Devimahatmya or Saptashaticandi 42.1

42.1

āśvina śukla pakṣa ke pratipat ko sādhaka apane sandhyopāsanādi nitya karmoṃ se nivṛtta hone ke bāda pūraba mukha hokara baiṭhe aura tithi ādi kā ullekha karate hue nīce likhe anusāra saṃkalpa kare
'oṃ tatsadya amukamāsi amukarāśigate savitari śuklapakṣe pratipadi tithau viśeṣakṣetre (kāśyādikṣetre) amukagotro'mukaśarmā'ham amukaphalavāptaye adyārabhya navamīṃ tithiṃ yāvat navacaṇḍīvidhānamahaṃ kariṣye'
yadi yaha vidhāna dūsare kisī ācārya ke dvārā sampanna karavānā ho to 'ahaṃkariṣye' ke sthāna para 'ahaṃ kariṣyāmi' aisā ācārya ko par̤hanā cāhiye
śratha khilamārkaṇḍeyokta-navacaṃḍīvidhiḥ
ṛṣiruvāca—
śaradṛtāviṣe māsi śuklapakṣe nṛpottama
pratipattithimārabhya navacaṇḍīṃ samāpayet