Tithyarka 2.p1.20

2.p1.20

“āṣāḍhaśuklasaptamyāṃ vivasvānnāma bhāskaraḥ
jātaḥ pūrvāsu tasmāttaṃ tatropauṣya yajetsadā
rathacakrākṛtau ramye maṇḍalaṃ sarvakāmadam
bhakṣyairbhojyaistathā peyaiḥ puṣpairdhūpairvilepanaiḥ ||” iti
āśvinaśuklasaptamī devīpūjane śrīsūryodayayutā grāhyā | taduktaṃ
pratāpamārtaṇḍe bhaviṣye—
“yugādyā varṣavṛddhiśca saptamī pārvatīpriyā
raverudayamīkṣante na tāsu tithiyugmatā ||” iti
varṣavṛddhirjanmatithiḥ | dinadvaye udayavyāptisattve sampūrṇatvātpūrvā | dinadvaye'pi tādṛśakāle'sattve ṣaṣṭhīyuktaiva grāhyā | asyāmeva trirātrārambhaḥ kāryaḥ,
“trirātraṃ vāpi karttavyaṃ saptamyādi yathākramam |” iti
dhaumyokteḥ| atra sāvitrīvratavannavamyanurodhena trirātraṃ kāryamiti
kecit | yuktaṃ tu pratipannavarātrārambhavat saptamyāmevārambhaṇīyamidam | taduktaṃ bhaviṣyottare—
“vratī ca pūjayeddevīṃ saptamyādidinatraye
dvābhyāṃ caturahobhirvā hrāsavṛddhivaśāttitheḥ
bhavānītuṣṭaye pārtha ! saṃvatsarasukhāya ca
bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ nāśārthaṃ cotsavāya ca ||” iti
idaṃ trirātrānuṣṭhānaṃ kāmyam, phalaśravaṇāt | atra dārusadanasthāpitāṃ durgāṃ pūjayedityuktaṃ nirṇayāmṛte bhaviṣye—
“saptamyāṃ nava gehāni dārujāni navāni ca
ekaṃ vā vittabhāvena kārayetsusamāhitaḥ
durgāgṛhaṃ prakarttavyaṃ caturasraṃ suśobhanam
tanmadhye vedikāṃ kuryāccaturhastāṃ śubhāṃ samām
tasyāṃ siṃhāsanaṃ kṣaumaṃ kambalājinasaṃyutam
tatra durgāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām
pūjayetprayato devīṃ naro niyamamāsthitaḥ |” iti
vedikāyāścaturhastatvaṃ kṣetraphalato jñeyam | asyāṃ ṣaṣṭhyāmāmantritāṃ