Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship
प्रतिपद्दिनमारभ्य यावच्छुक्लत्रयोदशीम् । ब्रह्मचर्यमध:स्वप्नं स्नानं त्रिषवणं चरेत् ॥ ४८ ॥
Transliteration
pratipad-dinam ārabhya yāvac chukla-trayodaśīm brahmacaryam adhaḥ-svapnaṁ snānaṁ tri-ṣavaṇaṁ caret
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
pratipat-dinam — on the day of pratipat; ārabhya — beginning; yāvat — until; śukla — of the bright fortnight; trayodaśīm — the thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekādaśī); brahmacaryam — observing complete celibacy; adhaḥ-svapnam — lying down on the floor; snānam — bathing; tri-savanam — three times (morning, evening and noon); caret — one should execute.
Translation
“From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon [śukla-trayodaśī], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.”