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# Tithyarka 2.p1.26

Tithyarka 2.p1.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.p1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.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

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.8.p29) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit
- [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.10.p33) — Mādhava, Sanskrit

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