Narada Purana · Chapter 1.17

iti śrūbṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde gaṅgāmāhātmye bhagīrathagaṅgānayanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaṣo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
sādhu sūta mahābhāga tvayātikaruṇātmanā /
śrāvitaṃ sarvapāpanghaṃ gaṅgāmāhātmya muttamam

śrutvā tu gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ nārado devadarśanaḥ /
kiṃ papraccha punaḥ sūta sanakaṃ munisattamam

sūta uvāca
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve nāradena surarṣiṇā /
pṛṣṭaṃ punaryathā prāha pravakṣyāmi tathaiva tat

nānākhyānetihāsāḍyaṃ gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam /
śrutvā brahmasuto bhūyaḥ pṛṣṭavānidamādarāt

nārada uvāca
aho 'tidhanyaṃ sukṛtaikasāraṃ śrutaṃ mayā puṇyamasaṃvṛtārtham /
gāṅgeyamāhātmyamaghapraṇāśi tvatto mune kāruṇikādabhīṣṭam

ye sādhavaḥ sādhu bhajanti viṣṇuṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca yatanta eva /
nānopadeśaiḥ suvimugdhacittaṃ prabodhayanti prasabhaṃ prasannam

tataḥ samākhyāhi harervratāni kṛtaiśca yaiḥ prītimupaiti viṣṇuḥ /
dadāti bhaktiṃ bhajatāṃ dayālurmuktistu tasyā viditā hi dāsī

dadāti muktiṃ bhajatāṃ mukundo vratārcanadhyānaparāyaṇānām /
bhaktānusevāsu mahāprayāsaṃ vimṛśya kasyāpi na bhaktiyogam

pravṛttaṃ ca nivṛttaṃ ca yatkarma harito ṣaṇam /
tadā khyāhi muniśreṣṭha viṣṇubhakto 'si mānada

sanaka uvāca
sādhu sādhu muniśreṣṭha bhaktastvaṃ puruṣottameḥ /
bhūyo bhūyo yataḥ puccheścaritraṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ

vratāni te pravakṣyāmi lokopakṛtimanti ca /
prasīdati hariryaistu prayacchatyabhayaṃ tathā

yasya prasanno bhagavānyajñaliṅgo janārdanaḥ /
ihāmutra sukhaṃ tasya tapovṛddhiśca jāyate

yena kenāpyupāyena haripūjāparāyaṇāḥ /
prayānti paramaṃ sthānamiti prāhurmaharṣayaḥ

mārga śīrṣe site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ jalaśāyinam /
upoṣito 'ḍarcayetsamyaṅ naraḥ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

snātvā śuklāmbaradharo dantadhāvanapūrvakam /
gandhapuṣpākṣatairdhūpair dīpairnaivedyapūrvakaiḥ

vāgyato bhaktibhāvena muniśreṣṭhārcayeddharim /
keśavāya namastubhyamiti viṣṇuṃ ca pūjayet

aṣṭottaraśataṃ hutvā vanhau ghṛtatilāhutīḥ /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryācchālagrāmasamīpataḥ

snāpayetprasthapayasā nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
gītairvādyaiśca naivedyairbhakṣyairbhojyaiśca keśavam

trikālaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā mahālakṣmyā samanvitam /
punaḥ kalye samutthāya kṛtvā karma yathocitam

pūrvavatpūjayedvevaṃ vāgyato niyataḥ śuciḥ /
pāyasaṃ ghṛtasaṃmiśraṃ nālikeraphalānvitam

mantreṇānena viprāya dadyādbhaktyā sadakṣiṇam /
keśavaḥ keśihā devaḥ sarvasaṃpatpradāyakaḥ

paramānnapradānena mama syādiṣṭadāyakaḥ /
brahmaṇānbhojayetpaścācchaktito bandhubhiḥ saha

nārāyaṇa paro bhūtvā svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ /
iti yaḥ kurute bhaktyā keśavārcanamuttamam

sa paiṇḍarīkayajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet /
pauṣamāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ

namo nārāyaṇāyeti pūjayetprayato harim /
payasā snāpya naivedyaṃ pāyasaṃ ca samarpayet

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātrrikālārcanatatparaḥ /
dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyairgandhaiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ

tṛṇaiśca gītavādyādyaiḥ stotraiścāpyaryayeddharim /
kṛśarānnaṃ ca viprāya dadyātsaghṛtadakṣiṇam

sarvātmā sarvalokeśaḥ sarvavyāpī sanātanaḥ /
nārāyaṇaḥ prasannaḥ syātkṛśarānnapradānataḥ

mantreṇānena viprāya dattvā vai dānamuttamam /
dvijāṃśca bhojeyacchaktyā svayamadyātsabāndhavaḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjayedbhaktyā devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum /
agniṣṭomāṣṭakaphalaṃ sa saṃpūrṇamavāpnuyāt

māghasya śukladvādaśyāṃ pūrvavatsamupoṣitaḥ /
namaste mādhavāyeti hutvāṣṭau ca ghṛtāhutīḥ

pūrvamānena payasā snāpayenmādhavaṃ tadā /
puṣpagandhākṣatairarcetsāvadhānena cetasā

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātpūrvavadbhaghaktisaṃyutaḥ /
kalyakarma ca nirvartya mādhavaṃ punararcayet

prasthaṃ tilānāṃ viprāya dadyādvai mantrapūrvakam /
sadakṣiṇaṃ savāstrañca sarvapāpavimuktaye

mādhavaḥ sarvabhūtātmā sarvakarmaphalapradaḥ /
tiladānena mahatā sarvānkāmānprayacchatu

mantreṇānena viprāya dattvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ /
brahmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā saṃsmaranmādhavaṃ prabhum

evaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā tiladāne vrataṃ mune /
vājapeya śatasyāsau saṃpūrṇaṃ phalamāpnuyāt

phaālgunasya site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
govindāya namastubhyamiti saṃpūjayedvratī

aṣṭottagaraśataṃ dṛtvā ghṛtamiśratilāhutīḥ /
pūrvamānena payasā govindaṃ snāpayecchuciḥ

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātrrikālaṃ pūjayaittathā /
prātaḥ kṛtyaṃ samāpyātha govindaṃ pūjayetpunaḥ

vrīhyāḍhakaṃ ca viprāya dadyādvastraṃ sadakṣiṇam /
namo govinda sarveśa gopikājanavallabha

anena dhānya dānena prīto bhava jagadguro /
evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ samyak sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

gomedhamakhajaṃ puṇyaṃ sampūrṇaṃ labhate naraḥ /
caitramāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ

namo 'stu viṣṇave tubhyamiti pūrvavadarcayet /
kṣīreṇa snāpayedviṣṇuṃ pūrvamānena śaktitaḥ

tathaiva snāpayedvipra ghṛtaprasthena sādanam /
kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrau pūjayetpūrvavadrūtī

tatakaḥ kalye samutthāya prātaḥ kṛtyaṃ samāpya ca /
aṣṭottaraśataṃ hutvā madhaavājyatilamiśritam

sadakṣiṇaṃ ca viprāya dadyādvai taṇḍulāḍhakam /
prāṇarupī mahāviṣṇuḥ prāṇadaḥ sarvavallabhaḥ

taṇḍulāḍhakadānena prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ /
evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

atyangiṣṭomayajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet /
vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāmupoṣya madhusūdanam

droṇakṣīreṇa deveśaṃ snāpayedbhaktiṃsaṃyutaḥ /
jāgaraṃ tatragha karttavyaṃ trikālārcanasaṃyutam

namaste madhuhantre ca juhuyācchaktito ghṛtam /
aṣṭottaraśataṃ prorcya vidhivanmadhusūdanam

vipāpo hyaśvamedhānāmaṣṭānāṃ phalamānpuyāt /
jyeṣṭamāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāmupavāsakṛt

kṣīreṇāḍhakamānena snāpayedyastriviktamam /
namastriviktamāyeti pūjayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ

juhuyātpāyasenaiva hyaṣṭottaraśatāhutīḥ /
kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrau punaḥ pūjāṃ prakalpayet

apūpaviṃśatiṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāya sadakṣiṇam /
devadeva jagannāta prasīda parameśvara

upāyanaṃ ca saṃgṛhya mamābhīṣṭaprado bhava /
brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ

evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra vrataṃ traivikramaṃ param /
so 'ṣṭānāṃ naramedhānāṃ vipāpaḥ phalamānpuyāt

āṣāḍhaśukladvādaśyāmupavāsī jitendriyaḥ /
vāmanaṃ pūrvamānena snāpayetpayasā vratī

namaste vāmanāyeti dūrvājyāṣṭottaraṃ śatam /
hutvā ca jāgaraṃ kuryādvāmanaṃ cārcayetpunaḥ

sadākṣiṇaṃ ca dadhyannaṃ nālikeraphalānvitam /
bhaktyā pradadyādviprāya vāmanārcanaśīline

vāmano vuddhido hotā dravyastho vāmanaḥ sadā /
vāmanastārako 'smācca vāmanāya namo namaḥ

anena dattvā dadhyannaṃ śaktito bhojayeddijān /
kṛtvai vamagriṣṭomānāṃ śatasya phalamāpnuyāt

śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe dvādaśyāmupavāsakṛt /
kṣīreṇa madhumiśreṇa snāpayecchrīdharaṃ vratī

namo 'stu śrīdharāyeti gandhādyaiḥ pūjayetkramāt /
juhuyātpṛṣadājyena śatamaṣṭottaraṃ mune

kṛtvā ca jāgaraṃ rātrau punaḥ pūjāṃ prakalpayet /
dātavyaṃ caiva viprāya kṣīrāḍhakamanuttamam

dakṣiṇāṃ ca savastrāṃ vai pradadyāddhemakuṇḍale /
mantreṇānena viprendru sarvakāmāśrasiddhaye

kṣīrābdhiśāyindeveśa ramākānta jagatpate /
kṣīradānena suprīto bhava sarvasukhapradaḥ

sukhapradattvādviprāṃśca bhojayecchaktito vratī /
eva kṛtvā śvamedhānāṃ sahasrasya phalaṃ labhet

māsi bhādrapade śukle dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
snāpayeddroṇapayasā hṛṣīkeśaṃ jagadgurum

hṛṣīkeśa namastubhyamiti saṃpūjayennaraḥ /
caruṇā madhuyuktena śatamaṣṭottaraṃ hunet

jāgarādīnini nirvartya dadyādātmavide tataḥ /
sārdhāḍhakaṃ ca godhūmāndakṣiṇāṃ hema śaktitaḥ

hṛṣīkeśa namastubhyaṃ sarvalokaikahetave /
mahyaṃ sarvasukhaṃ dehi godhūmasya pradānataḥ

bhojayedvrāhmāñśaktyā svayaṃ cāśrītavāgyataḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmamedhaphalaṃ labhet

āśvine māsiśuklāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃsamupoṣitaḥ /
padmanābhaṃ capayasā snāpayedbhaktitaḥ śuciḥ

namaste padmanābhāya homaṃ kuyārtsvaśaktitaḥ /
tilabrīhiyavājyaiśca pūjayecca vidhānataḥ

jāmaraṃ niśi nirvartya punaḥ pūjāṃ samācaret /
dadyādviprāya kuḍavaṃ madhunastu sadakṣiṇam

padmanābhagha namastubhyaṃ sarvalokapitāmaha /
madhudānena suprīto bhavasarvasukhapradaḥ

evaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā padmanābhavrataṃ sudhīḥ /
brahmamedhasahasrasya phalamānpoti niścitam

dvādaśyāṃ kārtike śukle upavāsī jitendriyaḥ /
kṣīreṇākaḍhakamānena dandhā vājyena tāvatā

namo dāmodarāyeti snāpayedbhaktibhāvataḥ /
aṣṭottaraśataṃ hutvā maghvājyāktatilāhutīḥ

jāgaraṃ niyataḥ kuryāttrikālārcanatatparaḥ /
prātaḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ padmapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ

punaraṣṭottaraśataṃ juhuyātsaghṛtai stilaiḥ /
pañcabhakṣyayutaṃ cānnaṃ dadyādviprāya bhaktitaḥ

dāmodara jagannātha sarvakāraṇakāraṇa /
trāhimāṃ kṛpayā deva śāraṇāgatapālakaḥ

anena dattvā dānaṃ ca śrotriyāya kuṭumbine /
dakṣiṇāñca yathāśaktyā brāhmaṇāṃśvāpi bhojayet

evaṅkṛtvā vrataṃ samyagaśrīyādvūndhubhiḥ saha /
aśvamegha sahasrāṇāṃ dviguṇaṃ phalamaśnute

evaṃ kuryādvratī yastu dvādaśīvratamuttamam /
saṃvatsaraṃ muniśreṣṭha sa yāti parama padam

ekamāse dvimāse vāyaḥ kuryādbhaktitatparaḥ /
tattatphalamavānpoti prānpoti ca hareḥ padam

pūrṇaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā kuryādudyāpanaṃ vratī /
mārgaśīrṣāsite pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ ca munīśvara

snātvā prātaryathācāraṃ dantadhāvanapūrvakam /
śuklamālyāmbaradharaḥ śuklagandhānulepanaḥ

maṇḍapaṃ kārayeddivyaṃ caturastraṃ suśībhanam /
ghaṇṭācāmarasaṃyuktaṃ kiṅkiṇīravaśobhitam

alaṅkṛtaṃ puṣpamālyairvitānaghvajarājitān /
chāditaṃ śuklavastreṇa dīpamālāvibhūṣitam

tanmadhye sarvatobhadraṃ kuryātsamyagalaṅkṛtam /
tasyoparinyasetkumbhāndvādaśāmbuprapūritān

ekena śulkavanastreṇa samyaksaṃśodhitena ca /
sarvānācchādayetkumbhānpañcaratnasamanvitān

lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ kārayedbhaktimānvratī /
henmā vā rājatenāpi tathā tāmreṇa vā dvijā

sthāpayetpratimāṃ tāṃ ca kumbhopari susaṃyamī /
tanmūlyaṃ vā dvijaśreṣṭha kāñcanaṃ ca svaśaktitaḥ

sarvavrateṣu matimānvittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarja yet /
yadi kuryātkṣayaṃ yānti tasyāyurddhanasaṃpadaḥ

anantaśāyinaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayaṭam /
pañcāmṛtena prathamaṃ snāpayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ

nāṃmabhiḥ keśavādyaiśca hyupacārānmakalpayet /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātpurāṇaśravaṇādibhaghiḥ

jitanidro bhavetsamyaksopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
trikālamarcayeddevaṃ yathāvibhavavistaram

tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya prātaḥ kṛtyaṃ samāpya ca /
tilahomānvyāhṛtibhiḥ sahasraṃra kāvyeddvijaiḥ

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt /
devasya purataḥ kuryātpurāṇaśravaṇaṃ tataḥ

dadyāddvādaśaviprebhyo dadhyannaṃ pāyasaṃ pāyasaṃ tathā /
apūpairdaśa bhiryuktaṃ saghṛtaṃ ca sadakṣiṇam

devadevajagannātha bhaktānugrahavigraha /
gṛhāṇopāyanaṃ kṛṣṇa sarvābhīṣṭaprado bhava

anenopāyanaṃ dattvā prārthaye māñjaliḥ sthitaḥ /
ādhāya jānunī bhūmau vinayāvananato vratī

namo namaste surarājarāja namo 'stute devaṃ jagannivāsa /
kuruṣva saṃpṛrṇaphalaṃ mamādya namo 'stu tubhyaṃ puruṣottamāya

iti saṃprārthayedviprāndevaṃ ca puruṣottamam /
dadyādarghyaṃ ca devāya mahālakṣmīyutāya vai

lakṣmīpate namastubhyaṃ kṣīrārṇavanivāsine /
arghyaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa lakṣmyā ca sahitaḥ prakṣo

yasya smṛtyā ca nāmoktyā tapoyajñakriyādiṣu /
nyūnaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yāti sadyo vande tamacyutam

iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ tatsarvaṃ saṃyamī vrate /
pratimāṃ dakṣiṇāyuktāmācāryāya nivedayet

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścīcchaktyā dadyāja dakṣiṇām /
bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ paścātsvayaṃ bevṛjanairvṛtaḥ

āsāyaṃ śṛduyādviṣṇoḥ kathāṃ vidvajjanaiḥ saha /
ityevaṃ kurute yastu manujo dvādaśīvratam

sarvānkāmānsa ānpoti paraghatreha ca nārada /
trisatakulasaṃyuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ /
tapāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ yatra yattvā na śocati

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādvipra dvādaśīvratamuttamam /
vācayedvāpi sa naro vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet