[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) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 2.2.2 # Nirnayasindhu 2.2.2 Nirṇayasindhu 2.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.2) brahmavaivarttāt || gaurīvrate tu viśeṣamāha mādhavaḥ “muhūrttamātrasattvepi dine gaurīvrataṃ pare śuddhādhikāyāmapyevaṃ gaṇayogapraśaṃsanāt ||” iti caturthīnirṇayaḥ caturthyapi sarvamate gaṇeśavratātiriktā paraiva | yugmavākyāt | “ekādaśī tathā ṣaṣṭhī amāvāsyā caturthikā | upoṣyāḥ parasaṃyuktāḥ parāḥ pūrveṇa saṃyutāḥ || ” iti mādhavīye bṛhadvasiṣṭhokteśca || 'nāgacaturthī tu madhyāhnavyāpinī pañcamīyutā ca grāhyā' iti nirṇayāmṛte | mādhavīye coktam-“yugaṃ madhyandine yatra tatropoṣyā phaṇīśvarān | kṣīreṇāpyāyya pañcamyāṃ pūjayetprayato naraḥ | viṣāṇi tasya naśyanti na tānhiṃsanti pannagāḥ ||” iti mādhavīye devalokteḥ || yugaṃ caturthī | pūrvatra madhyāhnavyāptau pūrvā | anyapakṣeṣu paraiva pañcamyāṃ pūjokteḥ || gaṇeśavrate tṛtīyāyutaiva caturthī | “caturthī tu tṛtīyāyāṃ mahāpuṇyaphalapradā | karttavyā vratibhirvatsa gaṇanāyasutoṣiṇī || ” iti hemādrau brahmavaivartāt mādhavīye tu gaṇeśavrate madhyāhnavyāpinī mukhyā | “caturthī gaṇanāyasya mātṛviddhā praśasyate | madhyāhnavyāpinī cetsyātparataścetpare'hani || ” iti bṛhaspativacanāt || “prātaḥ śuklatilaiḥ snātvā madhyāhne pūjayennṛpa" iti tatkalpe'bhidhānācca | tena paradine sattve parā anyathā pūrvetyuktam | vastutastu | yatra bhādraśuklacaturthyādau gaṇeśavrataviśeṣe madhyāhnapūjoktā tadviṣayānyeva prāguktavacanāni, na tu sārvatrikāṇi || saṃkaṣṭacaturthyādau bahūnāṃ - [Previous: 2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.1) - [Next: 2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.3) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.4.p37) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.5.p63) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.5.p63) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.2) · Pramāṇa