Matsya Purana · Chapter 76
anyāmapi pravakṣyāmi nāmnā tu phalasaptamīm
yāmupoṣya naraḥ pāpād vimuktaḥ svargabhāgbhavet //
mārgaśīrṣe śubhe māsi saptamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ
tāmupoṣyātha kamalaṃ kārayitvā tu kāñcanam //
śarkarāsaṃyutaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine
raviṃ kāñcanakaṃ kṛtvā palasyaikasya dharmavit
dadyāddvikālavelāyāṃ bhānurme prīyatāmiti //
bhaktyā tu viprānsampūjya cāṣṭamyāṃ kṣīrabhojanam
dattvā kuryātphalayutaṃ yāvatsyātkṛṣṇesaptamī //
tāmapyupoṣya vidhivad anenaiva krameṇa tu
tadvaddhaimaphalaṃ dattvā suvarṇakamalānvitam //
śarkarāpātrasaṃyuktaṃ vastramālyasamanvitam
saṃvatsaraṃ ca tenaiva vidhinobhayasaptamīm //
upoṣya dattvā kramaśaḥ sūryamantramudīrayet
bhānurarko ravirbrahmā sūryaḥ śakro hariḥ śivaḥ
śrīmānvibhāvasustvaṣṭā varuṇaḥ prīyatāmiti //
pratimāsaṃ ca saptamyām ekaikaṃ nāma kīrtayet
pratipakṣaṃ phalatyāgam etatkurvansamācaret //
vratānte vipramithunaṃ pūjayedvastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ
śarkarākalaśaṃ dadyād dhemapadmadalānvitam //
yathā na viphalāḥ kāmās tvadbhaktānāṃ sadā rave
tathānantaphalāvāptir astu me saptajanmasu //
imāmanantaphaladāṃ yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sūryaloke mahīyate //
surāpānādikaṃ kiṃcid yadatrāmutra vā kṛtam
tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm //
kurvāṇaḥ saptamīṃ cemāṃ satataṃ rogavarjitaḥ
bhūtānbhavyāṃśca puruṣāṃs tārayedekaviṃśatim
yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhedvāpi so 'pi kalyāṇabhāgbhavet //
Original text: Matsyapurāṇa, 1-176 · Edition: Calcutta: Caukhamba Vidyabhavan, 1954. · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0