एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान् द्वादश हायनम् । नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमेऽहनि ॥ २१ ॥
etena puja-vidhina masan dvadasa hayanam nitvathoparamet sadhvi kartike carame ’hani
- etena
- with this
- puja-vidhina
- regulated worship
- masan dvadasa
- twelve months
- hayanam
- a year
- nitva
- after passing
- atha
- then
- uparamet
- should fast
- sadhvi
- the chaste wife
- kartike
- in Karttika
- carame ahani
- on the final day.
The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Karttika (October–November).