Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 59
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
वकारं कवचं विद्यात् कन्या तत्र प्रतिषिठता मासश्चाश्वयुजो नाम ष्ष्ठं तत् पत्रकं स्मृतम्
vakāraṃ kavacaṃ vidyāt kanyā tatra pratiṣiṭhatā māsaścāśvayujo nāma ṣṣṭhaṃ tat patrakaṃ smṛtam
‘વ’ અક્ષરને કવચ (રક્ષાત્મક આવરણ) તરીકે જાણવું જોઈએ; ત્યાં કન્યા રાશિ પ્રતિષ્ઠિત છે. માસ ‘આશ્વયુજ’ (આશ્વિન) કહેવાય છે—તે છઠ્ઠું પત્રક સ્મૃત છે.
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FAQs
Kavaca denotes a protective sheath—ritually, it can imply that the mapped locus is guarded or empowered. In such schemata, syllables are not merely phonetic units but carriers of protective and sacral potency.
In this context it is the rāśi Virgo (Kanyā), paired with the month Āśvina and a functional body-symbol (kavaca), indicating an astrological-cosmological placement.
The Vāmana Purāṇa includes extensive tīrtha and regional material, but it also preserves cosmological and ritual-structural passages. This subsection is a schematic mapping and therefore does not necessarily name geographic features.