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saṃyutāḥ catuḥkoṇeṣu tān kṛtvā phalāni vividhāni ca gandhamālyādikaṃ sarvvaṃ tathaiva vinivedayet suvarṇaśṛṅgīṃ kapilāmathāccrya raupyaiḥ khuraiḥ kāṃsyadohāṃ savastrām dhurandharaṃ raktamatīva saumyaṃ dhānyāni saptāvarasaṃyutāni sapta dhānyāni, yava godhūma dhānyakam kaṅgaśyāmā caṇaka cīnakāni aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ tathaiva sauvarṇamatyāyatabāhudaṇḍam caturbhujaṃ hemamaye niviṣṭaṃ pātre guḍasyopari sarpiṣāyutam sāmasvarajñāya jitendriyāya pātrāya śīlatrayasambhavāya dātavyametatmakalaṃ dvijāya kuṭumbine naiva ca dambhayukte bhūmi putra mahātejaḥ svedodbhava pinākinaḥ rūpārthī tvāṃ prapanno'haṃ gṛhāṇārdhyaṃ namo'stu te mantreṇānena dattvāghyaṃ raktacandanavāriṇā tato'rcayeddipravaraṃ raktamālyāṃbarādibhiḥ dadyānmantreṇa tenaiva bhomaṃ gomithunānvitam śayyāṃ ca śaktito dadyātsarvopaskarasaṃyutām yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevācayamicchatā pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā visarjya dvijapuṅgava naktamacāralavaṇamaśnīyāt ghṛtasaṃyutam śaktyā yastu pumān kuryādevamaṅgārakāṣṭakam ### [104.2.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.2) caturovātha vā tasya yat puṇyaṃ taddadāmi te rūpasaubhāgyasampannaḥ punarjanmani janmani vaiṣṇavo'tha śivobhaktaḥ saptadbopādhipo bhavet saptakalpasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate iti matsyapurāṇoktaṃ aṅgārakacaturthīvratam brahmovāca gaṇeśapūjanaṃ kuryyāt caturthyāṃ sarvvakarmmasu avighnaṃ suraloke ca gatimiṣṭāṃ prayacchati karmmasvaviduṣaṃ vighnaṃ kuryyāccaiva na saṃśayaḥ sarvveṣām karmmaṇāmādau tataḥ pūjyo gaṇādhipaḥ mūlamantrāḥ svasaṃjñābhiraṅgamantrāśca kīrttitāḥ pūrvvavatpadmapatrasthaḥ karttavyaścatithīśvaraḥ gandhapuṣpopahāraiśca yathāśakti vidhīyate pūjāśāṭhyena śāṭhyena kṛtāpi tu phalapradā ājyadhārāsamidbhiśca dadhicīrānnamākṣikaiḥ pūrvokta phalado homo yastu śāntena cetasā etadvataṃ vaiśvānara pratipadbratavadvyākhyeyaṃ iti bhaviṣyatpurāṇoktaṃ gaṇeśavratam sūta uvāca caturthyāṃ na tu bhuñjīta snātvā nadyāṃ nṛpottama raktāmbaradharo bhūtvā raktagandhānulepanaḥ raktacitto gaṇādhīśaṃ vināyakamathārcayet raktacandanatoyena snānapūrvvavidhānataḥ vilipya raktagandhena raktapuṣpaiḥ prapūjayet tatosau dattavān bhūyaḥ sājyayuktaṃ ca candanam naivedyaṃ caiva hāridra guḍakhaṇḍaṃ ghṛtapnu tam evaṃ samvatsaraṃ pūjyaṃ vināyakamatha stuvan namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ stoṣye'haṃ tvāṃ vināyakam mahāgaṇapatiṃ śūramacitaṃ jayavarddhanam ekadantaṃ dvidantañca caturdantaṃ caturbhujam akṣayiṣyusahasrākṣa raktanetraṃ varapradam śrāvikeyaṃ śaṅkhavarṇaṃ pracaṇḍaṃ daṇḍanāyakam āraktaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ caiva vakravaktraṃ hutapriyam anarcito vighnakaraḥ sarvvakāryyeṣu yo nṛṇām ### [104.2.p1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.3) taṃ namāmi gaṇādhyakṣaṃ bhīmamugramumāsutam madamattaṃ virupākṣaṃ bhavavaktrasamudbhavaṃ sūryyakoṭipratīkāśaṃ raktāñjanasamaprabham vṛdhaṃ munivaśaṃ śāntaṃ namasyāmi vināyakam namo'stu brahmarūpāya viṣṇurūpāya te namaḥ namo'stu gajarūpāya gajānāṃ pataye namaḥ meru mandararūpāya namaḥ kailāsavāsine namo vighna vināśāya namaste brahmacāriṇe bhaktastutāya devāya namastubhyaṃ vināyaka tvayā purāṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ kāryyasiddhaye gajarūpaṃ samāsthāya trāsitāḥ sarvvadānavāḥ ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāñca kṛtāḥ sarvve manorathāḥ yatastataḥ surairamyai ḥ pūjyase tvaṃ bhavātmaja tvāmārādhya gaṇādhyakṣaṃ sarvvajñaṃ kāmarūpiṇam kāryyārthaṃ raktakusumaiḥ raktacandanavāribhiḥ raktāmbaradharo bhūtvā caturthyāmarcayejjapan trikālamekakālaṃ vā niyato niyatātmanāḥ rājānaṃ rājaputraṃ vā rājamantriṇameva ca rājyaṃ vā sarvvaṃ vighne śo vaśī kuryyānnarāṅgajam avighnaṃ kuru me nityaṃ kuru vighnavināyaka mayā tvaṃ saṃstuto bhaktyā pūjitaśca viśeṣataḥ yat phalaṃ sarvvatīrtheṣu sarvvayajñeṣu yatphalam tat phalaṃ sarvvamāpnoti stutvā devaṃ vināyakam viṣamaṃ na bhavettasya naca gacchetparābhavam na ca vighno bhavettasya jāto jātismaro bhavet ! ya idaṃ paṭhati stotraṃ ṣaṇbhirmāsairvaraṃ labhet saṃvatsareṇa siddhiñca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ iti narasiṃhapurāṇoktaṃ gaṇeśacaturthīvratam sumanturuvāca śivā śāntāsu khī rājan caturthī trividhā smṛtā māsi bhādrapade śuklā śivā lokeśapūjitā tasyāṃ srānaṃ tathā dānamupavāsojapastathā kriyamāṇaṃ śataguṇaṃ prasādāddhastino nṛpa guḍa lavaṇa ghṛtānāntu dānaṃ śubhakaraṃ smṛtam ### [104.2.p1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.4) guḍapūpā stathā vīra puṇyaṃ brāhmaṇabhojanam caturthī naraśārdūla pūjayeta sadā striyaḥ guḍa lavaṇa pūjābhiḥ svasukhasuramāṃtaraḥ tā. sarvvā subhagāḥsyurvai vighneśasyānumodanāt kanyakāśca viśeṣeṇa vidhinānena pūjayet iti bhaviṣyapurāṇoktaṃ śivācaturthīvratam sumanturuvāca māghamāsi tathā śuklā yā caturthī mahīpate sā sarvvaśāntidā nityaṃ śāntiṃ kuryyātsadaiva hi snānaṃ dānaṃ baliḥ karmma sarvvamasyāṃ kṛtaṃ vibho bhavetsahasraguṇitaṃ prasādāddhastinaḥ sadā kṛtvopavāsaṃ yastasyāṃ pūjayedvighnanāyakam tasyāṃ homādikaṃ karmma bhavetsāhasrikaṃ nṛpa lavaṇaṃ guḍapūrṇañca ghṛtāktaṃ tacca bhārata dattvā bhakto tu vighneśaṃ phalaṃ sāhasrikaṃ labhet viśeṣataḥ striyorājan pūjayet saguruṃ nṛpa guḍa lavaṇa ghṛtai vīra sadāsthāṃ kurunandana iti bhaviṣyatpurāṇoktaṃ śāntācaturthīvratam sumanturuvāca sukhāvahāṃ śṛṇu sukhāṃ saubhāgyakariṇīṃ śubhāṃ caturthīṃ kuruśārdūla rūpasaubhāgyadāṃ śubhāṃ sukhavrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ rūpārogyapraśāyakam susūkṣmaṃ sukaraṃ dhanyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ sukhāvahaṃ paratra phaladaṃ vīra divyarūpapradāyakam vilāsaṃ vibhramākṣepaṃ hasitaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ śubham sukhavratena sarvvaṃ syāt śubhaṃ kurukulodbaha kṛtapūje tu deveśe vipreśa śivayoḥ sute yadā śuklacaturthyāntu vāro bhaumasya bhāk bhavet tadā sā sukhadā jñeyā caturthī vai sukheti ca purā maithunamāśritya sthitābhyāntuhimācale bhīmomābhyāṃ mahābāho† ravi rindudyutaḥ kṣitau bheditvā suprayatnena sukhena tu śṛto yathā jātastasyāṃ mahāvīra rakto raktasamudbhavaḥ umayā dhātrīvotpannastasmādaṅgārako hyayam ### [104.2.p1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.5) maṅgalado'ṅgārakāntiśca maṅgalānāntu sadā nṛpa saubhāgyādikaro yasmāttasmādaṅgārako mataḥ bhaktyā caturthī naktona yo vai śraddhāsamanvitaḥ upoṣyati naro rājan nārī vānanyamānasā pūjayecca kujaṃ bhaktyā raktapuṣpavilepanaiḥ aṅgārakasvarūpañca vakṣyamāṇamatsyapurāṇoktāṅgārakacaturthī gaṇeśaṃ prathamaṃ pūjya bhaktyā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ sa tu tuṣṭaḥ prayaccheta saubhāgyaṃ rūpasampadam pūrvaṃ tu kṛtasaṅkalpaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ vakṣye mantreṇānena bhārata iha tvaṃ vanditā pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇenoddharatā kila tasmāmme daha pāpānaṃ yanmayā pūrvvasañcitaṃ imaṃ mantraṃ paṭhan vīra ādityāya pradarśayet ādityaraśmibhiḥ pūtāṃ gaṅgājalakaṇocitāṃ dattvā mṛdaṃ śirasi tāṃ sarvvāṅgeṣu niyojayet tataḥ snānaṃ prakurvvota mantrapūrvvaṃ jale śubhe yūyamāpaḥstha sarvveṣāṃ daityadānavasañcitāḥ svedāṇḍajodbhidānāñca jarāyūṇāñca yonayaḥ snāto'haṃ sarvvatīrtheṣu sarvvaprasravaṇeṣu ca tathā kāmpāditīrtheṣu mānasādisaraḥsu ca nadīṣu devakhāteṣu snāto'haṃ teṣu teṣu vai dhyāyan paṭhannibhaṃ mantraṃ tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret tataḥ snātaḥ śucirbhūto gṛhamāgatya ca spṛśet durdhvākṣataratnagoḥ spṛṣṭvā gāñca mantreṇa mantravit dūrvvāṃ namostamantreṇa akṣatañcayamayastathā gāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tato devīṃ vandyāddaura pradakṣiṇam samālabhya tu hastena tato mantramudīrayet sarvvadevamayī devī nirṛtistvaṃ prapūjitā tasmāt spṛśāmi vande tvāṃ vanditā pāpahā bhava nato maunena vāgacchan vanditā gṛhadevatā prakṣālya ca mṛdā pādāvācānto'gnigṛhaṃ viśet homaṃ tatra prakurvvīta etairmmantrapadairrvaraiḥ ### [104.2.p1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.6) sarvvāya sarvvaputrāya pārśvatauvasatāya ca kujāya lohitāṅgāya graheṅgāṅgārakāya ca 'oṃkārapūrvvakairmmantraiḥ svāhākārasamanvitaiḥ aṣṭottaraśataṃ vīra aṣṭamāvārddhameva ca etairmmantrapadairhatvā kāmato'kāmatonṛpa khādirobhiḥ samidbhiśca ājyadiśraiyavaistilaiḥ bhaktairnānāvidhaiścānyaiḥ śaktyā bhaktisamanvitaḥ kṛtvā homaṃ tato vīra devaṃ saṃsthāpayet cinī sauvarṇa rājataṃ tāmra bhadradārumayaṃ nṛpa devadārumayaṃ vāpi śrīkhaṇḍaghaṭitaṃ tathā gāṅgeya pātre raupye vā arghāḥ kuṅkumakesaraiḥ anyairvvā lohitairbhavyaiḥ pattraiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalairapi raktaiśca vividhairvoramathavā bhaktisañcaret yāvadvi vibhṛtaṃ vittaṃ vittaśca vīra bhaktitaḥ tāvadvivarddhate puṇyaṃ dātuḥ śatasahasrakam yadvā tāmramaye pātre kāṃsye mṛnmaye'thavā pūjayeta naro bhaktyā śaktyā kuṅku makesaraiḥ puruṣākṛtiṃ kāṃsyapātre etairmantrapadairyajet bhūmiputra mahādeva, svedodbhava pinākinaḥ rūpārthī tvāṃ prapanno'ḍaṃ gṛhāṇārthaṃ namo'stu te mahādevāṅgasambhūta medinīgarbhasambhava aṅgāraka mahārāja lohitāṅga namo'stu te prārthanāmantraḥ sugandhapuṣpadhūpādyairbrāhmaṇo yaḥ prapajayet guḍodanaṣṭataṃ cīra godhūmān ghālitaṇḍulān apeśca śaktiṃ dadyādvai brāhmaṇebhyo yatendriyaḥ vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvvīta vidyamāne dhane nṛpa vittaśāṭhyañca kurvvāṇo nāmutraphalabhāgbhavet śatānīka uvāca aṅgārakeṇa saṃyuktā caturthī naktabhojaneḥ upocyāḥ katisaṃkhyāstu utāho sakṛdeva hi sumanturuvāca caturthī tu caturthī tu yadāṅgārakasaṃyutā upoṣya tatra tatraiva pradeyo vidhivat kujaḥ upoṣya nakta na vibho catasraḥ kujasaṃyutāḥ ### [104.2.p1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.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 ### [104.2.p1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.8) putra pautradhanaiśvaryyaṃ manujaḥ sukhamedhate tanme vada mahādeva vratānāmuttamaṃ vrataṃ yena cīrṇena deveśa naro rājyañca vindati rājñīva jāyate nārī api dāsīkulodbhavā rājaputro jayecchatrūn garur̤aḥ pannagāniva brāhmaṇo brahmavarcasvaṃ prāpya sarvvārccako bhavet varṇāśrama vihīno'pi so'pi siddhiñca vindati īśvara uvāca śṭaṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi vratānāmuttamaṃ vrataṃ apūrvvaṃ gaṇapate vrataṃ yat trailokya viśrutaṃ bhagavatyā purā cīrṇaṃ pārvvatyā padbhayā saha sarasvatyā mahendreṇa viṣṇunā dhanadena ca anyaiśca devermunibhirgandharvvaiḥ kinnaraistathā cīrṇametadvrataṃ sarvvaiḥ purākalpe ṣar̤ānana caturthī yā bhaveduktā nabhomāsasya putradā tasyāṃ vratamidaṃ kuryyāt kārttikyāṃ vā ṣar̤ānana gajānanaṃ caturbāhumekadantaṃ vipāṭinam vratavadvidhāya hemnā vighneśaṃ hemapītāsanasthitaṃ tathā haimomathī dūrvvāṃ tadādhāre vyavasthitāṃ saṃsthāpya vighnaharttāraṃ kalase tāmrabhājane veṣṭitaṃ raktavastreṇa sarvvatobhadramaṇḍale pūjayecchuktakusumaiḥ patrikābhiśca pañcabhiḥ bilvapatramapāmārga śamī dūrvvā haripriyā anyaiḥ sugandhakusumaiḥ patrikābhiḥ sugandhibhiḥ phalaiśca modakaiḥ pakvādupahāraṃ prakalpayet yathāvadupacāraiśca pūjayedbhirijāsutaṃ umāsuta namastubhyaṃ viśvavyāpi sanātana vighnaughaṃ chindi sakalaṃ aghryaṃ pādyaṃ dadāmi te arghyamantraḥ gaṇeśvarāya devāya umāputrāya vedhase pūjāmadya prayacchāmi gṛhāṇa bhagavannamaḥ gandhamantraḥ gaṇeśvarāya devāya varadāya gajānana umāsutāya devāya kumāragurave namaḥ lambodarāya vīrāya sarvvavighnavihāriṇe puṣpamantraḥ ### [104.2.p1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.9) umāmaṅgalasaṅbhūte dānavānāṃ vadhāya vai anugrahāya lokānāṃ sa devaḥ pātu vaismahak dhūpamantraḥ paraṃjyotiḥprakāśāya sarvvasiddhipradāya ca dīpaṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi mahādevātmane namaḥ dīpamantraḥ gaṇānāñca gaṇapatiṃ hava mahākaviṃ kavīnāṃ upamantravaśravaṃ jyeṣṭha rājaṃ brahmaṇaṃ brāhmaṇasyātinśṛṇaṃ śṛṇvan jyotibhiḥ sinnadasādanaṃ upahāramantraḥ gaṇeśvara gaṇādhyakṣa gaurīputra gajānana vrataṃ sampūrṇatāṃ yātu tvatprasādāddimārthanā prārthanā mantraḥ evaṃ saṃpūjya vighneśaṃ yathāvibhavavistaraiḥ sopaskaraṃ gaṇādhyakṣamācāryyāya nivedayet gṛhāṇa bhagavan brahman gaṇarāja pradakṣiṇa vrataṃ taddarśanādadya sampūrṇa yātu suvrata dānamantraḥ evaṃ yaḥ pañcavarṣāṇi kṛtvodyāpanamācaret īpsitāllabhate kāmān dehānte śāṅkaraṃ padam athavā śuklapakṣasya caturthyāṃ saṃyatendriyaḥ kuryyādvarṣatrayañcaivaṃ sarvvasidvimavāpnuyāt udyāpanaṃ vināyakasya karoti vratamuttamam tena śuklatilaiḥ kāryyaṃ prātaḥsnānaṃ ṣaḍānana hemnā vā rajatenāpi kṛtvā gaṇapatiṃ budhaḥ pañcagavyaistu saṃkṣāpya dūrvvābhiḥ saṃprapūjayet mantraistu daśabhirbhaktyā dūrvvāyutaiḥ śikhidhvaja dūrvvāyuktaiḥ pañcagavyaiḥ snapanaṃ dūrvvāyutairdaśabhirmantraiḥ pūjā ekasya mantrasya daśatvaṃ ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa sarvvasiddhipradaṃ śubhaṃ vrataṃ dūrvvāgaṇapateḥ kimanyacchrotumicchasi iti saurapurāṇoktaṃ dūrvvāgaṇapativratam bharaṇyāstu caturthyāntu śanaiścaradine yamam pūjayan samabhyaktorathairmucyate pātakernaraḥ iti kūrmapurāṇoktaṃ yamavratam atha vighnaharaṃ rājan kathayāmi tavānagha yena samyakkṝteneha na vighnamupajāyate ### [104.2.p1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.10) caturthyāṃ phālgune māsi grahītavyaṃ vratantvidam naktāhāreṇa rājendra tilācaṃ pāraṇaṃ smṛtaṃ tadeva vahnau hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya ca tadbhavet divyāya śūrāya gajānanāya daṃṣṭrākarālāya namaḥ śivāya nagātmajādeha malodbhavāya kumārahastāya nabhaśvarāya evaṃ saṃpūjya manubhirhomaṃ kuryyādyathāvidhiḥ caturmāsavataścaiva kṛtvetthaṃ pañcame tathā sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi kṛtvā viprāya dāpayet tāmrapātre pāyasādyaiścaturbhiḥ sahitaṃ nṛpa pañcamena tilaiḥ sārddhaṃ gaṇaśāntikareṇa ca mṛṇmayāni haridraistu vidhinānena kārayet homañca rājataṃ śaktyā vidhinānena dāpayet itthaṃ vratamidaṃ kṛtvā sarvvavighnāt sa mucyate hayamedhasya yajñe tu sañjāte sagaraḥ purā etadeva haraścakre tripuraṃ yena hanti ca mayā samudramathane tvetadeva vrataṃ kṛtaṃ anyairapi mahīpālairetadeva purā kṛtaṃ tato nirvvighnasiddhyarthaṃ vighnopaśamanaṃ paraṃ anena kṛtamātreṇa sarvvavighnaiḥ pramucyate tato rudrapuraṃ yāti vārāhavacanaṃ yathā vighnāni tasya na bhavanti gṛhe kadācit dharmmārthakāmasukhasiddhivighātakāni yaḥ saptamīnduśakaloktikatikāmahastaṃ vighneśamarccayati naktaṃ kṛtau caturthyāṃ brahmovāca māghamāse tu samprāpte caturthī kundasaṃjñitā sopoṣyā tu suraśreṣṭha tato rājyaṃ bhaviṣyati sarvvopahārasampannaṃ sarvvopaskaramāharet kandapakkaṃ phalaṃ śākaṃ lavaṇaṃ gur̤aśarkarā khaṇḍaṃ kustumbarī jīraṃ dhānyāni vividhāni ca dātavyāni raghuśreṣṭha kanyakānāntu bhaktitaḥ sūryyapātraṃ tathā bhāṇḍaṃ sūkṣmayāni viśeṣataḥ uddiśya dāpayeddevī' prīyatāṃ me sadā iti anena vidhinā śakra saubhāgyaṃ putrasantatiḥ ### [104.2.p1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.11) varddhate nātra sandeho nānyathā mama bhāṣitaṃ iti devīpurāṇoktaṃ kundacaturthīvratam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ nirvighnena tu kāryāṇi kathaṃ siddhyanti sūtaja aprasiddhiḥ kathaṃ nṝṇāṃ putrasaubhāgyasampadāṃ dampatyoḥ kalahe caikayaṃ vandhubhede tathā nṝṇāṃ udāsīneṣu lokeṣu kathaṃ saṃmukhatā bhavet vidyārambhe tathā nṝṇāṃ vaṇijyāyāṃ kṛṣau tathā nṛpateḥ paracakrasya jayasiddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavet kāṃ devatāṃ namaskṛtya pūjāsiddhikarī nṛṇāṃ sūta uvāca sasaṅgayoḥ purā viprāḥ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ pṛṣṭavān devakīputraṃ dharmarājī yudhiṣṭhiraḥ nirvighne na jayohyeṣāṃ vada deva kathaṃ bhavet kāṃ devatāṃ namaskṛtya samagrāṃ hyalabhanadīm śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca pūjayasva gaṇādhyakṣaṃ vighneśaṃ siddhidāyaka tasmin saṃpūjite rājan sarvvān kāmānavāpnuyāt yudhiṣṭhira uvāca deva kena vidhānena pūjamārho gaṇādhipaḥ pūjitaśca tithau kasyāṃ siddhido gaṇapo bhavet śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca gajavaktrantu śuklāyāṃ caturthyāṃ pūjayennṛpa yadā votpadyate bhaktirmayi pūjyo gaṇādhipaḥ prātaḥ śuklatilaiḥ snātvā madhyāhne pūjayennṛpa svaśaktyā gaṇanādhasya svarṇaraupyaṃ yathāṛtiṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ prayatna na nāpya pañcāmṛtaiḥ pṛthak gaṇādhyakṣeti nāmnā vai gandhaṃ dadyācca bhaktitaḥ vināyaketi puṣpāṇi dhūpaṃstromāsuteti ca dīpaṃ rudrapriyāyeti naivedyaṃ vighnanāśana vastraṃ sarvvaprade raktaṃ puṣyaṃ dadyāt śubhāhataṃ tato dūrvvāṃkurān gṛhā viṃgratiścaikameva ca pūjayeta prayatnena ebhirnāmapadaiḥ pṛthak gaṇādhipa namo'stvastu umāputrāghanāśana vināyakeśaputreti sarvvasiddhipradāyaka ekadantebhavaktreti namo mūṣikavāhana ### [104.2.p1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.12) kumāraguravetyantaṃ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ dūrvvāyugmaṃ gṛhītvā tu gandhayuktaṃ prapūjayet ekaikena ca nāmnā vai pūjya ekena sarvvataḥ tathaikaviṃśatisaṃkhyā modakān ghṛtapācitān sthāpayitvā gaṇādhyakṣaṃ samīpe kurunandana daśa viprāya dātavyā svayaṃ cādyāttathādaśa ekaṃ gaṇādhipe dadyāt sannaivedyaṃ nṛpottama viprāya bhojanaṃ dadyāṅkuñjīyāttailavarjjitaṃ kṛtvā naimittikaṃ karmma pūjayediṣṭadevatāṃ evaṃ kṛte dharmarāja vighnanāthasya pūjane vijayaste bhavennūnaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditaḥ vidyākāmo labheddidyāṃ dhanakāmo dhanaṃ yathā jayaṃ vijayakāmastu puttrārthī vindate sutān patikramā ca bharttāraṃ saubhāgyañca suvāsinīm vidhavā pūjayitvā tu vaidhavyaṃ nāpnuyāt kvacit vaiśyāvādyāsu dīkṣāsu grāhyo pūjyo gaṇādhipaḥ yasmin saṃpūjite viṣṇurauśī bhānussadā umā havyavāhamukhā devāḥ pūjitāḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ caṇḍikāyā mātṛgaṇāḥ parituṣṭā bhavanti ca yasmin saṃpūjite bhaktyā viprāḥ siddhivināyake ya idaṃ śṭaṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ siddhyanti sarvvakāryāṇi siddhidasya prasādataḥ iti skāndapurāṇoktaṃ siddhivināyakavratam māsi bhādrapade śuklā śivaloke prapūjitā tasyāṃ snānaṃ tathā dānamupavāso'rcanaṃ tathā kriyamāṇaṃ śataguṇaṃ prasādāddighninī nṛpeti asyāṃ candradarśanaṃ na kartavyam siṃhāditye śuklapakṣe caturthyāṃ candradarśanam mithyābhiḍūṣaṇaṃ kuryyāttasmāt paśyenna taṃ tadeti kanyāditye caturthyāntu śukle candrasya darśanam mithyābhiḍūṣaṇaṃ kuryyāttasmāt paśyenna taṃ tadā sauramāsagrahaṇe śiṣṭācāravirodhaprasaṅgāt doṣasya śāntaye siṃhaḥ prasenamivita vai paṭhet ### [104.2.p1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.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 ### [104.2.p1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.14) hiṅgu śuṇṭhī haridrāñca sarvvaṃ parikaraṃ tathā caturthyāmekabhaktāśī saṅgṛhyā kuṭumbine ggṛheṣu saptasu tathā trilāyuktāni bhārata bhikṣā, manaḥśikhā etacchilāvrataṃ nāma lakṣmīlokapradāyakam iti bhaviṣyottaroktaṃ śilāvratam caturthyāṃ naktabhugdadyādante hemavāraṇam vāraṇaḥ, karī vrataṃ vaināyakaṃ nāma sarvvavighnopaśāntidam iti padmapurāṇoktaṃ vaināyakavratam nandikeśvara uvāca vināyakacaturthyākhya' vrata vakṣyāmi te'nagha dhamyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ samīhitaphalapradam vighnopaśamanāyālaṃ sarvvasiddhipradāyakam priyaṃ gaṇapaternityamṛṣibhiścāpyupāsitam mārgaśaklacaturthyāntu grāhyaṃ vratamidaṃ mahat kṛtāhāreśca viprendra tilātraṃ pāraṇaṃ kṛtam tadeva vahnau hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadet sadā gavāṃ nade vā naivedyaṃ vighnarājāya saṃyamī pūjayet gaṇapatiṃ rātrau gandhaiḥ puṣpairyathākramam snāpitaṃ śubhra† saṃjñaṃ taṃ snāpitaṃ kuṅkumāmbhasā sumārgādiṣvatho taistu nāmabhirhvārya yettataḥ vināyakaścaikadantaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgo gajānanaḥ lambodaro bhālacandro herambo vikaṭastathā vakratuṇḍa śśūrpakarṇo vighnarājo gaṇādhipaḥ ityevaṃ māsanāmnā tu japahomamathācanam kṛtvāvaṃ prārthayet paścānmantre ṇānena bhaktimān dvaimāturāya vīrāya paraśuhastāya vai namaḥ vighneśāyaikadaṃṣṭrāya namo lambodarāya ca namaste gajavaktrāya sarvvajñāyāṣṭamūrtaye samīhitārthasamprāptau nirvighnaṃ kuru me sadā bhojayitvā tato viprān yathāśaktyā vimatsaraḥ bhuñjīta ca svayaṃ naktaṃ vāgyato'nabhrakutsyan sāyamprātaśca sarvvaṣāṃ bhojanaṃ śruticoditam ekabhaktaṃ punastasmādupavāsastatodhikaḥ ### [104.2.p1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.15) upavāsātparaṃ bhaikṣa' bhaikṣātparamayācitam ayācitātparaṃ naktaṃ tasmānnaktaṃ tapo bhavet devaistu bhuktaṃ pūrvvāhne madhyāhne mānuṣaistathā aparāhne ca pitṛbhiḥ sandhyāyāṃ pretarākṣasaiḥ velāścaitā vyatikramya naktabhojī ca yo bhavet sa taistu tarpitaiḥ sarvaiyetpuṇyaṃ tadavāpnuyāt haviṣyabhojanaṃ snānamāhārasya ca lāghavam adhikārthamadhaḥ śayyā naktabhojī samācaret evaṃ saṃvatsarasyānte vrate pūrṇa gajānana atrāpi śaṅkhacaturthyāmuktasūpaṃ nirvvācanaṃ sauvarṇaraupye vāropyamadhivāsya prayatnataḥ tāmmrapātrerhādaśabhiryya snayairvvāca vaiṣṇavaiḥ tilasaṃmodakabhūtaiḥ prātarviprāya dāpayet dadyācca vidhivadbhaktyā vṛṣabhacca gavā saha aṣṭāṅgapadasaṃyuktasaptadhānyasamanvitam bhojayet brāhmaṇān paścāt vittaśāṭhāvivarjjitaḥ itthaṃ vratamidaṃ cīrtvā sarvvavighnaiḥ pramucyate vidyāṃ śriyaṃ yaśaḥ saukhyaṃ prāpnotyavikalaṃ sadā aputro labhate putraṃ daridrastūttamaṃ dhanam kanyārthī labhate kanyāṃ parataśca śubhāṃ gatim śrūyate'tra purāvṛttaṃ puṣpadhūpādisādhanam mallikā raktāmabhoja jātitagarameva ca puṣpikāṃ ketakīṃ vānasuvarṇakusumāni ca prati māsantu kāryāṇi puṣpāṇyetāni nārada phalānāmapyabhāve tu bījapūraṃ praśasyate alābhetūktapuṣpāṇāṃ śatapatraṃ vimiśrate nārikelaṃ bījapūraṃ nāraṅgaṃ dār̤imaṃ tathā sārikhāṃ panasañcaiva sahakāraṃ tathaiva ca kṣīrīphalaṃ cāmalakaṃ kūṣmāṇḍaṃ vapuṣaṃ tathā bhūmīphalaṃ† kramāccātra arghakāle prayojayet ekadanta mahāhasta gaurīsuta gaṇādhipa caturthīvratapūjārthaṃ arghaṃ gṛhā namo'stu te arghamantraḥ śatapatraṃ tathā kundaṃ marukaruṇavīrakam ### [104.2.p1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.16) smāravindaṃ vakulāśokāmādāya pūjayettaḥ arthān sambardhayati vardhayatīha dharmaṃ kāmaṃ prasādhayati tasya pinaṣṭi pāpam yaḥ pūjayatyakhilalokanatāṅghripadmaṃ gaurīsutaṃ phaṇitanūdaramādidevam vighnāśca tasya na bhavanti gṛhe kadācit dharmmārthakāmasukhasiddhividhāyakāya yaḥ saptamīnduśakalākṛtikāntidantam vighneśamarccayati taṃ sukato caturthāṃ ānandadāṃ sakalapāpaharāṃ caturthīṃ yā strī karoti vidhavā sadhavā ca kanyā sā sve gṛhe sukhaśatānyanubhūya bhūyo herambamātṛbhavanaṃ muditaḥ prayāti evañca yaḥ prakarute varadāṃ caturthī vaināyakīṃ vividhaputrasukhāntikīrttiḥ śambhoḥ śaśāṅkakalikāṅkitaśekharasya sthānaṃ prayāti paramaikasukharūpam sthaviragaṇapatiṃ pūjayantyujjvalāyāṃ sakkadapi samupoṣya dhvastadoṣāstu martyāḥ dviradavadanamādyaṃ te prayāntīha dhanyāḥ suranagarapurandhrīlocanaiḥ pīyamānāḥ iti skandapurāṇoktaṃ naktacaturthīvratam iti śrīmahārājādhirāja mahādevasya samastakaraṇādhīśvara-sakalavidyāviśārada śrīhemādriviracite caturvvargacintāmaṇau vratakhaṇḍe caturthīvratāni ## Linked texts (13) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Merutantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.merutantra.13.222) — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.129.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śāktapramoda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktapramoda.7.1245) — Sanskrit - [Saurapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.saura.42-2.50) — Sanskrit - [Śivadharmottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara.1160) — Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.4.p72.3) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p139) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p139) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.6.p4) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.kriyakaumudi.1.p52) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa (Śrīdatta Upādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.samayapradipa-sridatta-upadhyaya.p199) — Śrīdatta Upādhyāya, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p199) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: 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