Chapter 49
Ancient Viṣṇu SanskritVi_49
mārgaśīrṣaśuklaikādaśyām upoṣito dvādaśyāṃ bhagavantaṃ śrīvāsudevam arcayet // Vi_49.1 //
puṣpadhūpānulepanadīpanaivedyaiḥ vahnibrāhmaṇatarpaṇaiś ca // Vi_49.2 //
vratam etat saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā pāpebhyaḥ pūto bhavati // Vi_49.3 //
yāvaj jīvaṃ kṛtvā śvetadvīpam āpnoti // Vi_49.4 //
ubhayapakṣadvādaśīṣv evaṃ saṃvatsareṇa svargalokam āpnoti // Vi_49.5 //
yāvaj jīvaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇulokam // Vi_49.6 //
evam eva pañcadaśīṣv api // Vi_49.7 //
brahmabhūtam amāvāsyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tathaiva ca /
yogabhūtaṃ paricaran keśavaṃ mahad āpnuyāt || Vi_49.8 ||
dṛśyete sahitau yasyāṃ divi candrabṛhaspatī /
paurṇamāsī tu mahatī proktā saṃvatsare tu sā || Vi_49.9 ||
tasyāṃ dānopavāsādyam akṣayaṃ parikīrtitam /
tathaiva dvādaśī śuklā yā syāc chravaṇasaṃyutā || Vi_49.10 ||