Abdadidhiti 2.p65.7

2.p65.7

ṛṣeranujñāma hisādāya priyāmādāya satvaraḥ 34 hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanairjuṣṭaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam | puraṃ svalaṃkṛtaṃ divyaṃ hemaprākāraśobhitam 35 praviveśa tayā sārdhaṃ sa paurairabhivanditaḥ 36 mahālakṣmīvrataṃ bhūyastayā saha cakāra ha | bhuktveha bhogānakhilānputraiḥ pautraiḥ samāvṛtaḥ 37 bhūpālaḥ sa ca bhūpo'bhūttavallo'mātyatāṃ yayau | mahālakṣmīprasādena saṃnidhiḥ sarvasaṃpadām 38 evaṃbhāvā sā devī narāṇāmiṣṭadāyinī | sarvapāpaharā devī sarvaduḥkhāpahāriṇī 39 evaṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣe tu kartavyaṃ vratamuttamam | yā kariṣyati tāṃ bhaktyā svayaṃ siddhirupāsate | lokapālāśca puṣṇanti diśanti ca manorathān 40 nārī vā puruṣaḥ kariṣyati mudā bhaktyā vrataṃ yatnataḥ sevante harirudrapadmajasurāḥ puṣyanti tasya priyam | tatpādau parirañjayanti manujā mauliprabhāmaṇḍalaistatsnigdheva kuṭumbinī vasati sā lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ viṣṇunā 41 sadbhaktyā vāpyabhaktyā vā kurvantaṃ vratamuttamam | antakāle svayaṃ viṣṇuḥ saṃsārātparirakṣati 42 ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ | na santyajati taṃ lakṣmīralakṣmīrnaiva kāmayet | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate 43 iti mahālakṣmīvratakathā samāptā