Agni Purana · Chapter 198

:e ity āgneye mahapurāṇe divasavratāni nāma saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo
'dhyāyaḥ ||
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1 trirātraśatakavrato iti kha.. , gha.. , ña.. ca / trirātraśatakakṛd vrato iti
ṅa..
2 kārttikasya site prārcya iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca
3 bhāskaro 'nnada iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca
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:ś athāṣṭanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
māsavratāni
agnir uvāca
māsavratakamākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ /AP_198.001ab/
āṣāḍhādicaturmāsamabhyaṅgaṃ varjayet sudhīḥ

vaiśākhe puṣpalavaṇantyaktvā godo nṛpo bhavet /AP_198.002ab/
godo māsopavāsī ca(1) bhīmavratakaro hariḥ(2)

āṣāḍhādicaturmāsaṃ prātaḥsnāyī ca viṣṇugaḥ /AP_198.003ab/
māghe māsyatha caitre vā guḍadhenuprado bhavet

guḍavratastṛtīyāyāṃ gaurīśaḥ syānmahāvratī /AP_198.004ab/
mārgaśīrṣādimāseṣu naktakṛdviṣṇulokabhāk

ekabhaktavratī tadvad dvādaśīvratakaṃ pṛṭhak(3) /AP_198.005ab/
phalavratī caturmāsaṃ phalaṃ tyaktvā pradāpayet

śrāvaṇādicaturmāsaṃ vrataiḥ sarvaṃ labhedvratī /AP_198.006ab/
āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

cāturmāsyavratānāntu kurvīta parikalpanaṃ /AP_198.007ab/
āṣāḍhyāñcātha saṅkrāntau karkaṭasya(4) hariṃ yajet

idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva gṛhītaṃ puratastava /AP_198.008ab/
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1 māse yavāśo ceti kha..
2 bhīmavrataparo haririti ṅa..
3 dvādaśīvratakaṃ paramiti ṅa..
4 āṣāḍhagaṃ vṛṣasaṅkrāntyāṃ karkaṭe ceti jha..
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nirvighnāṃ siddhimāyātu prasanne tvayi keśava

gṛhīte 'smin vrate deva yadyapūrṇe mriye hy ahaṃ /AP_198.009ab/
tanme bhavatu sampūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana

māṃsādi tyaktvā(1) vipraḥ syāttailatyāgī hariṃ yajet /AP_198.010ab/
ekāntaropavāsī ca trirātraṃ viṣṇulokabhāk

cāndrāyaṇī viṣṇulokī maunī syān muktibhājanaṃ /AP_198.011ab/
prājāpatyavratī svargī śaktuyāvakabhakṣakaḥ

gugdhādyāhāravān svargī pañcagavyāmbubhktathā /AP_198.012ab/
śākamūlaphalāhārī naro viṣṇupurīṃ vrajet(2)

māṃsavarjī yavāhāro rasavarjī hariṃ vrajet /AP_198.013ab/
kaumudavratamākhyāsye āśvine samupoṣitaḥ

dvādaśyāṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ pralipyābjotpalādibhiḥ /AP_198.014ab/
ghṛtena tilatailena dīpanaivedyamarpayet

oṃ namo vāsudevāya mālatyā mālayā yajet /AP_198.015ab/
dharmakāmārthamokṣāṃś ca prāpnuyāt kaumudavratī