History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1846

v6.c81.1846

*Māheśvaravrata*—(1) begin on Phā śu 14, fast on that day and worship of Śiva; at end of vrata donate a cow, if carried on for a year he gets the fruit of Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice, if he performs for a year this vrata on the two caturdaśīs of every month, he secures all desires; HV II 152, (2) one should offer to Dakṣiṇā-mūrti every day for a year pāyasa and ghee, at end a fast, *jāgara*, gift of land, cow and bedstead, performer attains the position of Nandin (the Bull of Śiva); HV I 867 (from Skanda) Dakṣiṇāmūrti is a form of Śiva and there is a Dakṣiṇā-mūrtistotra ascribed to Śaṅkarācārya in 19 verses