Varaha Purana · Chapter 58
agastya uvāca /
ataḥ paraṃ mahārāja saubhāgyakaraṇaṃ vratam /
śrṛṇu yenāśu saubhāgyaṃ strīpuṃsāmupajāyate
phālgunasya tu māsasya tṛtīyā śuklapakṣataḥ /
upāsitavyā naktena śucinā satyavādinā
saśrīkaṃ ca hariṃ pūjya rudraṃ vā comayā saha /
yā śrīḥ sā girijā proktā yo hariḥ sa trilocanaḥ
evaṃ sarveṣu śāstreṣu purāṇeṣu ca paṭhyate /
etasmādanyathā yastu brūte śāstraṃ pṛthaktayā
rudro janānāṃ martyānāṃ kāvyaṃ śāstraṃ na tadbhavet /
viṣṇuṃ rudrakṛtaṃ brūyāt śrīrgaurī na tu pārthiva /
tannāstikānāṃ martyānāṃ kāvyaṃ jñeyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ
evaṃ jñātvā salakṣmīkaṃ hariṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ /
mantreṇānena rājendra tatastaṃ parameśvaram
gambhīrāyeti pādau tu subhagāyeti vai kaṭim /
udaraṃ devadeveti trinetrāyeti vai mukham /
vācaspataye ca śiro rudrāyeti ca sarvataḥ
evamabhyarcya medhāvī viṣṇuṃ lakṣmyā samanvitam /
haraṃ vā gaurisaṃyuktaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt
tatastasyāgrato homaṃ kārayenmadhusarpiṣā /
tilaiḥ saha mahārāja saubhāgyapatayeti ca
tatastvakṣāravirasaṃ nisnehaṃ dharaṇītale /
godhūmānnaṃ tu bhuñjīta kṛṣṇepyevaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
āṣāḍhādidvitīyāṃ tu pāraṇaṃ tatra bhojanam
yavānnaṃ tu tataḥ paścāt kārttikādiṣu pārthiva /
śyāmākaṃ tatra bhuñjīta trīn māsān niyataḥ śuciḥ
tato māghasite pakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ narādhipa /
sauvarṇāṃ kārayed gaurīṃ rudraṃ caikatra buddhimān
salakṣmīkaṃ hariṃ cāpi yathāśaktyā prasannadhīḥ /
tatastaṃ brāhmaṇe dadyāt pātrabhūte vicakṣaṇe
annena hīne vedānāṃ pārage sādhuvartini /
sadācāreti vā dadyādalpavitte viśeṣataḥ
ṣaḍbhiḥ pātrairupetaṃ tu brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /
ekaṃ madhumayaṃ pātraṃ dvitīyaṃ ghṛtapūritam
tṛtīyaṃ tilatailasya caturthaṃ guḍasaṃyutam /
pañcamaṃ lavaṇaiḥ pūrṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ gokṣīrasaṃyutam
etāni dattvā pātrāṇi saptajanmāntaraṃ bhavet /
subhago darśanīyaśca nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā
// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre aṣṭapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ
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