Matsya Purana — Chapter 99
MtP 99.1
शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि विष्णोर्व्रतमनुत्तमम् विभूतिद्वादशी नाम सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम्
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi viṣṇorvratamanuttamam vibhūtidvādaśī nāma sarvadevanamaskṛtam
Listen, Nārada: I shall declare the unsurpassed observance of Viṣṇu called the Vibhūti-dvādaśī, which is saluted by all the gods.
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MtP 99.2
कार्त्तिके चैत्रवैशाखे मार्गशीर्षे च फाल्गुने आषाढे वा दशम्यां तु शुक्लायां लघुभुङ्नरः कृत्वा सायन्तनीं संध्यां गृह्णीयान्नियमं बुधः
kārttike caitravaiśākhe mārgaśīrṣe ca phālgune āṣāḍhe vā daśamyāṃ tu śuklāyāṃ laghubhuṅnaraḥ kṛtvā sāyantanīṃ saṃdhyāṃ gṛhṇīyānniyamaṃ budhaḥ
In Kārttika, in Caitra or Vaiśākha, in Mārgaśīrṣa and in Phālguna, or in Āṣāḍha, on the tenth of the bright fortnight, a man should eat lightly, and the wise one, having performed the evening twilight rite, should take up the vow.
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MtP 99.3
एकादश्यां निराहारः समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम् द्वादश्यां द्विजसंयुक्तः करिष्ये भोजनं विभो
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya janārdanam dvādaśyāṃ dvijasaṃyuktaḥ kariṣye bhojanaṃ vibho
"On the eleventh, fasting, having duly worshipped Janārdana, on the twelfth, together with brāhmaṇas, I shall take food, O Lord."
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MtP 99.4
तदविघ्नेन मे यातु सफलं स्याच्च केशव नमो नारायणायेति वाच्यं च स्वपता निशि
tadavighnena me yātu saphalaṃ syācca keśava namo nārāyaṇāyeti vācyaṃ ca svapatā niśi
"Let that (vow) proceed for me without obstacle and become fruitful, O Keśava" — and "Homage to Nārāyaṇa" is to be uttered by him as he goes to sleep at night.
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MtP 99.5
ततः प्रभात उत्थाय कृतस्नानजपः शुचिः पूजयेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः
tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ pūjayetpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ
Then, rising at dawn, having bathed and murmured his prayers, purified, he should worship the lotus-eyed one with white garlands and unguents.
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MtP 99.6
विभूतये नमः पादाव् अशोकाय च जानुनी नमः शिवायेत्यूरू च विश्वमूर्ते नमः कटिम्
vibhūtaye namaḥ pādāv aśokāya ca jānunī namaḥ śivāyetyūrū ca viśvamūrte namaḥ kaṭim
"Homage to Vibhūti" — the feet; "and to Aśoka" — the knees; "homage to Śiva" — the thighs; "homage to Viśvamūrti" — the waist.
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MtP 99.7
कन्दर्पाय नमो मेढ्रम् आदित्याय नमः करौ दामोदरायेत्युदरं वासुदेवाय च स्तनौ
kandarpāya namo meḍhram ādityāya namaḥ karau dāmodarāyetyudaraṃ vāsudevāya ca stanau
"Homage to Kandarpa" — the generative organ; "homage to Āditya" — the two hands; "to Dāmodara" — the belly; "and to Vāsudeva" — the breasts.
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MtP 99.8
माधवायेत्युरो विष्णोः कण्ठम् उत्कण्ठिने नमः श्रीधराय मुखं केशान् केशवायेति नारद
mādhavāyetyuro viṣṇoḥ kaṇṭham utkaṇṭhine namaḥ śrīdharāya mukhaṃ keśān keśavāyeti nārada
"To Mādhava" — the chest of Viṣṇu; "homage to Utkaṇṭhin" — the throat; "to Śrīdhara" — the face; "to Keśava" — the hair, O Nārada.
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MtP 99.9
पृष्ठं शार्ङ्गधरायेति श्रवणौ वरदाय वै स्वनाम्ना शङ्खचक्रासिगदाजलजपाणये शिरः सर्वात्मने ब्रह्मन् नम इत्यभिपूजयेत्
pṛṣṭhaṃ śārṅgadharāyeti śravaṇau varadāya vai svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrāsigadājalajapāṇaye śiraḥ sarvātmane brahman nama ityabhipūjayet
"To Śārṅgadhara" — the back; "to Varada" — the two ears; and by his own name, "to him whose hands hold the conch, discus, sword, mace and lotus"; the head — "homage to the Self of all," O brahman: thus should he worship (the god).
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MtP 99.10
मत्स्यमुत्पलसंयुक्तं हैमं कृत्वा तु शक्तितः उदकुम्भसमायुक्तम् अग्रतः स्थापयेद्बुधः
matsyamutpalasaṃyuktaṃ haimaṃ kṛtvā tu śaktitaḥ udakumbhasamāyuktam agrataḥ sthāpayedbudhaḥ
Having made, according to his means, a golden fish together with a lotus, the wise man should set it down in front (of the god), along with a pot of water.
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MtP 99.11
गुडपात्रं तिलैर्युक्तं सितवस्त्राभिवेष्टितम् रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद् इतिहासकथादिना
guḍapātraṃ tilairyuktaṃ sitavastrābhiveṣṭitam rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryād itihāsakathādinā
(He should place) a vessel of molasses mixed with sesame, wrapped round with white cloth; at night he should keep vigil with legends, stories and the like.
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MtP 99.12
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां ब्राह्मणाय कुटुम्बिने सकाञ्चनोत्पलं देवं सोदकुम्भं निवेदयेत्
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine sakāñcanotpalaṃ devaṃ sodakumbhaṃ nivedayet
And when night has turned to dawn, he should present to a brāhmaṇa who has a family the god together with the golden lotus and the water-pot.
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MtP 99.13
यथा न मुच्यसे देव सदा सर्वविभूतिभिः तथा मामुद्धराशेषदुःखसंसारकर्दमात्
yathā na mucyase deva sadā sarvavibhūtibhiḥ tathā māmuddharāśeṣaduḥkhasaṃsārakardamāt
"As you, O god, are never abandoned by all forms of prosperity, so lift me out of the mire of transmigration with all its sorrow."
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MtP 99.14
दशावताररूपाणि प्रतिमासं क्रमान्मुने दत्तात्रेयं तथा व्यासम् उत्पलेन समन्वितम् दद्यादेवं समा यावत् पाषण्डानभिवर्जयेत्
daśāvatārarūpāṇi pratimāsaṃ kramānmune dattātreyaṃ tathā vyāsam utpalena samanvitam dadyādevaṃ samā yāvat pāṣaṇḍānabhivarjayet
The forms of the ten avatāras, month by month in order, O sage, and likewise Dattātreya and Vyāsa, each accompanied by a lotus — thus he should give for a full year, avoiding heretics.
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MtP 99.15
समाप्यैवं यथाशक्त्या द्वादश द्वादशीः पुनः संवत्सरान्ते लवणपर्वतेन समन्विताम् शय्यां दद्यान्मुनिश्रेष्ठ गुरवे धेनुसंयुताम्
samāpyaivaṃ yathāśaktyā dvādaśa dvādaśīḥ punaḥ saṃvatsarānte lavaṇaparvatena samanvitām śayyāṃ dadyānmuniśreṣṭha gurave dhenusaṃyutām
Having thus completed, according to his ability, the twelve dvādaśīs, then at the end of the year he should give, O best of sages, a bed together with a mountain of salt and with a milch cow to his teacher.
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MtP 99.16
ग्रामं च शक्तिमान्दद्यात् क्षेत्रं वा भवनान्वितम् गुरुं सम्पूज्य विधिवद् वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः
grāmaṃ ca śaktimāndadyāt kṣetraṃ vā bhavanānvitam guruṃ sampūjya vidhivad vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ
And one who is able should give a village, or a field together with a house, having duly honoured the teacher with clothes, ornaments and adornments.
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MtP 99.17
अन्यानपि यथाशक्त्या भोजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान् तर्पयेद् वस्त्रगोदानै रत्नौघधनसंचयैः अल्पवित्तो यथाशक्त्या स्तोकं स्तोकं समाचरेत्
anyānapi yathāśaktyā bhojayitvā dvijottamān tarpayed vastragodānai ratnaughadhanasaṃcayaiḥ alpavitto yathāśaktyā stokaṃ stokaṃ samācaret
Having fed other excellent brāhmaṇas too according to his means, he should gratify them with gifts of clothes and cows and with heaps of jewels and stores of wealth; one of little wealth should do it, as he can, little by little.
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MtP 99.18
यश्चाप्यतीव निःस्वः स्याद् भक्तिमान्माधवं प्रति पुष्पार्चनविधानेन स कुर्याद्वत्सरद्वयम्
yaścāpyatīva niḥsvaḥ syād bhaktimānmādhavaṃ prati puṣpārcanavidhānena sa kuryādvatsaradvayam
And he who is utterly destitute, yet devoted to Mādhava, should perform it for two years by the procedure of worship with flowers.
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MtP 99.19
अनेन विधिना यस्तु विभूतिद्वादशीव्रतम् कुर्यात्पापविनिर्मुक्तः पितॄणां तारयेच्छतम्
anena vidhinā yastu vibhūtidvādaśīvratam kuryātpāpavinirmuktaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tārayecchatam
But whoever performs the Vibhūti-dvādaśī observance by this rite is freed from sin and carries across a hundred of his forefathers.
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MtP 99.20
जन्मनां शतसाहस्रं न शोकफलभाग्भवेत् न च व्याधिर्भवेत्तस्य न दारिद्र्यं न बन्धनम् वैष्णवो वाथ शैवो वा भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
janmanāṃ śatasāhasraṃ na śokaphalabhāgbhavet na ca vyādhirbhavettasya na dāridryaṃ na bandhanam vaiṣṇavo vātha śaivo vā bhavejjanmani janmani
For a hundred thousand births he does not partake of the fruit of sorrow; he has neither disease nor poverty nor bondage; birth after birth he becomes a Vaiṣṇava or else a Śaiva.
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MtP 99.21
यावद्युगसहस्राणां शतमष्टोत्तरं भवेत् तावत्स्वर्गे वसेद्ब्रह्मन् भूपतिश्च पुनर्भवेत्
yāvadyugasahasrāṇāṃ śatamaṣṭottaraṃ bhavet tāvatsvarge vasedbrahman bhūpatiśca punarbhavet
For as long as a hundred and eight thousand yugas last, so long, O brahman, he dwells in heaven, and again becomes a lord of the earth.
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