Prataparka 8.p89

8.p89

śiṣṭā api ṣoḍaśadinaparyantaṃ pratyahaṃ sati sambhave yātnāṃ kurvanti | asyāmevāṣṭamyāṃ mahālakṣmīvratārambhaḥ kāryaḥ | taduktaṃ madanaratne skāṃde-"māsi bhādrapade śukle pakṣe jyeṣṭhāyutāṣṭamī prārabdhavyaṃ vratam | tatra mahālakṣmyāyattātmabhiriti purāṇasamuccaye'pi - "śriyo'rcanaṃ bhādrapade sitāṣṭamīṃ, prārabhya kanyāmagate ca sūrye | samāpayet tatra tithau ca yāvatsūryastu pūrvārdhaṃgato yuvatyāḥ ||"