Vamana Purana — Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata, Shloka 28
The Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata: Worship of Vishnu’s Body as the Constellations
भाग्यक्षयेर्ऽथाः क्षीयन्ते भवन्त्यभ्युदये पुनः क्षीणस्यास्य शरीरस्य चिन्तया नोदयो भवेत्
bhāgyakṣayer'thāḥ kṣīyante bhavantyabhyudaye punaḥ kṣīṇasyāsya śarīrasya cintayā nodayo bhavet
When fortune is exhausted, one’s resources diminish; when it rises again, they return. But for this body, already worn down, no recovery comes from worry.
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FAQs
It frames prosperity as cyclical: resources contract when supportive merit wanes and expand when it returns. This is a common Purāṇic moral economy linking lived conditions to karmic maturation without denying practical effort.
It shifts from metaphysics to practical ethics: even if external conditions fluctuate, anxiety is not a remedy. ‘Cintā’ only further weakens an already depleted body, so restraint and steadiness are advised.
Yes. Mahātmya sections often embed moral counsel—especially on grief, duty, and mental discipline—because pilgrimage and sacred geography are presented not only as places but as contexts for inner transformation.