Matsya Purana · Chapter 75

viśokasaptamīṃ tadvad vakṣyāmi munipuṃgava
yāmupoṣya naraḥ śokaṃ na kadācidihāśnute //

māghe kṛṣṇatilaiḥ snātvā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vai śuklapakṣataḥ
kṛtāhāraḥ kṛsarayā dantadhāvanapūrvakam
upavāsavrataṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī bhavenniśi //

tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ
kṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ padmam arkāyeti ca pūjayet
karavīreṇa raktena raktavastrayugena ca //

yathā viśokaṃ bhuvanaṃ tvayaivāditya sarvadā
tathā viśokatā me 'stu tvadbhaktiḥ pratijanma ca //

evaṃ sampūjya ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu bhaktyā sampūjayeddvijān
suptvā saṃprāśya gomūtram utthāya kṛtanaityakaḥ //

sampūjya viprānannena guḍapātrasamanvitam
tadvastrayugmaṃ padmaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet //

atailalavaṇaṃ bhuktvā saptamyāṃ maunasaṃyutaḥ
tataḥ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ kartavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā //

anena vidhinā sarvam ubhayorapi pakṣayoḥ
kṛtvā yāvatpunarmāgha śuklapakṣasya saptamī //

vratānte kalaśaṃ dadyāt suvarṇakamalānvitam
śayyāṃ sopaskarāṃ dadyāt kapilāṃ ca payasvinīm //

anena vidhinā yastu vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ
viśokasaptamīṃ kuryāt sa yāti paramāṃ gatim //

yāvajjanmasahasrāṇāṃ sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ bhavet
tāvanna śokamabhyeti rogadaurgatyavarjitaḥ //

yaṃ yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ taṃ tamāpnoti puṣkalam
niṣkāmaḥ kurute yastu sa paraṃ brahma gacchati //

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi viśokākhyāṃ ca saptamīm
so 'pīndralokamāpnoti na duḥkhī jāyate kvacit //