Narada Purana · Chapter 1.19

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde vratākhyāne māgaśīrṣapaurṇimāyāṃ lakṣaghmīnārāyaṇavrataṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
anyadvūtaṃ pravakṣyāmi dhvajāropaṇasaṃjñitam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ viṣṇuprīṇanakāraṇam

yaḥ kuryādviṣṇubhavane dhvajāropaṇamuttamam /
saṃpūjyate vigniñcyādyaiḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

hemabhārasahasraṃ tu yo dadāti kuṭumbine /
tatphalaṃ tulyamātraṃ syāddhūjāropaṇakarmaṇaḥ

dhvajāropaṇatulyaṃ syādgaṅgāsnānamanuttamam /
athavā tulasūsevā śivaliṅgaprapūjanam

aho 'pūrvamaho 'pūrvamaho 'pūrvamidaṃ dvija /
sarvapāpa haraṃ karma dhvajāgopaṇasaṃjñitam

santi vai yāni kāryāṇi dhvajāropaṇakarmaṇi /
tāni sarvāṇi vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva gadato mama

kārtikasya site pakṣaghe daśamyāṃ prayato naraḥ /
snānaṃ kuryātprayatnena dantadhāvanapūrvakam

ekāśī brahmacārī ca svapennārāyaṇaṃ smaran /
dhautāmbaradharaḥ śuddho vipro nārāyaṇāgrataḥ

tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya snātvācamya yathāvidhi /
nityakarmāṇi nirvartya paścādviṣṇuṃ samarcayet

caturbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhdaṃ kṛtvā ca svastivācanam /
nāndīśrāddhaṃ prakurvīta dhvajāropaṇakarmaṇi

dhvajastambho ca gāyatryā prokṣaghayedvastrasaṃyutau /
sūryaṃ ca vainateyaṃ ca himāṃśuṃ tatparor'cayet

dhātāraṃ ca vidhātāraṃ pūjayeddhajadaṇḍake /
haridrākṣaghatagandhādyaiḥ śuklapuṣpairviśeṣataḥ

tato gocarmamātraghaṃ tu sthaṇḍilaṃ copalipya vai /
ādhāyāngiṃ svagṛhyottyā hyājyabhāgādikaṃ kramāt

juhuyātpāyasaṃ caiva sājyamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam /
prathamaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ viṣṇornukamirāvatīm

tataśca vainateyāya svāhe tyaṣṭāhutīstathā /
somo dhenumudutyaṃ ca juhuyācca tato dvija

sauramantrāñjapettaghatra śāntisūtkāni śaktitaḥ /
rātraghau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādupakaṇṭhaṃ hareḥ śucuḥ

tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya nityakarma samāpya ca /
gandhapuṣpādibhirdevamarcayetpūrvavatkramāt

tato maṅgalavādyaiśca sūktapāṭhaiśca śaubhanam /
nṛtyaiśca ratotraghapaṭhanairnayedviṣṇavālaye dhvajam

devasya dvāradeśe vā śikhare vā mudānvitaḥ /
susthuraḥ sthāpayedvipra dhvajaṃ sastambhasaṃyutam

gandhapuṣpāghakṣatairddevaṃ dhūpadīparmanoharaiḥ /
bhakṣaghyabhojyādisaṃyuktairnaivedyaiśca hariṃ yajet

evaṃ devālaye sthāpya śobhanaṃ dhvajamuttamam /
pradakṣaghiṇamanuvrajya stotraghametadudūrayet

namaste puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste viśvabhāvana /
namaste 'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣa pūrvaja

yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭitam /
layameṣyati yatraivaṃ taṃ prapanno 'smi keśavam

na jānanti paraṃ bhāvaṃ yasya brahmādayaḥ surāḥ /
yoginoyaṃ na paśyanti taṃ vandaṃ jñānarupuṇam

antarikṣantu yannābhirdyairmūrddhā yasya caiva hi /
pādo 'bhūdyasya pṛthivī taṃ vande viśvarupiṇam

yasya śrotre diśaḥ sarvā yaccakṣurdinakṛcajchaśī /
ṛksāmayajupī yena taṃ vande brahrarupiṇam

yanmukhādvāhmaṇā jātā yadvāhorabhavannṛpāḥ /
vaiśyā yasyo ruto jātāḥ padbhaghyāṃ śūdro vyajāyata

māyāsaṅgamamātragheṇa vadanti puruṣaṃ tvajam /
svabhāvavimalaṃ śuddhaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam

kṣīrabdhi śāyinaṃ devamanantamaparājitam /
sadbhaktavatsalaṃ viṣṇuṃ bhaktigamyaṃ namāmyaham

pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tanmātrāṇīṃndriyāṇi ca /
sūkṣmāsūkṣyāṇi yenāsaṃstaṃ vande sarvatomukham

yadvahya paramaṃ dhāma sarvalokottamottamam /
nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ sūkṣmaṃ praṇato 'sti punaḥ punaḥ

avikāramajaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvatobāhumīśvaram /.
yamāmananti yogāndrāḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

yo devaḥ sarvabhūtānāmantarātmā jaganmayaḥ /
nirguṇaḥ paramātmā ca sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu

hṛdayastho 'pi dūrastho māyayā mohitātmanām /
jñānināṃ sarvago yastu sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu

caturbhiśca caturbhiśca dvābhyāṃ pañcabhireva ca /
hūyate ca punardvātārthaṃbhyāṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ pratīdatu

jñānināṃ karmiṇāṃ caiva tathā bhaktimatāṃ nṛṇām /
gatidātā viśvamṛgyaḥ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasūdatu

jagaddhitārthaṃ ye dehā dhriyante līlayā hareḥ /
tānarcayanti vibudhāḥ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu

yamāmanantive santaḥ saccidānandavigraham /
nirguṇaṃ ca guṇādhāraṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu

iti stutvā namedviṣṇuṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca prapūjayet /
ācāryaṃ pūjayetpaścāddakṣiṇācchādanādibhiḥ

brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā bhakti bhāvasamanvitaḥ /
putramatrikalatrādyaiḥ svayaṃ ca saha bandhubhiḥ

kurvīta pāraṇaṃ vipra nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
yastvetatkarma kurvīta dhvajāropaṇamuttamam /
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ

paṭo dhvajasya viprendra yāvaccalati vāyunā /
tāvanti pāpajālāni naśyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ /
dhvajaṃ viṣṇugṛhe kṛtvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

yāvaddināni tiṣṭeta dhvajo viṣṇugṛhe dvija /
tāvadyugasahasrāṇi harisārupyamaśnute

āropitaṃ dhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye 'bhinandanti dhārmikāḥ /
te 'pi sarve pramucyante mahāpātakakoṭibhiḥ

āropito dhvajo viṣṇugṛhe dhunvanpaṭaṃ svakam /
kartuḥ sarvāṇi pāpāni dhunoti nimiṣārddhataḥ

yastvā ropya gṛhe viṣṇordhvajaṃ nityamupācaret /
sa devayānena divaṃ yātīva sumatirnṛpaḥ