History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2169

v6.c81.2169

*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;