History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1576

v6.c81.1576

*Niksubhārkasaptamī*—begin on 6th or 7th tithi or on Sankrānti or on Sunday; one year; golden or silver or wooden image of Sun and Niksubhā (Sun's wife) to be bathed with ghee &c.; fast and homa; dinner to devotees of Sun and Bhojakas; reward is that performer secures all desired objects, goes to Sūryaloka and various other worlds; KKV 153-156, HV I. 674-676 (from Bhav. Brāhmaparva 166); AK (folio 457a-459b) notes that there are several varieties of this vrata: (1) from Saurasamhitā; for one year from M. śu. 7; (2) from Bhav.; (3) from M. kr. 7; (4) from Bhaviṣyottara.