In the Devi Bhagavatam (9.4), Lord Krishna is telling Mother Saraswati about her worship on this day:
"Moreover, I say this in particular that in every universe, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, every year, the day when the learning is commenced, a great festival will be held and men, Manus, Devas, and the Munis desirous of liberation, Vasus, Yogis, Nāgas, Siddhas, Gandarbhas, Rāksasas, all will perform your worship with devotion in every Kalpa till the time of Mahā Pralaya comes. All are required to be Jitendriya (having their senses under control) and Samyamī (concentrating his mind, and with a religious vow) and they will invoke Thee on a jar or on books and then meditate according to what is stated in the Kanva S'ākhā of Yajurveda and then worship and sing hymns to Thee. Thy Kavacha is written on the bark of the Bhūrja tree and then with eight kinds of scents mingled with it is placed within a golden nut or ring named Māduli and then held on the neck or on the right arm. The learned should recite Thy Stotras during worship. Thus saying, the Puran Brahmā S'rī Krisna Himself worshipped the Devī Sarasvatī. Since then, Brahmā, Visnu, Mahes'a, Ananta Deva, Dharma, Sanaka and other Munīndras, all the Devas, Munis, all the kings and all the human beings are worshipping the Devī Sarasvatī. "
In that day Saraswati is being dressed in white or yellow, she if offered milk and bananas, puja with many pusic instruments are being preformed to Saraswati Devi. Books and music instruments are also being cleaned and worshiped in that day.
Study is not being done on that day, to give Saraswati a rest in her day
. but it is an auspicious day for children to start reading and writing the first letters.
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