Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 27
Puṁsavana / Viṣṇu-vrata: Worship of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa for Auspicious Progeny and Fortune
कन्या च विन्देत समग्रलक्षणं पतिं त्ववीरा हतकिल्बिषां गतिम् । मृतप्रजा जीवसुता धनेश्वरी सुदुर्भगा सुभगा रूपमग्र्यम् ॥ २६ ॥ विन्देद्विरूपा विरुजा विमुच्यते य आमयावीन्द्रियकल्यदेहम् । एतत्पठन्नभ्युदये च कर्म- ण्यनन्ततृप्ति: पितृदेवतानाम् ॥ २७ ॥ तुष्टा: प्रयच्छन्ति समस्तकामान् होमावसाने हुतभुक् श्रीहरिश्च । राजन् महन्मरुतां जन्म पुण्यं दितेर्व्रतं चाभिहितं महत्ते ॥ २८ ॥ नैवोद्विजे पर दुरत्ययवैतरण्या- स्त्वद्वीर्यगायनमहामृतमग्नचित्त: । शोचे ततो विमुखचेतस इन्द्रियार्थ- मायासुखाय भरमुद्वहतो विमूढान् ॥ ४३ ॥
kanyā ca vindeta samagra-lakṣaṇaṁ patiṁ tv avīrā hata-kilbiṣāṁ gatim mṛta-prajā jīva-sutā dhaneśvarī sudurbhagā subhagā rūpam agryam
By observing this vrata, an unmarried girl attains an excellent husband endowed with all auspicious qualities. A woman who is avīrā—without husband or son—by performing this rite becomes freed from sin and reaches an elevated spiritual destination. A woman whose children die after birth gains a long-lived son and becomes prosperous; the unfortunate becomes fortunate, and the unattractive attains the finest beauty. A diseased man is released from illness and receives a sound body fit for duty. If this narration is recited while offering oblations to the Pitṛs and the devas—especially during śrāddha—they become greatly satisfied and grant the fulfillment of all desires. At the conclusion of the homa, Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu) and Śrī Lakṣmī are especially pleased. O King Parīkṣit, thus I have fully described Diti’s vrata, by which the Maruts took their meritorious birth and she attained a happy life.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sixth Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony.”
FAQs
This verse lists tangible and inner results of a devotional vow—good fortune, prosperity, worthy offspring, beauty, and most importantly, purification from sin leading to an auspicious destination.
In the narrative, Diti undertakes a strict observance with faith; Śukadeva highlights that sincere devotional discipline, when aligned with dharma, brings both purification and blessings.
Adopt a regular, disciplined devotional practice (japa, vrata on holy days, service) with sincerity—focusing on purification of character rather than only material outcomes.