स्नात्वा तु यमुना कुण्डे माधवे मासि मानवः । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावेन रविं गगनभूषणम्
snātvā tu yamunā kuṇḍe mādhave māsi mānavaḥ | pūjayedbhaktibhāvena raviṃ gaganabhūṣaṇam
மாதவ (வைசாக) மாதத்தில் யமுனா-குண்டத்தில் நீராடி, பக்தி உணர்வுடன் ஆகாய அலங்காரமான ரவி (சூரியன்) அவரை வழிபட வேண்டும்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Yamunā-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a stepped kuṇḍa labeled Yamunā, water dripping, then turns toward the rising Sun to offer arghya; the sky is vast, the Sun depicted as ‘gagana-bhūṣaṇa’.
Tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) becomes complete when sealed by bhakti-filled worship of the deity, here Sūrya.
Yamunā-kuṇḍa within Prabhāsakṣetra, as praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Bathe in Yamunā-kuṇḍa during Mādhava month (Vaiśākha) and worship Ravi with devotion.