Matsyapurana 60.37

60.37

vāsudevī tathā gaurī maṅgalā kamalā satī
umā ca dānakāle tu prīyatāmiti kīrtayet //

The following special articles of diet and mantra of gift (Dâna) should be observed : hear them from me. The devotee should drink the washing of the cow's horns in the month of Chaitra, eat cowdung in the month of Vaisâkha. The flower of Mandâra tree in the month of Jyaiṣṭha, the leaves of the woodapple (Vilvapatra) in the month of Âṣâdha, curds in the month of Śrâvaṇa, the water sprinkled with the Kuśa grass in the month of Bhâdra. Milk in Âśvina, clarified butter, mixed with curd, in Kârtika, the cow's urine in Mârgaśira, clarified butter in Pauṣa. Black sesamum in Mâgha, Pañchagavya in Phâlguṇa. At the time of giving away the gifts, the devotee should recite the following mantra : "Lalitâ, Vijayâ, Bhadrâ, Bhavânî, Kumudâ, Śivâ, Vâsudevî, Gaurî, Mangalâ, Kamalâ, Satî, Umâ, be pleased." In other words, the devotee should in each month invoke the pleasure of the Goddess by reciting a fresh name out of the twelve names mentioned, viz., in Chaitra he should say, "Lalitâ be pleased," in Vaisakha, "Vijayâ be pleased," and so on.—33-37.