Jayasimhakalpadruma 5.p25

5.p25

dhyāyāṃ na kāryam | tadyogarahitāyāṃ kāryamasaṃbhave pādamātraṃ hitvā sthāpayediti nirṇayoddhāre uktam | atra bhadrādi varjayitvā jyeṣṭhāṃ nimantrayet | aparihāre yoge tu bhadrāmukhamātraṃ tyajet | saṃpūrṇā vaidhṛtiścettadā ghaṭikāḥ ṣoḍaśa dvādaśa vā tyaktāmantrayet | idaṃ vrataṃ rāṣṭreṣu prasiddham | nirṇayasindhau idaṃ ca kevalatithau kevalanakṣatre coktam | mātsye-'pratyābdikaṃ tithāvuktaṃ yajjyeṣṭhādaivataṃ vratam | pratijyeṣṭhāvrataṃ yacca vihitaṃ kevale śubhe | tithāvevācaredādyaṃ dvitīyaṃ kevalarkṣake |' iti | dākṣiṇātyāstuṛkṣa eva kurvanti | ata eva madanaratne bhaviṣye nakṣatramātra uktam | 'māsi bhādrapade pakṣe śukle jyeṣṭhā yadā bhavet | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā ebhirmantraiśca pūjayet |' iti | pūjāmantro bhaviṣyottare-'putradārasamṛddhayarthaṃ lakṣmyāścaiva vivṛddhaye | alakṣmyāśca vināśāya jyeṣṭhe tvāmarcayāmyaham |' iti | anena ṣoḍaśopacāraiḥ saṃpūjya prārthanāṃ kṛtvā namaskāraṃ kuryāt | tatra mantraḥ | 'jyeṣṭhāyai te namastubhyaṃ jyeṣṭhāyai te namo namaḥ| śarvāyai te namastubhyaṃ śāṃkaryai te namo namaḥ |' iti jyeṣṭhāvratam | asyāṃ mahālakṣmīyātroktā kāśīkhaṇḍe-'mahālakṣmyaṣṭamīṃ prāpya tatra yātrā kṛtā nṛṇām | saṃpūjitāṃ hi vidhivatpadmā sadma na muñcati |' iti | śiṣṭā api ṣoḍaśadinaparyantaṃ pratyahaṃ sati saṃbhave yātrāṃ kurvanti | asyāmevāṣṭamyāṃ mahālakṣmīvratārambhaḥ kāryaḥ | taduktaṃ madanaratne skānde'māsi bhādrapade śuklapakṣe jyeṣṭhāyutāṣṭamī | prārabdhavyaṃ vrataṃ tatra mahālakṣmyā yatātmabhiḥ |' iti | purāṇasamuccaye-'śriyo'rcanaṃ bhādrapade sitāṣṭamīṃ prārabhya kanyāmagate ca sūrye | samāpayettatra tithau ca yāvatsūryastu pūrvārdhagato yuvatyā |' iti | siṃhasaṃkrāntau bhādrapadasitāṣṭamīmārabhya lakṣmyarcanamārambhaṇīyam | tatkanyāsaṃkrāntipūrvārdhe āśvinakṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ samāpanīyamityarthaḥ | tatraiva nirṇayāmṛte-'kanyāgatārkamārabhya kartavyaṃ na śriyo'rcanam | hastaprāntadalasthe'rke tadvrataṃ na samāpayet |' iti | idaṃ ca vrataṃ ṣoḍaśadinātmakaṃ tacca jyeṣṭhāyuktāyāmaṣṭamyāmārambhaṇīyam tadasaṃbhave kevalāyāmapi yathā ṣoḍaśadinātmakaṃ vrataṃ saṃpadyate tathā kāryam | kaustubhe tu aṣṭamyā dvaidhe yatra jyeṣṭāyoḥ gastatrārabdhavyam, tadasaṃbhave kevalāyāmapi navamīyuktāyām | śuklapakṣe'ṣṭamī caiveti śāstrājjyeṣṭhāyogasya prāśastyaka̍ratvācca | āśvinakṛṣṇāṣṭamī tu candrodayavyāpinī grāhyā tatraivārghyavidhānāt |'candrodayavrate caiva tithistātkālikī smṛtā |' iti vaca-