Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 3.4

nārāyaṇa uvāca //
śrutvā vratavidhānaṃ ca durgā saṃhṛṣṭamānasā //
sarvaṃ vratavidhānaṃ ca saṃpraṣṭumupacakrame

pārvatyuvāca //
sarvaṃ vratavidhānaṃ māṃ vada vedavidāṃ vara //
he nātha karuṇāsindho dīnabandho parātpara

kāni vratopayuktāni dravyāṇi ca phalāni ca //
saniyamaṃ sabhakṣyaṃ ca vidhānaṃ tatphalaṃ prabho

dehi mahyaṃ vinītāyai niyuktaṃ satpurohitam//
puṣpopahārānviprāṃśca dravyāharaṇakiṃkarān

anyāni copayuktāni mayā'jñātāni yāni ca //
sanniyojaya tatsarvaṃ strīṇāṃ svāmī ca sarvadaḥ

pitā kaumārakāle ca sadā pālanakārakaḥ //
bharttā madhye sutaḥ śeṣe tridhā'vasthā suyoṣitām

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tāto'śokaḥ prāṇatulyāṃ dattvā sattvāmine sutām //
svāmī nirvṛtimāpnoti saṃnyasya svasute priyām

bandhutrayayutā yā strī sā ca bhāgyavatī parā //
kiñcidvihīnā madhyā ca sarvahīnā'dhamā bhuvi////
eteṣāṃ ca samīpasthā praśaṃsyā sā jagattraye//
ninditā'nyeṣu saṃnyastā sarvametacchrutau śrutam

sarvātmā bhagavāṃstvaṃ ca sarvasākṣī ca sarvavit//
dehi mahyaṃ putravaraṃ svātmanirvṛtihetukam

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svātmabodhānumānena mahātmani niveditam//
sarvāntarābhiprāyajñaṃ bodhajñaṃ bodhayāmi kim

ityuktvā pārvatī prītyā papāta svāminaḥ pade //
kṛpāsindhuśca bhagavānpravaktumupacakrame

śrīmahādeva uvāca //
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi vidhānaṃ niyamaṃ phalam //
phalāni caiva dravyāṇi vratayogyāni yāni ca

viprāṇāṃ śatakaṃ śuddhaṃ phalapuṣpopahārakam //
kiṃkarāṇāṃ ca śatakaṃ dravyāharaṇakārakam

dāsīnāṃ śatakaṃ lakṣaṃ niyuktaṃ ca purohitam //
sarvavratavidhānajñaṃ vedavedāntapāragam

pravaraṃ haribhaktānāṃ sarvajñaṃ jñānināṃ varam//
sanatkumāraṃ mattulyaṃ gṛhāṇa vratahetave

devi śuddhe ca kāle ca paraṃ niyamapūrvakam//
māghaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ vratārambhaḥ śubhaḥ priye

gātraṃ sunirmalaṃ kṛtvā śirassaṃskārapūrvakam //
upoṣya pūrvadivase vastraṃ saṃśodhya yatnataḥ

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ talpādutthāya suvratī //
mukhaprakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā snātvā vai nirmale jale

ācamya yatnapūto hi harismaraṇapūrvakam //
dattvā'rghyaṃ haraye bhaktyā gṛhamāgatya satvaram

dhaute ca vāsasī dhṛtvā hyupaviśyāsane śucau//
ācamya tilakaṃ dhṛtvā samāpya svāhnikaṃ punaḥ

ghaṭaṃ saṃsthāpya vidhivatsvastivācanapūrvakam //
purohitasya varaṇaṃ puraḥ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ

saṅkalpaṃ vedavihitaṃ vratametatsamācaret //
vrate dravyāṇi nityāni copacārāstu ṣoḍaśa

deyāni nityaṃ deveśi kṛṣṇāya paramātmane //
āsanaṃ svāgataṃ pādyamarghyamācamanīyakam

snānīyaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca //
sugandhi puṣpadhūpaṃ ca dīpanaivedyacandanam

yajñasūtraṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam //
dravyāṇyetāni pūjāyāścāṅgarūpāṇi sundari

devi kiñcidvihīnena cāṅgahāniḥ prajāyate //
aṃgahīnaṃ ca yatkarmma cāṅgahīno yathā naraḥ //
aṃgahīne ca kāryye ca phalahāniḥ prajāyate

aṣṭottaraśataṃ puṣpaṃ pārijātasya viṣṇave //
deyaṃ pratidinaṃ durge svātmano rūpahetave

śvetacampakapuṣpāṇāṃ lakṣamakṣatamīpsitam //
pradeyaṃ haraye bhaktyā varṇasaundaryyahetave

sahasrapatrapadmānāmakṣataṃ lakṣakaṃ tathā //
bhaktyā deyaṃ ca haraye mukhasaundaryyahetave

amūlyaratnaracitaṃ darpaṇānāṃ sahasrakam //
deyaṃ nārāyaṇāyaiva netrayordīptihetave

nīlotpalānāṃ lakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ kṛṣṇāya bhaktitaḥ //
vratāṅgabhūtaṃ deveśi cakṣuṣo rūpahetave //

himālayodbhavaṃ lakṣaṃ ruciraṃ śvetacāmaram //
pradeyaṃ keśavāyaiva keśasaundaryyahetave

amūlyaratnaracitaṃ puṭakānāṃ sahasrakam //
pradeyaṃ gopikeśāya nāsāsaundaryahetave

bandhūkapuṣpalakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ rādheśvarāya ca //
saumyauṣṭhādharayoścaiva varṇasaundaryahetave

muktāphalānāṃ lakṣaṃ ca dantasaundaryahetave //
deyaṃ golokanāthāya śailaje bhaktipūrvakam

ratnagaṇḍūṣalakṣaṃ ca gaṇḍasaundaryyahetave //
maheśvarāya dātavyaṃ vrate śailendrakanyake

ratnapāśakalakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ brahmeśvarāya ca //
oṣṭhādhaḥ sthalarūpāya vratī prāṇeśi bhaktitaḥ

karṇabhūṣaṇalakṣaṃ ca ratnasāravinirmmitam //
deyaṃ sarveśvarāyaiva karṇasaundaryyahetave

mādhvīkakalaśānāṃ ca lakṣaṃ ratnavinirmmitam //
deyaṃ viśveśvarāyaiva svarasaundaryyahetave

sudhāpūrṇaṃ ca kumbhānāṃ sahasraṃ ratnanirmmitam //
deyaṃ kṛṣṇāya deveśi vākyasaundaryyahetave

ratnapradīpalakṣaṃ ca gopaveṣavidhāyine //
deyaṃ kiśoraveṣāya dṛṣṭisaundaryya hetave

dhattūrakusumākāraṃ ratnapātrasahasrakam //
deyaṃ gorakṣakāyaiva balasaundaryyahetave

sadratnasāraracitaṃ padmanālasahasrakam //
deyaṃ caṇḍakapālāya bāhusaundaryyahetave

lakṣaṃ ca raktapadmānāṃ karasaundaryahetave//
deyaṃ gopāṃganeśāya nārāyaṇi harivrate

aṃgulīyakalakṣaṃ ca ratnasāravinirmmitam //
aṃgulīnāṃ ca rūpārthaṃ deyaṃ deveśvarāya ca

maṇīndrasāralakṣaṃ ca śvetavarṇaṃ manoharam //
deyaṃ munīndranāthāya nakhasaundaryyahetave

sadratnasārahārāṇāṃ lakṣaṃ cātimanoharam //
deyaṃ madanamohāya vakṣaḥsaundaryyahetave

supakvaśrīphalānāṃ ca lakṣaṃ ca sumanoharam //
deyaṃ siddhendranāthāya stanasaundaryyahetave

sadratnavartulākārapatralaśaṃ manoharam //
deyaṃ padmālayeśāya dehasaundaryyahetave

sadratnasāraracitaṃ nābhīnāṃ ca sahasrakam //
pradeyaṃ padmanābhāya nābhisaundaryyahetave

sadratnasāraracitaṃ rathacakrasahasrakam //
nitambasaundaryyārthaṃ ca deyaṃ vai cakrapāṇaye

suvarṇarambhāstambhānāṃ lakṣaṃ ca sumanoharam //
pradeyaṃ śrīnivāsāya śroṇisaundaryyahetave

śatapatrasthalābjānāṃ lakṣamamlānamakṣatam //
pradeyaṃ padmanetrāya pādasaundaryyahetave

suvarṇaracitānāṃ ca khañjanānāṃ sahasrakam //
gatisaundaryyahetvarthaṃ deyaṃ lakṣmīśvarāya ca

rājahaṃsasahasraṃ ca gajendrāṇāṃ sahasrakam //
suvarṇaracitaṃ deyaṃ haraye gatihetave //

suvarṇacchatralakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ nārāyaṇāya ca //
vicitraṃ ratnasāreṇa mūrddhasaundaryyahetave

mālatīnāṃ ca kusumamakṣataṃ lakṣamīśvari //
deyaṃ vṛndāvaneśāya hāsyasaundaryyahetave

amūlyaratnalakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ nārāyaṇāya vai //
suvrate vratapūrṇārthaṃ śīlasaundaryyahetave

svacchasphaṭikasaṅkāśaṃ maṇīndraśreṣṭhalakṣakam //
deyaṃ munīndranāthāya manassaundaryyahetave

pravālasārasaṃkāśaṃ maṇisārasahasrakam //
deyaṃ kṛṣṇāya bhaktyā ca priyārāgavivṛddhaye

māṇikyasāralakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ kṛṣṇāya yatnataḥ //
janmanaḥ koṭiparyyantaṃ svāmisaubhāgyahetave

kūṣmāṇḍaṃ nārikelaṃ ca jambīraṃ śrīphalaṃ tathā //
phalānyetāni deyāni haraye putrahetave

ratnendrasāralakṣaṃ ca deyaṃ kṛṣṇāya yatnataḥ //
asaṃkhyajanmaparyyantaṃ svāmino dhanavṛddhaye

vādyaṃ nānāprakāraṃ ca kāṃsyatālādikaṃ param //
vrate sampattivṛddhyartha śrīhariṃ śrāvayedvratī

pāyasaṃ piṣṭakaṃ sarpiḥ śarkarāktaṃ manoharam //
pradeyaṃ haraye bhaktyā svāmino bhogavṛddhaye

sugandhipuṣpamālānāṃ lakṣamakṣatamīpsitam //
pradeyaṃ haraye bhaktyā haribhaktivivṛddhaye

naivedyāni ca deyāni svādūni madhurāṇi ca //
śrīkṛṣṇaprītiprāptyarthaṃ durge nānāvidhāni ca

nānāvidhāni puṣpāṇi tulasīsaṃyutāni ca //
śrīkṛṣṇaprītaye bhaktyā vrate deyāni suvrate

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasraṃ ca pratyahaṃ bhojayedvratī //
svātmanaḥ sasyavṛddhyarthaṃ vrate janmani janmani

puṣpāñjaliśataṃ deyaṃ nityaṃ pūrṇaṃ ca pūjane //
praṇāmaśatakaṃ devi kartavyaṃ bhaktivṛddhaye

ṣaṇmāsāṃśca haviṣyānnaṃ māsānpañca phalādikam //
haviḥ pakṣaṃ jalaṃ pakṣaṃ vrate bhakṣecca suvrate

ratnapradīpaśatakaṃ vahniṃ dadyāddivāniśam //
rātrau kuśāsanaṃ kṛtvā nityaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ vrate

smaraṇaṃ kīrttataṃ keliḥ prekṣaṇaṃ guhyabhāṣaṇam //
saṃkalpo'dhyavasāyaśca kriyānirvṛttirityapi

svapnamaithunakaṃ tyājyaṃ vratinā vrataśuddhaye //
sampūrṇe ca vrate devi pratiṣṭhā tadanantaram

triśataṃ vai ṣaṣṭyadhikaṃ rallakaṃ vastrasaṃyutam //
sabhojyaṃ sopavītaṃ ca sopahāraṃ dadātvayam

triśataṃ vai ṣaṣṭyadhikasahasraṃ viprabhojanam //
triśataṃ vai ṣaṣṭyadhikaṃ sahasraṃ tilahomakam

triśataṃ vai ṣaṣṭyadhikaṃ sahasraṃ svarṇameva ca //
deyā vratasamāptau ca dakṣiṇā vidhibodhitā

anyāṃ samāptidivase kathayiṣyāmi dakṣiṇām //
etadvrataphalaṃ devi dṛḍhā bhaktirharau bhavet

haritulyo bhavetputro vikhyāto bhuvanatraye //
saundaryaṃ svāmisaubhāgyamaiśvaryyaṃ vipulaṃ dhanam

sarvavāñchitasiddhīnāṃ bījaṃ janmani janmani //
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi vrataṃ kuru maheśvari

putraste bhavitā sādhvītyuktvā sa virarāma ha

iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde puṇyaka vratavidhānaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ