Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 19

SB 6 19.1

श्रीराजोवाच व्रतं पुंसवनं ब्रह्मन् भवता यदुदीरितम् तस्य वेदितुमिच्छामि येन विष्णुः प्रसीदति

śrīrājovāca vrataṃ puṃsavanaṃ brahman bhavatā yadudīritam tasya veditumicchāmi yena viṣṇuḥ prasīdati

The king said: "O brāhmaṇa, the puṃsavana vow that was spoken of by you — I wish to know of it, by which Viṣṇu is pleased."

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SB 6 19.2

श्रीशुक उवाच शुक्ले मार्गशिरे पक्षे योषिद्भर्तुरनुज्ञया आरभेत व्रतमिदं सार्वकामिकमादितः

śrīśuka uvāca śukle mārgaśire pakṣe yoṣidbharturanujñayā ārabheta vratamidaṃ sārvakāmikamāditaḥ

Śrī Śuka said: In the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa, a woman, with her husband's permission, should begin this vow, which grants all desires, from the first (day).

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SB 6 19.3

निशम्य मरुतां जन्म ब्राह्मणान् अनुमन्त्र्य च स्नात्वा शुक्लदती शुक्ले वसीतालङ्कृताम्बरे पूजयेत् प्रातराशात् प्राग् भगवन्तं श्रिया सह

niśamya marutāṃ janma brāhmaṇān anumantrya ca snātvā śukladatī śukle vasītālaṅkṛtāmbare pūjayet prātarāśāt prāg bhagavantaṃ śriyā saha

Having heard the birth of the Maruts and having taken the brāhmaṇas' consent, having bathed and cleaned her teeth, she should dress in white, in adorned garments, and before the morning meal should worship the Lord along with Śrī.

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SB 6 19.4

अलं ते निरपेक्षाय पूर्णकाम नमो ऽस्तु ते महाविभूतिपतये नमः सकलसिद्धये

alaṃ te nirapekṣāya pūrṇakāma namo 'stu te mahāvibhūtipataye namaḥ sakalasiddhaye

"Enough (of asking) from you who are without dependence, whose desires are fulfilled — homage be to you; homage to the lord of great powers, to (you who are) all perfection."

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SB 6 19.5

यथा त्वं कृपया भूत्या तेजसा महिमौजसा जुष्ट ईश गुणैः सर्वैस्ततो ऽसि भगवान् प्रभुः

yathā tvaṃ kṛpayā bhūtyā tejasā mahimaujasā juṣṭa īśa guṇaiḥ sarvaistato 'si bhagavān prabhuḥ

"Since you, O Lord, are endowed with compassion, prosperity, splendour, greatness and might, and with all the qualities, therefore you are the Bhagavān, the master."

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SB 6 19.6

विष्णुपत्नि महामाये महापुरुषलक्षणे प्रीयेथा मे महाभागे लोकमातर्नमो ऽस्तु ते

viṣṇupatni mahāmāye mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇe prīyethā me mahābhāge lokamātarnamo 'stu te

"O wife of Viṣṇu, great Māyā, bearing the marks of the Great Person, be pleased with me, O greatly fortunate one, O mother of the worlds; homage be to you."

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SB 6 19.7

ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महानुभावाय महाविभूतिपतये सह महाविभूतिभिर्बलिमुपहरामीति अनेनाहरहर्मन्त्रेण विष्णोरावाहनार्घ्यपाद्योपस्पर्शनस्नानवासौपवीतविभूषणगन्धपुष्पधूपदीपोपहाराद्युपचारान् सुसमाहितोपाहरेत्

oṃ namo bhagavate mahāpuruṣāya mahānubhāvāya mahāvibhūtipataye saha mahāvibhūtibhirbalimupaharāmīti anenāharaharmantreṇa viṣṇorāvāhanārghyapādyopasparśanasnānavāsaupavītavibhūṣaṇagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpopahārādyupacārān susamāhitopāharet

"Oṃ, homage to the Lord, the Great Person, of great power, the master of the great opulences; I offer the oblation together with the great opulences" — with this mantra, day after day, she should with full attention present to Viṣṇu the services: invocation, arghya, water for the feet, water for sipping, bathing, garments, sacred thread, ornaments, scents, flowers, incense, lamp, offerings and the rest.

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SB 6 19.8

_* हविःशेषं च जुहुयादनले द्वादशाहुतीः ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महाविभूतिपतये स्वाहेति

_* haviḥśeṣaṃ ca juhuyādanale dvādaśāhutīḥ oṃ namo bhagavate mahāpuruṣāya mahāvibhūtipataye svāheti

And she should offer the remainder of the oblation into the fire as twelve libations, (saying) "Oṃ, homage to the Lord, the Great Person, the master of the great opulences, svāhā."

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SB 6 19.9

श्रियं विष्णुं च वरदावाशिषां प्रभवावुभौ भक्त्या सम्पूजयेन् नित्यं यदीच्छेत् सर्वसम्पदः

śriyaṃ viṣṇuṃ ca varadāvāśiṣāṃ prabhavāvubhau bhaktyā sampūjayen nityaṃ yadīcchet sarvasampadaḥ

If she desires all riches, she should daily worship with devotion both Śrī and Viṣṇu, the two givers of boons, the two sources of blessings.

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SB 6 19.10

प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा दशवारं जपेन् मन्त्रं ततः स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत्

praṇameddaṇḍavadbhūmau bhaktiprahveṇa cetasā daśavāraṃ japen mantraṃ tataḥ stotramudīrayet

She should bow down to the ground like a staff, with a mind bent low in devotion; she should mutter the mantra ten times, and then utter the hymn of praise.

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SB 6 19.11

युवां तु विश्वस्य विभू जगतः कारणं परम् इयं हि प्रकृतिः सूक्ष्मा मायाशक्तिर्दुरत्यया

yuvāṃ tu viśvasya vibhū jagataḥ kāraṇaṃ param iyaṃ hi prakṛtiḥ sūkṣmā māyāśaktirduratyayā

"You two are the pervaders of the universe, the supreme cause of the world; for she is the subtle Prakṛti, the power of Māyā, hard to cross over."

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SB 6 19.12

तस्या अधीश्वरः साक्षात् त्वमेव पुरुषः परः त्वं सर्वयज्ञ इज्येयं क्रियेयं फलभुग् भवान्

tasyā adhīśvaraḥ sākṣāt tvameva puruṣaḥ paraḥ tvaṃ sarvayajña ijyeyaṃ kriyeyaṃ phalabhug bhavān

Of her you alone are directly the overlord, the supreme Person; you are every sacrifice, she is the offering; she is the rite, you are the enjoyer of its fruit.

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SB 6 19.13

गुणव्यक्तिरियं देवी व्यञ्जको गुणभुग् भवान् त्वं हि सर्वशरीर्य् आत्मा श्रीः शरीरेन्द्रियाशयाः नामरूपे भगवती प्रत्ययस्त्वमपाश्रयः

guṇavyaktiriyaṃ devī vyañjako guṇabhug bhavān tvaṃ hi sarvaśarīry ātmā śrīḥ śarīrendriyāśayāḥ nāmarūpe bhagavatī pratyayastvamapāśrayaḥ

This goddess is the manifestation of the qualities, you are the one who manifests and enjoys the qualities. You indeed are the Self who possesses all bodies; Śrī is the body, the senses and the mind. The goddess is name and form, you are the cognition (of them) and their underlying support.

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SB 6 19.14

यथा युवां त्रिलोकस्य वरदौ परमेष्ठिनौ तथा म उत्तमश्लोक सन्तु सत्या महाशिषः

yathā yuvāṃ trilokasya varadau parameṣṭhinau tathā ma uttamaśloka santu satyā mahāśiṣaḥ

Since you two, seated in the highest station, are the granters of boons to the three worlds, therefore, O you of surpassing renown, let my great wishes come true.

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SB 6 19.15

इत्य् अभिष्टूय वरदं श्रीनिवासं श्रिया सह तन् निःसार्योपहरणं दत्त्वाचमनमर्चयेत्

ity abhiṣṭūya varadaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ śriyā saha tan niḥsāryopaharaṇaṃ dattvācamanamarcayet

Having praised in this way the boon-giver, the abode of Śrī, together with Śrī, one should remove the used articles of offering, present water for rinsing the mouth, and worship (him).

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SB 6 19.16

ततः स्तुवीत स्तोत्रेण भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा यज्ञोच्छिष्टमवघ्राय पुनरभ्यर्चयेद्धरिम्

tataḥ stuvīta stotreṇa bhaktiprahveṇa cetasā yajñocchiṣṭamavaghrāya punarabhyarcayeddharim

Then she should praise (him) with a hymn, with a mind bent low in devotion; and after smelling the remnant of the sacrifice, she should worship Hari again.

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SB 6 19.17

पतिं च परया भक्त्या महापुरुषचेतसा प्रियैस्तैस्तैरुपनमेत् प्रेमशीलः स्वयं पतिः बिभृयात् सर्वकर्माणि पत्न्या उच्चावचानि च

patiṃ ca parayā bhaktyā mahāpuruṣacetasā priyaistaistairupanamet premaśīlaḥ svayaṃ patiḥ bibhṛyāt sarvakarmāṇi patnyā uccāvacāni ca

And with supreme devotion, regarding him as the Great Person, she should approach her husband with these and those things dear to him; the husband himself, of loving disposition, should carry out all the tasks of his wife, high and low.

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SB 6 19.18

कृतमेकतरेणापि दम्पत्योरुभयोरपि पत्न्यां कुर्यादनर्हायां पतिरेतत् समाहितः

kṛtamekatareṇāpi dampatyorubhayorapi patnyāṃ kuryādanarhāyāṃ patiretat samāhitaḥ

What is done even by one of the married pair belongs to both of them; when the wife is unfit (to perform it), the husband should do this with concentrated mind.

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SB 6 19.19

विष्णोर्व्रतमिदं बिभ्रन् न विहन्यात् कथञ्चन विप्रान् स्त्रियो वीरवतीः स्रग्गन्धबलिमण्डनैः अर्चेदहरहर्भक्त्या देवं नियममास्थिता

viṣṇorvratamidaṃ bibhran na vihanyāt kathañcana viprān striyo vīravatīḥ sraggandhabalimaṇḍanaiḥ arcedaharaharbhaktyā devaṃ niyamamāsthitā

While maintaining this vow of Viṣṇu, one should not break it in any way; established in the observance, she should day after day worship with devotion the brāhmaṇas, the women whose husbands are living, and the Lord, with garlands, fragrances, offerings and ornaments.

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SB 6 19.20

उद्वास्य देवं स्वे धाम्नि तन्निवेदितमग्रतः अद्यादात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं सर्वकामसमृद्धये

udvāsya devaṃ sve dhāmni tanniveditamagrataḥ adyādātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhaye

Having dismissed the deity to his own abode, she should eat, in front (of the image), what has been offered to him, for her own purification and for the fulfilment of all desires.

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SB 6 19.21

एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान् द्वादश हायनम् नीत्वाथोपरमेत् साध्वी कार्तिके चरमे ऽहनि

etena pūjāvidhinā māsān dvādaśa hāyanam nītvāthoparamet sādhvī kārtike carame 'hani

Having passed twelve months, a full year, with this procedure of worship, the virtuous woman should then conclude (the vow) on the last day of Kārtika.

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SB 6 19.22

श्वोभूते ऽप उपस्पृश्य कृष्णमभ्यर्च्य पूर्ववत् पयःशृतेन जुहुयाच् चरुणा सह सर्पिषा पाकयज्ञविधानेन द्वादशैवाहुतीः पतिः

śvobhūte 'pa upaspṛśya kṛṣṇamabhyarcya pūrvavat payaḥśṛtena juhuyāc caruṇā saha sarpiṣā pākayajñavidhānena dvādaśaivāhutīḥ patiḥ

On the next day, having touched water and worshipped Kṛṣṇa as before, the husband should offer, with the caru cooked in milk together with ghee, just twelve oblations, according to the rule of the domestic (pāka) sacrifice.

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SB 6 19.23

आशिषः शिरसादाय द्विजैः प्रीतैः समीरिताः प्रणम्य शिरसा भक्त्या भुञ्जीत तदनुज्ञया

āśiṣaḥ śirasādāya dvijaiḥ prītaiḥ samīritāḥ praṇamya śirasā bhaktyā bhuñjīta tadanujñayā

Receiving on his head the benedictions pronounced by the pleased brāhmaṇas, and bowing his head with devotion, he should eat with their permission.

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SB 6 19.24

आचार्यमग्रतः कृत्वा वाग्यतः सह बन्धुभिः दद्यात् पत्न्यै चरोः शेषं सुप्रजास्त्वं सुसौभगम्

ācāryamagrataḥ kṛtvā vāgyataḥ saha bandhubhiḥ dadyāt patnyai caroḥ śeṣaṃ suprajāstvaṃ susaubhagam

Placing the teacher in front, with speech restrained, together with his kinsmen, he should give to his wife the remainder of the caru, which brings good offspring and good fortune.

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SB 6 19.25

एतच् चरित्वा विधिवद्व्रतं विभोर् अभीप्सितार्थं लभते पुमान् इह स्त्री चैतदास्थाय लभेत सौभगं श्रियं प्रजां जीवपतिं यशो गृहम्

etac caritvā vidhivadvrataṃ vibhor abhīpsitārthaṃ labhate pumān iha strī caitadāsthāya labheta saubhagaṃ śriyaṃ prajāṃ jīvapatiṃ yaśo gṛham

Having performed this vow of the Lord according to the rule, a man obtains here the object he desires; and a woman who undertakes it would obtain good fortune, wealth, offspring, a living husband, fame and a home.

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SB 6 19.26

कन्या च विन्देत समग्रलक्षणं पतिं त्ववीरा हतकिल्बिषां गतिम् मृतप्रजा जीवसुता धनेश्वरी सुदुर्भगा सुभगा रूपमग्र्यम्

kanyā ca vindeta samagralakṣaṇaṃ patiṃ tvavīrā hatakilbiṣāṃ gatim mṛtaprajā jīvasutā dhaneśvarī sudurbhagā subhagā rūpamagryam

And a maiden would find a husband endowed with every good mark; a woman without a husband (or son), a state in which her sins are destroyed; one whose children have died, living sons; a very unfortunate woman, good fortune, and a mistress of wealth, surpassing beauty.

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SB 6 19.27

विन्देद्विरूपा विरुजा विमुच्यते य आमयावीन्द्रियकल्यदेहम् एतत् पठन्नभ्युदये च कर्मण्य् अनन्ततृप्तिः पितृदेवतानाम्

vindedvirūpā virujā vimucyate ya āmayāvīndriyakalyadeham etat paṭhannabhyudaye ca karmaṇy anantatṛptiḥ pitṛdevatānām

An ill-formed woman would obtain (beauty); one who is diseased is freed from disease and (gains) a body with sound senses. For one who recites this at a festive rite and at (other) ritual acts, there is endless satisfaction for the forefathers and the gods.

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SB 6 19.28

तुष्टाः प्रयच्छन्ति समस्तकामान् होमावसाने हुतभुक् श्रीहरिश्च राजन् महन् मरुतां जन्म पुण्यं दितेर्व्रतं चाभिहितं महत् ते

tuṣṭāḥ prayacchanti samastakāmān homāvasāne hutabhuk śrīhariśca rājan mahan marutāṃ janma puṇyaṃ ditervrataṃ cābhihitaṃ mahat te

Pleased, at the end of the oblation the fire-eater (Agni) and Śrī Hari bestow all desires. O king, the great and holy birth of the Maruts and the great vow of Diti have thus been declared to you.

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