Devi Bhagavatam 11.13.3 — Cosmic Feminine Manifestations, Skandha 11, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 3
Skandha 11, Adhyaya 13: Tripundra Dharana Mahatmya Varnanam
गृहस्थानां मुने तद्वद्धर्मवृद्धिकरं तथा । ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमस्थानां स्वाध्यायप्रदमेव च
gṛhasthānāṃ mune tadvaddharmavṛddhikaraṃ tathā | brahmacaryāśramasthānāṃ svādhyāyapradameva ca
အို မုနိ။ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်များအတွက် ဓမ္မကို တိုးပွားစေပြီး ဗြဟ္မစရိယအာသရမရှိသူများအတွက် ဝေဒကျမ်းစာလေ့လာခြင်း၏ အကျိုးကျေးဇူးကို ပေးသနားတော်မူ၏။
Narayana
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Tantric Practice Type: Bhasma Dharana
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Recitation Occasion: Daily
Phala Shruti: Increases Dharma for householders, grants fruits of Vedic study for Brahmacharins
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Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Explaining the merits of wearing Bhasma for different Ashramas
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Text: Details the universal applicability of Bhasma across different stages of life (Ashramas).
Text: Shows that physical rituals (like wearing ash) are designed to support and enhance the specific duties (Dharma) of one's current stage in life.
FAQs
For householders (Grihasthas), wearing Bhasma increases their Dharma (righteousness and spiritual merit).
For those in the Brahmacharya ashrama (celibate students), it grants the spiritual fruits equivalent to studying the Vedas (Svadhyaya).
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