History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2070
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2070
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v6.c81.2070
*Śanivāravrata*—on each Saturday in Śrāvaṇa bathe an iron image of Saturn with pañcāmṛta, offer flowers, fruits &c. and recite the names of Saturn as 'Koṇastha, Piṅgala, Babhru, Kṛṣṇa, Raudra, Antaka, Yama, Sauri (son of the Sun), Śanaiścara, Manda (reference to slow motion of Saturn); naivedya on the four Saturdays of Śrāvaṇa are rice and māṣa pulse boiled together, pāyasa, *ambili* (gruel prepared with rice flour and butter-milk) and *pūrikā* (wheat cake); SmK 555-56 (contains a stotra of Śanaiścara from Skanda)