Shloka 15
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
अष्टमीयज्ञपरता चातुर्मास्यनिषेवणम् । पौर्णमासादयो यज्ञा नित्ययज्ञस्तथैव च,अष्टमी तिथिको होनेवाले अष्टका श्राद्धरूप यज्ञमें तत्पर रहना, चातुर्मास्य व्रतका सेवन करना, पौर्णमास और दर्शादि यज्ञ तथा नित्ययज्ञका अनुष्ठान करना वानप्रस्थ मुनिका धर्म है
aṣṭamīyajñaparatā cāturmāsyaniṣevaṇam | paurṇamāsādayo yajñā nityayajñas tathaiva ca ||
Mahādeva said: “For the forest-dwelling ascetic (vānaprastha), the proper discipline is this: to be devoted to the Aṣṭamī-sacrifice (the Aṣṭakā rite performed on the eighth lunar day), to observe the Cāturmāsya seasonal vows, and to regularly perform the rites beginning with the Paurṇamāsa offerings, along with the daily obligatory sacrifices. In this way, steadiness in dharma and regulated worship becomes the ethical foundation of the vānaprastha’s life.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच