Varaha Purana · Chapter 61

agastya uvāca /
kāmavrataṃ mahārāja śrṛṇu me gadato'dhunā /
yena kāmāḥ samṛddhyante manasā cintitā api

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ phalāśano yastu varṣamekaṃ vrataṃ caret /
pauṣamāsasite pakṣe caturthyāṃ kṛtabhojanaḥ

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu pārayed dhīmān prathamaṃ tu phalaṃ nṛpa /
tato bhuñjīta yatnena vāgyataḥ śuddhamodanam

brāhmaṇaiḥ saha rājendra athavā kevalaiḥ phalaiḥ /
tamekaṃ divasaṃ sthitvā saptamyāṃ pārayennṛpa

agnikāryaṃ tu kurvīta guharūpeṇa keśavam /
pūjayitvābhidhānena varṣamekaṃ vrataṃ caret

ṣaḍvaktra kārttika guha senānī kṛttikāsuta /
kumāra skanda ityevaṃ pūjyo viṣṇuḥ svanāmabhiḥ

samāptau tu vratasyāsya kuryād brāhmaṇabhojanam /
ṣaṇmukhaṃ sarvasauvarṇaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

sarve kāmāḥ samṛddhyantāṃ mama deva kumāraka /
tvatprasādādimaṃ bhaktyā gṛhyatāṃ vipra māciram

anena dattvā mantreṇa brāhmaṇāya sayugmakam /
tataḥ kāmāḥ samṛddhyante sarve vai iha janmani

aputro labhate putramadhano labhate dhanam /
bhraṣṭarājyo labhed rājyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

etad vrataṃ purā cīrṇaṃ nalena nṛpasattama /
ṛtuparṇasya viṣaye vasatā vratacaryayā

tathā rājyacyutairanyairbahubhirnṛpasattamaiḥ /
paurāṇikaṃ vrataṃ caiva siddhyarthaṃ nṛpasattama

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ekaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ