Matsyapurana 63.1

63.1

*īśvara uvāca
athānyāmapi vakṣyāmi tṛtīyāṃ pāpanāśinīm
rasakalyāṇinīmetāṃ purākalpavido viduḥ //

The Lord Siva said :—I shall now describe to you another Tritîyâ ordinance that washes off all the sins and is known as "Rasakalyâṇinî tritîyâ" by knowers of ancient rituals. In observing it the devotee should bathe in cow’s milk and sesamum on the third day of the bright fortnight in the month of Mâgha. The Goddess should be bathed with honey and the juice of sugarcane. The right hand side of the Goddess should be worshipped first and the left hand side afterwards, with the following mantras :—1-3.