श्रीशुक उवाच शुक्ले मार्गशिरे पक्षे योषिद्भर्तुरनुज्ञया । आरभेत व्रतमिदं सार्वकामिकमादित: ॥ २ ॥ निशम्य मरुतां जन्म ब्राह्मणाननुमन्त्र्य च । स्नात्वा शुक्लदती शुक्ले वसीतालङ्कृताम्बरे । पूजयेत्प्रातराशात्प्राग्भगवन्तं श्रिया सह ॥ ३ ॥
sri-suka uvaca sukle margasire pakse yosid bhartur anujnaya arabheta vratam idam sarva-kamikam aditah nisamya marutam janma brahmanan anumantrya ca snatva sukla-dati sukle vasitalankrtambare pujayet pratarasat prag bhagavantam sriya saha
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- sukle
- bright
- margasire
- during the month of November-December
- pakse
- during the fortnight
- yosit
- a woman
- bhartuh
- of the husband
- anujnaya
- with the permission
- arabheta
- should begin
- vratam
- vow
- idam
- this
- sarva-kamikam
- which fulfills all desires
- aditah
- from the first day
- nisamya
- hearing
- marutam
- of the Maruts
- janma
- the birth
- brahmanan
- the brahmanas
- anumantrya
- taking instruction from
- ca
- and
- snatva
- bathing
- sukla-dati
- having cleaned the teeth
- sukle
- white
- vasita
- should put on
- alankrta
- wearing ornaments
- ambare
- garments
- pujayet
- should worship
- pratah-asat prak
- before breakfast
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sriya saha
- with the goddess of fortune
Sukadeva Gosvami said: On the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Agrahayana [November-December], following the instructions of her husband, a woman should begin this regulative devotional service with a vow of penance, for it can fulfill all one’s desires. Before beginning the worship of Lord Visnu, the woman should hear the story of how the Maruts were born. Under the instructions of qualified brahmanas, in the morning she should wash her teeth, bathe, and dress herself with white cloth and ornaments, and before taking breakfast she should worship Lord Visnu and Laksmi.