Shloka 88
Vrata–Dāna Compendium at Puṣkara: Puṣpavāhana’s Account and the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata Purification Rite
कल्पांते राजराजेंद्र पितृव्रतमिदं स्मृतम् । संध्यादीप प्रदो यस्तु घृतैस्तैलं विवर्जयेत्
kalpāṃte rājarājeṃdra pitṛvratamidaṃ smṛtam | saṃdhyādīpa prado yastu ghṛtaistailaṃ vivarjayet
हे राजराजेंद्र! कल्पांती हे पितृव्रत म्हणून स्मृत आहे. जो संध्याकाळी दीपदान करतो, त्याने घृत व तेल टाळावे।
Unspecified narrator addressing a king (vocative: rājarājendra)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पितृव्रतमिदं → पितृव्रतम् + इदम् (म् + इ → मि). यस्तु → यः + तु (visarga sandhi).
FAQs
It describes a Pitṛ-related observance (pitṛ-vrata) involving offering a lamp at twilight (sandhyā-dīpa), with the instruction to refrain from using ghee and oil for that lamp.
A royal addressee is invoked as “rājarājendra” (“king of kings”), though the specific king is not named in this single verse.
It emphasizes disciplined adherence to prescribed ritual details—specifically, that even meritorious acts like lamp-offering are to be performed according to stated constraints within a Pitṛ-oriented vow.