History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2227

v6.c81.2227

*Sarvamaṅgala-trayodaśī*—every month on śu. 13th one should subsist by ekabhakta or nakta or observe a fast and worship three viz Kṛṣṇa, Balabhadra and Maṅgalā (Durgā) goddess known as 'Aṅkāvaṅkā'; one overcomes all difficulties by remembering these three or worshipping the images of these three and offering flowers, meat and wine; HV II. 16-17 (from Bhav. U.). Kṛṣṇa is represented as telling Yudhiṣṭhira that when his guru Sāndīpani asked him to restore to life his dead son as the dakṣiṇā for the learning imparted to him, he contemplated on the goddess and restored life to the dead son.