Uttara BhagaAdhyaya 6077 Verses

Abhiṣeka (Consecratory Bathing Rite)

在《Puruṣottama-māhātmya》中 Vasu–Mohinī 的对话里,本章规定进入因陀罗昙那湖 Indradyumna(据说由马祭 Aśvamedha 之肢体所生的 tīrtha)的仪轨:先行清净、ācamana、忆念 Hari、恭敬站立,并直接诵念 tīrtha 真言。沐浴后须依量向诸天 devas、圣仙 ṛṣis、祖灵 pitṛs 供水,谨慎言语,向祖先奉献 piṇḍa,并礼拜 Puruṣottama;经文许诺得与 Aśvamedha 等同之功德,令祖先超升,享天界之乐,终至解脱。又设定耶什塔月 Jyeṣṭha 明半月(自 Daśamī 起约一周)的节期:诸河与大海在 Puruṣottama 处显现,因得神祇 darśana,一切所作皆成不坏;并强调 Daśaharā、Ekādaśī 斋戒、Pañcadaśī 瞻礼,以及特别瞻礼(Vaiśākha Tṛtīyā 以檀香涂抹;Phālguna 秋千节)。随后列举全印诸 tīrtha、河流与山岳,末称无有一河可比见 Kṛṣṇa 之 darśana。叙事最终描绘宏大的 abhiṣeka 亭与仪文:乐声、吠陀诵唱,诸天、圣仙与宇宙时间尺度同来临;以恒河 Gaṅgā 之水与花从天界为 Kṛṣṇa 沐浴,章末以题记收束。

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The chapter sacralizes the site by linking it to yajña ontology: the tīrtha is said to arise from the ‘limbs’ of Aśvamedha, transferring the prestige of Vedic sacrifice into a place-based Vaiṣṇava practice where snāna, mantra, and worship yield sacrifice-equivalent merit.

The text states that in the immediate presence of deity-darśana, acts like bathing and charity become akṣaya (inexhaustible). The theological mechanism is proximity to the manifest Lord, not merely the water-body itself.

After listing many rivers and tīrthas, it explicitly declares that none equal the blessed sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, establishing darśana as the apex of pilgrimage efficacy.

Pre-bath: purity, ācamana, mental meditation on Hari, reverential posture, and tīrtha-mantra. Post-bath: tarpaṇa (to gods, sages, ancestors), ācamana, restraint in speech, piṇḍa offerings, and worship of Puruṣottama.