सपत्नीकान्नृपश्रेष्ठ चतुर्थ्यङ्गारके व्रते । पत्नीभर्तारसंयुक्तं विद्वांसं श्रोत्रियं द्विजम्
sapatnīkānnṛpaśreṣṭha caturthyaṅgārake vrate | patnībhartārasaṃyuktaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ śrotriyaṃ dvijam
اے بہترین بادشاہ! چوتھی تِتھی کے اَنگارک ورت میں، برہمنوں کو اُن کی پتنیوں سمیت—جو عالم، شروتریہ اور دِوِج ہوں—زوجین کی صورت میں عزت دینی چاہیے۔
Narrator addressing a King (listener implied)
Tirtha: Māṅgaleśvara-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha / Pāṇḍunandana (kingly addressee in this passage)
Scene: A vow-day gathering: learned brāhmaṇa couples seated together; the patron-king or pilgrim offers respectful hospitality, water for washing, and dakṣiṇā, under the auspices of Māṅgaleśvara.
Vows become fruitful through respectful support of learned Vedic households; dharma is upheld by honoring qualified recipients.
The vrata instruction belongs to the Māṅgaleśvara tīrtha narrative in Revā-khaṇḍa, though the verse focuses on the vow’s recipients.
During the Caturthī Aṅgāraka-vrata, honor (and typically feed/gift) learned śrotriya brāhmaṇas along with their wives.