History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2261

v6.c81.2261

*Sugatidvādaśī*—begin on Phā. śu. 11th; tithivrata, Kṛṣṇa deity, fast on that day, worship of Kṛṣṇa and reciting the name ‘Kṛṣṇa’ 108 times, for one year divided into three periods of four months each; in 4 months from Phā. he should recite the name Kṛṣṇa and cast three streams of water on the feet (of the image) of Kṛṣṇa, in 2nd period from Āś. to Āśv. the name to be repeated is Keśava, so that at the time of death he remembers god Keśava; in the third period he should recite the name ‘Viṣṇu’; secures divine pleasures and Viṣṇuloka; HV I. 1081-1083 (from Vi. Dh. III. 215. 4-22).