[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Times of rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala) › [Determination of lunar days](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi) › [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka) › 1.5.p1.6 # Tithyarka 1.5.p1.6 Tithyarka 1.5.p1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.p1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.6) tripakṣaṃ vā mahārāja ! jīvānāṃ jīvanaṃ param pratyahaṃ kārayettasyāṃ bhojanaṃ śaktito dvijān |" iti "prapāṃ dātumaśaktena viśeṣāddharmamīpsunā pratyahaṃ dharmaghaṭako vastrasaṃveṣṭitānanaḥ brāhmaṇasya gṛhe deyaḥ śītāmalajalaḥ śuciḥ |" iti "eṣa dharmaghaṭo datto brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ asya pradānātsakalā mama santu manorathāḥ anena vidhinā yastu dharmakumbhaṃ prayacchati prapādānaphalaṃ so'pi prāpnotīha na saṃśayaḥ ||" iti asyāṃ tailābhyaṅgo nityaḥ| vacanaṃ tvagre vakṣyate jyeṣṭhaśuklapratipatprabhṛti daśamyantaṃ daśāśvamedhasnānena pāpanivṛttiruktā kāśīkhaṇḍe— “jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe prāpya pratipadaṃ tithim daśāśvamedhike snātvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ evaṃ sarvāsu tithiṣu kramātsnāyī narottamaḥ ā śuklapakṣadaśamīṃ pratijanmāghamutsṛjet ||” iti bhādraśuklapratipadi mahattamākhyaṃ śivavratamuktaṃ skandapurāṇe— “māsi bhādrapade śukle pakṣe ca pratipattithau naivedyantu pacenmaunāt ṣoḍaśa triguṇāni ca phalāni piṣṭapakvāni dadyād viprāya ṣoḍaśa devāya ṣoḍaśa tathā dātavyāni prayatnataḥ bhujyante ṣoḍaśaitāni vratasya niyamāśrayāt |” iti rudravratatvādvidaṃ pūrvaviddhāyāmeva kāryyam | taduktaṃ brahmavaivarte— “rudravrateṣu sarveṣu karttavyā saṃmukhī tithiḥ |” iti saṃmukhī sāyāhnav‍yāpinī, “saṃmukhī nāma sāyāhnavyāpinī dṛśyate yadā |” iti mādhavīyaskāndāt āśvinakṛṣṇapratipadi mahālayaśrāddhārambhaḥ kāryyaḥ| āśvinaśuklapratipadi śarannavarātrārambha ukto hemādrau dhaumyena— “āśvine māsi śukle tu kartavyaṃ navarātrakam pratipadākrameṇaiva yāvacca navamī bhavet ||” iti - [Previous: 1.5.p1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.5) - [Next: 1.5.p1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.7) - [Up: 1.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.21.p10) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.1.p8) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.6) · Pramāṇa