Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 56
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
ततस्तां सिषिचुः सख्यः सरस्वत्या जलेन हि सा सिच्यमाना सुतरां शिशिरेणाप्यथाम्भसा
tatastāṃ siṣicuḥ sakhyaḥ sarasvatyā jalena hi sā sicyamānā sutarāṃ śiśireṇāpyathāmbhasā
Dann besprengten ihre Gefährtinnen sie mit dem Wasser der Sarasvatī. Während sie besprengt wurde — zumal mit jenem kühlen Wasser — wurde sie besänftigt und begann sich zu erholen.
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FAQs
Sprinkling (prokṣaṇa) is a recognized purificatory act in Dharma-ritual culture; in narrative contexts it can function as an immediate remedy when full bathing or rites are not feasible, while still invoking the tirtha’s potency.
It signals both physical soothing and symbolic pacification: cooling counters the ‘heat’ of affliction (grief, curse-effects, agitation), aligning with Purāṇic and Āyurvedic sensibilities about water’s calming quality.
It treats the river not merely as scenery but as an efficacious sacred entity whose water alters the narrative outcome—typical of māhātmya sections that sacralize specific rivers and their reaches.