Varahapurana 64.1

64.1

agastya uvāca .
athāparaṃ pravakṣyāmi śauryavratamanuttamam .
yena bhīrorapi mahacchauryaṃ bhavati tatkṣaṇāt .. 64.1 ..
māsi cāśvayuje śuddhāṃ navamīṃ samupoṣayet .
saptamyāṃ kṛtasaṃkalpaḥ sthitvā'ṣṭamyāṃ nirodanaḥ .. 64.2 ..
navamyāṃ pārayet piṣṭaṃ prathamaṃ bhaktito nṛpa .
brāhmaṇān bhojayed bhaktyā devīṃ caiva tu pūjayet .
durgāṃ devīṃ mahābhāgāṃ mahāmāyāṃ mahāprabhām .. 64.3 ..
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadupoṣyeti vidhānataḥ .
vratānte bhojayed dhīmān yathāśaktyā kumārikāḥ .. 64.4 ..
hemavastrādibhistāstu bhūṣayitvā tu śaktitaḥ .
paścāt kṣamāpayet tāstu devī me prīyatāmiti .. 64.5 ..
evaṃ kṛte bhraṣṭarājyo labhed rājyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .
avidyo labhate vidyāṃ bhītaḥ śauryaṃ ca vidanti .. 64.6 ..
.. iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 64 ..