कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां स्नानं बहुफलप्रदम् । श्रद्धया परया युक्तैः कर्त्तव्यं श्रद्धयाधिकम्
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snānaṃ bahuphalapradam | śraddhayā parayā yuktaiḥ karttavyaṃ śraddhayādhikam
В четырнадцатый лунный день тёмной половины месяца омовение приносит обильные плоды. Его следует совершать тем, кто наделён высшей верой, — более того, с ещё большей верой.
Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Sarayū-snānā (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Predawn river bathing on kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī: pilgrims step into Sarayū with folded hands, lamps flicker on the ghāṭa, and the sky is dark but serene.
Sacred time (tithi) amplifies sacred action (snāna), but faith is the decisive inner force that completes the rite.
The Ayodhyā tīrtha/kuṇḍa context where bathing is praised as especially fruitful on Kṛṣṇapakṣa Caturdaśī.
Perform snāna on the 14th tithi of the dark fortnight, undertaking the bath with heightened, supreme faith.