Viramitrodaya 46

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tad yadāśvinakṛṣṇāṣṭamīmārabhya--
kanyāyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe tu pūjayitvāṣṭamīdine /
navamyāṃ bodhayeddevīṃ gītavāditranisvanaiḥ //
iti devīpurāṇe kṛṣṇapakṣāṣṭamyāṃ devībodhanamuktaṃ tadviṣayam /
yacca--
bhadrāyāṃ bhadrakālyāśca madye syādarcanakriyā /
tasmādvai saptamīviddhā kāryā durgāṣṭamī budhaiḥ //
iti /
yacca madanaratne--
mahāṣṭamyāśvine māsi śuklā kalyāṇakāriṇī /
saptamyādiyutā kāryā mūlena tu viśeṣataḥ //
tathā nirṇayāmūte--
ahaṃ bhadrā ca bhadrāhaṃ nāvayorantaraṃ kvacit /
sarvasiddhiṃ pradāsyāmi bhadrāyāmarcitā hyaham //
iti devīpurāṇam, tathā tatraiva--
viṣṭiṃ tyaktvā mahārāja! mama pūjāṃ karoti yaḥ /
kṛtsnaṃ tasya phalaṃ na syāttenāhamavamānitā //
ityanena saptamīviddhāyā api grāhyatvamuktam /
tadaparadine kalākāṣṭhādirūpāyā aṣṭamyā abhāve /
yattu--
yadāṣṭamīṃ tu samprāpya cāstaṃ yāti divākaraḥ /
tatra durgotsavaṃ kuryānna kuryādapare 'hani //
durbhikṣaṃ tatra jānīyānnavamyāṃ yatra pūjayet /
iti vacanaṃ taddaśamyāṃ navamyasattve /
yadā sūryodaye na syānnavamī cāpare 'hani /
tadāṣṭamīṃ prakurvīta saptamyā sahitāṃ nṛpa! //
iti smṛtisaṅgrahāditi madanaratne /
vastutaḥ pūrvodāhṛtadevīpurāṇāt kṛṣṇapakṣāṣṭamīviṣayamidamiti
pratibhāti /
atra ca putravatā upavāso na kārya ityuktam--
kālikāpurāṇe:
upavāsaṃ mahāṣṭamyāṃ putravānna samācaret /
yathā tathā vā pūtātmā vratī devīṃ prapūjayet //
iti /
iyaṃ ca mūlayuktātipraśastetyuktaṃ hemādrau skandapurāṇe--
kanyāṃ gate savitari śuklapakṣe 'ṣṭamī tu yā /
mūlanakṣatrasaṃyuktā sā mahānavamī smṛtā //
navamyāṃ pūjitā devī dadātyabhimataṃ phalam /
iti /
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