Matsyapurana 62.7

62.7

pratipakṣaṃ tṛtīyāsu pumānāpītavāsasī
dhārayedatha raktāni nārī cedatha saṃyatā //

On every third day of the bright and the dark fortnights, the male devotees, with their minds controlled, should wear yellow garments, the married women red garments ; the widows should put on ochre-coloured garments, and maidens should be clad in white. Afterwards, the devotee should bathe the goddess with pañchagavya and milk, then with honey and then with water aromated with flowers and sandal. Then white flowers, various kinds of fruits, salt, raw-sugar, milk, clarified butter, white rice, sesamum, coriander and cuminseed should be offered to the goddess, and a libation of water should be made on the third days of the bright and dark fortinghts with the following mantras.—7-10.