Vamana Purana · Chapter 17

iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
nārada uvāca /
yānetān bhagavān prāha kāmibhiḥ śaśinaṃ prati /
ārādhanāya devābhyāṃ harīśābhyāṃ vadasva tān

pulastya uvāca/ /
śṛṇuṣva kāmibhiḥ proktān vratān puṇyān kalipriya /
ārādhanāya śarvasya keśavasya ca dhīmataḥ

yadā tvāṣāḍhī saṃyāti vrajate cottarāyaṇam /
tadā svapiti deveśo bhogibhoge śriyaḥ patiḥ

pratisupte vibhau tasmin devagandharvaguhyakāḥ /
devānāṃ mātaraścāpi prasuptāścāpyanukramāt

nārada uvāca/ /
kathayasva kurādīnāṃ śayane vidhimuttamam /
sarvamanukrameṇaiva puraskṛtya janārdanam

pulastya uvāca /
mithunābhigate sūrye śuklapakṣe tapodhana /
ekādaśyāṃ jagatsvāmī śayanaṃ parikalpayet

śeṣāhibhogaparyaṅkaṃ kṛtvā saṃpūjya keśavam /
kṛtvopavītakaṃ caiva samyaksaṃpūjya vai dvijān

anujñānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaśca dvādaśyāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ /
labdhvā pītāmbaradharaḥ svasti nidrāṃ samānayet

trayodaśyāṃ tataḥ kāmaḥ svapate śayane śubhe /
kadambānāṃ sugandhānāṃ kusumaiḥ parikalpite

caturdaśyāṃ tato yakṣāḥ svapanti sukhaśītale /
sauvarṇapaṅkajakṛte sukhāstīrṇopadhānake

paurmamāsyāmumānāthaḥ svapate carmasaṃstare /
vaiyāghre ca jaṭābhāraṃ samudgranthyānyacarmaṇā

tato divākaro rāśiṃ saṃprayāti ca karkaṭam /
tato 'marāṇāṃ rajanī bhavate dakṣiṇāyanam

brahmā pratipadi tathā nīlotpalamaye 'nagha /
talpe svapiti lokānāṃ darśayan mārgamuttamam

viśvakarmā dvitīyāyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ gireḥ sutā /
vināyakaścurthyā tu pañcamyāmapi dharmarāṭ

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ skandaḥ prasvapiti saptamyāṃbhagavān raviḥ /
kātyāyanī tathāṣṭamyāṃ navamyāṃ kamalālayā

daśamyāṃ bhujagendrāśca svapante vāyubhojanāḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ tu kṛṣṇāyāṃ sādhyā brahman svapanti ca

eṣa kramaste gadito nabhādau svapane mune /
svapatsu tatra deveṣu prāvṛṭkālaḥ samāyayau

kaṅkāḥ samaṃ balākābhirārohanti nagottamān /
vāyasāścāpi survanti nīḍāni ṛṣipuṅgava /
vāyasāśca svapantyete ṛtau garbhabharālasāḥ

yasyāṃ tithyāṃ prasvapiti viśvakarmā prajāpatiḥ /
dvitīyā sā śubhā puṇyā aśūnyaśayanoditā

tasyāṃ tithāvarcya hariṃ śrīvatsāṅkaṃ caturbhujam /
paryaṅkasthaṃ samaṃ lakṣmyā gandhapuṣpādibhirmune

tato devāya śayyāyāṃ phalāni prakṣipet kramāt /
surabhīṇī nivedyetthaṃ vijñāpyo madhusūdanaḥ

yathā hi lakṣmyā na viyujyase tvaṃ trivikramānanta jagannivāsa /
tathāstvaśūnyaṃ śayanaṃ sadaiva asmākameveha tava prasādāt

yathā tvaśūnyaṃ tava deva talpaṃ samaṃ hi lakṣmyā varadācyuteśa /
satyena tenāmitavīrya viṣṇo gārhasthyanāśo mama nāstu deva

ityuccārya praṇamyeśaṃ prasādya ca punaḥ punaḥ /
naktāṃ bhuñjīta devarṣe tailakṣāravivarjitamaṭ

dvitīye 'hni dvijāgryāya phalān dadyād vicakṣaṇaḥ /
lakṣmīdharaḥ prīyatāṃ me ityuccārya nivedayet

anena tu vidhānena cāturmāsyavrataṃ caret /
yāvad cavṛścikarāśisthaḥ pratibhāti divākaraḥ

tato vibudhyanti surāḥ kramaśaḥ kramaśo mune /
tulāsther'ke hariḥ kāmaḥ śivaḥ paścādvibudhyate

tatra dānaṃ dvitīyāyāṃ mūrttirlakṣmīdharasya tu /
saśayyāstaraṇopetā yathā vibhavamātmanaḥ

eṣa vratastu prathamaḥ proktastava mahāmune /
yasmiṃś cīrṇe viyogastu na bhavediha kasyacit

nabhasye māsi ca tathā yā syātkṛṣṇāṣṭamī śubhā /
yuktā mṛgaśireṇaiva sā tu kālāṣṭamī smṛtā

tasyāṃ sarveṣu liṅgeṣu tithau svapiti śaṅkaraḥ /
vasate saṃnidhāne tu tatra pūjākṣayā smṛtā

tatra snāyīna vai vidvān gomūtreṇa jalena ca /
snātaḥ saṃpūjayet puṣpairdhattūrasya trilocanam

dhūpaṃ kesaraniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhusarpiṣī /
prīyatāṃ me virūpākṣastvityuccārya ca dakṣiṇām /
viprāya dadyānnaivedyaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ dvijottama

tadvadāśvayuje māsi upavāsī jitendriyaḥ /
navamyāṃ gomayasnānaṃ kuryātpūjāṃ tu paṅkajaiḥ /
dhūpayet sarjaniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhumodakaiḥ

kṛtopavāsastavaṣṭamyāṃ navamyāṃ snānamācaret /
prīyatāṃ me hiraṇyākṣo dakṣiṇā satilā smṛtā

kārttike payasā snānaṃ karavīreṇa cārcanam /
dhupaṃ śrīvāsaniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhupāyasam

sanaivedyaṃ ca rajataṃ dātavyaṃ dānamagraje /
prīyatāṃ gavān sthāsuriti vācyamaniṣṭhuram

kṛtvopavāsamaṣṭamyāṃ navamyāṃ snānamācaret /
māsi mārgaśire snānaṃ dadhnārcā bhadrayā smṛtā

dhūpaṃ śrīvṛkṣaniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhunodanam /
saṃnivedyā raktaśālirdakṣiṇā parikīrttitā /
namo 'stu prīyatāṃ śarvastviti vācyaṃ ca paṇḍitaiḥ

pauṣe snānaṃ ca haviṣā pūjā syāttagaraiḥ subhaiḥ /
dhūpo madhukaniryāso naivedyaṃ madhu śaṣkulī

samudgā dakṣiṇā proktā prīmanāya jagadguroḥ /
vācyaṃ namaste deveśa tryambaketi prakīrtayet

māghe kuśodakasnānaṃ mṛgamadena cārcyanam /
dhūpaḥ padambaniryāso naivedyaṃ satilodanam

payobhaktaṃ sanaivedyaṃ sarukmaṃ pratipādayet /
prīyatāṃ me mahādeva umāpatiritīrayet

evameva samuddiṣṭaṃ ṣaḍbhirmāsaistu pāraṇam /
pāraṇānte trinetrasya snapanaṃ kārayetkramāt

gorocanāyāḥ sahitā guḍena devaṃ samālabhya ca pūjayeta /
prīyasva dīno 'smi bhavantamīśa macchokanāśaṃ prakuruṣva yogyam

tatastu phālgune māsiṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ yatavrata /
upavāsaṃ samudītaṃ kartavyaṃ dvijasattama

dvitīye 'hni tataḥ snānaṃ pañcagavyena kārayet /
pūjayetkundakusumairdhūpayet candanaṃ tvapi

naivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ dadyāt tāmrapātre guḍodanam /
dakṣiṇāṃ ca dvijātibhyo naivedyasahitāṃ mune /
vāsoyugaṃ prīṇayecca rudramuccārya nāmataḥ

caitre codumbaraphalaiḥ snānaṃ mandārakārcanam /
gugguluṃ mahiṣākhyaṃ ca ghṛtāktaṃ dhūpayed budhaḥ

samodakaṃ tathā sarpiḥ prīṇanaṃ vinivedayet /
dakṣiṇā ca sanaivedyaṃ sṛgājinamudāhṛtam

nāṭyeśvara namaste 'stu idamuccārya nārada /
prīṇanaṃ devanāthāya kuryācchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

vaiśākhe snānamuditaṃ sugandhakusumāmbhasā /
pūjanaṃ śaṅkarasyoktaṃ cūtamañjaribhirvibho

dhūpaṃ sarjājyayuktaṃ ca naivedyaṃ saphalaṃ ghṛtam /
nāmajapyamapīśasya kālaghneti vipaścitā

jalakumbhān sanaivedyān brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /
sopavītān sahānnādyāṃstaccittaistatparāyaṇaiḥ

jyeṣṭhe snānaṃ cāmalakaiḥ pūjār'kakusumaistathā /
dhūpayettattrinetraṃ ca āyatyāṃ puṣṭikārakam

saktūṃśca saghṛtān deve dadhnāktān vinivedayet /
upānadyagalaṃ chatraṃ dānaṃ dadyācca bhaktimān

namaste bhaganetraghna pūṣṇo daśananāśana /
idamuccārayedbhaktyā prīṇanāya jagatpateḥ

āṣāḍhe snānamuditaṃ śrīphalairarcanaṃ tathā /
dhattūrakusumaiḥ śuklairdhūpayet silhakaṃ tathā

naivedyāḥ saghṛtāḥ pūpāḥ dakṣiṇā saghṛtā yavāḥ /
namaste dakṣayajñaghna idamuccairudīrayet

śrāvaṇe mṛgabhojyena snānaṃ kṛtvār'cayeddharam /
śrīvṛkṣapatraḥ saphalairdhūpaṃ dadyāt tathāgurum

naivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ dadyāt dadhi pūpān samodakān /
dadhyodanaṃ sakṛsaraṃ māṣadhānāḥ saśaṣkulīḥ

dakṣiṇāṃ śvetavṛṣabhaṃ dhenuṃ ca kapilāṃ śubhām /
kanakaṃ rakkavasanaṃ pradadyād brāhmaṇāya hi /
gaṅgādhareti japtavyaṃ nāma śaṃbhośca paṇḍitaiḥ

amībhiḥ ṣaḍbhiraparairmāsaiḥ pāraṇamuttamam /
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ saṃpūjya ṣabhadhvajam /
akṣayān labhate kāmān maheśvaravaco yathā

idamuktaṃ vrataṃ puṇyaṃ sarvākṣayakaraṃ śubham /
svayaṃ rudraṇa devarṣe tattathā na tadanyathā