Vratakhanda 104.2.p1.13

104.2.p1.13

sa ca śloko viṣṇupurāṇe
siṃhaḥ prasenamavadhītsiṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ
sukumāraka mārodīstavahyeṣa syamantaka iti
kārttikaśuklapañcamupakramya
tithau yugāṣṭāyāyāntu samupoṣya yathāvidhi
śaṅkhapālādināgānāṃ śeṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ
pūjā kāryā puṣpa gandha-cīrāpyāyanapūrvakamiti
yugāṣṭāyāyāścaturthyā prātarmadhyāhnavyāpinyāśca karttavyam
tathā ca skandapurāṇe
prātarmadhyāndine tatra sacopoṣyā phaṇīśvarān
cīreṇāpyāyya pañcamyāṃ pārayet prayatā naraḥ
viṣāṇi tasya naśyanti na taṃ hiṃsanti pannagāḥ
caturthyāṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu śuklapakṣe nṛpottama
prārabhya pratimāsañca caturthyāṃ gaṇanāyakam
saṃpūjya vidhinā kuryyādekabhaktaṃ samāhitaḥ
akṣāralavaṇaṃ tvevaṃ pūrṇasambatsare tataḥ
dvitīye vatsare cātha naktaṃ praticaturthi ca
kuryyādviśeṣamabhyarcya tṛtīye'yācitaṃ tathā
evameva prakurvīta caturthe svādupoṣaṇam
tataścaturthe sampūrkhe tadudyāpanamācaret
idaṃ varacaturthyākhyaṃ vrataṃ sarvvārthasādhakam
iti skandapurāṇoktaṃ varacaturthīvratam
athāsyāmeva brahmapurāṇoktaṃ gaurīcaturthīvratam
umācaturthyāṃ māghe tu śuklāyāṃ yoginīgaṇaiḥ
prāgamarcayitvā sṛṣṭā ca bhayaḥ sākṣāt svakergaṇaiḥ
tasyāstyā tatra saṃpūjyā naraiḥ strībhirviśeṣataḥ
kundapuṣpaiḥ prayatnena samyagbhattyā samāhitaiḥ
kuṅkumālaktakābhyāñca raktasūtraiḥ sakaṅkaṇaiḥ
arcaiḥ puṣpaistathādhūpairdoṣairbalibhireva ca
guḍārdra kābhyāṃ panasalabalībhyāñca pāsakaiḥ
pūjyā striyaśca vidhavāstathā viprāśca śobhanāḥ
saubhāgyahṛṣṭaye paścāt bhoktavyaṃ bandhubhiḥ saheti
iti gaurīcaturthīvratam
lavaṇairdhānyakairyukta jorakaṃ marīcāni ca