Padma Purana · Chapter 6.36

nārada uvāca-
kīdṛśī syānmahādeva pakṣavarddhanisaṃjñakā /
yayā vai kṛtayā jaṃturmahapāpātpramucyate

śrīmahādeva uvāca-
amā vā yadi vā pūrṇā saṃpūrṇā jāyate tadā /
bhūtvā vai nāḍikāṣaṣṭhirjāyate pratipaddine /
aśvamedhāyutaistulyā sā bhavetpakṣavarddhinī

nārada uvāca-
pūjāvidhiṃ tu pṛcchāmi sāṃprataṃ devasattama /
yatkṛte tu mahādeva mahāphalamavāpnuyāt

mahādeva uvāca-
pūjāvidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ dvijanaṃdana /
pūjite cārcite viṣṇau phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

yena pūjāvidhānena tuṣṭiṃ prāpnoti mādhavaḥ /
avraṇaṃ jalapūrṇaṃ ca kuṃbhaṃ caṃdanacarcitam

paṃcaratnasamāyuktaṃ puṣpamālābhiveṣṭitam /
sthāpyaṃ tāmramayaṃ pātraṃ sagodhūmaṃ ghaṭopari

sauvarṇaṃ kārayeddevaṃ māsasaṃjñābhināmakam /
paṃcāmṛtena vidhinā snapanaṃ sumanoramam

kārayeddevadeveśaṃ jagannāthaṃ jagatpatim /
vilepanaṃ tu karttavyaṃ kuṃkumāgarucaṃdanaiḥ

vastrayugmaṃ ca dātavyaṃ chatropānahasaṃyutam /
pūjayeddevatādhīśaṃ kuṃbhapātroparisthitam

padmanābhāya vai pādau jānunī viśvamūrttaye /
ūrū vai jñānagamyāya kaṭī dānapradāya ca

udaraṃ viśvanāthāya hṛdayaṃ śrīdharāya ca /
kaṃṭhaṃ kaustubhakaṃṭhāya bāhū kṣatrāṃtakāriṇe

lalāṭaṃ vyomamūrdhne tu śiro vai sarvarūpiṇe /
svanāmnā caiva kamalāṃ sarvāṃgīṃ divyarūpiṇīm

evaṃ vidhivatsaṃpūjya tato'rghaṃ dāpayetsudhīḥ /
nālikereṇa śubhreṇa devadevasya cakriṇaḥ

anenaivārghadānena saṃpūrṇaṃ jāyate vratam /
saṃsārārṇavamagnaṃ māṃ samuddhara jagatpate

tvamīśaḥ sarvalokānāṃ tvaṃ sākṣācca jagatpatiḥ /
gṛhāṇārghaṃ mayā dattaṃ padmanābha namostu te

naivedyāni suhṛdyāni ṣaḍrasāni viśeṣataḥ /
deyāni tu viśeṣeṇa keśavāya subhaktitaḥ

nāgapatraṃ sakarpūraṃ dadyāddevasya bhaktitaḥ /
ghṛtena dīpakaṃ kuryāttilatailena vā punaḥ

kṛtvā samyagvidhānena guroḥ pūjāṃ prakārayet /
vastrāṇi caiva coṣṇīṣaṃ kaṃcukaṃ ca pradāpayet

dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśaktyā guruve saṃpradāpayet /
bhojanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ dattvā cārghaṃ pradāpayet

svavittasyānumānena yathāśaktyā tu nirddhanaiḥ /
kāryā samyakprayatnena dvādaśī pakṣavarddhinī

tato jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītanṛtyasamanvitam /
purāṇapāṭhasahitaṃ hāsyāhlādasamanvitam

stuvaṃti ca praśaṃsaṃti jāgaraṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ /
nityotsavo bhavetteṣāṃ gṛhe vai daśajanmasu

ato dhanyatamā ceyaṃ karttavyā pakṣavarddhanī /
kṛtvā tu sakalaṃ puṇyaṃ phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

pakṣavarddhanī māhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ /
taiḥ kṛtaṃ satkṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

paṃcāgnisādhane puṇyaṃ yacca syāttīrthasādhane /
tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti viṣṇorjāgarakāraṇāt

pakṣavarddhanikā puṇyā pavitrā pāpanāśinī /
upavāsakṛtā vipra hatyākoṭivināśinī

vasiṣṭhena kṛtā pūrvaṃ bhāradvājena vai mune /
dhruveṇa cāṃbarīṣeṇa kṛteyaṃ viṣṇuvallabhā

iyaṃ kāśīsamā puṇyā iyaṃ vai dvārakā samā /
upoṣitā ca bhaktena vāṃchitaṃ ca dadātyasau

iyaṃ dhanyā dhanyatamā hatyāyutavināśinī /
karttavyā tu viśeṣeṇa vaiṣṇavairjñānatatparaiḥ

aho sarveśvaro devaḥ saṃsevyo vratatatparaiḥ /
kimanyadbahunoktena kartavyaṃ vratamuttamam

yathā ca varddhate caṃdraḥ site pakṣe viśeṣataḥ /
tathā vai varddhate bhakta kāraṇātpakṣavarddhinī

sūryodaye yathā dhvāṃtaṃ naśyate tatkṣaṇādapi /
tathāghaṃ nāśamāpnoti karaṇātpakṣavarddhinī

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde pakṣavarddhanī ekādaśīmāhātmyaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ