Shloka 104
Kāruṇya-stotra Phalaśruti; Dream-Darśana of Vāsudeva; Manifestation and Pratiṣṭhā of Jagannātha, Balabhadra (Ananta), and Subhadrā
केतकीवनसंछन्नो नानापादपसंकुलः । आषाढस्य सिते पक्षे पंचम्यां पितृदैवते ॥ १०४ ॥
ketakīvanasaṃchanno nānāpādapasaṃkulaḥ | āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe paṃcamyāṃ pitṛdaivate || 104 ||
Covered by a grove of ketakī and thronged with many kinds of birds and animals—(this visit/observance) is to be undertaken on the fifth lunar day of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha, a day presided over by the Pitṛs (ancestors).
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links a sacred natural स्थल (a grove-filled, living tirtha setting) with precise ritual timing—Āṣāḍha śukla pañcamī—marked as Pitṛ-daivata, emphasizing ancestor-oriented merit through properly timed observance.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, time-aligned sacred action: honoring the Pitṛs on their presiding tithi within a holy environment, which in Purāṇic practice is a supportive limb of dharma that complements devotion to the divine.
Kalpa and Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga) are implied through the use of lunar calendrics—month (Āṣāḍha), fortnight (śukla pakṣa), and tithi (pañcamī)—to determine the correct ritual day for Pitṛ-related observances.