Chapter 16

sūta uvāca || |
vṛkṣādīnāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca uttameṣūttamaṃ caret |
madhyemadhye kaniṣṭhā tu kaniṣṭhaṃ parikīrtitam || 1 ||
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vartulaṃ maṃḍalaṃ kuryāttattu śīrṣe tathāntyake |
madhye vā vedikāṃ kuryāttanmadhye kuṃḍamaṃḍalam || 2 ||
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pūrvedyū rātrisamaye ghaṭaṃ saṃsthāpya pūjayet |
śeṣaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivatpṛthivīṃ ca śivaṃ tathā || 3 ||
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gaṃdhatoyena gāyatryā setuṃ saṃpūjya mokṣayet |
kayāneti ca mantreṇa āpyāyasveti vai ṛcā || 4 ||
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dadyādgandhādikaṃ śrīśca te lakṣmīriti candanam |
dūrvāmantreṇa dūrvāśca phalamantreṇa vai phalam || 5 ||
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śannodevīti mantreṇa dadyātkuśapavitrakam |
surāsureti mantreṇa pradadyādvastrayugmakam || 6 ||
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añjanālaktakaṃ kuryānmanonnā iti saṃpaṭhan |
kuryācchrāddhaṃ paradine vasudhārāpuraḥsaram || 7 ||
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varayedatha ācāryaṃ hotāraṃ nṛvaraścaret |
pātradvayaṃ vidhātavyaṃ sadasyācāryameva ca || 8 ||
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setuyāge vidhātavyaṃ tathā dhānyācalepi ca |
sahasrahome vaikaṃ tu vivāhe brahmaṛtvijau || 9 ||
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yajedenaṃ kṛte mauliyāgārthaṃ yāgamaṃḍapam |
vedimāvāhayetpūrvaṃ maṃḍapaṃ pratipūjayet || 10 ||
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vighnagrahāṃllokapālānsarvasiddhipradāyakān |
sthaṃḍile sarvatobhadre śeṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ pradarśayet || 11 ||
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tatraiva tu varāhākhyaṃ pratītamṛtviguttamam |
sthālīpākena juhuyādaṣṭāviṃśatikatrayam || 12 ||
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ājyena tu varāhasya homapañcakamīritam |
tatastilayavenaiva ekaikāmāhutiṃ kramāt || 13 ||
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baliṃ dadyātpṛthagrūpaṃ śeṣayedvidhipūrvakam |
piṣṭakānnaṃ ghṛtānnaṃ ca vistare vā guḍaudanam || 14 ||
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māṣabhaktaṃ tu lokāya pṛthivyai paramānnakam |
vākyapūrvaṃ sṛjeddhīro vākyaprakaraṇaṃ śṛṇu || 15 ||
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baddhāṃñjaliḥ paṭhenmantraṃ kuryācca vidhivattataḥ |
picchile patitānāṃ ca udgatenāṅgabhaṅgataḥ |
pratiṣṭhite dharmasetau dharmo me syānna pātakam || 16 ||
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setorasya prabandhasya śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ |
ye cātra prāṇinaḥ santi sarveṣāṃ prāṇadhārakāḥ || 17 ||
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vedāgamena yatpuṇyaṃ kathitaṃ setubandhane |
tatpuṇyaṃ tu mayā deva pātheye hi samarpitam || 18 ||
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yūpaṃ dadyāditi mantreṇa ante cāpi tathā dhvajān |
vidhivaddakṣiṇāṃ dadyātkulāni nava pañca vā || 19 ||
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pūrṇāṃ dattvā savitre'rghyaṃ dattvā ca svagṛhaṃ vrajet |
anātape kṣudrasetoḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ vidhivaccaret || 20 ||
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pūrvaṃ ca dadhivāsaṃ ca prabhāte viprabhojanam |
setumadhyaṃ tato gatvā gandhādīnvidhivaccaret || 21 ||
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viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ hutāśaṃ ca ekakuṇḍe samarcayet |
vāstoṣpatiṃ yajettatra homaṃ tilayavena tu || 22 ||
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kuryādekaikaśo viprā aṣṭā viṃśatisaṃkhyayā |
utsṛjya dāpayeddhūpaṃ dhvajavarjyaṃ hi sattamāḥ |
jñātibhiḥ saha bhuñjīta kṛtakṛtyo'bhidhīyate || 23 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahā purāṇe madhyamaparvaṇi tṛtīyabhāge ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 16 ||
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