Matsyapurana 74.2

74.2

*īśvara uvāca
sauraṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi nāmnā kalyāṇasaptamīm
viśokasaptamīṃ tadvat phalāḍhyāṃ pāpanāśinīm //

Śiva said:—Brahmâ! I shall describe to you the Saura dharma, consisting of the following vratas: (i) Kalyâṇa saptamî (ii) Viśokasaptamî. So also (iii) Phala Saptamî, the destroyer of sins and giver of great merit. Similarly, (iv) the sacred Śarkarâ Saptamî (v) Kamala Saptamî (vi) Mandâra Saptamî, (vii) Śubha Saptamî, the giver of auspiciousness. These are the givers of endless merit. All these have been respected by the Devas and the Ṛiṣis, and I shall describe their rituals to you, one by one, in due order.—3-4.