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Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.
Chapter 96
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
atha naktopavāsasya vidhānaṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava |
yena vijñātamātreṇa naro mokṣamavāpnuyāt || 1 ||
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yeṣu teṣu ca māseṣu śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm |
brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayitvā tu prārabheta tato vratam || 2 ||
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māsimāsi bhavaṃti dvāvaṣṭamyau ca caturdaśī |
śivārcanarato bhūtvā śivadhyānaikamānasaḥ |
vasudhābhājanaṃ kṛtvā bhuñjīyānnaktabhojanam || 3 ||
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upavāsātparaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ bhaikṣyātparamayācitam |
ayācitātparaṃ naktaṃ tasmānnaktena bhojayet || 4 ||
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devaiśca bhuktaṃ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne munibhistathā |
aparāhṇe ca pitṛbhiḥ sandhyāyāṃ guhyakādibhiḥ || 5 ||
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sarvalokānatikramya naktabhojī sadā bhavet |
haviṣya bhojanaṃ snānaṃ satyamāhāralāghavam || 6 ||
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agnikāryo hyadhaḥśayyo naktabhojī sadā bhavet |
evaṃ saṃvatsarasyāṃte vratapūrṇasya sarpiṣā |
pūrṇakumbhoparisthāpya pūjayecca suśobhane || 7 ||
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kapilāpañcagavyena sthāpayenmṛnmayaṃ śivam |
phalaṃ puṣpaṃ yavakṣīraṃ dadhi dūrvāṃkurāṃstathā || 8 ||
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tatkumbhānāṃ jalonmiśramarghamaṣṭāṃgamucyate |
śirasā dhārayitvā tu jānū kṛtvā mahītale || 9 ||
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mahādevāya dātavyaṃ gandhapuṣpaṃ yathākramam |
bhakṣyodenairbaliṃ kṛtvā praṇamya parameśvarīm || 10 ||
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dhenuṃ vā dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādvṛṣaṃ vāpi dhuraṃdharam |
śrotriyāya daridrāya kalpavratavidāya ca |
yo dadāti śive bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu || 11 ||
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vimānamarkapratimaṃ haṃsayuktamalaṃkṛtam |
ārūḍho'psarasāṃ gītairyāti rudrālaye sukham || 12 ||
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sthitvā rudrasya bhavane varṣakoṭiśatatrayam |
iha loke nṛpaśreṣṭha grāmalakṣeśvaro bhavet || 13 ||
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yaścāṣṭamīṣu ca śivāsu caturdaśīṣu naktaṃ samācarati śāstravidhāna dṛṣṭam |
svargāṃganākalaravākulitaṃ vimānamāruhya yāti sa sukhena sureśalokam || 14 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahāpurāṇa uttaraparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa yudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 96 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 96
Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)
Publisher: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan; Pages: 2538.
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Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292
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