Kumbha Vivaha Vidhi 3cr6u

❦ Kumbha /Arka Vivāha Vidhiḥ ❦ The girl is dressed in new unwashed clothes, adorned and sits with her father. Ganesha pūja is done followed by svasti-puṇyāha vācanam

saṅkalpa oṃ .............. māse ................ pakṣe .............. tithau ................. gotraḥ ................ śarmā ahaṃ ......................... gotrāyāḥ asyāḥ śrī .................. kanyāyāḥ yatāsthāna sthita duṣṭha graha sūcita vaidhavya doṣa śānti dvārā śrī parmeśvara prītyarthaṃ supūjita kumbha [bilva phale] sākaṃ śubha vivāhaṃ kariṣye ||

The father and daughter offer puṣpāṅjali

oṃ aśvattha hutabhugbhāga govindasya sadā priya | aśeṣaṃ hara me pāpaṃ vṛkṣarāja namo'stu te || oṃ aśvatthāya namaḥ

navagraha pūjanam Establish a kalaśa and invoke the navagraha and the pañcāyatana devatas - Offer pūjā

viṣṇu- varuṇa pūjanam Upon another kalaśa place a śālagrāma and invoke lord viṣṇu and varuṇa offer pūjā

puṣpāñjali oṃ dehi viṣṇo varaṃ deva kanyāṃ pālaya duḥkhataḥ | patiṃ jīvaya kanyāyāściraṃ dehi tathā sukhaṃ || oṃ varuṇā'ṅga svarūpastvaṃ jīvanānāṃ samāśrayaḥ patiṃ jīvaya kanyāyāściraṃ putra sukhaṃ kuru || Hold a screen between the girl and the kumbha and recite mangala ślokas:

śrīmat paṅkaja viṣṭatarau hari-harau vāyur mahendro’nalaḥ candro bhāskara vittapāla varuṇā pretādhipāḍyā grahāḥ | pradyumnau nala kubarau suragajaś-cintāmaṇiḥ kaustubhaḥ

svāmī śakti-dharaśca lāṅgala-dharaḥ kurvantu vo maṅgalam || 1 || gaurī śrī--kuladevatā ca subhagā bhūmiḥ prapūrṇā śubhā sāvitrī ca sarasvatī ca surabhis satyavratā’rundhatī | svāhā jāmbavatī ca rukma-bhaginī duḥsvapna pradhvaṃśinī velā cāmbu-nidhes samīna makara kurvantu vo maṅgalam || 2 || gaṅgā sindhu sarasvatī ca Yamunā godāvarī narmadā kāverī sarayu mahendra-tanayā carmaṇvatī vedikā | kṣiprā vetra-vatī mahā-suranadī khyātā ca yā gaṇḍakī puṇyaḥ puṇya-jalais samudra sahitā kurvantu vo maṅgalam || 3 || lakṣmī kaustubha pārijātaka surā dhanvantariś-candramā dhenuḥ kāmadhughā sureśvara gaja rambhā ca devāṅganā | aśva-sapta-mukho viṣaṃ hari-dhanuḥ śaṅkho’mṛtaṃ cāmbudeḥ ratnānīti catur-daśa prati-dinaṃ kurvantu vo maṅgalam || 4 || brahmā veda-pati śiva-paśupatis sūryo grahaṇāṃ patiḥ śakro deva-patir havir-huta-patis skandaśca senā-patiḥ | viṣṇur yajña-patir yamo pitṛ-patiś śaktiḥ patināṃ-patiḥ sarve te patayas sumeru sahitāh kurvantu vo maṅgalam || 5 || Remove the screen and perform the saṅkalpa

kanyadāna saṅkalpa oṃ pūrvokta guṇa viśeṣaṇa visiṣṭhāyāṃ asyāṃ śubha tithau mama upāta samasta duritakṣaya dvārā śrī parameśvara prītyarthaṃ .................. śarmā ahaṃ asyāḥ kanyāyāḥ vaidhavya doṣa parihāra arthaṃ śrī viṣṇu varuṇa svarūpiṇe kumbhāya imāṃ sālaṅkārāṃ śrīrūpiṇīṃ varārthinīṃ ..................... nāmnīṃ kanyāṃ sampradade || gaurīṃ kanyām imāṃ salakṣaṇāṃ yathā śakti vibhūṣitām | dadāmi tubhyaṃ kumbhāya saubhāgyaṃ dehi sarvadā ||

A married woman then takes the girl and places the sindur in her hair. Tie a sacred thread of ten strands around the maid’s neck

pari tvā girvaṇo gira imā bhavantu viśvataḥ | vraddhāyum anuvraddhayo juṣṭā bhavantu juṣṭayaḥ ||

dakṣiṇa saṅkalpa oṃ pūrvokta guṇa viśeṣaṇa visiṣṭhāyāṃ asyām śubha tithau asyāḥ kanyāyāḥ yatā rāśi sthāna sthita duṣṭa graha sūcita vaidhavya doṣa parihāra dvārā saubhāgya phala prāptaye kṛtasya kuṃbha vivāha karmaṇaḥ sād guṇya arthaṃ etāvad dravya mūlyaka hiraṇyam agni daivataṃ yathā nāma gotrāya brāhmaṇāya dakṣiṇāṃ dātum utsṛjye ||