सतकृत्य भोज्य प्रतिमे दद्यात्ताभ्यां सदक्षिणे
She should offer food to them a hundred times, always with due honor and gifts.
धेनुयुग्मान्विते देये व्रतसंपूर्तिहेतवे
A pair of cows should be given for the completion of the vow.
लक्ष्मीनारायणं कृत्वा सौवर्णं वापि राजतम्
Having fashioned Lakshmi and Narayana of gold or even of silver,
पीठे विन्यस्य वस्त्राढ्यं गन्धाद्यैः परिपूजयेत्
She should place them on a seat, adorn them with garments, and worship them with perfumes and the like.
एवं दिनत्रयं कृत्वा व्रतान्ते मासमर्च्य च
Having done this for three days, at the end of the vow, she should worship for a month.
पञ्चगावः समुत्पन्ना मथ्यमाने महोदधौ
Five cows arose when the great ocean was churned.
प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ततो दद्याद्विप्राय मन्त्रतः
Having circumambulated them, she should then give them to a Brahmin with mantras.
गावो मे पार्श्वतः संतु गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम्
"May cows be beside me; may I dwell among cows."
लक्ष्मीनारायणं तस्मै सत्कृत्य प्रतिपादयेत्
She should respectfully present Lakshmi-Narayana to him.
कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति गोत्रिरात्रव्रताच्च तत्
The fruit obtained by performing this, and by the vow of cow-giving at night, is that.
हैमं ह्यशोकं निर्माय पूजयित्वा विधानतः
Having fashioned an Ashoka tree of gold and worshipped it according to rule,
अष्टोत्तरशतं विप्र मन्त्रेणानेन सादरम्
With this mantra, she should worship a hundred and eight times with devotion.
लोकोपकारकरणस्तत्प्रसीद शिवप्रिय
"O bestower of benefit to the world, be pleased, O beloved of Shiva."
समभ्यर्च्य विधानेन द्विजं संभोज्य दापयेत्
Having duly worshipped, she should feed a Brahmin and make him give (the gift).
पुत्रपौत्रादि सहिता भर्तुश्च स्यात्सुवल्लभा
She will be greatly beloved by her husband, together with sons, grandsons, and others.
प्रदोषे तैलदीपं तु प्रज्वाल्याभ्यर्च्य यत्नतः
In the evening, she should carefully light an oil lamp and worship.
एवं कृते तु विप्रेन्द्र यमपीडा न जायते
O foremost of Brahmins, when this is done, there is no torment from Yama.
पुनः स्नात्वा प्रदोषे तु वाग्यतः सुसमाहितः
Then, having bathed again at dusk, with restrained speech and a focused mind,
प्रदीपयेच्छिवं वापि द्वात्रिंशद्दीपमालया
one should offer light to Shiva, or arrange thirty-two rows of lamps.
फलैर्नानाविधैश्चैव नैवेद्यैरपि नारद
And, O Nārada, with various kinds of fruits and offerings of food,
तानि नामानि कीर्त्यन्ते सर्वाभीष्टप्रदानि वै
these names are recited, which indeed grant all desired blessings.
कपर्द्दिने सुरेशाय व्योमकेशाय वै नमः
Homage to the matted-haired one, to the lord of gods, to the one whose hair is the sky.
दिगंबराय भृङ्गाय उमाकान्ताय वर्द्धिने
To the sky-clad, to the bee-like one, to the beloved of Umā, to the ever-increasing one.
व्यालप्रियाय व्यालाय व्यालानां पतये नमः
To the lover of serpents, to the serpent, to the lord of serpents, obeisance.
त्रिपुरघ्नाय सिंहाय शार्दूलायार्षभाय च
To the destroyer of Tripura, to the lion, to the tiger, and to the bull.
वेदगीताय गुप्ताय वेदगुह्याय वै नमः
To the one sung by the Vedas, to the hidden one, to the secret of the Vedas, obeisance.
नमो जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय व्योमरूपाय वै नमः
Salutations to the foundation of the universe, to the one whose form is space.
गजकृत्ति धरायाथ अन्धकासुरभेदिने
To the wearer of elephant hide, and to the one who shattered the demon Andhaka.
भक्तिप्रियाय देवाय यज्ञान्तायाव्ययाय च
To the god who is fond of devotion, to the one who is the end of sacrifice, to the imperishable one.
त्रिनेत्राय त्रिवेदाय वेदाङ्गाय नमो नमः
Salutations again and again to the three-eyed one, to the knower of the three Vedas, to the limbs of the Vedas.