Agnipurana 190

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akhaṇḍadvādaśīvratam

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agniruvāca

190.1

akhaṇḍadvādaśīṃ vakṣye vratasampūrṇatākṛtam
mārgaśīrṣe site viṣṇuṃ dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ

Agni said: / I will proclaim Akhaṇḍa-dvādaśī, which effects the completion of votive observances. / In Mārgaśīrṣa, during the bright [fortnight], fasting completely on the twelfth lunar day,

190.2

pañcagavyajale snāto yajettatprāśano vratī
yavavrīhiyutampātrandvādaśyāṃ hi dvije'rpayet

having bathed in water mixed with the five products of the cow, having consumed them, the observer of the vow should worship Viṣṇu. / On the twelfth lunar day, he should indeed offer a vessel filled with barley and rice to a brāhmaṇa [with the prayer]:

190.3

saptajanmani yat kiñcinmayā khaṇḍe vrataṃ kṛtam
bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tadakhaṇḍamihāstu me

"Whatever vow has been broken by me in seven lifetimes, / O Lord, by your grace, may that become unbroken for me in this life.

190.4

yathākhaṇḍe jagat sarvaṃ tvameva puruṣottama
tathākhilānyakhaṇḍāni vratāni mama santu vai

Just as the entire universe is unbroken, [and] you alone are it, O Puruṣottama, / even so may all my votive observances be unbroken!"

190.5

evamevānumāsañca cāturmāsyo vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
anyaccaitrādimāseṣu śaktupātrāṇi cārpayet

In this very manner, month by month, the four-month rite is remembered. / Further, in the months beginning with Caitra, he should also offer vessels of roasted grain flour;

190.6

śrāvaṇādiṣu cārabhya kārttikānteṣu pāraṇam
saptajanmasu vaikalyaṃ vratānāṃ saphalaṃ kṛte

and the concluding fast-breaking begins in the months starting with Śrāvaṇa and ending with Kārttika. / When it is performed, deficiency of vows across seven lifetimes becomes fruitful;

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āyurārogyasaubhāgyarājyabhogādimāpnuyāt

190.6.p2

ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe akhaṇḍadvādaśīvrataṃ nāma navatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ