Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.18

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
ahanyahani kartavyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahāmune /
tadācakṣvākhilaṃ karma yena mucyeta bandhanāt

vyāsa uvāca
vakṣye samāhitā yūyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama /
ahanyahani kartavyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ kramād vidhim

brāhme muhūrte tūtthāya dharmamarthaṃ ca cintayet /
kāyakleśaṃ tadudbhūtaṃ dhyāyīta manaseśvaram

uṣaḥ kāle 'tha saṃprāpte kṛtvā cāvaśyakaṃ budhaḥ /
snāyānnadīṣu suddhāsu śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi

prātaḥ snānena pūyante ye 'pi pāpakṛto janāḥ /
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena prātaḥ snānaṃ samācaret

prātaḥ snānaṃ praśaṃsanti dṛṣṭādṛṣṭakaraṃ śubham /
ṛṣīṇāmṛṣitā nityaṃ prātaḥ snānānna saṃśayaḥ

mukhe suptasya satataṃ lālā yāḥ saṃstravanti hi /
tato naivācaret karma akṛtvā snānamāditaḥ

alakṣmīḥ kālakarṇo ca duḥ svapnaṃ durvicintitam /
prātaḥ snānena pāpāni pūyante nātra saṃśayaḥ

na ca snānaṃ vinā puṃsāṃ pāvanaṃ karma susmṛtam /
home japye viśeṣeṇa tasmāt snānaṃ samācaret

aśaktāvaśiraskaṃ vā snānamasya vidhīyate /
ārdreṇa vāsasā vātha mārjanaṃ kāpilaṃ smṛtam

asāmarthye samutpanne snānamevaṃ samācaret /
brāhmādīni yathāśaktau snānānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

brāhmamāgneyamuddiṣṭaṃ vāyavyaṃ divyameva ca /
vāruṇaṃ yaugikaṃ tadvat ṣoḍhā snānaṃ prakīrtitam

brāhmaṃ tu mārjanaṃ mantraiḥ kuśaiḥ sodakabindubhiḥ /
āgneyaṃ bhasmanā pādamastakāddehadhūlanam

gavāṃ hi rajasā proktaṃ vāyavyaṃ snānamuttamam /
yattu sātapavarṣeṇa snānaṃ tad divyamucyate

vāruṇaṃ cāvagāhastu mānasaṃ tvātmavedanam /
yaugikaṃ snānamākhyātaṃ yogo viṣṇuvicintanam

ātmatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sevitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ /
manaḥ śucikaraṃ puṃsāṃ nityaṃ tat snānamācaret

śaktaśced vāruṇaṃ vidvān prājāpatyaṃ tathaiva ca /
prakṣālya dantakāṣṭhaṃ vai bhakṣayitvā vidhānataḥ

ācamya prayato nityaṃ snānaṃ prātaḥ samācaret /
madhyāṅgulisamasthaulyaṃ dvādaśāṅgulasaṃmitam

satvacaṃ dantakāṣṭhaṃ syāt tadagreṇa tu dhāvayet /
kṣīravṛkṣasamudbhūtaṃ mālatīsaṃbhavaṃ śubham /
apāmārgaṃ ca bilvaṃ ca karavīraṃ viśeṣataḥ

varjayitvā ninditāni gṛhītvaikaṃ yathoditam /
parihṛtya dinaṃ pāpaṃ bhakṣayed vai vidhānavit

notpāṭayeddantakāṣṭaṃnāṅgulyā dhāvayet kvacit /
prakṣālya bhaṅktvā tajjahyācchucaudeśe samāhitaḥ

snātvā saṃtarpayed devānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā /
ācamya mantravannityaṃ punarācamya vāgyataḥ

saṃmārjya mantrairātmānaṃ kuśaiḥ sodakabindubhiḥ /
āpo hiṣṭhā vyāhṛtibhiḥ sāvitryā vāruṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ

oṅkāravyāhṛtiyutāṃ gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram /
japtvā jalāñjaliṃ dadyād bhāskaraṃ prati tanmanāḥ

prākkūleṣu samāsīno darbheṣu susamāhitaḥ /
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā dhyāyet saṃdhyāmiti śrutiḥ

yā saṃdhyā sā jagatsūtirmāyātītā hi niṣkalā /
aiśvarī tu parāśaktistattvatrayasamudbhavā

dhyātvār'kamaṇḍalagatāṃ sāvitrīṃ vai japan budhaḥ /
prāṅmukhaḥ satataṃ vipraḥ saṃdhyopāsanamācaret

saṃdhyāhīno 'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu /
yadanyat kurute kiñcinna tasya phalamāpnuyāt

ananyacetasaḥ śāntā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ /
upāsya vidhivat saṃdhyāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvaṃ parāṃ gatim

yo 'nyatra kurute yatnaṃ dharmakārye dvijottamaḥ /
vihāya saṃdhyāpraṇatiṃ sa yāti narakāyutam

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena saṃdhyopāsanamācaret /
upāsito bhavet tena devo yogatanuḥ paraḥ

sahasraparamāṃ nityaṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām /
sāvitrariṃ vai japed vidvān prāṅmukhaḥ prayataḥ sthitaḥ

athopatiṣṭhedādityamudayantaṃ samāhitaḥ /
mantraistu vividhaiḥ saurerṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃbhavaiḥ

upasthāya mahāyogaṃ devadevaṃ divākaram /
kurvota praṇatiṃ bhūmau mūrdhnā tenaiva mantrataḥ

oṃ khakholkāya śāntāya kāraṇatrayahetave /
nivedayāmi cātmānaṃ namaste jñānarūpiṇe /
namaste ghṛṇine tubhyaṃ sūryāya brahmarūpiṇe

tvameva brahma paramamāpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam /
bhūrbhuvaḥ svastvamoṅkāraḥ sarve rudrāḥ sanātanāḥ /
puruṣaḥ sanmaho 'tastvāṃ praṇamāmi kapardinam

tvameva viśvaṃ bahudhā sadasat sūyate ca yat /
namo rudrāya sūryāya tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

pracetase namastubhyaṃ namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya te /
namo namaste rudrāya tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

hiraṇyabāhave tubhyaṃ hiraṇyapataye namaḥ /
ambikāpataye tubhyamumāyāḥ pataye namaḥ

namo 'stu nīlagrīvāya namastubhyaṃ pinākine /
vilohitāya bhargāya sahasrākṣāya te namaḥ

namo haṃsāya te nityamādityāya namo 'stu te /
namaste vajrahastāya tryambakāya namo 'stu te

prapadye tvāṃ virūpākṣaṃ mahāntaṃ parameśvaram /
hiraṇmayaṃ gṛhe guptamātmānaṃ sarvadehinām

namasyāmi paraṃ jyotirbrahmāṇaṃ tvāṃ parāṃ gatim /
viśvaṃ paśupatiṃ bhīmaṃ naranārīśarīriṇam

namaḥ sūryāya rudrāya bhāsvate parameṣṭhine /
ugrāya sarvabhaktāya tvāṃ prapadye sadaiva hi

etad vai sūryahṛdayaṃ japtvā stavamanuttamam /
prātaḥ kāle 'tha madhyāhne namaskuryād divākaram

idaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāya dvijātaye /
pradeyaṃ sūryahṛdayaṃ brahmaṇā tu pradarśitam

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ vedasārasamudbhavam /
brāhmaṇānāṃ hitaṃ puṇyamṛṣisaṅghairniṣevitam

athāgamya gṛhaṃ vipraḥ samācamya yathāvidhi /
prajvālya vihniṃ vidhivajjuhuyājjātavedasam

ṛtvikputro 'tha patnī vā śiṣyo vāpi sahodaraḥ /
prāpyānujñāṃ viśeṣeṇa juhuyurvā yatāvidhi

pavitrapāṇiḥ pūtātmā śuklāmbaradharottaraḥ /
ananyamānaso vahniṃ juhuyāt saṃyatendriyaḥ

vinā darbheṇa yatkarma vinā sūtreṇa vā punaḥ /
rākṣasaṃ tadbhavet sarvaṃ nāmutreha phalapradam

daivatāni namaskuryād deyasārānnivedayet /
dadyāt puṣpādikaṃ teṣāṃ vṛddhāṃścaivābhivādayet

guruṃ caivāpyupāsīta hitaṃ cāsya samācaret /
vedābhyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāt prayatnācchaktito dvijaḥ

japedadhyāpayecchiṣyān dhārayecca vicārayet /
avekṣeta ca śāstrāṇi dharmādīni dvijottamaḥ /
vaidikāṃścaiva nigamān vedāṅgāni veśiṣataḥ

upeyādīśvaraṃ cātha yogakṣemaprasiddhaye /
sādhayed vividhānarthān kuṭumbārthe tato dvijaḥ

tato madhyāhnasamaye snānārthaṃ mṛdamāharet /
puṣpākṣatān kuśatilān gomayaṃ śuddhameva ca

nadīṣu devakhāteṣu taḍāgeṣu saraḥsu ca /
snānaṃ samācarennityaṃ gartaprastravaṇeṣu ca

parakīyanipāneṣu na snāyād vai kadācana /
pañcapiṇḍān samuddhṛtya snāyād vāsaṃbhave punaḥ

mṛdaikayā śiraḥ kṣālyaṃ dvābhyāṃ nābhestathopari /
adhaśca tisṛbhiḥ kāyaṃ pādau ṣaḍbhistathaiva ca

mṛttikā ca samuddiṣṭā tvārdrāmalakamātrikā /
gomayasya pramāṇaṃ tat tenāṅgaṃ lepayet tataḥ

lepayitvā tu tīrasthastalliṅgaireva mantrataḥ /
prakṣālyācamya vidhivat tataḥ snāyāt samāhitaḥ

abhimantrya jalaṃ mantraistalliṅgairvāruṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
bhāvapūtastadavyaktaṃ dhyāyan vai viṣṇumavyayam

āpo nārāyaṇodbhūtāstā evāsyāyanaṃ punaḥ /
tasmānnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ snānakāle smared budhaḥ

procya soṃkāramādityaṃ trirnimajjejjalāśaye /
ācāntaḥ punarācāmenmantreṇānena mantravit

antaścarasi bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvato mukhaḥ /
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam

drupadāṃ vā trirabhyasyed vyāhṛtipraṇavānvitām /
sāvitrīṃ vā japed vidvān tathā caivāghamarṣaṇam

tataḥ saṃmārjanaṃ kuryādāpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvaḥ /
idamāpaḥ pravahata vyāhṛtibhistathaiva ca

tato 'bhimantrya tat tīrthamāpo hiṣṭhādimantrakaiḥ /
antarjalagato magno japet triraghamarṣaṇam

tripadāṃ vātha sāvitrīṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam /
āvartayed vā praṇavaṃ devaṃ vā saṃsmareddharim

drupadādiva yo mantro yajurvede pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
antarjale trirāvartya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

apaḥ pāṇau samādāya japtvā vai mārjane kṛte /
vinyasya mūrdhni tat toyaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

yathāśvamedhaḥ kraturāṭ sarvapāpāpanodanaḥ /
tathāghamarṣaṇaṃ sūktaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanam

athopatiṣṭhedādityaṃ mūrdhni puṣpānvitāñjalim /
prakṣipyālokayed devamudvayaṃ tamasaspari

udutyaṃ citramityete taccakṣuriti mantrataḥ /
haṃsaḥ śuciṣadetena sāvitryā ca viśeṣataḥ

anyaiśca vaidikairmantraiḥ sauraiḥ pāpapraṇāśanaiḥ /
sāvitrīṃ vai japet paścājjapayajñaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ

vividhāni pavitrāṇi guhyavidyāstathaiva ca /
śatarudrīyamatharvaśiraḥ saurāṃśca śaktitaḥ

prākkūleṣu samāsīnaḥ kuśeṣu prāṅmukhaḥ śuciḥ /
tiṣṭhaṃścedīkṣamāṇor'kaṃ japyaṃ kuryāt samāhitaḥ

sphāṭikendrākṣarudrākṣaiḥ putrajīvasamudbhavaḥ /
kartavyā tvakṣamālā syāduttarāduttamā smṛtā

japakāle na bhāṣeta nānyāni prekṣayed budhaḥ /
na kampayecchirogrīvāṃ dantānnaiva prakāśayet

guhyakā rākṣasā siddhā haranti prasabhaṃ yataḥ /
ekānte suśubhe deśe tasmājjapyaṃ samācaret

caṇḍālāśaucapatitān dṛṣṭvācamya punarjapet /
taireva bhāṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā snātvā caiva japet punaḥ

ācamya prayato nityaṃ japedaśucidarśane /
saurān mantrān śaktito vai pāvamānīstu kāmataḥ

yadi syāt klinnavāsā vai vārimadhyagato japet /
anyathā tu śucau bhūmyāṃ darbheṣu susamāhitaḥ

pradakṣiṇaṃ samāvṛtya namaskṛtvā tataḥ kṣitau /
ācamya ca yathāśāstraṃ śaktyā svādhyāyamācaret

tataḥ saṃtarpayed devānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā /
adāvoṅkāramuccārya namo 'nte tarpayāmi vaḥ

devān brahmaḥṛṣīṃścaiva tarpayedakṣatodakaiḥ /
tilodakaiḥ pitṝn bhaktyā svasūtroktavidhānataḥ

anvārabdhena savyena pāṇinā dakṣiṇena tu /
devarṣostarpayed dhīmānudakāñjalibhiḥ pitan

yajñopavītī devānāṃ nivītī ṛṣītarpaṇe /
prācīnāvītī pitrye tu svena tīrthena bhāvataḥ

niṣpīḍya snānavastraṃ tu samācamya ca vāgyataḥ /
svairmantrairarcayed devān puṣpaiḥ patrairathāmbubhiḥ

brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ sūryaṃ tathaiva madhusūdanam /
anyāṃścābhimatān devān bhaktyā cākrodhano 'tvaraḥ

pradadyād vātha puṣpāṇi sūktena pauruṣeṇa tu /
āpo vā devatāḥ sarvāstena samyak samarcitāḥ

dhyātvā praṇavapūrvaṃ vai daivatāni samāhitaḥ /
namaskāreṇa puṣpāṇi vinyased vai pṛthak pṛthak

na viṣṇvārādhanāt puṇyaṃ vidyate karma vaidikam /
tasmādanādimadhyāntaṃ nityamārādhayeddharim

tadviṣṇoriti mantreṇa sūktena puruṣeṇa tu /
naitābhyāṃ sadṛśo mantro sūktena puruṣeṇa tu /
naitābhyāṃ sadṛśo mantro vedeṣūktaścaturṣvapi

nivedayeta svātmānaṃ viṣṇāvamalatejasi /
tadātmā tanmanāḥ śāntastadviṣṇoriti mantrataḥ

athavā devamīśānaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam /
ārādhayenmahādevaṃ bhāvapūto maheśvaram

mantreṇa rudrāgāyatryā praṇavenātha vā punaḥ /
īśānenātha vā rudraistryambakena samāhitaḥ

puṣpaiḥ patrairathādbhirvā candanādyairmaheśvaram /
uktvā namaḥ śivāyeti mantreṇānena yojayet

namaskuryānmahādevaṃ ṛtaṃ satyamitiśvaram /
nivedayīta svātmānaṃ yo brahmāṇamitīśvaram

pradakṣiṇaṃ dvijaḥ kuryāt pañca brahmāṇi vai japan /
dhyāyīta devamīśānaṃ vyomamadhyagataṃ śivam

athāvalokayedarkaṃ haṃsaḥ suciṣadityṛcā /
kuryāt pañca mahāyajñān gṛhaṃ gatvā samāhitaḥ

devayajñaṃ pitṛyajñaṃ bhūtayajñaṃ tathaiva ca /
mānuṣyaṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca pañca yajñān pracakṣate

yadi syāt tarpaṇādarvāk brahmayajñaḥ kṛto na hi /
kṛtvā manuṣyayajñaṃ vai tataḥ svādhyāyamācaret

agneḥ paścimato deśe bhūtayajñānta eva vā /
kuśapuñje samāsīnaḥ kuśapāṇiḥ samāhitaḥ

śālāgnau laukike vāgnau jale bhūbhyāmathāpivā /
vaiśvadevaṃ tataḥ kuryād devayajñaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ

yadi syāllaukike pakvaṃ tato 'nnaṃ tatra hūyate /
śālāgnau tatra devānnaṃ vidhireṣa sanātanaḥ

devebhyastu hutādannāccheṣād bhūtabaliṃ haret /
bhūtayajñaḥ sa vai jñeyo bhūtidaḥ sarvadehinām

śvabhyaśca śvapacebhyaśca patitādibhya eva ca /
dadyād bhūmau baliṃ tvannaṃ pakṣibhyo 'tha dvijottamaḥ

sāyaṃ cānnasya siddhasya patnyamantraṃ baliṃ haret /
bhūtayajñastvayaṃ nityaṃ sāyaṃ prātarvidhīyate

ekaṃ tu bhojayed vipraṃ pitṝnuddiśya sattamam /
nityaśrāddhaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ pitṛyajño gatipradaḥ

uddhṛtya vā yathāśakti kiñcidannaṃ samāhitaḥ /
vedatattvārthaviduṣe dvijāyaivopapādayet

pūjayedatithiṃ nityaṃ namasyedarcayed dvijam /
manovākkarmabhiḥ śāntamāgataṃ svagṛha tataḥ

hantakāramathāgraṃ vā bhikṣāṃ vā śaktito dvijaḥ /
dadyādatithaye nityaṃ budhyeta parameśvaram

bhikṣāmāhurgrāsamātramagraṃ tasyāścaturguṇam /
puṣkalaṃ hantakāraṃ tu taccaturguṇamucyate

godohamātraṃ kālaṃ vai pratīkṣyo hyatithiḥ svayam /
abhyāgatān yathāśakti pūjayedatithiṃ yathā

bhikṣāṃ vai bhikṣave dadyād vidhivad brahmacāriṇe /
dadyādannaṃ yathāśakti tvarthibhyo lobhavarjitaḥ

sarveṣāmapyalābhe tu annaṃ gobhyo nivedayet /
bhuñjīta bandhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ vāgyato 'nnamakutsayan

akṛtvā tu dvijaḥ pañca mahāyajñān dvijottamāḥ /
bhṛñjīta cet sa mūḍhātmā tiryagyoniṃ sagacchati

vedābhyāso 'nvahaṃ śaktyā mahāyajñakriyā kṣamā /
nāśayatyāśu pāpāni devānāmarcanaṃ tathā

yo mohādathavālasyādakṛtvā devatārcanam /
bhuṅkte sa yāti narakān śūkareṣvabhijāyate

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kṛtvā karmāṇi vai dvijāḥ /
bhuñjīta svajanaiḥ sārdhaṃ sayāti paramāṃ gatim