Matsyapurana 75.2

75.2

māghe kṛṣṇatilaiḥ snātvā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vai śuklapakṣataḥ
kṛtāhāraḥ kṛsarayā dantadhāvanapūrvakam
upavāsavrataṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī bhavenniśi //

On the sixth day of the bright fortnight, in the month of Mâgha, the devotee, after brushing his teeth in the morning and rubbing the body with black sesamum, and bathing, should fast the whole day; and at night, again brushing his teeth, he should take krisarâ pudding (consisting of rice, sesamum and a pulse cooked in milk and eaten with ghee and without salt). Then go to bed as a Brahmachârî.—2. On the following morning, after bathing and finising his daily prayer and so being pure, he should have a lotus made of gold, and worship it by pronouncing ‘Arkâya namaḥ.’—3.