History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2269

v6.c81.2269

*Surūpādvādaśī*—in P. kr. 12th if it has Puṣya nakṣatra; on 11th fast and on 12th worship a golden or silver image of Hari cast in a full jar over which a vessel full of *telas* is placed; the *naivedya* is to be food mixed with sesame; offering of sesame in fire with mantras from Puruṣasūkta (Rg. X. 90); Vaiṣṇava śrāddha after homa; jāgara on that night; donate jar and image, reward is freedom from ugliness; HV I. 1205-1213 (Śiva imparts this to Umā and states how Satyabhāmā benefited from it). Vratārka, folio 247a (*says it is practised among Gurjaras*)