Jayasimhakalpadruma 4.p72.1

4.p72.1

māghaśuklacaturthī varadākhyā kundacaturthīti hemādrau nirṇayāmṛte coktam | tatra sā pradoṣavyāpinī grāhyā | atra kundapuṣpaiḥ śivamabhyarcya naro naktabhojī śriyamāpnoti | taduktaṃ kūrmapurāṇe--'kumbhe śuklacaturthyāṃ tu kundapuṣpaiḥ sadāśivam | saṃpūjya yo hi naktāśī sa prāpnoti śriyaṃ naraḥ |' iti | asyāmeva caturthyāṃ brahmapurāṇoktaṃ gaurīcaturthīvratam | 'umācaturthyā māghe tu śuklāyāṃ yoginīgaṇaiḥ | prāgbhakṣayitvā sṛṣṭā ca bhūyaḥ svāṅgātsvakairgaṇaiḥ | sasṛjuḥ sahitā yasmāttasmātproktā satītyumā | tasmātsā tatra saṃpūjyā naraiḥ strībhirviśeṣataḥ| kundapuṣpaiḥ prayatnena samyagbhaktyā samāhitaiḥ | kuṅkumālaktakābhyāṃ ca raktasūtraiḥ sakaṅkaṇaiḥ | ardhyaiḥ puṣpaistathā dhūpairdīpairbalibhireva ca | guḍārdrakābhyāṃ payasā lavaṇenātha pālakaiḥ | pūjyāḥ striyaścāvidhavāstathā viprāśca śobhanāḥ | saubhāgyavṛddhaye paścādbhoktavyaṃ bandhubhiḥ saha |' iti | pālakaiḥ kuṇḍakaiḥ mṛdbhāṇḍaviśeṣairityarthaḥ| avidhavā ityanena sadhavāḥ kumāryaśca saṃgṛhītāḥ | iti gaurīcaturthīvratam | devīpurāṇe tviyaṃ kuṇḍacaturthītyuktam | 'māghamāse tu saṃprāpte caturthī kuṇḍasaṃjñitā | upoṣya sā suraśreṣṭha tato rājyaṃ bhaviṣyati | sarvopahārasaṃyuktaṃ sarvopaskaramāharet | puṣpapatraphalaṃ nālaṃ kandamūlāni yāni ca | vanyāni caiva dhānyāni tadanyāni viśeṣataḥ | tvaksāracārabījāni navāni pallavāni ca | ballvaṃ durlabhaṃ śākaṃ lavaṇaṃ guḍaśarkarā | khaṇḍajorakakustumbudhānyāni vividhāni ca | dātavyāni suraśreṣṭha kanyakānāṃ tu bhaktitaḥ | śūrpapātraṃ tathā bhāṇḍaṃ mṛṇmayāni viśeṣataḥ |