Matsyapurana 141.3

141.3

*matsya uvāca
tasya cāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi prabhāvaṃ vistareṇa tu
ailasya divi saṃyogaṃ somena saha dhīmatā //

Sûta said:—O Munis! I shall relate to you in detail the glory of the king Ailâ as well as his union with the Moon in heaven, also, about the getting of the nectar from the Moon and performing tarpana to the Piṭris The following Piṭris, viz., Saumya, Vahı̂rsada, Kâvyâ and Agniṣvâtâ are satisfied by the ambrosia produced from the Moon When the Moon and the Sun are in conjunction with one asterism, the Amâvâsyâ, i.e., when it is new-moon, the king Ailâ goes to see his grandfather and grandmother, the Sun and the Moon in the Heaven (on every Amâvâsya day) There, after saluting both (the Sun and the Moon), he takes rest for sometime and then proceeds on his journey after worshipping the Moon in the proper time The learned king, Ailâ of the Purûravâ dynasty, thus spends his time every month in worshipping the Sun, for the brief period of Sinîvâlî with the object of performing Śrâddha ceremony. He then worships the Piṭris for the brief period of two lavas, the period of Kuhû (the new moon) That the worship of the Piṭris ought to be done in Kuhû period was known to him For this reason, waiting for a short period before the Sun and the Moon, he used to come to Soma when the Kuhû time approached There, he satisfied the Piṭris with the fifteenth ray of the Moon, that used to pour out Svadhâ nectar The Piṭris, who eat in the dark fortnight, get pleased with this Svadhâ nectar Thus, with oblations of beautiful honey, til (seed of Sesamum) and Nivâpa he gratified with Svadhâ nectar the Piṭris Saumya, Vahı̂rsada, Kâvyâs and Agniṣvâtâs—2-12