History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2028
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2028
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*Viṣṇupadavrata*—begin on Pūrvāṣāḍhā-nakṣatra in Āṣāḍha; worship the three steps of Viṣṇu placed in milk or ghee; performer to subsist on sacrificial food (*haviṣya*) at night alone, in Śrāvaṇa on Uttarāṣāḍhā worship of Govinda and Viṣṇu's three steps, gift and food being different; in Bh. on Pūrvāṣāḍhā, in Phā. on Pūrvāphālgunī and in Cai. on Uttarāphalgunī similar worship; performer secures health, prosperity and goes to Viṣṇuloka; HV II. 665-667 (from Vi. Dh.).