History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2308

v6.c81.2308

*Harakālīvrata*—on M su 3; tithivrata; Devī is deity; for women, performer should pass the whole night contemplating Umā on green barley sprouts, next day bath and worship of Devī and then dinner, in each of 12 months different names of Devī to be taken and 12 different substances to be partaken of; at year's end honour a brāhmaṇa and his wife; reward—freedom from disease, no widowhood for seven births, son, beauty &c; Śaṅkara asks Pārvatī what vrata she performed to secure the position of sharing half his body.