Viramitrodaya 86

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calantyete kadācidvai niścalaṃ hi śivavratam /
iti vacanācca /
niścalaṃ nityakartavyamityarthaḥ /
phalaśravaṇātkāmyatāpi skandapurāṇa eva--
śivaṃ ca pūjayitvā yo jāgartti ca caturdaśīm /
mātuḥ payodhararasaṃ na pivetsa kadācana //
yadīcchedakṣayān bhogān divi deva! manorathān /
āgamoktavidhiṃ kṛtvā prāpnoti maramaṃ padam /
mama bhaktastu deveśi! śivarātrimupoṣakaḥ //
gaṇatvamakṣayaṃ divyamakṣayaṃ śivaśāsanam /
sarvān bhuktvā tato bhogān mṛto bhūpo 'bhijāyate //
kāmyavrate īśānasaṃhitāyāṃ viśeṣaḥ /
evametadvrataṃ kuryāt pratisaṃvatsaraṃ vratī /
dvādaśābdikameva syāccaturviśābdikaṃ tu vā //
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti pretya ceha ca mānavaḥ /
iti /
sarvādhikārikatvaṃ cāsya tatraivoktam-
śivarātrivrataṃ nāma sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
ācāṇḍālamanuṣyāṇāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam //
iti /
adhikāriniyamāḥ skandapurāṇe--
mādhamāse tu yā kṛṣṇā phālgunādau caturdaśī /
sā ca puṇyā tithirjñeyā sarvapātakanāśinī //
ahiṃsā satyamakrodho brahmacaryaṃ kṣamā dayā /
śāntātmā krodhahīnaśca tapasvī hyanasūyakaḥ //
tasmai deyamidaṃ devi! gurupādānugo yadi /
anyathā yo dadātīha sa dātā narakaṃ vrajet //
iti /
sā ceyaṃ śivarātrirarddharātravyāpinī trayodaśīyutā praśastā /
trayodasī yadā devi! dinabhuktipramāṇataḥ /
jāgare śivarātriḥ syānniśi pūrṇā caturdaśī //
iti śivarahasyokteḥ /
ata evātra vedho 'pi na divāvedha eva kintu janmāṣṭamīvadrātrivedho 'pi bhavatyeva /
tathā ca skandapurāṇe--
niśi bhramanti bhūtāni śaktayaḥ śūlabhṛdyataḥ /
atastasyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ satyāṃ tatpūjanaṃ bhavet //
iti /
bhūtāni śaktayo yoginyo 'pi śūlabhṛcchaṅkaraśca yato rātrau bhramanti ataḥ satyāṃ tasyāṃ pūjanaṃ bhavediti hemādriḥ /
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