Varahapurana 60.1

60.1

agastya uvāca .
śāntivrataṃ pravakṣyāmi tava rājan śrṛṇuṣva tat .
yena cīrṇena śāntiḥ syāt sarvadā gṛhamedhinām .. 60.1 ..
pañcamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya kārttike māsi suvrata .
ārabhed varṣamekaṃ tu bhuñjīyādamlavarjitam .. 60.2 ..
naktaṃ devaṃ tu saṃpūjya hariṃ śeṣopari sthitam .
anantāyeti pādau tu vāsukāyeti vai kaṭim .. 60.3 ..
takṣakāyeti jaṭharamuraḥ karkoṭakāya ca .
padmāya kaṇṭhaṃ saṃpūjya mahāpadmāya doryugam .. 60.4 ..
śaṅkhapālāya vaktraṃ tu kuṭilāyeti vai śiraḥ .
evaṃ viṣṇugataṃ pūjya pṛthaktvena ca pūjayet .. 60.5 ..
kṣīreṇa snapanaṃ kuryāt tānuddiśya hareḥ punaḥ .
tadagre homayet kṣīraṃ tilaiḥ saha vicakṣaṇaḥ .. 60.6 ..
evaṃ saṃvatsarasyānte kuryād brāhmaṇabhojanam .
nāgaṃ tu kāñcanaṃ kuryād brāhmaṇāya nivedayet .. 60.7 ..
evaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā vratametannarādhipaḥ .
tasya śāntirbhavennityaṃ nāgānāṃ na bhayaṃ tathā .. 60.8 ..
.. iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 ..