The Sage Parasara said — O Maitreya! The person born on Amavasya is always poverty stricken. It is therefore essential to adopt remedial measures to obtain relief from the evil effects of such births, which are as follows — Take a Kalash (कलश water vessel) and then put in it fresh leaves of Goolar (a wild fig), Vata (banyan), pipal, mango and neema (margo) trees and cover it with two pieces of cloth. Then instal the Kalash in the South West direction after reciting (वरुण) etc., and (आपो हि ष्ठा) etc., mantras. Then worship the idols of the Sun and the Moon, ruling deities of Amavasya, made of gold and silver mixed with copper respectively, by recitation of (आकृष्णेन) etc., mantras for the Sun and (इमं देवा) etc., mantras for the Moon 16 or 5 times. Thereafter perform havana with 108 or 28 oblations of the mixture of prescribed fuels (समिधा) and cooked food (चरु) with recitation of mantras of the Sun and the Moon. Later sprinkle the water on the child born and his parents and offer in charity gold, silver and a black cow together with feeding the Brahmins according to one's means. By performing these remedial rites the child born gains freedom and protection from the evil effects of the birth on Amavasya.

सनिम्बानां च मूलानि त्वचस्तत्र विनिक्षिपेत्‌ । पंचरत्नानि निक्षिप्य वस्त्रयुग्मेन वेष्टयेत्‌ । । 3 । । पंचरत्न डालकर उसे दो वस्त्रों से लपेट कर अग्नि कोण (South-East) में स्थापित करें । पंचरत्नों के नाम सोना, हीरा, नीलम, पुखराज, मोती हैं — अभावे सर्वरत्नानां हेम सर्वत्र योजयेत्‌ । अतः हेम (सोना) या उसका प्रचलित मूल्य कलश में रखने से सुविधा व शास्त्ररक्षा दोनों होती हैं ।