Lakshmi Tantra · Chapter 23

trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ - 23
śrīḥ---
vyāpakaṃ yat paraṃ brahma lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ mahat/
ahaṃtā paramā tasya śaktirnārāyaṇī hyaham

anugrahāya lokānāmahamācāryatāṃ gatā/
saṃkarṣaṇasvarūpeṇa śāsraṃ pradyotayāmyaham

punaśca gurumūrtisthā samyagvijñānaśālinī/
śaktimayyā svayā dṛṣṭyā karuṇāmantrapūrṇayā

pālayāmi gururbhūtvā śiṣyānātmopasarpiṇaḥ/
tasmājjñeyaḥ sadā śiṣyairācāryo'sau madātmakaḥ

śiṣyaṃ saṃjñāpayenmantrān yathā tadavadhāraya/
ādau śuddhe same snigdhe deśe bhūdoṣavarjite

5. bhūdoṣāḥ keśanakhāsthisaṃsargajāḥ, ūṣaratvādayaśca/
varṇānurūpavarṇāḍhye gomayenopalepite/
dhūpite śalyanirmukte gandhapuṣpādyalaṃkṛte

6. varṇānurūpetyādi/ brāhnaṇādivarṇānuguṇasitādivarṇayukte ityarthaḥ/ tathā coktaṃ paramasaṃhitāyām---"brāhnaṇasya sitā bhūmiḥ kṣatriyasyāruṇā bhavet/ pītavarṇā ca vaiśyasya kṛṣṇaā śūdrasya kīrtitā//" (7-5) iti/ śalyāni kaṇṭakādīni/
pañcagavyena saṃsikte candanādyanulepite/
sumṛnmayīṃ ca ghaṭikāṃ kevalaiḥ kusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ

7. kevalaiḥ; visrastaiḥ, agrathitairityarthaḥ/
praṇavādinamo'ntena svena mantreṇa pūjayet/
vyāhṛtyā parijapyātha pūrvayā praṇavādyayā

8. pūrvayeti/ vyāhṛtyetyarthaḥ/
mṛdaṃ bhūmau prasāryātha gandhadhūpādhivāsitam/
caturaśraṃ suvṛttaṃ vā dvihastaṃ hastameva vā

susamaṃ mātṛkāpīṭhaṃ kṛtvā prastārayettu tām/
ekaiva bhinnavargā yā devī pañcadaśākṣarā

10. bhinnavargā; kavargādyātmanā bhinnetyarthaḥ/
mantrāṇāṃ jananī sākṣānmama śabdamayī tanuḥ/
padmākāreṇa vā mantrī cakrākāreṇa vā staret // 11 /
pauruṣe cakrarūpaṃ tu pādmīṃ lakṣmīmanukramet/
agnīṣomamayī śaktirvisṛṣṭākhyā dviraṣṭadhā

svarākhyāṃ tāṃ likhetpatramaraṃ vā pūrvadiggatam/
pṛthivyādipumantā ye pañca vargāstu kādayaḥ

13. pṛthivī kakāraḥ/ pumān makāraḥ/
agnyādivāyuparyante tāṃ likhedarapatravat/
antaḥsthadhāraṇārūpaṃ yādivāntacatuṣṭayam

udaggataṃ likhet patramaraṃ vā pūrvavadbudhaḥ/
śādyaṃ kṣāntaṃ turīyāntaṃ yaduktaṃ brahmapañcakam

tallikhedaiśadiksaṃsthamaraṃ patramathāpi vā/
śabdākhyaṃ yatparaṃ brahma jyotirmayamanāmayam

dhyāyedālokarūpeṇa paryante cakrapadmayoḥ/
praṇavādyairnamo'ntaistairakṣaraistattvasaṃjñakaiḥ

prakṛtiṃ tvarcayettatra tattvarūpāṃ tu māṃ budhaḥ/
tatastatkarṇikāmadhye cintayenmantramātṛkām

anādinidhanāṃ devīmahaṃtāṃ puruṣottamīm/
pāśāṅ‌kuśadharāṃ devīṃ padminīṃ padmamālinīm

19. puruṣottamasya srī puruṣottamī/
prasannāṃ padmagarbhābhāṃ sarvalokamaheśvarīm/
varṇapraklṛptāvayavāṃ varṇālaṃkārabhūṣitām

śabdabrahma tanuṃ vidyāt praṇavaṃ tu śiraḥ smaret/
a ā iti bhruvauvidyādi ī vidyāttu cakṣuṣī

u ū karṇau ṛ ṝ nāsāpuṭāvanyau kapolakau/
e ai oṣṭhau ca vijñeyau o au daśanapaṅ‌ktike

22. anyau; lṛlṝvarṇāvityarthaḥ/ anayornapuṃsakatvānna nāmnā nirdeśaḥ/
aṃ jihvāmaḥ samuccāraṃ kacavargau karau smaret/
ṭatavargau padau vidyāt paphau pārśve smaredbudhaḥ

babhau paścātpurobhāgau maṃ nābhiṃ paricintayet/
prāṇoṣmāṇau yarau vidyāllaṃ hāraṃ paricintayet

vakāraṃ kaṭisūtraṃ tu kuṇḍale tu śaṣau smaret/
sakāraṃ hṛdayaṃ vidyāddhṛdayasthaṃ tu haṃ smaret

prasarantīṃ prabhāṃ vidyāt kṣakāraṃ vidyudujjvalām/
raṅgaṃ nāsāgragaṃ vidyādyamākhyaṃ hṛdaye smaret

26. raṅgam; anunāsikam/
jihvāmūlīyakaṃ jihvāmūle vidyādanantaram/
upadhmānīyakaṃ vidyādoṣṭhayoḥ kramaśastathā

śubhairvarṇamayaiḥ padmairagnīṣomamayaiḥ kṛtām/
bibhratīṃ vanamālāṃ ca kaṇṭhātpādāvalambinīm

agnīṣomārkakoṭyābhaṃ sphuradratnavibhūṣitam/
makuṭaṃ cintayedvidvān hakāraṃ pārameśvaram

evaṃ saṃsmṛtya tāṃ devīṃ mātṛkāṃ mantramātaram/
pūjayedarghyapuṣpādyairauṃ namo mantramātṛke

idamarghyaṃ gṛhāṇeti bhogairevamanukramāt/
tataḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ prahvaḥ praṇamyāṣṭāṅgavadbhuvi

padmasthe padmanilaye padme padmākṣavallabhe/
sarvatattvakṛtādhāre mantrāṇāṃ jananīśvari

vyākuru tvaṃ paraṃ divyaṃ rūpaṃ lakṣmīmayaṃ mama/
prārthyaivaṃ prayato mantrī svayaṃ lakṣmīmayo bhavet

mātṛkākṛtavinyāsaḥ svayaṃ sanmātṛkāmayaḥ/
uddharedīpsitaṃ mantraṃ śiṣyasyopadiśettataḥ

34. mātṛketyādi/ akārādikṣakārāntairvarṇaiḥ kṛtaḥ vinyāsaḥ padmacakrayo nikṣepaḥ yena saḥ/
bījapiṇḍātmakā mantrā mantreṣu śreṣṭhatāṃ gatāḥ/
tatra śreṣṭhāni bījāni piṇḍebhyo'pi sureśvara

bījeṣu ratnabhūtāni sapta bījāni vāsava/
tārakaḥ prathamaṃ bījaṃ dvitīyaṃ tārikā smṛtā

36. tārādimantroddhārakramo'nantarādhyāye vakṣyate/
tayostu tejasā tulyaṃ tṛtīyamanutārikā/
caturthaṃ tu jagadyoniḥ paramaṃ bījamucyate

prādyumnaṃ pañcamaṃ bījaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ sārasvataṃ matam/
mahālakṣmīmayaṃ bījaṃ saptamaṃ parikīrtitam

sthūlasūkṣmaparatvaṃ tu pratisvaṃ parikīrtitame/
tvaṃ śakrāvahito bhūtvā śrṛṇu bījānyanukramāt

iti śrīpāñcarātrasāre lakṣmītantre mātṛkāprakāśo nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
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