Narada Purana · Chapter 1.117

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitasappamīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
śuklāṣṭamyāṃ caitramāse bhavānyāḥ procyate janiḥ /
pradakṣiṇaśataṃ kṛtvā kāryo yātrāmahotsavaḥ

darśanaṃ jagadambāyāḥ sarvānandapradaṃ nṛṇām /
atraivāśo kakalikāprāśanaṃ samudāhṛtam

aśokakalikāścāṣṭau ye pibanti punarvasau /
caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ na te śokamavāpnuyuḥ

mahāṣṭamīti ca proktā devyāḥ pūjāvidhānataḥ /
vaiśākhasya sitāṣṭamyāṃ samupoṣyātra vāriṇā

snātvāparājitāṃ devīṃ māṃsībālakavāribhiḥ /
snāpayitvārcya gandhādyairnaivedyaṃ śarkarāmayam

kumārīrbhojayeccāpi navamyāṃ pāraṇāgrataḥ /
jyotirmayavimānena bhrājamāno yathā raviḥ

lokeṣu vicaredvipra devyāścaiva prasādataḥ /
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ jyeṣṭhamāse pūjayitvā trilocanam

śivaloke vasetkalpaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ /
jyeṣṭhaśukle tathāṣṭamyāṃ yo devīṃ pūjayennaraḥ

sa vimānena carati gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ /
śuklāṣṭamyāṃ tathā'ṣāḍhe snātvā caiva niśāṃbunā

tenaiva snāpayeddevīṃ pūjayecca vidhānataḥ /
tataḥ śuddhajalaiḥ snāpya viliṃpetseṃducandanaiḥ

naivedyaṃ śarkaropetaṃ datvā'camanamarpayet /
bhojayitvā tato viprāndatvā svarṇaṃ ca dakṣiṇām

visṛjya ca tataḥ paścātsvayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ /
etadvrataṃ naraḥ kṛtvā devīlokamavāpnuyāt

nabhaḥśukletathāṣṭamyāṃ devīmiṣṭvā vidhānataḥ /
kṣīreṇa snāpayitvā ca miṣṭānnaṃ vinivedayet

tato dvijān bhojayitvā pare 'hni svayamapyuta /
bhuktvā samāpayedadvrataṃ saṃtativardhanam

nabhomāse sitāṣṭamyāṃ daśāphalamiti vratam /
upavāsaṃ tu saṃkalpya snātvā kṛtvā ca naityikam

tulasyāḥ kṛṣṇāvarṇāyā dalairdaśabhirarcayet /
kṛṣṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ tathānantaṃ govindaṃ garuḍadhvajam

dāmodaraṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ padmanābhaṃ hariṃ prabhum /
etaiśca nāmabhirnityaṃ kṛṣṇadevaṃ samarcayet

namaskāraṃ tataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇasamanvitam /
evaṃ daśadinaṃ kuryādvratānāmuttamaṃ vratam

ādau madhye tathā cānte homaṃ kuryādvidhānataḥ /
kṛṣṇamantreṇa juhuyāccaruṇāṣṭottaraṃ śatam

homānte vidhinā samyagācāryyaṃ pūjayetsudhīḥ /
sauvarṇe tāmrapātre vā mṛnmaye veṇupātrake

tulasīdalaṃ suvarṇena kārayitvā sulakṣaṇam /
haimīṃ ca pratimāṃ kṛtvā pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ

nidhāya pratimāṃ pātre hyācāryāya nivedayet /
dātavyā gauḥ savatsā ca vastrālaṅkārabhūṣitā

daśāhaṃ kṛṣṇadevāya pūrikā daśa cārpayet /
tāśca dadyādvidhijñāya svayaṃ vā bhakṣayedvratī

śayanaṃ ca pradātavyaṃ yathāśakti dvijottama /
daśame 'hni tato mūrtiṃ sadravyāṃ guraver'payet

vratānte daśaviprebhyaḥ pratyekaṃ daśa pūrikāḥ /
dadyādeva daśābdaṃ tu kṛtvā vratamanuttamam

upoṣya vidhinā bhūyātsarvakā masamanvitaḥ /
ante kṛṣṇasya sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī ceyaṃ smṛtā pāpaharā nṛṇām /
kevalenopavāsena tasmiñjanmadine hareḥ

saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
upavāsī tilaiḥ snāto nadyādau vimale jale

sudeśe maṇḍape kḷpte maṇḍalaṃ racayetsudhīḥ /
tanmadhye kalaśaṃ sthāpya tāmrajaṃ vāpi mṛnmayam

tasyopari nyasetpātraṃ tāmraṃ tasyopari sthitām /
haimīṃ vastrayugācchannāṃ kṛṣṇasya pratimāṃ śubham

pādyādyairupacāraistu pūjayetsnigdhamānasaḥ /
devakīṃ vasudevaṃ ca yaśodāṃ nandameva ca

vrajaṃ gopāṃstathā gopīrgāśca dikṣu samarcayet /
tata ārārtikaṃ kṛtvā kṣamāpyānamya bhaktitaḥ

tiṣṭhettathaivārddharātre punaḥ saṃsnāpayeddharim /
pañcāmṛtaiḥ śuddhajalairgandhādyaiḥ pūjayetpunaḥ

dhānyākaṃ ca yavānīṃ ca śuṇṭhīṃ khaṇḍaṃ ca nārada /
sājyaṃ raupye dhṛtaṃ pātre naivedyaṃ vinivedayet

punarārārtikaṃ kṛtvā daśadhā rūpadhāriṇam /
vicintayanmṛgāṅkāya dadyādarghyaṃ samudyate

tataḥ kṣamāpya deveśaṃ rātrikhaṇḍaṃ nayedvratī /
paurāṇikaiḥ stotrapāṭhairgītavādyairanekadhā

tataḥ prabhāte vipragryānbhojayenmadhurānnakaiḥ /
datvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ tebhyo visṛjettuṣṭamānasaḥ

tatastāṃ pratimāṃ viṣṇoḥ svarṇadhenudharānvitām /
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ datvā visṛjyāśrīta ca svayam

dārāpatyasuhṛdbhṛtyarevaṃ kṛtvā vrata naraḥ /
sākṣādgokamāpnoti vimānavaramāsthitaḥ

naitena sadṛśaṃ cānyadvratamasti jagattraye /
kṛtena yena labhyeta koṭyaikādaśakaṃ phalam

śuklāṣṭamyāṃ nabhasyasya kuryādrādhāvrataṃ naraḥ /
pūrvavadrādhikāṃ haimīṃ kalaśasthāṃ prapūjayet

madhyāhne pūjayitvenāmekabhaktaṃ samāpayet /
śakto bhaktaścopavāsaṃ pare 'hni vidhinā tataḥ

suvāsinīrbhojayitvā gurave pratimārpaṇam /
kṛtvā svayaṃ ca bhuñjītaṃ vratamevaṃ samāpayet

vratenānena viprarṣe kṛtena vidhinā vratī /
rahasyaṃ goṣṭhajaṃ labdhvā rādhāparikare vaset

dūrvāṣṭamīvrataṃ cātra kathitaṃ tacca me śṛṇu /
śucau deśe prajātāyāṃ dvarvāyāṃ dvijasattama

sthāpya liṅgaṃ tato gandhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpaiśca dīpakaiḥ /
naivedyairarcayedbhaktyā dadhyakṣataphalādibhiḥ

arghyaṃ pradadyātpūjānte mantrābhyāṃ susamāhitaḥ /
tvaṃ dūrve 'mṛtajanmāsi surāsuranamaskṛte

saubhāgyaṃ saṃtatiṃ dehi sarvakāryakarī bhava /
yathā śākhā praśākhābhirvistṛtāsi mahītale

tathā vistṛtasaṃtānaṃ dehi me 'pyajarāmaram /
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya viprānsaṃbhojya tatra vai

bhuktvā svayaṃ gṛhaṃ gacchedatvā vipreṣu dakṣiṇām /
phalāni ca praśastāni miṣṭāni surabhīṇi ca

evaṃ puṇyā pāpaharā nṛṇā dūrvāṣṭamī dvija /
caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ strījanānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

yā na pūjayate dūrvā nārī mohādyathāvidhi /
janmāni trīṇi vaidhavyaṃ labhate sā na saṃśayaḥ

yadā jyeṣṭharkṣasaṃyuktā bhavecjaivāṣṭabhī dvija /
jyeṣṭhā nāmnī tu sā jñeyā pūjitā pāpanāśinī

athaināṃ tu samārabhya vrataṃ ṣoḍaśavāsaram /
mahālakṣmyāḥ samuddiṣṭaṃ sarvasaṃpadvivardhanam

kariṣye 'haṃ mahālakṣmīvrataṃ te tvatparāyaṇaḥ /
tadavighnena me yātu samāptiṃ tvatprasādataḥ

ityuccārya tato baddhā ḍoraka dakṣiṇe kare /
ṣoḍaśagranthisahitaṃ guṇaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryutam

tato 'nvahaṃ mahālakṣmīṃ gandhādyairarccayedvratī /
yāvatkṛṣṇāṣṭamī tatra caredudyāpanaṃ sudhīḥ

vastramaṇḍapikāṃ kṛtvā sarvatobhadramaṇḍale /
kalaśaṃ supratiṣṭhāpya dīpamuddyotayettataḥ

uttārya ḍorakaṃ bāhoḥ kuṃbhasyādho nivedayet /
catasraḥ pratimāḥ kṛtvā sauvarṇīstatsvarūpiṇīḥ

snapanaṃ kārayettāsāḥ jalaiḥ pañcāmṛtaistathā /
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ

jāgarastatra kartavyo gītavāditraniḥ svanaiḥ /
tato niśīthe saṃprāpte 'bhyudite 'mṛtadīdhitau

datvārghyaṃ bandhanaṃ dravyaiḥ śrīkhaṇḍādyairvidhānataḥ /
candramaṇḍalasaṃsthāyai mahālakṣyai pradāpayet

kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūta mahālakṣmīsahodara /
pīyūṣadhāma rohiṇyāḥ sahitār'ghyaṃ gṛhāṇa me

kṣīrodārṇavasambhūte kamale kamalālaye /
viṣṇuvakṣasthalasthe me sarvakāmapradā bhava

ekanāthe jagannāthe jamadagnipriye 'vyaye /
reṇuke trāhi māṃ devi rāmamātaḥ śivaṃ kuru

mantrairetairmahālakṣmīṃ prārthya śrotriyayoṣitaḥ /
samyaksaṃpūjya tāḥ samyaggandhayāvakakajjalaiḥ

saṃbhojya juhuyādagnau bilvapadmakapāyasaiḥ /
tadalābhe ghṛtairvipra gṛhebhyaḥ samidhastilān

mṛtyuñjayāya ca paraṃ sarvarogapraśāntaye /
candanaṃ tālapatraṃ ca puṣpamālāṃ tathākṣatān

durvāṃ kausumbhasūtraṃ ca yugaṃ śrīphalameva vā /
bhakṣyāṇi ca nave śūrpe pratidravyaṃ tu ṣoḍaśa

samācchādyānyaśūrpeṇa vratī dadyātsamantrakam /
kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūtā lakṣmīścandrasahodarā

vratenānena saṃtuṣṭā bhavatādviṣṇuvallabhā /
cetasraḥ pratimāstāstu śrotriyebhyaḥ samarpayet

tatastu caturo viprān ṣoḍaśāpi suvāsinīḥ /
miṣṭānnenāśayitvā tu visṛjettāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ

samāptiniyamaḥ paścādbhañjīteṣṭaiḥ samanvitaḥ /
etadvrataṃ mahālakṣmyāḥ kṛtvā vipra vidhānataḥ

bhuktveṣṭānaihikān kāmāṃllakṣmīloke vasecciram /
eṣāṣokāṣṭamī coktā yasyāṃ pūrṇaṃ ramāvratam

atrāśokasya pūjā syādekabhaktaṃ tathā smṛtam /
kṛtvāśokavrataṃ nārī hyaśokā śokajanmani

yatra kutrāpi saṃjātā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
āśvine śuklapakṣe tu proktā vipra mahāṣṭamī

tatra durgācanaṃ proktaṃ savrairapyupacārakaiḥ /
upavāsaṃ caikabhaktaṃ mahāṣṭamyāṃ vidhāya tu

sarvato vibhavaṃ prāpya modate devavacciram /
ūrjje kṛṣṇādike 'ṣṭamyāṃ karakākhyaṃ vrataṃ smṛtam

tatromāsahitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ /
candrodayer'ghadānaṃ ca vidheyaṃ vratibhiḥ sadā

putraṃ sarvaguṇopetamicchadbhirvividhaṃ sukham /
gopāṣṭamīti saṃproktā kārtike dhavale dale

tatrakuryādgavāṃ pūjāṃ gogrāsaṃ gopradakṣiṇām /
gavānugamanaṃ dānaṃ vāñchansarvāśca saṃpadaḥ

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ mārgaśīrṣe mithunaṃ darbhanirmitam /
anaghāṃ cānaghāṃ tatra bahuputrasamanvitam

sthāpayitvā śubhe deśe gomayenopalepite /
pūjayedgandhapuṣpādyairupacāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ

saṃbhojya dvijadāṃpatyaṃ visṛjellabdhadakṣiṇam /
vratametannaraḥ kṛtvā nārī vā vidhipūrvakam

putraṃ sallakṣaṇopetaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

mārgāśīrṣasitāṣṭamyāṃ kālabhairavasannidau /
upoṣya jāgaraṃ kṛtvā mahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate

yatkiñcidaśubhaṃ karma kṛtaṃ mānuṣajanmani /
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kālabhairavadarśanāt

atha pauṣasitāṣṭamyāṃ śrāddhamaṣṭakasaṃjñitam /
pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ varṣaṃ kulasantativarddhanam

śuklāṣṭamyāṃ tu pauṣasya śivaṃ sampūjya bhaktitaḥ /
bhuktimuktimavāpnoti bhaktimekāṃ samācaran

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ tu māghasya bhadrakālīṃ samarcayet /
bhaktito vairivṛndaghnīṃ sarvakāmapradāyinīm

māghamāse sitāṣṭamyāṃ bhīṣmaṃ saṃtarpayaddvija /
saṃtatiṃ tvavyavacchinnāmicchaṃścāpyaparājayam

phaālgune tvasitāṣṭamyāṃ bhīprāṃ devīṃ samarcayet /
tatra vrataparo vipra sarvakāmasamṛddhaye

śuklāṣṭamyāṃ phaālgunasya śivaṃ cāpi śivāṃ dvija /
gandhādyaiḥ samyagabhyarcya sarvasiddhīśvaro bhavet

phaālgunāparapakṣe tu śītalāmaṣṭamīdine /
pūjayetsarvavapakkānaiḥ saptamyāṃ vidhivatkṛtaiḥ

śītale tvaṃ jaganmātā śītale tvaṃ jagatpitā /
śītale tvaṃ jagadvātrī śītalāyai namonamaḥ

vande 'haṃ śītalāṃ devīṃ rāsabhasthāṃ digaṃbarām /
mārjanī kalaśopetāṃ visphoṭakavināśinīm

śītale śītale cetthaṃ ye japanti jale lthitāḥ //ṭha
teṣāṃ tu śītalā devī syādvisphoṭakaśāntidā

ityevaṃ śītalāmantrairyaḥ samarcayate dvija /
tasya varṣaṃ bhavecchāntiḥ śītalāyāḥ prasādataḥ

sarvamāsobhaye pakṣe vidhivaccāṣṭamīdine /
śivāṃ vāpiśivaṃ prārcyalabhate vāñchitaṃ phalam