एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान् द्वादश हायनम् ।
नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमेऽहनि ॥२१॥

etena pūjā-vidhinā
māsān dvādaśa hāyanam
nītvāthoparamet sādhvī
kārtike carame 'hani

 etena - with this; pūjā-vidhinā - regulated worship; māsān dvādaśa - twelve months; hāyanam - a year; nītvā - after passing; atha - then; uparamet - should fast; sādhvī - the chaste wife; kārtike - in Kārttika; carame ahani - on the final day.


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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 Kārttika [October-November].

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