Varaha Purana · Chapter 64

agastya uvāca /
athāparaṃ pravakṣyāmi śauryavratamanuttamam /
yena bhīrorapi mahacchauryaṃ bhavati tatkṣaṇāt

māsi cāśvayuje śuddhāṃ navamīṃ samupoṣayet /
saptamyāṃ kṛtasaṃkalpaḥ sthitvā'ṣṭamyāṃ nirodanaḥ

navamyāṃ pārayet piṣṭaṃ prathamaṃ bhaktito nṛpa /
brāhmaṇān bhojayed bhaktyā devīṃ caiva tu pūjayet /
durgāṃ devīṃ mahābhāgāṃ mahāmāyāṃ mahāprabhām

evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadupoṣyeti vidhānataḥ /
vratānte bhojayed dhīmān yathāśaktyā kumārikāḥ

hemavastrādibhistāstu bhūṣayitvā tu śaktitaḥ /
paścāt kṣamāpayet tāstu devī me prīyatāmiti

evaṃ kṛte bhraṣṭarājyo labhed rājyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
avidyo labhate vidyāṃ bhītaḥ śauryaṃ ca vidanti

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ