Tithyarka 2.p1.26

2.p1.26

svayaṃ snātvā ca karpūraiścandanaistāṃ vilepayet
bhakṣyān śarkarayā pūrṇānpānakāni śubhāni ca
śaktito dakṣiṇāṃ dadyānmahiṣaghnīṃ ca kīrttayet ||” iti
niśā haridrā | atra sāmānyanirṇayo jñeyaḥ
“aharniśaṃ yogigaṇaikavandyaṃ kṛṣṇāṅghriyugmaṃ vimalaṃ praṇamya
vibhāvya mātāmahasampradāyaṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamīnirṇayamātanomi ||”
śrāvaṇakṛṣṇāṣṭamī kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamītyucyate | taduktaṃ skānde—
“aṣṭamī śrāvaṇe māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe yadā bhavet
kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī jñeyā mahāpātakanāśinī ||” iti
iyamarddharātravyāpinī grāhyā | taduktaṃ bhaviṣyottare—
“māsi bhādrapade'ṣṭamyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe'rddharātrake
śaśāṅke vṛṣarāśisthe ṛkṣe rohiṇisaṃjñite
yoge'smin vasudevāddhi devakī māmajījanat
tasmānmāṃ pūjayettatra śuciḥ samyagupoṣitaḥ ||” iti
purāṇasamuccaye'pi—
“śrāvaṇe bahule pakṣe kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvratam
rātriyuktāṃ prakurvīta viśeṣeṇendusaṃyutām ||” iti
śrāvaṇapadamatrāmāntamāsaparam | atra dinadvayasattve'sattve vā
“kiṃ punarnavamīyuktā kulakoṭyāstu muktidā” iti navamīyogaprāśastyāt ; “varjanīyā prayatnena saptamīsaṃyutāṣṭamī” iti saptamīyoganiṣedhācca parayutaiva grāhyā | iyameva rohiṇīyuktā jayantītyucyate | taduktaṃ vahnipurāṇe—
“kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ bhavedyatra kalaikā rohiṇī yadi
jayantī nāma sā proktā upoṣyā sā prayatnataḥ ||” iti
skānde'pi—
"prājāpatyena saṃyuktā aṣṭamī tu yadā bhavet
śrāvaṇe bahule sā tu sarvapāpapraṇāśinī
jayaṃ puṇyaṃ ca kurute jayantīṃ tāṃ vidurbudhāḥ ||" iti
ayaṃ ca rohiṇīyogo arddharātra eva mukhyaḥ | taduktaṃ
vasiṣṭhena—
"aṣṭamī rohiṇīyuktā niśyarddhe dṛśyate yadi