Skanda Purana · Verses 2.25-2

// jaiminiruvāca // //
ityukte nāradaḥ so'tha yathāśāstraṃ vicārya vai //
ālekhya kramaśaḥ patre rājñe tasmai nyavedayat

rājāpi patraṃ tacchutvā so'vadhārya punaḥpunaḥ //
pradadau padmanidhaye likhitānyatra yāni vai

saṃpādaya padmanidhe śālāṃ svarṇamayīṃ kuru //
brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ divyaṃ brahmarṣīṇāṃ ca nirmalam

iṃdrādīnāṃ surāṇāṃ ca siddhānāṃ martyavāsinām //
munīṃdrāṇāṃ nivāsāya rājñāṃ pātālavāsinām

tathā ca nāgarājānāṃ nidhe trailokyavāsinām //
yathāyogyāsanairyuktaṃ gṛhaṃ gṛhamataṃdritaḥ

kārayāśu nidhe dravyasaṃbhāraṃ yāvadeva tu //
viśvakarmāpi ca tava sāhāyyaṃ racayiṣyati

ityādiśaṃtaṃ sa muniriṃdradyumnamuvāca vai //
saṃbhārānpṛthagetaddhi karttavyaṃ vyavadhānataḥ

svarṇaiḥ sughaṭitaṃ sādhurathatrayamalaṃkṛtam //
dukūlaratnamālādyairbahumūlyairdṛḍhaṃ mahat

śrīvāsudevasya ratho garuḍadhvajacihnitaḥ //
padmadhvajaḥ subhadrāyā rathamūrddhani dhāryatām

rathaḥ ṣoḍaśacakrastu viṣṇoḥ kāryaḥ prayatnataḥ //
caturdaśa balasyaiva subhadrāyāstu dvādaśa

hastaṣoḍaśavistāro rathaścakradharasya tu //
caturdaśa balasyaiva subhadrāyāstu dvādaśa

āsanaṃ jagatāṃ bhūyaḥ svayaṃ svāsanavigrahaḥ //
tadyāne jagatāṃ nāśastato yānaṃ na vidyate

paśyeccarācaraṃ viśvaṃ jñānādaśa(tha?) sunirmale //
sthito hastatale nityaṃ nirmalastasya darpaṇaḥ

talasthatvādasau tālaḥ sadā tenāṃkitaḥ prabhuḥ //
tataḥ sa eva śeṣasya balabhadrāvatāriṇaḥ

athavā sīriṇaḥ kāryaṃ sīrameva dhvajottamam //
dhvajaḥ sunirmalaḥ kāryastasmāttāladhvajo mataḥ

na vāsitavyo devo'sāvapratiṣṭhe rathe nṛpa //
prāsāde maṃḍape vāpi pure tanniṣphalaṃ bhavet

tasmātpratiṣṭhā prathamaṃ hareḥ kāryā rathasya vai //
saṃbhāraḥ kriyatāṃ tasya hyanuṣṭheyā mayā tu sā

ityājñāṃ matpiturlabdhvā śīghramāyāmyahaṃ nṛpa //
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ghaṭitaṃ syaṃdanatrayam

nidhisaṃpāditairdravyairekāhnādviśvakarmaṇā //
svakṣaṃ sucakraṃ sustaṃbhaṃ suvistīrṇaṃ sutoraṇam

sudhvajaṃ supatākaṃ ca nānācitramanoharam //
vicitrabaṃdhamithunaputtalīvalayānvitam

arddhahāṭakanirvyūḍhaṃ sākṣādravirathopamam //
meghagaṃbhīranirghoṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṣaguṇairyutam //
vātaraṃhohayairyuktaṃ śatasaṃkhyaiḥ sitaprabhaiḥ

yathāśāstravidhānena nāradena pratiṣṭhitam //
sulagne sumuhūrte ca sutithau jyotiṣodite

// munaya ūcuḥ // //
bhagavañjaimine brūhi sarvajñosi mato hi naḥ

vidhinā kena hi rathaḥ pratiṣṭhāpyo harerayam //
yathāvadvada no yena jānīmo vidhivistaram

// jaiminiruvāca // //
yathā pratiṣṭhitaṃ tena nāradena mahātmanā //
tadvo vadiṣyāmi vidhiṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ purā mayā

rathasyeśānadigbhāge śālāṃ kṛtvā suśobhanām //
tanmadhye maṇḍapaṃ kṛtvā vediṃ tatra sunirmalām

caturasrā caturhastamitāṃ hastocchritāṃ dvijāḥ //
pratiṣṭhāpūrvadivase rātrāvuttarataḥ śubhe

muhūrte svasti vācyātha kārayedaṃkurārpaṇam //
dvātriṃśaddevatābhyaśca baliṃ dattvā yathāvidhi

prātastato vedikāyāṃ madhye maṇḍalamālikhet //
padmaṃ vā svastikaṃ vāpi kumbhaṃ tatra nidhāpayet

pañcadrumakaṣāyaṃ ca tanmadhye pūrayetsudhīḥ //
gaṃgādipuṇyatoyāni pallavānsa samṛttikāḥ

sarvagaṃdhānpañcaratnasarvauṣadhigaṇaṃ tathā //
pūrayitvā vidhānena ācāryaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ śuciḥ

viṣṇuṃ smaranpaṃcagavyaṃ paścādapi prapūrayet //
dukūlaveṣṭitaṃ kaṇṭhe mālyairgaṃdhaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ

phalapallavasaṃyuktaṃ kṛtakautukamaṃgalam //
pūrayettatra deveśaṃ narasiṃhamanāmayam

maṃtrarājenavidhivadupacāraistathāṃtaraiḥ //
prārthayitvā prasādāya tasminnāvāhya taṃ harim

bāhyopacārairvividhaiḥ pūjayedvidhivaddvijāḥ //
vāyavyāṃ tasya kumbhasya samidājyacaruṃ tathā

aṣṭottarasahasraṃ ca juhuyādvidhivadguruḥ //
saṃpātānprāpayettatra kumbhamadhye tadantataḥ

rathaṃ suśobhanaṃ kṛtvā patākāgaṃdhamālyakaiḥ //
sarvāṃgaṃ secayettasya gaṃdhacandanavāribhiḥ

dhūpayetkālāguruṇā śaṃkhakāhālanisvanaiḥ //
dhvaje tasya nṛsiṃhasya pratiṣṭhāpya samīraṇam

pūjayitvā vidhānena raktasraggaṃdhamālyakaiḥ //
imaṃ maṃtraṃ samuccārya suparṇaṃ prārthayettataḥ

yo viśvaprāṇahetustanurapi ca hareryānaketusvarūpoyaṃ saṃcityaiva sadyaḥ svayamuragavadhūvargagarbhāḥ pataṃti //
caṃcaccaṇḍorutuṃḍatruṭita phaṇivasāraktapaṃkāṃkitāsyaṃ vande chandomayaṃ taṃ khagapatimamalaṃ svarṇavarṇaṃ suparṇam

brahmaghoṣaiḥ śaṃkhanādairnānāvādyasuvistaraiḥ //
rathamūrdhni sthāpayettaṃ cārusūktaṃ samuccaran

tasyopariṣṭāttaṃ kumbhaṃ samaṃtātplāvayanratham//
triruccaranmaṃtrarājaṃ secayedbrahmaṇā saha

tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ dadet //
ācāryaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādyena tuṣyati tadguruḥ

brāhmaṇānbhojayedante pāyasairmadhusarpiṣā //
dvādaśākṣaramaṃtreṇa balabhadrasya kārayet

lāṃgalaṃ ca paviravanmaṃtraḥ syāllāṃgaladhvaje //
athavā dviṣaḍvarṇopi mūlamantraḥ prakīrtitaḥ

lakṣmīsūktena bhadrāyāḥ pratiṣṭhāpyo rathastathā //
nābhihradānmurārestvaṃ brahmāṃḍāvalirūpadhṛk

āsanaṃ caturāsyasya śriyo vāsa sthiro bhava //
ima mantraṃ samuccārya dhvajapadmaṃ samucchrayet

iyānviśeṣo haviṣā trayāṇāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak //
paṃcapaṃcabhirhotavyamekaikaṃ tu vibhāgaśaḥ

itthaṃ rathānpratiṣṭhāpya suvarṇaṃ gāṃ ca vastrakam //
dhānyaṃ ca dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātsamyagdevasya bhaktitaḥ

evaṃ pratiṣṭhite tatra syaṃdane'tha subhūṣite //
āropya devaṃ vidhivadbrahmaghoṣapuraḥsaram

jayamaṃgalaśabdaiśca nānāvādyapuraḥsaraiḥ //
cāmarāṃdolanairdhūpaiḥ puṣpavṛṣṭibhireva ca

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyairnīyate sma rathaṃ prati //
hayaiḥ sulakṣaṇairdāṃtairbalīvardairathāpi vā

puruṣairviṣṇubhaktairvā netavyā hyapramādataḥ //
prīṇayitvā janaṃ sarvaṃ bhakṣyabhojyādilepanaiḥ

rathasyopari devebhyo balimantreṇa bho dvijāḥ //
baliṃ gṛhṇantu bho devā ādityā vasavastathā

marutaścāśvinau rudrāḥ suparṇāḥ pannagā grahāḥ //
asurā yātudhānāśca rathasthāścaiva devatāḥ

dikpālā lokapālāśca ye ca vighnavināyakāḥ //
jagataḥ svasti kurvaṃtu divyā maharṣayastathā

avighnamācaraṃtvete mā saṃtu paripaṃthinaḥ //
saumyā bhavaṃtu tṛptāśca daityā bhūtagaṇāstathā

tatastu nīyate devaḥ samabhūmau samuccaran //
maṃtraṃ vaiṣṇavagāyatrīṃ viṣṇoḥ sūktaṃ pavitrakam

vāmadevyaiḥ pavitraiśca mānastokyai rathaṃtaraiḥ //
tataḥ puṇyāhaghoṣeṇa kṛtavāditraniḥsvanam

śanaiḥ śanairatho neyo rathaḥ snehāttu cakriṇaḥ //
tatrotpātānpravakṣyāmi rathetra dvijasattamāḥ

īṣābhaṃge dvijabhayaṃ bhagne'kṣe kṣatriyakṣayaḥ //
tulābhaṃge vaiśyanāśaḥ śamyā śūdrabhayaṃ bhavet

dhurābhaṃge tvanāvṛṣṭiḥ pīṭhabhaṃge prajābhayam //
paracakrāgamaṃ vidyāccakrabhaṃge rathasya tu

dhvajasya patane viprā nṛpo'nyo jāyate dhuvam //
pratimābhaṃgatāyāṃ tu rājño maraṇamādiśet

paryaste tu rathe viprāḥ sarvajānapadakṣayaḥ //
utpanneṣvevamādyeṣu utpāteṣvaśubheṣu ca

balikarma punaḥ kuryācchāṃtihomaṃ tathaiva ca //
brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhūyo dadyādvānnāni caiva hi

pūrvottare ca digbhāge rathasyāgniṃ prakalpayeta //
samidbhirghṛtamadhvājyamūlāgrābhiśca homayet

pālāśābhirdvijaśreṣṭhā maṃtrarājena dīkṣitaḥ //
somāyāgnaye prajābhyaḥ prajānāṃ pataye tathā

grahebhyaśca brahmaṇe ca dikpālebhyastadaṃtataḥ //
yatra yatra rathe doṣāstatra tatra ca dīkṣitaḥ

juhuyātpratiṣṭhāmaṃtreṇa viśeṣaḥ sarvato bhavet //
brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitaḥ kuryāddhomāṃte śāṃtivācanam

svasti bhavatu viprebhyaḥ svastirājñe'stu nityaśaḥ //
gobhyaḥ svasti prajābhyastu jagataḥ śāṃtirastu vai

svastyastu dvipade nityaṃ śāṃtirastu catuṣpade //
śaṃ prajābhyastathaivāstu śaṃ tathātmani cāstu naḥ

śāṃtirastu ca devasya bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ śivaṃ tathā //
śāṃtirastu śivaṃ cāstu sarvataḥ svastirastu naḥ

tvaṃ deva jagataḥ sraṣṭā poṣṭā caiva tvameva hi //
prajāḥ pālaya deveśa śāṃtiṃ kuru jagatpate

yātrākāraṇabhūtasya puruṣasya ca bhūpate //
duṣṭāngrahāṃstu vijñāya grahaśāṃtiṃ samācaret

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ