History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2297

v6.c81.2297

*Skandaṣaṣṭhīvrata*—on K. śu. 6 subsist on fruits, turning to the south give arghya to Kārtikeya and offer curds, ghee, water and flowers and a mantra, the performer should take his meal at night from food placed on the bare earth, he secures success, prosperity, long life, health, and lost kingdom; one should not partake of oil on 6th (either in śu. or kr.); Bhav. I. 39. 1-13 q by KK V 99-101, HV I. 604-605, KR 415-416. Vide under 'Ṣaṣṭhīvratas' for proposition that Skandaṣaṣṭhī mixed with fifth is to be preferred. GK (83-84) speaks of Skandaṣaṣṭhī on Cai kr.