History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1536

v6.c81.1536

*Nakṣatravidhi-vrata*—begin on Mṛgaśiras; worship of Pārvatī, identifying her feet with Mūla, her lap with Rohiṇī, Aśvinī with her knees and so on with other limbs; on each nakṣatra he fasts and at end of that nakṣatra there is pāraṇā; he offers different food to the brāhmaṇas on each nakṣatra; the flowers and naivedya offered to the deity are different on each nakṣatra; the reward is beauty and *saubhāgya*; KKV 411-414, HV II. 696-698 (from Devīpurāṇa).