Narada Purana · Chapter 1.121

iti śrībṛhannāradīya purāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthabhāge dvādaśamāsastitaikādaśīvratakathanaṃ nāma viṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanātana uvāca
atha vratāni dvādaśyāḥ kathayāmi tavānagha /
yāni kṛtvā naro loke viṣṇoḥ priyataro bhavet

caitrasya śukladvādaśyāṃ madanavratamācaret /
sthāpayedavraṇaṃ kuṃbhaṃ sitatandulapūritam

nānāphalayutaṃ tadvadikṣudaṇḍasamanvitam /
sitavastrayugacchannaṃ sitacandanacarccitam

nānābhakṣyasamopetaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ svaśaktitaḥ /
tāmrapātraṃ guḍopetaṃ tasyopari niveśayet

tatra saṃpūjayeddevaṃ kāmarūpiṇamacyutam /
gandhādyairupacāraistu sopavāso pare 'hani

punaḥ prātaḥ samabhyarcya brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /
brahmaṇānbhojayeccaiva tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām

varṣamevaṃ vrataṃ kṛtvā ghṛtadhenusamanvitām /
śayyāṃ tu dadyādgurave sarvopaskarasaṃyutām

kāñcanaṃ kāmadevaṃ ca śuktāṃ gāṃ ca payasvinīm /
vāsobhirdvijadāṃpatyaṃ pūjayitvā samarpayet

prīyatāṃ kāmarūpī me harirityevamuccaran /
yaḥ kuryādvidhinānena madanadvādaśīvratam

sa sarvapāpanirbhuktaḥ prāpnoti harisāmyatām /
asyāmeva samuddiṣṭaṃ bhartṛdvādaśikāvratam

svāstṛtāṃ tatra śayyāṃ tu kṛtvātra śrīyutaṃ harim /
saṃsthāpya maṇḍapaṃ puṣpaistaduparpyupakalpayet

tataḥ saṃpūjya gandhādyairvratī jāgaraṇaṃ niśi /
nṛtyavāditragītādyaistataḥ prātaḥ pare 'hani

saśayyaṃ śrīhariṃ haimaṃ dvijagryāya nivedayet /
dvijānsaṃbhojya visṛjaddakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣitān

evaṃ kṛtavratasyāpi dāṃpatyaṃ jāyate sthiram /
saptajanmasu bhuṅkte ca bhogān lokadvayepsitān

vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāṃ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
saṃpūjya mādhavaṃ bhaktyā gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ

pakkānnaṃ tṛptijanakaṃ madhuraṃ sodakuṃbhakam /
viprāya dadyādvidhivanmādhavaḥ prīyatāmiti

dvādaśyāṃ jyeṣṭhaśuklāyāṃ pūjayitvā trivikramam /
gandhādyairmadhurānnāḍhyaṃ karaka vinivedayet

vratī dvijāya tatpaścādekabhaktaṃ samācaret /
vratenānena saṃtuṣṭo devadevastrivikramaḥ

dadāti vipulānbhogānante mokṣaṃ ca nārada /
āṣāḍhaśukladvādaśyāṃ dvijāndvādaśa bhojayet

madhurānnena tānpūjya pṛthaggandhādikaiḥ kramāt /
tabhyo vāsāṃsi daṇḍāṃśca brahmasūtrāṇi mudrikāḥ

pātrāṇi ca dadedbhaktyā viṣṇumeṃ prīyatāmiti /
dvādaśyāṃ tu nabhaḥśukle śrīdharaṃ pūjayedvratī

gandhādyaistatparo bhaktyā dadhibhaktairdvijottamān /
saṃbhojya dakṣiṇā raupyāṃ datvā natvā visarjjayet

vratenānena deveśaḥ śrīdharaḥ prīyatāmiti /
dvādaśyāṃ nabhasyaśukle vratī saṃpūjya vāmanam

tadagre bhojayedviprānpāyasairdvādaśaiva ca /
sauvarṇī dakṣiṇāṃ datvā viṣṇuprītikaro bhavet

dvādaśyāmiṣaśuklāyāṃ padmanābhaṃ samarcayet /
gandhādyairupacāraistu tadagre bhojayeddvijān

madhurānnena vastrāḍhyāṃ sauvarṇīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadet /
vratenaitena saṃtuṣṭaḥ padmanābho dvijottama

śvetadvīpagatiṃ dadyāddehabhogāṃśca vāñchitān /
kārtike kṛṣṇapakṣe tu govatsadvādaśīvratam

tatra vatsayutāṃ gāṃ tu samālikhya sugandhibhiḥ /
candanādyaistathā puṣpamālābhiḥ prārcya tāmrake

pātre puṣpākṣatatilairarghyaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ /
pradadyātpādamūle 'syā mantreṇānena nārada

kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūte surāsuranamaskṛte /
sarvadevamaye devi sarvadevairalaṅkṛte

mātarmātargavāṃ mātargṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo 'stu te /
tato māṣādisaṃsiddhānvaṭakāṃśca nivedayet

evaṃ pañca daśaikaṃ vā yathāvibhavamātmanaḥ /
surabhi tvaṃ jaganmātā nityaṃ viṣṇupade sthitā

sarvadevamaye grāsaṃ mayā dattamimaṃ grasa /
sarvadevamaye devi sarvadevairalaṅkṛte

mātarmamābhilaṣitaṃ saphalaṃ kuru nandinī /
taddine tailapakvaṃ ca sthālīpakvaṃ dvijottama

gokṣīraṃ goghṛtaṃ caiva dadhi takraṃ ca varjayet /
dvādaśyāmūrjaśuklāyāṃ devaṃ dāmodaraṃ dvija

samabhyarcyopacāraistu gandhādyaiḥ susamāhitaḥ /
tadagre bhojayedviprānpakvānnenārkasaṃkhyakān

tataḥ kuṃbhānapāṃpūrṇānvastrācchannānsamarcitān /
sapūgamodakasvarṇāṃstebhyaḥ prītyā samarpayet

evaṃ kṛte priyo viṣṇorjāyate 'khilabhogabhuk /
dehānte viṣṇusāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

nīrājanavrataṃ cātra gaditaṃ tannibodha me /
suptotthitaṃ jagannāthamalaṅkṛtya niśāgame

alaṅkṛto navaṃ vahnimutpādyābhyarcya mantrataḥ /
hutvā tatra samuddīpte raupya dīpikayā mune

gandhapuṣpādyarcitayā janairnīrājayeddharim /
tatraivānugatāṃ lakṣmīṃ brahmāṇīṃ caṇḍikāṃ tathā

ādityaṃ śaṅkaraṃ gaurīṃ yakṣaṃ gaṇapatiṃ grahān /
mātṝḥ pitṝnnagānnāgānsarvānnīrājayetkramāt

gavāṃ nīrājanaṃ kuryānmahiṣyādeśca maṇḍalam /
namo jayeti śabdaiśca ghaṇṭāśaṅkhā diniḥsvanaiḥ

siṃdūrāliptaśṛṅgāṇāṃ citrāṅgāṇāṃ ca varṇakaiḥ /
gavāṃ kolāhale vṛtte nīrājanamahotsave

turagāṃllakṣaṇopetām gajāṃśca madaviplutān /
rājacihnāni sarvāṇi cchatrādīni ca nārada

rājā purodhasā sārdhaṃ mantribhṛtyaparaḥ saraḥ /
pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ nīrajya svayamādarāt

śaṅkhatūryādighoṣaiśca nānāratnavinirmite /
siṃhāsane nave kḷpte tiṣṭhetsamyagalaṅkṛtaḥ

tataḥ sulakṣaṇairyuktā veśyā vātha kulāṅganā /
śīrṣopari naredrasya tayā nīrājayecchanaiḥ

evameṣā mahāsāṃtiḥ kartavyā prativatsaram /
rājñā vittavatānyena varṣamārogyamicchatā

yeṣāṃ rāṣṭre pure grāme kriyate śāntiruttamā /
nīrājanābhidhā vipra tadrogā yānti saṃkṣayam

dvādaśyāṃ mārgaśuklāyāṃ sādhyavratamanuttamam /
manobhavastathā prāṇo naro yātaśca vīryavān

citirhayo nṛpaścaiva haṃso nārāyaṇastathā /
vibhuścāpi prabhuścaiva sādhyā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ

pūjayedgandhapuṣpādyairetāṃstandulakalpitān /
tato dvijāgryānsaṃbhojya dvādaśātra sudakṣiṇāḥ

datvā tebhyastu visṛjetprīyānnārayaṇastviti /
etasyāmeva viditaṃ dvādaśādityasaṃjñitam

vrataṃ tatrārcayeddhīmānādityāndvādaśāpi ca /
dhātāmitror'yamā pūṣā śakroṃ'śo varuṇo bhagaḥ

tvaṣṭā vivasvānsavitā viṣṇurdvādaśa īritāḥ /
pratimāsaṃ tu śuklāyāṃ dvādaśyāmarcya yatnataḥ

varṣaṃ nayedvratānte tu pratimā dvādaśāpi ca /
haimīḥ saṃpūjya vidhinā bhojayitvā dvijottamān

madhurānnaiḥ susatkṛtya pratyekaṃ cārpayedvratī /
eva vrataṃ naraḥ kṛtvā dvādaśādityasaṃjñakam

sūryalokaṃ samāsādya bhuktvā bhogāṃścaraṃ tataḥ /
jāyate bhuvi dharmātmā mānuṣye rogavarjitaḥ

tato vratasya puṇyena punareva labhedvratam /
tatpuṇyena ravenbhitvā maṇḍalaṃ dvijasattama

nirañjanaṃ nirā kāraṃ nirdvandvaṃ brahma cāpnuyāt /
atraivākhaṇḍasaṃjñaṃ ca vratamukta dvijottama

mūrtiṃ nirmāya sauvarṇīṃ janārdanasamāhvayām /
abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyaistadagre bhojayeddvijān

dvādaśa pratimāsaṃ tu naktāśīḥ syājjitendriyaḥ /
tataḥ samānte tāṃ mūrtiṃ samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ

gurave dhenusahitāṃ dadyātsaṃprārthayettathā /
śatajanmasu yatkiñcinmayākhaṇḍavrataṃ kṛtam

bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tadakhaṇḍamihāstu me /
tataḥ saṃbhojya viprāgryānsakhaṇḍāḍhyaistu pāyasaiḥ

dvādaśaiva hi sauvarṇīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ pradadennamet /
iti kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra prīṇayitvā janārdanam

sauvarṇena vimānena yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /
pauṣasya kṛṣṇadvādaśyāṃ rūpavratamudīritam

daśamyāṃ vidhivatsnātvā gṛhṇīyādgomayaṃ vratī /
śvetāyā vaikavarṇāyā antarikṣagataṃ dvija

aṣṭottaraśataṃ tena piṇḍikāḥ kalpya nārada /
śoṣayedātape dhṛtvā pātre tāmre 'tha mṛnmaye

ekādaśyāṃ sopavāsaḥ samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ /
sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ viṣṇorniśāyāṃ jāgaraṃ caret

sumaṅgalairgītavādyaiḥ stotrapāṭhairjapādibhiḥ /
tataḥ prabhāte dvādaśyāṃ tilapātropari sthitām

aṃbupūrṇe ghaṭe nyasya pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /
tato 'gniṃ navamutpādya kāṣṭhasaṃgharṣaṇādibhiḥ

taṃ samabhyarcya vidhivadekaikāṃ piṇḍikāṃ sudhīḥ /
homayetsatilājyāṃ ca dvādaśākṣaravidyayā

vaiṣṇavyātha ca pūraṇāṃ ca śatamaṣṭottara tataḥ /
bhojayetpāyasairviprānprītyā susnigdhamānasaḥ

sahitāṃ ca ghaṭenaiva pratimāṃ gurava'peyet /
viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā datvā natvā visarjayet /
naro vā yadi vā nārī vrataṃ kṛtvaivamādarāt

labhate rūpasaubhāgyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
sahasye śuklapakṣe tu sujanmadvādaśīvratam

snātvā vidhānena gṛhṇoyādvārṣikavratam /
pītvā gaśṛṅgavāryādau tāṃ ca kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam

pratimāsaṃ tataḥ śukledvādaśyāṃ dānamācaret /
ghṛtaprasthaṃ taccatuṣkaṃ kramādvīheryavasya ca

dviraktikaṃ hema tilāḍhakārddhaṃ payasāṃ ghaṭam /
raupyasya māṣamekaṃ ca tṛptikṛnmiṣṭapakvakam

chatraṃ māṣārdhahemnaśca prasthaṃ phaāṇitamuttamam /
candanaṃ palikaṃ vastraṃ pañcahastonmitaṃ tanum

evaṃ tu māsikaṃ dānaṃ kṛtvā prāśya yathākramam /
gomūtraṃ jalamājyaṃ vā paktvā śākaṃ caturvidham

dadhiyuktaṃ ca yāvānnaṃ tilājyaṃ śarkarānvitām /
darbhāṃbukṣīramuditaṃ prāśanaṃ pratimāsikam

evaṃ kṛtavrato varṣaṃ sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ raveḥ /
kṛtvā vai tāmrapātrasthāṃ nyasyābhyarcya vidhānataḥ

gurave dhenusahitāṃ pratyarpya praṇametpuraḥ /
viprāndrādaśa saṃbhojya tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām

evaṃ kṛtavrato vipra janmāpnotyuttame kule /
nirogo dhanadhānyāḍhyo bhaveccāvikaledriyaḥ

māghasya śukladvādaśyāṃ śālagrāmaśilāṃ dvija /
abhyacya vidhivadbhaktyā suvarṇaṃ tanmukhe nyaset

tāṃ sthāpya raupyapātre tu sitavastrayugāvṛtām /
pradadyādvedaviduṣe taṃ hi saṃbhojayettataḥ

pāyasānnena khaṇḍājyasahitena hitena ca /
evaṃ kṛtvaikabhaktaḥ sanviṣṇu cintanatatparaḥ

vaiṣṇavaṃ labhate dhāma bhuktvā bhogānihepsitān /
antye sitāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ hareḥ

abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyairdadyādvedavide dvija /
dviṣaṭkasaṃkhyānviprāṃśca bhojayitvā ca dakṣiṇām

datvā visarjayetpaścātsvayaṃ bhuñjīta bāndhavaiḥ /
trispṛśonmīlinī pakṣavarddhinī vañjulī tathā

jayā ca vijayā caiva jayantī cāparājitā /
etā aṣṭau sadopoṣyā dvādaśyaḥ pāpahārikāḥ

śrīnārada uvāca
kīdṛśaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ brahmannetāsāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tathā /
tatsarvaṃ me samācakṣva yāścanyāḥ puṇyadāyukāḥ

sūta uvāca
itthaṃ sanātanaḥ pṛṣṭo nāradena dvijottamaḥ /
praśasya bhrātaraṃ prāha mahābhāgavataṃ muniḥ

sanātana uvāca
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhrātaḥ sādhūnāṃ saṃśayacchidā /
vakṣye mahādvādaśīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca phalaṃ pṛthak

ekādaśī nivṛttā cetsūryasyodayataḥ purā /
tadā tu trispṛśā nāma dvādaśī sā mahāphalā

asyāmupoṣya govindaṃ yaḥ pūjayati nārada /
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ labhate dhruvam

yadāruṇodaye viddhā daśamyaikādaśī tithiḥ /
tadā tāṃ saṃparityajya dvādaśīṃ samupoṣayet

tatreṣṭvā vāsudevākhyaṃ samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ /
rājasūyasahasrasya phalamunmīlite labhet

yadodaye tu savituryāmyā tvekādaśīṃ spṛśet /
tadā vañjulikākhyāṃ tu tāṃ tyaktvopoṣayetsadā

asyāṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ devaṃ gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ /
pūjayetsatataṃ bhaktyā sarvasyābhayadaṃ param

eṣā mahādvādaśī tu sarvakratuphalapradā /
sarvapāpaharā proktā sarvasaṃpatpradāyinī

kuhūrāke yadā vṛddhe syātāṃ vipra yadā tadā /
pakṣavarddhanikā nāma dvādaśī sā mahāphalā

tasyāṃ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ pradyumnaṃ jagatāṃ patim /
sarvaiśvaryyapradaṃ sākṣātputra pautravivardhanam

yadā tu dhavale pakṣe dvādaśī syānmadhānvitā //ṭha
tadā proktā jayā nāma sarvaśatruvināśinī

asyāṃ saṃpūjayeddeva maniruddhaṃ ramāpatim /
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam

śravaṇarkṣayutā cetsyāddvādaśī dhavale dale /
tadā sā vijayā nāma tasyāmacedgadādharam

sarvasaukhyapradaṃ śaśvatsarvabhogaparāyaṇam /
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ vipra tāṃ copoṣyāpnuyānnaraḥ

yadā syācca site pakṣe prājāpatyarkṣasaṃyutā /
dvādaśī sā mahāpuṇyā jayantī nāmataḥ smṛtā

yasyāṃ samarccayeddevaṃ vāmanaṃ siddhidaṃ nṛṇām /
upoṣitaiṣā viprendra sarvavrataphalapradā

sarvadānaphalā cāpi bhuktimuktipradāyinī /
yadā tu syātsite pakṣe dvādaśī jīvabhānvitā

tadāparājitā proktā sarvajñā napradāyinī /
asyāṃ samarcayeddevaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

saṃsārapāśavicchittikārakaṃ jñānasāgaram /
asyāstūpoṣaṇādeva muktaḥ syādvipra bhojanaḥ

yadā tvāṣāḍhaśuklāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ maitrabhaṃ bhavet /
tadā vratadvayaṃ kāryyaṃ na doṣo 'traikadaivatam

śravaṇarkṣayutāyāṃ ca dvādaśyāṃ bhādraśuklake /
ūrjje sitāyāṃ dvādaśyāmantyabhe ca vratadvayam

etābhyo 'ntra viprendra dvādaśyāmekabhuktakam /
nisargataḥ samuddiṣṭaṃ vrataṃ pātakanāśanam

ekādaśyā vrataṃ nityaṃ dvādaśyāḥ sahitaṃ yataḥ /
nodyāpanamihoddiṣṭaṃ karttavyaṃ jīvitāvidhi