Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 25
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
एतानि ते मयोक्तानि व्रतान्युक्तानि कामिभिः प्रक्ष्याम्यधुना त्वेतद्वैष्णवं पञ्जरं शुभम्
etāni te mayoktāni vratānyuktāni kāmibhiḥ prakṣyāmyadhunā tvetadvaiṣṇavaṃ pañjaraṃ śubham
ही व्रते मी तुला सांगितली आहेत; इच्छित फलाची कामना करणाऱ्यांसाठी शास्त्रविधीनुसार सांगितलेली. आता मी तुला हे शुभ वैष्णव ‘पंजर’ (रक्षाकवच/स्तोत्र) शिकवितो.
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FAQs
Ritual discipline (vrata) is paired with surrender and remembrance of the deity; protection is framed as arising from devotion and prescribed practice rather than mere worldly strategy.
This passage is primarily Dharma/Ācāra material (vrata-vidhi) rather than the core pañcalakṣaṇa topics; it sits adjacent to purāṇic instruction that supports right conduct.
“Pañjara” symbolizes a sacral boundary: the devotee is ‘enclosed’ by Viṣṇu’s presence and power, anticipating the directional guarding that follows in subsequent verses.