Tithyarka 2.p1.25

2.p1.25

“tithiḥ śarīraṃ tithiratha kāraṇaṃ
tithiḥ pramāṇaṃ tithiratha sādhanam ||”
iti vallokteḥ| etena nakṣatrābhāve karmalopa ityuktaṃ sindhukārajyeṣṭhaistadapāstam
atra viśeṣastitthitattve kālikāpurāṇe“caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ yo naro niyatendriyaḥ
snāyāllauhityatoyeṣu sa yāti brahmaṇaḥ padam ||” iti
lauhityo brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ | snānamantrastatraiva“brahmaputra ! mahābhāga ! śantanoḥ kulasambhava !
amoghagarbhasambhūta ! pāpaṃ lauhitya ! me hara ||” iti
punarvasubudhavārābhyāṃ yukteyaṃ praśastetyuktaṃ pṛthvīcandrodaye
viṣṇunā“punarvasubudhopetā caitre māsi sitāṣṭamī
prātastu vidhivatsnātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet ||” iti
vaiśākhaśuklāṣṭamyāmrāmrarasena snānamuktaṃ nirṇayāmṛte devīpurāṇe“sahakāraphalaiḥ snānaṃ vaiśākhe hyaṣṭamīdine
ātmano devatāṃ snāpya māṃsīvālakavāribhiḥ ||”
māṃsī jaṭāmāṃsī | vālakamuśīram
tatraiva saṃvatsarapradīpe—
“devyāḥ pūjāṃ ca kurvīta ketakayā campakena ca
śarkarākṣīranaivedyaṃ kanyāvipreṣu bhojanam
ātmanaḥ pāraṇaṃ tadvad dakṣiṇāṃ śaktito dadet
sarvatīrthābhiṣekantu anenāpnoti bhārgava ! ||” iti
atha jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ trilocanapūjanamīśalokapradamuktaṃ bhaviṣyottare—
“jyeṣṭhe māsi dvijaśreṣṭha ! kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ trilocanam
yaḥ pūjayati deveśamīśalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ ||” iti
jyeṣṭhaśuklāṣṭamyāṃ śuklāṃ devīṃ pūjayedityukataṃ nirṇayāmṛte brahmapurāṇe—
“śuklāṣṭamyāṃ purā jātā śuklā devī mahāniśi
vadhāya dānavendrāṇāṃ śuklapakṣe tato yajet ||” iti
āṣāḍhaśuklāṣṭamyāṃ mahiṣaghnīṃ devīṃ pūjayedityukataṃ devīpurāṇe—
“aṣṭamyāṃ ca tathā''ṣāḍhe niśātoyena snāpayet