History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2094

v6.c81.2094

*Śivavrata*—(1) For four months from Ās. pūrṇimā give up paring of nails and egg-fruit; donate on K pūrṇimā a golden jar filled with ghee and honey, Mat 101. 11-12 q. by KKV 440-441; (2) from Mārg. to K worship Śiva, offer before Śiva and donate in each month in order the following things made of flour, viz horse, elephant, chariot, herd of eleven bulls, a moon-lit. (or camphor) house with slaves and slave girls and household gear, seven plates full of paddy, two hundred fruits and *guggulu*, a maṇḍala with offerings consisting of various edibles and pictures, a vehicle made of flowers, guggulu dhūpa and pine and bilva seeds and ghee and aguru burnt throughout Bh. month, vessel made of *arka* leaves filled with milk and ghee (for entire month of Āśv.), a vessel filled with sugarcane juice and covered with cloth, at end of year treat Śiva devotees to food and drink and donate gold and clothes, HV II 819-821 (*from Kālottara*); (3) on 14th or 8th of both pakṣas or on pūrṇimā from month of P. to Mārg special worship to be offered viz. as naivedya a prastha of yāvaka, candid sugar with milk and ghee, an image of kapilā cow made of barley flour of the height of one vitasti with a bull and feed eleven brāhmaṇas, flour rhinoceros in M., ruddy goose in Phā., Śiva image of flour in Cai., and so on different articles made of flour in the other months; one year; HV II 398–400 (from Kālottara); (4) on 8th and 14th of both pakṣas fast and worship of Śiva in afternoon; japa and homa; honour guru; drink three *culukas* (hollowed hand) of pañcagavya; the next day subsist on *haviṣya* food; observe for whole of life; three male ancestors dwell in Śivaloka; HV II. 343 (from Kālottara); (5) begin on P and subsist by nakta way on wheat, rice and milk only; on 8th of both pakṣas fast and sleep on the ground and bathe Rudra with ghee and on pūrṇimā; this be carried on for a year up to Mārg. with different food in each month and different offering to Rudra, Liṅgapurāṇa 83 18–54; (6) from one *ayana* to another (i. e. for six months) give flowers and ghee; at end donate flowers and feed brāhmaṇa with pāyasa and ghee and donate ghṛtadhenu; confers wealth and health; KR 219 (from Agni); (7) give up paring of nails from Āś pūrṇimā to K. pūrṇimā and at end donate a jar of honey and ghee with gold, performer goes to Rudraloka, KR 219–220, VKK 292.