History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2222

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2222

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*Sarparṣāpaha-pañcamī*—on 5th of Śr śu., one should draw on both sides (of a door) with cowdung the figures of snakes, worship them with wheat, milk and fried grains, with curds and dūrvā tendrils and flowers &c., snakes become pleased and he has no fear from snakes up to his 7th descendant, HV I. 564-565 (from Skanda, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa) KKV 94 mentions a 'Sarpābhayapañcamī' and cites three verses from Bhav. (I. 32. 62-64) two of which occur in HV I. 564 along with others.

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Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit