare/
ardhācchādanasaṃyukte carmāvṛtacatuṣṭaye

vṛṣabhasya tathorṇāyāḥ siṃhaśārdulayorapi/
pādapīṭhe ratnayute pādāvāropya pārthivaḥ

tasmin paryaṅkapīṭhasthe carmāvṛtacatuṣṭaye/
nānālaṅkārabhūṣāḍhyaṃ nṛpatiṃ ratnaśālinam

snāpayed brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ rājānaṃ sukhasaṅgatam/
saṃvītakambalaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bahuvastraiśca śaubhitam

kalasevalipuṣpādyaiḥ śālicūrṇaiśca snāpayet/
aṣṭau ṣauḍaśa viṃśāṣṭaśatamadhikaṃ ca vā

kalasānāṃ samākhyātā adhikasyottarottaram/
jayakalyāṇadairmantrairmaṅgalotthaiśca śāmbhavaiḥ

vaiṣṇavairatha dikpālairgrahamantraiśca mātṛkaiḥ/
ājyaṃ tejaḥ samuddiṣṭamājyaṃ pāpaharaṃ param

ājyaṃ surāṇāmāhāraprājye lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ/
bhaumāntarikṣaṃ divyaṃ vā yat te kalmamaṣamāgatam

sarvaṃ tadājyasaṃsparśāt praṇāśamupagacchatu/
tato'panīyagātrāt tu kambalaṃ vastrameva ca

kalasaiḥ snāpayed bhūpaṃ puṣpasnānīyapūritaiḥ/
ebhirmantrairnaraśreṣṭha tanutattvārthaṃsādhakaiḥ

surāstvāmabhiṣiñcantu ye ca siddhāḥ purātanāḥ/
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudrāśca sādhyāśca samarudgaṇāḥ

ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau yau bhiṣagvarau/
aditirdevamātā ca svāhā lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī

kīrtirlakṣmīrghṛtiḥ śrīśca sinīvālī kuhūstathā/
ditiśca surasā caiva vinatā kadrureva ca

devapatnayaśca yāḥ proktā devamātara eva ca/
sarvāstvāmaṣiñcantu siddhāścāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

nakṣatrāṇi muhūrtāśca pakṣāhorātrasandhayaḥ/
saṃvatsara nimeṣāśca kalāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ kṣaṇā lavāḥ

sarve tvāmabhiṣiñcantu kālasyāvayavastathā/
vaimānikāḥ suragaṇā manavaḥ sāgaraiḥ saha

saritaśca mahānāgā nāgāḥ kiṃpuruṣāstathā/
vaikhānasā mahābhāgā dvijā vaihāyasāśca ye

saptarṣayaḥ sadārāśca dhruvasthānāni yāni tu/
marīciratriḥ pulahaḥ pulastyaḥ kraturaṅgirāḥ

bhṛguḥ sanatkumāraśca sanakaśca sanandanaḥ/
sanātanaśca dakṣaśca jaigīṣavyo'bhinandanaḥ

ekataśca dvitaścaiva trito jāvālikāśyapau/
durvāsā durvinītaśca kaṇvaḥ kātyāyanastathā

mārkaṇḍeyo dīrghatamāḥ śunaḥśepho vidūrathaḥ/
aurvaḥ saṃvartakaścaiva cyavano'triḥ parāśaraḥ

dvaipāyano yavakrīto devarātaḥ sahātmajaḥ/
ete cānye ca bahavo vedavrataparāyaṇāḥ

saśiṣyāste'bhiṣiñcantu sadārāśca tapodhanāḥ/
parvatāstaravo nadyaḥ puṇyānyatatanāni ca

prajāpatiḥ kṣitiścaiva gāvo viśvasya mātaraḥ/
vāhanāni ca divyāni sarve lokāścarācarāḥ

agnayaḥ pitārastārā jīmūtāḥ khaṃ diśo jalam/
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ puṇyasaṃkīrtanāḥ śubhāḥ

tauyaistvāmabhiṣiñcantu sarvotpātanibarhaṇaiḥ/
ityevaṃ śubhadairetairdivyairmantraistathāparaiḥ

sorairnārāyaṇai raudrairbrahmaśakrasamudbhavaiḥ/
āpohiṣṭhā hiraṇyeti sambhaveti sureti ca

mānastoketi mantreṇa gandhadvāretyanena ca/
sarvamaṃgalamāṃgalye śrīśca te grahayogibhiḥ

ityevaṃ snānamāsādya gātramāvṛtya kambalaiḥ/
sarvamaṃgalamantreṇa vastraṃ kārpāsakaṃ dhriyāt

ācamya ca tato devān guruṃ viprāṃśca pūjayet/
dhvajacchatraṃ cāmaraṃ ca ghaṇṭāṃ cāśvān gajāṃstathā

mantraṃ japtvā dhārayet tu tato gaccheddhutāśanam/
tatra gatvā vahnimadhye vahneḥ śrīrvīkṣya pārthivaḥ

nimittānyanimittāni lakṣayet tatra bindubhiḥ/
daivajñakañcukyamātyavandipaurajanairvṛtaḥ

vāditraghoṣaistumalaistathā tauryatrikaiḥ śubhaiḥ/
kṛtvā śeṣe punaḥ śāntimāśīrvācya ca vai dvijān

pūrṇāṃ vidhāya vidhivad dakṣiṇāṃ kanakānvitām/
dhānyāni cātha vāsāṃsi dattvā kuryād visarjanam

tataḥ śeṣajalaiḥ sarvānamātyādīn purohitaḥ/
secayeccaturaṅgaṃ ca balaṃ cāpi sarāṣṭrakam

evaṃ kṛtvā nṛpaḥ paścāt trirātraṃ saṃyatoṃ bhavet/
māṃsamaithunahīnaśca kuryānmāṅgalyasevanam

puṣyanakṣatrayuktā tu tṛtīyā yadi labhyate/
tasyāṃ pūjyā sadā devī caṇḍikā śaṃkareṇa ha

pāñcālikāvihārādyaiḥ śiśūnāṃ kautukaistathā/
vaivāhikena vidhinā mohayeccaṇḍikāṃ śivām

catuṣpatheṣu sarveṣu devadevīgaheṣu ca/
patākābhiralaṃ kuryādevaṃ kurvanna sīdati

evaṃ kṛtvā śāntiyāgaṃ tathā puṣyābhiṣecanam/
caturaṅgaiḥ samaṃ rājā bhāryābhistu naraiḥ saha

rājyamaṇḍalasaṃyuktaḥ paratreha na sīdati/
nātaḥ parataro yajño nātaḥ paratarotsavaḥ

nātaḥ paratarā śāntirnātaḥ parataraṃ śivam/
anenaiva vidhānena nṛpaterabhiṣecanam

yuvarājyābhiṣekaṃ ca kuryādrājapurohitaḥ/
nṛpābhiṣekakaraṇamādau yadi samācaret

anenaiva vidhānena sthiraḥ syānnṛpatistadā/
ayaṃ yajñaḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ śakrārthaṃ brahmaṇā purā/
evaṃ yajñaṃ nṛpaḥ kṛtvā paratreha na sīdati

// iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe ṣaḍaśautitamo'dhyāyaḥ