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varṣe ca hemalambākhye māse śrīmati kārttike /
śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāmaruṇābhyudayaṃ prati //
mahādevatithau brāhme muhurtte maṇikarṇike /
snātvā viśverī devī viśveśvaramapūjayat //
iti sanatkumārasaṃhitokteḥ /
māghaśuklacaturdaśī āraṭantyākhyā /
sā aruṇodayaviddhā grāhyā /
māghaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ viṣṇordehānmarīcayaḥ /
niścerustilakākārāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ //
anarkābhyudite kāle satsu tārāṃśukeṣvapi /
rājā ca tatra sampūjyo yamaḥ pralayabhāskaraḥ /
iti brahmapurāṇāt /
atha śivarātrinirṇayaḥ /
tatsvarūpaṃ śivarahasye--
tatprabhṛtyatha devarṣe! māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśī /
śivarātriḥ samākhyātā priyeyaṃ tripuradviṣaḥ //
iti /
atra ca rātriśabdastithilakṣakaḥ sivaśabdaśca śivavratalakṣakaḥ prakaraṇāt /
ataścāyaṃ śivarātriśabdo śivavrataviśeṣayogyatithiparaḥ /
skandapurāṇe tu--
māghaphālgunayormadhye asitā yā caturdaśī /
śivarātristu sā khyātā sarvayajñottamottamā //
iti /
yattu bhaviṣyapurāṇe--
caturdaśyāṃ tu kṛṣṇāyāṃ phālgune śivapūjanam /
tāmupoṣya prayatnena viṣayān parivarjayet //
iti /
tat paurṇamāsāntamāsābhiprāyaṃ pūrvodāhṛtavacanaikavākyatvāt /
tadetat śivarātrivratamupavāsapūjājāgaraṇātmakaṃ jñeyam /
tathā ca nāgarakhaṇḍe--
upavāsaprabhāveṇa balādapi ca jāgarāt /
śivarātrestathā tasyāṃ liṅgasyāpi prapūjayā //
akṣayān labhate bhogān śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt /
tathā sahyakhaṇḍe--
svayaṃ ca liṅgamabhyarcya sopavāsaḥ sajāgaraḥ /
ajānannapi niṣpāpo niṣādo gaṇatāṃ gataḥ //
iti /
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