Garuda Purana · Chapter 1.122
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe cāturmāsyavratanirūpaṇaṃ nāmakāvaśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 122
brahmovāca /
vrataṃ māsopavāsākhyaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ vadāmite /
vānaprastho yatirnārī kuryānmāsopavāsakam
āśvinasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
vratametattu gṛhṇīyādyāvattriṃśaddināni tu
adyaprabhṛtyahaṃ viṣṇo yāvadutthānakaṃ tava /
arcayetvāmanaśraṃstu dināni triṃśadeva tu
kārtikāśvinayorviṣṇo dvādaśyoḥ śuklayoraham /
mriyeyadyantarāle tu vratabhaṅgo na me bhavet
hariṃ yajottriṣavaṇasnāyī gandhādibhirvratī /
gātrābhyaṅgaṃ gandhalepaṃ devatāyatane tyajet
dvādaśyāmatha saṃpūjya pradadyāddvijabhojanam /
tataśca pāraṇaṃ kuryāddharermāsopavāsakṛt
dugdhādiprāśanaṃ kuryādvratastho mūrchito 'ntarā /
dugdhādyairna vrataṃ naśyedbhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt
Original text: Garuḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0