Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 10

DB 11 10.1

भस्ममाहात्म्ये पाशुपतव्रतवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच आग्नेयं गौणमज्ञानध्वंसकं ज्ञानसाधकम् । गौणं नानाविधं विद्धि ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मविदांवर

bhasmamāhātmye pāśupatavratavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca āgneyaṃ gauṇamajñānadhvaṃsakaṃ jñānasādhakam | gauṇaṃ nānāvidhaṃ viddhi brahmanbrahmavidāṃvara

In the Glorification of Ash, the description of the Pāśupata vow. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The secondary (gauṇa) ash born of fire destroys ignorance and brings about knowledge; know that the secondary kind is of many sorts, O brahmin, best of the knowers of brahman.

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DB 11 10.2

अग्निहोत्राग्निजं तद्वद्विरजानलजं मुने । औपासनसमुत्पन्नं समिदग्निसमुद्भवम्

agnihotrāgnijaṃ tadvadvirajānalajaṃ mune | aupāsanasamutpannaṃ samidagnisamudbhavam

(Ash) born of the agnihotra fire, likewise that born of the virajā fire, O sage, that produced from the domestic worship fire, that arising from the kindling-wood fire,

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DB 11 10.3

पचनाग्निसमुत्पन्नं दावानलसमुद्भवम् । त्रैवर्णिकानां सर्वेषामग्निहोत्रसमुद्भवम्

pacanāgnisamutpannaṃ dāvānalasamudbhavam | traivarṇikānāṃ sarveṣāmagnihotrasamudbhavam

that produced from the cooking fire, that arising from a forest fire — for all the members of the three (twice-born) classes, (the ash) arising from the agnihotra,

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DB 11 10.4

विरजानलजं चैव धार्यं भस्म महामुने । औपासनसमुत्पन्नं गृहस्थानां विशेषतः

virajānalajaṃ caiva dhāryaṃ bhasma mahāmune | aupāsanasamutpannaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

and that born of the virajā fire, is the ash to be worn, O great sage; that produced from the domestic worship fire is especially (for) householders.

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DB 11 10.5

समिदग्निसमुत्पन्नं धार्यं वै ब्रह्मचारिणा । शूद्राणां श्रोत्रियागारपचनाग्निसमुद्भवम्

samidagnisamutpannaṃ dhāryaṃ vai brahmacāriṇā | śūdrāṇāṃ śrotriyāgārapacanāgnisamudbhavam

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 11 10.6

अन्येषामपि सर्वेषां धार्यं दावानलोद्भवम् । कालश्चित्रा पौर्णमासी देशः स्वीयः परिग्रहः

anyeṣāmapi sarveṣāṃ dhāryaṃ dāvānalodbhavam | kālaścitrā paurṇamāsī deśaḥ svīyaḥ parigrahaḥ

For all the others too, (the ash) produced from a forest fire is to be worn. The time is the full-moon day (conjoined with the asterism) Citrā; the place, one's own holding.

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DB 11 10.7

क्षेत्रारामाद्यरण्यं वा प्रशस्तः शुभलक्षणः । तत्र पूर्वत्रयोदश्यां सुस्नातः सुकृताह्निकः

kṣetrārāmādyaraṇyaṃ vā praśastaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ | tatra pūrvatrayodaśyāṃ susnātaḥ sukṛtāhnikaḥ

Or a field, a garden, and so forth, or a forest — (any place) that is commended and of auspicious marks; there, on the thirteenth of the earlier (fortnight), having bathed well and duly performed the daily rites,

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DB 11 10.8

अनुज्ञाप्य स्वमाचार्यं संपूज्य प्रणिपत्य च । पूजां वैशेषिकीं कृत्वा शुक्लाम्बरधरः स्वयम्

anujñāpya svamācāryaṃ saṃpūjya praṇipatya ca | pūjāṃ vaiśeṣikīṃ kṛtvā śuklāmbaradharaḥ svayam

Having obtained the permission of his own teacher, and having worshipped him and bowed down (to him), (and) having performed a special act of worship, himself clad in white garments —

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DB 11 10.9

शुद्धयज्ञोपवीती च शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः । दर्भासने समासीनो दर्भमुष्टिं प्रगृह्य च

śuddhayajñopavītī ca śuklamālyānulepanaḥ | darbhāsane samāsīno darbhamuṣṭiṃ pragṛhya ca

Wearing a pure sacred thread, with white garlands and (white) unguents, seated on a seat of darbha grass and holding a handful of darbha,

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DB 11 10.10

प्राणायामत्रयं कृत्वा प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः । ध्यात्वा देवं च देवीं च तद्विज्ञापनवर्त्मना भस्ममाहात्म्ये पाशुपतव्रतवर्णनं नाम दशमोऽध्यायः

prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ | dhyātvā devaṃ ca devīṃ ca tadvijñāpanavartmanā bhasmamāhātmye pāśupatavratavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

Having performed three breath-restraints, facing east or else facing north, and having meditated on the God and the Goddess, by way of making (his intention) known to them — (thus ends) the tenth chapter, called "The Description of the Pāśupata Vow," in the Glorification of Ashes.

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DB 11 10.11

व्रतमेतत्करोमीति भवेत्सङ्कल्पदीक्षितः । यावच्छरीरपातं वा द्वादशाब्दमथापि वा

vratametatkaromīti bhavetsaṅkalpadīkṣitaḥ | yāvaccharīrapātaṃ vā dvādaśābdamathāpi vā

Saying "I undertake this vow," he should become consecrated by the resolve — either until the body falls, or else for twelve years,

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DB 11 10.12

तदर्धं वा तदर्धं वा मासद्वादशकं तु वा । तदर्धं वा तदर्धं वा मासमेकमथापि वा

tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsadvādaśakaṃ tu vā | tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsamekamathāpi vā

Or half of that, or half of that again, or twelve months; or half of that, or half of that again, or even a single month.

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DB 11 10.13

दिनद्वादशकं वापि दिनषट्कमथापि वा । तदर्धं दिनमेकं वा व्रतसङ्कल्पनावधि

dinadvādaśakaṃ vāpi dinaṣaṭkamathāpi vā | tadardhaṃ dinamekaṃ vā vratasaṅkalpanāvadhi

Or twelve days, or else six days, or half of that, or a single day — such is the limit of the vow's resolve.

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DB 11 10.14

अग्निमाधाय विधिवद्विरजाहोमकारणात् । हुत्वाऽऽज्येन समिद्भिश्च चरुणा च यथाविधि

agnimādhāya vidhivadvirajāhomakāraṇāt | hutvā''jyena samidbhiśca caruṇā ca yathāvidhi

Having established the fire according to the rule, for the purpose of performing the virajā-oblation, and having offered, as prescribed, with clarified butter, with kindling-sticks, and with the caru (cooked oblation) —

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DB 11 10.15

पूताहात्पुरतो भूयस्तत्त्वानां शुद्धिमुद्दिशन् । जुहुयान्मूलमन्त्रेण तैरेव समिदादिभिः

pūtāhātpurato bhūyastattvānāṃ śuddhimuddiśan | juhuyānmūlamantreṇa taireva samidādibhiḥ

After that purifying (offering), again, before (proceeding further), intending the purification of the elements (tattvas), he should offer oblations with the root-mantra, using those same kindling-sticks and the rest.

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DB 11 10.16

तत्त्वान्येतानि मे देहे शुध्यन्तामित्यनुस्मरन् । पश्चाद्भूतादितन्मात्राः पञ्चकर्मेन्द्रियाणि च

tattvānyetāni me dehe śudhyantāmityanusmaran | paścādbhūtāditanmātrāḥ pañcakarmendriyāṇi ca

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 11 10.17

ज्ञानकर्मविभेदेन पञ्च पञ्च विभागशः । त्वगादिधातवः सप्त पञ्च प्राणादिवायवः

jñānakarmavibhedena pañca pañca vibhāgaśaḥ | tvagādidhātavaḥ sapta pañca prāṇādivāyavaḥ

(the organs) five and five separately, by the division into (organs of) knowledge and of action; the seven constituent elements, skin and the rest; the five winds, prāṇa and the rest;

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DB 11 10.18

मनो बुद्धिरहङ्कारो गुणाः प्रकृतिपूरुषौ । रागो विद्या कला चैव नियतिः काल एव च

mano buddhirahaṅkāro guṇāḥ prakṛtipūruṣau | rāgo vidyā kalā caiva niyatiḥ kāla eva ca

Mind, intellect, ego-sense, the qualities (guṇas), Nature and Person; attachment (rāga), knowledge (vidyā), (the principle of) part (kalā), constraint (niyati), and time as well —

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DB 11 10.19

माया च शुद्धविद्या च महेश्वरसदाशिवौ । शक्तिश्च शिवतत्त्वं च तत्त्वानि क्रमशो विदुः

māyā ca śuddhavidyā ca maheśvarasadāśivau | śaktiśca śivatattvaṃ ca tattvāni kramaśo viduḥ

Māyā and pure knowledge (śuddhavidyā), Maheśvara and Sadāśiva, Śakti and the Śiva-principle — these they know as the principles (tattvas), in order.

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DB 11 10.20

मन्त्रैस्तु विरजैर्हुत्वा होतासौ विरजो भवेत् । अथ गोमयमादाय पिण्डीकृत्याभिमन्त्र्य च

mantraistu virajairhutvā hotāsau virajo bhavet | atha gomayamādāya piṇḍīkṛtyābhimantrya ca

But having offered oblations with the viraja mantras, that sacrificer becomes free of impurity. Then, taking cow dung, forming it into a ball and consecrating it with mantras,

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DB 11 10.21

न्यस्याग्नौ तं च संरक्ष्य दिने तस्मिन् हविष्यभुक् । प्रभाते च चतुर्दश्यां कृत्वा सर्वं पुरोदितम्

nyasyāgnau taṃ ca saṃrakṣya dine tasmin haviṣyabhuk | prabhāte ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ puroditam

Having placed (the ball of cow-dung) in the fire and preserved it, on that day he should eat (only) sacrificial food; and at dawn on the fourteenth, having performed everything stated before,

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DB 11 10.22

तस्मिन्दिने निराहारः कालशेषं समापयेत् । प्रातः पर्वणि चाप्येवं कृत्वा होमावसानतः

tasmindine nirāhāraḥ kālaśeṣaṃ samāpayet | prātaḥ parvaṇi cāpyevaṃ kṛtvā homāvasānataḥ

On that day, taking no food, he should pass the remainder of the time; and in the morning, on the parvan day too, having done likewise up to the conclusion of the fire-offering,

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DB 11 10.23

उपसंहृत्य रुद्राग्निं गृहीत्वा भस्म यत्नतः । ततश्च जटिलो मुण्डः शिखैकजट एव च

upasaṃhṛtya rudrāgniṃ gṛhītvā bhasma yatnataḥ | tataśca jaṭilo muṇḍaḥ śikhaikajaṭa eva ca

Having withdrawn (i.e. extinguished) the Rudra-fire and carefully taken up the ashes, then (being) matted-haired, or shaven, or with a single topknot-lock,

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DB 11 10.24

भूत्वा स्नात्वा पुनर्वीतलज्जश्चेत्स्याद्दिगम्बरः । अन्यः काषायवसनश्चर्मचीराम्बरोऽथवा

bhūtvā snātvā punarvītalajjaścetsyāddigambaraḥ | anyaḥ kāṣāyavasanaścarmacīrāmbaro'thavā

Having become (one of these) and having bathed, if he is again free of shame he may go sky-clad (naked); another (wears) an ochre garment, or is clothed in hide or in strips of bark.

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DB 11 10.25

एकाम्बरो वल्कलवान्भवेद्दण्डी च मेखली । प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ पश्चाद्द्विराचम्यात्मनस्तनुम्

ekāmbaro valkalavānbhaveddaṇḍī ca mekhalī | prakṣālya caraṇau paścāddvirācamyātmanastanum

He should wear a single garment, or bark cloth, and carry a staff and a girdle; having washed both feet, then sipping water twice, (he should rub) his own body —

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DB 11 10.26

सङ्कलीकृत्य तद्भस्म विरजानलसम्भवम् । अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मन्त्रैः षड्भिराथर्वणैः क्रमात्

saṅkalīkṛtya tadbhasma virajānalasambhavam | agnirityādibhirmantraiḥ ṣaḍbhirātharvaṇaiḥ kramāt

— having gathered into a lump that ash which arose from the Virajā fire, with the six Atharvan mantras beginning 'agniḥ...' in due order,

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DB 11 10.27

विमृज्याङ्गानि मूर्धादिचरणान्तं च तैः स्पृशेत् । ततस्तेन क्रमेणैव समुद्धूल्य च भस्मना

vimṛjyāṅgāni mūrdhādicaraṇāntaṃ ca taiḥ spṛśet | tatastena krameṇaiva samuddhūlya ca bhasmanā

having wiped his limbs, he should touch (himself) with them from the head down to the feet; then, having dusted himself with that ash in that same order,

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DB 11 10.28

सर्वाङ्गोद्धूलनं कुर्यात्प्रणवेन शिवेन वा । ततश्च पुण्ड्रं रचयेत्त्रियायुषसमाह्वयम्

sarvāṅgoddhūlanaṃ kuryātpraṇavena śivena vā | tataśca puṇḍraṃ racayettriyāyuṣasamāhvayam

he should perform the dusting of all his limbs with the praṇava or with the Śiva (mantra); and then he should make the mark called triyāyuṣa.

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DB 11 10.29

शिवभावं समागम्य शिवभावमथाचरेत् । कुर्यात्त्रिसन्ध्यमप्येवमेतत्पाशुपतं व्रतम्

śivabhāvaṃ samāgamya śivabhāvamathācaret | kuryāttrisandhyamapyevametatpāśupataṃ vratam

Having attained the state of Śiva, he should then practise the state of Śiva; he should do this at the three junctures of the day as well — this is the Pāśupata vow.

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DB 11 10.30

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं चैव पशुत्वं विनिवर्तयेत् । तत्पशुत्वं परित्यज्य कृत्वा पाशुपतं व्रतम्

bhuktimuktipradaṃ caiva paśutvaṃ vinivartayet | tatpaśutvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam

And it bestows enjoyment and liberation, and it puts an end to the condition of a bound beast; having abandoned that beast-condition, having performed the Pāśupata vow,

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DB 11 10.31

पूजनीयो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिः सदाशिवः । भस्मस्नानं महापुण्यं सर्वसौख्यकरं परम्

pūjanīyo mahādevo liṅgamūrtiḥ sadāśivaḥ | bhasmasnānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvasaukhyakaraṃ param

Mahādeva, Sadāśiva whose form is the liṅga, is to be worshipped. The bath of ashes is greatly meritorious, supreme, producing every happiness,

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DB 11 10.32

आयुष्यं बलमारोग्यं श्रीपुष्टिवर्धनं यतः । रक्षार्थं मङ्गलार्थं च सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धये

āyuṣyaṃ balamārogyaṃ śrīpuṣṭivardhanaṃ yataḥ | rakṣārthaṃ maṅgalārthaṃ ca sarvasampatsamṛddhaye

since (it gives) long life, strength, and health, and increases prosperity and thriving — (it is done) for protection, for auspiciousness, and for the abundance of all wealth.

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DB 11 10.33

भस्मस्निग्धमनुष्याणां महामारीभयं न च । शान्तिकं पौष्टिकं भस्म कामदं च त्रिधा भवेत्

bhasmasnigdhamanuṣyāṇāṃ mahāmārībhayaṃ na ca | śāntikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ bhasma kāmadaṃ ca tridhā bhavet

For men anointed with ash there is no fear of great pestilence. Ash is threefold: pacifying, strengthening, and wish-granting.

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