Vaishnava Dharmashastra 90.3
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 90.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
90.3
pauṣī cet puṣyayuktā syāt, tasyāṃ gaurasarṣapakalkodvartitaśarīro gavyaghṛtapūrṇakumbhenābhiṣiktaḥ sarvauṣadhibhiḥ sarvagandhaiḥ sarvabījaiś ca snāto ghṛtena bhagavantaṃ vāsudevaṃ snāpayitvā gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpanaivedyādibhir abhyarcya vaiṣṇavaiḥ śākrair bārhaspatyaiś ca mantraiḥ pāvake hutvā sasuvarṇena ghṛtena brāhmaṇān svasti vācayet ||
If on the full moon day of the month Pausha the moon enters the lunar asterism Pushya, he must rub over his body with a dough prepared with white mustard-seeds, anoint himself with a kumbha of clarified butter made of cow-milk, wash himself with (water and with) all sorts of medicinal herbs, all sorts of perfumes, and all sorts of seeds, wash (an image of) Bhagavat Vâsudeva (Vishnu) with clarified butter, and worship him with perfumes, flowers, incense, with a lamp, with eatables, and the like, offer an oblation in the fire with Mantras tending to the praise of Vishnu (such as Rig-veda I, 22, 17, and others), Mantras tending to the praise of Indra (such as Rig-veda VI, 47, 11, and others), Mantras tending to the praise of Brihaspati (such as Rig-veda II, 23, 15, and others, and with one Mantra tending to the praise of Agni Svishtakrit), and cause three Brâhmanas to pronounce the benediction, after having bestowed clarified butter and gold upon them.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English