आचार्यत्वं श्रोत्रियश्च न शिष्योऽध्ययनं तथा
He does not attain the status of teacher, nor does the student gain learning.
स्नपनं तस्य कर्तव्यं पुण्येऽह्नि विधिपूर्वकम् 4.32.
A ritual bath must be performed for him on an auspicious day, according to prescribed rules.
सर्वौषधैः सर्वगन्धैर्विलिप्तशिरसस्तथा
His head should be anointed with all medicines and all fragrances.
पुष्ये च वीरनक्षत्रे तस्यैव पुरतो नृप
And, O king, in the Pushya or Viranakshatra, in his presence.
चत्वार ऋग्यजुः सामाथर्वणप्रवणास्ततः
Then four priests versed in Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva Veda.
कृष्णस्य पितरं चाथ अवतारं सितं तथा विधुंतुदं बाहुलेयं नंदकस्य च धारिणम्
Then the father of Krishna, the white incarnation, Vidhuṃtuda, Bahuleya, and the bearer of Nandaka.
अश्वस्थानाद्गजस्थानाद्वल्मीकात्संगमाद्ह्रदात्
From the place of horses, from the place of elephants, from the anthill, from the confluence, from the lake.
यदाहृतं ह्येकवर्णैश्चतुर्भिः कलशैर्ह्रदात्
When water is brought from the lake in four pots of a single color.
सहस्राक्षं शतधारमृषिभिः पावनं कृतम्
The thousand-eyed, hundred-streamed water, made pure by the sages.
ॐ भगं ते वरुणो राजा भगं सूर्यो बृहस्पतिः
Om, may Varuna the king grant you fortune, may Surya and Brihaspati grant you fortune.
यत्ते केशेषु दौर्भाग्यं सीमंते यच्च मूर्द्धनि
Whatever misfortune is in your hair, at the parting, and on the crown of your head.
स्नातस्य सार्षपं तैलं स्रुवेणौदुंबरेण तु 4.32.
After bathing, sesame oil should be poured with a ladle made of udumbara wood.
मितश्च सम्मितश्चैव तथा शालकटंकटो
Measured and well-measured, as well as śālakaṭaṃkaṭa.
नामभिर्बलिमन्त्रैश्च नमस्कारसमन्वितैः
With names, with mantras for strength, and accompanied by salutations.
कृताकृतांस्तंडुलांश्च पल लौदनमेव च
Both cooked and uncooked rice, and also pala and laudana.
पुष्पान्वितं सुगन्धं च सुरां च त्रिविधामपि
With flowers, fragrant substances, and also three kinds of liquor.
दध्यन्नं पायसं चैव गुडवेष्टितमोदकम् दूर्वासर्षप पुष्पाणां दत्त्वार्घ्यं पूर्णमञ्जलिम्
Curd-rice and milk-rice, and sweet balls covered with jaggery; having offered arghya with dūrvā grass, mustard seeds, and flowers, with hands full.
रूपंदेहि जयं देहि भगं भवति देहि मे
Grant me form, grant me victory, grant me fortune, O Lady.
प्रबलं कुरु मे देवि बलविख्यातिसम्भवम् भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणान्दद्याद्वस्त्रयुग्मं गुरोरपि
Make me strong, O Goddess, with the fame that comes from strength; let one feed brāhmaṇas and give a pair of garments even to the teacher.
एवं विनायकं पूज्य ग्रहांश्चैव विधानतः
Thus, having worshipped Vināyaka and also the planets according to the rite.
आदित्यस्य सदा पूजां तिलकं स्वामिनस्तथा
One should always worship the Sun, and also apply tilaka to the Lord.
वैनायकं विनयसत्त्ववतां नराणां स्नानं प्रशस्तमिह विघ्नविनाशकारि 4.32.
For those possessing humility and good character, the Vināyaka bath here is praised as the destroyer of obstacles.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे विनायकस्नपनचतुर्थीव्रतं नाम द्वात्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttara-parvan, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira, the thirty-second chapter named 'The Vināyaka Bath and Caturthī Vow' concludes.
विनायकचतुर्थीव्रतवर्णनम् येन सम्यकृतेनेह न विघ्नमुपजायते
Description of the Vināyaka Caturthī vow: By performing it properly here, no obstacle arises.
चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने मासि गृहीतव्यं व्रतं त्विदम्
On the fourth day in the month of Phālguna, this vow should be undertaken.
तदेव वह्नौ होतव्यं ब्राह्मणाय च तद्भवेत्
That itself should be offered into the fire, and given to a brāhmaṇa.
शूराय वीराय गजाननाय लंबोदरायैकरदाय चैव
To the brave, to the heroic, to the elephant-faced, to the large-bellied, and to the one-tusked.
चातुर्मास्यां व्रतं चैव कृत्वेत्थं पञ्चमे तथा
And having performed the vow in the cāturmāsya, likewise on the fifth day.
ताम्रपात्रैः पायसभृतैश्चतुर्भिः सहितं नृप
With four copper vessels filled with milk-rice, O King, together.
मृन्मयान्यपि पात्राणि वित्तहीनस्तु कारयेत् इत्थं व्रतमिदं कृत्वा सर्वविप्रैः प्रमुच्यते
Those lacking wealth should use earthen vessels; having thus performed this vow, one is freed from all faults by the brāhmaṇas.