Skandapurana 4.4.16.7

4.4.16.7

vṛṃtākaṃ sūraṇaṃ caiva śūkaśiṃbiṃ ca varjayet .. 88 ..
kārtike varjayettailaṃ kārtike varjaye nmadhu ..
kārtike varjayetkāṃsyaṃ kārtike cāpisaṃdhitam .. 89 ..
kārtike maunaniyame ghaṃṭāṃ cāru pradāpayeta ..
patrabhojī kāṃsyapātraṃ ghṛtapūrṇaṃ prayacchati ..4.1.4.90..
bhūmiśayyāvrate deyā śayyā ślakṣṇā satūlikā ..
phalatyāge phalaṃ deyaṃ rasatyāge ca tadrasam .. 91 ..
dhānyatyāge ca taddhānyamathavā śālayaḥ smṛtāḥ ..
dhenūrdadyātprayatnena sālaṃkārāḥ sakāṃcanāḥ .. 92 ..
ekataḥ sarvadānāni dīpadānaṃ tathaikataḥ ..
kārtike dīpadānasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 93 ..
kiṃcidabhyudite sūrye māghasnānaṃ samācaret ..
yathāśaktyā ca niyamānmāghasnāyī samācaret .. 94 ..
pakvānnairbho jayedviprānyatinopi tapasvinaḥ ..
laḍḍukaiḥ pheṇikābhiśca vaṭakeṃḍarikādibhiḥ .. 95 ..
ghṛtapakvaiḥ samīracaiḥ śucikarpūravāsitaiḥ ..
garbhe śarkarayā pūrṇairnetrānaṃ daiḥ sugaṃdhibhiḥ .. 96 ..
śuṣkeṃdhanānāṃ bhārāṃśca dadyācchītāpanuttaye ..
kaṃcukaṃ tūlagarbhaṃ ca tūlikāṃ sūpavītikām .. 97 ..
maṃjiṣṭhā raktavāsāṃsi tathā tūlavatīṃ paṭīm ..
jātīphala lavaṃgaiśca tāṃbūlāni bahūnyapi .. 98 ..
kaṃbalāni vicitrāṇi nirvātāni gṛhāṇi ca ..
mṛdulāḥ pādarakṣāśca sugaṃdhyudvarttanāni ca..99..
ghṛtakaṃbalapūjābhirmahāsnānapuraḥsaram ..
kṛṣṇāguruprabhṛtibhirgarbhāgāre pradhūpanaiḥ .. 4.1.4.100 ..
sthūlavartipradīpaiśca naivedyairvividhaistathā ..
bhartṛsvarūpo bhagavānprīyatāmiti coccaret .. 1 ..
evaṃvidhaiśca vidhavā vividhairniyamairvrataiḥ ..
vaiśākhānkārtikānmāghānevamevātivāhayet .. 2 ..

She should avoid eggplant, sūraṇa yam, and velvet bean. // 88
In Kārttika she should avoid oil, in Kārttika she should avoid honey, / in Kārttika she should avoid bell-metal, and in Kārttika she should avoid fermented food. // 89
During a vow of silence in Kārttika, she should present a beautiful bell; / if she has vowed to eat from leaves, she presents a bell-metal vessel filled with clarified butter. // 90
Under the vow of sleeping on the ground, a smooth bed with a mattress should be given; / upon abstaining from fruits, fruit should be given; upon abstaining from flavors, that flavor; // 91
upon abstaining from grain, that grain—or else fine rice is prescribed; / she should diligently give milk-cows adorned with ornaments and gold. // 92
All gifts on one side, and the gift of a lamp on the other: / [all gifts] do not equal a sixteenth part of the gift of a lamp in Kārttika. // 93
When the sun has slightly risen, she should perform the Māgha ritual ablution; / and one who performs the Māgha ritual ablution should undertake religious observances according to her ability. // 94
She should feed brahmins, ascetics, and practitioners of austerities with cooked foods: / with laḍḍukas, pheṇikās, vaṭakas, iṇḍarikās, and the like, // 95
cooked in clarified butter, seasoned with pepper, perfumed with pure camphor, / filled inside with sugar, pleasing to the eyes, and fragrant. // 96
She should also give loads of dry firewood to dispel the cold, / a bodice stuffed with cotton, a soft mattress, and a fine sacred thread, // 97
garments dyed with madder, and cotton cloths, / and many betel leaves with nutmeg and cloves, // 98
variegated blankets, rooms free of drafts, / soft footwear, and fragrant unguents, // 99
preceded by great ritual ablutions, with worship using clarified butter and blankets, / with incenses such as black agallochum burnt in the inner sanctum, // 100
with lamps of thick wicks, and likewise with diverse offerings of food; / and she should say, “May the Lord, who is the true form of my husband, be pleased.” // 1
With such various vows and observances, a widow / should thus spend the months of Vaiśākha, Kārttika, and Māgha. // 2