तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र तत्र स्नानं समाचर । चैत्रे शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां चित्रासंस्थे निशाकरे
tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra tatra snānaṃ samācara | caitre śuklacaturdaśyāṃ citrāsaṃsthe niśākare
ដូច្នេះ ឱ ព្រះរាជេន្រ្ទ្រា អ្នកក៏គួរធ្វើពិធីងូតទឹកនៅទីនោះផង—នៅថ្ងៃចតុទស្សីទី១៤ នៃខែចៃត្រ (ភាគសុគ្ល) ពេលព្រះចន្ទស្ថិតនៅនក្ខត្រ ចិត្រា។
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Candrāṅka-tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: The king (rājendra)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas instruct the king to bathe at the tīrtha on Caitra śukla caturdaśī; the night sky shows the Moon associated with Citrā, suggesting a star-marked lunar disc above the riverbank.
Dharma is practiced through rightly timed sacred acts; bathing at a tīrtha on an auspicious tithi and nakṣatra is praised.
The instruction refers to bathing at the tīrtha being discussed in this adhyāya, later identified in the narrative as Śaṅkha-tīrtha.
Snāna at the tīrtha on Caitra month’s Śukla Caturdaśī when the Moon is in Citrā nakṣatra.