[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.607 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.607 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.607 - **Language:** English ### [c8.607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.607) MĀRGAŚĪRṢAMĀSA. The month of Dhanu (December). The month has got great Purāṇic importance. If one lives taking food only once during the whole of this month one will be free from all sins and diseases. (Śloka 17, Chapter 106, Anuśāsana Parva). If on the Dvādaśī day in this month one fasts the whole day and night and worships Keśava one will get the benefit of conducting an Aśvamedha yajña. (Śloka 3, Chapter 109, Anuśāsana Parva). - [Previous: c8.606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.606) - [Next: c8.608](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.608) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.607) · Pramāṇa