Narada Purana · Chapter 1.119

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitanavamīvratakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
atha te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi daśamyā vai vratāni ca /
yāni kṛtvā naro bhaktyā dharmarājapriyo bhavet

caitraśuklada śamyāṃ tu dharmarājaṃ prapūjayet /
tatkālasaṃbhavaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalairgandhādibhistathā

sopavāso vaikabhakto bhojayitvā dvijottamān /
caturddaśatatastebhyaḥ śaktyā dadyācca dakṣiṇām

evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra dharmarājaprapūjanam /
sa dharmasyājñayāgaccheddevaiḥ sādharmyamacyutaḥ

daśamyāṃ mādhave śukle viṣṇumabhyarcya mānavaḥ /
gandhādyairupacāraiśca śvetapuṣpaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ

śataṃ pradakṣiṇāḥ kṛtvā vipransaṃbhojya yatnataḥ /
labhate vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

jyeṣṭhe śukladaśamyāṃ tu jāhnavī saritāṃ varā /
samāyātā dharāṃ svargāttasmātsā puṇyadā smṛtā

jyeṣṭhaḥ śukladalaṃ hasto budhaśca daśamīḥ tithiḥ /
garānandavyatīpātāḥ kanyenduvṛṣabhāskarāḥ

daśayogaḥ samākhyāto mahāpuṇyatamo dvija /
harate daśa pāpāni tasmāddaśaharaḥ smṛtaḥ

asyāṃ yo jāhnavīṃ prāpya snāti saṃprītamānasaḥ /
vidhinā jāhnavītoye sa yāti harimandiram

āṣāḍhaśukladaśamī puṇyā manvā dikaiḥ smṛtā /
tasyāṃ snānaṃ japo dānaṃ homo vā svargatipradāḥ

śrāvaṇe śukladaśamī sarvāśāparipūrtidā /
asyāṃ śivārcanaṃ śastaṃ gandhādyai rupacārakaiḥ

tatropavāso naktaṃ vā dvijānāṃ bhojanaṃ japaḥ /
hemno dāna ca dhenvādeḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

atho nabhasyaśuklāyāṃ daśamyāṃ dvijasattama /
vrataṃ daśāvatārākhyaṃ tatra snānaṃ jalāśaye

kṛtvā saṃdhyādiniyamaṃ devarṣipitṛtarpaṇam /
tato daśāvatārāṇi samabhyarcetsa māhitaḥ

matsyaṃ kūrmaṃ varāhaṃ ca narasiṃhaṃ trivikramam /
rāmaṃ rāmaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca bauddhaṃ kalkinameva ca

daśamūrtistu sauvarṇīḥ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ /
daśabhyo vipravaryebhyo dadyātsatkṛtya nārada

upavāsaṃ caikabhaktaṃ kṛtvā saṃbhojya vāḍavān /
visṛjya paścādbhuñjīta svayaṃ sveṣṭaiḥ samāhitaḥ

bhaktyā kṛtvā vrataṃ tvetadbhuktvā bhogānihottamān /
vimānena vrajedante viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam

āśvine śukladaśamī vijayā sā prakīrtitā /
caturgomayapiṇḍāni prātarnyasya gṛhāṅgaṇe

cakravālasvarūpeṇa tanmadhye rāmalakṣmaṇau /
tathā bharataśatrughnau pūjayeccaturo 'pi hi

sapidhānāsu pātrīṣu gomayīṣu catasṛṣṭa /
kinnaṃ dhānyaṃ saraupyaṃ tu dhṛtvā dhautāṃśukāvṛtam

pitṛmātṛbhrātṛputrajāyā bhṛtyasamanvitam /
saṃpūjyaṃ gandhapuṣpādyairnaivedyaiśca vidhānataḥ

namaskṛtyātha bhuñjīta dvijānsaṃbhojya pūjitān /
evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānaṃ tu naro varṣaṃ suravānvitaḥ

dhanadhānyasamṛddhaśca niścitaṃ jāyate dvija /
athāpārāhnasamaye navamyāṃ saṃnimantritām

pūrvadikṣu śamīṃ vipra gatvā tanmūlajāṃ mṛdam /
gṛhītvā svagṛhaṃ prāpya gītavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

saṃpūjya tāṃ vidhānena sajjīkṛtya svakaṃ balam /
nirgatya pūrvadvāreṇa grāmādbrahiranākulaḥ

tataḥ śatrupratikṛtiṃ nirmitāṃ patrakādibhiḥ /
manasā kalpitāṃ vāpi svarṇaṃ puṃravaṃśareṇa vai

vidhyediti bhṛśaṃ prītaḥ prāpnuyātsvagṛhaṃ niśi /
evaṃ kṛtavidhirvāpi gacchedvā śatrunigrahe

eṣaivaṃ daśamī vipra vidhinā'caritā sadā /
dhanaṃ jayaṃ sutān gāśca gajāśvaṃ vāpyajāvikam

dadyādiha śarīrānte svargatiṃ cāpi nārada /
daśamyāṃ kārtike śukle sārvabhaumavrataṃ caret

kṛtopavāso vaikāśī niśīthe 'pūpakādibhiḥ /
daśadikṣu baliṃ dadyād gṛhadvāpi purādbrahiḥ

maṇḍale 'ṣṭadale kḷpte goviḍliptadharātale /
mantrairebhirdvijaśreṣṭha gaṇeśādikṛtārcanaḥ

yo me pūrvagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
tamindro devarā jo 'dya nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me vahnigataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
tejorājo 'tha vahnistaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me dakṣagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
taṃ yamaḥ pretarājo vai nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me nairṛtigaḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
rakṣorājo nairṛtistaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me paścimagaḥ pāpmā pāpakenehakarmaṇā /
yādaḥ patistaṃ varuṇo nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me vāyugataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
vāyustaṃ marutāṃ rājo nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me saumyagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
somastamṛkṣayakṣeśo nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo ma īśagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
īśāno bhūtanāthastaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo maṃ ūrddhvagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
brahmā prajāpatīśastaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

yo me 'dhaḥsaṃsthitaḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā /
ananto nāgarājastaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ

ityevaṃ dikṣu daśasu baliṃ datvā samāhitaḥ /
kṣetrapālāya tadbāhye kṣipedbalimatandritaḥ

evaṃ kṛtavidhiḥ śeṣaṃ niśāyāṃ ninayetsudhīḥ /
gītaiḥ sumaṅgalaprāyaiḥ stavapāṭhairjapādibhiḥ

prātaḥ snātvā samabhyarcya lokapālān dvijottamān /
dvādaśābhyarcya saṃbhojya śaktito dakṣiṇāṃ dadet

itthaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra bhogānbhuktaihikāñchubhān /
yugaṃ svargasukhaṃ bhuktvā sārvabhaumo nṛpo bhavet

mārgaśukladaśamyāṃ tu caredā rogyakaṃ vratam /
gandhādyairarcayedviprān daśa taccaraṇodakam

pītvātha dakṣiṇāṃ datvā visūjedekabhojanaṃ /
etatkṛtvā vrataṃ vipra hyārogyaṃ prāpya bhūtale

dharmarājaprasādena modate divi devavat /
pauṣe daśamyāṃ śuklāyāṃ viśvedevān samarcayet

ṛtuṃ dakṣaṃ vasū6nsatyaṃ kālaṃ kāmaṃ muniṃ gurum /
vipraṃ rāmaṃ ca daśadhā keśavastānsamāsthitaḥ

svāpayitvā darbhamayānāsaneṣu ca saṃsthitān /
gandhairdhūpaistathā dīpairnaivedyaiścāpi nārada

pratyekaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ datvā praṇiyatya visarjayet /
dakṣiṇāṃ tāṃ dvijāgryebhyo gurave vā samarpayet

evaṃ kṛtavidhi ścaikabhakto bhogī vratī bhavet /
lokadvayasya viprarṣe nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

māghaśukladaśamyāṃ tu sopavāso jitendriyaḥ ///
devāṃnagiraso nāma daśa samyaksamarcayet

kṛtvā svarṇamayānvipra gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ /
ātmā hyāyurmano dakṣo madaḥ prāṇastathaiva ca

barhiṣmāṃśca gaviṣṭhaśca dattaḥ satyaśca te daśa /
daśa viprānbhojayitvā madhurānnena nārada

mūrtīstebhyaḥ pradadyāttāḥ svargalokāptaye kramāt /
antyaśukladaśamyāṃ tu caturdaśaṃ yamānyajet

yamaśca dharmarājaśca mṛtyuścaivāntakastathā /
vaivasvataśca kālaśca sarvabhūtakṣayastathā

audumbaraśca daghnaśca dvau nīlaparameṣṭhinau /
vṛkodaraścacitraśca citraguptaścaturdaśa

gandhādyairupacāraiśca samabhyarcyāthatarpayet /
tilāṃbumiśrāñjalibhirdarbhaiḥ pratyekaśastribhiḥ

tataśca dadyātsūryārghaṃ tāmrapātreṇa nārada /
raktacandanasaṃmiśratilākṣatayavāṃbubhiḥ

ehi sūryasahasrāṃśo tejorāśe jagatpate /
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ bhaktyā māmanukaṃpaya

iti mantreṇa datvārghyaṃ viprānbhojya caturddaśa /
raupyāṃ sudakṣiṇāṃ datvā visṛjyāśnīta ca svayam

evaṃ kṛtavidhirvipra dharmarājaprasādataḥ /
bhuktvā bhogāṃśca putrārthānaihikāndevadurlabhān

vimānavaramāsthāya dehānte viṣṇulokabhāk