Vrataraja (Vishvanatha Sangameshvara) 2.1.1

2.1.1

atrakecittvakartavyaviṣayoniyataḥsaṃkalpovratamiti|| tanna|| agnihotrasaṃdhyāvaṃdanādivi
ṣayesaṃkalpe'tiprasakteḥ|| ato'bhiyuktaprasiddhiviṣayoyaḥsaṃkalpaviśeṣaḥ saevavratam || nacavrataṃsaṃkalpayedityananvaya
itivācyam|| pākaṃpacatidānaṃdadyāditivatpratyayānugrahārthaṃprayogopapatteritinavyāḥ|| athavratakālastatrādauniṣiddha
kālamāha hemādrau gārgyaḥ || astaṃ gate ca gurau śukre bāle vṛddhe malimluce || udyāpanamupāraṃbhaṃ vratānāṃ naiva kārayet || tatraiva vṛddha
manubṛhaspatī || agnyādhānaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca yajñadānavratāni ca || māṃgalyamabhiṣekaṃ ca malamāse vivarjayet || bāle vā yadi vā
vṛddhe śukre cāstaṃgate gurau || malamāse ca etāni varjayeddevadarśanam || lallaḥ|| nīcasthe vakrasaṃsthe'pyaticaraṇagate bālavṛddhāsta
ge vā saṃnyāso devayātrā vrata niyamavidhiḥ karṇavedhastu dīkṣā || mauṃjībaṃdho'tha cūḍā pariṇayana vidhirvāstudeva pratiṣṭhā va
rjyāsadbhiḥ prayatnāttridaśapatigurau siṃharāśisyite ceti || nīcastho makarasthaḥ || kalpatarau devīpurāṇe || siṃhasaṃsthaṃ guruṃ śu
kraṃ sarvāraṃbheṣu varjayet || prārabdhaṃ na ca siddhyeta mahābhayaṃkaraṃ bhavet || putramitrakalatrāṇi hanyācchīghraṃ na saṃśayaḥ || devārāma
taḍāgeṣu vratodyānagṛheṣu ca || siṃhasthaṃ makarasthaṃ ca guruṃ yatnena varjayet || vasiṣṭhaḥ || siṃhasye tu maghāsaṃsthaṃ guruṃ yatnena varjayet
anyatra siṃha bhāge tu siṃhasthopi na duṣyati || siṃhasthagurorvarjanīyatvaṃ narmadottara bhāga eva| anyatra tu siṃhāṃśa eva varjyaḥ || tathā