Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 12
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
पुष्षैः पुत्रैः फलैर्वापि गन्धवर्णरस्न्वितैः ओषधीभिश्च मुख्याभिर्यावत्स्याच्छरदागमः
puṣṣaiḥ putraiḥ phalairvāpi gandhavarṇarasnvitaiḥ oṣadhībhiśca mukhyābhiryāvatsyāccharadāgamaḥ
Mit Blumen, mit Söhnen (oder: mit Opfergaben, die mit Nachkommenschaft verbunden sind), oder mit Früchten, die Duft, Farbe und Geschmack besitzen—und auch mit erlesenen, vorzüglichen Heilkräutern—soll das Ritual fortgesetzt werden bis zum Eintreffen des Herbstes.
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FAQs
Dharma is sustained through regular, tangible acts—offerings aligned with nature’s cycles. The inclusion of family/progeny language (putra) suggests that devotion is ideally integrated with household life and continuity of responsibility.
This is ācāra-oriented guidance (ritual regimen across a season). In Purāṇic composition it typically accompanies tīrtha-māhātmya and vrata-kathā sections rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga) or dynastic history.
Fragrance-color-taste (gandha-varṇa-rasa) represent the world’s sensory fullness offered back to the divine, converting bhoga into yoga. Autumn’s arrival marks a calendrical boundary—ritual time is sacralized by seasonal thresholds.