This text deals with the worship to be performed during navarātri. Though the colophon states it to be part of the kāraṇāgama it is only a text based on it for it is partially in prose. However in subject matter it is similar to the part of the kāraṇa transmitted in IFP.T. 471, pp. 364-375

Manuscript Beginning

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam। prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntayet[ye]। prātar aṅgeṣu sarvendu[sarveṣu] pūjanīyo gaṇādhipaḥ। yātrādvau[dau] devakāryeṣu yuddhasanneyuteṣu[sannahaneṣu] cā[ca]। pūjanīyaṃ prayatnena sarvasiddhir bhaved dhruvam। māsabhādrapade pakṣe 'sukle pratipadādikam। navamā[mya]ntaṃ viśeṣeṇa pūjayitvā maheśvarīḥ।

Manuscript Ending

aṣṭaśaktyādikumbhaṃ cā[ca] sarvakumbhābhiṣicyate kramaṃ citravasstraṃ ca gandhaṃ ca puṣpamālyābhir alaṃkṛtaṃ layāṅgaṃ bhogāṅgaṃ sampūjya naivedyadhūpadīpakaiḥ dhūpadīpakaiḥ ṣoḍaśopacāra[iḥ] pūjayitvā [।] iti kāraṇe pratiṣṭhātantre navarātripūjāvidhipaṭalaḥ [।]

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

382.3

Key

manuscripts_004541

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CC BY-NC 4.0

Cite as

Nvarātripūjāvidhi, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381690