Vratakhanda 104.2.5

104.2.5

saṃpūjya devaṃ pradyumnantai jyeṣṭhe māsi yathā vidhi
vanasthāya tadā dadyāt phalamūlantu gorasam
aniruddhaṃ tathāṣāḍhe pūjayitvā jagadguruṃ
dadyādalābupātrantu yogasthāya dvijāya tu
ityeva pāraṇaiḥ proktaṃ svargaloke mahīyate
dvitīye pāraṇe prāpte śakraloke mahīyate
sālokya māyātyatha keśavasya
prāpte tṛtīye tvatha pāraṇākhyāt
pāraṇa traya vidhānāt vratāddaptiḥ
ityāśramāṇāṃ vratamuttamaṃ te
mayeritaṃ kalmaṣanāśakāri
iti viṣṇu dharmmottaroktamāśramavratam
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
idamamyat pravakṣyāmi caturmūrttivrataṃ tava
caturātmā hariḥ proktaścatvāraśca hutāśanāḥ
āhitāgnirhijo yasya vidyate'gnicatuṣṭayam
sopavāsaścaturthyāntu śuklapakṣasya phālgune
abhyarcya caturātmānaṃ vāsudevamatandritam
tasmai dadyāddijendrāya tilaprasthāni ṣoḍaśa
suvarṇasya suvarṇañca vastraṃ ghṛtatulāmapi
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā vratametadatandritaḥ
sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśrute
vimānenārkavarṇena svargalokañca gacchati
manuṣyo dīptatejāḥsyāt dīptāgniḥ pramadāpriyaḥ
ripūn jayati saṃgrāme dhanavāṃśca tathā bhavet
ye tvagnayo vai caturapraviṣṭāḥ
sa vāsudevaḥ kathitaścaturddhā
yaḥ pūjayet brāhmaṇamāhitāgnirdevaḥ sa tenāpyatha pūjitaḥ syāt
iti viṣṇudharmmottarokkamagnivratam | )
idamandhat pravakṣyāmi caturmūttivrataṃ tava
vāsudevāṃśakāt jātāḥ sarvve devagaṇā nṛpa
adhikena tu devena sādhyā jātāstathā surāḥ
tatrāpi vādhikāṃśena caturātmā hariḥ smṛtaḥ
naro nārāyaṇaścaiva hariḥ kṛṣṇaśca vīryyavān
caturātmā harirjāto gṛhadharmmasya yādava
ādityeṣu tu yāvuktau mitrāvaruṇasaṃjñakau