Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48


Sanskrit:

प्रतिपद्दिनमारभ्य यावच्छुक्लत्रयोदशीम् ।ब्रह्मचर्यमध:स्वप्नं स्‍नानं त्रिषवणं चरेत् ॥ ४८ ॥

ITRANS:

pratipad-dinam ārabhyayāvac chukla-trayodaśīmbrahmacaryam adhaḥ-svapnaṁsnānaṁ tri-ṣavaṇaṁ caret

Translation:

From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon [śukla-trayodaśī], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.

Purport: