Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.2.7

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raktotpalairarkavāre yaḥ śoṇādrīśamarcayet //
avaśyaṃ tasya sidhyaṃti sārvabhaumamaharddhayaḥ

saumyavāre'ruṇādrīśaṃ kastūrīkaravīrakaiḥ //
yaḥ pūjayati tasya syātsatyaloke sukhāsikā

guruvāre sitāṃbhojaiḥ śoṇeśaṃ varivasyataḥ //
janaloke ciraṃ vāsaḥ siddhaiḥ saha bhaviṣyati

caṃpakairmallikābhiśca śukravāre samarcayet //
tapolokaṃ prapadyeta brahmarṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ

saurivāre ca jātībhissamārādhyāruṇeśvaram //
na jātu yamalokānāṃ pāpīyānapi kalpate

prathamāyāṃ tithau devasyopahāraṃ samarpayet //
yaḥ pāyasena sa bhaveddhanadhānyasamṛddhimān

dvitīyasyāṃ tithau bhaktyā yo dadhyannaṃ nivedayet //
sa bhavedbhāgyavāñchreṣṭhaḥ somapāśca bhaveddhruvam

tṛtīyāyāṃ ca yo'pūpaiḥ śoṇeśaṃ paritarpayet //
tasyā vyāhatamārogyamāśarīraṃ bhaviṣyati

caturthyāmaruṇeśāya pūrṇakumbhotkarādikam //
nivedayati yastasya bhavetpūrṇamanorathaḥ

mudgaudanaṃ ca paṃcamyāmupahāraṃ prakalpayeta //
śoṇeśvarāya bhaktyā yaḥ sa syādakṣayyavaibhavaḥ

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ guḍaudanaṃ dadyādaruṇācalaśambhave //
bhaktyā yastasya santāno na kadācitprahīyate

tilaudanaṃ yassaptamyāṃ śoṇeśāya samarpayet //
sa dīno'pyadhamarṇatvamayatnena vyapohati

aṣṭamyāṃ rājaśālyannaṃ yo dadyācchoṇaśambhave //
tasya sevāṃ vināpi syādrājaloko vaśīkṛtaḥ

godhūmānnaṃ navamyāṃ ca śoṇādrīśāya yo'rpayet //
rājayakṣmādayastasya na bhaviṣyaṃti jātu ca

daśamyāṃ śoṇanāthāya yaḥ karaṃbhaṃ nivedayet //
sa bhavetsarvalokānāṃ sadaiva prītibhājanam

pṛthukairupahārānya ekādaśyāṃ prakalpayet //
aruṇācalanāthasya sa bhavedakutobhayaḥ

dvādaśyāṃ śoṇanāthāya sūpaudananivedanam //
yaḥ karoti bhavettasya nirvighāto manorathaḥ

yaḥ saktūnaruṇeśāya trayodaśyāṃ samarpayet //
tasyā vyākulacittvamaśrāṃtamapi jāyate

arpayecchoṇanāthāya phalāni vividhāni yaḥ //
caturdaśyāṃ sa mūḍho'pi siddhasārasvato bhavet

yaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ śoṇādrināthāya vinivedayet //
panasasya phalaṃ tasya cakṣūrogo na jāyate

kuhvāṃ ca saṃgame bhaktyā kaṃdamūlādi yo'rpayet //
śoṇācaleśvarāyāsya tuṣyaṃti pitaraḥ kila

aśvinyāmaruṇeśāya dadyādvāsāṃsi bhaktimān //
bharaṇyāmaruṇeśāya dadyādābharaṇānyapi

kṛttikāsu pradīpāṃśca rohiṇyāṃ raupyamarpayet //
mṛgaśīrṣe malayajamārdrāyāṃ haricaṃdanam

punarvasau mṛgamadaṃ puṣye karpūramarpayet //
kāśmīrodbhavamāśleṣe maghāyāṃ tuhinodakam

tāṃbūlaṃ pūrvaphālgunyāṃ dhūpamuttaraphālgune //
kālāgurūṃśca hastarkṣe citrāyāṃ yakṣakardamam

svātyāṃ suvāsinīvṛṃdaṃ viśākhāyāṃ prakīrṇakam //
maitre muktātapatraṃ ca jyeṣṭhāyāṃ dhainukānyapi

mūle muktāsarānpūrvāṣāḍhe mukuṭamarpayet //
ratnāni cottarāṣāḍhe śravaṇe bhadrapīṭhikām

aṣṭāpadaṃ dhaniṣṭhāyāṃ vāsaḥ śatabhiṣajyapi //
pūrvābhādrapade bhogānuttarāyāṃ turaṃgamān

revatyāṃ ca rathaṃ haimaṃ pradadyācchoṇaśaṃbhave //
dadyātkṛtvā mahāpūjāṃ tata evārpayennaraḥ

pūjyo rāśiṣu meṣādiṣvaruṇetho viśeṣataḥ //
siṃduvāraiḥ kurabakaiḥ kakubhaiḥ pāṭalaiḥ kramāt

kuṭajairnīpakusumairjīvaṃtīmallikādibhiḥ //
saroruhairdamanakairnadyāvartasaroruhaiḥ

paṃcāmṛtena snapayannubhayoruparāgayoḥ //
paṃcākṣareṇa kurvīta śoṇanāthasya bhaktitaḥ

snapanaṃ pañcagavyena dvayorayanayorapi //
ṣaḍakṣareṇa kurvīta gavyena snapanakriyām

praṇavenaiva kurvīta kṣīreṇa snapanakriyām //
aruṇācalanāthasya bhaktyā viṣuvayordvayoḥ //

prāhṇe syādrudratulasī madhyāhne kṛtamālakam //
aparāhṇe mallikā ca śoṇādrīśasya śasyate

addhodaye ca snapayetsahasrakalaśodakaiḥ //
śatarudrīyamuccārya śrīśoṇācalaśaṃbhave

śivarātrau viśeṣeṇa triśikhairbilvapatrakaiḥ //
kamalaiḥ karṇikāraiśca jāgarūko yateṃdriyaḥ

gītavāditranṛtyaiśca divyāgamavidhānataḥ //
pūjayedapavargārthaṃ śoṇaśaile maheśvaram

māsi pauṣe ca devasya kuryādāgneyamutsavam //
navānnairupadaṃśādyairvyāhṛtīruccaranbudhaḥ

vaiśākhe ca viśākhāyāṃ śivataṃtrānusārataḥ//
śoṇācaleśvarasyāsya kuryāddamanakotsavam

prābodhika mārgaśīrṣe prātarnirmāya sāmabhiḥ //
mahāpūjāṃ prakurvīta śoṇaśailasya bhaktimān

śanipradoṣeṣvārdrāsu vyatīpāteṣu parvasu //
somārkavārayoścārcecchoṇādrīśaṃ yathāgamama

dīkṣopanayanodvāhaputrajanmādikeṣvapi //
viśeṣapūjāṃ kurvīta śoṇanāthasya bhaktimān

api svajanmanakṣatre saṃpatsvāpatsu bhītiṣu //
praveśanirgamanayoścārcanīyo'ruṇeśvaraḥ

vraticakrāgame pādabaṃdhane navavaibhave //
aruṇeśārcanaṃ kuryādabhiyāneṣu ca dviṣām

smaredatidavīyāṃścetpaśyetparyaṃtago yadi //
sthitaścedaruṇakṣetre trikālaṃ pūjayecchivam

kimanyadvada vatseti uddhṛtya bhujamucyate //
aruṇakṣetrato nānyadalaṃ svargāpavargayoḥ

smaraṇena manaḥśrotre śravaṇāddarśanādṛśauḥ //
jihvāṃ ca kīrttanācchoṇakṣetraṃ sadyaḥ punātyalam

aruṇesminmahākṣetre dehibhirlabdhajanmabhiḥ //
jīvadbhirlabhyate bhogo mokṣaśconmuktajīvitaiḥ

anyatra muktadehānāmapyatra śrāddhakarmaṇā //
api pāpātmanāṃ puṃsāmapavargo bhaviṣyati

ayodhyāṃ mathurāṃ māyāṃ kāśīṃ kāṃcīmavaṃtikām //
dvārakāṃ cāruṇakṣetramatiśete na saṃśayaḥ

ityuktavaṃtaṃ ca śilādaputraṃ mṛkaṇḍusūnuḥ punarapyuvāca //
māhātmyametanmahanīyakīrte bhūyopi pṛcchāmi vadasva mahyam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe kāmyakarmavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ