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# Smritikaustubha 23.1.9

Smṛtikaustubha 23.1.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.23.1.9)

sahasraṃ sārdhamīritam | mahārājabhaye pañcaśataṃ caurādisaṃkaṭe  
śatadvayaṃ tu ḍākinyā bhaye pañcaśataṃ param | dāridye pañcasāhasramayutaṃ sarvakāmadam | iti  
pūrvoktamahāsaṃgyāpūrtyarthaṃ pratyahaṃ kiyalliṅgaṃ vidheyamityapekṣāyāmāha-ekaṃ pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ dviliṅgaṃ cārthasiddhidam | triliṅgaṃ  
sarvakāmānāṃ kāraṇaṃ paramīritam | uttarottarameva syātpūrvoktagaṇanādhikam | iti | anyatrāpi-liṅgānāmayutaṃ kṛtvā mahārājabhayaṃ haret | sahasramekaṃ liṅgānāṃ vyādhīnāṃ tu bhayaṃ haret  
sahasrāṇi tathā pañca nigaḍānmuktaye nṛṇām | kārāgṛhavimuktyarthamayutaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ | ḍākinyādibhaye saptasahasraṃ kārayettathā  
sahasrāṇāṃ hi pañcāśadaputro'pi ca kārayet | liṅgānāmayutenaiva  
kanyakāsaṃtatiṃ labhet | ekaliṅgārcanenaiva atulāṃ śriyamāpnuyāt  
lakṣamekaṃ tu liṅgānāṃ yaḥ karoti naro bhuvi | śiva eva bhavetso'pi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | iti  
evaṃ pūjāśivakathāśravaṇādinā rātrimativāhya prātaḥsnānādi  
nityakarmānte yathāśakti śivaṃ saṃpūjya śaivamantrajapaṃ śaivamantreṇāṣṭottaraśataṃ caruhomaṃ kṛtvā śivārpaṇaṃ vrataṃ kuryāt | —avighnena  
vrataṃ deva tvatprasādātsamāpitam | kṣamasva jagatāṃ nātha trailokyādhipate hara | yanmayādya kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ tadrudrasya niveditam | tvatprasādānmahādeva vratamadya samarpitam | prasanno bhava me śrīmansadgatiṃ  
pratipādyatām | tvadālokanamātreṇa pavitro'smi na saṃśayaḥ  
iti | tato yathāśakti śivaprītyarthaṃ brāhmaṇānsaṃpūjya bhojayitvā  
tebhyastāmbūladakṣiṇe śvetakumbhāṃśca dattvā vratasaṃpūrṇatāṃ vācayitvā

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## Linked texts (4)

- [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit
- [Varṣakriyākaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.varsakriyakaumudi.6.p41) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.20.1.9) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit
- [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.11.p99) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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