श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या नवम्यां नियतः शुचिः । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या पूजयेन्मातृगोचरम्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā navamyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ | upoṣya parayā bhaktyā pūjayenmātṛgocaram
Disse Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya: Quem, nesse tīrtha, no nono dia lunar, disciplinado e puro, jejuar e—pleno de suprema devoção—adorar o domínio das Mães (Mātṛs),
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya teaches the Navamī observance at the tīrtha: a devotee, purified and fasting, offers flowers, lamps, and incense to the Mātṛs’ sphere/mandala near the river ford.
Purity, restraint, and devoted observance (vrata) at a tīrtha intensify the grace of the Divine Mothers.
A Mātṛ-related tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Mātṛtīrtha is implied by the following verses).
Navamī observance with fasting (upoṣa) and devoted worship (pūjā) of the Mātṛs.