Matsya Purana 57.14
Matsyapurāṇa 57.14
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57.14
śiraḥ śaśāṅkāya namo murārerviśveśvarāyeti namaḥ kirīṭine.
padmapriye rohiṇi nāma lakṣmīḥ saubhāgyasaukhyāmṛtacārukāye.. 57.13 ..
After reciting (18) शशाङ्काय नमः Śasâṁkâya namaḥ, the head of Murâri, after reciting (19) विश्वेश्वराय नमः Viśesvarâya namaḥ, the coronet (of the Divine image). Rohinî should also be worshipped. The devotee, by praying : "O, Rohinî, the beloved of the Lord, also known under the name of Lakṣmî, O blessed one," should, offer sweet-smelling flowers, incense and eatables, etc., and sleep on the floor in course of the night on getting up early in the morning, and after taking his bath, he should offer a vase of water, gold and eatables to the Brâhmaṇa, with the mantra नमः पापविनाशनाय; and then hear the recitation of some sacred book (Itihâsa), for a couple of muhûrtas (96 minutes), after taking twentyeight morsels of food with clarified butter, milk and urine of the cow, but devoid of flesh and salt.—13-15.
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit