History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1540

v6.c81.1540

*Nadītrirātravrata*—When a river is full of flood in Ās, a person should collect the water in a dark jar, take it home, then next morning he should bathe in the river and worship the jar, observe fast for three days or one or only ekabhakta, keep a lamp continuously burning, take the name of the river and Varuṇa, offer arghya, fruits, naivedya &c. and pray to Govinda; this vrata for three years; then donate cow etc.; he secures progeny and saubhāgya Pad. VI. 71.