Matsya Purana 239.11

239.11

kuṣmāṇḍairjuhuyātpañca kusumādyaistu ṣoḍaśa.
hotavyā daśasāhasraṃ bādarairjātavedasi .. 239.10 ..

Ten thousand sacrificial offerings should be made by reciting the sacred Gâyatrî, 6,000 by reciting the formulæ ‘mânâstokenau’ 30 000 by reciting the prescribed formulæ of the Navagrahas (nine planets), 4 000 by reciting the formula sacred to Viṣṇu, 5,000 by reciting the Kûṣmâṇḍda ṛichas, 16 000 by reciting the Kusumâdî formulæ and 10 000 by reciting the Bâdana formulæ, and 14,000 by reciting the formulæ sacred to Lakṣmî, 5 000 by reciting the formulæ sacred to Indra Thus 1 00,000 offerings should be made after which one should bathe out of the sixteen pitchers of the consecrated water containing a piece of gold Such a bath brings peace to the devotee and then presents given to the Brâhmaṇas avert all the ills of the household The sacrificial fees given on such occasions are considered of high merit—9 14