The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.124

v2.c17.124

3. *Bhaimī-ekādaśī* or the eleventh of the waxing moon in Māgha. According to the Smṛtis, on this day Bhīma, the second of the Pāṇḍu brothers, observed a strict fast for the purpose of attaining success against the Kaurava host, and it has since been held a sacred day. The fast was observed in honour of Viṣṇu; but being a sacred day it could not be overlooked [81] even in a Śivite temple. Of course the divinity cannot be subjected to a fast, so he is taken out, by proxy, in a Pālki (*śivikā*) to the temple of Bhīmeśvara, and there made to spend the day in feasting.