History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2091

v6.c81.2091

*Śivarathavrata*—*ekabhakta* in Hemanta (Mārg. and P.) and M.; at end of M. make a chariot decked with variegated cloth and having four white bulls yoked; place in chariot a *liṅga* made with the flour of an ādhaka of rice; drive chariot at night on the public road and bring to a Śiva temple, *jāgara* with illuminations and theatricals; next morning dinner to Śiva devotees and to the blind, poor and distressed; this is *ṛtuvrata*; present the chariot to Śiva; HV II. 859-60 (*from Vi Dh.*)