Tithyarka 5.p1.9

5.p1.9

iti pūrvamuktatvāt | rudravrataṃ skandapurāṇe darśitam—
“caturdaśī tu karttavyā trayodaśyā yutā vibho !
mama bhaktairmahābāho ! bhavedyā cāparāhṇikī ||” iti
atra mama bhaktairitīśvaroktiliṅgādasya rudravratasambandhicaturdaśīviṣayatvaṃ vijñāyate | caitraśuklacaturdaśī rātrivyāpinī kāryā,
"madhoḥ śrāvaṇamāsasya śuklā yā tu caturdaśī
sā rātrivyāpinī grāhyā parā pūrvāhṇagāminī ||"
iti baudhāyanavākyāt | parā anyā anyamāsagatā śuklacaturdaśī
pūrvāhṇagāminyuttaraviddhetyanuvādaḥ | śrīmātāmahāstu rātrivyāpinītyetatpūrvaviddhāparamityūcuḥ | tatra spaṣṭārthatvādratrāveva paśupatīśvarapūjāvidhānācca pūrvaṃmatameva yuktamābhāti | asyāṃ kāmamahotsava
ukto hemādrau devīpurāṇe—
"caitre sitacaturdaśyāṃ bhavetkāmamahotsavaḥ
jugupsitoktibhistatra gītavastrādibhirnṛṇām
bhagavāṃstuṣyate kāmaḥ putrapautrasamṛddhidaḥ |” iti
iyameva paśupatīśvarapūjane rātrivyāpinī grāhyā,
"caitraśuklacaturdaśyāmupoṣaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
pūjayitvā paśupatiṃ rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā
niśi bhramanti bhūtāni śaktayaḥ śūlabhṛdyataḥ
atastatra caturdaśyāṃ satyāṃ tatpūjanaṃ bhavet ||”
iti brahmavaivarttāt
vaiśākhaśuklacaturdaśī nṛsiṃhajayantī | taduktaṃ govindārṇave brāhme—
"śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi mādhavasaṃjñake
prādurbhūto nṛpañcāsyastasmāttāṃ samupoṣayet ||" iti
'nṛpañcāsyo' nṛsiṃhaḥ | iyaṃ pradoṣavyāpinī grāhyā,
"vaiśākhasya caturdaśyāṃ somavāre'nilarkṣake
avatāro nṛsiṃhasya pradoṣasamaye dvijāḥ ||"
iti skāndāt;
"vaiśākhaśuklapakṣasya caturdaśyāṃ vivasvati
astaṃgāmini sarveṣāṃ puraḥ stambhasya madhyataḥ