Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya · Chapter 41
Source।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। पुष्यस्नानोत्सवं वक्ष्ये यथोक्तं ब्रह्मणा पुरा ।। पुष्यर्क्षेण च संयुक्ता पौर्णमासी यदा भवेत् ।। १ ।। पौषे मासि तथा कुर्यात्पुष्यस्नानोत्सवं हरेः ।। एकादश्यां प्रकुर्वीत ऐशान्यामंकुरार्पणम् ।। २ ।। ततः प्रतिदिनं कुर्यात्प्रतिमायां हरेर्गृहे ।। नृत्यगीतोपहारैश्च प्रतिरात्रं वलिं हरेत् ।। ३ ।। चतुर्दशीनिशायां तु कुंभानामधिवासनम् ।। एकाशीतिप्रमाणानां तथा स्वर्णमयाञ्च्छुभान् ।। ४ ।। गव्यसर्पिःप्रपूर्णांश्च स्थापयेदेकविंशतिम् ।। कारयेत्सर्वतोभद्रं मंडलं पुरतो हरेः ।। ५ ।। तन्मध्ये बृहदाधारं स्थापयेद्दर्पणं शुभम् ।। रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्गीतनृत्यादिविस्तरैः ।। ६ ।। प्रभाते वह्निकार्यं च कुर्यात्तद्दैवतं द्विजाः ।। पालाशीभिः समिद्भिस्तु चरुणा सर्पिषा तथा ।। ७ ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवेभ्यस्तु प्रत्येकं तु सहस्रकम् ।। स्वलिंगमन्त्रैर्जुहुयात्तदंते पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। ८ ।। पूजयेदुपचारैस्तैरादर्शं प्रतिबिंबितम् ।। ततः पुरुषसूक्तेन कुम्भांस्तानभिमन्त्रयेत् ।। ९ ।। तेनैवाच्छिद्रधारेण स्नापयेत्पुरुषोत्तमम्।। पावमानीयकैर्देवाञ्छ्रीसूक्तेन ततः परम् ।। 2.2.41.१० ।। सर्पिः कुंभैः स्नापयेच्च गायत्र्या च ततः परम् .।। वैष्णव्या गन्धतोयेन श्रीसूक्तेन समर्चयेत् ।। ११ ।। सहस्रधारया देवं ततो निर्माल्यमुत्सृजेत् ।। देवांगं लेपयेद्गन्धैश्चंदनेन च विग्रहे ।। १२ ।। यथास्थानं यथाशोभमलंकारांश्च योजयेत् ।। सुगन्धसुमनोमाल्यैर्भूषयेत्तदनंतरम् ।। १३ ।। अष्टायुधानि देवस्य चक्रादीनि न्यसेत्पुरः ।। रत्नच्छत्रं समुच्छ्रित्य पूजयेत्पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। १४ ।। लक्ष्म्या युक्तं पुनर्विप्रा उपहारैः समृद्धिमत् ।। शंखेषु पूर्यमाणेषु स्निग्धगंभीरनादिषु ।। १५ ।। चामरांदोलव्यग्रासु वेश्यासु रुचिरासु च ।। मांगल्यगीतनृत्याद्यैः स्तुतिपाठेषु बन्दिनाम् ।। १६ ।। जयशब्दं प्रकुर्वत्सु द्विजातिषु मुहुर्मुहुः ।। दूर्वाक्षतांजलिभिस्त्रिभिः संपूज्य केशवम् ।। १७ ।। गोसर्पिर्दीपकैः स्वर्णपात्रकैरतिनिर्मलैः ।। नीराजयेज्जगन्नाथं कर्पूरयुतवर्तिभिः ।। १८ ।। स्वर्णपात्रस्थितं चारु तांबूलं सुपरिष्कृतम् ।। शनैःशनैर्मुखाभ्याशे प्रत्येकं विनिवेदयेत् ।। ।। १९ ।। आचार्ये दक्षिणां दद्याद्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव पूजयेत् ।। 2.2.41.२० ।। पुष्यस्नानोत्सवं पुण्यं ये पश्यंति मुदान्विताः ।। संपूर्णसर्वकामास्ते व्रजेयुर्वैष्णवं पदम् ।। २१ ।। राज्यभ्रष्टो लभेद्राज्यं सार्वभौमं च विंदति ।। अपुत्रा मृतवत्सा वा पुत्रं दीर्घायुषं लभेत् ।। २२ ।। दारिद्र्यनाशनं धन्यं ब्रह्मवर्चसकारणम् ।। पुष्यस्नानं कीर्तितं वः शृणुध्वं चोत्तरायणम् ।। २३ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पुष्याभिषेकविधिवर्णनं नामैकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ४१ ।।
|| jaiminiruvāca || || puṣyasnānotsavaṃ vakṣye yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā || puṣyarkṣeṇa ca saṃyuktā paurṇamāsī yadā bhavet || 1 || pauṣe māsi tathā kuryātpuṣyasnānotsavaṃ hareḥ || ekādaśyāṃ prakurvīta aiśānyāmaṃkurārpaṇam || 2 || tataḥ pratidinaṃ kuryātpratimāyāṃ harergṛhe || nṛtyagītopahāraiśca pratirātraṃ valiṃ haret || 3 || caturdaśīniśāyāṃ tu kuṃbhānāmadhivāsanam || ekāśītipramāṇānāṃ tathā svarṇamayāñcchubhān || 4 || gavyasarpiḥprapūrṇāṃśca sthāpayedekaviṃśatim || kārayetsarvatobhadraṃ maṃḍalaṃ purato hareḥ || 5 || tanmadhye bṛhadādhāraṃ sthāpayeddarpaṇaṃ śubham || rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītanṛtyādivistaraiḥ || 6 || prabhāte vahnikāryaṃ ca kuryāttaddaivataṃ dvijāḥ || pālāśībhiḥ samidbhistu caruṇā sarpiṣā tathā || 7 || brahmaviṣṇuśivebhyastu pratyekaṃ tu sahasrakam || svaliṃgamantrairjuhuyāttadaṃte puruṣottamam || 8 || pūjayedupacāraistairādarśaṃ pratibiṃbitam || tataḥ puruṣasūktena kumbhāṃstānabhimantrayet || 9 || tenaivācchidradhāreṇa snāpayetpuruṣottamam|| pāvamānīyakairdevāñchrīsūktena tataḥ param || 2.2.41.10 || sarpiḥ kuṃbhaiḥ snāpayecca gāyatryā ca tataḥ param .|| vaiṣṇavyā gandhatoyena śrīsūktena samarcayet || 11 || sahasradhārayā devaṃ tato nirmālyamutsṛjet || devāṃgaṃ lepayedgandhaiścaṃdanena ca vigrahe || 12 || yathāsthānaṃ yathāśobhamalaṃkārāṃśca yojayet || sugandhasumanomālyairbhūṣayettadanaṃtaram || 13 || aṣṭāyudhāni devasya cakrādīni nyasetpuraḥ || ratnacchatraṃ samucchritya pūjayetpuruṣottamam || 14 || lakṣmyā yuktaṃ punarviprā upahāraiḥ samṛddhimat || śaṃkheṣu pūryamāṇeṣu snigdhagaṃbhīranādiṣu || 15 || cāmarāṃdolavyagrāsu veśyāsu rucirāsu ca || māṃgalyagītanṛtyādyaiḥ stutipāṭheṣu bandinām || 16 || jayaśabdaṃ prakurvatsu dvijātiṣu muhurmuhuḥ || dūrvākṣatāṃjalibhistribhiḥ saṃpūjya keśavam || 17 || gosarpirdīpakaiḥ svarṇapātrakairatinirmalaiḥ || nīrājayejjagannāthaṃ karpūrayutavartibhiḥ || 18 || svarṇapātrasthitaṃ cāru tāṃbūlaṃ supariṣkṛtam || śanaiḥśanairmukhābhyāśe pratyekaṃ vinivedayet || || 19 || ācārye dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva pūjayet || 2.2.41.20 || puṣyasnānotsavaṃ puṇyaṃ ye paśyaṃti mudānvitāḥ || saṃpūrṇasarvakāmāste vrajeyurvaiṣṇavaṃ padam || 21 || rājyabhraṣṭo labhedrājyaṃ sārvabhaumaṃ ca viṃdati || aputrā mṛtavatsā vā putraṃ dīrghāyuṣaṃ labhet || 22 || dāridryanāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ brahmavarcasakāraṇam || puṣyasnānaṃ kīrtitaṃ vaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ cottarāyaṇam || 23 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye puṣyābhiṣekavidhivarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 41 ||
English translation
Jaimini said :
1-2. I shall describe the festival of the holy bath on the Puṣya day [1] as approved by Brahma formerly. The devotee should perform the festival of the holy bath on Puṣya day in the month of Pauṣa , when the full moon coincides with the Puṣya constellation. On the eleventh day the offering of germinating seeds [2] should be done in the North-East.
3-6. Thereafter, worship should be continued everyday of the idol of Hari in the abode (Temple) of Hari. Every night an oblation should be offered with dances, songs and other offerings and services.
The pots should be consecrated in the preliminary consecration rite on the night of the fourteenth. These pots should be eighty-one in number. There should be twenty-one gold pots too, filled with cow’s ghee . In front of Hari the devotee should make the mystic diagram of Sarvatobhadra . In their middle he should fix an auspicious mirror with a broad base. In the night everyone should keep awake with elaborate arrangements for dance, music etc.
7-13. In the morning, O Brāhmaṇas , the devotee should perform the holy rites in the sacred fire for those deities. With sacrificial twigs of Palāśa ( Butea frondosa ), Caru as well as ghee oblations with their Liṅga Mantras are offered to Brahmā , Viṣṇu and Śiva a thousand times for each. At the conclusion of the Homas with the respective Mantras and Symbols (of the deities), he should worship Puruṣottama reflected in the mirror. Thereafter, he should charge the pots with the Mantras of Puruṣa Sūkta .
Reciting the same, he should bathe Puruṣottama with an unbroken flow of water.
Reciting the Pāvamānīyaka hymns he should bathe the Devas and again reciting Śrī Sūkta .
Thereafter, he should bathe the Lord with the pots of ghee reciting the Vaiṣṇavī Gāyatrī . Then he should worship the Lord with scented water dropping in a thousand streams (i.e. water is poured from a pot with many holes pierced therein) while reciting Śrī Sūkta .
Thereafter, the Nirmālya should be cast off. He should then smear the body of the Lord with scents and sandal-paste. He should then adorn the Lord with ornaments in the proper places so that their charm shall be displayed. Thereafter, he should adorn (the Lord) with sweetsmelling flower-garlands.
14-18. He should place the eight weapons beginning with the discus in front of the Lord. After holding the gem-set umbrella aloft, he should worship once again Puruṣottama accompanied by Lakṣmī , O Brāhmaṇas, with rich offerings. Then the conch-shells should be blown for their pleasing and resonant sounds. Beautiful courtesans should be employed for the waving of chowries constantly. There should be auspicious songs, dances etc. The bards should recite eulogies and panegyrics. The Brāhmaṇas should repeatedly give shouts of “Be victorious”.
The devotee should then worship Keśava with three handfuls of Dūrvā blades and raw rice grains. He should then perform the Nīrājana 1 rite to the Lord of the universe by means of lamps with wicks burning with cow’s ghee in gold vessels of great purity along with camphor.
19-20. Excellent betel leaves kept in a gold vessel should be well prepared and offered slowly near the mouth (of the Lord) one by one.
Monetary gifts should be given to the preceptor and the Brāhmaṇas should be honoured.
21-23. Those who joyfully witness the festival of the holy bath on the Puṣya day shall realize all their desires fully and go to the region of Viṣṇu. A king dislodged from his kingdom shall regain the realm. He shall even become an Emperor. A lady having no son or with a dead child shall get a son with a long life.
Puṣyasnāna (Puṣya bath) festival is destructive of poverty. It is conducive to wealth. It is a producer of Brahminical splendour. It has been glorified unto you. Now listen to the Uttarāyaṇa .
[1]: [1] : This festival of the bath ceremony of the Lord is performed on the full-moon day of Pauṣa, when the Moon coincides with the Puṣya asterism in the sky.
[2]: [2] : As is seen in the procedure of the Yātrās, this rite is to be performed at the beginning of religious functions.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 13620, revision 71197 (2016-06-13T18:38:22Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371623.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.