Vamana Purana — Glory of Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 5
The Glory of Prithudaka Tirtha and the Akshaya Tithi at Kurukshetra
तत्र स्नात्वा सुराः सर्वे बृहस्पतिमचोदयन् विशस्व भगवन् ऋक्षमिमं मृशिरं कुरु पुण्यां तिथिं पापहरां तव कालो ऽयमागतः
tatra snātvā surāḥ sarve bṛhaspatimacodayan viśasva bhagavan ṛkṣamimaṃ mṛśiraṃ kuru puṇyāṃ tithiṃ pāpaharāṃ tava kālo 'yamāgataḥ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ದೇವರುಗಳು ಬೃಹಸ್ಪತಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸಿದರು— “ಹೇ ಭಗವನ್! ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿರಿ; ಈ ಮೃಗಶಿರ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಣಯಿಸಿ, ಪಾಪಹರವಾದ ಪುಣ್ಯ ತಿಥಿಯನ್ನು ನಮಗೆ ನಿಶ್ಚಯಿಸಿರಿ; ಈಗ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲ ಬಂದಿದೆ।”
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FAQs
Dharma is not only intention but also right procedure: purification (snāna), competent guidance (guru/Bṛhaspati), and proper timing (tithi/nakṣatra) together support efficacious sacred action.
Falls under dharma/ācāra material conveyed through narrative exempla; it is ancillary to the core five marks, serving as prescriptive ritual-chronological guidance.
Bṛhaspati embodies discernment and sacred order; aligning rites with cosmic rhythms (lunar day and asterism) symbolizes harmonizing human action with ṛta (cosmic law).