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Matsyapurana 70.37

Matsyapurāṇa 70.37

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Sanskrit

70.37

utkaṇṭhāyeti vaikuṇṭham āsyamānandakāriṇe
vāmāṅgaṃ puṣpacāpāya puṣpabāṇāya dakṣiṇam //

This ordinance has been held to be the best means of crossing unscathed the sea of the evils of life, by those learned in the Vedas. The women folk should bathe in the water mixed with several herbs, on a Sunday, when there falls Hasta, Puṣya or Punarvasu asterism. They should then approach the God of Love and worship Puṇḍarîkâkṣa, by reciting the names of Cupid, *viz.*—The feet of Viṣṇu, the God of the gods, should be worshipped with the words, “Kâmâya namaḥ,” the legs with “Mohakârine namaḥ,” the region of Cupid with “Kandarpanidhaye namaḥ,” the waist with “Prîti mate namaḥ,” the navel with “Sankhyasamudrâya namaḥ,” the stomach with “Râmâya namaḥ,” the heart with “Hridayeśâya namaḥ,” the breasts with “Ahlâdakârîṇe namaḥ,” the throat with “Utkaṇṭhâya namaḥ,” the mouth with Ânandakârîne, namaḥ,” the left limbs with Puṣpadhanvâya namaḥ,” the right limbs with Puṣpabanâya namaḥ, the head with “Mânasâya namaḥ,” the hair of the head with “Vilolâya namaḥ,” and all the body with “Sarvâtmane namaḥ.”—33-38. They should then salute the respective Gods and Godesses with the following mantras, "Namaḥ Śivâya, namaḥ Śantâya," "Namaḥ Pâsaṅkuśadharâya," "Namaḥ Gadine," Namaḥ Pîtavastrâya (yellow-robed one)" "Namaḥ Saṅkhachakra-dharâya," "Namaḥ Nârâyaṇâya," "Namaḥ Kâmâtmane," "Namaḥ Sarvaśantyai," "Namaḥ Prîtyai," "Namaḥ Ratyai," "Namaḥ Śrîyai," "Namaḥ Puṣṭyai," "Namaḥ Tuṣṭyai," "Namaḥ Sarvârtha sampade."—39-40.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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