Jayasimhakalpadruma 5.p31.5

5.p31.5

atra viśeṣa ukto madanaratne viṣṇudharmottare-' āśvine śuklapakṣasya aṣṭamyāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ | tatraivāyudhacarmādyaṃ chatraṃ vastraṃ ca pūjayet | rājaliṅgāni sarvāṇi tathā śastrāṇi pūjayet | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāttatraiva vasudhādhipa | upoṣito dvitīye'hni pūjayetpunareva tām | āyudhādyaṃ ca sakalaṃ pūjayedvasudhādhipa |' iti | vistareṇāṣṭamīkṛtyaṃ ca navarātraprakaraṇe evoktamiti neha pratanyate | ityāśvinaśuklāṣṭamīnirṇayaḥ | atha prasaṅgātpratipadādiṣu navamyantāsu tithiṣu bhaviṣyottarotto durgotsavo likhyate | śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | 'puṇyā mahānavamyeṣā tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ | anuṣṭheyā naraiḥ sarvaiḥ prajāpālairviśeṣataḥ | bhavānītuṣṭaye pārtha saṃvatsarasukhāya ca | bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ prītyarthe cotsavāya ca |' yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-' kasmātkālātpravṛtteyaṃ navamī mahaśabditā | kimādāvapi kṛtsnāsīdbhagavatyāḥ priyā tithiḥ | yaśodāgarbhasaṃbhūteruta yāttrāpravartane | utāho pūrvamevāsītkṛtatretāyugādiṣu | ye cānye prāṇinaḥ kecidvadhyante ghātayanti ca | hatānāṃ prāṇināṃ teṣāṃ kā gatiḥ pāralaukikī | svayaṃ ghnatāṃ ghātayatāmanumodayatāṃ tathā | etanme saṃśayaṃ sarvaṃ vaktumarhasi keśava |' śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca — 'pārtha yā paramā śaktiranantā lokapūjitā | ādyā sarvagatā śuddhā bhāvagamyā manoharā | ardhārṣṭamī kālakālī suṣumṇā sarvamaṅgalā | māyā kātyāyanī durgā cāmuṇḍā śaṃkarapriyā | dhyāyanti yāṃ yogaratāḥ sā devī parameśvarī | rūpabhedairnāmabhedairbhavānī pūjyate śivā | aṣṭamyāṃ tu navamyāṃ tu devadānavarākṣasaiḥ| gandharvairuragairyakṣaiḥ pūjyate kiṃnarairnaraiḥ |