Matsyapurana 79.3

79.3

viprān sampūjayitvā tu mandāraṃ prāśayenniśi
tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtvā snānaṃ punardvijān //

That day he should honor a few Brâhmaṇas and feed them with delicious food at night. Mandâra prâśana should be offerred to the Deva. On the following morning, that is, the saptamî day, he should feed the Brâhmaṇas again, according to his means, after his morning ablutions. Then procure eight Mandâra flowers and prepare a golden image of the Sun carrying a lotus in his hand and place it in a copper-vessel containing sesamum, and prepare also an eight-petalled lotus and invoke the God Sun, thus. He should offer one mandâra flower on each petal.—3-5.