History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2067

v6.c81.2067

*Śatabhiṣāsnāna*—on Dhaniṣṭhā-nakṣatra fast for both performer and his priest; performer seated on Bhadrāsana was to be bathed with water from one hundred jars filled with conches and pearls and after bath, he, wearing unused garment, should worship Keśava, Varuṇa, Candra, Śatabhiṣak nakṣatra (the presiding deity of which is Varuṇa) with gandha &c.; donate to ācārya liquids, cow, jar and gold and dakṣiṇā to other brāhmaṇas; he should wear a jewel surrounded by three coverings of śamī and śālmali (silk-cotton) leaves and tips of bamboo; all diseases vanish; nakṣatra-vrata; Viṣṇu, Varuṇa deities; HV II. 653-54 (from Vi. Dh.).