History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2126

v6.c81.2126

*Śrīvrata*—(1) by worshipping Lakṣmī on Cai. śu. 5th tithi only once one obtains all results that could be obtained in a year; HV I 575 (one verse from Vi. Dh.), (2) on Cai. śu 3rd tithi subsist on boiled rice and ghee and sleep on the ground that night; on 4th bathe outside the house (in a river &c.); on 5th worship of Lakṣmī on lotus whether natural or artificial and with lamp fed with ghee; homa in fire with Śrīsūkta of lotus and its petals and bilva leaves; dinner to brāhmaṇas with plenty of milk and ghee; eat *haviṣya* food;