कार्तिक्यां च विशेषेण स्नातव्यं विजितेन्द्रियैः । कार्तिके मासि विप्रर्षे सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । स्नातुमायान्त्ययोध्यायां गोप्रतारे विशेषतः
kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa snātavyaṃ vijitendriyaiḥ | kārtike māsi viprarṣe sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | snātumāyāntyayodhyāyāṃ gopratāre viśeṣataḥ
Y especialmente en Kārtikā, quienes han vencido sus sentidos deben bañarse. Oh el mejor de los brāhmaṇas, en el mes de Kārtika todos los dioses—junto con Indra—vienen a Ayodhyā para bañarse, muy en particular en Gopratāra.
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya instruction to a brāhmaṇa interlocutor)
Tirtha: Gopratāra
Type: ghat
Listener: viprārṣa / best of brāhmaṇas (addressed)
Scene: Kārtika dawn at Gopratāra: a celestial procession of devas led by Indra descends to the Sarayū ghāṭ; disciplined pilgrims bathe alongside, lamps flicker, and the river shines with divine presence.
Kārtika is a uniquely potent sacred period; sense-control plus tīrtha-snānā yields exceptional merit.
Gopratāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā, highlighted as a favored bathing place even for the devas.
Bathing during Kārtika, ideally by those practicing indriya-jaya (sense-restraint), specifically at Gopratāra.
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