Vamana Purana — Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata, Shloka 66

The Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata: Worship of Vishnu’s Body as the Constellations

Devanagari script

यथेयं द्वादशी पुण्या मासि प्रौष्ठपदे सिता बुधश्रवणसंयुक्ता सातिश्रेयस्करी स्मृता

Transliteration

yatheyaṃ dvādaśī puṇyā māsi prauṣṭhapade sitā budhaśravaṇasaṃyuktā sātiśreyaskarī smṛtā

Translation

Demikianlah, Dvādaśī ini suci—jatuh pada bulan Prauṣṭhapada, paruh terang; dan bila bertepatan dengan hari Rabu serta rasi Śravaṇa, ia dikenang sebagai sangat membawa kesejahteraan tertinggi.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within Adhyāya 53’s tīrtha-māhātmya
• explaining the special calendrical conjunction for heightened merit.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implicit through Dvādaśī observance)

Key Themes

• Auspicious time (kāla) for rites
• Vrata/śrāddha calendrics
• Amplification of merit through conjunctions (tithi–vāra–nakṣatra)
• Śreyas (highest welfare)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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