एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान्द्वादश हायनम् ।
नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमे ऽहनि ॥ २१ ॥
etena-with this; puja-vidhina-regulated worship; masan dvadasa-twelve months; hayanam-a year; nitva-after passing; atha-then; uparamet-should fast; sadhvi-the chaste wife; kartike-in Karttika; carame ahani-on the final day.
The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Karttika [October-November].