पुष्पाञ्जलिशतं देयं नित्यं पूर्णं च पूजने
A hundred handfuls of flowers, always full, should be offered daily in worship.
षण्मासांश्च हविष्यान्नं मासान्पञ्च फलादिकम्
For six months, sacrificial food should be given, and for five months, fruits and the like.
रत्नप्रदीपशतकं वह्निं दद्याद्दिवानिशम्
A hundred jeweled lamps should be offered to the fire both day and night.
स्मरणं कीर्त्ततं केलिः प्रेक्षणं गुह्यभाषणम्
Remembrance, praise, play, gazing, and secret speech are to be performed.
स्वप्नमैथुनकं त्याज्यं व्रतिना व्रतशुद्धये
The vow-observer should renounce sexual intercourse in dreams for the purity of the vow.
त्रिशतं वै षष्ट्यधिकं रल्लकं वस्त्रसंयुतम्
Three hundred and sixty garments, along with cloth, should be given.
त्रिशतं वै षष्ट्यधिकसहस्रं विप्रभोजनम्
Three hundred and sixty thousand Brahmins should be fed.
त्रिशतं वै षष्ट्यधिकं सहस्रं स्वर्णमेव च
Three hundred and sixty thousand pieces of gold should also be given.
अन्यां समाप्तिदिवसे कथयिष्यामि दक्षिणाम्
On the day of completion, I will tell you about another gift.
हरितुल्यो भवेत्पुत्रो विख्यातो भुवनत्रये
A son will be born equal to Hari, renowned in all three worlds.
सर्ववाञ्छितसिद्धीनां बीजं जन्मनि जन्मनि
In every birth, this is the seed of the attainment of all desired accomplishments.
पुत्रस्ते भविता साध्वीत्युक्त्वा स विरराम ह
"A virtuous son will be born to you," saying this, he became silent.
नारायण उवाच पुनः पप्रच्छ कान्तं सा दिव्यां व्रतकथां शुभाम्
Nārāyaṇa said: Again, she asked her beloved about that divine and auspicious vow-story.
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच अधिकां तत्कथां ब्रूहि व्रतं केन प्रकाशितम्
Śrī Pārvatī said: Tell me more of that story—by whom was this vow revealed?
अथ पुण्यकव्रतकथा शतरूपा मनोः पत्नी पुत्रदुःखेन दुःखिता
Now, the story of the meritorious vow: Śatarūpā, wife of Manu, was distressed by the sorrow of her children.
शतरूपोवाच तन्मे ब्रूहि जगद्धातः सृष्टिकारणकारण
Śatarūpā said: Tell me this, O Sustainer of the Universe, cause and origin of creation.
तज्जन्म निष्फलं ब्रह्मन्नैश्वर्य्यं धनमेव च
O Brahman, birth, lordship, and wealth are all fruitless without a son.
तपोदानोद्भवं पुण्यं जन्मांतरसुखावहम्
The merit that arises from asceticism and charity brings happiness in future births.
पुत्री पुत्रमुखं दृष्ट्वा चाश्वमेधशतोद्भवम्
A daughter, upon seeing the face of a son, obtains the fruit of a hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices.
पुत्रोत्पत्तेरुपायं वै वद मां तापसंयुताम्
Tell me the means for obtaining a son, for I am afflicted by ascetic suffering.
अपुत्रिणो मुखं द्रष्टुं विद्वान्नोत्सहते ऽशिवम्
A learned person without a son cannot bear to look upon his own face, which is inauspicious.
अथवा गरलं भुक्त्वा प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्
Otherwise, I will consume poison or enter the fire.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सा साक्षाद्ब्रह्मणोऽग्रे रुरोद ह
Having spoken thus, she wept openly before Brahmā.
ब्रह्मोवाच सर्वैश्वर्य्यादिबीजं च सर्ववाञ्छाप्रदं शुभम्
Brahmā said: This vow is the seed of all prosperity and grants every desired wish.
माघशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां व्रतमेतत्सुपुण्यकम्
This most auspicious vow is to be performed on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in Māgha.
संवत्सरं च कर्तव्यं सर्वविघ्नविनाशनम्
It should be observed for a year and destroys all obstacles.
व्रतं च काण्वशाखोक्तं सर्ववाञ्छितसिद्धिदम्
This vow, as taught in the Kāṇva branch, grants the fulfillment of all desires.
ब्रह्मणश्च वचः श्रुत्वा सा कृत्वा व्रतमुत्तमम्
Having heard Brahmā's words, she performed that excellent vow.
व्रतं कृत्वा देवहूतिर्लेभे सिद्धेश्वरं सुतम्
Having performed the vow, Devahūti obtained a son, a lord of spiritual powers.
अरुन्धतीदं कृत्वा तु लेभे शक्तिसुतं शुभा
Arundhatī, having performed this, obtained the auspicious son of Śakti.