The Agni Purana
by N. Gangadharan | 1954 | 360,691 words | ISBN-10: 8120803590 | ISBN-13: 9788120803596
This page describes Mode of performing Kaumuda-vrata which is chapter 207 of the English translation of the Agni Purana, one of the eighteen major puranas dealing with all topics concerning ancient Indian culture, tradition and sciences. Containing roughly 15,000 Sanskrit metrical verses, subjects contained in the Agni-Purana include cosmology, philosophy, architecture, iconography, economics, diplomacy, pilgrimage guides, ancient geography, gemology, ayurveda, etc.
Chapter 207 - Mode of performing Kaumuda-vrata
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Fire-god said:
1. The Kaumudavrata, which has been described[1] by me, should be practised in the bright (fortnight) in āśvayuji. After fasting on the eleventh day, lord Hari should be worshipped for a month.
2. (One should resolve as follows): “I shall practise the Kaumudavrata taking food only once (daily)in the bright fortnight in āśvina after repeating (the name of) Hari for a month, for the sake of enjoyment and emancipation”.
3-4. After fasting, he should worship lord Viṣṇu, after having besmeared the lord with sandals, agallochum and saffron with lotus, blue lotus flowers or white lotuses or mālatī (flower). (He should offer) a lamp with oil silently. Offering of sweet gruel, cakes and sweet balls (should be made) day and night.
5. “Oṃ obeisance to Vāsudeva”. Having made the offering (with this syllable) (the vow) should be completed. Food and other things should be given to a brahmin. The fast for a month would continue until the lord wakes up. (If it is continued) beyond that (it would get) greater benefit.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See Ch. 198 13-14.