Agni Purana · Chapter 197

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nakṣatravratakāni nāma
ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
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1 nakṣatravratakāmadamiti kha.. , ga.. , cha.. ca / nakṣatravratake 'nnadamiti
gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca
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:ś atha saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
divasavratāni
agnir uvāca
divasavratakaṃ vakṣye hy ādau dhenuvrataṃ vade /AP_197.001ab/
yaścobhayamukhīndadyāt prabhūtakanakānvitāṃ

dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhet sa yāti parasampadaṃ /AP_197.002ab/
tryahaṃ payovrataṃ kṛtvā kāñcanaṃ kalpapādapaṃ

datvā brahmapadaṃ yāti kalpavṛkṣapradaṃ smṛtaṃ /AP_197.003ab/
dadyādviṃśat palādūrdhvaṃ(1) mahīṅkṛtvā tu kāñcanīṃ

dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhedrudragaḥ syāddivāvratī /AP_197.004ab/
pakṣe pakṣe trirātrantu bhaktenaikena yaḥ kṣapet(2)

vipulaṃ dhanamāpnoti trirātravratakṛddinaṃ /AP_197.005ab/
māse māse trirātrāśī ekabhaktī gaṇeśatāṃ

yastrirātravrataṃ(3) kuryāt samuhiśya janārdanaṃ /AP_197.006ab/
kulānāṃ śatamādāya sa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ

navamyāñca site pakṣe naro mārgaśirasyatha(4) /AP_197.007ab/
prārabheta trirātrāṇāṃ vratantu vidhivad vratī

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1 dadyāt triṃśatpalādūrdhvamiti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca
2 kṣipediti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca
3 yastrirātraśataṃ kuryāditi ga.. , gha.. , ña..
4 mārgaśirasya ceti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca
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oṃ namo vāsudevāya sahasraṃ vā śataṃ japet /AP_197.008ab/
aṣṭamyāmekabhaktāśī dinatrayamupāvaset

dvādaśyāṃ pūjayed viṣṇuṃ kārttike kārayed vrataṃ /AP_197.009ab/
viprān sambhojya vastrāṇi śayanānyāsanāni ca

chatropavītapātrāṇi dadet samprārthayeddvijān /AP_197.010ab/
vrato 'smin duṣkare cāpi vikalaṃ yadabhūnmama

bhavadbhistadanujñātaṃ paripūrṇaṃ bhavatviti /AP_197.011ab/
bhuktabhogo vrajed viṣṇuṃ trirātravratakatratī(1)

kārttikavratakaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ /AP_197.012ab/
daśamyāṃ pañcagavyāśo ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

kārttikasya site 'bhyarcya(2) viṣṇuṃ devavimānagaḥ /AP_197.013ab/
caitre trirātraṃ naktāśī ajāpañcapradaḥ sukhī

trirātraṃ payasaḥ pānamupavāsaparastryahaṃ /AP_197.014ab/
ṣaṣṭhyādi kārttike śukre kṛcchro māhendra ucyate

pañcarātraṃ payaḥ pītvā dadhyāhāro hy upoṣitaḥ /AP_197.015ab/
ekādaśyāṃ kārttike tu kṛcchro 'yaṃ bhāskarorthadaḥ(3)

yavāgūṃ yāvakaṃ śākaṃ dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ jalaṃ /AP_197.016ab/
pañcamyādi site pakṣe kṛcchraḥ śāntapanaḥ smṛtaḥ