Tithyarka 2.p1.21

2.p1.21

bilvaśākhāmānīya pūjayedityuktaṃ jyotiḥśāstre—
“āśvinasya site pakṣe sumuhūrttena saptamī
tasyāṃ ca patrikāpūjā karttavyā navanāyakaiḥ
praśastāṃ saphalāṃ bilvaśākhāmāhṛtya pūjayet |” iti
ānayanaprakārastu bilvavṛkṣaṃ durgāṃ ca sampūjya prārthayet
tatra mantraḥ—
“bilvavṛkṣa ! mahābhāga ! sarvadā śaṅkarapriya !
gṛhītvā tava śākhāṃ tu durgāpūjāṃ karomyaham
śākhācchedodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ na ca kāryyaṃ tvayā prabho !|” iti
tataḥ phalayutāṃ vānaspatyena mantreṇa śākhāṃ chittvā, gṛhramānīya,
sampūjya sthāpayet | vilvāmantraṇaprakārastu āśvinaśuklaṣaṣṭhyāmuktaḥ | atraiva mūlanakṣatre pustakasthāpanaṃ kāryyam—
“mūlarkṣe surādhīśa ! pūjanīyā sarasvatī
pūjayetpratyahaṃ devīṃ yāvadvaiṣṇavamṛkṣakam
nādhyāpayenna ca likhennādhīyīta kadācana
pustake sthāpite deva ! vidyākāmo dvijottamaḥ ||”
iti rudrayāmaṃlāt | vaiṣṇavamṛkṣakaṃ śravaṇanakṣatram | saṃgrahe'pi—
“āśvinasya site pakṣe medhākāmaḥ sarasvatīm
mūlenāvāhayeddevīṃ śravaṇena visarjayet ||” iti
mārgaśīrṣādicaturmāseṣu kṛṣṇapakṣe saptamyāṃ pūrvedyuḥ śrāddhaṃ kāryam
taduktaṃ kālādarśa—
“mārgaśīrṣe ca pauṣe ca māghe prauṣṭhe ca phālgune
kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu pūrvedyurānvaṣṭakyaṃ tathā'ṣṭakāḥ ||” iti
aṣṭakāśrāddhātpūrvedyurityarthaḥ | aṣṭakāstvaṣṭamīnirṇaye vakṣyante
atrā'ṣṭamīśrāddhānurodhena pūrvedyuḥ śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ nāparāhnādivyāptyā | tatra nirṇayaḥ | mārgaśīrṣādayaścāmāntā grāhyāḥ