Narada Purana · Chapter 1.113

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsatṛtīyāvratakathanaṃ nāma dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
śṛṇu vipraṃ pravakṣyāmi caturthyāste vratānyaham /
yāni kṛtvā narā nāryo 'bhīṣṭānkāmānavāpnuyuḥ

caitramāsacaturthyāṃ tu vāsudevasvarūpiṇam /
gaṇapaṃ samyagabhyarcya dattvā kāñcanadakṣiṇām

viprāya viṣṇulokaṃ tu gaccheddevanamaskṛtaḥ /
vaiśākhasya caturthyāṃ tu prārthyaṃ saṃkarṣaṇāhvayam

gṛhasthadvijamukhyebhyaḥ śaṅkhaṃ dattvā vidhānavit /
prāpya saṃkarṣaṇaṃ lokaṃ modate bahukalpakam

jyeṣṭhamāsacaturthyāṃ tu prārcya pradyumnarūpiṇam /
phalaṃ mūlaṃ ca yuthebhyo dattvā svargaṃ labhennaraḥ

āṣāḍhasya caturthyāṃ tu saṃprapūjyāniruddhakam /
yatibhyo 'lābupātrāṇi dattvābhīṣṭaṃ labhennaraḥ

caturmūrtivratānyevaṃ kṛtvā dvādaśavatsaram /
udyāpanaṃ vidhānena kartavyaṃ phalamicchatā

anyajjyeṣṭhacaturthyāṃ tu satīvratamanuttamam /
kṛtvā gaṇapatermāturloke modeta tatsamam

tathā'ṣāḍhacaturthyāṃ tu vratamanyacchubhāvaham /
rathantarāhvakalpasya hyādibhūtaṃ dinaṃ yataḥ

śraddhāpūtena manasā gaṇeśaṃ vidhinā naraḥ /
pūjayitvā labheccāpi phalaṃ devādidurgamam

śrāvaṇasya caturthyāṃ tu jāti candrodaye mune

gaṇeśāya pradadyācca hyarghyaṃ vidhividāṃvaraḥ /
lambodaraṃ caturbāhuṃ trinetraṃ raktavarṇakam

nānāratnavibhūṣāḍhyaṃ prasannāsyaṃ vicintayet /
āvāhanādibhiḥ sarvairupacāraiḥ samarcayet

naivedyaṃ modakaṃ dadyādgaṇeśaprītidāyakam /
evaṃ vrataṃ vidhāyātha bhuktvā modakameva ca

sukhaṃ svapyānniśāyāṃ tu bhūmāveva kṛtārcanaḥ /
vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa kāmānmanasi cintitān

labdhvā leke paraṃ cāpi gaṇeśapadamāpnuyāt /
nānena sadṛśaṃ cānyadvratamasti jagattraye

tasmātkāryaṃ prayatnena sarvānkāmānabhīpsatā /
athāsminneva divase dūrvāgaṇapati vratam

kecidicchanti devarṣe tadvidhānaṃ vadāmi te /
haimaṃ nirmāya gaṇapaṃ tāmrapātropari sthitam

veṣṭitaṃ raktavastreṇa sarvatobhadramaṇḍale /
pūjayedraktakusumaiḥ patrikābhiśca pañcabhiḥ

bilvapatramapāmārgaṃ śamī dūrvā haripriyā /
ābhiranyaśca kusumairabhyarcya phalamodakaiḥ

ācāryāya vidhijñāya satkṛtya vinivedayet /
upahāraṃ prakalpyātha dadyādarghaṃ samudyate /
tataḥ saṃprārathya vighneśamūrtiṃ sopaskarāṃ mune

ācāryāya vidhijñāya satkṛtya vinivedayet /
kṛtvaivaṃ pañca varṣāṇi samupāsya yathāvidhi

bhuktveha bhogānakhilān lokaṃ gaṇapatervrajet /
atha bhādracaturthyāṃ tu bahulādhenusaṃjñakam

pūjanī yo 'tra yatnena sraggandhayavasādibhiḥ /
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śaktaśceddānamācaret

aśaktaḥ puretāṃ tu namaskṛtya visarjayet /
pañcābdaṃ vādaśābdaṃ vā ṣoḍaśābdamathāpi vā

vrataṃ kṛtvā samudyāpya dhenuṃ dadyātpayasvinīm /
prabhāveṇa vratasyāsya bhuktvā bhogānmanoramān

satkṛto devatāvṛndairgolokaṃ samavāpnuyāt /
atha śukla caturthyāṃ tu siddhavaināyakavratam

āvāhanādibhiḥ sarvairupacāraiḥ samarcanam /
ekāgramānaso bhūtvā dhyāyetsiddhivināyakam

ekadantaṃ śūrpakarṇaṃ gajavaktraṃ caturbhujam /
pāśāṅkuśadharaṃ devaṃ taptakāñcanasannibham

ekaviṃśati patrāṇi caikaviṃśatināmabhiḥ /
samarpayedbhaktiyuktastāni nāmāni vai śṛṇu

sumukhāya śamīpatraṃ gaṇādhīśāya bhṛṅgajam /
umāputrāya bailvaṃ tu dūrvāṃ gajamukhāya ca

laṃbodarāya badarīṃ dhattūraṃ harasūnave /
śūrpakarṇāya tulasīṃ vakratuṇḍāya śiṃbijam

guhāgrajāyāpāmārgamekadantāya bārhatam /
herambāya tu siṃdūraṃ catirhetre ca patrajam

sarveśvarāyāgastyasya patraṃ prītivivarddhanam /
dūrvāyugmaṃ tato gṛhya gandhapuṣpākṣatairyutam

pūjāṃ nivedayedbhaktiyukto modakapañcakam /
ācamayya namaskṛtya saṃprārthya ca visarjjayet

vināyakasya pratimāṃ haimīṃ sopaskarāṃ mune /
nivedayecca gurave dvijebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadet

evaṃ kṛtārcano bhaktyā pañca varṣāṇi nārada /
upāsya labhate kāmānaihikāmuṣmikān śubhān

asyāṃ caturthyāṃ śaśinaṃ na paśyecca kadācana /
paśyan mithyābhiśāpa tu labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
atha taddoṣanāśāya mantraṃ paurāṇikaṃ paṭhet

siṃhaḥ prasenamamadhītsiṃho jāṃbavatā hataḥ /
sakumāraka mā rodīstava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ

iṣaśuklacaturthyāṃ tu kaparddīśaṃ vināyakam

pauruṣiṇa tu sūktena pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /
akāraṇānmuṣṭigatāṃstaṇḍulānsakaparddikān

viprāya baṭave dadyādgandhapuṣpārcitāya ca /
taṇḍulā vaiśvadaivatyā haradaivatyamiśritāḥ

kapardigaṇanātho 'sau prīyatāṃ taiḥ samarpitaiḥ /
caturthyāṃ kārtike kṛṣṇe karakākhyaṃ vrataṃ smṛtam

strīṇāmevādhikāro 'tra tadvidhānamudīryate /
pūjayecca gaṇādhīśaṃ snātā strīsamalaṅkṛtā

tadagre pūrṇapakvānnaṃ vinyasetkarakāndaśa /
samarpya devadevāya bhaktyā prayatamānasā

devo me prīyatāmevamuccāryyātha samarpayet /
suvāsinībhyo viprebhyo yathākāmaṃ ca sādaram

tataścandrodaye rātrau dattvārghaṃ vidhipūrvakam /
bhuñjīta miṣṭamannaṃ ca vratasya paripūrtaye

yadvā kṣīreṇa karakaṃ pūrṇaṃ toyena vā mune /
sapūgākṣataratnāḍhyaṃ dvijāya pratipādayet

etatkṛtvā vrataṃ nārī ṣoḍaśadvādaśābdakam /
upāyanaṃ vidhāyātha vratametadvisarjjayet

yāvajjīvaṃ tu vā nāryā kāryyaṃ saubhāgyavāñchayā /
vratenānena sadṛśaṃ strīṇāṃ saubhāgyadāyakam

vidyate bhuvaneṣvanyattasmānnityamiti sthitiḥ /
ūrjjaśuklacaturthyāṃ tu nāgavratamudāhṛtam

prātarvrataṃ tu saṃkalpya dhenuśṛñjagalaṃ śuci /
pītvā snātvātha madhyāhne śaṅkhapālādipannagān

śeṣaṃ cāhvāmapūrvaistu pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /
kṣīreṇāpyāyanaṃ kuryādetannāgavrataṃ smṛtam

evaṅkṛte tu viprendra nṛbhirnāgavrate śubhe /
viṣāṇi naśyantyacirānna daśanti ca pannagāḥ

mārgaśuklacaturthyāṃ tu varṣaṃ yāvanmunīśvarā /
kṣapayedekabhaktena naktenātha dvitīyakam

ayācitopavāsābhyāṃ tṛtīyakacaturthake /
evaṃ krameṇa vidhivaccatvāryabdāni mānavaḥ

samāpya ca tato 'syānte vratasnāto mahāvratī /
kārayeddhemaghaṭitaṃ bhūgaṇermūṣakaṃ ratham

aśakto varṇakaireva śubhraṃ cābjaṃ supatrakam /
tasyopari ghaṭaṃ sthāpya tāmrapātreṇa saṃyutam

pūrayettaṇḍalaiḥ śubhraistasyopari gaṇeśvaram /
nyasedvastrayugācchannaṃ gandhādyaiḥ pūjayecca tam

naivedyaṃ modakaṃ kalpyaṃ gaṇeśaḥ prīyatāmiti /
jāgarairśītavādyādyaiḥ purāṇākhyānakaiścaret

prabhāte vimale snātvā homaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ /'
tilavrīhiyavaśvetasurṣapājyaiḥ sakhaṇḍakaiḥ

gaṇo gaṇādhipaścaiva kūṣmāṇḍastripurāntakaḥ /
laṃbodaraikadantau ca rukmadaṃṣṭraśca vighnapaḥ

brahmā yamo 'tha varuṇaḥ somasūryahutāśanāḥ /
gandhamādī parameṣṭhītyevaṃ ṣoḍaśanāmabhiḥ

praṇavādyairṅeṃnamoṃ'taiḥ pratyekaṃ dahane hunet /
vakratuṇḍeti ṅeṃtena barmāntenāṣṭayukchatam

tato vyāhṛtibhiḥ śaktyā hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ caret /
dikpālānpūjayitvā ca brāhmaṇānbhojayettataḥ

catutviṃśatisaṃkhyākān modakaiḥ pāyasaistathā /
savatsāṃ gāṃ tato dadyādācāryāya sadakṣiṇām

anyobhyo 'pi yathāśakti bhūyasīṃ ca tato dadet /
praṇamya dakṣiṇīkṛtya pravisṛjya dvijottamām

bandhubhiḥ saha bhuñjīta svayaṃ ca prītamānasaḥ /
etadvrataṃ naraḥ kṛtvā bhuktvā bhogānihottamān

sāyujyaṃ labhate viṣṇorgaṇeśasya prasādataḥ /
kecidvaravrataṃ nāma prāhuretasya nārada

vidhānametadevāpi phalaṃ cāpīha tatsamam /
pauṣamāsacaturthyāṃ tu vighneśaṃ prārthya bhaktitaḥ

vipraikaṃ bhojayeccaivaṃ modakairdakṣiṇāṃ dadet /
evaṃ kṛte mune bhūyādvratī saṃpattibhājanam

māghakṛṣṇacaturthyāṃ tu saṃkaṣṭavratamucyate /
tatropavāsaṃ saṃkalpya vratī niyamapūrvakam

candrodayamabhivyāpya tiṣṭhetprayatamānasaḥ /
tataścandrodaye prāpte mṛnmayaṃ gaṇanāyakam

vidhāya vinyasetpīṭhe sāyudhaṃ ca savāhanam /
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ

modakaṃ cāpi naivedyaṃ saguḍaṃ tilakuṭṭakam /
tator'ghyaṃ tāmraje pātre raktacandanamiśritam

sakuśaṃ ca sadūrvaṃ ca puṣpākṣatasamanvitam /
saśamīpatradadhi ca kṛtvā candrāya dāpayet

gaganārṇavamāṇikya candra dākṣāyaṇīpate /
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ gaṇeśapratirūpaka

evaṃ dattvā gaṇeśāya divyārghyaṃ pāpanāśanam /
śaktyā saṃbhojya viprāgryānsvayaṃ bhuñjīta cājñayā

evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra saṃkaṣṭākhyaṃ śūbhāvaham /
samṛddho dhanadhānyaiḥ syānna ca saṃkaṣṭamāpnuyāt

māghaśuklacaturthyāṃ tu gaurīvratamanuttamam /
tasyāṃ tu gaurī saṃpūjyā saṃyuktā yoginīgaṇaiḥ

naraiḥ strībhirviśeṣeṇa kundapuṣpaiḥ sakuṅkumaiḥ /
raktasūtre raktapuṣpaistathaivālaktakena ca

dhūpairdīpaṃśca balibhiḥ saguḍainārdrakeṇa ca /
payasā pāyasenāpi lavaṇena ca pālakaiḥ

pūjyāścāvidhavā nāryastathā viprāḥ suśobhanāḥ /
saubhāgyavṛddhaye deyo bhoktavyaṃ bandhubhiḥ saha

idaṃ gaurīvrataṃ vipra saubhāgyārogyavarddhanam /
prativarṣaṃ prakarttavyaṃ nārībhiśca naraistathā

ḍhuṇḍhivrataṃ paraiḥ proktaṃ kaiścitkuṇḍavrataṃ smṛtam /
lalitāvratamityanyaiḥ śāntivratamathāparaiḥ

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ sarvamasyāṃ kṛtaṃ mune /
bhavetsaha sraguṇitaṃ prasādāddantinaḥ sadā

caturthyāṃ phaālgune māsi ḍhuṇḍhirājavrataṃ śubham /
tilaṣiṣṭairdvijān bhojya svayaṃ cāśnīta mānavaḥ

gaṇeśārādhanaparo dānahomaprapūjanaiḥ /
tilaireva kṛtaiḥ siddhiṃ prāpnuyāttatprasādataḥ

sauvarṇaṃ gajavaktraṃ ca kṛtvā saṃpūjya yatnataḥ /
dvijāgryāya pradātavyaṃ sarvasaṃpatsamṛddhaye

yasminkasminbhavenmāsi caturthī ravivārayuk /
sāṃgārakā vā viprendra sā viśeṣaphalapradā

sarvāsu ca caturthīṣu śuklāsvapyasitāsu ca /
vighneśa eva deveśaḥ saṃpūjyo bhaktitatparaiḥ