Tithyarka 2.p1.7

2.p1.7

karttavyā vratibhirvatsa ! gaṇanāyasutoṣiṇī ||" iti
caitraśuklacaturthī vighnanāśinī | tatra laḍ‌ḍukairgaṇeśaṃ pūjayedityuktaṃ nirṇayāmṛte devīpurāṇe caturthīprakaraṇe—
"gaṇeśaṃ kārayetpūjāṃ laḍ‌ḍukādibhirādarāt
caturthyāṃ vighnanāśāya sarvakāmārthasiddhaye ||" iti
gaṇeśamiti ṣaṣṭhyarthe dvitīyā | jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturthyāṃ strībhiḥ saubhāgyavṛddhaye umā pūjyetyuktaṃ bhaviṣye—
"jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturthyāṃ tu jātā pūrvamumā satī
tasmātsā tatra sampūjyā strībhiḥ saubhāgyavṛddhaye ||" iti
atra sāmānyanirṇayaḥ | śrāvaṇakṛṣṇacaturthī saṅkaṭacaturthītyucyate | taduktaṃ skānde—
"śrāvaṇe bahule pakṣe. caturthyāṃ ca vidhūdaye
tasmin dine vrataṃ kāryaṃ saṃkaṣṭākhyaṃ sureśvari ! ||" iti
śrāvaṇo'trāmānto jñeyaḥ, cāndramāsasya mukhyatvāt | vidhuścandraḥ
etasmādeva vacanādiyaṃ candrodayavyāpinī grāhyā | "dinadvaye
candrodaye sattve'sattve vā mātṛviddhā praśasyate" iti vākyaśeṣāt
pūrvaiva | bhādrakṛṣṇacaturthī bahulāvrate pūrvaiva, pañcamīyuktāniṣedhāt
taduktaṃ madanaratne purāṇasamuccaye—
"gauryāścaturthī vaṭadhenupūjā durgārcanaṃ durbharaholikā ca
vatsasya pūjā śivarātriretāḥ parānvitā ghnanti nṛpaṃ sarāṣṭram ||"
iti | atra dhenupūjeti bahulā caturthī gṛhyate | iyaṃ
madhyadeśe prasiddhā | bhādraśuklacaturthī siddhivināyakavrate—
"prātaḥ śuklatilaiḥ snātvā madhyāhne pūjayennṛpa" iti vacanāt | madhyāhnasya pūjākālatvāt madhyāhnavyāpinyeva grāhyā
bṛhaspatirapi—
"caturthī gaṇanāyasya mātṛviddhā praśasyate
madhyāhnavyāpinī cetsyātparataścetpare'hani ||" iti