Texts

sūta uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

vīthyāśrayāṇi carati nakṣatrāṇi niśākaraḥ / (1.2) Par.?

tricakrobhayato'śvaś ca vijñeyastasya vai rathaḥ // (1.3) Par.?

śatāraiś ca tribhiścakrairyuktaḥ śuklairhayottamaiḥ / (2.1) Par.?

daśabhistvakṛśair divyair asaṃgais tair manojavaiḥ // (2.2) Par.?

rathenānena devaiś ca pitṛbhiścaiva gacchati / (3.1) Par.?

somo hyambumayair gobhiḥ śuklaiḥ śuklagabhastimān // (3.2) Par.?

kramate śuklapakṣādau bhāskarātparamāsthitaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

āpūryate parasyāntaḥ satataṃ divasakramāt // (4.2) Par.?

devaiḥ pītaṃ kṣaye somamāpyāyayati nityaśaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

pītaṃ pañcadaśāhaṃ tu raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ // (5.2) Par.?

āpūrayan suṣumnena bhāgaṃ bhāgamanukramāt / (6.1) Par.?

ityeṣā sūryavīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ // (6.2) Par.?

sa paurṇamāsyāṃ dṛśyeta śuklaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

evamāpyāyitaṃ somaṃ śuklapakṣe dinakramāt // (7.2) Par.?

tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturdaśīm / (8.1) Par.?

pibantyambumayaṃ devā madhu saumyaṃ sudhāmṛtam // (8.2) Par.?

saṃbhṛtaṃ tvardhamāsena hyamṛtaṃ sūryatejasā / (9.1) Par.?

pānārthamamṛtaṃ somaṃ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate // (9.2) Par.?

ekarātriṃ surāḥ sarve pitṛbhistvṛṣibhiḥ saha / (10.1) Par.?

somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya ca // (10.2) Par.?

prakṣīyante parasyāntaḥ pīyamānāḥ kalāḥ kramāt / (11.1) Par.?

trayastriṃśacchatāścaiva trayastriṃśattathaiva ca // (11.2) Par.?

trayastriṃśatsahasrāṇi devāḥ somaṃ pibanti vai / (12.1) Par.?

evaṃ dinakramātpīte vibudhaistu niśākare // (12.2) Par.?

pītvārdhamāsaṃ gacchanti amāvāsyāṃ surottamāḥ / (13.1) Par.?

pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti amāvāsyāṃ niśākaram // (13.2) Par.?

tataḥ pañcadaśe bhāge kiṃcicchiṣṭe kalātmake / (14.1) Par.?

aparāhṇe pitṛgaṇā jaghanyaṃ paryupāsate // (14.2) Par.?

pibanti dvikalaṃ kālaṃ śiṣṭā tasya kalā tu yā / (15.1) Par.?

nisṛtaṃ tadamāvāsyāṃ gabhastibhyaḥ svadhāmṛtam // (15.2) Par.?

māsatṛptimavāpyāgryāṃ pītvā gacchanti te 'mṛtam / (16.1) Par.?

pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu yā // (16.2) Par.?

yāvattu kṣīyate tasya bhāgaḥ pañcadaśastu saḥ / (17.1) Par.?

amāvāsyāṃ tatastasyā antarā pūryate punaḥ // (17.2) Par.?

vṛddhikṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtau / (18.1) Par.?

evaṃ sūryanimittaiṣā pakṣavṛddhirniśākare // (18.2) Par.?

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge somavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (19.1) Par.?