Matsya Purana · Chapter 56

kṛṣṇāṣṭamīmatho vakṣye sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
śāntirmuktiśca bhavati jayaḥ puṃsāṃ viśeṣataḥ //

śaṃkaraṃ mārgaśirasi śambhuṃ pauṣe 'bhipūjayet
māghe maheśvaraṃ devaṃ mahādevaṃ ca phālgune //

sthāṇuṃ caitre śivaṃ tadvad vaiśākhe tvarcayennaraḥ
jyeṣṭhe paśupatiṃ cārced āṣāḍhe ugramarcayet //

pūjayecchrāvaṇe śarvaṃ nabhasye tryambakaṃ tathā
haramāśvayuje māsi tatheśānaṃ ca kārttike //

kṛṣṇāṣṭamīṣu sarvāsu śaktaḥ sampūjayeddvijān
gobhūhiraṇyavāsobhiḥ śivabhaktānupoṣitaḥ //

gomūtraghṛtagokṣīra tilān yavakuśodakam
gośṛṅgodaśirīṣārka bilvapattradadhīni ca
pañcagavyaṃ ca saṃprāśya śaṃkaraṃ pūjayenniśi //

aśvatthaṃ ca vaṭaṃ caivo -dumbaraṃ plakṣameva ca
palāśaṃ jambuvṛkṣaṃ ca viduḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ maharṣayaḥ //

mārgaśīrṣāṣāḍhamāsābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmitikramāt
ekaikaṃ dantapavanaṃ vṛkṣeṣveteṣu bhakṣayet //

devāya dadyādarghyaṃ ca kṛṣṇāṃ gāṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam
dadyātsamāpte dadhyannaṃ vitānadhvajacāmaram //

dvijānāmudakumbhāṃśca pañcaratnasamanvitān
gāvaḥ kṛṣṇāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
aśaktastu punardadyād gāmekāmapi śaktitaḥ //

na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣamavāpnuyāt
kṛṣṇāṣṭamīmupoṣyaiva saptakalpaśatatrayam
pumānsampūjito devaiḥ śivaloke mahīyate //