प्रह्लाद उवाच । वृषोत्सर्गं करिष्यंति वैशाख्यां चैव कार्तिके । द्वारकायां पिशाचत्वं मुक्त्वा यांति पितामहाः
prahlāda uvāca | vṛṣotsargaṃ kariṣyaṃti vaiśākhyāṃ caiva kārtike | dvārakāyāṃ piśācatvaṃ muktvā yāṃti pitāmahāḥ
پرہلاد نے کہا: ‘ویشاکھ اور کارتک میں وہ ورشوتسرگ (بیل کو آزاد کرنے) کی رسم ادا کریں گے۔ دوارکا میں پِتامہ پِشाच بھاؤ سے چھوٹ کر اپنی اعلیٰ گتی کو پہنچتے ہیں۔’
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Daityendra (lord of Daityas) implied by immediate context of address in 42.3; specific name not given here
Scene: Prahlāda speaks to an assembly; in the background, a devotee ceremonially releases a decorated bull near Dvārakā’s sacred precincts, while shadowy pitṛs are shown being lifted from a dark piśāca-like state into light.
Dvārakā is portrayed as a powerful place for ancestral upliftment, where prescribed gifts and vows transform suffering into liberation.
Dvārakā, as a pitṛ-tīrtha where ancestral afflictions are removed.
Vṛṣotsarga (releasing/donating a bull), especially in the months of Vaiśākha and Kārttika.