Narada Purana · Chapter 1.116

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitaṣaṣṭhīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi saptamyāste vratānyaham /
yāni kṛtvā naro bhaktyā sūryasāyujyamāpnuyāt

caitre tu śuklasaptamyāṃ bahiḥ snānaṃ samācaret /
sthaṇḍile gomayālipte gauramṛttikayāstṛte

likhitvāṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ karṇikāyāṃ vibhāvam /
vinyasetpūrvapatre tu devau dvau kṛtadhātukau

āgneyaṃ ca nyasenpatre gandharvauṃ kṛtakārakau /
dakṣiṇe ca nyasetpatre tathaiva rākṣasadvayam

ākṛtau dvau nyasetpatre nairṛte munisattama /
kādraveyau mahānāgau paścime kṛtacārakau

vāyavya yātudhānau dvau uttare ca ṛṣidvayam /
aiśānye vinyasetpatpe grahameko dvijottama

teṣāṃ saṃpūjanaṃ kāryaṃ gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ /
dīpairdhūpaiḥ sanaivedyaistāṃbūlakramukādibhiḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya homaṃ tu ghṛtenāṣṭaśataṃ caret /
sūryasyāṣṭāṣṭa cānyeṣāṃ pradadyādāhutīḥ kramāt

nāmamantreṇa vedyāṃ vā tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ dadet /
dakṣiṇā ca tato deyā dvijebhyaḥ śaktito dvija

etatkṛtvā vidhaānaṃ tu sarvasaukhyamavāpnuyāt /
dehānte maṇḍalaṃ bhānorbhattvā gacchetparaṃ padam

vaiśākhaśuklasaptamyāṃ jahnunā jāhnavī svayam /
krodhātpītā punastyaktā karṇarandhrāttu dakṣiṇāt

tāṃ tatra pūjayetsnātvā pratyūṣe vimale jale /
gandhapuṣpākṣatādyaiśca sarvairevopacārakaiḥ

tato ghaṭasahasraṃ tu deyaṃ gaṅgāvrate tvidam /
bhaktyā kṛtaṃ saptakulaṃ nayetsvargamasaṃśayaḥ

kamalavratamapyatra proktaṃ tadvidhirucyate /
tilamātraṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ vidhāya kamalaṃ śubham

vastrayugmāvṛtaṃ kṛtvā gandhadhūpādinārcayet /
namaste padmahastāya namaste viśvadhāriṇe

divākara namastubhyaṃ prabhākara namo 'stu te /
iti saṃprārthya deveśaṃ sūrye cāstamupāgate

sodakuṃbhaṃ tu tatpadmaṃ kapilāṃ ca dvijer'payet /
taddine tūpavastavyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ ca pare 'hani

saṃbhojya brāhmaṇānbhaktyā vratasākalyamāpnuyāt /
nibavrataṃ ca tatreva tadvidhānaṃ śṛṇuṣva me

niṃbapatraiḥ smṛtā pūjā bhāskarasya dvijottama /
khakholkāyeti mantreṇa praṇavādyena nārada

niṃbapatraṃ tato 'śnīyācchayedbhūmau ca vāgyataḥ /
dvijānpare 'hni saṃbhojya svayaṃ bhuñjīta bandhubhiḥ

niṃbapatravrataṃ caitatkartṛāṇāṃ sarvasaukhyadam /
saptamī śarkarākhyaiṣā proktā taccāpi me śṛṇu

amṛtaṃ pibato hastātsūryasyāmṛtabindavaḥ /
niṣpeturbhuvi cotpannāḥ śālimudgayavekṣavaḥ

śarkarā ca tatastasmādikṣusārāmṛtopamā /
iṣṭā raverataḥ puṇyā śarkarā havyakavyayoḥ

śarkarāsaptamī caiva vājimedhapalapradā /
sarvaduḥkhopaśamanī putrasaṃtativardhinī

asyāntu śarkarādānaṃ śarkarābhojanaṃ tathā /
kartavyaṃ hi prayatnena vratame tadravipriyam

yaḥ kuryātparāyā bhaktyā sa vai sadgatimāpnuyāt /
jyeṣṭhe tu śuklasaptamyāṃ jāta indro raviḥ svayam

taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
svargatiṃ labhate vipra devendrasya prasādataḥ

āṣāḍhaśuklasaptamyāṃ vivasvānnāma bhāskaraḥ /
jātastaṃ tatra saṃprārcya gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pṛthak

labhate sūryasāyujyaṃ viprendrātra na saṃśayaḥ /
śrāvaṇe śuklasaptamyāmavyaṅgākhyaṃ vrataṃ śubham

kārpāsaṃ tu caturhastaṃ sārddha vastraṃ hi gopateḥ ///
pūjānte prītaye deyaṃ vratametacchubhāvaham

yadi ceddhastayukteyaṃ tadā syātpāpanāśinī /
asyāṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ sarvaṃ cākṣayyatāṃ vrajet

bhādre tu śuklasaptamyāmamuktābharaṇavratam /
somasya tu maheśasya pūjanaṃ cātra kīrtitam

gaṅgādibhiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirupacāraiḥ samarcanam /
prārthya praṇamya visṛjetsarvakāmasamṛddhaye

phalasaptamikā ceyaṃ tadvidhānamudīryate /
nālikeraṃ ca vṛntākaṃ nāraṅgaṃ bījapūrakam

kūṣmāṇḍaṃ bṛhatīpūgamiti sapta phalāni vai /
mahādevasya purato vinyasyāparadorakam

saptatantukṛtaṃ saptagranthiyuktaṃ dvijottama /
saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā dhārayedvāmake kare

strī naro dakṣiṇe caiva yāvadvarṣaṃ samāpyate /
saṃbhojya viprānsaptaiva pāyasena visṛjyasa tān

svayaṃ bhuñjīta matimān vratasaṃpūrtihetave /
phalāni tāni deyāni saptasvapi dvijeṣu ca

evaṃ tu sapta varṣāṇi kṛtvopāsya yathāvidhi /
sāyujyaṃ labhate vipra mahādevasya tadvratī

āśvine śuklapakṣe tu vijñeyā śubhasaptamī /
tasyāṃ kṛtasnānapūjo vācayitvā dvijottamān

ārabhya kapilāṅgāṃ ca saṃpūjya prārthayettataḥ /
tvāmahaṃ dadmi kalyāṇi prīyatāmaryamā svayam

pālaya tvaṃ jagatkatsnaṃ yato 'si dharmasambhavā /
ityuktvā vedaviduṣe dattvā kṛtvā ca dakṣiṇām

namaskṛtya svayaṃ vipra visṛjetprāśayetvaravayam /
pacagavyaṃ vrataṃ cetthaṃ vidhāya śvo dvijottamān

bhojayitvā svayaṃ cādyāttadannaṃ dvijaśeṣitam /
kṛtaṃ hyetadgataṃ vipra subhāṣyaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ

devadevaprasādena bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt /
atha kārtikaśuklāyāṃ śākākhyaṃ saptamīvratam

tasyāṃ tu saptaśākānisasvarṇakamalāni ca /
pradadyātsaptaviprebhyaḥ śākāhārastataḥ svayam

dvitīye 'hni dvijānbhojya datvā tebhyo 'nnadakṣiṇām /
visṛjya bandhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ

mārgasya sitasaptamyāṃ mitravratamudāhṛtam /
yadviṣṇordakṣiṇaṃ netraṃ tadeva kṛtavāniha

adityāṃ kaśyapājjajñe mitro nāmā divākaraḥ /
ato 'syāṃ pūjanaṃ tasya yathoktavidhinā dvija

kṛtvā dvijānbhojayitvā saptaiva madhurādinā /
suvarṇadakṣiṇāṃ datvā visṛjyāśnīta ca svayam

kṛtvaitadvidhinā lokaṃ sṛryyasya vrajati dhruvam /
dvijobrāhmaṃ tathā śūdraḥ satkulejanma cāpnuyāt

pauṣasya śuklasaptamyāṃ vrataṃ cābhayasaṃjñitam /
upoṣya bhānuṃ triḥsandhyaṃ samabhyarcya dharāsthitaḥ

kṣīrasiktānnasaṃbaddhaṃ modakaṃ prasthasaṃmitam /
dvijāya datvā bhojyānyānsaptāṣṭabhyaśca dakṣiṇām

pṛthavī vā suvarṇaṃ vā visṛjyāśnīta ca svayam /
abhayākhyaṃ vrataṃ tvetatsarvasyābhayadaṃ smṛtam

mārtaṇḍākhyaṃ vrataṃ nāma kathayanti dvijāḥ pare /
ekameveti ca proktamekadaivatayā budhaiḥ

māghe tu kṛṣṇasaptamyāṃ vrataṃ sarvāptisaṃjñakam /
samupoṣya dine tasminsampūjyādityabimbakam

sauvarṇaṃ gandhapuṣpādyaiḥ kṛtvā rātrau ca jāgaram /
pare 'hni viprānsambhojya pāyasena tu sapta vai

dakṣiṇāṃ nālikerāṇi tebhyo datvā guruṃ tataḥ /
sauvarṇaṃ tu raverbimbaṃ yuktaṃ dakṣiṇayā nyayā

samarpya ca bhṛśaṃ prārthya visṛjyādyātsvayaṃ tataḥ /
etatsarvāptidaṃ nāma saṃproktaṃ sārvakāmikam

vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa dvaitaṃ sidhyeddhi sarvathā /
māghasya śuklasaptamyāmacalākhyaṃ vrataṃ smṛtam

trilocanajayantīyaṃ sarvapāpaharā smṛtā /
rathākhyā saptamī ceyaṃ cakravartitvadāyinī

asyāṃ samarcya savituḥ pratimāṃ tu haimīṃ haimāśvayuktarathagāṃ tu dadetsahebhām /
yo bhāvabhaktisahitaḥ sa gato hi lokaṃ śambhoḥ sa modata ihāpi ca bhuktabhogaḥ

bhāskarī saptamī ceyaṃ koṭibhāsvadgrahopamā /
aruṇodayavelāyāmasyāṃ snānaṃ vidhīyate

arkasya ca badaryāśca sapta sapta dalāni vai /
nidhāya śirasi snāyātsaptajanmāghaśāntaye

putrapradaṃ vrataṃ cātra prāhādityaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ /
yo māghasitaptamyāṃ pūjayenmāṃ vidhānataḥ

tasyāhaṃ putratāṃ yāsye svāṃśena bhṛśatoṣitaḥ /
tasmājjitendriyo bhūtvā samupoṣya divāniśam

pūjayedapare cāhni homaṃ kṛtvā dvijāṃ stataḥ /
dadhyodanena payasā pāyasena ca bhojayet

anena vidhinā yamtu kurute putrasaptamīḥ /
labhate sa tu satputraṃ cirāyuṣamanāmayam

tapasyaśuklasaptamyāṃ vratamarkapuṭaṃ caret //
arkapatrairyajedarkamarkapatrāṇi cāśnuyāt

arkanāma japecchaśvaditthaṃ cārkapuṭavratam /
dhanadaṃ putradaṃ caitatsarvapāpapraṇāśanam

trivargadāmiti prāhuḥ kecidetadvataṃ dvija /
yajñavrataṃ tathāpyanye vidhivaddhomakarmaṇā

sarvāsu sarvamāseṣu saptamīṣu dvijottamaḥ /
bhāskarārādhanaṃ proktaṃ sarvakāmikamityalam