[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) › 110.p1.4 # Vratakhanda 110.p1.4 Vratakhaṇḍa 110.p1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [110.p1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1.4) puṇyā mahānavamyasti tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ mānuṣṭheyā suraiḥ sarvvaiḥ prajāpālairviśeṣataḥ bhavānītuṣṭaye pārtha sambatsarasukhāya ca bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ prautyarthaṃ tṛptaye ca yudhiṣṭhirauvāca kasmāt kālāt pravṛtteyaṃ navamī mahaṇanvitā kimādāvapi kaṣṇāsīṅbhagavatyāḥ priyā tithiḥ yaśodāgarbhasambhūta bhūtayācā pravarttate utāho pūrvvamevāsīt kṛtatretāyugādiṣu ye cānye prācinaḥ keciddhanyante ghātayanti vā hatānāṃ prāṇināṃ teṣāṃ kā gatiḥ pāralaukikī svayaṃ hatāṃ ghātayatāmanumodayatāṃ tathā etanme saṃśayaṃ sarvvaṃ cchettumarhasi keśava śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca yāyaṃ sā paramā śaktiranantā lokapūjitā ādyā sarvvagatā śuddhā bhāvagamyā manoharā arddhāṣṭamī kālikāyāḥ supuṣṭā sarvvamaṅgalā māyā kātyāyanī durgā cāmuṇḍā śaṅkarapriyā dhyāyanti yāṃ yogaratāḥ sā devī parameśvarī rupabherdernāmabhedairbhavānī pūjyate śivā navamyāṃ tu mahārāja devadānavarācasaiḥ gandhavvairgaruḍairyyacaiḥ pūjyate kinnarairnaraiḥ anyairapi mahīpālaiḥ sṛṣṭipūrvvaṃ prakīrttitā pūjiteyaṃ purā devaistebhyaḥ pūrvvataraiḥ śubhaiḥ aśvayukta śuklapacasya aṣṭamī mūlasaṃyutā sā mahānavamī nāma trailokye'pi sudurlabhā kanyāgate savitari śuklapace'ṣṭamī tu yā mūlanacatrasaṃyuktā sā mahānavamī smṛtā aṣṭamyāṃ ca navamyāṃ ca janmamokṣapradāyikāṃ pūjayitvāśvine māsi viśokojāyate naraḥ santarjayantī duṣkṛtairvighnodyacchedakatparā navamyāṃ pūjitā devī dadātyanupamaṃ phalaṃ sā puṇyā sā pavitrā ca sudharmmasukhadāyinī tasyāṃ sadā pūjanīyā cāmuṇḍā muṇḍamālinī tasyai ye hyupayujyante prāṇinomahiṣādayaḥ - [Previous: 110.p1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1.3) - [Next: 110.p1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1.5) - [Up: 110.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1) ## Linked texts (5) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya.5.p13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.5.p31.5) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.4.p120) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.5.p125) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.5.p125) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.110.p1.4) · Pramāṇa