शय्यां सोपस्करां चैव वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य यत्नतः
The bed, complete with its accessories, should be carefully covered with cloth.
व्रते पूर्णे च गौर्देया सर्वोपस्करसंयुता यथा कुर्यात्प्रयासेन यथा कर्ता न पश्यति ।। 4.147.
When the vow is completed, a cow should be given, furnished with all accessories, as is customary, with effort, so that the donor does not see the act.
दीपांस्तु दीपितांस्तत्र आनयेद्यज्ञमण्डपम्
Lamps that have been lit should be brought to the sacrificial pavilion.
श्रुतवाञ्छास्त्रवित्प्राज्ञः कृतसर्वाघसंक्षयः
The wise one, learned in scripture and having destroyed all sins,
सर्वकामप्रदां पश्य कांचनाख्यां पुरीमिमाम्
Behold this city called Kanchana, which grants all desires.
एवमुक्तो महाभाग पटमुन्मुच्य नेत्रयोः
Thus addressed, O fortunate one, after removing the cloth from both eyes,
दृष्ट्वा तां नगरीं देवि यजमानः समाहितः
Having seen that city, the sacrificer, O goddess, becomes focused.
अथ वा शंखमादाय पात्रालाभे तु सुन्दरि
Or else, O beautiful one, if a vessel is not available, one should take a conch.
सिद्धार्थमक्षताः पूर्वं रोचना दधि वा पुनः
First, one should place sesame, unbroken rice, saffron, or curd.
लक्ष्मीनारायणौ देवौ सर्वकामफलप्रदौ
Lakshmi and Narayana, the divine couple, bestow all desired fruits.
नारायण हृषीकेश ज्ञानज्ञेय निरंजन
O Nārāyaṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa, knower and object of knowledge, stainless one,
( इत्यर्घमंत्रः) देव्यास्त्वर्घ्यं प्रदातव्यं भक्तियुक्ते न चेतसा।।4.147.
(This is the arghya mantra.) The arghya offering should be given to the goddess with a mind full of devotion, not otherwise.
जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा मंत्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
Having gone down to the ground on the knees, one should recite this mantra.
पार्वत्या पूजिता लक्ष्मीः स्कंदवैश्रवणेन च
Lakṣmī is worshipped by Pārvatī, and by Skanda and Vaiśravaṇa as well.
सौभाग्यं देहि मे पुत्रान्धनं पौत्रांश्च पूजितान्
Grant me good fortune, sons, wealth, and grandsons, O worshipped one.
य एवं पुरतो दत्त्वा पूर्वोक्तविधिना तव
Whoever gives before you in the manner previously described,
गीतनृत्यविनोदेन उपाख्यानैश्च वैष्णवैः
With singing, dancing, amusements, and Vaiṣṇava stories,
उन्निद्रो जागृयाद्यस्तु शतयज्ञफलं लभेत्
Whoever remains awake and alert will obtain the fruit of a hundred sacrifices.
ब्राह्मणांश्च सपत्नीकान्परिधाप्यानुभोजयेत्
He should have Brāhmaṇas with their wives seated and fed.
दीनांधबधिरान्पंगून्सर्वांस्तान्परितोषयेत्
He should satisfy all the poor, blind, deaf, and lame.
मधुरं पयसा युक्तं सुहृद्भिर्बांधवैः सह
With sweet food mixed with milk, together with friends and relatives,
शुक्लायामथ कृष्णायां तृतीयायां तथा तिथौ 4.147.
On the third lunar day, whether of the bright or dark fortnight,
यदा वा जायते वित्तं चित्तं च वरवर्णिनि
Or whenever wealth or the mind arises, O beautiful one,
एवं कृते च यत्पुण्यं तन्न शक्यं निवेदितुम्
The merit obtained by doing thus cannot be described.
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
For thousands of millions of aeons, and hundreds of millions of aeons,
ब्रह्मकाद्रुद्रलोकं तत्परं विष्णुसंनिधौ
He attains the worlds of Brahmā, Ka, and Rudra, and then the presence of Viṣṇu.
ततो भुक्त्वा शुचिः श्रीमान्भोगांस्त्रैलोक्यसुंदरि
Then, having enjoyed pure and splendid pleasures, O beauty of the three worlds,
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं वाचयमानं समंततः
Whoever hears this daily, or recites it everywhere,
त्वया कांचनपुर्याख्यं व्रतमेतत्कृतं पुरा
In former times, you performed this vow known as Kāñcanapurī.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीलक्ष्मीविष्णुसंवादे कांचनपुरीव्रतवर्णनं नाम सप्तचत्वारिंशदुत्तर शततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttaraparvan, in the dialogue of Śrī Lakṣmī and Viṣṇu, is the chapter named 'Description of the Kāñcanapurī Vow,' being the one hundred and forty-seventh chapter.