Vratakhanda 104.2.p1.7

104.2.p1.7

caturthyāntu caturthyāntu vidhānaṃ śṛṇu yādṛśam
daśasovarṇike mukhyaṃ daśārddhārddha' yathāpi vā
sauvarṇapātre raupye vā bhaktyā tāmramaye'pi vā
viṃśatpalāni pātrāṇi viṃśatyarddhapalāni ca
viṃśatkarṣāṇi vā vīra atohonaṃ na kārayet
śaktyā vittasya bhaktyā ca pātre tāṃmmrabhaye'pi vā
pratiṣṭhāpya kujaṃpātre raktavastreṇa veṣṭayet
puṣpamaṇḍayikāṃ kṛtvā divyairdhūpaistu dhūpitām
tattattvamarcayeddevaṃ pūrvvamantraiḥ krameṇa tu
bhakṣya bhojyairanekaiśca phalairanyaiśca saṃmataiḥ
vastraiḥ prāvaraṇaiḥ pātraiḥ śayyopānahadāsaneḥ
kṛnnaiḥ puṣpairrgandhavaraiḥ śaktyā vittānusārataḥ
brāhmaṇāya ca taṃ dadyāddakṣiṇāsahitaṃ nṛpa
vācakāya mahābāho guṇine śreyasena ca
śṛṅgārakeṇa saṃyuktāṃ dhenuṃ śīlasamanvitām
anena vidhinā dattvā yathoktaphalabhāgbhavet
iti te kathitā purāṇa tithyeānāmūttamā tithiḥ
yāmupoṣya naro rūpaṃ divyamāpnoti bhārata
kāmyānvayasamaṃ vīra tejasā ravisaprabham
prabhayā haritulyañca sarvvato balasaṃsthitaḥ
īdṛgrūpaṃ varaṃ prāpya yāti bhaumasadonnṛpa
prasādāddijarājasya gaṇeśasya gaṇāyate
paṭhatāṃ śṭaṇvatāṃ rājan kurvvatāṃca viśeṣataḥ
brahmahatyādipāpāni kṣīyante nātra saṃśaya iti
iti bhaviṣyat purāṇoktaṃ sukhavratam
caturthyāntu mahārāja nirāhāro vratānvitaḥ
dattvā tilāca bhuṅkte yaḥ svayaṃ bhuṅkte tilodakam
divā nirāhāro rātro bhuṅkte iti virodha parihāraḥ
varṣadvaye samāptirvipratasya tu yadā bhavet
vināyakastasya tuṣṭodadāti phalamīpsitam
iti bhaviṣyat purāṇoktaṃ gaṇapati caturthovrataṃ
skanda uvāca
kena vratena bhagavan saubhāgyamatulaṃ bhavet