[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) › [Vows and festivals](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata) › [Vratakhanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda) › 104.2.p1.1 # Vratakhanda 104.2.p1.1 Vratakhaṇḍa 104.2.p1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [104.2.p1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.1) śuka uvāca caturthyaṅgārakadine yadā bhavati bhārata mṛdā snānaṃ tadā kuryyāt padmarāgavibhūṣitaḥ agnirmūddhā divo mantraṃ japastiṣṭhedudaṅmukhaḥ śūdrastūṣṇaujapaṃ bhaumamāste bhogavivarjitaḥ athāstamita āditye gomayenopalipya ca prāṅgaṇaṃ puṣpamālābhiraccatābhiḥ samantataḥ abhyarccābhilikhettatra kuṅkumenāṣṭapatrakam kuṅkumasyāpyabhāve tu raktacandanamiṣyate catvāraḥ karakāḥ kāryyā bhakṣyabhojyasamanvitāḥ taṇḍulairaktaśālayaiḥ padmarāgaiśca saṃyutāḥ catuḥkoṇeṣu tān kṛtvā phalāni vividhāni ca gandhamālyādikaṃ sarvvaṃ tathaiva vinivedayet suvarṇaśṛṅgīṃ kapilāmathāccrya raupyaiḥ khuraiḥ kāṃsyadohāṃ savastrām dhurandharaṃ raktamatīva saumyaṃ dhānyāni saptāvarasaṃyutāni sapta dhānyāni, yava godhūma dhānyakam kaṅgaśyāmā caṇaka cīnakāni aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ tathaiva sauvarṇamatyāyatabāhudaṇḍam caturbhujaṃ hemamaye niviṣṭaṃ pātre guḍasyopari sarpiṣāyutam sāmasvarajñāya jitendriyāya pātrāya śīlatrayasambhavāya dātavyametatmakalaṃ dvijāya kuṭumbine naiva ca dambhayukte bhūmi putra mahātejaḥ svedodbhava pinākinaḥ rūpārthī tvāṃ prapanno'haṃ gṛhāṇārdhyaṃ namo'stu te mantreṇānena dattvāghyaṃ raktacandanavāriṇā tato'rcayeddipravaraṃ raktamālyāṃbarādibhiḥ dadyānmantreṇa tenaiva bhomaṃ gomithunānvitam śayyāṃ ca śaktito dadyātsarvopaskarasaṃyutām yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevācayamicchatā pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā visarjya dvijapuṅgava naktamacāralavaṇamaśnīyāt ghṛtasaṃyutam śaktyā yastu pumān kuryādevamaṅgārakāṣṭakam - [Previous: 104.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.6) - [Next: 104.2.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.2) - [Up: 104.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1) ## Linked texts (6) - [Merutantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.merutantra.13.222) — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p139) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.4.p72.3) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p139) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.kriyakaumudi.1.p52) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.104.2.p1.1) · Pramāṇa