History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1993

v6.c81.1993

*Vāsudevadvādaśī*—on Ās śu. 12; tithi, Vāsudeva is deity; worship of the limbs of Vāsudeva from feet to head with different names of Vāsudeva and his *vyūhas*; a golden image of Vāsudeva to be worshipped which is to be placed in a water jar, covered with two garments and donated; it is worthy of note that this vrata is said to have been imparted by Nārada to Vasudeva and Devakī; the performer gets a son or kingdom if he has lost it and his sins are destroyed; HV I. 1036-37 (several verses are the same as in Var. 46).