Matsyapurana 67.3

67.3

candroparāgaṃ samprāpya kṛtvā brāhmaṇavācanam
sampūjya caturo viprāñ śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ //

Manu said:—Lord! Knower of the rites, the mantras and of the things to be given away in charity at the time of solar and lunar eclipses, I wish to hear from you the method of bathing at those times.—1. The Lord said:—When the eclipse takes place, at the time when the sun or the moon is in that particular sign of the zodiac under which a person is born, it is necessary that he should bathe in water mixed with herbs, according to the prescribed rituals, as mentioned below. When there is a lunar eclipse, the devotee should get blessings invoked by Brâhmaṇas and worship four of them with white flowers and sandal paste, and place four flawless pitchers, full of water and herbs, before the commencement of the eclipse, and consider these pitchers as representing oceans.—2-4.