[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Times of rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala) › [Determination of lunar days](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi) › [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka) › 2.p1.31 # Tithyarka 2.p1.31 Tithyarka 2.p1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.31) maheśaṃ pūjayedyastu dūrvayā sahitaṃ mune ! ||” iti iyaṃ pūrvā, “śrāvaṇī durganavamī dūrvā caiva hutāśanī pūrvaviddhā prakarttavyā śivarātrirbalerdinam ||” iti bṛhadyamenoktatvāt “śuklāṣṭamī tithiryā tu māsi bhādrapade bhavet dūrvāṣṭamī tu sā jñeyā nottarā sā vidhīyate ||” iti bhaviṣyaniṣedhācca | yadā tu jyeṣṭhābhūlayuktā, tadā parā; “muhūrttaṃ rauhiṇe'ṣṭamyāṃ pūrvā vā yadi vā parā dūrvāṣṭamī sadā tyājyā jyeṣṭhāmūlarkṣasaṃyutā aindrarkṣe pūjitā dūrvā hantyapatyāni nānyathā bharturāyurrharā mūle tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet ||” iti purāṇasamuccayāt | ‘yadi vā parā’ ityuktaṃ tatpūrvasyāṃ jyeṣṭhādiyogaviṣayam | rauhiṇo navamo muhūrttaḥ | dinadvaye jyeṣṭhāmūlayoge pūrvaiva— “karttavyā caikabhaktena jyeṣṭhāmūlaṃ yadā bhavet dūrvāmabhyarcayedbhaktyā na bandhyaṃ divasaṃ nayet ||” iti vacanāt | tadā bhakṣyaniyamo'pyukto bhaviṣye— “anagnipakvamaśnīyādannaṃ dadhiphalaṃ tathā akṣāralavaṇaṃ brahmannaśnīyānmadhunānvitam ||” iti atra vidhiḥ madanaratne— “śucau deśe prajātāyāṃ dūrvāyāṃ brāhmaṇottamaḥ sthāpya liṅgaṃ tato gandhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpaiḥ samarcayet dadhyakṣatairdvijaśreṣṭha ! arghyaṃ dadyāt trilocane dūrvāśamībhyāṃ vidhivatpūjayecchraddhayānvitaḥ ||” tatra dūrvāprārthanā— “tvaṃ dūrve'mṛtajanmāsi vanditāsi surāsuraiḥ saubhāgyaṃ santatiṃ dehi sarvakāryakarī bhava yathā śākhāpraśākhābhirvistṛtāsi mahītale tathā mamāpi santānaṃ dehi tvamajarāmaram ||” iti idamagastyodayakanyārke ca sati bhādrakṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ kāryaṃ tatra tanniṣedhāt | taduktaṃ samayamayūkhe skandapurāṇe— - [Previous: 2.p1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.30) - [Next: 2.p1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.32) - [Up: 2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1) ## Linked texts (3) - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.117.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kālatattvavivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalatattvavivecana.3.p30) — Raghunātha Vājapeyin 1595, Sanskrit - [Kālamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.31) · Pramāṇa