Abdadidhiti 1.p16.3

1.p16.3

tatraiva devīpurāṇe damanakapūjāprakaraṇe-ṣaṣṭhyāṃ skandasya kartavyā pūjā sarvopahārikī | ihaiva sukhasaubhāgyamante skandapuraṃ vrajet | iti | tatraiva vratakāṇḍe kālottare īśvaraḥ-caitraśuklātsamārabhya vratārthamadhunocyate | upoṣya vidhinā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ viśeṣātṣaṇmukhaṃ yajet | mṛnmayīṃ pratimāṃ ramyāṃ tadā kuryādviśeṣataḥ | ṣaṇmukhaṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ bālavatkāñcanaprabham | mayūravāhanaṃ devaṃ saumyaṃ lāvaṇyapūritam | śaktighaṇṭāpatākeṣupāśakukkuṭabhūṣitam | daṇḍābhayaṃ savaradaṃ khaṅgeṣudhiśarāsanam | saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā śuklapuṣpopacārakaiḥ | naivedyaṃ gandhavastrāṇi śuklānyeva pradāpayet | brāhmīrasaṃ samādāya kapilājyaṃ palaṃ tathā | sarasvatyaṇunāmantrya sahasrāṣṭottareṇa ca | ācāryaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā vastrahemānnavāhanaiḥ | brāhmīrasaghṛtaṃ paścādvratānte pāraṇaṃ hitam | māsi māsi prakartavyaṃ yāvatsaṃvatsarāvadhi | brahmacaryeṇa śucinā varṣamekaṃ samācaret | mahākavirbhavetso'pi bhuvi vācaspatiryathā| sakṛdgṛhṇāti śāstrāṇi vādināṃ mūrdhni tiṣṭhati | rakṣovināyakāstasya na hiṃsanti kadācana | skandagrahā mahāghorāstathāpasmāradurgṛhāḥ | na hiṃsanti mahāsenavratasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | idaṃ vratottamaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kartavyaṃ bhūtivardhanam | ṣaṇmukhaṃ 1 pārvatīputraṃ 2 skandaṃ 3 guhaṃ 4 kumārakam 5| kārtikeyaṃ 6 tathā bālaṃ 7 tathānyaṃ krauñcasūdanam 8 | tārakārāti 9 saṃjñaṃ ca tathānyaṃ kṛttikāsutam 10| vaiśākhaṃ ca 11 viśākhaṃ ca 12 māsi māsi prapūjayet | iti | sara-