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# Vayupurana 2.25: adhyāyaḥ 25

Vāyupurāṇa 2.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 25

### [2.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.1)

pūrvvācāryyamataṃ buddhvā pravakṣyāmyanupūrvvaśaḥ.  
triṃśataṃ vai alaṅkārāṃstān me nigadataḥ śrṛṇu .. 25.1 ..

### [2.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.2)

alaṅkārāstu vaktavyāḥ svaiḥsvairvarṇaiḥ prahetavaḥ.  
saṃsthānayogaiśca tathā pādānāṃ cānvavekṣayā .. 25.2 ..

### [2.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.3)

vākyārthapadayogārthairalaṅkārasya pūraṇam.  
padāni gītakasyāhuḥ purastāt pṛṣṭhato'thavā .. 25.3 ..

### [2.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.4)

sthānāni trīṇi jānīyāduraḥkaṇṭhaśirastathā.  
eteṣu triṣu sthāneṣu pravṛtto vidhiruttamaḥ .. 25.4 ..

### [2.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.5)

catvāraḥ prakṛtau varṇāḥ pravicāraścaturvidhaḥ.  
vikalpamaṣṭadhā caiva devāḥ ṣoḍaśadhā viduḥ .. 25.5 ..

### [2.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.6)

sthāyī varṇaḥ prasaṃcārī tṛtīyamavarohaṇam.  
ārohaṇaṃ caturthantu varṇaṃ varṇavido viduḥ .. 25.6 ..

### [2.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.7)

tatraikaḥ saṃcarasthāyī sacarāstacarībhavan.  
atha rohaṇavarṇānāmavarohaṃ vinirdiśet .. 25.7 ..

### [2.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.8)

ārohaṇena cārohavarṇaṃ varṇavido viduḥ.  
eteṣāmeva varṇānāmalaṅkārānnibodhata .. 25.8 ..

### [2.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.9)

alaṅkārāstu catvāraḥ sthāpanī kramarejinaḥ.  
pramādaścāpramādaśca teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam .. 25.9 ..

### [2.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.10)

visvaroṣṭrakalāścaiva sthānādekāntaraṃ gatāḥ.  
āvarttasyākramotpattī dve kāryye parimāṇataḥ .. 25.10 ..

### [2.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.11)

kumāramaparaṃ vidyādvistaraṃ vamanaṃ gatam.  
eṣa vai cāpyapāṅgastu kutārekaḥ kalādhikaḥ .. 25.11 ..

### [2.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.12)

śyenastvekāntare jātaḥ kalāmātrāntare sthitaḥ.  
tasmiṃścaiva svare vṛddhistiṣṭhate tadvilakṣaṇā .. 25.12 ..

### [2.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.13)

śyenastu aparohastu uttaraḥ parikīrttitaḥ.  
kalākalapramāṇācca sa bindurnāma cāyate .. 25.13 ..

### [2.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.14)

bindurekakalā kāryā varṇāntasthāyinī bhavet.  
viparyayasvaro'pi syādyasya durghaṭito'pi na .. 25.14 ..

### [2.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.15)

ekāntarā tu vādyantu ṣaḍjataḥ paramaḥ svaraḥ.  
ākṣepāskandanaṃ kāryyaṃ kākasyevoccapuṣkalam .. 25.15 ..

### [2.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.16)

santārau tau tu sañcāryau kāryaṃ vā kāraṇaṃ tathā.  
ākṣiptamavarohyāpi prokṣamadyantathaiva ca .. 25.16 ..

### [2.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.17)

dvādaśañca kalāsthānamekāntaragatantataḥ.  
preṅkholitamalaṅkāramevaṃ svarasamanvitam .. 25.17 ..

### [2.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.18)

svarasaṃkrāmakāccaiva tataḥ proktantu puṣkalam.  
prakṣiptameva kalayā pādānītarayorbhavet .. 25.18 ..

### [2.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.19)

dvikalaṃ vā yathā bhūtaṃ yattad hrāsitamucyate.  
uccārādvisvarārūḍhā tathā cāṣṭasvarāntaram .. 25.19 ..

### [2.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.20)

yastu syādavaroho vā tārato mandrato'pi vā.  
ekāntarahitā hyete tameva svaramantataḥ .. 25.20 ..

### [2.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.21)

makṣipracchedano nāma catuṣkalagaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ.  
alaṅkārā bhavantyete triṃśadye vai prakīrttitāḥ.  
varṇasthānaprayogeṇa kalāmātrā pramāṇataḥ .. 25.21 ..

### [2.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.22)

saṃsthānañca pramāṇaṃ ca vikāro lakṣaṇantathā.  
caturvidhamidaṃ jñeyamalaṅkāraprayojanam .. 25.22 ..

### [2.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.23)

yathātmano hyalaṅkāro viparyasto'tigarhitaḥ.  
varṇamevāpyalaṃkarttuṃ viṣamaṃ hyātmasambhavāt .. 25.23 ..

### [2.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.24)

nānābharaṇasaṃyogādyathā nāryā vibhūṣaṇam.  
varṇasya caivālaṅkāro viparyasto'tigarhitaḥ .. 25.24 ..

### [2.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.25)

na pāde kuṇḍale dṛṣṭe na kaṇṭhe rasanā yathā.  
evameva hyalaṅkāro viparyasto vigarhitaḥ .. 25.25 ..

### [2.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.26)

kriyamāṇo'pyalaṅkāro rāgaṃ yaścaiva darśayet.  
yathoddiṣṭasya mārgasya karttavyasya vidhīyate .. 25.26 ..

### [2.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.27)

lakṣaṇaṃ paryyavasthāpi varṇikābhiḥ pravarttanam.  
yāthātathyena vakṣyāmi māsedbhavamukhodbhave .. 25.27 ..

### [2.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.28)

trayoviṃśatyaśītistu teṣāmetadviparyayaḥ.  
ṣaḍjapakṣo'pi tattvādau madhyo hīnasvaro bhavet .. 25.28 ..

### [2.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.29)

ṣaḍjamadhyamayoścaiva grāmayoḥ paryyapastathā.  
mānoyottaramandrasya ṣaḍevātrāvikasya ca .. 25.29 ..

### [2.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.30)

svarālaṃpratyayaścaiva sarvveṣāṃ pratyayaḥ smṛtaḥ.  
anugamya bahirgītaṃ vijñātaṃ pañcadaivatam .. 25.30 ..

### [2.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.31)

gorūpāṇāṃ purastāttu madhyamāṃśastu paryyayaḥ.  
tayorvibhāgo gītānāṃ lāvaṇyamārgasaṃsthitaḥ .. 25.31 ..

### [2.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.32)

anuṣaṅgaṃ mayoddiṣṭaṃ svasārañca svarāntaram.  
paryyayaḥ saṃpravartteta saptasvarapadakramam .. 25.32 ..

### [2.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.33)

gāndhārāṃśena gīyante catvāri mandrakāṇi ca.  
pañcamo madhyamaścaiva dhaivate tu niṣādajaiḥ.  
ṣaḍjarṣabhaiśca jānīmo mandrakeṣveva nāntare .. 25.33 ..

### [2.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.34)

dve cāparāntike vidyāddhayaśullāṣṭakasya tu.  
prākṛte vaiṇavaiścaiva gāndhārāṃśe prayujyate .. 25.34 ..

### [2.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.35)

padasya tu trayaṃ rūpaṃ saptarūpantu kauśikam.  
gāndhārāṃśena kārtsnyena paryayasya vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .  
evañcaiva kramoddiṣṭo madhyamāṃśasya madhyamaḥ .. 25.35 ..

### [2.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.36)

yāni gītāni proktāni rūpeṇa tu viśeṣataḥ.  
tattu saptasvaraṃ kāryyaṃ saptarūpañca kauśikam .. 25.36 ..

### [2.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.37)

aṅgadarśanamityāhurmāne dve samake tathā.  
dvitīyabhāvācaraṇā mātrā nābhipratiṣṭhitā .. 25.37 ..

### [2.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.38)

uttare ca prakṛtyevaṃ mātrā tallīyate tathā .  
hantāraḥ piṇḍako yatra mātrāyāṃ nātivarttate .. 25.38 ..

### [2.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.39)

pādenaikena mātrāyāṃ pādonāmati vīraṇā.  
saṃkhyāyāścopahananaṃ tatra yānamiti smṛtam .. 25.39 ..

### [2.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.40)

dvitīyaṃ pādabhaṅgañca graheṇābhipratiṣṭhitam.  
pūrvvamaṣṭatṛtīye tu dvitīyaṃ cāparītake .. 25.40 ..

### [2.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.41)

arddhena pādasāmyasya pādabhāgācca pañcake.  
pādabhāgaṃ sapādaṃ tu prakṛtyāmapi saṃsthitam .. 25.41 ..

### [2.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.42)

caturthamuttare caiva madravatyāṃ ca madrake.  
madrake dakṣiṇasyāpi yathoktā varttate kalā .. 25.42 ..

### [2.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.43)

pūrvvamevānuyogantu dvitīyā buddhiriṣyate.  
pādau cāharaṇaṃ cāsmat pāraṃ nātra vidhīyate .. 25.43 ..

### [2.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.44)

ekatvamupayogasya dvayoryaddhi dvijottama.  
anekasamavāyastu patākāhariṇaṃ smṛtam .. 25.44 ..

### [2.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.45)

tisṝṇāṃ caiva vṛttīnāṃ vṛttau vṛttā ca dakṣiṇā.  
aṣṭau tu samavāyāste sauvīrā mūrcchanā tathā.  
kuśatyanuttaraḥ satyaṃ sapta sattvasvaraṃ tu yaḥ .. 25.45 ..

### [2.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.46)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte gītālaṅkāranirddeśo nāma paṃcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 .. \*

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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