ब्रह्मकूर्चं त्रिरात्रं च एकभक्तमयाचितम् । तपोद्वाराणि सर्वाणि कृतान्येतानि वेधसा
brahmakūrcaṃ trirātraṃ ca ekabhaktamayācitam | tapodvārāṇi sarvāṇi kṛtānyetāni vedhasā
(De plus) la pénitence Brahmakūrca, l’observance de trois nuits et le vœu d’un seul repas sans mendier : tout cela constitue des « portes de l’ascèse (tapas) », instituées par le Créateur (Vedhas).
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇī (and the princess)
Scene: The sage adds further vows—Brahmakūrca, three-night observance, one-meal vow without begging—declaring them all ‘doors of tapas’ established by Brahmā (Vedhas).
Classical penances are presented as time-tested ‘entrances’ to self-mastery and purification, grounded in cosmic order (Brahmā’s ordinance).
Not specified in this verse; it functions as an instructional segment inside a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
Brahmakūrca, Trirātra, Ekabhakta (one meal), and Ayācita (not begging for food), described as recognized austerity-gateways.