Shloka 12
The Account of the Fruits of Bathing at Particular Sacred Places
Tīrtha-viśeṣa-snāna-phala
कृष्णाष्टम्यां सहस्रं तु शतं स्यात्सर्वपर्वसु । अमायां च तथाष्टम्यां माघासितदले सति ॥ १२ ॥
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ sahasraṃ tu śataṃ syātsarvaparvasu | amāyāṃ ca tathāṣṭamyāṃ māghāsitadale sati || 12 ||
On Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī (the dark-fortnight eighth), the merit is a thousandfold; on all sacred festival-days (parvas) it is a hundredfold. Likewise, on the new-moon day (amāvāsyā) and also on the eighth, when it falls in the dark half of the month of Māgha, the merit is especially enhanced.
Sage Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that sacred timing (tithi and parva) amplifies the fruit of worship, charity, japa, and vrata—especially on Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī and on key lunar days like amāvāsyā in Māgha’s dark fortnight.
By emphasizing auspicious tithis, it guides devotees to align bhakti-practices—pujā, nāma-japa, dāna, and fasting—with powerful calendrical windows where devotion yields heightened spiritual merit.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): the verse depends on tithi (aṣṭamī, amāvāsyā), pakṣa (kṛṣṇa/asita-dala), and māsa (Māgha) to determine ritual timing and expected results.