Vamana Purana — Manifestation of Katyayani, Shloka 34
The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
ऋतावृतौ पर्वकालेषु नित्यं तम्मबरे ह्याश्रममावसत् सः शेषं च कालं स हि दण्डकस्थस् तपश्चारामितकान्तिमान् मुनिः
ṛtāvṛtau parvakāleṣu nityaṃ tammabare hyāśramamāvasat saḥ śeṣaṃ ca kālaṃ sa hi daṇḍakasthas tapaścārāmitakāntimān muniḥ
In jeder Jahreszeit und zu den Parva-Zeiten, den heiligen Übergängen, verweilte er regelmäßig in jener vortrefflichen Einsiedelei. Die übrige Zeit übte der Weise, der im Daṇḍaka-Wald wohnte, Askese und besaß unermesslichen Glanz.
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The verse presents disciplined spirituality: aligning one’s life with seasonal rhythms and sacred calendrical ‘junctions’ while sustaining austerity the rest of the time—regularity (nityatā) as a core virtue.
Carita / ācāra-focused narrative material (practice of tapas and regulated residence), adjacent to dharma-instruction but embedded in story.
Daṇḍaka signifies the archetypal tapas-forest: withdrawal from social space into a liminal zone where inner radiance (kānti) arises from sustained austerity.