Varaha Purana · Chapter 63

agastya uvāca /
athāparaṃ mahārāja putraprāptivrataṃ śubham /
kathayāmi samāsena tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu

māse bhādrapade yā tu kṛṣṇapakṣe nareśvara /
aṣṭamyāmupavāsena putraprāptivrataṃ hi tat

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva tu saṃkalpya saptamyāmarcayed harim /
devakyutsaṅgagaṃ devaṃ mātṛbhiḥ pariveṣṭitam

prabhāte vimale'ṣṭamyāmarcayet prayato harim /
prāgvidhānena govindamarcayitvā vidhānataḥ

tato yavaiḥ kṛṣṇatilaiḥ saghṛtairhomayed dadhi /
brāhmaṇān bhojayed bhaktyā yathāśaktyā sadakṣiṇān

tataḥ svayaṃ tu bhuñjīta prathamaṃ bilvamuttamam /
paścād yatheṣṭaṃ bhuñjīta snehaiḥ sarvarasairyutam

pratimāsamanenaiva vidhinopoṣya mānavaḥ /
kṛṣṇāṣṭamīmaputro'pi labhet putraṃ na saṃśayaḥ

śrūyate ca purā rājā śūrasenaḥ pratāpavān /
sa hyaputrastapastepe himavatparvatottame

tasyaivaṃ kurvato devo vratametajjagāda ha /
so'pyetat kṛtavān rājā putraṃ caivopalabdhavān

vasudevaṃ mahābhāgamanekakratuyājinam /
taṃ labdhvā so'pi rājarṣiḥ paraṃ nirvāṇamāpatvān

evaṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamī rājan mayā te parikīrtitā /
saṃvatsarānte dātavyaṃ kṛṣṇayugmaṃ dvijātaye

etat putravrataṃ nāma mayā te parikīrtitam /
etat kṛtvā naraḥ pāpaiḥ sarvaireva pramucyate

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ