By observing a fast for the twelfth day of the moon in the month of Kartika and adoring Krishna as Damodara, one acquires forsooth, the combined merits of all the sacrifices.
द्वादश्यां कार्तिके मासि पूज्य दामोदरेति च। गवां यज्ञमवाप्नोति पुमान् स्त्री वा न संशयः॥