Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
गृहेषु वसतां तीर्थं गृहेषु वसतां तपः । गृहेषु वसतां मोक्षो वंजुलीसमुपोषणात्
gṛheṣu vasatāṃ tīrthaṃ gṛheṣu vasatāṃ tapaḥ | gṛheṣu vasatāṃ mokṣo vaṃjulīsamupoṣaṇāt
যিসকলে ঘৰতেই বাস কৰে, তেওঁলোকৰ বাবে বঞ্জুলী-উপোষণেই তীৰ্থ হয়; ঘৰতেই বাস কৰাসকলৰ বাবে ই তপস্যা হয়; ঘৰতেই বাস কৰাসকলৰ বাবে ই মোক্ষ হয়—বঞ্জুলী-সম্বন্ধীয় উপবাস/অনুষ্ঠানৰ দ্বাৰা।
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)
Tirtha: Vaṃjulī (as home-based tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King and general audience
Scene: A modest home transformed into a sanctum: a devotee observes Vaṃjulī fast; the house glows like a tīrtha with subtle symbols of river, fire of tapas, and a doorway to liberation.
FAQs
Even without travel, disciplined observance can yield the spiritual fruits of pilgrimage, austerity, and liberation.
Vaṃjulī is presented as a ‘tīrtha’ accessible even to those staying at home through its observance.
Vaṃjulī-samupoṣaṇa—fasting/observance connected with Vaṃjulī.