History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1496

v6.c81.1496

*Dvitīyābhadravrata*—This is a vrata on the Karaṇa called Viṣṭi; begin on Mārg śu. 4; for a year; worship of Bhadrā-devī and repeat the mantra 'Bhādre bhadrāya bhadram hi cariṣye vratam-eva te | Nirvighnaṁ kuru me devi kārya-siddhiṁ ca bhāvaya ||'; honour a brāhmaṇa; he should not partake of food while Bhadrā *karaṇa* is on; at the end an iron or stone or wooden or painted image of Bhadrā should be established and worshipped; the reward is that the man's undertakings even when begun in Bhadrā succeed. HV II. 724-726 (from Bhav. U.), PC 52. Bhadrā or Visti is looked upon in most cases as a horror and inauspicious, vide SmK 565-566.