Samvatsaradidhiti 2.1.10

2.1.10

hemādriḥ | nāgapratimālakṣaṇamuktaṃ mātsye-nāgāścaiva tu
kartavyāḥ khaṅgakheṭakadhāriṇaḥ | adhaḥ sarpākṛtisteṣāṃ nābherurdhvaṃ tu
mānuṣī | phaṇāśca mūrdhni kartavyā dvijivhā bahavo'samāḥ | iti
asamā viṣamasaṃkhyāḥ | iti
atha ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kālahemādrau brāhme-jātaḥ skandaśca ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu
śuklāyāṃ caitranāmani | senāpatye'bhiṣiktaśca devānāṃ
brahmaṇā svayam | jitavāṃstārakaṃ daityaṃ krauñcaṃ śaktyā
bibheda saḥ | tasmātsarvatra vidhinā skando mālyaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ
dīpālaṃkāravastrātrrakūṭaiḥ saṃpūjya eva hi | sakukkuṭakrīḍanakairrdhaṇṭācāmaradarpaṇaiḥ| sarvāsu śuklaṣaṣṭhīṣu kāryamevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | iti
tatraiva devīpurāṇe damanakapūjāprakaraṇe-ṣaṣṭhyāṃ skandasya kartavyā
pūjā sarvopahārikī | ihaiva sukhasaubhāgyamante skandapuraṃ
vrajet | iti | tatraiva vratakāṇḍe kālottare īśvaraḥ-caitraśuklāttkamārabhya vratārthamadhunocyate | upoṣya vidhinā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ viśeṣātṣaṇmukhaṃ yajet | mṛnmayīṃ pratimāṃ ramyāṃ tadā kuryādviśeṣataḥ
ṣaṇmukhaṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ bālavatkāñcanaprabham | mayūravāhanaṃ devaṃ saumyaṃ
lāvaṇyapūritam | śaktighaṇṭāpatākeṣupārākukkuṭabhūṣitam | daṇḍābhayaṃ savaradaṃ khaṅgeṣudhiśarāsanam | saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā śuklapuṣpopacārakaiḥ | naivedyaṃ gandhavastrāṇi śuklānyeva pradāpayet
brāhmīrasaṃ samādāya kapilājyaṃ palaṃ tathā | sarasvatyaṇunāmantrya
sahasrāṣṭottareṇa ca | ācāryaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā vastrahemānnavāhanaiḥ
brāhmīrasaghṛtaṃ paścādvratānte pāraṇaṃ hitam | māsi māsi prakartavyaṃ
yāvatsaṃvatsarāvadhi | brahmacaryeṇa śucinā varṣamekaṃ samācaret