History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1677

v6.c81.1677

*Pradīptanavamī*—on 9th of Āśv. śu., tithivrata, for a year, worship Devī with mantra of 16 syllables (om mahābhagavatyai Mahiṣāsuramardinyai hum phaṭ) and worship Śiva by offering in fire a lump of guggulu, one should take on that day as much food as can be eaten while a grass fire-brand, only one cubit in length held between the thumb and forefinger being lighted, does not go out; HV I. 899-900 (from Devīpurāṇa)