The Glory of Prithudaka Tirtha and the Akshaya Tithi at Kurukshetra
तत्र स्नात्वा सुराः सर्वे बृहस्पतिमचोदयन् विशस्व भगवन् ऋक्षमिमं मृशिरं कुरु पुण्यां तिथिं पापहरां तव कालो ऽयमागतः
tatra snātvā surāḥ sarve bṛhaspatimacodayan viśasva bhagavan ṛkṣamimaṃ mṛśiraṃ kuru puṇyāṃ tithiṃ pāpaharāṃ tava kālo 'yamāgataḥ
«S’étant baignés en ce lieu, tous les dieux pressèrent Bṛhaspati : “Ô Bhagavān, expose-le clairement ; détermine pour nous ce nakṣatra et fais connaître un tithi propice qui efface le péché. Ton heure est maintenant venue.”»
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Dharma is not only intention but also right procedure: purification (snāna), competent guidance (guru/Bṛhaspati), and proper timing (tithi/nakṣatra) together support efficacious sacred action.
Falls under dharma/ācāra material conveyed through narrative exempla; it is ancillary to the core five marks, serving as prescriptive ritual-chronological guidance.
Bṛhaspati embodies discernment and sacred order; aligning rites with cosmic rhythms (lunar day and asterism) symbolizes harmonizing human action with ṛta (cosmic law).