शूराय धीराय गजाननाय लम्बोदरायैकदंष्ट्राय चैव । एवं पूज्यस्तद्दिने तत् पुनश्च होमं कुर्याद् विघ्नविनाशहेतोः ।। ५९.
On that day, one should worship the heroic, steadfast, elephant-faced, large-bellied, and single-tusked one; and again perform a fire offering for the destruction of obstacles.
अनेन कृतमात्रेण सर्वविघ्नैर्विमुच्यते । विनायकस्य कृपया कृतकृत्यो नरो भवेत् ।। ५९.
By merely performing this, one is freed from all obstacles; by the grace of Vinayaka, a person becomes accomplished.
अगस्त्य उवाच । शान्तिव्रतं प्रवक्ष्यामि तव राजन् श्रृणुष्व तत् । येन चीर्णेन शान्तिः स्यात् सर्वदा गृहमेधिनाम् ।। ६०.
Agastya said: O King, I will now explain to you the Shanti vow; listen to it, by the observance of which peace is always attained by householders.
पञ्चम्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य कार्त्तिके मासि सुव्रत । आरभेद् वर्षमेकं तु भुञ्जीयादम्लवर्जितम् ।। ६०.
O virtuous one, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Karttika, begin this vow for one year, consuming food without sourness.
नक्तं देवं तु संपूज्य हरिं शेषोपरि स्थितम् । अनन्तायेति पादौ तु वासुकायेति वै कटिम् ।। ६०.
At night, after worshipping the god Hari who rests upon Shesha, worship his feet as Ananta and his waist as Vasuki.
तक्षकायेति जठरमुरः कर्कोटकाय च । पद्माय कण्ठं संपूज्य महापद्माय दोर्युगम् ।। ६०.
Worship his abdomen as Takshaka, his chest as Karkotaka, his neck as Padma, and his two arms as Mahapadma.
शङ्खपालाय वक्त्रं तु कुटिलायेति वै शिरः । एवं विष्णुगतं पूज्य पृथक्त्वेन च पूजयेत् ।। ६०.
Worship his face as Shankhapala and his head as Kutila; thus, having worshipped Vishnu with these forms, worship them separately as well.
क्षीरेण स्नपनं कुर्यात् तानुद्दिश्य हरेः पुनः । तदग्रे होमयेत् क्षीरं तिलैः सह विचक्षणः ।। ६०.
One should bathe these forms with milk, and again bathe Hari; then, in their presence, offer milk with sesame seeds into the fire, O wise one.
एवं संवत्सरस्यान्ते कुर्याद् ब्राह्मणभोजनम् । नागं तु काञ्चनं कुर्याद् ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् ।। ६०.
At the end of the year, one should arrange a meal for Brahmins; one should make a golden serpent and present it to a Brahmin.
एवं यः कुरुते भक्त्या व्रतमेतन्नराधिपः । तस्य शान्तिर्भवेन्नित्यं नागानां न भयं तथा ।। ६०.
Whoever, O king, performs this vow with devotion, for him there will always be peace, and there will be no fear from serpents.
अगस्त्य उवाच । कामव्रतं महाराज श्रृणु मे गदतोऽधुना । येन कामाः समृद्ध्यन्ते मनसा चिन्तिता अपि ।। ६१.
Agastya said: O great king, now hear from me about the Kama vow, by which all desires, even those thought of in the mind, are fulfilled.
षष्ठ्यां फलाशनो यस्तु वर्षमेकं व्रतं चरेत् । पौषमाससिते पक्षे चतुर्थ्यां कृतभोजनः ।। ६१.
He who, on the sixth day, eats fruits and observes the vow for one year, and on the fourth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Pausha, takes a meal—
षष्ठ्यां तु पारयेद् धीमान् प्रथमं तु फलं नृप । ततो भुञ्जीत यत्नेन वाग्यतः शुद्धमोदनम् ।। ६१.
On the sixth day, the wise person should first offer the fruit, O king; then, with controlled speech, he should carefully eat pure rice.
ब्राह्मणैः सह राजेन्द्र अथवा केवलैः फलैः । तमेकं दिवसं स्थित्वा सप्तम्यां पारयेन्नृप ।। ६१.
O king, together with brāhmaṇas or with fruits alone, having observed that one day, he should complete the fast on the seventh day.
अग्निकार्यं तु कुर्वीत गुहरूपेण केशवम् । पूजयित्वाभिधानेन वर्षमेकं व्रतं चरेत् ।। ६१.
He should perform the fire ritual, worshiping Keśava in the form of Guha, and, having honored him by name, should observe the vow for one year.
षड्वक्त्र कार्त्तिक गुह सेनानी कृत्तिकासुत । कुमार स्कन्द इत्येवं पूज्यो विष्णुः स्वनामभिः ।। ६१.
Six-faced, Kārttikeya, Guha, commander of the army, son of the Kṛttikās, Kumāra, Skanda—thus Viṣṇu is to be worshiped by his own names.
समाप्तौ तु व्रतस्यास्य कुर्याद् ब्राह्मणभोजनम् । षण्मुखं सर्वसौवर्णं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् ।। ६१.
At the completion of this vow, he should arrange a meal for brāhmaṇas and present to a brāhmaṇa a golden image of Ṣaṇmukha.
सर्वे कामाः समृद्ध्यन्तां मम देव कुमारक । त्वत्प्रसादादिमं भक्त्या गृह्यतां विप्र माचिरम् ।। ६१.
May all desires be fulfilled, O god Kumāraka, by your grace; may this, received with devotion, be quickly accepted by the brāhmaṇa.
अनेन दत्त्वा मन्त्रेण ब्राह्मणाय सयुग्मकम् । ततः कामाः समृद्ध्यन्ते सर्वे वै इह जन्मनि ।। ६१.
Having given this with the mantra to a brāhmaṇa, along with a pair, then all desires are fulfilled indeed in this very life.
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रमधनो लभते धनम् । भ्रष्टराज्यो लभेद् राज्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ।। ६१.
The childless obtains a son, the poor obtains wealth, one deprived of a kingdom regains his realm—of this there is no doubt.
एतद् व्रतं पुरा चीर्णं नलेन नृपसत्तम । ऋतुपर्णस्य विषये वसता व्रतचर्यया ।। ६१.
This vow was formerly observed by Nala, best of kings, while residing in the realm of Ṛtuparṇa, by practicing the vow.
तथा राज्यच्युतैरन्यैर्बहुभिर्नृपसत्तमैः । पौराणिकं व्रतं चैव सिद्ध्यर्थं नृपसत्तम ।। ६१.
Likewise, by many other eminent kings who had lost their kingdoms, this ancient vow was observed for the sake of success, O best of kings.
अगस्त्य उवाच । अथापरं महाराज व्रतमारोग्यसंज्ञितम् । कथयामि परं पुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।। ६२.
Agastya said: Now, O great king, I will describe another vow called the Ārogya-vrata, supremely meritorious and destroyer of all sins.
तस्यैव माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां समुपोषितः । पूजयेद् भास्करं देवं विष्णुरूपं सनातनम् ।। ६२.
On the seventh day of that very month of Māgha, having fasted, one should worship the god Bhāskara, the eternal form of Viṣṇu.
आदित्य भास्कर रवे भानो सूर्य दिवाकर । प्रभाकरेति संपूज्य एवं संपूज्यते रविः ।। ६२.
Āditya, Bhāskara, Ravi, Bhānu, Sūrya, Divākara, Prabhākara—having worshiped him by these names, thus the Sun is to be worshiped.
षष्ठ्यां चैव कृताहारः सप्तम्यां भानुमर्चयेत् । अष्टम्यां चैव भुञ्जीत एष एव विधिक्रमः ।। ६२.
On the sixth day, having taken food, on the seventh one should worship Bhānu; on the eighth day one may eat—this is the proper order of observance.
अनेन वत्सरं पूर्णं विधिना योऽर्चयेद् रविम् । तस्यारोग्यं धनं धान्यमिह जन्ममि जायते । परत्र च शुभं स्थानं यद् गत्वा न निवर्तते ।। ६२.
Whoever worships the Sun in this manner for a full year, by rule, gains health, wealth, and grain in this very life, and in the next, an auspicious place from which there is no return.
सार्वभौमः पुरा राजा अनरण्यो महाबलः । तेनायमर्चितो देवो व्रतेनानेन पार्थिव । तस्य तुष्टो वरं देवः प्रादादारोग्यमुत्तमम् ।। ६२.
Formerly, the universal emperor Anaraṇya, of great might, worshiped this god with this vow, O king; the pleased god granted him the highest health as a boon.
भद्राश्व उवाच । किमसौ रोगवान् राजा येनारोग्यमवाप्तवान् । सार्वभौमस्य च कथं ब्रह्मन् रोगस्य संभवः ।। ६२.
Bhadrāśva said: Was that king afflicted by disease, that he obtained health? And how did disease arise for the universal emperor, O brāhmaṇa?
अगस्त्य उवाच । स राजा सार्वभौमोऽभूद् यशस्वी च सुरूपवान् । स कदाचिन्नृपश्रेष्ठो नृपश्रेष्ठ महाबलः ।।६२.
Agastya said: That king was a universal emperor, renowned and handsome; at one time, O best of kings, that mighty ruler...