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Shiva Purana

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कार्तिके मासि संप्राप्ते सर्वान्देवान्यजेद्बुधः । दानेन तपसा होमैर्जपेन नियमेन च ४६ ।

When the month of Kārtika has arrived, the sensible man shall worship all the deities by giving gifts and observing austerities, homas, Japas, restraints and the sixteen forms of service.

english translation

षोडशैरुपचारैश्च प्रतिमा विप्रमंत्रकैः । ब्राह्मणानां भोजनेन निष्कामार्तिकरो भवेत् ४७ ।

The idol shall be worshipped with mantras. Brahmins shall be fed. The devotee shall be freed of desires and distresses.

english translation

कार्तिके मासि संप्राप्ते सर्वान्देवान्यजेद्बुधः । दानेन तपसा होमैर्जपेन नियमेन च ४६ ।कार्तिके देवयजनं सर्वभोगप्रदं भवेत् । व्याधीनां हरणं चैव भवेद्भूतग्रहक्षयः ४८ ।

The worship of deities in the month of Kārtika yields all worldly pleasures, dispels all ailments and removes the adverse effects of spirits and evil planets.

english translation

कार्तिकादित्यवारेषु नृणामादित्यपूजनात् । तैलकार्पासदानात्तु भवेत्कुष्ठादिसंक्षयः ४९ ।

The worship of the sun on Sundays in the month of Kārtika together with the gifts of gingelly seeds and cotton alleviates leprosy etc.

english translation

हरीतकीमरीचीनां वस्त्रक्षीरादिदानतः । ब्रह्मप्रतिष्ठया चैव क्षयरोगक्षयो भवेत् 1-16-५० ।

By making gifts of Harītakī (one of the myrobalans), chillies, cloth, milk etc. and by installing Brahman, the alleviation of consumption is brought about.

english translation