कार्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे भीष्मपञ्चककृन्नरः । सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमुत्पन्नो योऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यति
kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge bhīṣmapañcakakṛnnaraḥ | samyakchraddhāsamutpanno yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati
ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ ಮಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃತ್ತಿಕಾ-ಯೋಗದ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ಭೀಷ್ಮ-ಪಂಚಕ ವ್ರತವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಿ, ಸಮ್ಯಕ್ ಜಾಗೃತವಾದ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯುಳ್ಳವನು ಯಾರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡುವನೋ—
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta reporting the māhātmya)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa/Sukūṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn in Kārttika, mist over a stepped pond; devotees perform snāna with folded hands, some holding lamps; a calendar motif hints at Kṛttikā nakṣatra and the five-day Bhīṣma vow.
Faith-filled observance in Kārttika, especially at an auspicious nakṣatra alignment, magnifies tīrtha-merit.
The bathing place ‘here’ refers to Brahmakuṇḍa within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha during Kārttika in Kṛttikā-yoga, together with the Bhīṣma-pañcaka five-day vow.
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