Kalamayukha 13.p60.2

13.p60.2

mama bhaktastu yo devi śivarātrimupoṣakaḥ | gaṇatvamakṣayaṃ divyamakṣayaṃ śivaśāsanam || sarvān bhuktvā mahābhogānmṛto bhūyo na jāyate || iti tatraiva phalaśruteḥ kāmyam | śivarātrivrataṃ nāma sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | ācaṇḍālamanuṣyāṇāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam || iti īśānasaṃhitokteḥ| tathā— upavāsaprabhāvena balādapi ca jāgarāt | śivarātrestathā tasya liṅgasyāpi prapūjayā || akṣayām̐llabhate lokān śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt || iti nāgarakhaṇḍokterupavāsajāgaraṇapūjāḥ pradhānāni | yattu sahyādrikhaṇḍe— svayaṃ ca liṅgamabhyarcya sopavāsaḥ sajāgaraḥ | ajānannapi niṣpāpo niṣādo gaṇatāṃ gataḥ || ityupavāsajāgaraṇayoḥ kartṛguṇatvaśravaṇaṃ tadarthavādagatatvena na tayoḥ prādhānyaṃ vihanti | tatra caturdaśī niśīthavyāpinī grāhyā— māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmādidevo mahāniśi | śivaliṅgamabhūttatra koṭisūryasamaprabhaḥ || tatkālavyāpinī grāhyā śivarātrivrate tithiḥ || iti īśānasaṃhitāyām | nāradīyasaṃhitāyāmapi— arddharātrayutā yatra māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśī | śivarātrivrataṃ tatra vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet || iti | skānde'pi— mahatāmapi pāpānāṃ dṛṣṭā vai niṣkṛtiḥ purā | na dṛṣṭā kurvatāṃ puṃsāṃ kuhūyuktāṃ tithiṃ śivām || iti darśayogasya nindyatvācca | smṛtyantare'pi— bhavedyatra trayodaśyāṃ bhūtavyāptā mahāniśā | śivarātrivrataṃ tatra kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ tathā || iti | īśānasaṃhitāyāmapi— vyāpyarddharātraṃ yasyāṃ tu labhyate yā caturdaśī | tasyāmeva vrataṃ kāryaṃ matprasādārthibhirnaraiḥ || pūrvedyurvā paredyurvā mahāniśi caturdaśī | vyāptā sā dṛśyate yasyāṃ tasyāṃ kuryādvataṃ naraḥ ||