Skandapurana 2.4.37.40

2.4.37.40

1 nityasatārakasnānama. 2 rādhādāmodarapūjanam. 3 viṣṇuhariśivanāmasmaraṇama. 4 indriyajayaḥ 5 manonigrahaḥ. 6 sarvabhūteṣu dayā. 7 īśvaradhyānama 8 īśvarapūjanam 9 satyabhāṣaṇam 10 haviṣyānnabhojanam 11 naktavratam 12 dhāraṇāpāraṇāvratam 13 maunavratama 14 brahmacarya- vratam 15 satsamāgamaḥ. 16 dhātrīpūjanam 17 dhātrīcchāyāyāṃ viṣṇupūjanam 18 nityakathā- śravaṇam 19 bhūmidānama, 20 mātāpitṛsevanam 21 gurusevanam. 22 nityaṃ devadarśanam, 23 devamandire gānam- 24 devālaye nityadīpadānam. 25 catuṣpathe dīpadānam 26 brāhmaṇāya dīpadānama. 27 gośālāyāṃ dīpadānam 28 tulasīpūjanam 21 aśvatthapūjanama. 30 deva- brāhmaṇagopūjanama- 31 devapradakṣiṇākaraṇam 32 tulasīlakṣapradakṣiṇākaraṇam 33 aśvatthaprada- kṣiṇā. 34 brāhmaṇabhojanama 35 annadānam 36 govṛṣamahiṣīgajadānam 37 svarṇa- dhāturatnadānam 38 anātharakṣaṇam etānniyamānkārtike māsyavaśyaṃ seveta .

1. Daily ritual ablution while the stars are visible. 2. Worship of Rādhā and Dāmodara. 3. Remembering the names of Viṣṇu, Hari, and Śiva. 4. Subduing the senses. 5. Restraint of the mind. 6. Compassion toward all beings. 7. Meditation on Īśvara. 8. Worship of Īśvara. 9. Speaking the truth. 10. Eating sacrificial food (haviṣyānna). 11. The vow of eating only at night (nakta). 12. The vow of alternate-day fasting (dhāraṇā-pāraṇā). 13. The vow of silence. 14. The vow of celibacy (brahmacarya). 15. Association with the good. 16. Worship of the emblic myrobalan (dhātrī) tree. 17. Worship of Viṣṇu in the shade of a dhātrī tree. 18. Daily listening to sacred stories. 19. Gift of land. 20. Service to mother and father. 21. Service to the guru. 22. Daily darśana of the deity. 23. Singing in the deity's temple. 24. Daily offering of lamps in the temple. 25. Offering lamps at crossroads. 26. Offering a lamp to a brahmin. 27. Offering a lamp in a cowshed. 28. Worship of tulasī. 29. Worship of the holy fig (aśvattha) tree. 30. Worship of deities, brahmins, and cows. 31. Circumambulation of the deity. 32. One hundred thousand circumambulations of tulasī. 33. Circumambulation of an aśvattha tree. 34. Feeding brahmins. 35. Gift of food. 36. Gift of a cow, a bull, a buffalo-cow, and an elephant. 37. Gift of gold, metals, and jewels. 38. Protection of the helpless. One should strictly practice these observances in the month of Kārtika.