Varaha Purana 144.113: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 113
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
वसिष्यामः सदैवात्र गण्डक्यां जगतां पते ।। कार्त्तिकं सकलं मासं यः स्नास्यति नरः प्रभो ॥
vasiṣyāmaḥ sadaivātra gaṇḍakyāṁ jagatāṁ pate || kārttikaṁ sakalaṁ māsaṁ yaḥ snāsyati naraḥ prabho ||
हे जगत के पतिजी, हम लोग हमेशा यहाँ गण्डकी में रहेंगे। जो कोई भी पूरा कार्तिक महीने तक नहाएगा, प्रभुजी, वो...
Śiva (continuation)
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It preserves evidence of a calendrical pilgrimage practice (Kārttika observance) that shaped regional ritual economies and seasonal movement to riverine sites.
Gaṇḍakī (Gandak) river; a major river system linked with pilgrimage circuits in the Himalayan foreland and north Bihar.
It frames sustained discipline over time (a full month) as a structured ethical-spiritual practice, emphasizing consistency rather than one-time acts.
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