Vratakhanda 110.p1.1

110.p1.1

kumārīpūjanamapyagreneyoktaṃ skāndapurāṇe
ekaikāṃ pūjayet kanyāmekavṛddhyā tathaiva ca
dviguṇāṃ triguṇāṃ vāpi pūjayennavavatsarān
navabhirlabhate bhūmimaiśvaryyaṃ dviguṇena ca
ekavṛddhayā labhet cemamekaikaina priyaṃ labhet
ekavarṣā tu yā kanyā pūjārthantāṃ vivarjayet
gandhapuṣpaphalādīnāṃ prītistasya na vidyate
dvivarṣakanyāmārabhya daśavarṣāvadhi kramāt
pūjayetsarvvakāryyeṣu yathāvidhyuktamārgataḥ
kumārikā dvivarṣā tu trivarṣā ca trimūrttinī
caturvarṣā tu kalyāṇī pañcavarṣā tu rohiṇī
ṣaḍvarṣā tu bhavet kālī saptavarṣā tu caṇḍikā
aṣṭavarṣā śāmbhavī tu durgā tu navamī smṛtā
daśavarṣā subhadreti nāmabhiḥ parikīrttitāḥ
ata ūrdhvantuyāḥ kanyāḥ sarvvakāryyeṣu varjitāḥ
duḥkhadāridranāśāya śatrūṇāṃ nāśanāya ca
āyuṣbala vṛddhyarthaṃ kumārīḥ pūjayennaraḥ
āyuṣkāmastrimūrttintu trivargasya phalāptaye
apamṛtyuvyādhipīḍā duḥkhānāmapanuttaye
saukhyābhāgyadhanārogyaputrapautrādidṛddhyaye
kalyāṇīṃ pūjayeddhīmānnityaṃ kalyāṇavṛddhyaye
ārogyasukhakāmīca jayakāmī tathaiva ca
bagalāmīnaronityaṃ rohiṇīṃ paripūjayet
vidyārthī ca jayārthī ca rājyārthī ca viśeṣataḥ
śatrūṇāñca vināśārthī kālikāṃ pūjayennaraḥ
saṃgrāmejayakāmī ca caṇḍikāṃ paripūjayet
duḥkhadāridranāśāya nṛpasaṃmohanāya ca
mahāpāpavināśāya śāmbhavīñca prapūjayet
sa cet kulāṭanaśatrūṇāmāśravārdhanakarmmaṇi
durgāṃ durgatināśāya pūjayedyatnato budhaḥ
saubhāgyadhanadhānyādi vāñchitārthaphalāptaye
subhadrāṃ pūjayenmartyodāsīdāsavidṛddhyaye
prātaḥkāle viśeṣeṇa kṛtābhyaṅgo viśeṣataḥ
āvāhayettataḥ kanyāṃ mantreṇānena bhārgava