Varaha Purana · Chapter 56
agastya uvāca /
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dhanyavratamanuttamam /
yena sadyo bhaved dhanya adhanyo'pi hi yo bhavet
mārgaśīrṣe site pakṣe pratipad yā tithirbhavet /
tasyāṃ naktaṃ prakurvīta viṣṇumagniṃ prapūjayet
vaiśvānarāya pādau tu agnayetyudaraṃ tathā /
havirbhuṃjāya ca uro draviṇodeti vai bhujo
saṃvarttāyeti ca śiro jvalanāyeti sarvataḥ /
abhyarcyaivaṃ vidhānena devadevaṃ janārdanam
tasyaiva purataḥ kuṇḍaṃ kārayitvā vighānataḥ /
homaṃ tatra prakurvīta ebhirmantrairvicakṣaṇaḥ
tataḥ saṃyāvakaṃ cānnaṃ bhuñjīyād ghṛtasaṃyutam /
kṛṣṇapakṣe'pyevameva cāturmāsyaṃ tu yāvataḥ
caitrādiṣu ca bhuñjīta pāyasaṃ saghṛtaṃ budhaḥ /
śrāvaṇādiṣu saktūṃśca tataścaitat samāpyate
samāpte tu vrate vahniṃ kāñcanaṃ kārayed budhaḥ /
raktavastrayugacchannaṃ raktapuṣpānulepanam
kuṅkumena tathā lipya brāhmaṇaṃ devadeva ca /
sarvāvayavasaṃpūrṇaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam
pūjayitvā vidhānena raktavastrayugena ca /
paścāt taṃ dāpayet tasya mantreṇānena buddhimān
dhanyo'smi dhanyakarmā'smi dhanyaceṣṭo'smi dhanyavān /
dhanyenānena cīrṇena vratena syāṃ sadā sukhī
evamuccārya taṃ vipre nyasya kośaṃ mahātmanaḥ /
sadyo dhanyatvamāpnoti yo'pi syād bhāgyavarjitaḥ
iha janmani saubhāgyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ ca puṣkalam /
anena kṛtamātreṇa jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
prāgjanmajanitaṃ pāpamagnirdahati tasya ha /
dagdhe pāpe vimuktātmā iha janmanyasau bhavet
yo'pīdaṃ śrṛṇuyānnityaṃ yaśca bhaktyā paṭhed dvijaḥ /
ubhau tāviha loke tu dhanyau sadyo bhaviṣyataḥ
śrūyate ca vrataṃ caitaccīrṇamāsīnmahātmanā /
dhanadena purā kalpe śūdrayonau sthitena tu
// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ṣaṭpañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ
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