Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 55
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
ज्येष्ठे स्नानं चामलकैः पूजार्ऽककुसुमैस्तथा धूपयेत्तत्त्रिनेत्रं च आयत्यां पुष्टिकारकम्
jyeṣṭhe snānaṃ cāmalakaiḥ pūjār'kakusumaistathā dhūpayettattrinetraṃ ca āyatyāṃ puṣṭikārakam
ज्येष्ठ मास में आँवले से स्नान करे और अर्क के पुष्पों से पूजा करे। उस त्रिनेत्र भगवान को धूप अर्पित करे; यह आगे चलकर पुष्टि और समृद्धि का कारण होता है।
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FAQs
Purity (snāna) and devotion (pūjā) are synchronized with sacred time (the month of Jyeṣṭha). The promised ‘puṣṭi’ frames religious discipline as harmonizing bodily well-being with spiritual orientation.
This is vrata-kalpa/ācāra instruction—practical dharma—rather than sarga/pratisarga or royal genealogies. It functions as an applied religious calendar embedded in Purāṇic teaching.
Āmalaka signifies health and longevity; arka flowers are a classic Śaiva offering associated with austerity and potency. ‘Trinetra’ signals transcendent awareness (past-present-future), aligning the devotee’s temporal life with a deity who masters time.