Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 56
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
मोकारो भुजयोर्युग्मं मिथुनस्तत्र संस्थितः मासो आषाढनामा च तृतीयं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
mokāro bhujayoryugmaṃ mithunastatra saṃsthitaḥ māso āṣāḍhanāmā ca tṛtīyaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
‘ਮੋ’ ਅੱਖਰ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਭੁਜਾਵਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ; ਉੱਥੇ ਮਿਥੁਨ ਰਾਸ਼ੀ ਟਿਕੀ ਹੈ। ਆਸ਼ਾਢ ਨਾਮਕ ਮਹੀਨਾ ਤੀਜਾ ਪੱਤਰਕ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
Arms symbolize action (karma) and ritual performance (offering, bathing, giving). Assigning a syllable to the arms integrates sound (mantra) with embodied ritual agency, reinforcing that the tīrtha’s power is accessed through performed acts aligned with cosmic order.
Mithuna literally suggests ‘pairing’ or ‘twin-ness’, which resonates with the verse’s ‘pair of arms’ (yugma). The mapping is not only sequential but also associative, linking semantic imagery (pair/twins) with bodily duality.
Yes—like ‘nakāra’ for ‘na’, ‘mokāra’ denotes the phoneme ‘mo’. Such kāra-terms are common in Sanskrit grammatical and ritual registers to refer precisely to syllabic units used in mantra and symbolic mappings.