Narada Purana · Chapter 1.115

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthapañcamīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi ṣaṣṭhyāścaiva vratāni te /
yāni samyagvidhāyātra labhaghetsarvānmanorathān

caitramāse śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ kumāravratamuttamam /
tatreṣṭvā ṣaṇmukhaṃ devaṃ nānāpūjā vidhānataḥ

putraṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ prāpnuyāccirajīvinam /
vaiśākhaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca pūjayitvā ca kārtikam

labhate mātṛjaṃ saukhyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
jyeṣṭhamāse śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ vidhineṣṭvā divākaram

labhate vāñchitānkāmāṃstatprasādānna saṃśayaḥ /
āṣāḍhaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ vai skandavratamanuttamam

upoṣya pūjayitvainaṃ śivomāpriyamātmajam /
labhate 'bhīpsitānkāmānputrapautrādisaṃtatīḥ

śrāvaṇe śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu śarajanmānamarcayet /
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirbhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ

labhate 'bhīpsitānarthānṣaṇmukhasya prasādataḥ /
bhādramāse kṛṣṇaṣaṣṭyāṃ lalitāvratamucyate

prātaḥ snātvā vidhānena nārī śuklāmbarāvṛtā /
śuktamālyayadharā vāpi nadyāḥ saṃgamavālukām

gṛhītvā vaṃśapātre tu dhṛtvā piṇḍākṛtiṃ ca tām /
pañcadhā lalitāṃ tatra dhyāyedvanavilāsinīm

paṅkajaṃ karavīraṃ ca nepālīṃ mālatīṃ tathā /
nīlotpalaṃ ketakīṃ ca saṃgṛhya tagaraṃ tathā

ekaikāṣṭaśataṃ grāhyamaṣṭāviṃśatireva ca /
akṣatāḥ kalikā gṛhya tābhirdevīṃ prapūjayet

prārthayedagrataḥ sthitvā devīṃ tāṃ giriśapriyām /
gaṅgādvāre kuśāvartte vilvake nīlaparvate

snātvā kanakhale devi harariṃ labdhavatī patim /
lalite subhagaṃ devi sukhasaubhāgyadāyini

anataṃ dahi saubhāgyemahyaṃ tubhyaṃ namo 'namanaḥ /
mantreṇānena kusumaiśvaṃpakasya suśobhanaiḥ

abhyarcya vidhivattasyā navaidyaṃ purato nyaset /
trapuṣairapi kūṣmāṇḍairnālikeraiḥ sudāḍimaiḥ

bījapūraiḥ sutuḍīraiḥ kāravallaiḥ sacirbhaṭaiḥ /
phalaistatkālasaṃbhūtaiḥ kṛtvā śobhāṃ tadagrataḥ

virūḍhadhānyāṅkurakaiḥ sudīpāvalibhistathā /
sāddhai sargaṇakaidhūpaḥ sauhālakakarañjakaiḥ

guḍapuṣpaiḥ karṇaveṣṭaḍairmodakairupamodakaiḥ /
bahuprakārairnaivedyairyathā vibhavasārataḥ

evamabhyarcya vidhivadrātrau jāgaraṇotsavam /
gītavādyanaṭairnṛtyaiḥ prokṣaṇīyairanekadhā

sakhībhiḥ sahitā sādhvī tāṃ rātriṃ prasabhaṃ nayet /
na ca saṃmīlayennetre nārīyāmacatuṣṭayam

durbhagā duṣkṛtā vandhyā netrasaṃmīlanādbhavet /
evaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā saptamyāṃ saritaṃ nayet

gandhapuṣpaistathābhyarcya gītavādyapuraḥsaraiḥ /
tacca dadyāddvijendrāya naivedyādi dvijottama

snātvā gṛhaṃ samāgatya hutvā vaiśvānaraṃ tataḥ /
devānpitṝnmanuṣyāṃśca pūjayitvā suvāsinīḥ

kanyakāścaiva saṃbhojya brāhmaṇāndaśa pañca ca /
bhakṣyabhojyairbahuvidhairdatvā dānāni bhūriśaḥ

lalitā me 'stu suprītā ityuktvā tānvisarjayet /
yaḥ kaścidācaredetadvrataṃ saubhāgyadaṃ param

naro vā yadi vā nārī tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu /
yadvrataiśca tapobhiśca dānairvā niyamairapi

tadeteneha labhyeta kiṃ bahūktena nārada /
mṛteranantaraṃ prāpya śivalokaṃ sanātanam

modate lalitādevyā śaive vai sakhivacciram /
nabhasye māsi yā śuklā ṣaṣṭhī sā candanāhvayā

tasyāṃ devīṃ samabhyarcya labhate tatsalokatām /
rohiṇī pātabhaumaistu saṃyutā kapilā bhavet

tasyāṃ raviṃ samabhyarcya vratī niyamatatparaḥ /
labhate vāñchitānkāmānbhāskarasya prasādataḥ

annadānaṃ japo homaṃ pitṛdevarṣitarpaṇam /
sarvamevākṣayaṃ jñeyaṃ kṛtaṃ devarṣisattama

kapilāṃ dhenumabhyarcya vastramālyānule panaiḥ /
pradadyādvedaviduṣe dvādaśātmapratuṣṭaye

atheṣuśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu pūjyā kātyāyanī dvija /
gandhādyairmaṅgaladravyairnaivedyairvividhaistathā

tataḥ kṣamāpya deveśīṃ praṇipatya visarjayet /
pūjyātra saikatī mūrtiryadvā dvijasatī mudā

vastrālaṅkaraṇairbhavyaiḥ kātyāyinyāḥ pratuṣṭaye /
kanyā varaṃ prāpnuyācca vāñcitaṃ putramaṅganā

kātyāyinīprasādādvai nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
kārtike śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu ṣaṇmukhena mahātmanā

devasenā mahābhāgā labdhā sarvusurārpitā /
atastasyāṃ suraśreṣṭhāṃ devasenāṃ ca ṣaṇmukham

saṃpūjya nikhilaireva upacārairmanoharaiḥ /
prāpnuyādatulāṃ siddhiṃ manobhīṣṭāṃ dvijottama

atraiva vahnipūjoktāṃ tāṃ ca sampaksamācaret /
vividhadravyahomaiśca vahnipūjāpuraḥ saram

mārgaśīrṣe śaklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ nihatastārakāsuraḥ /
skandena satkṛtiḥ prāptā brahamādyaiḥ parikalpitā

tato 'syāṃ pūjayetskandaṃ gandhapuṣpākṣataiḥ phalaiḥ /
vastrairābhūṣaṇaścāpi naivedyairvividhaistathā

ravivāreṇa saṃyuktā tathā śatabhiṣānvitā /
yadi cetsā samuddiṣṭā caṃpāhvā munisattama

tasyāṃ viśveśvaro devo draṣṭavyaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ /
pūjanīyo vedanīyaḥ smartavyaḥ saukhyamicchatā

snānadānādikaṃ cātra sarvamakṣayyamucyate /
pauṣamāse śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ devo dinapatirdvija

viṣṇurūpī jagattrātā pradurbhūtāḥ sanātanaḥ

sa tasmātpūjanīyo 'syāṃ dravyairgandhapuraskṛtaiḥ /
naivedyairvasttrabhūṣādyaiḥ sarvasaukhyamabhīpsubhiḥ

māghamāse sitā ṣaṣṭhī varuṇāhvā smṛtā tu sā /
tasyāṃ varuṇamabhyarcyedviṣṇurūpaṃ sanātanam

raktairgandhāṃśukaiḥ puṣpairnaivedyairdhūpadīpakaiḥ /
evamabhyarcya vidhivadyadyaccābhilaṣennaraḥ

tattacca phalato labdhvā modate tatprasādataḥ /
phaālgune śuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu devaṃ paśupatiṃ dvija

mṛnmayaṃ vidhinā kṛttvā pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /
saṃsnāpya śatarudreṇa pṛthakpañcāmṛtairjalaiḥ

gandhairālipya suśvetairakṣataiḥ śvetapuṣpakaiḥ /
bilvapatraiśca dhattūrakusumaiśca phalaistathā

sampūjya nānānaivedyairnīrājya vidhivattataḥ /
kṣamāpya praṇipatyainaṃ kailāsāya visarjayet

evaṃ kṛta śivārcastu naro nāryathavā mune /
iha bhuktvā varānbhogānante śivagatiṃ labhet