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Mantra · Lakshmi Maa

As the Yama diya is set

यम दीपदान

2 lines · about 1 min to say · Skanda Purana, as Gita Press's Vrat Parichay prints it (Kartik vrats: Yama-deepdan)

Lakshmi Maa

Lakshmi Maa

Prosperity, grace, the lit lamp

मृत्युना दण्डपाशाभ्यां कालेन श्यामया सह।

mr̥tyunā daṇḍapāśābhyāṁ kālena śyāmayā saha.

To Yamraj, with Mrityu, with the staff and the noose, with Kaal and with Shyama:

त्रयोदश्यां दीपदानात् सूर्यजः प्रीयतां मम॥

trayodaśyāṁ dīpadānāt sūryajaḥ prīyatāṁ mama.

by this diya I give on the Trayodashi, may the Sun's son be pleased with me.