Devi Bhagavatam 11.9.13 — Cosmic Feminine Manifestations, Skandha 11, Adhyaya 9, Shloka 13
Description of Shirovratam and the Wearing of Tripundra
एतच्छिरोव्रतं कुर्यात्सन्ध्याकालेषु सादरम् । यावद्विद्योदयस्तावत्तस्य विद्या खलूत्तमा
etacchirovrataṃ kuryātsandhyākāleṣu sādaram | yāvadvidyodayastāvattasya vidyā khalūttamā
Deve-se realizar este Śirovrata com reverência durante os tempos de Sandhyā. Até o amanhecer do verdadeiro conhecimento, esta disciplina é, de fato, a mais elevada.
Narayana
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Tattva Discussed: Vidya
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Tantric Practice Type: Sandhya Vandana with Bhasma
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Recitation Occasion: Sandhya (Twilight times)
Phala Shruti: Leads to the dawn of true knowledge
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Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Concluding the instruction on when to perform the vow
Narrative Layer: embedded
Text: Integrates the application of ash into the daily Sandhyavandanam (twilight prayers).
Text: Indicates that external rituals are a necessary scaffold for spiritual growth, required up to the point where internal realization (Vidyodaya) makes them redundant.
FAQs
The Shirovrata should be performed with reverence during the Sandhya times (the transitional periods of dawn, noon, and dusk).
One should continue this practice diligently until true spiritual knowledge (Vidya) dawns within them.
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