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# Naradapurana 2.37

Nāradapurāṇa 2.37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.46) — 1 part

### [2.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.1)

mohinyuvāca  
ekādaśīsamaṃ devāḥ pāvanaṃ nāparaṃ bhavet /  
yayā pūtā mahāpāpā gacchanti harimandiram //

### [2.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.2)

tatsamīpe mama sthānaṃ yuktaṃ bhāti vicāryatām /  
devā ūcuḥ  
vedho niśīthe devānāmupakārāya mohinī //

### [2.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.3)

sūryodaye surāṇāṃ ca hariṇā parikalpitaḥ /  
pāraṇaṃ ca trayodaśyāmupavāsavināśanam //

### [2.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.4)

mahādvādaśikā hyaṣṭau yāḥ smṛtā vaiṣṇavāgame /  
tāstu hyekādaśībhinnā upoṣyante ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ //

### [2.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.5)

ekādaśīvrataṃ bhinnaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahātmanām /  
nityaṃ pakṣadvaye proktaṃ vidhinā tridinātmake //

### [2.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.6)

sāyaṃ prātastyajedbhuktiṃ kramātpūrvāparāhṇayoḥ /  
ekādaśī yadā bhinnā upoṣyā hi pare 'hani /  
dvādaśyāṃ hi vrataṃ kāryaṃ niraṃbu samupoṣaṇam //

### [2.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.7)

laṅghane tvasamarthānāṃ jalaṃ śākaṃ phalaṃ payaḥ /  
naivedyaṃ vā hareḥ proktaṃ svāhārātpādasaṃmitam //

### [2.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.8)

svātī sūryodaye viddho tyajantyakādaśīṃ sati /  
niṣkāmā madhyarātre ca viddhāṃ muñcanti yāmyayā //

### [2.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.9)

sarveṣvapi tu lokeṣu viditā daśamī tithiḥ /  
yamasya tasyāḥ prānti tu sthitiḥ kāryā tvayānaghe //

### [2.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.10)

etena devakāryaṃ ca siddhaṃ bhavati śobhane /  
sūryenducārā tithyāstu daśamyāḥ prāntagāminī //

### [2.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.11)

bhuvi tīrthāni caiva tvaṃ svāghanāśāya saṃcara /  
aruṇodayamārabhya yāvatsūryodayo bhavet //

### [2.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.12)

tadantastvaṃ vrate prāptā labhasvaikādaśīphalam /  
yaḥ kaścitkurute viddhaṃ tvayā hyekādaśīvratam //

### [2.37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.13)

sa tīpakārakastubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati surapriye /  
muhūrtadvayamātraṃ tu jñeyaṃ cātrāruṇodayam //

### [2.37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.14)

mūhūrtāḥ pañcadaśa ca smṛtā rātrerdinasya ca /  
jñeyāste hrasvadīrghatve trairāśika vidhānataḥ //

### [2.37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.15)

trayodaśānmuhūrtānttu rātrairūrddhvā samāgatā /  
sabdhvopavāsināṃ puṇyaṃ svasthā bhava śucismite //

### [2.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.16)

yamasaṃsthāpanārthāya vaikuṇṭhadhvaṃsanāya ca /  
pākhaṇḍānāṃ vivṛddhyarthaṃ pāpasaṃcanāya ca //

### [2.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.17)

dattaṃ te mohini sthānaṃ pratyūṣasamayāṅkitam //

### [2.37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.18)

viddhaṃ tvayaikādaśikāvrataṃ ye kurvanti kartāra iha prayatnāt /  
teṣāṃ bhavedyatsukṛtaṃ śubhe phalaṃ bhuṅkṣva prasannā bhava bhūsure tvam //

### [2.37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.19)

evaṃ pradiṣṭā kamalāsanādyaiḥ sā mohinī hṛṣṭatarā babhūva /  
mene kṛtārthaṃ nijajīvitaṃ ca svapāpatīrthābhiniṣevaṇena //

### [2.37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.20)

saṃsādhitaṃ kāryamidaṃ surāṇāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ hi gate 'pi dehe /  
caitanyamātre pavanātmake 'smin saṃmārjito bhūpakṛtastu panthāḥ //

### [2.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.21)

nītaṃ mayā cātmakṛtaṃ hi vākyaṃ prahṛṣṭayā vai yadudāhṛtaṃ hi /  
evaṃ vimṛśya kṣiptipālade vānpraṇamya hṛṣṭā ca purodhasaṃ svam //

### [2.37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.22)

prānte sthitā sūryavihīnasaṃjñe kāle daśamyā janamohanāya /  
kṛcchrāntarūpā ca dinaṃ ca bhuṅkte prakṛṣṭarūpā narakāya nṝṇām //

### [2.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.23)

prāntasthitāṃ tāṃ ravijo nirīkṣya prahṛṣṭavaktro vacanaṃ jagāda /  
tvayā pratiṣṭhā mama cārunetre kṛtātra loke punareva samyak /  
vibhodito rukmavibhūṣaṇasya mattebhasaṃsthaḥ paṭahaḥ sughaiṣaḥ //

### [2.37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.24)

dṛṣṭe kārye janaḥ sarvaḥ pratyayaṃ kurute tviti //

### [2.37.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.25)

sūryodaya spṛṣā hyeṣā daśamī garhitā sadā /  
aspṛṣṭamudayaṃ nṝṇāṃ mohanāya bhaviṣyati //

### [2.37.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.26)

vihāya tāṃ yatpriyayogabhuktiṃ pādasthitā sāpi hyadṛṣyarūpā /  
satyaṃ hi te nāma viśālanetre yanmohinītyeva jano bravīti //

### [2.37.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.27)

vimohayitvā hi janaṃ samastaṃ paṭe madīye likhitaṃ karoṣi /  
ityeva muktvā tanayo vivasvataḥ praṇamya tāṃ brahmasutāṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ //

### [2.37.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.28)

jagāma devaiḥ saha nākalokaṃ kare gṛhītvā lipilekhitāram /  
gateṣu deveṣu vimohinī sā brahmāṇamāsādya surāsureśam //

### [2.37.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.29)

vijñāpayāmāsa pitaḥ purodhā mamāyamatyugrataraśca kopāt /  
dagdhaṃ śarīraṃ mama lokanātha punaḥ prapatsye 'tha tathā kuruṣva //

### [2.37.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.30)

vimohitaṃ caiva jaganmayedaṃ prānte samāsthāya yamasya tithyāḥ /  
jito hi rājñā śamanaḥ purādya kṛto jayī tāta tava prabhāvāt //

### [2.37.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.31)

tava kṛtyamidaṃ tāta yatpunardehadhāriṇī /  
bhūyāmahaṃ jagannātha brahmaṇaṃ sāṃtyayasva bhoḥ //

### [2.37.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.32)

tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ brahmā lokavidhānakṛt /  
brāhmaṇaṃ sāṃtvayāmāsa punareva sutākṛte //

### [2.37.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.33)

vaso tāta nibodhedaṃ yadbravīmi hitāvaham /  
tava cāsyā mahābhāga sarvalokahitāya ca //

### [2.37.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.34)

tvayeyaṃ mohinī kopātkṛtā bhasmāvaśeṣitā /  
punaḥ śarīraṃ yāceta tadājñāṃ dehi mānada //

### [2.37.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.35)

matputrī tava yājyeyaṃ durgatiṃ tāta gacchati /  
tvayā mayā ca sapālyā kṛtakāryā tapasvinī //

### [2.37.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.36)

yadi tvaṃ śuddhabhāvena māṃ jñāpayasi mānada /  
tāto 'hamasyā bhūyo 'pi dehamutpādayāmyaham //

### [2.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.37)

kintu viṣṇudinasyaiṣā vairiṇī pāpakāriṇī /  
yathā śuddhyeti viprendra tathaivāśu vidhīyatām //

### [2.37.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.38)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya brahmaṇaḥ sa purohitaḥ /  
yājyāyā dehayogārthamādideśa mudānvitaḥ //

### [2.37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.39)

vipravākyaṃ samākarṇya brahmā lokapitamahaḥ /  
kamaṇḍalujalenaukṣanmohinyā dehabhasma tat //

### [2.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.40)

samukṣite brahmaṇā lokakartrā sā mohinī dehayutā babhūva /  
praṇamya tātaṃ ca vasoḥ purodhaso jagrāha pādau vinayena natvā //

### [2.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.41)

tato vasuryājaka eva rājño mudānvito yājyanitaṃbinīṃ tām /  
vimohinīṃ svāmisutoñjjhitāṃ ca jagāda vākyaṃ vidutāmavīrām //

### [2.37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.42)

vasuruvāca  
krodhastyakto mayā devi brahmaṇo vacanādatha /  
gatiṃ te kārayiṣyāmi tīrthasnānādikarmaṇā //

### [2.37.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.43)

ityuktvā mohinīṃ vipro brahmāṇāṃ jagatāṃ patim /  
visasarja namaskṛtya mohinīpitaraṃ mudā //

### [2.37.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.44)

mohinyā vasunā caiva prītyā brahmā visarjitaḥ /  
jagāma lokaṃ tamasaḥ paramavyaktavartmanā //

### [2.37.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.45)

sa vasurbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭho rukmāṅgadapurohitaḥ /  
mohinīṃ samanugrāhyāṃ matvā hṛdi vicārayan //

### [2.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.46)

muhūrttaṃ dhyānamāpanno bubudhe kāraṇaṃ gateḥ //

### [2.37.46.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.37.46.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīcarite saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rukmāṅgadacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upakhyana.vamsa-rsi.rukmangadacaritra.109.119.3) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.6.p36) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c14.s12.19) — Hazra 1940, English

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