महापाराकसंज्ञं तु महत्तप उदाहृतम् । मासैकमुपवासेन सर्वं पूर्णं प्रजायते
mahāpārākasaṃjñaṃ tu mahattapa udāhṛtam | māsaikamupavāsena sarvaṃ pūrṇaṃ prajāyate
Một khổ hạnh lớn được dạy, gọi là Mahāpārāka: nhờ nhịn ăn trọn một tháng, mọi mục tiêu tâm linh đều được viên mãn.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style instruction)
Scene: A disciplined devotee in a simple hut/temple corridor marks days on a palm-leaf, performing lamp-offering and japa, body lean from fasting; above, a mandala-like emblem shows the four puruṣārthas as 'fulfilled'.
The Purāṇic tradition extols sustained fasting as a comprehensive means to spiritual completion when undertaken as sacred tapas.
No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse functions as a vrata-phala declaration within a māhātmya chapter.
Mahāpārāka: a month-long upavāsa (fast) presented as a ‘great tapas’.
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