Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 34
Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
उपवासं च दानं च स्नानं जप्यं च माधव होमयज्ञादिकं चान्यच्छुभं वाप्यशुभं विभो
upavāsaṃ ca dānaṃ ca snānaṃ japyaṃ ca mādhava homayajñādikaṃ cānyacchubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vibho
O Mādhava, Fasten, Spenden, rituelles Bad und Mantra-Rezitation (japa); und auch andere Handlungen wie homa und yajña—ob glückverheißend oder sogar unheilvoll, o Herr—(werden in Bezug auf diesen heiligen Zusammenhang verstanden).
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FAQs
Dharma is practiced through concrete disciplines—fasting, giving, purification, mantra, and sacrifice. The mention of ‘śubha/aśubha’ highlights that intention and sacred context can transform one’s relationship to action and its results, steering conduct toward purification and merit.
This is characteristic of Purāṇic dharma-śikṣā (religious instruction) attached to a tīrtha-mahātmya. It is not sarga/pratisarga proper; it functions as prescriptive teaching that commonly accompanies pilgrim-geography sections.
The list forms a ‘complete practice-set’: body (snāna, upavāsa), wealth/social duty (dāna), speech/mind (japa), and cosmic reciprocity (homa-yajña). Together they symbolize integrated sādhanā—purifying the whole person.