Payo-vrata
(पयोव्रत)Literal Meaning
The milk vow
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
Sanskrit payas (milk) + vrata (vow).
Spiritual Insight & Context
A twelve-day vow in the bright half of Phalguna in which the worshipper lives on milk alone and worships Vishnu. In the Bhagavata, Aditi keeps it at Kashyapa's instruction.