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Chapter 32

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।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि दक्षिणामूर्तिदर्शनम् ।। पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलं यत्रोपलभ्यते ।। १ ।। ततो नानाविधैर्दिव्यैर्भक्ष्यभोज्यादिकैस्तथा ।। यथाशक्त्युपचारैस्तु गंधैर्माल्यैश्च पूजयेत् ।। २ ।। रामं कृष्णं सुभद्रां च गीतनृत्यादिकैस्तथा ।। प्रेक्षणीयैश्च विविधैः श्रद्धया चोपपादितैः ।। ३ ।। वस्त्रचंदनमाल्याद्यैः पूजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान् ।। भगवद्ब्राह्मणांश्चैतान्महाभागवतांस्तथा ।। ४ ।। ततो नयेद्दक्षिणाभिमुखांस्तांस्त्रिदशेश्वरान् ।। उत्सवं च महत्कृत्वा पूर्वानयनवद्धरेः ।। ५ ।। तस्मिन्काले हरिं पश्येद्व्रजंतं दक्षिणामुखम् ।। समं सुभद्रां यो मर्त्यो न स प्राकृतमानुषः ।। ६ ।। स्नानार्थमागता देवाः स्नापयित्वा जगद्गुरुम् ।। आकाशेऽपि ससंबाधास्तावत्कालं स्थिता हरिम् ।। द्रष्टुं व्रजंतं याम्याशावदनं भवनाशनम् ।। ७ ।। धर्मशास्त्रेषु यावंति धर्मकर्माणि संति वै ।। तानि सर्वाणि संद्रष्टुं व्रजंतं दक्षिणामुखम् ।। ८ ।। स्नानदर्शनजं पुण्यं समग्रं लभते तु सः ।। स्नातं मुरारिं यः पश्येद्व्रजंतं दक्षिणामुखम्।। ९ ।। नीराजयित्वा देवेशं रामेण सह भद्रया ।। प्रासादांतः प्रवेश्याथ न पश्येद्वै कथंचन ।। 2.2.32.१० ।। एतत्तु विस्तरेणोक्तं पूर्वमेव मया द्विजाः ।। ११ ।। ।। ।। मुनय ऊचुः ।। ।। भगवन्यत्त्वया प्रोक्तं ज्येष्ठास्नानप्रदर्शनात् ।। फलं प्राप्नोति नियतं तन्नो बूहि विदांवर।।१२।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। हंत वः कथयिष्यामि तद्व्रतं ज्येष्ठपंचकम् ।। नातः परतरं प्रोक्तमृषिभिः शास्त्रपारगैः ।।१३।। श्रौतस्मार्तपुराणोक्त व्रतानामिदमुत्तमम्।। इदं प्रथमतः प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना ।। १४ ।। ज्येष्ठत्वाद्व्रतमुख्यानां ख्यातं तज्जयेष्ठपंचकम् ।। समुद्रो ज्येष्ठफलदः प्रभुर्ज्येष्ठफलप्रदः ।। १५ ।। वर्षसंदर्शनात्पुण्यं मञ्चकेनैव लभ्यते ।। मंचकेन तु यल्लभ्यं महाज्यैष्ठ्यां तु तल्लभेत् ।। १६ ।। यन्मयोक्तं पुरा विप्राः स्नानदर्शनजं फलम् ।। समग्रं तदवाप्नोति महाज्यैष्ठ्यां न संशयः ।। १७ ।। ।। मुनय ऊचुः ।। ।। महाज्यैष्ठीं समाचक्ष्व यत्र स्नानं महाफलम् ।। तत्र नः कौतुकं ब्रह्मन्महद्वै संप्रवर्त्तते ।। १८ ।। ।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। ज्येष्ठस्य विमले पक्षे या वै पंचदशी भवेत् ।। शक्रर्क्षैकांशगौ चन्द्रगुरू च गुरुवासरे ।। १९ ।। शुभे योगे महाज्यैष्ठी सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी ।। सर्वक्षेत्रं सर्वतीर्थं सप्त वै सागरास्तथा ।। 2.2.32.२० ।। क्रतवश्च महादानसमूहश्च तपांसि च ।। विद्याश्चाष्टादशविधा व्रतानि विविधानि च ।। २१ ।। शांतिपौष्टिककर्माणि सांख्ययोगस्तथैव च ।। सर्वे संभूय गच्छंति क्षेत्रं श्रीपुरुषोत्तमम्।। २२ ।। वृन्दशः प्रविभक्तास्त एकैकं क्षेत्रगं प्रति ।। कस्मै वयं भाग्यवते ज्येष्ठस्नानावलोकने ।। २३ ।। महाज्यैष्ठ्यां प्रवेक्ष्यामः परस्परमहंमया ।। तत्र यांति महायोगे भगवत्क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् ।। २४ ।। महाज्यैष्ठी महापुण्या भगवत्प्रीतिवर्द्धनी ।। तस्यां संपूज्य देवेशं जगन्नाथं कृपार्णवम् ।। दृष्ट्वा च स्नाप्यमानं तं पापकोशाद्विमुच्यते ।। २५ ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि व्रतं तज्ज्येष्ठपञ्चकम् ।। व्रतेनानेन लभ्यं यत्तत्तदेव ब्रवीमि वः ।। २६ ।। दशम्यां नियमं कुर्यात्प्रातः स्नात्वा यथाविधि ।। आचार्यं वृणुयात्तत्र वैष्णवं द्विजपुंगवम् ।। २७ ।। इत्थं संकल्पममलं गृह्णीयाद्व्रतमुत्तमम् ।। २८ ।। देवदेवजगन्नाथ संसारार्णवतारक ।। अद्यारभ्य व्रतं देव यावज्ज्यैष्ठी च सा तिथिः ।। तावद्व्रतं करिष्यामि प्रीतये तव केशव ।।२९।। सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकं च प्रत्यहं व्रतभोजनम् ।। मूर्तीनां तव पंचानामेकस्यापि प्रपूजनम् ।। 2.2.32.३० ।। एकस्मिन्दिवसे देव त्रिसंध्यं त्वत्प्रसादतः ।। समाप्यतां व्रतमिदं सफलं चास्तु ते प्रभो ।।।। ३१ ।। ततः पंचसु तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा च गृहमेत्य च ।। स्थंडिले विलिखेत्पद्ममष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम् ।। ३२ ।। तन्मध्ये स्थापयेत्कुंभं तीर्थांभोभिः प्रपूरितम् ।। सचंदनफलैर्युक्तं तन्मुखे ताम्रभाजनम् ।। ३३ ।। वाससा वेष्टितं कण्ठे पात्रं चाक्षतपूरितम् ।। तन्मध्ये स्थापयेद्देवं सौवर्णं मधुसूदनम् ।। ।। ३४ ।। शुभांगावयवं शांतं वामे श्रीयुतमीश्वरम् ।। ३५ ।। दक्षिणे च गरुत्मंतं स्पृशंतं पृष्ठदेशतः ।। शंखचक्रधरं चोर्ध्वे पद्मासनगतं विभुम् ।। ।। ३६ ।। पूजयेदुपचारैस्तमाचार्यो वापि भो द्विजाः ।। नीलोत्पलानां मालां तु भक्त्या देवाय दापयेत् ।। ३७ ।। दशम्यां पूजयित्वैवं दशकोट्यघनाशनम् ।। प्रार्थयेत्प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा मन्त्रमेतं समुच्चरन् ।। ३८ ।। ।। मधुसूदन देवेश नमस्ते माधवीप्रिय ।। कृपावारांनिधे पाहि पतितं मां भवार्णवे ।। ३९ ।। एकादश्यां चतुर्बाहुं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् ।। नारायणं पद्मसंस्थं पंचनिष्कविनिर्मितम् ।। तदर्द्धं निर्मितं वापि पूजयेत्पद्ममालया ।। 2.2.32.४० ।। नैवेद्यं पायसं दद्यात्सितां रंभाफलानि च ।। नानाविधं च नैवेद्यं दत्त्वा संप्रार्थयेन्मुदा ।। ४१ ।। नारायण नमस्तेऽस्तु भवसागरतारण ।। त्राहि मां पुंडरीकाक्ष शरणागतवत्सल ।। ४२ ।। एकादशेंद्रियकृतं पापराशिमनुत्तमम् ।। अनादिभवनिर्व्यूढं नाशयेत्पूजितः प्रभुः ।। ४३ ।। द्वादश्यां यज्ञवाराहं पूजयेत्स्वर्णनिर्मितम् ।। चंदनागुरुकर्पूरलेपनैश्चंपकस्रजा ।। ४४ ।। नानाविधापूपसारा भक्ष्यभोज्यफलान्विताः ।। निवेद्य प्रार्थयेद्देवं स्तुतिमेतां समुच्चरन् ।। ४५ ।। प्रलयार्णवसंमग्नां धरणीं धृतवानसि ।। किन्न शक्तो ममोद्धारे पतितस्यांघ्रिपंकजे ।। तन्मामुद्धर गोविंद निमग्नं शोकसागरे ।। ४६ ।। अब्दो द्वादशमासो वै यावदब्दकृतानि तु ।। पापानि महदल्पानि इतः पूर्वेषु जन्मसु ।। तद्विनाशयते देवो द्वादश्यामर्चितो नृणाम् ।। ४७ ।। त्रयोदश्यां तु प्रद्युम्नं शंखचक्रवराभयान् ।। धारयन्तं पद्मगतं चतुर्निष्कविनिर्मितम् ।। ४८ ।। उपचारैर्यथाप्रोक्तैः पूजयेद्भक्तितो नरः ।। अशोकपाटलीमालां चंद्रपूर्णां समुज्ज्वलाम् ।। ४९ ।। नैवेद्यं चैव पक्वान्नं फलं पक्वं मनोहरम् ।। दत्त्वा नमस्कृतिं कुर्वन्प्रार्थयेत्प्रांजलिः शुचिः ।। 2.2.32.५० ।। देव प्रद्युम्न कामानां पूरक कामरूपधृक् ।। कामाश्च सफलाः संतु कामपाल नमोऽस्तु ते ।। ५१ ।। चतुर्दश्यां नरहरिं पूजयेत्कनकाकृतिम् ।। वक्षःस्थलस्थया लक्ष्म्या प्रीयमाणं सटोज्ज्वलम् ।। ५२ ।। व्यात्ताननं साट्टहासं योगपट्टाब्जसंस्थितम् ।। सुतीक्ष्णनखरं देवं सर्वापद्विनिवारणम् ।। ५३ ।। चतुर्भिर्हेमनिष्कैश्च घटितं शुभलक्षणम् ।। पूजयेत्पूर्ववद्देवं सोपहारं सुभक्तितः ।। ५४ ।। जपाकुसुममालां च जातीपुष्पस्रजं तथा ।। दत्त्वा पुष्पांजलीन्पादे प्रणम्य सप्रदक्षिणम् ।। ५५ ।। यथा हिरण्यकशिपुं लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।। व्यदारयस्तथा पापसंघं नाशय पूजितः ।। ५६ ।। एवं संप्रार्थ्य नृहरिं प्रणम्य दण्डवत्क्षितौ ।। निर्वर्त्य व्रतमेवं तद्व्रती पंचदिनात्मकम् ।। पंच पंच प्रदीपांस्तु दिवारात्रौ प्रदापयेत् ।। ५७ ।। वस्त्रयुग्मान्पंच पञ्च च्छत्रोपानद्युगं तथा ।। सयज्ञसूत्रान्कलशान्पञ्च पञ्च फलान्वितान् ।। ५८ ।। भोजनांते द्विजेभ्यश्च प्रदद्याच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः ।। ५९ ।। रात्रौ जागरगीताद्यैस्तथा नानोपहारकैः ।। तोषयेद्वासुदेवं तु पुराणपठनेन तु ।। 2.2.32.६० ।। पौर्णमास्युषसि स्नात्वा श्रीकृष्णस्यांतिकं व्रजेत् ।। ६१ ।। रामं कृष्णं सुभद्रां च पूजयित्वा यथाविधि ।। स्नपनं कारयित्वाथ दृष्ट्वा वा शास्त्रचोदितम् ।। ६२ ।। स्नानं कृत्वा पुनः सिंधौ गृहमागत्य तत्र वै ।। यत्र विष्णोर्मूर्त्तयस्ताः कुम्भस्था मन्त्रपूजिताः ।। ६३ ।। तासां पश्चिमतो वह्निं समाधाय यथाविधि ।। अग्निकार्यं प्रकुर्वीत स्वैः स्वैर्मंत्रैः पुरोहितः ।।६४।। प्रणवादिचतुर्थ्यंतं नमोंतं नाम ईरयेत् ।। देवानां मूलमंत्रस्तु स्वाहांतो होमकर्मणि ।। ।। ६५ ।। चरोराज्यस्य समिधां पलाशानां पृथक्पृथक् ।। एकैकं देवमुद्दिश्य जुहुयाच्च शतं शतम् ।। ६६ ।। तस्य पुष्पशतं चैव जुहुयात्तदनंतरम् ।। पूर्णाहुतिं ततो हुत्वा ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां ददेत् ।। ६७ ।। आचार्ये दक्षिणां दद्यात्सुवर्णं धेनुमेव च ।। स्वर्णशृंगीं रौप्यखुरां नानोपकरणैर्युताम् ।। ।। ६८ ।। महार्घ्यवस्त्रदानानि येन तुष्यति वा गुरुः ।। सर्वोपकरणैर्युक्ताः प्रतिमाश्च निवेदयेत् ।। ६९ ।। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्सर्पिः खण्डयुक्तैश्च पायसैः ।। एतद्व्रतं समाख्यातं ज्येष्ठपंचकमुत्तमम् ।। 2.2.32.७० ।। अनुष्ठाय नरो भक्त्या स्नानदर्शनजं फलम् ।। समग्रं लभते विप्रास्तदा नैवात्र संशयः ।। ७१ ।। एकादशी या तु मध्ये निर्जला सा प्रकीर्तिता ।। एकां तां भक्तियुक्ता ये यथाविधि उपासते ।। ७२ ।। यावज्जीवकृताः सर्वा एकादश्यो न संशयः ।। व्रतराजमिमं कृत्वा सर्वव्रतफलं लभेत् ।। ७३ ।। यान्यान्समीहते कामांस्तांस्तानाप्नोत्यसंशयः ।। ७४ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ज्येष्ठपंचकव्रतवर्णनंनाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ३२ ।।

|| jaiminiruvāca || || ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtidarśanam || padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ yatropalabhyate || 1 || tato nānāvidhairdivyairbhakṣyabhojyādikaistathā || yathāśaktyupacāraistu gaṃdhairmālyaiśca pūjayet || 2 || rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca gītanṛtyādikaistathā || prekṣaṇīyaiśca vividhaiḥ śraddhayā copapāditaiḥ || 3 || vastracaṃdanamālyādyaiḥ pūjayitvā dvijottamān || bhagavadbrāhmaṇāṃścaitānmahābhāgavatāṃstathā || 4 || tato nayeddakṣiṇābhimukhāṃstāṃstridaśeśvarān || utsavaṃ ca mahatkṛtvā pūrvānayanavaddhareḥ || 5 || tasminkāle hariṃ paśyedvrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham || samaṃ subhadrāṃ yo martyo na sa prākṛtamānuṣaḥ || 6 || snānārthamāgatā devāḥ snāpayitvā jagadgurum || ākāśe'pi sasaṃbādhāstāvatkālaṃ sthitā harim || draṣṭuṃ vrajaṃtaṃ yāmyāśāvadanaṃ bhavanāśanam || 7 || dharmaśāstreṣu yāvaṃti dharmakarmāṇi saṃti vai || tāni sarvāṇi saṃdraṣṭuṃ vrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham || 8 || snānadarśanajaṃ puṇyaṃ samagraṃ labhate tu saḥ || snātaṃ murāriṃ yaḥ paśyedvrajaṃtaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham|| 9 || nīrājayitvā deveśaṃ rāmeṇa saha bhadrayā || prāsādāṃtaḥ praveśyātha na paśyedvai kathaṃcana || 2.2.32.10 || etattu vistareṇoktaṃ pūrvameva mayā dvijāḥ || 11 || || || munaya ūcuḥ || || bhagavanyattvayā proktaṃ jyeṣṭhāsnānapradarśanāt || phalaṃ prāpnoti niyataṃ tanno būhi vidāṃvara||12|| || jaiminiruvāca || || haṃta vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi tadvrataṃ jyeṣṭhapaṃcakam || nātaḥ parataraṃ proktamṛṣibhiḥ śāstrapāragaiḥ ||13|| śrautasmārtapurāṇokta vratānāmidamuttamam|| idaṃ prathamataḥ proktaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā || 14 || jyeṣṭhatvādvratamukhyānāṃ khyātaṃ tajjayeṣṭhapaṃcakam || samudro jyeṣṭhaphaladaḥ prabhurjyeṣṭhaphalapradaḥ || 15 || varṣasaṃdarśanātpuṇyaṃ mañcakenaiva labhyate || maṃcakena tu yallabhyaṃ mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ tu tallabhet || 16 || yanmayoktaṃ purā viprāḥ snānadarśanajaṃ phalam || samagraṃ tadavāpnoti mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 17 || || munaya ūcuḥ || || mahājyaiṣṭhīṃ samācakṣva yatra snānaṃ mahāphalam || tatra naḥ kautukaṃ brahmanmahadvai saṃpravarttate || 18 || || || jaiminiruvāca || || jyeṣṭhasya vimale pakṣe yā vai paṃcadaśī bhavet || śakrarkṣaikāṃśagau candragurū ca guruvāsare || 19 || śubhe yoge mahājyaiṣṭhī sarvapāpapraṇāśinī || sarvakṣetraṃ sarvatīrthaṃ sapta vai sāgarāstathā || 2.2.32.20 || kratavaśca mahādānasamūhaśca tapāṃsi ca || vidyāścāṣṭādaśavidhā vratāni vividhāni ca || 21 || śāṃtipauṣṭikakarmāṇi sāṃkhyayogastathaiva ca || sarve saṃbhūya gacchaṃti kṣetraṃ śrīpuruṣottamam|| 22 || vṛndaśaḥ pravibhaktāsta ekaikaṃ kṣetragaṃ prati || kasmai vayaṃ bhāgyavate jyeṣṭhasnānāvalokane || 23 || mahājyaiṣṭhyāṃ pravekṣyāmaḥ parasparamahaṃmayā || tatra yāṃti mahāyoge bhagavatkṣetramuttamam || 24 || mahājyaiṣṭhī mahāpuṇyā bhagavatprītivarddhanī || tasyāṃ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ jagannāthaṃ kṛpārṇavam || dṛṣṭvā ca snāpyamānaṃ taṃ pāpakośādvimucyate || 25 || ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi vrataṃ tajjyeṣṭhapañcakam || vratenānena labhyaṃ yattattadeva bravīmi vaḥ || 26 || daśamyāṃ niyamaṃ kuryātprātaḥ snātvā yathāvidhi || ācāryaṃ vṛṇuyāttatra vaiṣṇavaṃ dvijapuṃgavam || 27 || itthaṃ saṃkalpamamalaṃ gṛhṇīyādvratamuttamam || 28 || devadevajagannātha saṃsārārṇavatāraka || adyārabhya vrataṃ deva yāvajjyaiṣṭhī ca sā tithiḥ || tāvadvrataṃ kariṣyāmi prītaye tava keśava ||29|| sarvatīrthābhiṣekaṃ ca pratyahaṃ vratabhojanam || mūrtīnāṃ tava paṃcānāmekasyāpi prapūjanam || 2.2.32.30 || ekasmindivase deva trisaṃdhyaṃ tvatprasādataḥ || samāpyatāṃ vratamidaṃ saphalaṃ cāstu te prabho |||| 31 || tataḥ paṃcasu tīrtheṣu snātvā ca gṛhametya ca || sthaṃḍile vilikhetpadmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam || 32 || tanmadhye sthāpayetkuṃbhaṃ tīrthāṃbhobhiḥ prapūritam || sacaṃdanaphalairyuktaṃ tanmukhe tāmrabhājanam || 33 || vāsasā veṣṭitaṃ kaṇṭhe pātraṃ cākṣatapūritam || tanmadhye sthāpayeddevaṃ sauvarṇaṃ madhusūdanam || || 34 || śubhāṃgāvayavaṃ śāṃtaṃ vāme śrīyutamīśvaram || 35 || dakṣiṇe ca garutmaṃtaṃ spṛśaṃtaṃ pṛṣṭhadeśataḥ || śaṃkhacakradharaṃ cordhve padmāsanagataṃ vibhum || || 36 || pūjayedupacāraistamācāryo vāpi bho dvijāḥ || nīlotpalānāṃ mālāṃ tu bhaktyā devāya dāpayet || 37 || daśamyāṃ pūjayitvaivaṃ daśakoṭyaghanāśanam || prārthayetprāṃjalirbhūtvā mantrametaṃ samuccaran || 38 || || madhusūdana deveśa namaste mādhavīpriya || kṛpāvārāṃnidhe pāhi patitaṃ māṃ bhavārṇave || 39 || ekādaśyāṃ caturbāhuṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam || nārāyaṇaṃ padmasaṃsthaṃ paṃcaniṣkavinirmitam || tadarddhaṃ nirmitaṃ vāpi pūjayetpadmamālayā || 2.2.32.40 || naivedyaṃ pāyasaṃ dadyātsitāṃ raṃbhāphalāni ca || nānāvidhaṃ ca naivedyaṃ dattvā saṃprārthayenmudā || 41 || nārāyaṇa namaste'stu bhavasāgaratāraṇa || trāhi māṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇāgatavatsala || 42 || ekādaśeṃdriyakṛtaṃ pāparāśimanuttamam || anādibhavanirvyūḍhaṃ nāśayetpūjitaḥ prabhuḥ || 43 || dvādaśyāṃ yajñavārāhaṃ pūjayetsvarṇanirmitam || caṃdanāgurukarpūralepanaiścaṃpakasrajā || 44 || nānāvidhāpūpasārā bhakṣyabhojyaphalānvitāḥ || nivedya prārthayeddevaṃ stutimetāṃ samuccaran || 45 || pralayārṇavasaṃmagnāṃ dharaṇīṃ dhṛtavānasi || kinna śakto mamoddhāre patitasyāṃghripaṃkaje || tanmāmuddhara goviṃda nimagnaṃ śokasāgare || 46 || abdo dvādaśamāso vai yāvadabdakṛtāni tu || pāpāni mahadalpāni itaḥ pūrveṣu janmasu || tadvināśayate devo dvādaśyāmarcito nṛṇām || 47 || trayodaśyāṃ tu pradyumnaṃ śaṃkhacakravarābhayān || dhārayantaṃ padmagataṃ caturniṣkavinirmitam || 48 || upacārairyathāproktaiḥ pūjayedbhaktito naraḥ || aśokapāṭalīmālāṃ caṃdrapūrṇāṃ samujjvalām || 49 || naivedyaṃ caiva pakvānnaṃ phalaṃ pakvaṃ manoharam || dattvā namaskṛtiṃ kurvanprārthayetprāṃjaliḥ śuciḥ || 2.2.32.50 || deva pradyumna kāmānāṃ pūraka kāmarūpadhṛk || kāmāśca saphalāḥ saṃtu kāmapāla namo'stu te || 51 || caturdaśyāṃ narahariṃ pūjayetkanakākṛtim || vakṣaḥsthalasthayā lakṣmyā prīyamāṇaṃ saṭojjvalam || 52 || vyāttānanaṃ sāṭṭahāsaṃ yogapaṭṭābjasaṃsthitam || sutīkṣṇanakharaṃ devaṃ sarvāpadvinivāraṇam || 53 || caturbhirhemaniṣkaiśca ghaṭitaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam || pūjayetpūrvavaddevaṃ sopahāraṃ subhaktitaḥ || 54 || japākusumamālāṃ ca jātīpuṣpasrajaṃ tathā || dattvā puṣpāṃjalīnpāde praṇamya sapradakṣiṇam || 55 || yathā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || vyadārayastathā pāpasaṃghaṃ nāśaya pūjitaḥ || 56 || evaṃ saṃprārthya nṛhariṃ praṇamya daṇḍavatkṣitau || nirvartya vratamevaṃ tadvratī paṃcadinātmakam || paṃca paṃca pradīpāṃstu divārātrau pradāpayet || 57 || vastrayugmānpaṃca pañca cchatropānadyugaṃ tathā || sayajñasūtrānkalaśānpañca pañca phalānvitān || 58 || bhojanāṃte dvijebhyaśca pradadyācchraddhayānvitaḥ || 59 || rātrau jāgaragītādyaistathā nānopahārakaiḥ || toṣayedvāsudevaṃ tu purāṇapaṭhanena tu || 2.2.32.60 || paurṇamāsyuṣasi snātvā śrīkṛṣṇasyāṃtikaṃ vrajet || 61 || rāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca pūjayitvā yathāvidhi || snapanaṃ kārayitvātha dṛṣṭvā vā śāstracoditam || 62 || snānaṃ kṛtvā punaḥ siṃdhau gṛhamāgatya tatra vai || yatra viṣṇormūrttayastāḥ kumbhasthā mantrapūjitāḥ || 63 || tāsāṃ paścimato vahniṃ samādhāya yathāvidhi || agnikāryaṃ prakurvīta svaiḥ svairmaṃtraiḥ purohitaḥ ||64|| praṇavādicaturthyaṃtaṃ namoṃtaṃ nāma īrayet || devānāṃ mūlamaṃtrastu svāhāṃto homakarmaṇi || || 65 || carorājyasya samidhāṃ palāśānāṃ pṛthakpṛthak || ekaikaṃ devamuddiśya juhuyācca śataṃ śatam || 66 || tasya puṣpaśataṃ caiva juhuyāttadanaṃtaram || pūrṇāhutiṃ tato hutvā brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ dadet || 67 || ācārye dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātsuvarṇaṃ dhenumeva ca || svarṇaśṛṃgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ nānopakaraṇairyutām || || 68 || mahārghyavastradānāni yena tuṣyati vā guruḥ || sarvopakaraṇairyuktāḥ pratimāśca nivedayet || 69 || brāhmaṇānbhojayetsarpiḥ khaṇḍayuktaiśca pāyasaiḥ || etadvrataṃ samākhyātaṃ jyeṣṭhapaṃcakamuttamam || 2.2.32.70 || anuṣṭhāya naro bhaktyā snānadarśanajaṃ phalam || samagraṃ labhate viprāstadā naivātra saṃśayaḥ || 71 || ekādaśī yā tu madhye nirjalā sā prakīrtitā || ekāṃ tāṃ bhaktiyuktā ye yathāvidhi upāsate || 72 || yāvajjīvakṛtāḥ sarvā ekādaśyo na saṃśayaḥ || vratarājamimaṃ kṛtvā sarvavrataphalaṃ labhet || 73 || yānyānsamīhate kāmāṃstāṃstānāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ || 74 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jyeṣṭhapaṃcakavratavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 32 ||

English translation

Jaimini said :

1. Henceforth I shall describe (the procedure) of visiting the deities facing South. [1] In this the benefit of a horse-sacrifice is obtained at every step.

2. Therefore, the devotee should worship (the Lord) with different kinds of divine foodstuffs and offerings and services in accordance with his capacity as well as with scents and wreaths.

3-6. The devotee should worship Rāma , Kṛṣṇa and Subhadrā with various offerings and services such as songs, dances etc., and shows of various kinds accompanied by faith.

Excellent Brāhmaṇas should be honoured with garments, sandal-paste, wreaths, etc. Similarly the Brāhmaṇas, devotees and great Bhāgavatas (followers and devotees of the Lord) should be honoured.

Thereafter, those deities should be taken (in procession) facing the South. As in the previous case of Hari , a great festival should be celebrated. One who sees Hari proceeding ahead facing the South along with Subhadrā, is not an ordinary man.

7. Devas who come for (seeing) the ablution, remain in the sky crowding together even after the ablution of the Sire of the universe is over, in order to see Hari, the destroyer of worldly existence, facing the South and proceeding ahead.

8. A person who sees (the Lord) facing the South and proceeding ahead, attains (the benefit of) all those rites prescribed in treatises on Dharma .

9. He who sees the Lord, the enemy of Mura , proceeding ahead, facing the South after the ablution, obtains the entire merit accruing from seeing the ablution (itself).

10-11. After performing the rite of Nīrājana (i.e. waving of lights in front of the idol of God) to the Lord of Ramā along with Rāma and Bhadrā and making them enter the Mansion, no one shall see (the deities) at all. This has already been said in detail by me, O Brāhmaṇas.

The sages asked :

12. O holy Lord, O most excellent one among those who know, speak to us what you said (before) that one invariably attains the benefit by seeing the Jyeṣṭhāsnāna.

Jaimini said :

13. I shall narrate to you that holy rite called Jyeṣṭhapañcaka. [2] Nothing greater than this has been spoken by sages who have mastered the scriptural texts.

14. This is the most excellent one among the Vratas mentioned in Śrutis , Smṛtis and Purāṇas . This has been proclaimed at the outset by Parameṣṭhin Brahmā .

15-17. Since it is the greatest of all important Vratas , it is well-known as Jyeṣṭhapañcaka.The ocean is the bestower of great benefit. The Lord is the bestower of great benefit.

The merit of seeing (the Lord) for a year is obtained from Mañcaka (Couch) alone. What is to be obtained from Mañcaka, one gets in Mahājyaiṣṭhi. [3] What has been mentioned by me before, O Brāhmaṇas, as the benefit accruing from witnessing the holy ablution, one gets it entirely in Mahājyaiṣṭhī. There is no doubt about it.

The sages said :

18. Recount (to us) Mahājyaiṣṭhī where the holy bath yields great benefit. O holy Brāhmaṇa , our eagerness in regard to that is very great.

Jaimini said :

19-22. On the fifteenth day in the bright half (i.e. on the full-moon day) of the month of Jyeṣṭha , in conjunction with a Thursday as well as when the Moon and Jupiter occupy the same part of the constellation Jyeṣṭhā , when all these astronomical combinations are present, it is called Mahājyaiṣṭhī. It is destructive of all sins.

All the holy places, all the Tīrthas , the seven oceans, sacrifices, the group of great charitable gifts ( Mahādānas ), penances, the eighteen types of Vidyās (Lores), different kinds of holy rites, pious rites of Śānti (propitiatory rite to avert evil) and Pauṣṭika (a rite promoting welfare) and the Sāṃkhya and Yoga (systems of philosophy)—all these collectively go to the holy place Śrīpuruṣottama.

23-24. They as a group say to everyone of those who go to the holy spot: “To which one fortunate enough to witness the holy ablution in the month of Jyeṣṭha (shall we render services)? We shall enter the holy spot in the Mahājyaiṣṭhī, vying with one another.” During that great period of astronomical combination they go to the excellent holy place of the Lord.

25. Mahājyaiṣṭhī is extremely meritorious. It increases the pleasure of the Lord. By worshipping the Lord of Devas, the ocean of mercy, on that day and by seeing him bathed, one is liberated from the mass of sins (or the sheath of sins).

26. Henceforth, I shall recount to you the holy rite of Jyeṣṭha Pañcaka . So also I shall tell you the different benefits that can be obtained by observing this Vrata .

27. The devotee should perform austerities on the tenth day after taking his bath in accordance with the injunctions early in the morning. He should then choose a Vaiṣṇava , a leading Brāhmaṇa, as his preceptor.

28-31. In this excellent Vrata he should take a pure Saṃkalpa thus: “O Lord of Devas, O Lord of the universe, O Lord taking (the devotee) across the ocean of worldly existence, beginning from today and until that great Mahājyaiṣṭhī day, I shall observe the holy rites, O Keśava , for propitiating you.

The holy ablution shall be performed in all the Tīrthas. There shall be Vratas and feeding everyday. At least one of your five forms shall be worshipped each day, O Lord, in all the three Sandhyā -periods (i.e. morning, noon and dusk), O Holy Lord, let this holy observance successfully conclude by your favour.”

32. Thereafter, he should take his bath in the five Tīrthas and return home. On the ground he should draw the mystic diagram of an eight-petalled lotus along with the pericarp.

33-34. In its middle (of the pericarp) he should place a pot filled with waters from the Tīrthas. It must have fruits and sandal-paste in it. A copper vessel must be kept above it. There must be a pot filled with raw rice-grains. Round it a cloth should be wrapped. Place into it (the idol) of Lord Madhusūdana made of gold.

35-38. The limbs of the Lord should be auspicious and splendid. It must be calm and quiescent (in appearance). It should be accompanied by (the idol of) Śrī on the left. On the right, it must be accompanied by Garuḍa touching the Lord from behind. He holds in his hand the conch and the discus is held aloft. The Lord occupies a lotus-seat.

The devotee or his preceptor should worship the Lord with all offerings and services, O Brāhmaṇas. He should devoutly offer a garland of blue lotuses to the Lord. If the worship is performed thus on the tenth day, it is conducive to the destruction of ten crores of sins. With palms joined in reverence he should pray repeating this Mantra :

39. “O Lord of Devas, O slayer of Madhu , obeisance to you, O lover of Mādhavī . Protect me, O ocean of mercy, I have fallen into the ocean of worldly existence.”

40-41. On the eleventh day the devotee should worship Nārāyaṇa who has four arms, who holds the conch, the discus and the iron club, who is stationed in the lotus and is made of five gold coins or half thereof. He should worship the Lord with a garland of lotuses.

The Naivedya offered should consist of milk pudding, sugar and plantain fruit. After offering different kinds of Naivedya , the devotee should joyously pray:

42-43. “O Nārayaṇa, obeisance to you. O Lord taking (the devotees) across the ocean of worldly existence, save me, O lotus-eyed one, affectionate to those who seek refuge in you.”

The Lord who is worshipped shall destroy all that worst heap of sins committed with the eleven organs (mind and ten conative and cognitive organs) and accumulated in the course of births without any beginning.

44-47. On the twelfth day, the devotee should worship the Yajñavarāha made of gold. Sandal-paste, agallochum and camphor should be applied as unguent and a garland of Caṃpaka flowers should be offered.

After offering as Naivedya different types of sweet pies with cream, fresh butter and various other kinds of foodstuffs accompanied with fruits, the devotee should recite this verse of prayer:

“You lifted and held up the Earth sunk in the ocean of Deluge. Are you not powerful enough to lift me up? I have fallen at your lotus-like feet. Therefore, O Govinda , redeem me; I have sunk in the ocean of grief.”

A year consists of twelve months. The Lord who is worshipped on the twelfth day, destroys greater and lesser sins committed in the whole of the year as well as in the births prior to this.

48-51. On the thirteenth day the man should devoutly worship Pradyumna holding the conch, the discus and granting boons and immunity from fear (by the positions of the fingers) on the mystic diagram of the lotus. The replica shall be made of four gold coins. The offering and services should be as mentioned before. The garland should be brilliant, consisting of Aśoka and Pāṭalī flowers and fixed with pearls.

The Naivedya offered should consist of cooked rice and pleasant ripe fruits. After the Naivedya has been offered, the devotee should bow down and pray with palms joined in reverence. He should remain pure (in body and mind).

“O Lord Pradyumna, assuming the form of Kāma , O fulfiller of all desires, let our desires be fruitful, obeisance to you, O protector of desires”.

52-57. On the fourteenth day the devotee should worship Narasiṃha of golden features. He is brilliant with manes and is delighted by Lakṣmī stationed in the region of his chest. He has kept his mouth wide open and laughs boisterously. He is stationed on the mystic diagram of a lotus on the Yogic silk cloth [4] (?). The Lord has sharp claws. He is the dispeller of all calamities. He has splendid characteristics and is made of four gold coins. As before, the devotee should, with great devotion, worship the Lord with all the offerings and services. Garlands of Japā flowers ( China rose) and jasmine flowers should be offered and handfuls of flowers be strewn on the feet. The Lord shall then be prayed to as follows, after circumambulation and obeisance:

“Just as with a desire for the welfare of all the worlds you tore up Hiraṇyakaśipu , so also, on being worshipped, destroy the mass of my sins.”

After requesting Lord Narasiṃha thus and after prostrating on the ground like a staff, the devotee should conclude his Vrata lasting for five days. He should offer five lamps during the day and five during the night.

58-59. At the end of feeding, he should, with great sincerity and faith, give the Brāhmaṇas five pairs of clothes, five umbrellas, five pairs of footwear, along with sacred threads and five pots each with five fruits.

60-64. He shall propitiate Vāsudeva by keeping awake at night, singing songs and making various offerings or by reading the Purāṇas. In the morning of the full-moon day he should take his bath and go to Śrīkṛṣṇa .

The priest should worship Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and Subhadrā in accordance with the injunctions. He should get the ablution (of the Lord) duly performed and see the same. Then he should take his bath once again in the sea as prescribed in the scriptural texts and return home. He shall kindle the sacred fire in a place to the west of the spot where the images of Viṣṇu were worshipped within the pots with due recitation of the Mantras . He should kindle the fire there in accordance with the injunctions and then perform all the rites in that sacred fire with the respective Mantras.

65-69. The names should be uttered with Praṇava (Oṃ) prefixed and the dative case terminations suffixed and followed by the word namaḥ (obeisance) [5] . The Mūlamantra of the deities shall be used with the word svāhā at the end during the rite of Homa . Keeping each of the deities in view, Homas should be performed with Caru , ghee , twigs of a banyan tree and of a Palāśa tree, separately. Afterwards, a hundred flowers should be used for Homa (to each of the deities the flower pertaining to it should be offered). After offering the Pūrṇāhuti the devotee should give monetary gifts to Brahmā (the Brāhmaṇa presiding over the sacrificial and other rites).

To the preceptor he should give gold and a cow. The horns (of the cow) should be covered with gold, the hoofs with silver and various other subsidiary things also should be given. Charitable gifts of very valuable clothes should be made, so that the preceptor is pleased. The devotee should give the idols with all the adjuncts.

70. The devotee should feed the Brāhmaṇas with milk puddings along with sugar- candy and ghee. This excellent Vrata is called Jyeṣṭhapañcaka .

71-74. By devoutly performing this holy rite a man obtains the benefit of witnessing the ablution. He obtains the same entirely, O Brāhmaṇas. There is no doubt about this. The Ekādaśī (Eleventh day) that falls in between is proclaimed as Nirjalā (‘Devoid of water’ i.e. even water is not drunk on that day). The fast observed on that day alone in accordance with the injunctions and with great devotion, is as good as fasts observed on all the Ekādaśīs during the whole of one’s life. By performing this great holy rite one shall obtain the benefit of all the Vratas . Whatever he may desire he shall attain certainly.

[1]: [1] : ‘Dakṣìṇāmūrti’ are the three deities, viz. Jagannātha, Balabhadra and Subhādrā when they proceed to the South. See vv 5 ff. below.

[2]: [2] : Jyeṣṭha Pañcaka : Name of a Vrata extending for five days from the 10th day in the bright half of Jyeṣṭha up to the full-moon day of Jyeṣṭha. The pun on Jyeṣṭha (in v 15) meaning ‘The Senior-most’ and the month of the same name is used for the glorification of the Vrata, The Vrata extends over five days and hence is called ‘ Pañcaka ’.

[3]: [3] : Mahājyaiṣṭhī : See vv 19-22 below for the description of the Vrata . Also vv 26-70.

[4]: [4] : Yoga Paṭṭa generally means ‘a cloth thrown over the back and knees of an ascetic during abstract meditation’ Here it is used in relation to Narasiṃha.

[5]: [5] : It plainly means: oṃ ( jagannāthāya , balabhadrāya or subhadrāyai ) namaḥ and at the time of Homa ‘oṃ ( Jagannāthāya etc.) svāhā ”—these are to be uttered.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 22953, revision 71136 (2016-06-12T11:30:08Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc370752.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.