186 - అథ దశమీవ్రతాని.

Summary of chapter 186 of the Agni Purāṇa is as follows:

The vrata of the tenth tithi is briefly described. Agni prescribes a single meal (ekabhukta) on the daśamī throughout the vrata-period and the completion ceremony with dāna of ten cows and ten gold coins to a deserving brāhmaṇa. The performer of this vrata attains the status of brahmaṇādhipati—one who is acknowledged as a pre-eminent patron of brāhmaṇas. The brevity of the chapter reflects that the tenth tithi's major associations are through its lunar-calendar alignment with ekādaśī rather than as an independent vrata occasion.