History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2284

v6.c81.2284

*Saubhāgyatṛtīyāvrata*—(1) on 3rd tithi of Phā. śu. observe nakta and worship Hari with Lakṣmī or Rudra with Umā (as both are declared in śāstras and purāṇas to be the same); homa with honey and ghee and sesame; for a year divided into three periods, in months from Phā. to Jy., performer should eat food made from wheat without salt or ghee (or oil) on bare ground, in months from K. to M. he should eat cooked barley food, on M. śu. 3 he should make golden images of Rudra and Gaurī or of Hari and Śrī and donate these with six vessels containing honey, ghee, sesame oil, jaggery, salt, cow's milk; he becomes fortunate and handsome for seven births, Var. 58. 1-19 q. in KKV 75-77, HV I 479-80, KR 523-524.