Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 122

NarP 1 122.1

सनातन उवाच अथातऋ संप्रवक्ष्यामि त्रयोदश्या व्रतानि ते । यानि कृत्वा नरो भक्त्या सुभगो जायते भुवि

sanātana uvāca athātaṛ saṃpravakṣyāmi trayodaśyā vratāni te / yāni kṛtvā naro bhaktyā subhago jāyate bhuvi

Sanātana said: Now next I shall declare to you the vows of the thirteenth, by performing which with devotion a man is born fortunate on earth.

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NarP 1 122.2

मधौ शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां मदनं चन्दनात्मकम् । कृत्वा संपूज्य यत्नेन वीजेयव्द्यजनेन च

madhau śuklatrayodaśyāṃ madanaṃ candanātmakam / kṛtvā saṃpūjya yatnena vījeyavdyajanena ca

In Madhu (Caitra), on the bright thirteenth, having made (an image of) Madana out of sandalwood and worshipped it carefully, with fanning and with music,

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NarP 1 122.3

ततः संक्षुधितः कामः पुत्रपौत्रविवर्द्धनः । अनङ्गपूजाप्यत्रोक्ता तां निबोध मुनीश्वर

tataḥ saṃkṣudhitaḥ kāmaḥ putrapautravivarddhanaḥ / anaṅgapūjāpyatroktā tāṃ nibodha munīśvara

then Kāma, (being) stirred, becomes the increaser of sons and grandsons. The worship of Anaṅga is also told here—learn it, O lord of sages.

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NarP 1 122.4

सिन्दूररजनीरागैः फलके ऽनङ्गमालिखेत् । रतिप्रीतियुतं श्लक्ष्णं पुष्पचापेषुधारिणम्

sindūrarajanīrāgaiḥ phalake 'naṅgamālikhet / ratiprītiyutaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ puṣpacāpeṣudhāriṇam

With vermilion and turmeric-dyes one should draw Anaṅga on a board, graceful, accompanied by Rati and Prīti, bearing the flower-bow and arrows;

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NarP 1 122.5

कामदेवं वसन्तं च वाजिवक्त्रं वृषध्वजम् । मध्याह्ने पूजयेद्भक्त्या गन्धस्रग्भूषणांशुकैः

kāmadevaṃ vasantaṃ ca vājivaktraṃ vṛṣadhvajam / madhyāhne pūjayedbhaktyā gandhasragbhūṣaṇāṃśukaiḥ

Kāmadeva, and Vasanta, the horse-faced one, and the bull-bannered one—at midday one should worship (them) with devotion, with perfumes, garlands, ornaments and garments,

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NarP 1 122.6

क्षभ्यैर्नानाविधैश्चापि मन्त्रेणानेन नारद । नमो माराय कामाय कामदेवस्य मूर्त्तये

kṣabhyairnānāvidhaiścāpi mantreṇānena nārada / namo mārāya kāmāya kāmadevasya mūrttaye

and with various foods, and with this mantra, O Nārada: "Homage to Māra, to Kāma, to the form of Kāmadeva,

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NarP 1 122.7

ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवेन्द्राणां मनःभोभकराय वै । तत्तस्याग्रतो भक्त्या पूजयेदङ्गनापतिम्

brahmaviṣṇuśivendrāṇāṃ manaḥbhobhakarāya vai / tattasyāgrato bhaktyā pūjayedaṅganāpatim

to him who agitates the minds of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and Indra." Then, before him, one should worship with devotion the husband of the woman,

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NarP 1 122.8

वस्त्रमाल्याविभूषाद्यैः कामो ऽयमिति चिन्तयेत् । संपूज्य द्विजदांपत्यं गन्धवस्त्रविभूषणैः

vastramālyāvibhūṣādyaiḥ kāmo 'yamiti cintayet / saṃpūjya dvijadāṃpatyaṃ gandhavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ

with garments, garlands, ornaments and so on, thinking "this is Kāma"; having worshipped the brahmin couple with perfumes, garments and ornaments—

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NarP 1 122.9

एवं यः कुरुते विप्र वर्षे वर्षे महोत्सवम् । वसंतसमये प्राप्ते हृष्टः पुष्टः सदैव सः

evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra varṣe varṣe mahotsavam / vasaṃtasamaye prāpte hṛṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ sadaiva saḥ

whoever, O brahmin, thus performs this great festival year after year when the season of spring has come, he is ever glad and thriving.

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NarP 1 122.10

प्रतिमासं पूजयेद्वा यावद्वर्षं समाप्यते । मदनं हृद्भवं कामं मन्मथं च रतिप्रियम्

pratimāsaṃ pūjayedvā yāvadvarṣaṃ samāpyate / madanaṃ hṛdbhavaṃ kāmaṃ manmathaṃ ca ratipriyam

Or one may worship (him) month by month until the year is completed: Madana, Hṛdbhava, Kāma, Manmatha, and Ratipriya,

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NarP 1 122.11

अनङ्गं चैव कन्दर्पं पूजयेन्मकरध्वजम् । कुसुमायुधसंज्ञं च ततः पश्चान्मनोभवम्

anaṅgaṃ caiva kandarpaṃ pūjayenmakaradhvajam / kusumāyudhasaṃjñaṃ ca tataḥ paścānmanobhavam

and Anaṅga, and Kandarpa; one should worship Makaradhvaja, and him named Kusumāyudha, and thereafter Manobhava,

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NarP 1 122.12

विषमेषु तथा विप्र मालर्ताप्रियमित्यपि । अजाया दानमप्युक्तं स्नात्वा नद्या विधानतः

viṣameṣu tathā vipra mālartāpriyamityapi / ajāyā dānamapyuktaṃ snātvā nadyā vidhānataḥ

and Viṣameṣu, O brahmin, and also Mālartāpriya. The gift of a she-goat is also enjoined, after bathing in a river according to the rule.

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NarP 1 122.13

अजाः पयस्विनीर्दद्याद्दरिद्राय कुटुंबिने । भूयस्त्वनेन दानेन स लोके नैव जायते

ajāḥ payasvinīrdadyāddaridrāya kuṭuṃbine / bhūyastvanena dānena sa loke naiva jāyate

He should give milk-giving goats to a poor householder; by this gift he is never born again in the world.

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NarP 1 122.14

यदीयं शनिना युक्ता सा महावारुणी स्मृता । गङ्गायां यदि लभ्येत कोटिसूर्यग्रहाधिका

yadīyaṃ śaninā yuktā sā mahāvāruṇī smṛtā / gaṅgāyāṃ yadi labhyeta koṭisūryagrahādhikā

If this (day) is joined with Saturn, it is remembered as the Great Vāruṇī; if it is obtained at the Gaṅgā, it surpasses a crore of solar eclipses.

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NarP 1 122.15

शुभयोगः शतर्क्षं च शनौ कामे मधौ सिते । महामहेति विख्याता कुलकोटिविमुक्तिदा

śubhayogaḥ śatarkṣaṃ ca śanau kāme madhau site / mahāmaheti vikhyātā kulakoṭivimuktidā

An auspicious conjunction together with the Śatabhiṣaj asterism, on a Saturday, on the (thirteenth, Kāma's) day, in the bright fortnight of Madhu (Caitra) — (that day) is renowned as "Mahāmaha," and it grants liberation to ten million (members) of one's lineage.

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NarP 1 122.16

राधशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां कामदेवव्रतं स्मृतम् । तत्र गन्धादिभिः कामं पूजयेदुपवासवान्

rādhaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ kāmadevavrataṃ smṛtam / tatra gandhādibhiḥ kāmaṃ pūjayedupavāsavān

On the thirteenth of the bright half of Rādha (Vaiśākha) the vow of Kāmadeva is enjoined; on that (day) one who is fasting should worship Kāma with fragrances and the rest.

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NarP 1 122.17

प्रतिमासं ततः पश्चात्त्रयोदश्यां सिते दले । एवमेव व्रतं कार्यं वर्षान्ते गामलङ्कृताम्

pratimāsaṃ tataḥ paścāttrayodaśyāṃ site dale / evameva vrataṃ kāryaṃ varṣānte gāmalaṅkṛtām

Thereafter, month by month, on the thirteenth in the bright fortnight, the vow is to be performed in just this same way; and at the end of the year a cow, adorned,

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NarP 1 122.18

दद्याद्विप्राय सत्कृत्य व्रतसांगत्वसिद्धये । ज्येष्ठशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां दौर्भाग्यशमनं व्रतम्

dadyādviprāya satkṛtya vratasāṃgatvasiddhaye / jyeṣṭhaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ daurbhāgyaśamanaṃ vratam

(the performer) should give to a brahmin, honouring him, for the accomplishment of the completeness of the vow. On the thirteenth of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha is the vow that quells misfortune.

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NarP 1 122.19

तत्र स्नात्वा नदीतोये पूजयेच्छुचिदेशजम् । श्वेतमन्दारमर्कं वा करवीरं च रक्तकम्

tatra snātvā nadītoye pūjayecchucideśajam / śvetamandāramarkaṃ vā karavīraṃ ca raktakam

On that (day), having bathed in the water of a river, one should worship (a tree) grown in a clean spot — a white mandāra, or an arka, or a red karavīra.

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NarP 1 122.20

निरीक्ष्य गगने सूर्यं प्रार्थयेन्मन्त्रतस्तदा । मन्दारकरवीरार्का भवन्तो भास्करांशजाः

nirīkṣya gagane sūryaṃ prārthayenmantratastadā / mandārakaravīrārkā bhavanto bhāskarāṃśajāḥ

Then, gazing at the sun in the sky, one should make the request with the formula: "You, mandāra, karavīra and arka, are born of a portion of the Sun;

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NarP 1 122.21

पूजिता मम दौर्भाग्यं नाशयन्तु नमो ऽस्तु वः । इत्थं योर्ऽचयते भक्त्या वर्षे वर्षे द्रुमत्रयम्

pūjitā mama daurbhāgyaṃ nāśayantu namo 'stu vaḥ / itthaṃ yor'cayate bhaktyā varṣe varṣe drumatrayam

being worshipped, may you destroy my misfortune; homage be to you." Whoever thus worships the three trees with devotion year after year —

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NarP 1 122.22

नश्यते तस्य दौर्भाग्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । शुचिशुक्लत्रयोदश्यामेकभक्तं समाचरेत्

naśyate tasya daurbhāgyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / śuciśuklatrayodaśyāmekabhaktaṃ samācaret

his misfortune is destroyed; no doubt is to be entertained here. On the thirteenth of the bright half of Śuci (Āṣāḍha) one should observe (the rule of) a single meal,

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NarP 1 122.23

पूजयित्वा जगन्नाथावुमामाहेश्वरी तनूः । हैम्यौ रौप्यौ च मृन्मप्यौ यथाशक्त्या विधाय च

pūjayitvā jagannāthāvumāmāheśvarī tanūḥ / haimyau raupyau ca mṛnmapyau yathāśaktyā vidhāya ca

having worshipped the two lords of the world in the forms of Umā and Maheśvara — (images) of gold, or of silver, or of clay, having made them according to one's means —

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NarP 1 122.24

सिंहोक्षस्थे देवगृहे गोष्ठे ब्राह्मणवेश्मनि । स्थापयित्वा प्रतिष्ठाप्य दैवमन्त्रेण नारद

siṃhokṣasthe devagṛhe goṣṭhe brāhmaṇaveśmani / sthāpayitvā pratiṣṭhāpya daivamantreṇa nārada

and having set (them) up on (a seat) supported by a lion and a bull, in a temple, in a cow-pen, or in a brahmin's house, and consecrated (them) with the deity's formula, O Nārada —

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NarP 1 122.25

ततः पञ्चदिनं पूजा चैकभक्तं व्रतं तथा । तृतीयदिवसे प्रातः स्नात्वा संपूज्य तौ पुनः

tataḥ pañcadinaṃ pūjā caikabhaktaṃ vrataṃ tathā / tṛtīyadivase prātaḥ snātvā saṃpūjya tau punaḥ

thereafter worship for five days, and likewise the vow of a single meal; on the third day, in the morning, having bathed and worshipped the two again,

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NarP 1 122.26

समर्पणीयौ विप्राय वेदवेदाङ्गशालिने । वर्षे वर्षे ततः पश्चाद्विधेयं वर्षपञ्चकम्

samarpaṇīyau viprāya vedavedāṅgaśāline / varṣe varṣe tataḥ paścādvidheyaṃ varṣapañcakam

the two (images) are to be presented to a brahmin distinguished in the Vedas and the Vedic ancillaries. Then afterwards it is to be performed year after year for five years.

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NarP 1 122.27

तदन्ते धेनुयुग्मेन सहितौ तौ प्रदापयेत् । इत्थं नरो वा नारी वा कृत्वा व्रतमिदं शुभम्

tadante dhenuyugmena sahitau tau pradāpayet / itthaṃ naro vā nārī vā kṛtvā vratamidaṃ śubham

At the end of that, he should have those two (images) given along with a pair of milch cows. A man or a woman who thus performs this auspicious vow

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NarP 1 122.28

नैव दांपत्यविच्छेदं लभते सप्तजन्मसु । नभः शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां रतिकामव्रतं शुभम्

naiva dāṃpatyavicchedaṃ labhate saptajanmasu / nabhaḥ śuklatrayodaśyāṃ ratikāmavrataṃ śubham

never meets with the sundering of the married state through seven births. On the thirteenth of the bright half of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa) is the auspicious vow of Rati and Kāma,

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NarP 1 122.29

वैधव्यवारणं स्त्रीणां तथा संतानवर्धनम् । कृतोपवासा कन्यैव नारी वा द्विजसत्तम

vaidhavyavāraṇaṃ strīṇāṃ tathā saṃtānavardhanam / kṛtopavāsā kanyaiva nārī vā dvijasattama

which averts widowhood for women and likewise increases offspring. A maiden, or a married woman, having undertaken the fast, O best of the twice-born,

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NarP 1 122.30

ताम्रे वा मृन्मये वापि सौवर्णे राजते तथा । रतिकामौ प्रविन्यस्य गन्धाद्यैः सम्यगर्चयेत्

tāmre vā mṛnmaye vāpi sauvarṇe rājate tathā / ratikāmau pravinyasya gandhādyaiḥ samyagarcayet

should set the two, Rati and Kāma, upon (a plate) of copper, or of clay, or of gold, or of silver, and worship (them) duly with fragrances and the rest.

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NarP 1 122.31

ततस्तु द्विजदांपत्यं चतुर्दश्यां निमन्त्र्य च । सतकृत्य भोज्य प्रतिमे दद्यात्ताभ्यां सदक्षिणे

tatastu dvijadāṃpatyaṃ caturdaśyāṃ nimantrya ca / satakṛtya bhojya pratime dadyāttābhyāṃ sadakṣiṇe

Then, having invited a brahmin couple on the fourteenth and honoured and fed (them), she should give them the two images along with the sacrificial fee.

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NarP 1 122.32

एवं चतुर्दशाब्दं च कृत्वा व्रतमनुत्तमम् । धेनुयुग्मान्विते देये व्रतसंपूर्तिहेतवे

evaṃ caturdaśābdaṃ ca kṛtvā vratamanuttamam / dhenuyugmānvite deye vratasaṃpūrtihetave

Having thus performed this most excellent vow for fourteen years, the two (images) are to be given together with a pair of milch cows, for the sake of the vow's completion.

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NarP 1 122.33

भाद्रशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां गोत्रिरात्रव्रतं स्मृतम् । लक्ष्मीनारायणं कृत्वा सौवर्णं वापि राजतम्

bhādraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ gotrirātravrataṃ smṛtam / lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ kṛtvā sauvarṇaṃ vāpi rājatam

On the thirteenth of the bright half of Bhādra the three-night vow for (obtaining) cows is enjoined: having made (an image of) Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa of gold or of silver,

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NarP 1 122.34

पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य मण्डले ऽष्टदले शुभे । पीठे विन्यस्य वस्त्राढ्यं गन्धाद्यैः परिपूजयेत्

pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya maṇḍale 'ṣṭadale śubhe / pīṭhe vinyasya vastrāḍhyaṃ gandhādyaiḥ paripūjayet

having bathed (it) with the five nectars, and having set (it), richly clothed, on a seat in an auspicious eight-petalled diagram, one should worship it fully with fragrances and the rest.

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NarP 1 122.35

आरार्तिकं ततः कृत्वा दद्यात्सान्नोदकं घटम् । एवं दिनत्रयं कृत्वा व्रतान्ते मासमर्च्य च

ārārtikaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dadyātsānnodakaṃ ghaṭam / evaṃ dinatrayaṃ kṛtvā vratānte māsamarcya ca

Then, having performed the waving of the lamp, one should give a pot along with food and water. Having done thus for three days, and having worshipped for a month, at the end of the vow —

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NarP 1 122.36

सम्यगर्थं च संपाद्य दद्यान्मन्त्रेण नारद । पञ्चगावः समुत्पन्ना मथ्यमाने महोदधौ

samyagarthaṃ ca saṃpādya dadyānmantreṇa nārada / pañcagāvaḥ samutpannā mathyamāne mahodadhau

— and having duly prepared the requisite goods, he should give (them) with the mantra, Nārada: "Five cows arose when the great ocean was being churned;

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NarP 1 122.37

तासां मध्ये तु या नन्दा तस्यै धेन्वै नमो नमः । प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ततो दद्याद्विप्राय मन्त्रतः

tāsāṃ madhye tu yā nandā tasyai dhenvai namo namaḥ / pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tato dadyādviprāya mantrataḥ

among them she who is Nandā — to that cow, homage, homage." Then, having circumambulated (her), he should give (her) to a brahmin with the mantra:

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NarP 1 122.38

गावो ममाग्रतः सन्तु गावो मे संतु पृष्ठतः । गावो मे पार्श्वतः संतु गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम्

gāvo mamāgrataḥ santu gāvo me saṃtu pṛṣṭhataḥ / gāvo me pārśvataḥ saṃtu gavāṃ madhye vasāmyaham

"May cows be before me, may cows be behind me, may cows be at my sides; I dwell in the midst of cows."

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NarP 1 122.39

ततश्च द्विजदांपत्यं सम्यगभ्यर्च्य भोजयेत् । लक्ष्मीनारायणं तस्मै सत्कृत्य प्रतिपादयेत्

tataśca dvijadāṃpatyaṃ samyagabhyarcya bhojayet / lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ tasmai satkṛtya pratipādayet

And thereafter he should duly honour a brahmin couple and feed them; having honoured (them), he should present to him (an image of) Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa.

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NarP 1 122.40

अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च । कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति गोत्रिरात्रव्रताच्च तत्

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca / kṛtvā yatphalamāpnoti gotrirātravratācca tat

Whatever fruit one obtains by performing a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred rājasūyas, that (one obtains) from the three-night cow vow.

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NarP 1 122.41

इषे शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां त्रिरात्रशोककव्रतम् । हैमं ह्यशोकं निर्माय पूजयित्वा विधानतः

iṣe śuklatrayodaśyāṃ trirātraśokakavratam / haimaṃ hyaśokaṃ nirmāya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ

In the month of Āśvina, on the bright thirteenth, (falls) the three-night aśoka vow: having fashioned a golden aśoka (tree) and worshipped it according to the prescription,

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NarP 1 122.42

उपवासपरा नारी नित्यं कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणाः । अष्टोत्तरशतं विप्र मन्त्रेणानेन सादरम्

upavāsaparā nārī nityaṃ kuryātpradakṣiṇāḥ / aṣṭottaraśataṃ vipra mantreṇānena sādaram

a woman intent on fasting should daily make circumambulations, a hundred and eight (of them), O brahmin, respectfully, with this mantra:

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NarP 1 122.43

हरेण निर्मितः पूर्वं त्वमशोक कृपालुना । लोकोपकारकरणस्तत्प्रसीद शिवप्रिय

hareṇa nirmitaḥ pūrvaṃ tvamaśoka kṛpālunā / lokopakārakaraṇastatprasīda śivapriya

"You, O aśoka, were fashioned of old by the compassionate Hara, as a doer of benefit to the world; therefore be gracious, O beloved of Śiva."

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NarP 1 122.44

ततस्तृतीये दिवसे वृक्षे तस्मिन्वृषध्वजम् । समभ्यर्च्य विधानेन द्विजं संभोज्य दापयेत्

tatastṛtīye divase vṛkṣe tasminvṛṣadhvajam / samabhyarcya vidhānena dvijaṃ saṃbhojya dāpayet

Then on the third day, having duly worshipped the Bull-bannered One (Śiva) in that tree, he should feed a brahmin and have (the gift) given (to him).

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NarP 1 122.45

एवं कृतव्रता नारी वैधव्यं नाप्नुयात्क्वचित् । पुत्रपौत्रादि सहिता भर्तुश्च स्यात्सुवल्लभा

evaṃ kṛtavratā nārī vaidhavyaṃ nāpnuyātkvacit / putrapautrādi sahitā bhartuśca syātsuvallabhā

A woman who has thus performed the vow will never meet with widowhood; accompanied by sons and grandsons and the rest, she will be well beloved of her husband.

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NarP 1 122.46

ऊर्ज्जकृष्णत्रयोदश्यामेकभक्तः समाहितः । प्रदोषे तैलदीपं तु प्रज्वाल्याभ्यर्च्य यत्नतः

ūrjjakṛṣṇatrayodaśyāmekabhaktaḥ samāhitaḥ / pradoṣe tailadīpaṃ tu prajvālyābhyarcya yatnataḥ

On the dark thirteenth of Kārttika, eating a single meal and concentrated, at dusk, having kindled an oil lamp and carefully worshipped it,

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NarP 1 122.47

गृहद्वारे बहिर्दद्याद्यमो मे प्रीयतामिति । एवं कृते तु विप्रेन्द्र यमपीडा न जायते

gṛhadvāre bahirdadyādyamo me prīyatāmiti / evaṃ kṛte tu viprendra yamapīḍā na jāyate

he should set it outside at the house door, (saying) "Let Yama be pleased with me." When this is done, O chief of brahmins, affliction from Yama does not arise.

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NarP 1 122.48

ऊर्ज्शुक्लत्रयोदश्यामेकभोजी द्विजोत्तम । पुनः स्नात्वा प्रदोषे तु वाग्यतः सुसमाहितः

ūrjśuklatrayodaśyāmekabhojī dvijottama / punaḥ snātvā pradoṣe tu vāgyataḥ susamāhitaḥ

On the bright thirteenth of Kārttika, eating a single meal, O best of brahmins, having bathed again, at dusk, restrained in speech and well concentrated,

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NarP 1 122.49

प्रदीपानां सहस्रेण शतेनाप्यथवा द्विज । प्रदीपयेच्छिवं वापि द्वात्रिंशद्दीपमालया

pradīpānāṃ sahasreṇa śatenāpyathavā dvija / pradīpayecchivaṃ vāpi dvātriṃśaddīpamālayā

one should light up (the place) with a thousand lamps, or even with a hundred, O twice-born, or (should light up) Śiva with a garland of thirty-two lamps.

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NarP 1 122.50

घृतेन दीपयेद्द्वीपान्गन्धाद्यैः पूजयेच्छिवम् । फलैर्नानाविधैश्चैव नैवेद्यैरपि नारद

ghṛtena dīpayeddvīpāngandhādyaiḥ pūjayecchivam / phalairnānāvidhaiścaiva naivedyairapi nārada

One should light the lamps with ghee and worship Śiva with perfumes and the rest, and with fruits of various kinds, and with food-offerings too, O Nārada.

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NarP 1 122.51

ततः स्तुवीत देवेशं शिवं नाम्नां शतेन च । तानि नामानि कीर्त्यन्ते सर्वाभीष्टप्रदानि वै

tataḥ stuvīta deveśaṃ śivaṃ nāmnāṃ śatena ca / tāni nāmāni kīrtyante sarvābhīṣṭapradāni vai

Then let him praise the lord of gods, Śiva, with a hundred names; those names, which grant every desire, are (now) recited:

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NarP 1 122.52

नमो रुद्राय भीमाय नीलकण्ठाय वेधसे । कपर्द्दिने सुरेशाय व्योमकेशाय वै नमः

namo rudrāya bhīmāya nīlakaṇṭhāya vedhase / kaparddine sureśāya vyomakeśāya vai namaḥ

Homage to Rudra, to Bhīma, to the Blue-throated, to the Creator; to the Braided-haired, to the Lord of gods, to Him whose hair is the sky — homage indeed.

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NarP 1 122.53

वृषध्वजाय सोमाय सोमनाथाय वै नमः । दिगंबराय भृङ्गाय उमाकान्ताय वर्द्धिने

vṛṣadhvajāya somāya somanāthāya vai namaḥ / digaṃbarāya bhṛṅgāya umākāntāya varddhine

Homage to the Bull-bannered, to Soma, to Somanātha indeed; to the Sky-clad, to Bhṛṅga, to the Beloved of Umā, to the Increaser.

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NarP 1 122.54

तपोमयाय व्याप्ताय शिपिविष्याय वै नमः । व्यालप्रियाय व्यालाय व्यालानां पतये नमः

tapomayāya vyāptāya śipiviṣyāya vai namaḥ / vyālapriyāya vyālāya vyālānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to Him who is made of ascetic heat, to the All-pervading, to Śipiviṣṭa indeed; to Him who loves serpents, to the Serpent, to the Lord of serpents — homage.

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NarP 1 122.55

महीधराय व्योमाय पशूनां पतये नमः । त्रिपुरघ्नाय सिंहाय शार्दूलायार्षभाय च

mahīdharāya vyomāya paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ / tripuraghnāya siṃhāya śārdūlāyārṣabhāya ca

Homage to the bearer of the earth, to the sky, to the lord of beasts; to the destroyer of the three cities, to the lion, to the tiger, and to the bull.

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NarP 1 122.56

मिताय मितनाथाय सिद्धाय परमेष्ठिने । वेदगीताय गुप्ताय वेदगुह्याय वै नमः

mitāya mitanāthāya siddhāya parameṣṭhine / vedagītāya guptāya vedaguhyāya vai namaḥ

Homage to the measured one, to the lord of the measured, to the accomplished one, to the supreme lord; to him who is sung of in the Vedas, to the hidden one, to the secret of the Vedas.

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NarP 1 122.57

दीर्घाय दीर्घरूपाय दीर्घार्थाय महीयसे । नमो जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय व्योमरूपाय वै नमः

dīrghāya dīrgharūpāya dīrghārthāya mahīyase / namo jagatpratiṣṭhāya vyomarūpāya vai namaḥ

To the long one, to him of long form, to him whose aim is far-reaching, to the greatest one; homage to the foundation of the world, homage indeed to him whose form is space.

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NarP 1 122.58

कल्याणाय विशिष्याय शिष्टाय परमात्मने । गजकृत्ति धरायाथ अन्धकासुरभेदिने

kalyāṇāya viśiṣyāya śiṣṭāya paramātmane / gajakṛtti dharāyātha andhakāsurabhedine

To the auspicious one, to the distinguished one, to the well-ordered one, to the supreme Self; and then to the wearer of the elephant hide, to the render of the demon Andhaka.

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NarP 1 122.59

नीललोहितशुक्लाय चडमुण्डप्रियाय च । भक्तिप्रियाय देवाय यज्ञान्तायाव्ययाय च

nīlalohitaśuklāya caḍamuṇḍapriyāya ca / bhaktipriyāya devāya yajñāntāyāvyayāya ca

To him who is dark-blue, red and white, and to him who is fond of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa; to the god who loves devotion, to him who is the end of sacrifice, and to the imperishable one.

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NarP 1 122.60

महेशाय नमस्तुभ्यं महादेवहराय च । त्रिनेत्राय त्रिवेदाय वेदाङ्गाय नमो नमः

maheśāya namastubhyaṃ mahādevaharāya ca / trinetrāya trivedāya vedāṅgāya namo namaḥ

Homage to you, the great lord, and to Hara the great god; to the three-eyed one, to him who is the three Vedas, to him who is the limbs of the Veda, homage upon homage.

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NarP 1 122.61

अर्थायार्थस्वरूपाय परमार्थाय वै नमः । विश्वरूपाय विश्वाय विश्वनाथाय वै नमः

arthāyārthasvarūpāya paramārthāya vai namaḥ / viśvarūpāya viśvāya viśvanāthāya vai namaḥ

To the goal, to him whose form is the goal, to the highest goal, homage indeed; to him whose form is the universe, to the universe, to the lord of the universe, homage indeed.

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NarP 1 122.62

शङ्कराय च कालाय कालावयवरूपिणे । अरूपाय विरूपाय सूक्ष्मसूक्ष्माय वै नमः

śaṅkarāya ca kālāya kālāvayavarūpiṇe / arūpāya virūpāya sūkṣmasūkṣmāya vai namaḥ

And to Śaṅkara, to Time, to him who takes the form of the divisions of time; to the formless one, to the misshapen one, to the subtlest of the subtle, homage indeed.

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NarP 1 122.63

श्मशानवासिने तुभ्यं नमस्ते कृत्तिवाससे । शशाङ्कशेखरायाथ रुद्रभूमिश्रिताय च

śmaśānavāsine tubhyaṃ namaste kṛttivāsase / śaśāṅkaśekharāyātha rudrabhūmiśritāya ca

Homage to you who dwell in the cremation ground, homage to you clothed in a hide; and then to him who wears the moon as his crest, and to him who resides in Rudra's ground.

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NarP 1 122.66

दुर्गाय दुर्गपाराय दुर्गावयवसाक्षिणे । लिङ्गरूपाय लिङ्गाय लिङ्गानपतये नमः ॥ नर्प्_१,१२२।६४ ॥ नमः प्रभावरूपाय प्रभावार्थाय वै नमः ॥ नर्प्_१,१२२।६५ ॥ नमो नमः कारणकारणाय ते मृत्युञ्जयायात्मभवस्वरूपिणे । त्रियंबकाय शितिकण्ठभार्गिणे गौरीयुजे मङ्गलहेतवे नमः

durgāya durgapārāya durgāvayavasākṣiṇe / liṅgarūpāya liṅgāya liṅgānapataye namaḥ // narp_1,122.64 // namaḥ prabhāvarūpāya prabhāvārthāya vai namaḥ // narp_1,122.65 // namo namaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya te mṛtyuñjayāyātmabhavasvarūpiṇe / triyaṃbakāya śitikaṇṭhabhārgiṇe gaurīyuje maṅgalahetave namaḥ

To the impassable one, to him who is beyond what is hard to cross, to the witness of the parts of the fortress; to him whose form is the liṅga, to the liṅga, to the lord of the liṅgas, homage. Homage to him whose form is power, homage indeed to him whose purpose is power. Homage, homage to you, the cause of causes, the conqueror of death, whose form is the self's own becoming; to the three-eyed one, to the dark-throated bearer of the Bhārgī(?), to him joined with Gaurī, to the source of well-being, homage.

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NarP 1 122.67

नाम्नां शतमिदं विप्र पिनाकिगुणकीर्तनम् । पठित्वा दक्षिणीकृत्य प्रायान्निजनिकेतनम्

nāmnāṃ śatamidaṃ vipra pinākiguṇakīrtanam / paṭhitvā dakṣiṇīkṛtya prāyānnijaniketanam

O brahmin, having recited this hundred of names, which proclaims the qualities of the bearer of the Pināka, and having made the circumambulation to the right, he went to his own dwelling.

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NarP 1 122.68

एवं कृत्वा व्रतं विप्र महादेवप्रसादतः । भुक्त्वेह भोगानखिलानन्ते शिवपदं लभेत्

evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra mahādevaprasādataḥ / bhuktveha bhogānakhilānante śivapadaṃ labhet

Having performed the observance thus, O brahmin, by the grace of Mahādeva, having enjoyed all enjoyments here, in the end one attains the state of Śiva.

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NarP 1 122.69

मार्गशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां यो ऽनङ्गं विधिना यजेत् । त्रिकालमेककालं वा शिवसंगमसंभवम्

mārgaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ yo 'naṅgaṃ vidhinā yajet / trikālamekakālaṃ vā śivasaṃgamasaṃbhavam

Whoever, on the thirteenth of the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa, worships the Bodiless One (Kāma) according to the rule—at the three times of day or at one time—(that worship) brings about union with Śiva.

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NarP 1 122.70

गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैस्तु पूजयित्वा विधानतः । घटे मङ्गलपट्टे वा भोजयेद्द्विजदंपती

gandhādyairupacāraistu pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ / ghaṭe maṅgalapaṭṭe vā bhojayeddvijadaṃpatī

Having worshipped (him) according to the prescription with perfumes and the other services, on a pot or on an auspicious cloth, he should feed a brahmin couple.

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NarP 1 122.72

ततश्च दक्षिणां दत्वा स्वयमेकाशनं चरेत् । एवं कृते तु विधिवद्व्रती सौभाग्यभाजनः ॥ नर्प्_१,१२२।७१ ॥ जायते भुवि विप्रेन्द्र महादेवप्रसादतः ॥ नर्प्_१,१२२।७१ ॥ पौषशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां समभ्यर्च्याच्युतं हरिम् । घृतपात्रं द्विजेन्द्राय प्रदद्यात्सर्वसिद्धये

tataśca dakṣiṇāṃ datvā svayamekāśanaṃ caret / evaṃ kṛte tu vidhivadvratī saubhāgyabhājanaḥ // narp_1,122.71 // jāyate bhuvi viprendra mahādevaprasādataḥ // narp_1,122.71 // pauṣaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ samabhyarcyācyutaṃ harim / ghṛtapātraṃ dvijendrāya pradadyātsarvasiddhaye

And then, having given the fee, he himself should take a single meal. When this is done according to rule, the observer of the vow becomes a vessel of good fortune on earth, O best of brahmins, by the grace of Mahādeva. On the thirteenth of the bright fortnight of Pauṣa, having duly worshipped Hari the imperishable, one should give a vessel of ghee to a foremost brahmin, for the accomplishment of all things.

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NarP 1 122.73

माघशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां समारभ्य दिनत्रयम् । माघस्नानव्रतं विप्र नानाकामफलावहम्

māghaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ samārabhya dinatrayam / māghasnānavrataṃ vipra nānākāmaphalāvaham

Beginning on the thirteenth of the bright fortnight of Māgha, for three days, (there is) the vow of bathing in Māgha, O brahmin, which brings the fruits of various desires.

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NarP 1 122.74

प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहं स्नातस्य यत्फलम् । नाश्वमेघसहस्रेण तत्फलं लभते भुवि

prayāge māghamāse tu tryahaṃ snātasya yatphalam / nāśvameghasahasreṇa tatphalaṃ labhate bhuvi

The fruit that belongs to one who has bathed for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha—that fruit one does not obtain on earth by a thousand horse sacrifices.

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NarP 1 122.75

तत्र स्नानं जपो होमो दानं चानन्त्यमश्नुते । फआल्गुने तु सिते पक्षे त्रयोदश्यामुपोषितः

tatra snānaṃ japo homo dānaṃ cānantyamaśnute / phaālgune tu site pakṣe trayodaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

There bathing, muttered prayer, oblation and giving attain endlessness. And in the bright fortnight of Phālguna, fasting on the thirteenth,

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NarP 1 122.76

नमस्कृत्य जगन्नाथं प्रारंभे धनदव्रतम् । महाराजं यक्षपतिं गन्धाद्यैरुपचारकैः

namaskṛtya jagannāthaṃ prāraṃbhe dhanadavratam / mahārājaṃ yakṣapatiṃ gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ

having bowed to the Lord of the world, at the outset (one should undertake) the vow of the Giver of Wealth: (worshipping) the great king, the lord of the Yakṣas, with perfumes and the other services—

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NarP 1 122.77

लिखितं वर्णकैः पट्टे पूजयेद्भक्तिभावतः । एवं शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां प्रतिमासं द्विजोत्तम

likhitaṃ varṇakaiḥ paṭṭe pūjayedbhaktibhāvataḥ / evaṃ śuklatrayodaśyāṃ pratimāsaṃ dvijottama

—(the god) drawn with pigments on a cloth, one should worship with a feeling of devotion. Thus on the thirteenth of the bright fortnight, every month, O best of brahmins,

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NarP 1 122.78

संपूजयेत्सोपवासश्चैकभुक्तो भवेन्नरः । ततो व्रतान्ते तु पुनः सौवर्णं धननायकम्

saṃpūjayetsopavāsaścaikabhukto bhavennaraḥ / tato vratānte tu punaḥ sauvarṇaṃ dhananāyakam

A man should perform the worship while fasting, or else eating but once. Then, at the end of the vow, again (he should make) a golden lord of wealth (Kubera).

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NarP 1 122.79

विधाय निधिभिः सार्द्धं सौवर्णाभिर्द्विजोत्तम । उपचारैः षोडशभिः स्नानैः पञ्चामृतादिभिः

vidhāya nidhibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sauvarṇābhirdvijottama / upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ snānaiḥ pañcāmṛtādibhiḥ

Having fashioned (it) together with the golden treasures, O best of the twice-born, with the sixteen services, with bathings in the five nectars and the rest,

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NarP 1 122.80

नैवेद्यैर्विविधैर्भक्त्या पूजयेत्तु समाहितः । ततो धेनुमलङ्कृत्य वस्त्रस्रग्गन्धभूषणैः

naivedyairvividhairbhaktyā pūjayettu samāhitaḥ / tato dhenumalaṅkṛtya vastrasraggandhabhūṣaṇaiḥ

and with various food-offerings, one should worship with devotion, concentrated. Then, having adorned a cow with cloth, garland, perfume and ornaments,

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NarP 1 122.81

सवत्सां दापयेद्विप्र सम्यग्वेदविदे शुभाम् । संभोज्य विप्रान्मिष्टान्नैर्द्वादशाथ त्रयोदश

savatsāṃ dāpayedvipra samyagvedavide śubhām / saṃbhojya viprānmiṣṭānnairdvādaśātha trayodaśa

he should give the auspicious (cow) with its calf, O brahmin, to one well versed in the Veda; and having fed twelve or thirteen brahmins with sweet food,

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NarP 1 122.82

गुरुं समर्च्य वस्त्राद्यैः प्रतिमां तां निवेदयेत् । द्विजेभ्यो दक्षणां शक्त्या दत्वा नत्वा विसृज्य च

guruṃ samarcya vastrādyaiḥ pratimāṃ tāṃ nivedayet / dvijebhyo dakṣaṇāṃ śaktyā datvā natvā visṛjya ca

having honoured the teacher with garments and other (gifts), he should present that image to him; and having given the brahmins fees according to his ability, and bowed, and dismissed (them) —

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