Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.125

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla ravitīrthamanuttamam /
yatra devaḥ sahasrāṃśustapastaptvā divaṃ gataḥ

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
kathaṃ devo jagaddhātā sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ /
tapastapati deveśastāpaso bhāskaro raviḥ

ārādhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvadevaiśca pūjitaḥ /
pratyakṣo dṛśyate loke sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ

ādityatvaṃ kathaṃ prāptaḥ kathaṃ bhāskara ucyate /
sarvametatsamāsena kathayasva mamānagha

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
mahāpraśno mahārāja yastvayā paripṛcchitaḥ /
tatsarvaṃ sampravakṣyāmi namaskṛtya svayambhuvam

āsīdidaṃ tamobhūtamaprajñātamalakṣaṇam /
apratarkyamavijñeyaṃ prasuptamiva sarvataḥ

tatastejaśca divyaṃ ca taptapiṇḍamanuttamam /
ākāśāttu yathaivolkā sṛṣṭihetoradhomukhī

tattejaso'ntaḥ puruṣaḥ saṃjātaḥ sarvabhūṣitaḥ /
sa śivo'pāṇipādaśca yena sarvamidaṃ tatam

tasyotpannasya bhūtasya tejo rūpasya bhārata /
paścātprajāpatirbhūyaḥ kālaḥ kālāntareṇa vai

agnirjātaḥ sa bhūtānāṃ manuṣyāsurarakṣasām /
sarvadevādhidevaśca ādityastena cocyate

ādau tasya namaskāro'nyeṣāṃ ca tadanantaram /
kriyate daivataiḥ sarvaistena sarvairmaharṣibhiḥ

tisraḥ sandhyāstrayo devāḥ sāṃnidhyāḥ sūryamaṇḍale /
namaskṛtena sūryeṇa sarve devā namaskṛtāḥ

na divā na bhavedrātriḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam /
ayanaṃ cottaraṃ cāpi bhāskareṇa vinā nṛpa

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam /
na vartate vinā sūryaṃ tena pūjyatamo raviḥ

śabdagāḥ śrutimukhyāśca brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ /
pratyakṣo bhagavāndevo dṛśyate lokapāvanaḥ

utpattiḥ pralayasthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam /
hetureko jagannātho nānyo vidyeta bhāskarāt

evamātmabhavaṃ kṛtvā jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
lokānāṃ tu hitārthāya sthāpayeddharmapaddhatim

narmadātaṭamāśritya sthāpayitvātmanastanum /
sahasrāṃśuṃ nidhiṃ dhāmnāṃ jagāmākāśamavyayam

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram /
sahasrakiraṇaṃ devaṃ nāmamantravidhānataḥ

tena taptaṃ hutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam /
tena samyagvidhānena samprāptaṃ paramaṃ padam

te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam /
snātvā ye narmadātoye devaṃ paśyanti bhāskaram

tathā devasya rājendra ye kurvanti pradakṣiṇam /
ananyabhaktyā satataṃ trirakṣarasamanvitāḥ

tena pūtaśarīrāste mantreṇa gatapātakāḥ /
yatpuṇyaṃ ca bhavetteṣāṃ tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

sasamudraguhā tena saśailavanakānanā /
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā sarvā pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ

mantramūlamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram /
tena mantravihīnaṃ tu kāryaṃ loke na sidhyati

yathā kāṣṭhamayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ /
kāryārthaṃ naiva sidhyeta tathā karma hyamantrakam

bhasmahutaṃ pārtha yathā toyavivarjitam /
niṣphalaṃ jāyate dānaṃ tathā mantravivarjitam

kāṣṭhapāṣāṇaloṣṭeṣu mṛnmayeṣu viśeṣataḥ /
mantreṇa loke pūjāṃ tu kurvanti na hyamantrataḥ

dvādaśābdānnamaskārādbhaktyā yallabhate phalam /
mantrayuktanamaskārātsakṛttallabhate phalam

saṃkrāntau ca vyatīpāte ayane viṣuve tathā /
narmadāyā jale snātvā yastu pūjayate ravim

dvādaśābdena yatpāpamajñānajñānasaṃcitam /
tatkṣaṇānnaśyate sarvaṃ vahninā tu tuṣaṃ yathā

candrasūryagrahe snātvā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
tatrādityamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

māghamāse tu samprāpte saptamyāṃ nṛpasattama /
sopavāso jitakrodha uṣitvā sūryamandire

prātaḥ snātvā vidhānena dadātyarghaṃ divākare /
vidhinā mantrayuktena sa labhetpuṇyamuttamam

pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ kṛtvā hyudakatarpaṇam /
mandire devadevasya tataḥ pūjāṃ samācaret

gandhaiḥ puṣpaistathā dhūpairdīpanaivedyaśobhanaiḥ /
pūjayitvā jagannāthaṃ tato mantramudīrayet

viṣṇuḥ śakro yamo dhātā mitro'tha varuṇastathā /
vivasvānsavitā pūṣā caṇḍāṃśurbharga eva ca

iti dvādaśanāmāni japankṛtvā pradakṣiṇām /
yatphalaṃ labhate pārtha tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

daridro vyādhito mūko badhiro jaḍa eva ca /
na bhavetsapta janmāni ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

evaṃ jñātvā vidhānena japanmantraṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ /
ārādhayedraviṃ bhaktyā ya icchetpuṇyamuttamam

mantrahīnāṃ tu yaḥ kuryādbhaktiṃ devasya bhārata /
sa viḍambati cātmānaṃ paśukīṭapataṅgavat

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścittyajate dehamuttamam /
sa gatastatra devaistu pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

svecchayā suciraṃ kālamiha loke nṛpo bhavet

putrapautrasamāyukto hastyaśvarathasaṅkulaḥ /
dāsīdāsaśatopeto jāyate vipule kule

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