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
En cada estación y en los tiempos de parva —los sagrados momentos de confluencia—, él moraba regularmente en aquel excelente eremitorio. El resto del tiempo, el sabio, residente en el bosque de Daṇḍaka, practicaba austeridades, poseyendo un resplandor inconmensurable.
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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.