Vrata(2) p75

p75

citām . vastrayugmantato dadyāt sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitām” .
ravivrataṃ bhaviṣyapu0 “māghamāsi samudyuktastrisandhyaṃ yo'rcaya-
dravim . bhavet ṣāṇmāsikaṃ puṇyaṃ māsenaiva na saṃśayaḥ” .
rasakalyāṇinītṛtīyāvrata brahmapu0 . “anyāmapi pravakṣyāmi
tṛtīyāṃ pāpanāśanīm . rasakalyāṇinīmetāṃ purā-
kalpavido viduḥ . māghamāse tu samprāpya tṛtīyāṃ
śuklapakṣataḥ . prātargavyena payasā tilaiḥ snānaṃ samāca-
ret . snāpayenmadhunā devīṃ tathaivekṣurasena ca . gandho-

one should then give a pair of garments, [the tree being] adorned with all ornaments.”
The Ravi vow in the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa: “Zealous in the month of Māgha, whoever worships Ravi at the three junctures of the day / obtains the merit of six months in just one month, there is no doubt.”
The Rasakalyāṇinītṛtīyā vow in the Brahmapurāṇa: “I shall speak also of another third lunar day that destroys sin, / this Rasakalyāṇinī, as known by knowers of ancient kalpas. / Having reached the third lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Māgha, / in the morning one should perform ablution with cow's milk and sesamum seeds. / One should bathe the Goddess with honey and likewise with sugarcane juice, / and again with fragrant water,