राधादिफाल्गुनांतासु तृतीयासु व्रतं चरेत् । क्रमेण दंतकाष्ठानि कथयामि तवानघे
rādhādiphālgunāṃtāsu tṛtīyāsu vrataṃ caret | krameṇa daṃtakāṣṭhāni kathayāmi tavānaghe
رادھا-ترتیّا سے لے کر پھالگُن کی آخری ترتیّاؤں تک، ہر تیسری تِتھی پر یہ ورت ادا کرنا چاہیے۔ اے بےگناہ! میں ترتیب وار دنت کاشٹھ (دانت صاف کرنے کی ٹہنیاں) تمہیں بیان کرتا ہوں۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pulomajā (anaghā)
Scene: A teacher-sage figure instructs a devoted woman, pointing to a lunar calendar (tithi wheel) and a bundle of tooth-sticks from different trees laid out in order; background hints of Kāśī lanes/ghāṭas.
Regular, tithi-based discipline across the year is praised as a structured path of dharma.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, situating the vrata within the sanctity of Kāśī.
Observing a tṛtīyā-vrata through the year and following prescribed dantakāṣṭha (tooth-stick) usage.