अध्याय १८४
श्लोक 1
अष्टमीव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच ब्रह्मादिमातृयजनाज्जपेन् मातृगणाष्टमीं ।कृष्णाष्टाभ्यां चैत्रमासे पूज्याब्दंकृष्णमर्थभाक्
aṣṭamīvratāni agnir uvāca brahmādimātṛyajanājjapen mātṛgaṇāṣṭamīṃ / kṛṣṇāṣṭābhyāṃ caitramāse pūjyābdaṃkṛṣṇamarthabhāk
हिन्दी अर्थ
(ब्रती मनुष्य व्रतके स्वामी देवतासे इस प्रकार प्रार्थना करे--) “ब्रतपते ! मैं कीर्ति, संतान
English
Since (the gods) Brahma and others worshipped the (divine) mothers one should repeat (their names) on the eighth, lunar day of the group of (divine) mothers. One would get wealth by the worship of (lord) Krsna on the dark fortnight in the month of caitra (April-May) and for a year.