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brahmovāca / (1.1) Par.?

vratāni vyāsa vakṣyāmi yaistuṣṭaḥ sarvado hariḥ / (1.2) Par.?

śāstrodito hi niyamo vrataṃ tacca tapo matam // (1.3) Par.?

niyamāstu viśeṣāḥ syuḥ vratasyāsya damādayaḥ / (2.1) Par.?

nityaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ snāyād adhaḥśayyī jitendriyaḥ // (2.2) Par.?

strīśūdrapatitānāṃ tu varjayedabhibhāṣaṇam / (3.1) Par.?

pavitrāṇi ca pañcaiva juhuyāccaiva śaktitaḥ // (3.2) Par.?

kṛcchrāṇyetāni sarvāṇi caretsukṛtavānnaraḥ / (4.1) Par.?

keśānāṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ vratamācaret // (4.2) Par.?

kāṃsyaṃ māṣaṃ masūraṃ ca caṇakaṃ koradūṣakam / (5.1) Par.?

śākaṃ madhu parānnaṃ ca varjayed upavāsavān // (5.2) Par.?

puṣpālaṅkāravastrāṇi dhūpagandhānulepanam / (6.1) Par.?

upavāsena duṣyettu dantadhāvanamañjanam // (6.2) Par.?

dantakāṣṭhaṃ pañcagavyaṃ kṛtvā prātarvrataṃ caret / (7.1) Par.?

asakṛjjalapānācca tāmbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇāt // (7.2) Par.?

upavāsaḥ praduṣyeta divāsvapnākṣamaithunāt / (8.1) Par.?

kṣamā satyaṃ dayā dānaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ // (8.2) Par.?

devapūjāgnihavane saṃtoṣo 'steyameva ca / (9.1) Par.?

sarvavrateṣvayaṃ dharmaḥ sāmānyo daśadhāsmṛtaḥ // (9.2) Par.?

nakṣatradarśanān naktam anaktaṃ niśi bhojanam / (10.1) Par.?

gomūtraṃ ca palaṃ dadyādardhāṅguṣṭhaṃ tu gomayam // (10.2) Par.?

kṣīraṃ saptapalaṃ dadyāddadhnaścaiva palatrayam / (11.1) Par.?

ghṛtam ekaphalaṃ dadyātpalamekaṃ kuśodakam // (11.2) Par.?

gāyattryā caiva gandheti āpyāyasva dṛ dadhigrahaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

tejo 'sīti ca devasya brahmakūrcavrataṃ caret // (12.2) Par.?

agnyādhānaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ tu yajñadānavratāni ca / (13.1) Par.?

vedavratavṛṣotsargacūḍākaraṇamekhalāḥ // (13.2) Par.?

māṅgalyamabhiṣekaṃ ca malamāse vivarjayet / (14.1) Par.?

darśāddarśasya cāndraḥ syāttriṃśāhobhistu sāvanaḥ // (14.2) Par.?

ravisaṃkramaṇātsauro nākṣatraḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ / (15.1) Par.?

sauro māso vivāhāya yajñādau sāvanasthitiḥ // (15.2) Par.?

yugmāgniyugabhūtāni ṣaṇmunyorvasurandhrayoḥ / (16.1) Par.?

rudreṇa dvādaśī yuktā caturdaśyātha pūrṇimā // (16.2) Par.?

pratipadyapyamāvāsyā tithyormasyaṃ mahāphalam / (17.1) Par.?

etadvyastaṃ mahāghoraṃ hanti puṇyaṃ purā kṛtam // (17.2) Par.?

prārabdhatapasā strīṇāṃ rajo hanyādvrataṃ na hi / (18.1) Par.?

anyairdānādikaṃ kuryātkāyikaṃ svayameva ca // (18.2) Par.?

krodhātpramādāllobhādvā vratabhaṅgo bhavedyadi / (19.1) Par.?

dinatrayaṃ na bhuñjīta śiraso muṇḍanaṃ bhavet // (19.2) Par.?

asāmarthye śarīrasya putrādīnkārayedvratam / (20.1) Par.?

vratasthaṃ mūrchitaṃ vipraṃ jalādīnyanupāyayet // (20.2) Par.?

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe vrataparibhāṣā nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (21.1) Par.?