Tithyarka 2.p1.18

2.p1.18

“yeyaṃ bhādrapade māsi ṣaṣṭhī syādbharatarṣabha !
iyaṃ pāpaharā puṇyā śivā śāntā śubhā nṛpa !
snānadānādikaṃ sarvamasyāmakṣayamucyate
asyāṃ paśyanti gāṅgeyaṃ dakṣiṇāpathamāśritam
brahmahatyādipāpaistu mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ |” iti
āśvinaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ divasatrayasādhyaṃ pūjāṅgatvena bilvābhimantraṇaṃ kuryāt | taduktaṃ devīpurāṇe—
“jyeṣṭhānakṣatrayuktāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ bilvābhimantraṇam
saptamyāṃ mūlayuktāyāṃ patrikāyāḥ praveśanam
pūrvāṣāḍhayutāṣṭamyāṃ pūjāhomādyupoṣaṇam
uttareṇa navamyāṃ tu balibhiḥ pūjayecchivām
śravaṇena daśamyāṃ tu praṇipatya visarjayet |” iti
athā''mantraṇaprakāraḥ—bilvābhyāsaṃ gatvā, bilvaṃ sampūjya,
nāmamantreṇa bilvavṛkṣe durgāṃ ca sampūjya prārthayet | tatra mantraḥ—
“rāvaṇasya vadhārthāya rāmasyānugrahāya ca
akāle brahmaṇā bodho devyāstava kṛtaḥ purā
ahamapyāśritaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sāyāhne bodhayāmyataḥ |”
athā''mantraṇamantraḥ—
“śrīśailaśikhare jātaḥ śrīphala ! śrīniketanaḥ
netavyo'si mayā vṛkṣa ! pūjyo durgāsvarūpataḥ ||” iti
ānayanaprakāraḥ saptamyāṃ vakṣyate | kārttikaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāṃ vahnipūjoktā
kālādarśa matsyapurāṇe—
“vṛścikārke śuklaṣaṣṭhī bhaumavāre'pyupasthite
mahāṣaṣṭhīti sā proktā sarvapāpaharā tithiḥ
tasyāṃ svapiti vai vahniḥ pūrvatropoṣva vai dine
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vahniṃ samabhyarcya kuryādvahnimahotsavam ||” iti
vṛścikārke kārttika iti tatraiva vyākhyātam | mārgaśuklaṣaṣṭhī yogaviśeṣeṇa campāṣaṣṭhī | taduktaṃ mallārimāhātmye—
mārge bhādrapade śuklā ṣaṣṭhī vaidhṛtisaṃyutā
ravivāreṇa saṃyuktā sā campetīha kīrttitā