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Narada Purana · Chapter 2.42

2.42.1

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīvasusaṃvāde gaṅgāmāhātmye dānādividhivarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
mohinyuvāca
dhanyāhaṃ kṛtakṛtyāhaṃ saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ mama /
yacchrutaṃ tvanmukhāṃbhojādgāmāhātmyamuttamam

2.42.2

aho gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti kiñciddharā tale /
yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādīnāmīdṛśaṃ puṇyamīritam

2.42.3

guḍadhenvādidhenūnāṃ vidhānaṃ ca yathākramam /
tathā kathayaviprendra bhaktāhaṃ tava sarvadā

2.42.4

vasiṣṭha uvāca
tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ vasustasyāḥ purohitaḥ /
vedāgamānāṃ tattvajñaḥ smayamāna uvāca ha

2.42.5

vasuruvāca
śṛṇu mohini vakṣyāmi yatpṛṣṭaṃ hi tvayā mama /
guḍadhenuvidhānaṃ ca yathā śāstre prakīrtitam

2.42.6

kṛṣṇājinaṃ caturgrīvaṃ vinyasedbhuvi /
gomayenopaliptāyāṃ kuśānāstīrya yatnataḥ

2.42.7

praṅmukhīṃ kalpayeddhenumudakpādāṃ savatsakām /
uttamā guḍadhenustu caturbhāraiḥ prakīrtitā

2.42.8

vatsaṃ bhāreṇa kurvīta bhārābhyāṃ madhyamā smṛtā /
arddhabhāreṇa vatsaḥ syātkaniṣṭhā bhārakeṇa tu

2.42.9

caturthāṃśena vatsaḥ syād gṛhavittānusārataḥ /
prabhuḥ prathamakalpasya yo 'nukalpena vartayet

2.42.10

na sāṃparāyikaṃ tasya durmaterjāyate phalam /
dhenuvatsau ghṛtasyaitau sitaślakṣṇāṃbarāvṛtau

2.42.11

śuktikarṇāvikṣupādau śuddhamuktālekṣaṇau /
sitasūtraśirālau ca sitakaṃbalakaṃbalau

2.42.12

tāmragaṇḍūkapṛṣṭhau tau sitacāmaralomakau /
vidrumakramago petau navanītastanānvitau

2.42.13

kāṃsyadohāvindranīlamaṇikalpitatārakau /
suvarṇaśṛṅgābharaṇau śuddharaupyakhurāvubhau

2.42.14

nānāphalaṃ samāyuktau ghrāṇagandhakaraṇḍakau /
ityevaṃ racayitvā tu dhūpadīpairathārcayet

2.42.15

yā lakṣmīḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yā ca deveṣvavasthitā /
dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama śāntiṃ prayacchatu

2.42.16

dehasthā yā ca rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkarasya sadā priyā /
dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu

2.42.17

viṣṇorvakṣasi yā lakṣmīḥ svāhārūpā vibhāvasoḥ /
candrārkaśakraśaktiryā dhenurūpāstu sā śriye

2.42.18

caturmukhasya yā lakṣmīrlakṣmīryā dhanadasya ca /
lakṣmīryā lokapālānāṃ sā dhenurvaradāstu me

2.42.19

svadhā yā pitṛmukhyānāṃ svāhā yajñamujā ca yā /
sarvapāpaharā dhenuḥ sā me śāntiṃ prayacchatu

2.42.20

evamāṃmatrya tāṃ dhenuṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /
vidhānametaddhenūnāṃ sarvāsāmiha paṭhyate

2.42.21

yāstu pāparvināśinyaḥ kīrtitā daśadhenavaḥ /
tāsāṃ svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi śāstrokaṃ śṛṇu mohini

2.42.22

prathamā guḍadhenuḥ syād ghṛtadhenurathāparā /
tiladhenustṛtīyā ca caturthī jalasaṃjñitā

2.42.23

pañcamī kṣīradhenuśca ṣaṣṭhī madhumayī smṛtā /
saptamī śarkarādhenurdadhidhenustathāṣṭamī

2.42.24

ratnadhenuśca navamī daśamī tu svarūpataḥ /
kuṃbhāḥ syurdravadhenūnāṃ cetarāsāṃ tu rāśayaḥ

2.42.25

survaṇadhenumapyatra kecidicchanti sūrayaḥ /
navanītena tailena tathā ke 'pi maharṣayaḥ

2.42.26

etadeva vidhānaṃ syādeta eva hyupaskarāḥ /
mantrāvāhanasaṃyuktāḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi

2.42.27

yathāśraddhaṃ pradātavyā bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ /
anekayajñaphaladāḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ

2.42.28

ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte 'thavā punaḥ /
yugādau caiva manvādau coparāgādiparvasu

2.42.29

guḍadhenvādayo deyā bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaiḥ /
tīrtheṣu svagṛhe vāpi gaṅgātīre viśeṣataḥ

2.42.30

evaṃ datvā vidhānena dhenuṃ dvijavarāya ca /
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vipraṃ dakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣya ca

2.42.31

ṛtvijaḥ prītisaṃyukto namaskṛtya visarjayet /
tataḥ saṃpūjayedgaṅgāṃ vidhinā susamāhitaḥ

2.42.32

aṣṭamūrtidharāṃ devīṃ divyarūpāṃ nirīkṣya ca /
śālitandulaprasthena dviprasthapayasā tathā

2.42.33

pāyasaṃ kārayitvā ca datvā madhu ghṛtaṃ tathā /
pratyekaṃ palamātraṃ ca bhaktibhāvena saṃyutaḥ

2.42.34

tatpāyasamapūpāṃśca modakā maṇḍalāni ca /
tathā guñjārddhamātraṃ ca suvarṇaṃ rūpyameva ca

2.42.35

candanāgarukarpūrakuṅkumāni ca guggulam /
bilvapatrāṇi dūrvāśca rocanā sitacandanam

2.42.36

nīlotpalāni cānyāni puṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca /
yathāśakti mahābhaktyā gaṅgāyāṃ caiva nikṣipet

2.42.37

mantreṇānena subhage purāṇoktena cāpi hi /
oṅgaṅgāyai nārāyaṇyai śivāyai ca namonamaḥ

2.42.38

etadeva vidhānaṃ tu māsi māsi ca mohini /
paurṇamāsyāmapāyāṃ vā kāryaṃ prātaḥ samāhitaiḥ

2.42.39

varṣaṃ yastu naro bhaktyā yathā śaktyarcayanmudā /
haviṣyāśī mitāhāro brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ

2.42.40

dine vāpi tathā rātrā niyamena ca mohini /
saṃvatsarānte tasyeṣā gaṅgā divyavapurddharā

2.42.41

divyamālyāṃbarā caiva divyaratnavibhūṣitā /
pratyakṣarūpā puratastiṣṭatyeva varapradā

2.42.42

evaṃ pratyakṣarūpāṃ tāṃ gaṅgāṃ divyavapurddharām /
dṛṣṭvā sva cakṣuṣā martyaḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavecchubhe

2.42.43

yānyānkāmayate martyaḥ kāmāṃstāṃstānavāpnuyāt /
niṣkāmastu labhenmokṣaṃ viprastenaiva janmanā

2.42.44

etaddhidhānaṃ ca mayoditaṃ te pṛṣṭaṃ hi sarvaṃ guḍadhenupūrvam /
gaṅgārcanaṃ muktikaraṃ vrataṃ tta sāṃvatsaraṃ śrīpatituṣṭidaṃ hi

Original text: Nāradapurāṇa (or Nāradīyapurāṇa) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0