चैत्रशुक्लत्रयोदश्यामहोरात्रं सुरेश्वरि । शिवकुंडं तथास्त्वेतन्मया यस्मात्समावृतम्
caitraśuklatrayodaśyāmahorātraṃ sureśvari | śivakuṃḍaṃ tathāstvetanmayā yasmātsamāvṛtam
“O Reyna ng mga diyos, sa ikalabintatlong araw ng maliwanag na kalahati ng buwan ng Caitra—sa buong araw at gabi—nawa’y makilala ito bilang ‘Śiva-kuṇḍa’, sapagkat ito’y tinakpan ko.”
Śiva (implied, addressing a goddess as sureśvarī)
Tirtha: Śiva-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A divine proclamation fixes the sacred calendar: on Caitra bright trayodaśī, day and night, the pond is to be known as Śiva-kuṇḍa, marked by the goddess’s covering/protecting act.
Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (kuṇḍa) become mutually sanctifying through divine decree in Purāṇic dharma.
Śiva-kuṇḍa, later further named and praised in the subsequent verses.
The verse highlights the auspicious timing—Caitra bright Trayodaśī (day and night)—as a key sacred window connected to the kuṇḍa.
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