History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2145

v6.c81.2145

*Saṅghātaka-vrata*—to be begun on K śu. 1st, ekabhakta on that day, fast on 2nd tithi and also on 3rd; *pāraṇā* on 4th, tithivrata, Śiva deity; worship in this way for 7½ months if performed only in each bright half, or 3¾ months if in both pakṣas which make up 7, two golden images of a male and female to be placed on bedstead and bathed with pañcāmṛta &c., *jāgara*, sleeping on ground, gift of images to ācārya; the woman performer never suffers separation from husband or son, Pārvatī secured Śiva as husband by this vrata, HV II. 370-375 (from *Var*).