तेनेष्टं क्रतुभिः सर्वैः कृतं तीर्थावगाहनम् । दीपदानं कृतं येन कार्त्तिके केशवाग्रतः
teneṣṭaṃ kratubhiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛtaṃ tīrthāvagāhanam | dīpadānaṃ kṛtaṃ yena kārttike keśavāgrataḥ
جو کار्तِک کے مہینے میں کیشوَ کے حضور چراغ کا دان کرتا ہے، اس کے لیے گویا سب یَجْن پورے ہو گئے اور سب تیرتھوں کا اسنان بھی ہو گیا۔
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style—Brahmā to Nārada)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (with focus on Keśava worship in Kārttika)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee at dusk in Kārttika offers a bright lamp before Keśava’s image, with river-ghāṭa silhouettes and other lamps floating or placed along steps; priests chant softly as the flame reflects on water.
Kārttika devotion to Viṣṇu, expressed through lamp-offering, is treated as a comprehensive fulfillment of major religious duties.
The verse is situated in Ayodhyāmāhātmya; the merit is framed within Ayodhyā’s sacred landscape and Viṣṇu-worship.
Dīpadāna in the month of Kārttika, performed before Keśava (Viṣṇu).