Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
सावित्रिमादाय ततो वसिष्ठः स्वमाश्रमं पुण्यमुपाजगाम सा चापि संस्मृत्य नृपात्मजं तं कृताञ्जलिर्वारुणिमाह देवी
sāvitrimādāya tato vasiṣṭhaḥ svamāśramaṃ puṇyamupājagāma sā cāpi saṃsmṛtya nṛpātmajaṃ taṃ kṛtāñjalirvāruṇimāha devī
Puis Vasiṣṭha, emmenant Sāvitrī avec lui, gagna son propre āśrama sacré. Et elle aussi, se souvenant de ce prince, les mains jointes, s’adressa à Vāruṇī, la déesse.
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Recollection (smṛti) joined with humility (añjali) signals discernment guided by reverence—important in Purāṇic ethics where recognition of dharma often begins with respectful inquiry rather than rash action.
Vamśānucarita / carita-style narration: it functions as character-episode progression (persons moving, speaking, recognizing), rather than cosmogony (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
The move to the āśrama frames the episode within a ‘dharma-laboratory’: sages and goddesses become the instruments through which the worth of a royal figure is tested and articulated.