The Curse of Sāmba and the Prescribed Observance of Sun-Worship
माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां दिव्यं साम्बपुरं नराः ॥ रथयात्रां प्रकुर्वन्ति सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जिताः ॥
māghamāsasya saptamyāṁ divyaṁ sāṁbapuraṁ narāḥ || rathayātrāṁ prakurvanti sarvadvandvavivarjitāḥ ||
माघ महीने की सातवीं तारीख को लोग रथ निकालते हैं। साम्बपुर में यह होता है। लोग खुश रहते हैं, कोई झगड़ा नहीं होता। सब मिलकर भगवान की यात्रा करते हैं।
Varāha (default narrative frame)
It offers evidence for the Purāṇic valorization of public processional ritual (rathayātrā) and its linkage to calendrical observance, relevant to studies of early festival institutionalization.
Sāmbapura is named; it may represent a sacralized urban locus associated with Sāmba traditions, though precise modern identification varies across secondary scholarship.
The ideal participant is described as ‘free from dvandva’—suggesting composure, social harmony, and restraint as virtues alongside public ritual.
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