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.
कन्याप्रदानवर्णनम् ( अथ कन्यादानम्) सप्तपूर्वान्भविष्यांश्च स्वकुले सप्त मानवान्
By giving a maiden in marriage, one uplifts seven ancestors and seven descendants in one's own lineage.
तेन कन्याप्रदानेन स तारयत्यसंशयम्
By that act of giving a maiden, he certainly delivers them, without doubt.
प्राजापत्येन विधिना आत्मानं च समुद्धरेत्
By the prescribed rite of Prajāpati, he also uplifts himself.
भूगवाश्वप्रदानानि गजदानं तथैव च
The gifts of land, cows, horses, and likewise elephants—
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि पुरीषं काकमश्नुते
For many thousands of years, one eats filth like a crow.
बहून्यब्दसहस्राणि तथा अशुचिभुङ्नरः
For many thousands of years, likewise, a man eats what is impure.
दत्त्वा चाधिकवर्णाय द्विगुणं निर्गुणं तथा
But by giving to one of higher varṇa, the merit is doubled, even if the recipient is without qualities.
चूडोपनयाद्यैश्च सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
By the ceremonies of tonsure and initiation, one attains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.
कन्यया सह दत्तं च सुवर्णं वह्निमूलकम्
Gold given with the maiden, along with fire as the witness—
कन्यादानादवाप्नोति दक्षलोकं नरोत्तम 4.148.
From the gift of a maiden, O best of men, one attains the world of Dakṣa.