Padma Purana · Chapter 1.22

bhīṣma uvāca
bhūrlokotha bhuvarlokaḥ svarlokotha maharjanaḥ
tapaḥ satyaṃ ca saptaite devalokāḥ prakīrttitāḥ

paryāyeṇa tu sarveṣāmādhipatyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet
ihaloke śubhaṃ rūpamāyurārogyameva ca

lakṣmīśca vipulā brahmankathaṃ syātsurapūjita
pulastya uvāca
purā hutāśanaḥ sārddhaṃ mārutena mahītale

ādiṣṭaḥ puruhūtena vināśāya suradviṣām
nirdagdheṣu tatastena dānaveṣu sahasraśaḥ

tārakaḥ kamalākṣaśca kāladaṃṣṭraḥ parāvasuḥ
virocanastu saṃhrādaḥ prayātāste tadā vasan

aṃtaḥsamudramāviśya sanniveśamakurvata
aśaktā iti tepyagnimārutābhyāmupekṣitāḥ

tataḥ prabhṛti vai devānmānuṣānsa bhujaṃgamān
saṃpīḍya ca munīnsarvānpraviśaṃti punarjalam

evaṃ yugasahasrāṇi te vīrāḥ sapta paṃca ca
jaladurgabalādrājanpīḍayaṃti jagattrayam

tataḥ punaratho vahnimārutāvamarādhipaḥ
ādideśācirādaṃbu nidhireṣa viśoṣyatām

yasmādasmaddviṣāṃ caiṣa śaraṇaṃ varuṇālayaḥ
tasmādbhavadbhyāmadyaiva śoṣameṣa praṇīyatām

tāvūcatustataḥ śakraṃ mayaśambarasūdanam
adharma eṣa deveṃdra sāgarasya vināśanam

yasmājjīvanikāyasya mahataḥ saṃkṣayo bhavet
tasmādupāyamanyaṃ tu samāśraya puraṃdara

yasya yojanamātrepi jīvakoṭi śatāni ca
nivasaṃti suraśreṣṭha sa kathaṃ nāśamarhati

evamuktaḥ sureṃdrastu krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
uvācedaṃ vaco roṣādamarāvagnimārutau

na dharmādharmasaṃyogaṃ prāpnuvaṃtyamarāḥ kvacit
bhavaṃtau tu viśeṣeṇa mahātmānau ca tiṣṭhataḥ

mamājñā na kṛtā yasmānmārutena samaṃ tvayā
muṃnivrataparo bhūtvā parigṛhya kalevaram

dharmārthaśāstrarahitāṃ yoniṃ prati vibhāvaso
tasmādekena vapuṣā munirūpeṇa mānuṣe

mārutena samaṃ loke tava janma bhaviṣyati
yadā tu mānuṣatvepi tvayā gaṃḍūṣaśoṣitaḥ

bhaviṣyatyudadhirvahne tadā devatvamāpsyasi
itīṃdraśāpātpatitau tatkṣaṇāttau mahītale

avāptavaṃtau dehe ca kuṃbhājjanma tatobhavat
mitrāvaruṇayorvīryādvasiṣṭhaścātmajobhavat

tatogastya ugratapā babhūva munisattamaḥ
asmādbhrātuḥ sa vai bhrātā vasiṣṭhasyānujo muniḥ

bhīṣma uvāca
kathaṃ ca mitrāvaruṇau pitarāvasya tau smṛtau
janma kuṃbhādagastyasya yathābhūttadvadādhunā

pulastya uvāca
purā purāṇapuruṣaḥ kadācidgaṃdhamādane
bhūtvā dharmasuto viṣṇuścacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

tapasā cāsya bhītena vighnārthe preṣitāvubhau
śakreṇa mādhavānaṃgāvapsarogaṇasaṃyutau

yadā ca gītavādyena bhāvahāvādinā hariḥ
na kāmamādhavābhyāṃ ca mohaṃ netumaśakyata

tadā kāmamadhustrīṇāṃ viṣādamabhajadgaṇaḥ
saṃkṣobhāyata tasteṣāmūrudeśānnarāgrajaḥ

nārīmutpādayāmāsa trailokyasyāpi mohinīm
saṃmohitāstayā devāstau tu caiva surāvubhau

apsarāṇāṃ samakṣaṃ hi devānāmabravīddhariḥ
urvaśīti ca nāmneyaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati

tataḥ kāmayamānena mitreṇāhūyatorvaśī
proktā māṃ ramayasveti bāḍhamityabravīcca sā

gacchaṃtī tu tataḥ sūryalokamiṃdīvarekṣaṇā
varuṇena vṛtā paścādvacanaṃ tamabhāṣata

mitreṇāhaṃ vṛtā pūrvaṃ mama sūryaḥ patiḥ prabho
uvāca varuṇaścittaṃ mayi saṃnyasya gamyatām

gatāyāṃ bāḍhamityuktvā mitraḥ śāpamadādatha
adyaiva mānuṣe loke gaccha somasutātmajam

bhajasveti yato mithyā dharma eṣa tvayā kṛtaḥ
jalakuṃbhe tato vīryaṃ mitreṇa varuṇena ca

prakṣiptamatha saṃjātau dvāveva munisattamau
nimirnāma nṛpaḥ strībhiḥ purā dyūtamadīvyata

tadaṃtarebhyājagāma vasiṣṭho brahmasaṃbhavaḥ
tasya pūjāmakurvāṇaṃ śaśāpa sa munirnṛpam

videhastvaṃ bhavasveti śaptastenāpyasau muniḥ
anyonyaśāpādubhayorviśarīre tu tejasī

jagmatuśśāpanāśāya brahmāṇaṃ jagataḥ patim
atha brahmasamādeśāllocaneṣvavasannimiḥ

nimeṣāḥ syuścalokānāṃ tadviśrāmāya pārthiva
vasiṣṭhopyabhavattasmiñjalakuṃbhe ca pūrvavat

tato jātaścaturbāhuḥ sākṣasūtrakamaṃḍaluḥ
agastya iti śāṃtātmā babhūva ṛṣisattamaḥ

malayasyaikadeśe tu vaikhānasa vidhānataḥ
sabhāryaḥ saṃvṛto vipraistapaścakre suduṣkaram

tataḥ kālena mahatā tārakādinipīḍitam
jagadvīkṣyasakopena pītavānvaruṇālayam

tatosya varadāssarve babhūvuḥ śaṃkarādayaḥ
brahmāviṣṇuśca bhagavānvaradānāya jagmatuḥ

varaṃ vṛṇīśva bhadraṃ te yaścābhīṣṭotra vai mune
agastya uvāca
yāvadbrahmasahasrāṇāṃ paṃcaviṃśatikoṭayaḥ

vaimāniko bhaviṣyāmi dakṣiṇāṃbaravartmani
madvimānodayātkuryādyaḥ kaścitpūjanaṃ mama

sa saptalokādhipatiḥ paryāyeṇa bhaviṣyati
yastvāśramaṃ puṣkare tu mannāmnā parikīrtayet

sa caiva puṇyatāṃ yātu vara eṣa vṛto mayā
śrāddhaṃ ye'tra kariṣyaṃti piṃḍapūrvaṃ tu bhaktitaḥ

teṣāṃ pitṛgaṇāssarve mayā saha divi sthitāḥ
etatkālaṃ vasiṣyaṃti eṣa eva varo mama

evamastviti tepyuktvā jagmurdevā yathāgatam
tasmādarghaḥ pradātavyo hyagastyāya sadā budhaiḥ

bhīṣma uvāca
kathamarghapradānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ tasya vai muneḥ
vidhānaṃ yadagastyasya pūjane tadvadasva me

pulastya uvāca
pratyūṣa samaye vidvānkuryādasyodaye niśi
snānaṃ śuklatilaistadvacchuklamālyāṃbaro gṛhī ५०

sthāpayedavraṇaṃ kuṃbhaṃ mālyavastravibhūṣitam
paṃcaratnasamāyuktaṃ ghṛtapātreṇasaṃyutam

aṃguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ tathaiva suvarṇamadhyāyatabāhudaṃḍam
caturbhujaṃ kuṃbhamukhe nidhāya dhānyāni saptācalasaṃyutāni

sakāṃsyapātrākṣataśuklayuktaṃ maṃtreṇa dadyāddvijapuṃgavāya
utkṣipya kuṃbhoparidīrghabāhumananyacetā yamadiṅmukhastham

śvetāṃ ca dadyādyadiśaktirasti raupyaiḥ khurairhemamukhīṃ savatsāṃ
dhenuṃ naraḥ kṣīravatīṃ praṇamya sragvastraghaṃṭābharāṇāṃ dvijāya

āsaptarātrādudaye nṛpāsya dātavyametatsakalaṃ nareṇa
yāvatsamāssaptadaśātha vā syurathorddhvamapyatra vadaṃti kecit

kāśapuṣpapratīkāśa agnimārutasaṃbhava
mitrāvaruṇayoḥ putra kuṃbhayone namostu te

pratyabdaṃ ca phalatyāgamevaṃ kurvannasīdati
homaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ paścādvartayenmānavaḥ phalam

anenavidhinā yastu pumānarghaṃ nivedayet arghya
imaṃ lokamavāpnoti rūpārogyaphalapradam

dvitīyena bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokaṃ ca tataḥ param
saptaiva lokānāpnoti saptārghānyaḥ prayacchati

iti paṭhati śṛṇoti yo hi samyakcaritamagastyasamarcanaṃ ca paśyet
matimapi ca dadāti sopi viṣṇorbhavanagataḥ paripūjyatemaraughaiḥ

bhīṣma uvāca
saubhāgyārogyaphaladamamitrakṣayakārakam
bhuktimuktipradaṃ yacca tanme brūhi mahāmate

pulastya uvāca
yadumāyā purā deva uvācāṃdhakasūdanaḥ
kathāsu saṃpravṛttāsu dharmyāsu lalitāsu ca

tadidānīṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktiphalapradam
gauryuvāca
dattaḥ śāpo hi sāvitryā mahyaṃ lakṣmyai sureśvara

yathā lakṣmīpradhānatvamahaṃ yāmi tathā vada
śaṃkara uvāca
śuṇuṣvāvahitā devi tathaivānyatsvayaṃkṛtam

narāṇāmatha nārīṇāmārādhanamanuttamam
nabhasye vātha vaiśākhe puṇye mārgaśirasyatha

śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ snātaḥ sa gaurasarṣapaiḥ
gorocanaṃ sagomūtraṃ godugdhaṃ ca ghṛtaṃ tathā

dadhicaṃdanasaṃmiśraṃ lalāṭe tilakaṃ nyaset
saubhāgyārogyakṛdyasmātsadā ca lalitāpriyam

pratipakṣaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ pumānvāpi suvāsinī
dhārayedraktavastrāṇi kusumāni sitāni ca

vidhavā śuklavastraṃ vai tvekameva hi dhārayet
kumārī śukla sūkṣme ca paridadhyāttu vāsasī

devīṃ ca paṃcagavyena tataḥ kṣīreṇa kevalaṃ
snāpayenmadhunā tadvatpuṣpagaṃdhodakena tu

pūjayecchuklapuṣpaistu phalairnānāvidhairapi
dhānyalājādilavaṇaguḍakṣīraghṛtānvitaiḥ

śuklākṣatatilairarcā kāryā devi sadā tvayā
pādayorarcanaṃ kuryātpratipakṣaṃ varānane

varadāyai namaḥ pādau tathā gulphau śriyai namaḥ
aśokāyai namo jaṃghe pārvatyai jānunī tathā

ūrū māṃgalyakāriṇyai vāmadevyai tathā kaṭim
padmodarāyai jaṭharaṃ namaḥ kaṃṭhe śriyai namaḥ

karau saubhāgyadāyinyai bāhū ca sumukhaśriyai
mukhaṃ darpavināśinyai smaradāyai smitaṃ punaḥ

gauryai namastathānāsāmutpalāyai ca locane
tuṣṭyai lalāṭamalakaṃ kātyāyanyai namaḥ śiraḥ

namo goryyai namaḥ puṣṭyai namaḥ kāṃtyai namaḥ śriyai
raṃbhāyai lalitāyai ca vāmadevyai namo namaḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadagrataḥ padmamālikhet
patraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryuktaṃ krameṇaiva sakarṇikam

pūrveṇa vinyasedgaurīmaparṇāṃ ca tataḥ param
bhavānīṃ dakṣiṇe tadvadrudrāṇīṃ ca tataḥ param

vinyasetpaścime bhāge saumyāṃ madanavāsinīm
vāyavye pāṭalāmugrāmuttareṇa tathā umām

sādhyāṃ pathyāṃ tathā saumyāṃ maṃgalāṃ kumadāṃ satīm
bhadrāṃ ca madhye saṃsthāpya lalitāṃ karṇikopari

kusumairakṣatādbhirvā namaskāreṇa vinyaset
gītamaṃgalaghoṣaṃ ca kārayitvā suvāsinīm

pūjayedraktavāsobhī raktamālyānulepanaiḥ
siṃdūraṃ snānacūrṇaṃ ca tāsāṃ śirasi pātayet

siṃdūraṃ kuṃkumaṃ snānamatīveṣṭaṃ yatastataḥ
tathopadeṣṭāramapi pūjayedyatnato gurum

na pūjyate gururyatra sarvāstatrāphalāḥ kriyāḥ
japyaiśca pūjayedgaurīmutpalairasitaiḥ sadā

baṃdhujīvaiḥ priye pūjyā kārtike māsi yatnataḥ
jātīpuṣpairmārgaśire pauṣe pītaiḥ kuraṃṭakaiḥ

kuṃdaiḥ kumudapuṣpaiśca devīṃ māghepi pūjayet
siṃduvāreṇa jātyā vā phālgunepyarcayennaraḥ

caitre tu mallikāśokairvaiśākhe gaṃdhapāṭalaiḥ
jyeṣṭhe kamalamaṃdārairāṣāḍhe ca jalāṃbujaiḥ

maṃdārairatha mālatyā śrāvaṇe pūjayetsadā
gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhisarpiḥ kuśodakam

bilvapatrārkakusumāṃbuja gośṛṃgavāri ca
paṃcagavyaṃ ca bilvaṃ ca prāśayetkramaśaḥ sadā

etadbhādrapadādau tu prāśanaṃ samudāhṛtam
pratipakṣaṃ ca mithunaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ varānane

bhojayitvārcayedbhaktyā vastramālyānulepanaiḥ
puṃsaḥ pītāṃbare dadyātstriyāḥ kauśeyavāsasī

niṣpāva jīralavaṇamikṣudaṃḍa guḍānvitam
striyai dadyātphalaṃ puṃsaḥ suvarṇotpalasaṃyutam

yathā na devi devastvāṃ saṃparityajya gacchati
tathā māmuddharāśeṣa duḥkhasaṃsārasāgarāt

kumudā vimalā naṃdā bhavānī vasudhā śivā
lalitā kamalā gaurī satī rambhātha pārvatī

nabhasyādiṣu māseṣu prīyatāmityudīrayet
vratāṃte śayanaṃ dadyātsuvarṇakamalānvitam

mithunāni caturviśaddvādaśātha samarcayet
aṣṭāvaṣṭāthavā bhūyaścaturmāsetha vārcayet

pūrvaṃ datvātha gurave paścādanyānsamarcayet
uktānantatṛtīyaiṣā sadānaṃtaphalapradā

sarvapāpaharā devī saubhāgyārogyavardhinī
na cainaṃ vittaśāṭhyena kadācidapi laṃghayet

naro vā yadi vā nārī sopavāsavrataṃ caret
garbhiṇī sūtikā naktaṃ kumārī vātha rogiṇī१००

yadā'śuddhā tadānyena kārayetprayatā svayam
imāmanaṃtaphaladāṃ yastṛtīyāṃ samācaret

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ śivaloke mahīyate
vittahīnopi kurvīta yāvadvarṣamupoṣaṇam

puṣpamaṃtravidhāne sopi tatphalamāpnuyāt
nārī vā kurute yā tu ātmanaḥ śubhamicchatī

janmapauruṣamāpnoti gauryanugrahakāritam
iti paṭhati śṛṇoti vā ya itthaṃ giritanayāvratamiṃdralokasaṃsthaḥ

matimapi ca dadāti yopi devairamaravadhūjanakinnaraiḥ sa pūjyaḥ
anyāmapi pravakṣyāmi tṛtīyāṃ pāpanāśinīm

rasakalyāṇinīmetāṃ purākalpabhavā viduḥ
māghemāsi tu saṃprāpya tṛtīyāṃ śuklapakṣataḥ

prātargaṃdhena payasā tilaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret
snāpayenmadhunā devīṃ tathaivekṣurasena tu

gaṃdhodakena ca punaḥ pūjanaṃ kuṃkumena tu
dakṣiṇāṃgāni saṃpūjya tato vāmāni pūjayet

lalitāyai padaṃ devyai vāmagulphau tatorcayet
jaṃghe jānu tathā śāṃtyai tathaivoruṃ śriyai namaḥ

madālasāyai ca kaṭimamalāyai tathodaram
stanau madanavāsinyai kumudāyai ca kaṃdharām

bhujaṃ bhujāgraṃ mādhavyai kamalāyai sukhasmite
bhrūlalāṭaṃ ca rudrāṇyai śaṃkarāyai tathālakaṃ

madanāyai lalāṭaṃ tu mohanāyai punarbhruvau
netre caṃdrārdhadhāriṇyai tuṣṭyai ca vadanaṃ punaḥ

utkaṃṭhinyai namaḥ kaṃṭhamamṛtāyai namastanum
raṃbhāyai ca mahābāhū viśokāyai namaḥ karau

hṛdayaṃ manmathāhvāyai pāṭalāyai tathodaraṃ
kaṭiṃ suratavāsinyai tathorū paṃkajaśriyai

jānujaṃghe namo gauryai gulphau śāṃtyai tathārcayet
dharādharāyai pādau tu viśvakāyai namaḥ śiraḥ

namo bhavānyai kāminyai vāsudevyai jagacchriyai
ānaṃdadāyai naṃdāyai subhadrāyai namonamaḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaddvijadāṃpatyamarcayet
bhojayittvā tathānnena madhureṇa vimatsaraḥ

samodakaṃ vārikuṃbhaṃ śuklāṃbarayugadvayaṃ
dattvā suvarṇakamalaṃ gaṃdhamālyairathārcayet

prīyatāmatra kumudā gṛhṇīyāllavaṇavratam
anena vidhinā devīṃ māsimāsi sadārcayet

lavaṇaṃ varjayenmāghe phālgune ca guḍaṃ punaḥ
navanītaṃ tathā caitre varjyaṃ madhu ca mādhave

pānīyaṃ jyeṣṭhamāse tu tathāṣāḍhe ca jīrakaṃ
śrāvaṇe varjayetkṣīraṃ dadhi bhādrapade tathā

ghṛtamāśvayuje tadvadūrje varjyaṃ ca mākṣikaṃ
dhānyākaṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu pauṣe varjyā ca śarkarā

vratāṃte karakaṃ pūrṇameteṣāṃ māsimāsi ca
dadyādvikālavelāyāṃ bhakṣyapātreṇa saṃyutaṃ१२३ vikāla
laḍḍukāssevakāścaiva saṃyāvamatha pūrikā
nārikā ghṛtapūrṇāśca piṣṭapūrṇā ca naṃdikī

kṣīraśākaṃ ca dadhyannaṃ piṃḍaśākaṃ tathaiva ca
māghādau kramaśo dadyādetāni karakopari

kumudā mādhavī raṃbhā subhadrā ca śivā jayā
lalitā kamalānaṃgā maṃgalā rati lālasā

kramānmāghādimāseṣu prīyatāmiti kīrtayet
sarvatra paṃcagavyaṃ ca prāśanaṃ samudāhṛtaṃ

upavāsī bhavennityamaśaktau naktamiṣyate
kuryādevamidaṃ nārī rasakalyāṇinī vrataṃ

punarmāghe ca saṃprāpte śarkarā kalaśopari
kṛtvā tu kāṃcanīṃ gaurīṃ paṃcaratnasamanvitāṃ

svakīyāṃguṣṭhamātraṃ ca sākṣasūtrakamaṃḍaluṃ
caturbhujāmiṃduyutāṃ sitanetrapaṭāvṛtāṃ

tadvadgomithunaṃ caiva suvarṇasya sitāṃbaraṃ
savastraṃ bhājanaṃ dadyādbhavānī prīyatāmiti

anenavidhinā yastu rasakalyāṇinīvrataṃ
kuryācca sarvapāpebhyastatkṣaṇādeva mucyate

bhavānāṃ ca sahasraṃ tu na duḥkhī jāyate kvacit
agniṣṭomasahasreṇa yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt

nārī vā kurute yā tu kumārī vā varānane
vidhavā ca varākī vā sāpi tatphalabhāginī

saubhāgyārogyasaṃpannā gaurīloke mahīyate
iti paṭhati ya itthaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti prasaṃgāt
sakalakaluṣamuktaḥ pārvatīlokameti

matimapi ca vidhatte yo narāṇāṃ priyārthaṃ
vibudhapatijanānāṃ lokagaḥ syādamoghaḥ
tathaivānyāṃ pravakṣyāmi tṛtīyāṃ pāpanāśinīm

nāmnā ca lokavikhyātāmagryānaṃdakarīmimāṃ
yadā śuklatṛtīyāyāmaṣāḍharkṣaṃ bhavetkvacit

brahmarkṣaṃ vātha ca maghā hasto mūlamathāpi vā
darbhagaṃdhodakaiḥ snānaṃ tadā samyaksamācaret

śuklamālyāṃbaradharaḥ śuklagaṃdhānulepanaḥ
bhavānīmarcayedbhaktyā śuklapuṣpaiḥ sugaṃdhibhiḥ

mahādevaṃ ca sakalamupaviṣṭaṃ mahāsane
vāsudevyai namaḥ pādau śaṃkarāyai namo hareḥ

jaṃgheśokavināśinyai mānadāyai namaḥ prabhoḥ
raṃbhāyai pūjayedūrū śivāya ca pinākine

ānaṃdinyai kaṭiṃ devyāḥ śūlinaśśūlapāṇaye
mādhavyai ca tathā nābhimatha śaṃbhorbhavāya vai

stanau cānaṃdakāriṇyai śaṃkarasyeṃdudhāriṇe
utkaṃṭhinyai namaḥ kaṃṭhaṃ nīlakaṃṭhāya vai hareḥ

karāvutpaladhāriṇyai rudrāya jagataḥ prabho
bāhū ca pariraṃbhiṇyai nṛtyaprītāya vai hareḥ

devyā mukhaṃ vilāsinyai vṛṣabhāya punarvibhoḥ
smitaṃ ca smaraṇīyāyai viśvavaktrāya vai vibhoḥ

netre maṃdāravāsinyai viśvadhāmne triśūlinaḥ
bhruvau nṛtyapriyāyai ca śaṃbhorvai pāśaśūline

devyā lalāṭamiṃdrāṇyai vṛṣavāhāya vai vibhoḥ
svāhāyai makuṭaṃ devyā vibho gaṃgādharāya vai

viśvakāyau viśvabhujau viśvapādamukhau śivau
prasannavaradau vaṃde pārvatīparameśvarau

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadagrataḥ śivayoḥ punaḥ
padmotpalāni rajasā nānāvarṇena kārayet

śaṃkhacakre sakaṭake svastikaṃ śubhakārakam
yāvaṃtaḥ pāṃsavastatra rajasaḥ patitā bhuvi१५०

tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate
catvāri ghṛtapātrāṇi sahiraṇyāni śaktitaḥ

datvā dvijāya karakamudakena samanvitam
pratipakṣaṃ caturmāsaṃ yāvadetānnivedayet

tatastu caturo māsānpūrvavatkarakopari
catvāri ghṛtapātrāṇi tilapātrāṇyaṃnaṃtaraṃ

gaṃdhodakaṃ puṣpavāri caṃdanaṃ kuṅkumodakaṃ
apakvaṃ dadhidugdhaṃ ca gośṛṃgodakameva ca

abdodakaṃ tathā vārikuṣṭhacūrṇānvitaṃ punaḥ
uśīrasalilaṃ caiva yavacūrṇodakaṃ punaḥ

tilodakaṃ ca saṃprāśyasvapenmārgaśirādiṣu
māseṣu pakṣadvitayaṃ prāśanaṃ samudāhṛtam

sarvatraśuklapuṣpāṇipraśastānisadārcane
dānakāle ca sarvatra maṃtrametamudīrayet

gaurī me prīyatāṃ nityamaghanāśāya maṃgalā
saubhāgyāyāstu lalitā bhavānī sarvasiddhaye

saṃvatsarāṃte lavaṇaṃ guḍakuṃkumasaṃyutam
caṃdanenayutaṃ kuṃbhaṃ sahasvarṇāṃbujena ca

umāyāḥ prītaye haimaṃ tadvidikṣuphalairyutam
sāstarāvaraṇāṃ śayyāṃ saviśrāmāṃ nivedayet

sapatnīkāya viprāya gaurī me prīyatāmiti
ātmānaṃdakarīṃ nāma prāpnuyātsaṃpadaṃ naraḥ

āyurānaṃdasaṃpanno na kvacicchokamāpnuyāt
nārī vā kurute yā tu kumārī vidhavā tathā

sāpi tatphalamāpnoti devyanugrahalālitā
pratipakṣamupoṣyaivaṃ maṃtrārcanavidhānataḥ

rudrāṇāṃ lokamāpnoti punarāvṛttidurlabham
imāṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvāpi bhaktitaḥ

śakralokaṃ sa gatvā tu pūjyate kalpasaṃsthitaḥ
śaṃkara uvāca
evaṃvidhā bhavati cennārī vrataparāyaṇā

sāvitrī tu varākī sā tasyāḥ śāpastu kīdṛśaḥ
na kācidgaṇanā cāsti yatastrailokyasuṃdarī

sā pūrvasyāpi vandyā ca lakṣmīrviṣṇupratigrahāt
mayā pūrvaṃ tavārthāya dakṣayajñastu nāśitaḥ

lakṣmyarthaṃ viṣṇunā cāpi vāridhirmathitaḥ purā
ājñākarau bhavatyośca mā kuruṣva bhayaṃ kvacit

sāvitryā mānanā kāryā kupitāyāḥ prasādanam
mayā ca viṣṇunā caiva brahmaṇā mānamīpsunā

gamiṣye brahmasadanaṃ tvaṃ ca tiṣṭha varānane
evamuktvā gato rudro gaurī tatra vyavasthitā

kṛtaṃ yugaṃ samagraṃ ca yajñe tasminhutāśanaḥ
vahaṃstu havyaṃ devānāṃ prīṇayāno jagattrayam

bhojanaṃ dvijamukhyeṣu bhogānvidyādhare gaṇe
kāmāvāptiṃ manuṣyeṣu sarvameva dadau prabhuḥ

rudreṇoktastadā viṣṇurdharmāṃste tvaṃ prakīrttaya
gaurīdharmānsarasvatyā vrataṃ yatparikīrtitam

ityevamukte rudreṇa viṣṇuḥ provāca sādaram
nāhaṃ dharmaṃ khyāpayiṣye svakīyaṃ śaṃkarādhunā

bhavānākhyātu māhātmyaṃ madīyaṃ surasattama
tvayā vai kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛte vai pāpasaṃkṣayaḥ

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho bhavānpūto bhaviṣyati
bhīṣma uvāca
madhurā gīrbhavetkena vratena munisattama

tathaiva janasaubhāgyaṃ matirvidyāsu kauśalam
abhedaścāpi dāṃpatye saṃgo baṃdhujanena ca

āyuśca vipulaṃ puṃsāṃ tanme kathaya sattama
pulastya uvāca
samyakpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājanśṛṇu sārasvataṃ vratam

yasya saṃkīrtanādeva devī tuṣyetsarasvatī
yāvadbhaktaḥ stavaṃ kuryādetadvratamanuttamam

prāgvāsarādau saṃpūjya divyaṃ stavaṃ samārabhet
athavā ravivāreṇa grahatārābalena ca

pāyasaṃ bhojayedviprānkuryādbrāhmaṇavācanam
śuklavastrāṇi dattvā ca sahiraṇyāni śaktitaḥ

gāyatrīṃ pūjayedbhaktyā śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ
yathā na devi bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

tvāṃ parityajya tiṣṭhecca tathā bhava varapradā
vedaśāstrāṇi dharmāṇi nṛtyagītādikaṃ ca yat

na vihīnaṃ tvayā devi tathā me saṃtu siddhayaḥ
lakṣmīrmedhā dharā puṣṭirgaurī tuṣṭirjayā matiḥ

etābhiḥ pāhi cāṣṭābhimūrtibhirmāṃ sarasvati
evaṃ saṃpūjya gāyatrīṃ vīṇākamaladhāriṇīm

śuklapuṣpākṣatairbhaktyā sakamaṃḍalu pustakām
maunavratena bhuṃjīta sāyaṃprātaśca dharmavit

paṃcamyāṃ pratipakṣaṃ ca gāṃ ca viprāya śobhanām
tathaiva taṃḍulaprasthaṃ ghṛtapātreṇa saṃyutam

kṣīraṃ dadyāddhiraṇyaṃ ca gāyatrī prīyatāmiti
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca tathā maunametatkurvansamācaret

na rātryāṃ bhojanaṃ kuryādyāvanmāsāstrayodaśa
samāpte tu vrate dadyādbhojanaṃ śuklataṃḍulaiḥ

divyāṃ vitānaṃ ghaṃṭāṃ ca sitanetrapaṭānvitām
caṃdanaṃ vastrayugmaṃ ca dadhyannaṃ surasaṃ punaḥ

athopadeṣṭāramapi bhaktyā saṃpūjayedgurum
vittaśāṭhyenarahito vastramālyānulepanaiḥ

anena vidhinā yastu kuryātsārasvataṃ vratam
saubhāgyamatiyuktastu sūkṣmakaṃṭhaśca jāyate

sarasvatyāḥ prasādena brahmaloke mahīyate
nārī vā kurute yā tu sāpi tatphalabhāginī

brahmaloke vasedrājanyāvatkalpāyuta trayam
sārasvataṃ vrataṃ yastu śṛṇuyādapi vā paṭhet

vidyādharapure so'pi vasedabdāyutatrayam
iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe vratādhyāyo nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ