Tithyarka 2.p1.24

2.p1.24

yogo'yaṃ padmakau nāma sahasrārkagrahaiḥ samaḥ ||” iti
saptamī budhavāreṇa siddhā | ravivāreṇa saṃvartayogākhyā viruddhā
yoginyasyāṃ vāyavyām | iti saptamī nirṇītā
athāṣṭamī nirṇayate | sā śuklā parā, itarā pūrvā | taduktaṃ
nigame—
“śuklapakṣe'ṣṭamī caiva kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī
pūrvaviddhaiva karttavyā paraviddhā na kutracit ||” iti
upavāseṣvevāyaṃ niyamo na tu sarvatra,
“upavāseṣu rājendra ! eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ |”
iti tatraivoktatvāt | tatra sarvāṣṭamīṣu durgāpūjoktā kāśīkhaṇḍe—
“aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ bhaumavāre viśeṣataḥ
sampūjyā satataṃ kāśyāṃ durgā durgārttināśinī ||” iti
tathā—
“aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ ravibhūmijavāsare
yātrāṃ ca bhairavīṃ kṛtvā naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate ||” iti
caitraśuklāṣṭamī bhavānyaṣṭamī | atra bhavānīyātroktā
kāśīkhaṇḍe—
“caitrāṣṭamyāṃ mahāyātrāṃ bhavānyāḥ kārayet sudhīḥ
aṣṭādhikāḥ prakarttavyāḥ śatakṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇāḥ
bhavānīṃ yastu paśyeta śuklāṣṭamyāṃ madhau naraḥ
na jātu śokaṃ labhate sadānandamayo bhavet ||” iti
sā parayutā grāhyā | taduktaṃ nigame—
“yugmāgniyugabhūtānāṃ ṣaṇmunyorvasurandhrayoḥ
rudreṇa dvādaśīyuktā caturdaśyā ca pūrṇimā
pratipadapyamāvāsyā tithyoryugmaṃ mahāphalam
etad vyastaṃ mahādoṣaṃ hanti puṇyaṃ purākṛtam ||” iti
“aśokakalikā aṣṭau ye pibanti punarvasau
caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ na te śokamavāpnuyuḥ ||” iti
“tvāmaśokaṃ śivābhīṣṭaṃ madhumāsasamudbhavam
pibāmi śokasantapto māmaśokaṃ sadā kuru ||” iti
aśokakalikāprāśane tviyaṃ nakṣatravaśātpūrvā parā vā grāhyā
nakṣatrābhāve'pi kevalāṣṭamyāṃ kāryam,