Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 7
Puṁsavana / Viṣṇu-vrata: Worship of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa for Auspicious Progeny and Fortune
ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महानुभावाय महाविभूतिपतये सह महाविभूतिभिर्बलिमुपहरामीति । अनेनाहरहर्मन्त्रेण विष्णोरावाहनार्घ्यपाद्योपस्पर्शनस्नानवासउपवीतविभूषणगन्धपुष्पधूप दीपोपहाराद्युपचारान् सुसमाहितोपाहरेत् ॥ ७ ॥
oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahānubhāvāya mahāvibhūti-pataye saha mahā-vibhūtibhir balim upaharāmīti; anenāhar-ahar mantreṇa viṣṇor āvāhanārghya-pādyopasparśana-snāna-vāsa-upavīta-vibhūṣaṇa-gandha-puṣpa-dhūpa-dīpopahārādy-upacārān susamā-hitopāharet.
唵，礼敬至上主、至大人格者、至尊威德者、广大福德之主；与诸大眷属（如毗湿瓦克塞那）同在者，我今奉上供献。应当每日专心持此真言，迎请毗湿奴，并供奉阿尔伽水、洗足水、漱口水、沐浴水、衣服、圣线、饰物、香料、花、熏香与灯火等一切供养。
This mantra is very important. Anyone engaged in Deity worship should chant this mantra, as quoted above, beginning with oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya.
FAQs
This verse instructs that one should worship Viṣṇu day after day with focused mind, offering standard services like invocation, water offerings (arghya, pādya), bathing, clothing, ornaments, fragrance, flowers, incense, lamps, and food.
In the context of the Pumsavana-vrata, Śukadeva explains the proper devotional procedure—mantra and offerings—by which a devotee worships Lord Viṣṇu to obtain divine blessings through regulated bhakti.
Chant the mantra daily with attention and offer simple items available—water, a flower, a lamp, and food—while maintaining sincerity and steady remembrance of Viṣṇu.