Natya Shastra · Chapter 3

iti bhāratīye nāṭyaśāstre maṇḍapavidhāno nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
atha tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpanne kṛte nāṭyagṛhe śubhe /
gāvo vaseyuḥ saptāhaṃ saha japyaparairdvijaiḥ

tato 'dhivāsayedveśma raṅgapīṭhaṃ tathaiva ca /
mantrapūtena toyena prokṣitāṅgo niśāgame

yathāsthānāntaragato dīkṣitaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ /
trirātropoṣito bhūtvā nāṭyācāryo 'hatāmbaraḥ

namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ sarvalokodbhavaṃ bhavam /
jagatpitāmahaṃ caiva viṣṇumindraṃ guhaṃ tathā

sarasvatīṃ ca lakṣmīṃ ca siddhiṃ medhāṃ dhṛtiṃ smṛtim /
somaṃ sūryaṃ ca maruto lokapālāṃstathāśvinau

mitramagniṃ surānvarṇān rudrānkālaṃ kaliṃ tathā /
mṛtyuṃ ca niyatiṃ caiva kāladaṇḍaṃ tathaiva ca

viṣṇupraharaṇaṃ caiva nāgarājaṃ ca vāsukim /
vajraṃ vidyutsamudrāṃśca gandharvāpsaraso munīn

bhūtān piśācān yakṣāṃśca guhyakāṃśca maheśvarān /
asurānnāṭyavighnāṃśca tathā'nyāndaityarākṣasān

tathā nāṭyakumārīśca mahāgrāmaṇyameva ca /
yakṣāṃśca guhyakāṃścaiva bhūtasaṅghāstathaiva ca

etāṃścānyāṃśca devarṣīnpraṇamya racitāñjaliḥ /
yathāsthānāntaragatānsamāvāhya tato vadet

bhavadbhirno niśāyāṃ tu kartavyaḥ samparigrahaḥ /
sāhāyyaṃ caiva dātavyamasminnāṭye sahānugaiḥ

sampūjya sarvānekatra kutapaṃ samprayujya ca /
jarjarāya prayuñjīta pūjāṃ nāṭyaprasiddhaye

tvaṃ mahendrapraharaṇaṃ sarvadānavasūdanam /
nirmitassarvadevaiśca sarvavighnanibarhaṇa

nṛpasya vijayaṃ śaṃsa ripūṇāṃ ca parājayam /
gobrāhmaṇaśivaṃ caiva nāṭyasya ca vivardhanam

evaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyamupāsyaṃ nāṭyamaṇḍape /
niśāyāṃ tu prabhātāyāṃ pūjanaṃ prakramediha

ārdrāyāṃ vā maghāyāṃ vā yāmye pūrveṣu vā triṣu /
āśleṣāmūlayorvāpi kartavyaṃ raṅgapūjanam

ācāryeṇa tu yuktena śucinā dīkṣitena ca /
raṅgasyodyotanaṃ kāryaṃ devatānāṃ ca pūjanam

dinānte dāruṇe ghore muhūrte yamadaivate /
ācamya tu yathānyāyaṃ devatā vai niveśayat

raktāḥ pratisarāḥ sūtraṃ raktagandhāśca pūjitāḥ /
raktāḥ sumanasaścaiva yacca raktaṃ phalaṃ bhavet

yavaissiddhārthakairlājairakṣataiḥ śālitaṇḍulaiḥ /
nāgapuṣpasya cūrṇena vituṣābhiḥ priyaṅgubhiḥ

etairdravyairyutaṃ kuryāddevatānāṃ niveśanam /
ālikhenmaṇḍalaṃ pūrvaṃ yathāsthānaṃ yathāvidhiḥ

samantastaśca kartavyaṃ hastā ṣoḍaśa maṇḍalam /
dvārāṇi cātra kurvīta vidhānena caturdiśam

madhye caivātra kartavye dve rekhe tiryagūrdhvage /
tayoḥ kakṣyāvibhāgena daivatāni niveśayat

padmopaviṣṭaṃ brahmāṇaṃ tasya madhye niveśayet /
ādau niveśyo bhagavānsārdhaṃ bhūtagaṇaiḥ śivaḥ

nārāyaṇo mahendraśca skandaḥ sūryo 'śvinau śaśī /
sarasvatī ca lakṣmīśca śraddhā medhā ca pūrvataḥ

pūrvadakṣiṇato vahnirniveśyaḥ svāhayā saha /
viśvedevāḥ sagandharvā rudrāḥ sarpagaṇāstathā

dakṣiṇena niveśyastu yamo mitraśca sānugaḥ /
pitṝnpiśācānuragān guhyakāṃśca niveśayat

naiṝtyāṃ rākṣasāṃścaiva bhūtāni ca niveśayat /
paścimāyāṃ samudrāṃśca varuṇaṃ yādasāṃ patim

vāyavyāyāṃ diśi tathā sapta vāyūnniveśayet /
tatraiva viniveśyastu garuḍaḥ pakṣibhiḥ saha

uttarasyāṃ diśi tathā dhanadaṃ saṃnivieśayet /
nāṭyasya mātṝśca tathā yakṣānatha saguhyakān

tathaivottarapūrvāyāṃ nandyādyāṃśca gaṇeśvarān /
brahmarṣibhūtasaṃghāṃśca yathābhāgaṃ niveśayat

stambhe sanatkumāraṃ tu dakṣiṇe dakṣameva ca /
grāmaṇyamuttare stambhe pūjārthaṃ saṃniviśayet

anenaiava vidhānena yathāsthānaṃ yathāvidhi /
suprasādāni sarvāṇi daivatāni niveśayat

sthāne sthāne yathānyāyaṃ viniveśya tu devatāḥ /
tāsāṃ prakurvīta tataḥ pūjanaṃ tu yathārhataḥ

devatābhyastu dātavyaṃ sitamālyānulepanam /
gandharvavahnisūryobhyo raktamālyānulepanam

gandhaṃ mālyaṃ ca dhūpaṃ ca yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ /
datvā tataḥ prakurvīta baliṃ pūjāṃ yathāvidhiḥ

brahmāṇaṃ madukarpeṇa pāyasena sarasvatīm /
śivaviṣṇumahendrādyāḥ sampūjyā modakairatha

ghṛtaudanena hutabhukṣomarkau tu guḍaudanaiḥ /
viśvedevāḥ sagandharvā munayo madhupāyasaiḥ

yamamitrau ca sampūjyāvapūpairmodakaistathā /
pitṝnpiśācānuragān sarpiḥkṣīreṇa tarpayet

pakvānena tu māṃsena surāsīthuphalāsavaiḥ /
arcayedbhūtasaṃghāṃśca caṇakaiḥ palalāplutaiḥ

anenaiva vidhānena sampūjyā mattavāraṇī /
pakvāmena tu māṃsena sampūjyā rakṣasāṃ gaṇāḥ

surāmāṃsapradāneana dānavānpratipūjayet /
śeṣāndevagaṇāṃstajjñaḥ sāpūpotkārikaudanaiḥ

matsyaiśca piṣṭabhakṣyaiśca sāgarānsaritastathā /
sampūjya varuṇaṃ cāpi dātavyaṃ ghṛtapāyasam

nānāphūlaphalaścāpi munīnsampratipūjayet /
vāyūṃśca pakṣiṇaścaiva vicitrairbhakṣyabhojanaiḥ

mātṝrnāṭyasya sarvāstā dhanadaṃ ca sahānugaiḥ /
apūpairlājikāmiśrairbhakṣyabhojyaiśca pūjayet

evameṣāṃ baliḥ kāryo nānābhojanasaṃśrayaḥ /
punarmantravidhānena balikarma ca vakṣyate

devadeva mahābhāga sarvalokapitāmaha /
mantrapūtamimaṃ sarvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva me balim

devadeva mahābhāga gaṇeśa tripurāntaka /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirdeva mantrapūto mayodyataḥ

nārāyaṇāmitagate padmanābha surottama /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirdeva mantrapūto mayārpitaḥ

purandarāmarapate vajrapāṇe śatakrato /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirdeva vidhimantrapuraskṛtaḥ

devasenāpate skanda bhagavan śaṅkarapriya /
baliḥ prītena manasā ṣaṇmukha pratigṛhyatām

mahādeva mahāyogindevadeva surottama /
saṃpragṛhya baliṃ deva rakṣa vighnātsadotthitāt // BhN_3.51* //
devi devamahābhāge sarasvati haripriye /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirmātarmayā bhaktyā samarpitaḥ

nānānimittasambhūtāḥ paulastyāḥ sarva eva tu
rākṣasendrā mahāsatvāḥ pratigṛhṇīta me balim

lakṣmīḥ siddhirmatirmedhā sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ /
mantrapūtamimaṃ devyaḥ pratigṛhṇantu me balim

sarvabhūtānubhāvajña lokajīvana māruta /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirdeva mantrapūto mayodyataḥ

devavaktra suraśreṣṭha dhūmaketo hutāśana /
bhaktyā samudyato deva baliḥ samprati gṛhyatām

sarvagrahāṇāṃ pravara tejorāśe divākara /
bhaktyā mayodyato deva baliḥ samprati gṛhyatām

sarvagrahapate soma dvijarāja jagatpriya /
pragṛhyatāmeṣa balirmantrapūto mayodyataḥ

mahāgaṇeśvarāḥ sarve nandīśvarapurogamāḥ /
pragṛtāṃ balirbhaktyā mayā samprati coditaḥ

namaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇantvimaṃ balim /
(bhūtebhyaśca namo nityaṃ yeṣāmeṣa baliḥ priyaḥ) /
kāmapāla namo nityaṃ yasyāyaṃ te vidhiḥ kṛtaḥ

nāradastumbaruścaiva viśvāvasupurogamāḥ /
parigṛhṇantu me sarve gandharvā balimudyatam

yamo mitraśca bhagavānīśvarau lokapūjitau /
imaṃ me pratigṛhṇītāṃ baliḥ mantrapuraskṛtam

rasātalagatebhyaśca pannagebhyo namo namaḥ /
diśantu siddhiṃ nāṭyasya pūjitāḥ pāpanāśanāḥ

sarvāmbhasāṃ patirdevo varuṇo haṃsavāhanaḥ /
pūjitaḥ prītamānastu sasamudranadīnadaḥ

vainateya mahāsatva sarvapakṣipate vibho /
pragṛhyatāṃ balirdeva mantrapūto mayodyataḥ

dhanādhyakṣo yakṣapatirlokapālo dhaneśvaraḥ /
saguhyakassayakṣaśca pratigṛhṇātu me balim

namo 'stu nāṭyamātṛbhyo brāhmyādyābhyo namonamaḥ /
sumukhībhiḥ prasannābhirbaliradya pragṛhyatām

rudrapraharaṇaṃ sarvaṃ pratigṛhṇātu me balim /
viṣṇupraharaṇaṃ caiva viṣṇubhaktyā mayodyatam

tathā kṛtāntaḥ kālaśca sarvaprāṇivadheśvarau /
mṛtyuśca niyatiścaiva pratigṛhṇātu me balim

yāścāsyāṃ mattavāraṇyāṃ saṃśritā vastudevatāḥ /
mantrapūtamimaṃ samyakpratigṛhṇantu me balim

anye ye devagandharvā diśo daśa samāśritāḥ /
divyāntarikṣābhaumāśca tebhyaścāyaṃ baliḥ kṛtaḥ

kumbhaṃ salilasampūrṇaṃ puṣpamālāpuraskṛtam /
sthāpayedraṅgamadhye tu suvarṇaṃ cātra dāpayet

ātodyāni tu sarvāṇi kṛtvā vastrottarāṇi tu /
gandhairmālyaiśca dhūpaiśca bhakṣyairbhojyaiśca pūjayet // BhN_3.72* //
pūjayitvā tu sarvāṇi daivatāni yathākramam /
jarjarastvabhisampūjyaḥ syāttato vighnajarjaraḥ

śvetaṃ śirasi vastraṃ syānnīlaṃ raudre ca parvaṇi /
viṣṇuparvaṇi vai pītaṃ raktaṃ skandasya parvaṇi

mṛḍaparvaṇi citraṃ tu deyaṃ vastraṃ hitārthinā /
sadṛśaṃ ca pradātavyaṃ dhūpamālyānulepanam

ātodyāni tu sarvāṇi vāsobhiravaguṇṭhayet /
gandhairmālyaiśca dhūpaiśca bhakṣyabhojaiśca pūjayet

sarvamevaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ /
vighnajarjaraṇārthaṃ tu jarjaraṃ tvabhimantrayet

atra vighnavināśārthaṃ pitāmahamukhaissuraiḥ /
nirmitastvaṃ mahāvīryo vajrasāro mahātanuḥ

śiraste rakṣatu bramhā sarvairdevaguṇaiaḥ taha /
dvitīyaṃ ca haraḥ parva tṛtīyaṃ ca janārdanaḥ

caturthaṃ ca kumāraste pañcamaṃ pannagottamaḥ /
nityaṃ sarve 'pi pāntu tvāṃ surārthe ca śivo bhava

nakṣatre 'bhijiti tvaṃ hi prasūto 'hitasūdana /
jayaṃ cābhyudayaṃ caiva pārthivasya samāvaha

jarjaraṃ pūjayitvaiavaṃ baliṃ sarvaṃ nividya ca /
agnau homaṃ tataḥ kuryānmantrāhuitipuraskṛtam

hutāśa eva dīptābhirulkābhiḥ parimārjanam /
nṛpaternartakīnāṃ ca kuryāddīptyabhivardhanam

abhidyotya sahātodyairnṛpatiṃ nartakīstathā /
mantrapūtena toyena punarabhyukṣya tānvadet

mahākule prasūtāḥ stha guṇaughaiścāpyalaṅkṛtāḥ /
yadvo janmaguṇopetaṃ tadvo bhavatu nityaśaḥ

evamuktvā tato vākyaṃ nṛpatairbhūtaye budhaḥ /
nāṭyayogaprasiddhyarthamāśiṣassamprayojayet

sarasvatī dhṛtirmedhā hrīḥ śrīrlakṣmīssmṛtirmatiḥ /
pāntu vo mātaraḥ saumyāssiddhidāśca bhavantu vaḥ

homaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ havirmantrapuraskṛtam /
bhindyātkumbhaṃ tataścaiva nāṭyācāryaḥ prayatnataḥ

abhinne tu bhavetkumbhe svāminaḥ śatruto bhayam /
bhinne caiva tu vijñeyaḥ svāminaḥ śatrusaṃkṣayaḥ

bhinne kumbhe tataścaiva nāṭyacāryaḥ prayatnataḥ /
pragṛhya dīpikāṃ dīptāṃ sarvaṃ raṅgaṃ pradīpayet

kṣveḍitaiḥ sphoṭitaiścaiva valgitaiśca pradhāvitaiḥ /
raṅgamadhye tu tāṃ dīptāṃ saśabdāṃ samprayojayet

śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣairmṛdaṅgapaṇavaistathā /
sarvātodyaiḥ praṇaditai raṅge yuddhāni kārayet

tatra cchinnaṃ va bhinnaṃ ca dāritaṃ ca saśoṇitam /
kṣataṃ pradīptamāyastaṃ nimittaṃ siddhilakṣaṇam

samyagiṣṭastu raṅgo vai svāminaḥ śubhamāvahet /
purasyābālavṛddhasya tathā jānapadasya ca

duriṣṭastu tathā raṅgo daivatairduradhiṣṭhitaḥ /
nāṭyavidhvasanaṃ kuryānnṛpasya ca tathā'śubham

ya evaṃ vidhimutsṛjya yatheṣṭaṃ samprayojayet /
prāpnotyapacayaṃ śīghraṃ tiryagyoniṃ ca gacchati

yajñena sammitaṃ hyetadraṅgadaivatapūjanam /
apūjayitvā raṅgaṃ tu naiva prekṣāṃ prayojayet

pūjitāḥ pūjayantyete mānitā mānayanti ca /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kartavyaṃ raṅgapūjanam

na tathā pradahatyagniḥ prabhañjanasamīritaḥ /
yathā hyapaprayogastu prayukto dahati kṣaṇāt

śāstrajñena vinītena śucinā dīkṣitena ca /
nāṭyācāryeṇa śāntena kartavyaṃ raṅgapūjanam

sthānabhraṣṭaṃ tu yo dadyādbalimudvignamānasaḥ /
mantrahīno yathā hotā prāyaścittī bhavettu saḥ

ityayaṃ yo vidhirdṛṣṭo raṅgadaivatapūjane /
nave nāṭyagṛhe kāryaḥ prekṣāyāṃ ca prayoktṛbhiḥ