वृकोदराय वृकाय दक्षिणेशाय ते नमः । नीलाय चित्रगुप्ताय चित्र वैचित्र ते नमः
vṛkodarāya vṛkāya dakṣiṇeśāya te namaḥ | nīlāya citraguptāya citra vaicitra te namaḥ
ဝೃကိုဒရ၊ ဝೃက နှင့် ဒက္ခိဏေရှ အဖြစ် သင့်အား နမස්ကာရ။ နီလ၊ စိတ္ရဂုပ္တ နှင့် အံ့ဩဖွယ် မျိုးစုံဝိစိတ္တ (စိတ္ရ–ဝိုင်စိတ္တ) အဖြစ်လည်း သင့်အား နမස්ကာရ။
Skanda (deduced; mantra-style invocation within the tarpaṇa context)
Tirtha: Dharmavāpī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A devotee recites salutations listing Yama’s epithets; in visionary overlay, Yama’s various aspects appear—stern Dharmarāja, dark Nīla, and Citragupta with ledger—yet the scene remains pacificatory.
Dharma is upheld through remembrance and reverence toward the cosmic order—Yama and his recording principle (Citragupta).
The invocation belongs to the Dharmavāpī tarpaṇa sequence in Dharmāraṇya.
Recitation of salutations (namaḥ) using specific epithets during Yama-tarpaṇa.
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