Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 18 · Rohini 3rd Pada
रोहिणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्याः पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥स्वपतिं प्रत्यहं माघे स्नापयेदुष्णवारिणा ॥ १२ ॥
I will tell the merit that destroys her old sin. In the month of Magha, let her bathe her husband each day in warm water.
Classical view, not medical advice.
श्वश्रूचरणयोः प्रातर्नमस्कुर्यात् प्रयत्नतः ॥
Each morning let her bow at her mother-in-law's feet with care. For sixteen years she must never eat the bottle gourd.
माघे नियमतो देवि पतिना सह सुव्रते ॥
O woman of good vows, in Magha let her bathe every day by the rule, together with her husband. Let her give a lamp as the rules say.
ततः कृत्वा सुवर्णस्य वृक्षं वै द्विपलस्य च ॥
Then let her have a tree of gold made, weighing two pala (a unit of weight). O Goddess, let her also have a bright silver altar made, weighing ten…