Sankalpam:

      EvamguNa VisheshaNa Vishishtaayaam asyaam shubha thithou, asmaakam saha kutumbaanaam kshema sthairya vijaya ayur arogya aishwarya abhivridhyartham, dharma artha kaama moksha chaturvidha purushaartha sidhyartham, ishtha kamarthya sidhyartham,sath santhaana soubhagya shubha phalavaapthyartham sri varalakshmi devathaa muddishya sri varalakshmi devatha preethyartham puraaNa kalpoktha prakareeNa yaava shakthi dhyaana vaahanaadhi shodashopachaara poojaan karishye!

   (Take a glass or panchapatra specially kept only for puja and pour water in it. Put in some akshatalu, flowers, and a betel leaf in it. Apply sandal paste and kumkuma on three sides of it) Put your right hand on it and read the following:

    kalashasya mukhe vishnu kanthe rudrassamaashritaha mooletatrasthitho brahm madhye maathru ganaa sthitah kukshowtu saagaraa ssarve sapta dweepaa vasundhara rugvedo adha yajurvedo ssaamavedohyadharvanah angaischa sahitaa ssarve kalasambu samaasritaah aayamthu lakshmi poojartham duritakshaya karakaah gangecha, yamunaichaiva, godavari, saraswathi, narmadaa, sindhu, kaveri jalesmin sannimdhikuru evam kalasha poojaam kuryaath

  

 (after chanting this mantra, dip a flower in the holy water and sprinkle it on the Goddess, things readied for puja, and on yourself.)