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A record says Expert review: Performed only when the exact scope, date, reviewer credentials, compensation, and relevant affiliations are disclosed.", "records": [ { "url": "https://valkala.com/achyutashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Achyutashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All nine verses, the opening invocation and the colophon were inspected against the public-domain 1912 images at Commons scan pages 52–53 / printed pages 44–45 and checked against the 1916 reprint; verse 1 follows the 1916 correction gopikā. The validated 1910 edition transcribed on Sanskrit Wikisource was compared line by line; the printed readings are kept, and the verse 6, 7 and 9 variants are given in the meanings. 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Difficult titles were resolved from the commentary on the same leaves. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check found no mismatches, and all three meaning layers received a complete internal fidelity and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Valmiki Ramayana with the commentary of Sri Govindaraja, Yuddha Kanda sarga 107, DjVu scan leaves 403–411 (printed pages 399–407). Commons file-description revision 189384421 identifies the scan and labels it public domain; the publication year was not established and is not invented. Sanskrit Wikisource contributors’ Adityahridayam, permanent revision 192642, is the CC BY-SA 4.0 reading aid. Valkala Editorial re-read every verse and the colophon from the scan, kept the printed readings, and prepared original Roman IAST and Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English paraphrases. This adapted text is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution to those contributors and Valkala Editorial. 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Inspected the complete modern legend article and wrote a short original overview, not a full katha; retained its animal-wording uncertainty. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, general Devi reader links, optional practice and claims boundaries. No scripture comparison or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Original editorial overview and optional prayer outline; no modern legend wording, sacred verse or ritual formula is reproduced. Stored New Delhi dates preserve their original source pair and timestamp. Current Washington Drik context and an Ujjain Prokerala search extract are not fresh local date verification. The hedgehog/porcupine wording difference is disclosed without a species claim. Full katha and dedicated Ahoi aarti remain source-gated; general Devi readers are accurately labelled.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — stored Ahoi Ashtami 2026 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami/ahoi-ashtami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored Ahoi Ashtami 2026 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — stored Ahoi Ashtami 2027 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami/ahoi-ashtami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored Ahoi Ashtami 2027 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — inspected Washington page, general customs only", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami/ahoi-ashtami-date-time.html?year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — inspected popular legend, not a reusable controlling scripture edition", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ahoi-ashtami/legends/ahoi-ashtami-vrat-katha.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/aja-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Aja Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared chapter 56 Sanskrit verses 1–23 and colophon with the same-host English witness and wrote a short original overview, without borrowing the calendar publisher's added episodes. Inspected AstroSage's year/location-specific page on 3 October 2026 while preserving the stored 29 September evidence timestamp. Hindi, Hinglish, complete reader links, sensitive-context disclosures and optional practice received an internal editorial pass. No expert review is claimed. On 4 October checked the complete selected reader link, exact revision, language scope and ending/safety boundaries. This content/link update is not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date retains its stored New Delhi Smarta evidence and timestamp; fresh AstroSage corroboration is not a new pair check. The chapter-56 summary is original, bounded and not a complete katha. Sanskrit and English witnesses share a host and are not independent publishers. No sacred verse or modern translated passage is reproduced. The calendar publisher's expanded account is not blended in. Servitude, caste language and restoration claims are contextualized, not adopted as practice or guarantees. The complete selected reader now covers the whole chapter and colophon in original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English, with exact licensed revision and ending limits. Reading links do not refresh date evidence.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 56 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–23 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428111.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 56 — Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365633.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Aja Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi (fresh date corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi/aja-ekadashi?date=2027&language=en" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete selected chapter 56 — Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336437", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५६&oldid=336437" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/aja-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Aja Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 23 numbered positions and colophon of exact Wikisource API revision 336437. Compared each range throughout with complete Wisdomlib Sanskrit and grouped English chapters, not independent print witnesses. Selected Sanskrit pulkasa is retained as an ancient social label rather than silently replaced with the English chandala. Putrajivana reports the son's life without a separately narrated death, snakebite or resurrection scene. The seven-day interval belongs to Gautama's story, not a calculation of an annual date. Checked whole account, contiguous ranges, original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, ending, claims, licence, metadata and links. Complete selected original retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, universal vrat manual or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana Uttara chapter 56, complete API revision 336437, numbered positions 1–23 plus separate colophon. Entire reliable electronic text read, not OCR; no rendered Wikisource inspection claimed. Entire Wisdomlib Sanskrit and grouped English chapters compared electronically, not independent print witnesses. Modern translation is not copied. Source attribution and CC BY-SA 4.0 change/share-alike notice retained. Selected Sanskrit pulkasa is retained as an ancient social label rather than silently replaced with the English chandala. Putrajivana reports the son's life without a separately narrated death, snakebite or resurrection scene. The seven-day interval belongs to Gautama's story, not a calculation of an annual date.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 56, controlling revision 336437", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५६&oldid=336437" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — exact complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336437&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 56 — complete electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428111.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 56 — full English comparison only, prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365633.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/akshaya-tritiya", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Akshaya Tritiya", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 9 May 2027 New Delhi date was checked on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala. On 1 October 2026, the story sequence was checked in the English and Sanskrit presentations, the chapter-numbering difference was documented, the sexual-violence and accountability context was made explicit, and gold and fruit claims were bounded as belief rather than guaranteed outcomes. English, Hindi and Hinglish copy, internal reading links and the absence of universal clock times received an editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "The 2027 New Delhi date comes from Drik Panchang and Prokerala. The teaching and sensitive story section is Valkala's original bounded summary of Skanda Purana, Vaishnava Khanda, Vaishakhamasa-mahatmya chapter 23, numbered chapter 177 in the full Vaishnava Khanda presentation; it is not a copied translation or a historical claim. The source account includes sexual violence, which is named without graphic detail. Its ritual-restoration claim does not erase responsibility, consequences, consent violations or the need for justice and repair. Gold buying and prosperity are presented as optional belief and custom, not financial advice or guaranteed outcomes.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Akshaya Tritiya 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/akshaya-tritiya/akshaya-tritiya-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Akshaya Tritiya 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/akshaya-tritiya.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-skanda-purana-english", "label": "Skanda Purana, Vaishnava Khanda — Vaishakhamasa-mahatmya chapter 23 (English presentation)", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371725.html" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-skanda-purana", "label": "Skanda Purana, Vaishnava Khanda — global chapter 177 (Sanskrit presentation)", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/skanda-purana/2/177" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/amalaki-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Amalaki Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The account and ritual boundary were checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 45 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The difference from the popular Chitrasena retelling is disclosed instead of blending the accounts. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 the complete reader and hub link were checked against whole API revision 336426 and whole electronic comparisons; all 63 numbered units and colophon retained. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no clock times inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The account is Valkala's original, bounded summary of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 45; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The selected chapter contains the amalaki origin and worship account, not the popular King Chitrasena retelling, and no medical benefit is claimed. The complete linked reader now supersedes the earlier overview-only reader status. It uses exact Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336426, 6.45.1–63, all 63 numbered units and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution/change notice. Manual reconciliation covers every position 1–63: extraction flag is not a missing verse. Opening question and answer both carry Shrikrishna uvacha; English footnote suggests Yudhishthira, not silently repaired. Retain cosmic spittle origin, complete deity/tree and image/name mappings, Dwadashi–Pushya qualification without Ekadashi repair or calendar calculation, next-day eating versus English two-day fasting, tadardhardhena half-of-half versus English half, circumambulation/name-count ambiguity, kutumba versus fraternity, and little-exertion/duradharsha tension. No Chitrasena or hunter-rebirth story is blended. Tree cosmology and benefit ratios are religious perspectives, not botany, medical advice or wealth/afterlife guarantees. Full ritual discussion is descriptive, not an operational manual, detached mantra/nyasa, caste or belief exclusion, compulsory fast/vigil/count, gold/gem purchase or gift obligation. No unsafe fire, clay/spittle application, water entry or tree damage. Food, water, rest and care remain available; attend lamps and extinguish before sleeping. No independent print collation, fresh PDF inspection, rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 45, controlling revision 336426", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४५&oldid=336426" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336426&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 45 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428100.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 45 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365622.html" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 45 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2492–2496", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 45 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/45" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Amalaki Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/amalaki-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/amalaki-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Amalaki Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 63 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336426. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Manual reconciliation covers every position 1–63: extraction flag is not a missing verse. Opening question and answer both carry Shrikrishna uvacha; English footnote suggests Yudhishthira, not silently repaired. Retain cosmic spittle origin, complete deity/tree and image/name mappings, Dwadashi–Pushya qualification without Ekadashi repair or calendar calculation, next-day eating versus English two-day fasting, tadardhardhena half-of-half versus English half, circumambulation/name-count ambiguity, kutumba versus fraternity, and little-exertion/duradharsha tension. No Chitrasena or hunter-rebirth story is blended. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336426, 6.45.1–63 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Manual reconciliation covers every position 1–63: extraction flag is not a missing verse. Opening question and answer both carry Shrikrishna uvacha; English footnote suggests Yudhishthira, not silently repaired. Retain cosmic spittle origin, complete deity/tree and image/name mappings, Dwadashi–Pushya qualification without Ekadashi repair or calendar calculation, next-day eating versus English two-day fasting, tadardhardhena half-of-half versus English half, circumambulation/name-count ambiguity, kutumba versus fraternity, and little-exertion/duradharsha tension. No Chitrasena or hunter-rebirth story is blended.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 45, controlling revision 336426", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४५&oldid=336426" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336426&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 45 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428100.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 45 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365622.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/amavasya", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Amavasya", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every listed date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026: Amavasya dates against the Drik Panchang and AstroSage lists for 2026 and 2027, and Sarva Pitru Amavasya against Drik Panchang and Prokerala; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows Drik Panchang's Amavasya page; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The description of Amavasya, its link with shraddha and the names Somvati and Shani Amavasya come from Drik Panchang's Amavasya page; the meaning of Sarva Pitru Amavasya comes from Drik Panchang's Amavasya Shraddha page; the Diwali rule is from Valkala's Diwali page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Amavasya dates and explanation, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/amavasyadates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Amavasya dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/amavasyadates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Amavasya dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/amavasya?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2026 Amavasya dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/amavasya?language=en&date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/shraddha/tithi/amavasya-shraddha-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Mahalaya Amavasya 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/mahalaya-amavasya.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ambe-gauri-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Om Jai Ambe Gauri", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 13-stanza sequence was independently normalized and checked line by line against an institutional bhajan book and the separately proofread Sanskrit Documents version. Transliteration and all three meaning layers received an internal editorial pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-05", "sourceNote": "Complete common 13-stanza reading. Valkala independently normalized the traditional text and wrote its transliteration and meanings. The cited institutional and Sanskrit Documents editions were used for research comparison; performance variants remain common.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ambe-gauri-aarti-columbia", "label": "Columbia University Hindu Students Organization — Bhajan Book", "url": "https://www.columbia.edu/cu/hso/BhajanBook2012.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "ambe-gauri-aarti-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Durga Chalisa and Jai Ambe Gauri (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_otherlang_hindi/durga40.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/anant-chaturdashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Anant Chaturdashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Retained the two-source 2 October date check and earlier evidence history. On 3 October linked the complete selected Anant 1–133 retelling with its old-print comparison and complete language layers. Kept conflicting arm rules unresolved and optional Vishnu prayer separate from formal vows and immersion. No local clock-time calculation or external expert review is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "The festival date retains its fresh New Delhi pair. Tourism supports the named Maharashtra immersion association, not 2027 timing. The complete selected Anant account has its own old-print boundary, comparison and safety notices. Summaries and household steps are original. Conflicting thread rules remain disclosed without selecting one; no compulsory multi-year vow, clock time, immersion procedure or affiliate block is added.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Anant Chaturdashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/anant-chaturdashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — Anant Chaturdashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/festivals/anant-chaturdashi/yearly/2027" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Maharashtra Ganesh festival and immersion context (not 2027 date evidence)", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/maharashtra/ganesh-chaturthi" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/anant-vrat-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Anant Vrat Katha — Complete Selected Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually checked the entire 1897 account through 133 and colophon against the complete catalogued 1884 print. Mapped four contiguous prose ranges, recorded Shila/Sushila, abbreviated numbering and variant footnotes, and checked original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English speaker and event parity. Included Anant's cosmic explanation, all forest encounters, their closing interpretation and benefit discussion, without reproducing a self-harm method or prescribing thread rules. No external expert review or formal ritual equivalence is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English prose from the complete Anant-vrat katha 1–133 in the 1897 Khemraj Vrataraja, physical scan pages 559–567 (zero-based leaves 558–566). Complete comparison: catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, physical scans 687–698. Both old Sanskrit prints are digitized by eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus with CC0 provenance. OCR located the account only; actual images control. Footnotes and the separately headed udyapana are not additional numbered katha positions. Original prose condenses all selected episodes and closing discussion; no modern translation, sacred formula or verse transcription is copied. Neither a critical edition nor an independently proved Mahabharata/Purana chapter is claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj print, controlling Anant account on physical scans 559–567", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, complete comparison scans 687–698", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 metadata — edition identity and CC0 record", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/annapurna-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Annapurna Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All twelve verses and the colophon were read from the 1912 page images (printed pages 180–181) and compared word by word with the 1906 Khemraj printing (pages 204–206); the two agree on every material reading. Wikisource revision 180872 was compared and its three extra verses excluded by owner decision. The IAST is a literal transliteration generated from the Devanagari and checked with scripts/check-devotional-text.mjs. The Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings are original and were read together verse by verse.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912), item 83 “अन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्”, printed pages 180–181 (Wikimedia Commons DjVu pages 188–189; Internet Archive Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912 leaves 187–188), read directly from the page images. Second witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, Part I (Khemraj, 1906), printed pages 204–206 (Internet Archive BrihatStotraRatnakarPartI1906Khemraj leaves 246–248, CC0), which agrees on every material reading. The printed abbreviation of the refrain (भिक्षां देहि०) is expanded in stanzas 2–10 by editorial decision. Internal anusvara before a class consonant is written as the nasal consonant. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 180872 (2018) has three additional verses found in neither printing; it is used only as a comparison.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912), DjVu scan; Annapurna Stotram on printed pages 180–181", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&page=188" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakar-part-1-1906-khemraj", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, Part I, Khemraj, 1906 (CC0 scan; second witness, pages 204–206)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/BrihatStotraRatnakarPartI1906Khemraj" }, { "sourceId": "annapurna-stotram-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — अन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्, revision 180872 (comparison only; CC BY-SA)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=180872" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/apara-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Apara Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The teaching sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 50 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The absence of the popular Mahidhvaja account from that chapter and the boundary between sacred merit claims and real-world responsibility are disclosed. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October added and internally checked the complete selected chapter reader link, language-layer scope, exact revision and safety boundaries. This is a content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The teaching summary is Valkala's original, bounded account of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 50; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The page discloses that the chapter is not a character-driven katha, does not contain the popular Mahidhvaja account and does not treat ritual as a substitute for responsibility, justice or repair. On 4 October 2026 added the complete selected reader of chapter 50 from exact licensed Wikisource revision 336431; its original prose, language layers, comparison differences and licence are separate from this earlier bounded overview. No calendar evidence timestamp is refreshed by the reading link.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 50 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2508–2510", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 50 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/50" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Apara Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/apara-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete selected reader source — Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 50, revision 336431", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५०&oldid=336431" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/apara-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Apara Ekadashi — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 20 numbered positions and separate colophon of Sanskrit Wikisource API revision 336431. Compared every source unit with the full Wisdomlib Sanskrit presentation and full grouped English chapter; these are electronic comparisons, not independent print collation. Verse 3's putradayini (son-giving) is retained as the Sanskrit's religious claim; the grouped English instead says unending fruit. Verse 16's ardhaprasuta cow is described as linked to parturition, not silently changed to the English recently calved cow. Kumbhakedara remains a source place-name, not an inferred modern festival. No popular Mahidhvaja/Vajradhvaja/Dhoumya episode is inserted. Checked contiguous range mapping, original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English, paragraph parity, ending, claims, licence and links. This is a complete selected chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, every popular variant, a formal vrat manual or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara chapter 50, complete API revision 336431, numbered positions 1–20 and separate colophon. Fully read reliable electronic text, not OCR; rendered Wikisource access failed. Complete Sanskrit and grouped English comparisons on Wisdomlib were inspected, not reused as translation or independent print witnesses. The source's CC BY-SA 4.0 licence and original-adaptation attribution/change notice are retained. Verse 3's putradayini (son-giving) is retained as the Sanskrit's religious claim; the grouped English instead says unending fruit. Verse 16's ardhaprasuta cow is described as linked to parturition, not silently changed to the English recently calved cow. Kumbhakedara remains a source place-name, not an inferred modern festival. No popular Mahidhvaja/Vajradhvaja/Dhoumya episode is inserted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Padma Purana chapter 50, exact controlling revision 336431", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५०&oldid=336431" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling archived wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336431&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 50 — complete electronic comparison, not independent print collation", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428105.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande English chapter 50 — complete comparison only; modern prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365627.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource rightsinfo API — checked CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/argala-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Argala Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The viniyoga, all 25 verses and the closing line were transcribed from the page images of the 1952 Gita Press first edition and read again against the 1991 reprint; the two agree word for word. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 305095 and an 1870 lithograph were compared and found to carry different recensions. The earlier draft followed none of these: it omitted verse 22, had wording errors in five verses and added three verses found in no source, and has been replaced. The transliteration was checked deterministically against the Devanagari, and every meaning was written and read against the printed Sanskrit in an internal language and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-26", "sourceNote": "Direct transcription of the Sanskrit hymn from the Gita Press, Gorakhpur, Shri Durga Saptashati, first edition, 1952 (PDF 21–24), checked word for word against the Gita Press large-type reprint of 1991 (PDF 38–42). Only the ancient Sanskrit text is reproduced; the edition's translation, notes and layout are not. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 305095 and an 1870 Varanasi lithograph, which carry different recensions, were read as comparison evidence. Valkala's Roman transliteration and three meaning layers are original.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1952", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press, 1952 first edition, PDF 21–24 (controlling print)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Azce_shri-durga-sapta-shati-with-main-text-and-path-vidhi-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press large-type reprint, 1991, PDF 38–42 (second print check)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "argala-stotram-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Argala Stotram, revision 305095 (27-verse recension, comparison only)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=305095" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1870-ganesh-press", "label": "Internet Archive — Durga Saptashati, Ganesh Press, Varanasi, 1870 (different recension, evidence only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/durgasaptashati1870ganeshpressvaranasi" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/bajrang-baan", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Bajrang Baan", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 2026-09-05 all 36 lines—opening doha, 16 paired sections and closing doha—were compared with Gujarati Wikisource revision 208116; Gujarati-to-Devanagari mapping matched after punctuation and whitespace normalization. On 2026-09-13 the two transcluded scan pages were visually inspected, every section and language layer was audited in sequence, and seven difficult readings were resolved conservatively using the selected witness, a separately published bilingual comparison and public-domain Hindi Shabdasagar lexical entries. Roman seed-syllable forms represent the selected spelling and are not presented as pronunciation instruction. This is AI-assisted internal editorial QA; expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-13", "sourceNote": "This complete shorter edition follows Gujarati Wikisource revision 208116 and the two transcluded pages of the Commons-hosted source scan. Valkala transliterated the Gujarati-script text into Devanagari and wrote the Roman transliteration and all meaning layers. The selected source's historical forms—including ह्नीं, जमकातर and अगिन—are preserved. A separately published bilingual comparison and entries in the public-domain Hindi Shabdasagar dictionary were consulted to interpret difficult words; none of their prose is reused. A longer Sanskrit Documents recension was consulted only for variant structure because that site restricts commercial reposting. The adapted source text and Valkala's original editorial layers are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution to Gujarati Wikisource contributors and Valkala Editorial.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "bajrang-baan-gu-wikisource", "label": "Gujarati Wikisource — Bajrang Baan, permanent revision 208116 (CC BY-SA)", "url": "https://gu.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%97_%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A3&oldid=208116" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "bajrang-baan-commons", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Dohavali and Anya pado source scan, pages 90–91 (CC BY 4.0)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dohavali_and_Anya_pado.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "ia-35-legendary-glory-of-hanuman", "label": "The Legendary Glory of Hanuman — bilingual comparison witness (research only; wording not reused)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/35-legendary-glory-of-hanuman" }, { "sourceId": "hindi-wiktionary-shabdasagar", "label": "Hindi Shabdasagar — जमकातर lexical entry", "url": "https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0" }, { "sourceId": "hindi-wiktionary-shabdasagar", "label": "Hindi Shabdasagar — परमपद lexical entry", "url": "https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6" }, { "sourceId": "hindi-wiktionary-shabdasagar", "label": "Hindi Shabdasagar — घालक lexical entry", "url": "https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95" }, { "sourceId": "hindi-wiktionary-shabdasagar", "label": "Hindi Shabdasagar — मारि lexical entry", "url": "https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF" }, { "sourceId": "hindi-wiktionary-shabdasagar", "label": "Hindi Shabdasagar — मर lexical entry", "url": "https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0" }, { "sourceId": "bajrang-baan-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bajrang Baan (research comparison only; no text reused)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_otherlang_hindi/bajarangabaaNHindi.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/bhai-dooj", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Bhai Dooj", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Added the 2026 New Delhi date after checking Drik Panchang's 2026 Diwali calendar and Prokerala on 14 October 2026; the 2027 record keeps its original two-source check. Inspected the cited context witness and checked original summaries, Hindi/Hinglish answers, general reader scope, optional practice, reciprocal cluster links and generated output. No full katha comparison or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Original editorial copy; no modern sacred-text transcription, translation or ritual formula is reproduced. Stored New Delhi date evidence and its original timestamp are preserved. Context sources do not clear a complete devotional reader or a fresh local date check.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik — stored New Delhi 2027 Diwali calendar evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/diwali-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored New Delhi Bhai Dooj 2027 evidence", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/bhai-dooj.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik — inspected Washington page, sibling customs only; not New Delhi date evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/bhai-dooj/bhai-dooj-date-time.html?year=2027" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/bilvashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Bilvashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All nine verses and the colophon were inspected against Gita Press Shiva Stotra Ratnakar printed pages 189–190. The 1933 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara text was compared and recorded as a different recension; the draft's earlier version, which no print supported, was replaced on the owner's decision. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check and an anushtubh metre scan were run, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Bilvashtakam on printed pages 189–190 of Shiva Stotra Ratnakar, Gita Press, Gorakhpur (eighth reprint, Samvat 2062 / 2005 CE), from the Internet Archive scan released CC0 (scan leaves 198–199), directly inspected. Only the traditional Sanskrit text is reproduced. The owner chose this recension on 27 September 2026 because no print was found for the draft's earlier version. The 1933 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara on Wikimedia Commons and its Sanskrit Wikisource transcription (revision 320186) were compared as a different recension. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-shiva-stotra-ratnakar-gita-press", "label": "Internet Archive — Shiva Stotra Ratnakar, Gita Press (CC0 scan; Bilvashtakam on printed pages 189–190)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/iDry_shiva-stotra-ratnakar-gita-press" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "bilvashtakam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Bilvashtakam from the 1933 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, revision 320186 (a different recension, compared)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=320186" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/aarti-vidhi-thali-rules-water-sprinkling-meaning", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Sacred Aarti Vidhi: How to Rotate the Aarti Thali & Why Water is Sprinkled", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The definition of Aarti and the documented 4-2-1-7 sequence were checked against the cited references. Regional variation, water customs, wick guidance, and fire safety received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "australian-council-of-hindu-clergy-smarta-puja", "label": "Australian Council of Hindu Clergy — Smarta Puja reference", "url": "https://www.australiancouncilofhinduclergy.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/smartapuja.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "wiley-hindu-worship-excerpt", "label": "Wiley — introductory text on Hindu worship and Aarti", "url": "https://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/pdf/9781118767566.excerpt.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/akhand-jyot-diya-buying-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Akhand Jyot Diya Buying Guide: What to Look For", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The features of an Akhand Jyot diya, the oil-versus-ghee choice, and continuous-lamp safety were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Features are described by practical function, fire-safety guidance is included throughout, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diya (lamp)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(lamp)" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Oil lamp", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/akhand-jyoti-niyam-navratri", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Akhand Jyoti Niyam: Rules & Care for the Continuous Lamp", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The Akhand Jyoti practice and the niyam commonly followed during Navratri were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. On 29 September 2026 the relighting steps were cross-checked against Drik Panchang's Navratri FAQ, The Art of Living and Webdunia; only steps stated by at least one named source are included, customs are labelled as varying, lineage-specific mantras are omitted, safety guidance is kept, and no ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diya (lamp)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(lamp)" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Navratri FAQ (Akhand Deep and Karma Deep)", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/faq/navratri/about-navratri.html" }, { "sourceId": "art-of-living", "label": "The Art of Living — Akhand Jyot in Navratri: meaning, ritual and precautions", "url": "https://www.artofliving.org/in-en/navratri/akhand-jyot-in-navratri-significance-process-and-dos-donts" }, { "sourceId": "webdunia-english", "label": "Webdunia — Akhand Jyot goes out during Navratri", "url": "https://english.webdunia.com/article/hinduism-rituals/akhand-jyot-goes-out-during-navratri-dont-panic-do-this-immediately-126032000017_1.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/dhanteras-2026-what-to-buy-puja-vidhi", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Dhanteras 2026 Date: 6 November, What to Buy and Puja", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 6 November 2026 Delhi date and city-specific timing boundary were checked against Drik Panchang on 21 September 2026. The wider Diwali context and Dhanteras customs were compared with BAPS and the cited background references. Purchases are presented as optional cultural practice, the home sequence is explicitly non-universal, and no object, transaction or ritual is said to guarantee health, wealth or return.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-21", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Dhanteras 2026 for Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/dhanteras/festivals-dhanteras-puja-timings.html?geoname-id=1273294" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali and its days", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Dhanteras", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanteras" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diwali", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/diwali-diya-decoration-akhand-jyot", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Diwali Diyas & Akhand Jyot: A Simple Lighting Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Diwali lamp-lighting context was checked against BAPS and the cited background references. Open-flame placement, child and pet separation, supervision and sleep/absence boundaries were checked against U.S. Fire Administration candle-safety guidance and applied conservatively to oil lamps; the no-water oil-fire warning was checked against its cooking-fire guidance. Unsupported compulsory counts, directions, fuel superiority and ritual outcomes were excluded.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-21", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali and lamp-lighting context", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "usfa-fema", "label": "U.S. Fire Administration — candle fire safety", "url": "https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prevent-fires/candle/" }, { "sourceId": "usfa-fema", "label": "U.S. Fire Administration — cooking fire safety", "url": "https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prevent-fires/cooking/" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diya (lamp)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(lamp)" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diwali", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/diwali-lakshmi-puja-samagri-essentials-checklist", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Diwali Lakshmi Puja Samagri: A Complete Essentials Checklist", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The altar, kalash, Lakshmi-Ganesh, lamp, offering and worship-item groups were checked on 21 September 2026 against Drik Panchang's detailed Diwali and Lakshmi Puja sequences; BAPS was used for broader Diwali practice context. The checklist was reduced to a practical household starting point, regional variation and fire safety were retained, and no material or financial outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-21", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — detailed Diwali Puja Vidhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/info/diwali-puja-vidhi.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 16-step Lakshmi Puja Vidhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/lakshmipuja/info/lakshmi-puja-vidhi.html" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/dussehra-vijayadashami-puja-vidhi", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Dussehra (Vijayadashami): Puja Vidhi & Significance", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 20 October 2026 date was checked on 24 September 2026 against the Government of India DoPT Office Memorandum listing 2026 holidays for Central Government offices in Delhi/New Delhi. The significance of Vijayadashami and the observances of the tenth day were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Regional variation is documented, exact dates and muhurat are referred to a Panchang, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-24", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026 (O.M. F.No.12/2/2023-JCA)", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Vijayadashami", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayadashami" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Dussehra reference", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/dussehra/dussehra-date-time.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/five-days-of-diwali-explained", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "The Five Days of Diwali, Explained: Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The five-day sequence and each observance's broad meaning were checked against BAPS and the cited background references. The 2026 civil dates were checked on 21 September 2026 against Drik Panchang's Delhi and New Delhi pages. The page distinguishes a cultural five-observance sequence from five consecutive Gregorian dates, records regional naming differences and makes no ritual-outcome promise.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-21", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali and its days", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Diwali 2026 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/lakshmipuja/festivals-lakshmipuja-timings.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Govardhan Puja 2026 for Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/govardhan-puja/govardhan-puja-date-time.html?geoname-id=1273294" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Bhai Dooj 2026 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/bhai-dooj/bhai-dooj-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diwali", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Bhai Dooj", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhai_Dooj" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/ghatasthapana-kalash-sthapana-vidhi-muhurat", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Ghatasthapana Vidhi & Muhurat: How to Do Kalash Sthapana at Home", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 11 October 2026 date and the New Delhi muhurat (06:19–10:12 AM, Abhijit 11:44 AM–12:31 PM, Pratipada 09:19 PM on 10 October to 09:30 PM on 11 October) were checked on 24 September 2026 against Drik Panchang's New Delhi Shardiya Ghatasthapana page. The practice and the sequence of Kalash Sthapana were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Other cities need their own Panchang result, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-24", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Shardiya Navratri Ghatasthapana 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/shardiya-navratri-ghatasthapana.html?year=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/hanuman-chalisa-rules-best-time-benefits", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Hanuman Chalisa: Best Time, Rules, Bathing & Repetitions", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The work's attribution and forty-chaupai structure were checked against the cited references. Practice rules, timing, repetition counts, gender claims, and benefits received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-09", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hanuman-chalisa-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hanuman text index", "url": "https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/itrans/hanumaana.php" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-chalisa-google-books", "label": "Google Books — Hanuman Chalisa bibliographic record", "url": "https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JaTtPAAACAAJ" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/hanuman-chalisa-sundarkand-book-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose a Hanuman Chalisa or Sundarkand Book", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Original edition-selection guidance checked against the existing active catalogue snapshot and published reader provenance on 12 October 2026. Work identity follows the repository’s source-anchored Chalisa and Ramcharitmanas Sundarkand records. Product cards use generated Supabase facts, not independent examination of printed copies. No page sample, translation accuracy, completeness or hands-on quality certification is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-12", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hanuman-chalisa-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hanuman text index (work context, not product certification)", "url": "https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/itrans/hanumaana.php" }, { "sourceId": "ramcharitmanas-belvedere-press", "label": "Belvedere Press Ramcharitmanas — controlling scan for Valkala’s Sundarkand reader; not the editions sold below", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/hanuman-puja-samagri-checklist", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Hanuman Puja Samagri: A Practical Preparation Checklist", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Checked Drik Panchang’s Tuesday offering list, BAPS’s Hanuman Jayanti observance and the Hanuman Mandir’s Tuesday reading context on 12 October 2026. They describe different observances, not one agreed checklist. The preparation and purchase questions are original editorial guidance, not a formal vidhi. No ritual formula, chola application, havan, fixed purchase requirement or outcome claim is prescribed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-12", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Hanumana Mangalavara Vrat, offering context (checked 12 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/weekdays/mangalavara/hanumana-mangalavara-vrat.html" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Hanuman Jayanti, institutional observance context (checked 12 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/HanumanJayanti.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "shree-dakshinmukhaya-hanuman-mandir", "label": "Shree Dakshinmukhaya Hanuman Mandir — Tuesday reading context (checked 12 October 2026)", "url": "https://shreedakshinmukhayahanuman.org/events.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/how-to-choose-incense-dhoop-holder", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose an Incense / Dhoop Holder", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The types of incense and dhoop holder, the role of an ash-catcher, and safe placement were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Choices are described by practical function, safety guidance is included, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Incense", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Dhupa", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhupa" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/how-to-choose-japa-mala-buying-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose a Japa Mala: A Complete Buying Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The structure of a 108-bead japa mala, the common bead materials, and their traditional associations were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Bead materials are described by tradition and practical qualities, without any medical, astrological, or other outcome claim; the choice of mala is referred to personal practice and guru guidance.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Japamala", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japamala" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Rudraksha", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudraksha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/how-to-choose-pooja-bell", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose a Pooja Bell (Ghanti)", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The use of a bell in pooja, common designs, and brass care were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. The bell is described by tradition and practical function, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Bell (instrument)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Aarti", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/how-to-choose-pooja-thali", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose a Pooja Thali for Home", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The use of a pooja thali, its common materials and sizes, and the items an aarti thali holds were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Choices are described by practical function and vary by family practice, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Puja (Hinduism)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Aarti", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/how-to-choose-puja-asana", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How to Choose a Puja Asana (Seat) for Jaap & Meditation", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The role of a dedicated asana in jaap and meditation, common materials, and the tradition of a reserved seat were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Material choices vary by tradition, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Asana", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asana" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Japa", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japa" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/kamal-gatta-mala-lakshmi-mantra-japa", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Kamal Gatta Mala & Lakshmi Mantra Jaap for Diwali", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The identity of Kamal Gatta as lotus seed, Lakshmi's lotus association and the general 108-bead japa-mala method were checked against the cited references and given an internal claims pass. The page does not prescribe an unsourced mantra, authenticate a retailer's beads, require 108 repetitions or promise wealth, prosperity, health or any other outcome.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Japamala", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japamala" }, { "sourceId": "britannica", "label": "Encyclopaedia Britannica — Lakshmi", "url": "https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lakshmi" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Lakshmi", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/kanya-pujan-ashtami-navami-2026", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Kanya Pujan 2026: Ashtami & Navami Dates and Home Vidhi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 24 September 2026, the Durga Ashtami and Maha Navami dates, tithi timings and Sandhi Puja window were checked against Drik Panchang's New Delhi Durga Ashtami, Maha Navami and Shardiya Navratri calendar pages, and compared with the Government of India DoPT 2026 restricted-holiday list, which records Mahashtami on 19 October and Mahanavami on 20 October. The disagreement is disclosed. The Kanya Pujan sequence is a common home version checked against the cited general references; no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-24", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Durga Ashtami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/durga-puja/mahashtami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Maha Navami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/durga-puja/maha-navami-date-time.html?year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Shardiya Navratri calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/ashwin-shardiya-navratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026 (O.M. F.No.12/2/2023-JCA)", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Kanya Puja", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanya_Puja" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/karva-chauth-puja-samagri-thali-checklist", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Karva Chauth Puja Samagri & Thali: A Complete Checklist", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 29 October 2026 date was checked on 24 September 2026 against the Government of India DoPT 2026 holiday list (Karaka Chaturthi) and Drik Panchang's New Delhi Karwa Chauth page, which also gave the 05:38–06:56 PM puja muhurat and 08:17 PM moonrise; Drik Panchang gave the same date and times when rechecked on 14 October 2026. Karva Chauth observance customs, common puja items, and the moon-sighting practice were checked against the cited general references. The samagri checklist, sargi note, regional variation, and product suggestions received an internal editorial pass, and no personal or relationship outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026 (O.M. F.No.12/2/2023-JCA)", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Karwa Chauth 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/karwa-chauth/karwa-chauth-date-time.html" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Karva Chauth", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karva_Chauth" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Vrata", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrata" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/kojagari-lakshmi-puja-2026", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Kojagari Lakshmi Puja 2026: Date and Home Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 25 October 2026 date was checked on 23 September 2026 against the West Bengal government 2026 holiday notification and Drik Panchang's location-labelled Kojagara calendar. Original explanatory prose distinguishes Ashwin Purnima from Diwali Amavasya; no unsourced city muhurat, copied katha, compulsory night vigil or promised outcome is supplied. Hindi, Roman-Hindi, claims, fasting and lamp-safety boundaries were checked internally.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "west-bengal-government-holidays", "label": "Government of West Bengal — 2026 holiday notification", "url": "https://wb.gov.in/pdf/Holiday-2026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Kojagara Puja 2026, Delhi reference", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/kojagara/kojagara-puja-date-time.html?geoname-id=1273294&year=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/lakshmi-puja-vidhi-muhurat-2026", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Lakshmi Puja 2026: Muhurat, Time and Vidhi at Home", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 8 November 2026 date, New Delhi Lakshmi Puja window, Pradosh Kaal, Vrishabha Kaal and Amavasya interval were checked against Drik Panchang on 21 September 2026. The optional home sequence was narrowed from Drik Panchang's detailed Diwali and Lakshmi Puja procedures; it is not presented as one compulsory universal vidhi. The bounded Friday Vaibhava Lakshmi distinction was checked against Drik Panchang on 23 September; the modern katha is not reproduced and the Diwali muhurat is not applied to Fridays. Location limits, family variation, fire safety and claims boundaries received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Lakshmi Puja 2026 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/lakshmipuja/festivals-lakshmipuja-timings.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — detailed Diwali Puja Vidhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/info/diwali-puja-vidhi.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 16-step Lakshmi Puja Vidhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/lakshmipuja/info/lakshmi-puja-vidhi.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vaibhava Lakshmi Shukravara Vrat", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/weekdays/shukravara/vaibhava-lakshmi-shukravara-vrat.html?lang=en" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/mangalwar-hanuman-puja-vrat", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Mangalwar Hanuman Puja and Vrat: A Simple, Careful Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Tuesday Hanuman observance, fasting variation and one temple's Tuesday practice were checked against the cited sources. The optional sequence, health and safety language, claims boundaries, complete-reader links and Hindi support received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-20", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Hanumana Mangalavara Vrat", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/weekdays/mangalavara/hanumana-mangalavara-vrat.html" }, { "sourceId": "shree-dakshinmukhaya-hanuman-mandir", "label": "Shree Dakshinmukhaya Hanuman Mandir Trust — events", "url": "https://shreedakshinmukhayahanuman.org/events.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/navratri-2026-nine-days-puja-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Navratri 2026: Nine Days, Puja Vidhi & a Complete Home Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 24 September 2026, the 11 October Ghatasthapana date was checked against Drik Panchang's New Delhi Shardiya Ghatasthapana page, and the 20 October Dussehra date against the Government of India DoPT 2026 holiday list for Delhi/New Delhi. The structure of Sharad Navratri, the nine Navdurga forms, and the sequence of home observance were checked against the cited general references. Muhurat is location-specific and referred to a Panchang, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-24", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Shardiya Navratri Ghatasthapana 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/shardiya-navratri-ghatasthapana.html?year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026 (O.M. F.No.12/2/2023-JCA)", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/navratri-colours-nav-durga-day-wise", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Navratri Colours & the Nav Durga, Day by Day", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 24 September 2026, the 2026 dates, tithis and daily Devi pujas were checked against Drik Panchang's New Delhi Shardiya Navratri calendar, the Ashtami and Navami timings against its New Delhi Durga Ashtami and Maha Navami pages, and the colour for each date against its Navratri colours 2026 page. The nine Navdurga forms were cross-checked against the cited general references. Colour lists differ by source and region, which is stated, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-24", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navadurga", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navadurga" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Shardiya Navratri calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/ashwin-shardiya-navratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Navratri colours 2026", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/colors/navratri-nine-colors.html?year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Durga Ashtami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/durga-puja/mahashtami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Maha Navami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/durga-puja/maha-navami-date-time.html?year=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/navratri-pooja-samagri-essentials-checklist", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Navratri Pooja Samagri: A Complete Home Essentials Checklist", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Navratri worship customs, Ghatasthapana and Kalash items, the Akhand Jyoti practice, and Kanya Pujan and bhog observances were checked against the cited general references. The at-a-glance samagri list, the documented regional and family variation, and the product suggestions received an internal editorial pass. Muhurat and ritual steps are referred to a Panchang, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-04", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Navratri and Ghatasthapana reference", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/navratri/navratri-dates.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/navratri-vrat-rules-fasting-food", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Navratri Vrat Rules & Fasting Food: What to Eat and Avoid", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Commonly observed Navratri fasting customs and the typical phalahar food list were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Fasting practices vary widely, this is not dietary or medical advice, and readers with health conditions are directed to a qualified doctor.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Navaratri", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Vrata (religious vow)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrata" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/top-10-pooja-aarti-chalisa-questions-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "10 Common Questions About Aarti, Chalisa & Mantra Recitation (Rules, Vidhi & Practice)", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Vedic references and the documented Aarti sequence were checked against the cited sources. Universal, health, timing, and outcome claims were qualified during an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gayatri-mantra-rigveda-online", "label": "Rigveda 3.62 — Gayatri verse context", "url": "https://rigveda-online.github.io/3/62.html" }, { "sourceId": "mahamrityunjaya-mantra-rigveda-online", "label": "Rigveda 7.59 — Tryambaka verse context", "url": "https://rigveda-online.github.io/7/59.html" }, { "sourceId": "australian-council-of-hindu-clergy-smarta-puja", "label": "Australian Council of Hindu Clergy — Smarta Puja reference", "url": "https://www.australiancouncilofhinduclergy.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/smartapuja.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/types-of-diya-how-to-choose", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Types of Diya & How to Choose One for Pooja", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The common types of diya, their uses, and brass-lamp care were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. Types are described by purpose and practical qualities, fire-safety guidance is included, and no specific ritual outcome is promised.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Diya (lamp)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(lamp)" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Puja (Hinduism)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/varalakshmi-vratam-guide", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Varalakshmi Vratam: 2027 Chennai Date and Home Guide", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The Chennai 13 August 2027 date was checked against Drik Panchang's city-labelled Tamil calendar on 23 September 2026. The Shravana-Friday and South Indian observance context was checked against Drik Panchang and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. TTD's 21 August 2026 temple observance and a differing online Panchang date show why the Chennai date must not be presented as universal and no muhurat is supplied. Original optional steps, Hindi/Roman-Hindi answer, health and claims boundaries were internally checked; no modern katha or mantra was reproduced.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Varalakshmi Vratam date and tradition", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/varalakshmi-vratam/varalakshmi-vratam-date-time.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — August 2027 Tamil calendar for Chennai", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/tamil/tamil-month-panchangam.html?date=02%2F08%2F2027&time-format=12hour" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Varalakshmi Puja Vidhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/varalakshmi/puja-vidhi/varalakshmi-puja-vidhi.html" }, { "sourceId": "ttd-news", "label": "Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams — 2026 Tiruchanoor observance", "url": "https://news.tirumala.org/elaborate-arrangements-for-varalakshmi-vratam-on-august-21-_-%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81-21%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/blog/which-japa-mala-for-which-mantra", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Which Japa Mala for Which Mantra & Deity", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The traditional associations between mala materials and particular mantras or deities were checked against the cited general references and given an internal editorial pass. These are widely-held customary associations that vary by tradition, not fixed rules; the article states that any mala may be used for general japa and refers the choice to guru and family practice, with no outcome claim.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-03", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Japamala", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japamala" }, { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Tulsi in Hinduism", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_in_Hinduism" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/chaitra-navratri", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Chaitra Navratri", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The opening and Ram Navami dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list. The festival description was checked against Akashvani's account and the existing source-reviewed Navratri cluster. The linked seasonal guides are explicitly limited to general practice, not their dated 2026 details. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited New Delhi panchangs and Government of India holiday list. The explanation of the nine-night Durga observance is bounded to living festival practice; linked Sharad Navratri guides are reused for general guidance only, not for their season-specific dates or clock times.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Chaitra Navratri 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/chaitra-vasant-navratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Chaitra Navratri 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/chaitra-navratri.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" }, { "sourceId": "chaitra-navratri-newsonair", "label": "Akashvani News — Chaitra Navratri as a nine-day Durga observance concluding with Ram Navami", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/vibrant-9-day-festival-of-chaitra-navratri-begins-today-marking-beginning-of-hindu-new-year/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/chhath-puja", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Chhath Puja", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All four Chhath days for 2026 and 2027 were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang's Chhath calendar and Prokerala; the 2027 main day also appears in the DoPT 2027 holiday list. The explanation follows Prokerala and Drik Panchang; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The description of Chhath, its four days and their customs comes from Prokerala's Chhath Puja page and Drik Panchang's Chhath Puja pages.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Chhath Puja calendar 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/chhath/chhath-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Chhath Puja calendar 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/chhath/chhath-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Chhath Puja 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/chhath-puja/chhath-puja-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Chhath Puja 2026: rituals and the four days, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/chhath-puja.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/dev-uthani-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Dev Uthani Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala (and AstroSage for 2027). Tulsi Vivah 2027 was separately checked on 2 October 2026 against Drik Panchang's New Delhi calendar and Panchangya's New Delhi North Indian Panchang; their common Dwadashi date is scoped to that calendar, not every family or temple ceremony. A date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The Vaishnava date is Drik Panchang's. The explanation follows Drik Panchang's pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October added and checked the complete selected reader link against its exact source revision; this is a content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The meaning of Dev Uthani and Chaturmas, the Smarta and Vaishnava dates and the description of Tulsi Vivah and its regional customs come from Drik Panchang's Prabodhini Ekadashi, Devshayani Ekadashi and Tulasi Vivah pages. The full selected reader now uses a separately pinned, licensed Wikisource chapter; see its own source, licence and scope notes. No calendar source pair or evidence timestamp is refreshed by these reading links.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Hindu calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/calendars/hindu/hinducalendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangya", "label": "Panchangya — Tulsi Vivah 2027, New Delhi, North Indian Panchang", "url": "https://panchangya.com/en/tulsi-vivah/2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Prabodhini (Devutthana) Ekadashi 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/ekadashis/prabodhini/prabodhini-ekadashi-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Devshayani Ekadashi and Chaturmas", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/ekadashis/devshayani/devshayani-ekadashi-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Tulasi Vivah 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/tulasi-vivah/tulasi-vivah-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Prabodhini Ekadashi 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/prabodhini-ekadashi.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Tulsi Vivah 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/tulasi-vivah.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — complete selected chapter 61, revision 336457 (reader source)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०६१&oldid=336457" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/dev-uthani-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Dev Uthani Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 68 numbered positions and colophon in Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 61; matched revision 336457 through the API and compared the whole account/discourse with the full grouped English witness. The text is a Brahma–Narada teaching within Krishna–Yudhishthira framing, not Tulsi Vivah. Munipushpa is not confidently identified as the English comparison's mango; no ninth Tulsi act is invented to pad the transmitted ninefold label. Mapped every contiguous prose range and checked original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English for speaker, event, doctrine and ending parity; audited claims, source citations, licence and links. This is an electronic selected-chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, independently collated print, formal ritual equivalent or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 61, exact revision 336457 (2022-04-22T22:27:26Z), all numbered positions 1–68 and the separate colophon. Complete rendered source and matching archived API content inspected. Wikisource footer's CC BY-SA link was checked. Original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English condensed adaptations retain attribution and share-alike. Complete Wisdomlib English chapter is comparison-only, not a copied translation or reuse source; no independent print collation or historical authorship is proved. The text is a Brahma–Narada teaching within Krishna–Yudhishthira framing, not Tulsi Vivah. Munipushpa is not confidently identified as the English comparison's mango; no ninth Tulsi act is invented to pad the transmitted ninefold label.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Padma Purana 6.61, exact controlling revision 336457", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०६१&oldid=336457" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete matching archived content", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336457&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — source/adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande — full chapter 61 English comparison only; modern prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365638.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/devi-kavach", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Devi Kavacham (Chandi Kavacham)", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every line of the viniyoga, all 56 verses and the closing line was read from the page images of the Gita Press 1991 reprint (PDF 27–37), and verses 18–56 also from the 1952 first edition (PDF 18–21); the two agree apart from spelling. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 310223 was compared line by line and differs from the print only by typos. The earlier draft had wording errors in 11 verses, all corrected. Two older prints were read as evidence of other recensions. The transliteration was checked deterministically against the Devanagari, and every meaning was rewritten and read against the corrected Sanskrit in an internal language and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-26", "sourceNote": "Sanskrit adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource revision 310223 (CC BY-SA 4.0) and corrected line by line to the Gita Press, Gorakhpur, Shri Durga Saptashati: verses 18–56 from the 1952 first edition, and the viniyoga and verses 1–17 from a 1991 large-type reprint, which agrees with the 1952 text throughout. Only the Sanskrit text is used from the prints; their translations and layout are not reproduced. An 1870 Varanasi lithograph and a 1944 Gondal edition were read as evidence of other recensions. Valkala's Roman transliteration and three meaning layers are original and share the Wikisource-derived text under CC BY-SA 4.0.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "devi-kavach-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Devyah Kavacham, revision 310223 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=310223" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1952", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press, 1952 first edition (print check, verses 18–56)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Azce_shri-durga-sapta-shati-with-main-text-and-path-vidhi-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press large-type reprint, 1991 (print check, viniyoga and verses 1–17)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1870-ganesh-press", "label": "Internet Archive — Durga Saptashati, Ganesh Press, Varanasi, 1870 (shorter recension, evidence only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/durgasaptashati1870ganeshpressvaranasi" }, { "sourceId": "ia-durga-saptashati-shodhashang-chandipath-ed-by-aubram-shastri", "label": "Internet Archive — Durga Saptashati Shodhashang Chandipath, Gondal, 1944 (longer recension, evidence only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/wwgp_durga-saptashati-shodhashang-chandipath-ed-by-aubram-shastri-1944-gondal-ras-shala-aushadhashra" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/devshayani-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Devshayani Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Sanskrit chapter 53 verses 1–37 and colophon with the English witness, recording Kamika wording and separating the original short summary from a complete katha. Freshly inspected AstroSage's year/location-specific date on 3 October 2026 without relabelling the stored 29 September date check. Hindi, Hinglish, optional practice, claims and internal reading links received an internal editorial pass. No expert review is claimed. On 4 October linked the complete selected licensed reader and checked language, source and scope notices: content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The stored date retains its original New Delhi Smarta evidence and timestamp, with fresh AstroSage corroboration only. The chapter-53 account is an original bounded summary compared against Sanskrit and English witnesses on the same host, not independent publishers. No sacred passage or modern translation is reproduced. Kamika wording, formal restrictions and reward language are disclosed without silently changing the calendar or prescribing them as universal rules. The complete selected account is now available on the linked licensed reader.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 53 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–37 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428108.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 53 — N. A. Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365630.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Ashadhi Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi (fresh corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ashadi-ekadashi?date=2027&language=en" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete controlling revision for linked reader", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५३&oldid=336434" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/devshayani-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Devshayani Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read the whole exact Wikisource API revision 336434, 6.53.1–37 and colophon, and compared every range with full Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Chapter 53 uses Kamika within Ashadha's bright fortnight. Vamana asks for three-and-a-half steps, not a silently substituted three. Selected Sanskrit places the remaining half-step on Bali's back; the English comparison says head. Two divine forms and the entire Chaturmas discourse remain included. Householder dark-fortnight advice is source-specific, not a universal calendar ban. Checked full boundary, all closing praise, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original wording, source citations, licence, links, scope and metadata. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete API revision 336434, 6.53.1–37 plus colophon. Full reliable electronic text read; full Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English comparisons are not independent print witnesses. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed. Modern translation not copied. Chapter 53 uses Kamika within Ashadha's bright fortnight. Vamana asks for three-and-a-half steps, not a silently substituted three. Selected Sanskrit places the remaining half-step on Bali's back; the English comparison says head. Two divine forms and the entire Chaturmas discourse remain included. Householder dark-fortnight advice is source-specific, not a universal calendar ban.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — full chapter 53, controlling revision 336434", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५३&oldid=336434" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — full exact controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336434&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 53 — whole electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428108.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 53 — full English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365630.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/dhanteras", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Dhanteras", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Added the 2026 New Delhi date after checking Drik Panchang's 2026 Diwali calendar and Prokerala on 14 October 2026; the 2027 record keeps its original two-source check. Inspected the cited context witness and checked original summaries, Hindi/Hinglish answers, general reader scope, optional practice, reciprocal cluster links and generated output. No full katha comparison or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Original editorial copy; no modern sacred-text transcription, translation or ritual formula is reproduced. Stored New Delhi date evidence and its original timestamp are preserved. Context sources do not clear a complete devotional reader or a fresh local date check.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik — stored New Delhi 2027 Diwali calendar evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/diwali-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored New Delhi Dhanteras 2027 evidence", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/dhanteras.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali cultural context, not a date source", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — inspected New Delhi Dhanteras 2027 corroboration and context", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/diwali/dhanteras/dhanteras-date-muhurat?date=2027" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/diwali", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Diwali", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 8 November 2026 date was checked on 21 September 2026 against Drik Panchang for New Delhi and the Government of India IIRS holiday calendar. The home outline follows the published Lakshmi Puja guide, and regional naming is disclosed rather than forced into one sequence. The earlier Diwali 2026 date guide was moved to this festival page on 28 September 2026; the five-day dates that rest on one source stay on their own guide.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "The 2026 date comes from Drik Panchang for New Delhi and the Government of India IIRS holiday calendar. This page replaces the earlier Diwali 2026 date guide; the five-day New Delhi sequence remains on the five days of Diwali guide.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Diwali and Lakshmi Puja 2026 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/lakshmipuja/festivals-lakshmipuja-timings.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "iirs-holiday-calendar", "label": "Government of India, IIRS — 2026 holiday calendar", "url": "https://www.iirs.gov.in/holidaycalender" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — November 2026 month calendar for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/panchang/month-panchang.html?date=06%2F11%2F2026&time-format=12hour" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Both photographed source pages were inspected line by line. The fourteen name stanzas, the boundary before the result verses and all 108 separated epithets were counted. The incomplete comparison witness was documented rather than used to fill or alter the sequence. Every Devanagari form and Roman IAST pair was checked deterministically, and the original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English glosses were reviewed for bounded claims. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Durgashtottarashatanama Stotram on printed pages 3–4 / PDF pages 5–6 of the CC0 Stotra Sangraha attributed in Internet Archive metadata to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. The photographed text begins Sati, Sadhvi and Bhavaprita, contains the complete fourteen-stanza name sequence, and moves to result verses immediately after Brahmavadini. 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Original literal IAST is checked deterministically for all units. Original English, Hindi and Roman-Hindi meanings preserve the speaker, uncertain wording, narrative and assurance boundaries; no historical biography, guaranteed prosperity, compulsory practice or harmful instruction is inferred. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Reusable base: hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0, src/chalisas/durga.ts, from the integrity-pinned MIT npm tarball. Its complete Hindi array has 41 two-line chaupais, from नमो नमो दुर्गे to the देवीदास signature, and no opening or closing doha. The full selected array is preserved without repairs, deletions or additions. Four photographed comparison pages of Randhir Prakashan's 2004 51 Chalisa Sangrah (printed pages 173–176 / PDF pages 177–180) contain the same 41-unit body, but their separate closing doha is absent from this licensed edition and is not reproduced. The package prose's forty-count claim does not control the actual sequence. Material variants include निराकार/निरंकार in 2, हिरण्याक्ष/हिरणाकुश in 11, नगर कोटि/नाग कोटि in 20, the heavenly-world line in 25, ज्वाला/बाला in 26 and the entire second line of 36. शक्ति लय, श्री भैरव and छिन्न भाल are retained and interpreted cautiously. Original literal IAST follows the selected Hindi; all meanings are original. 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Position 39's damaged letters are supplied with an explicit note, not silently reconstructed. Deterministic literal-Roman, original language-layer and full local reader/release checks are required for acceptance. No independent expert review or browser QA.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-05", "sourceNote": "Ancient public-domain Sanskrit core of Devi Mahatmya, manually transcribed from the Nirnaya Sagar print with visually verified 1894 imprint. Scope is chapter 1's main text, short generic invocation and conventional colophon only, not clearance of the seven-commentary volume or its scan images. All chapter core positions and both boundaries were visually inspected. Damaged letters at position 39 are explicitly supplied from the comparison core; wording, numbering and the parenthesized additional half at 76 are disclosed. 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This chapter displays curated material-variant and safety notes. Full local CLI, content, SEO, link, verification, queue and build checks pass. No external expert review, browser QA, push, merge or deployment is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sourceNote": "Independently transcribed ancient Sanskrit main core from the 1894 Nirnaya Sagar print; the comparison supports boundaries and variants, not copied translations. Exact bounded reuse, selected source text, literal Roman and original meanings are internally accepted. Material differences and safe reading limits are disclosed in visible notes. Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 10", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 236", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n235/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 246", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n245/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-11", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 11", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 315 selected Uttama passages have hash-bound second visual inspection and private selected-text acceptance; the three original meanings passed passage-by-passage internal QA. 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Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 11", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 247", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n246/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 271", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n270/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-12", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 12", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Complete selected core visually reconciled against the fingerprinted 1894 images; compared with the previously audited Sanskrit witnesses and recorded all material wording, numbering and colophon differences. 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The previous undated controlling-print candidate is preserved privately as historical evidence, not represented as this reader's source.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 Nirnaya Sagar core — chapter 12, printed pages 251–264", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Printed 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1870-ganesh-press", "label": "Earlier Sanskrit comparison — catalogue date not accepted", "url": "https://archive.org/details/durgasaptashati1870ganeshpressvaranasi" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Gita Press comparison only — no modern translation reproduced", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "smithsonian-devi-great-goddess", "label": "Smithsonian — ancient Devi Mahatmya text context", "url": "https://asia-archive.si.edu/exhibition/devi-the-great-goddess/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-13", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 13", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Complete selected core visually reconciled against the fingerprinted 1894 images; compared with the previously audited Sanskrit witnesses and recorded all material wording, numbering and colophon differences. 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This chapter displays curated material-variant and safety notes. Full local CLI, content, SEO, link, verification, queue and build checks pass. No external expert review, browser QA, push, merge or deployment is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sourceNote": "Independently transcribed ancient Sanskrit main core from the 1894 Nirnaya Sagar print; the comparison supports boundaries and variants, not copied translations. Exact bounded reuse, selected source text, literal Roman and original meanings are internally accepted. Material differences and safe reading limits are disclosed in visible notes. Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 6", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 184", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n183/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 192", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n191/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-7", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 7", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 315 selected Uttama passages have hash-bound second visual inspection and private selected-text acceptance; the three original meanings passed passage-by-passage internal QA. 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Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 193", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n192/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 201", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n200/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-8", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 8", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 315 selected Uttama passages have hash-bound second visual inspection and private selected-text acceptance; the three original meanings passed passage-by-passage internal QA. This chapter displays curated material-variant and safety notes. Full local CLI, content, SEO, link, verification, queue and build checks pass. No external expert review, browser QA, push, merge or deployment is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sourceNote": "Independently transcribed ancient Sanskrit main core from the 1894 Nirnaya Sagar print; the comparison supports boundaries and variants, not copied translations. Exact bounded reuse, selected source text, literal Roman and original meanings are internally accepted. Material differences and safe reading limits are disclosed in visible notes. Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 8", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 202", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n201/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 224", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n223/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/durga-saptashati-chapter-9", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Durga Saptashati — Chapter 9", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 315 selected Uttama passages have hash-bound second visual inspection and private selected-text acceptance; the three original meanings passed passage-by-passage internal QA. This chapter displays curated material-variant and safety notes. Full local CLI, content, SEO, link, verification, queue and build checks pass. No external expert review, browser QA, push, merge or deployment is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sourceNote": "Independently transcribed ancient Sanskrit main core from the 1894 Nirnaya Sagar print; the comparison supports boundaries and variants, not copied translations. Exact bounded reuse, selected source text, literal Roman and original meanings are internally accepted. Material differences and safe reading limits are disclosed in visible notes. Seven commentaries, modern translations, scans and ritual appendices are excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Selected 1894 ancient core — chapter 9", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Opening — physical scan 224", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n223/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Ending and colophon — physical scan 236", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n235/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-1894-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Verified 1894 imprint — physical scan 7", "url": "https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress/page/n6/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Ancient Sanskrit comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/dussehra", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Dussehra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's 2026 and 2027 holiday lists; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day, and Prokerala's differing 2026 date is shown as another date. The explanation follows Drik Panchang; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India holiday lists for New Delhi. The meaning of Vijayadashami, its rituals and the aparahna rule come from Drik Panchang's Vijayadashami page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vijayadashami 2026: meaning and rituals, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/vijayadashami/vijayadashami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vijaya Dashami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/vijaya-dashami.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ekadashi", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every listed date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026: 2027 dates against Drik Panchang, Prokerala and AstroSage, and 2026 dates against Drik Panchang and Prokerala. Vaishnava dates are Drik Panchang's. The fasting description follows Drik Panchang's Ekadashi page; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi; the description of Ekadashi, the Smarta and Vaishnava difference and the fasting practice comes from Drik Panchang's Ekadashi page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates and Ekadashi fasting, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Ekadashi dates", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/ekadashi.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gaiye-ganpati-jagvandan", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Gaiye Ganpati Jagvandan", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Transcribed from the 1923 scan image at full resolution (leaf 468). Compared word by word with the 1926 Naval Kishore printing: no material variant. A final read of the Devanagari, transliteration and all three meaning layers was completed on 28 September 2026.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume (Nagari Pracharini Granthamala 32), edited by Ramchandra Shukla, Bhagwandin and Brajratnadas, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, first edition, Samvat 1980 (1923 CE), Vinaya Patrika pad 1 (raga Bilaval), printed page 461 (scan leaf 468), from the Internet Archive scan in the Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection (released CC0). The page was read directly from the scan image; OCR was used only to locate it. The title page carries no rights notice. Second witness: Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, 1926, pad 1, printed page 1 (Internet Archive, CC0). Rights basis (owner decision, 28 September 2026): the 1923 edition’s third editor, Brajratnadas (born 1890), has no traceable death date, so every word of this text is also required to appear in the second witness, the unnamed-publisher Naval Kishore Press printing of 1926 (eleventh printing; out of term). The 1923 print supplies the spelling only.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "tulsi-granthavali-vol-2-1923", "label": "Internet Archive — Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1923 (CC0 scan; Vinaya Patrika on printed pages 461–600)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TCUE_tulsi-granthavali-part-2-by-ramchandra-shukla-series-no.-32-kashi-nagari-pracharini-sabha" }, { "sourceId": "vinaya-patrika-1926-naval-kishore", "label": "Internet Archive — Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, eleventh printing, 1926 (CC0 scan; second witness)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/qtmu_vinaya-patrika-by-tulsidas-hindi-bhakti-illustrated-lucknow-1926-naval-kish" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ganesh Ji Ki Aarti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The five-verse Hindi version was checked against two cited public collections. Authorship uncertainty, common extra verses, translation choices, and health-related devotional claims received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "The Devanagari text was compared with public Aarti and bhajan collections. Variant endings and spellings are documented rather than silently presented as universal.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "sanskritdocuments-hindi-aarti-sangrah", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Aarti Sangrah", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/hindi/arati.html" }, { "sourceId": "ganesh-aarti-hindu", "label": "University of Chicago — Hindu prayer book", "url": "https://hindu.uchicago.edu/prayers.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Ganesh Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Both photographed Devanagari pages were inspected line by line and checked against the adjacent two-page Tamil-script rendering. All 108 salutations, decade markers and the closing boundary were counted. Every Devanagari form and Roman IAST pair was checked deterministically, and the original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English glosses were reviewed for bounded claims. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Ganesha Ashtottarashatanamavali on printed pages 55–56 / scan leaves 60–61 of the CC0 Sarasvati Mahal volume Vrat Mahima Vinayakadi Vrat Shatak Katha, series 367. The same 108-name order appears in Tamil script on printed pages 57–58 / scan leaves 62–63 and was used as an in-volume comparison. The Devanagari pages control spelling, decade markers and the boundary ending Varasiddhivinayaka. A Sanskrit Documents transcription was used only as a restricted locator and comparison. Valkala Editorial independently transcribed the names and prepared exact Roman IAST plus all three gloss layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-vrat-mahima-vinayakadi-vrat-shatak-katha-series-no-367", "label": "Internet Archive — CC0 Sarasvati Mahal volume, Devanagari pages 55–56", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vrat-mahima-vinayakadi-vrat-shatak-katha-series-no.-367-thanjavur-sarasvati-mahal-series/page/55/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "ia-vrat-mahima-vinayakadi-vrat-shatak-katha-series-no-367", "label": "Internet Archive — CC0 Sarasvati Mahal volume, Tamil-script comparison pages 57–58", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vrat-mahima-vinayakadi-vrat-shatak-katha-series-no.-367-thanjavur-sarasvati-mahal-series/page/57/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "ganesh-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — research-only comparison transcription", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_ganesha/gaNeshAShTottarashatanAmAvaliH3.html" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "CC0 1.0 Universal", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-atharvashirsha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ganesh Atharvashirsha", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The complete selected boundary was read directly from two scans of the 1913 Nirnaya Sagar edition: printed page 4 for the full peace invocation and pages 1008–1011 for the introductory verse, main text, Gayatri, dhyana, phalashruti and colophon. The two copies agree. Footnoted alternatives were recorded during the check; the main printed reading controls. Ordered passages were checked for contiguous sequence and exact page coverage, Devanagari and Roman IAST were compared deterministically, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Ganapatyupanishat, item 92, printed pages 1008–1011 of Ishadyashtottarashatopanishadah, edited by Vasudeva Lakshmana Shastri Panshikar and printed by Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1913. Two separately digitized physical copies were inspected and agree. The work abbreviates its opening and closing Atharvaveda peace invocation; the complete invocation is expanded here from printed page 4 of the same volume. Internet Archive records the Asiatic Society copy as public domain. Valkala Editorial transcribed the selected Sanskrit from the page images and prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-in-ernet-dli-2015-344568", "label": "Internet Archive — 1913 Nirnaya Sagar Isha and Other 108 Upanishads, Asiatic Society scan (Ganapatyupanishat on printed pages 1008–1011; full peace invocation on page 4)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.344568" }, { "sourceId": "ia-in-ernet-dli-2015-326883", "label": "Internet Archive — second 1913 Nirnaya Sagar scan, TMS copy (same printed pages compared)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.326883" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ganesh Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared every licensed Devanagari unit with four photographed print pages; confirmed the complete 1 + 38 + 2 boundary and recorded six repairs plus edition variants. Literal IAST was generated from the selected Devanagari and checked deterministically; every record has original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings. The birth narrative, Shani imagery, son-centred boon and closing fruit claims are bounded as the poem's story or assurance. The Ramsundar identity and obscure completion formula remain unverified. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Controlling reusable source: hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0, src/chalisas/ganesha.ts, from the integrity-pinned MIT npm tarball. This complete selected edition preserves one opening doha, 38 two-line chaupais and two closing dohas, including the Ramsundar signature and Rishi Panchami completion doha. The package's about prose says forty, but its Hindi array contains 38; the four visually inspected pages of Randhir Prakashan's 2004 51 Chalisa Sangrah (printed pages 7–10 / PDF pages 11–14) agree on the complete sequence. The print is comparison-only. Six recorded repair decisions restore the opening करिवर; chaupai 2 जय and विनायक; chaupai 3 सुहावन; chaupai 8 मूषक; chaupai 25 पड़तहिं; and chaupai 38 दीन पर. Otherwise the licensed base controls the wording. The print differs at chaupais 7, 10–12, 16, 21–24, 26–28, 32, 34, 36 and 38 and both closing dohas; the acceptance ledger gives the exact readings. Valkala prepared literal IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings. The unclear place-name phrase and closing date-like formula are preserved without unsupported biography or chronology.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 package and MIT reuse base", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — integrity-pinned hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Ganesh Chalisa printed pages 7–10 (comparison only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-/page/n10/mode/1up" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-chaturthi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Ganesh Chaturthi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Preserved the New Delhi record, original timestamp, corroboration and excluded Pune evidence. On 3 October linked the complete selected Syamantaka 1–135 retelling, internally checked old-print boundary and language scope, and retained optional worship, annual/monthly ownership and regional limits. No clock-time check, external expert review or guaranteed outcome is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "The date retains its stored 29 September evidence, with fresh AstroSage corroboration rather than a freshly checked pair. Tourism supports named regional context only. The linked complete Syamantaka retelling has its own 1897 controlling and catalogued 1884 comparison sources and claims notices. Summaries and household steps are original. No clock time, prescribed moon-sighting remedy, immersion procedure or affiliate block is added.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Ganesh Chaturthi 2027, New Delhi; fresh date corroboration", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ganesh-chaturthi/ganesh-chaturthi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Ganesh Chavath in Goa, regional customs and variable durations", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/goa/ganesh-chavath-goa" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-chaturthi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Ganesh Chaturthi Katha — Syamantaka Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually read the complete selected 1897 account and compared the complete catalogued 1884 print. Checked opening/colophon, the 100-to-abbreviated-1 numbering transition, four prose ranges and Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English speaker/event parity. Retained this telling's combat duration and ending without importing another Purana's episodes. Recorded public-domain/CC0 provenance and bounded curse, purity, violence and reward claims. No external expert review, complete ritual manual or historical-event certification.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Original condensed prose from the complete 1897 Vrataraja Syamantakopakhyana, physical scan pages 158–166 (zero-based leaves 157–165). The print abbreviates numbering after 100: its final 35 is position 135, not a new chapter. The complete catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print is the comparison witness; its material differences and numbering are recorded in the acceptance ledger. Both are old Sanskrit prints digitized by eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus with CC0 metadata. No modern copyrighted translation or OCR wording is copied; no critical-edition or external-review claim. Source attribution to Skanda Purana is the compiler's, not a newly proved exact chapter.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj Sanskrit print, controlling account on physical scans 158–166", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, comparison witness", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 item metadata — edition identity and CC0 record", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganesh-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Vakratunda Mahakaya Ganesh Mantra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was checked against a cited common-shloka collection. Common differences in word order and the avighnam or nirvighnam reading are explicitly documented.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "A common recitation version is shown; small wording and word-order variants circulate.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ganesh-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Common Shloka Collection", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_general/shloka1.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ganga-dussehra", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Ganga Dussehra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The Bhagiratha, Shiva, Ganga, Jahnu and Sagara sequence was checked against Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sargas 42–44 in the IIT Kanpur text interface and rewritten as a concise original summary. Sacred outcomes were bounded, and the environmental instruction was checked against the National Mission for Clean Ganga directions page. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, safety language and internal readings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited New Delhi panchangs. The descent account is Valkala's original bounded summary of Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sargas 42–44 in the IIT Kanpur text interface; its sacred outcomes are not presented as independent history or guaranteed results. The lower-waste guidance follows the National Mission for Clean Ganga direction prohibiting immersion of puja material and religious offerings in rivers and water bodies.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "iitk-valmiki-ramayana", "label": "Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 42 — Bhagiratha seeks Ganga and Shiva", "url": "https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=42&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "iitk-valmiki-ramayana", "label": "Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 43 — Ganga follows Bhagiratha", "url": "https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=43&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "iitk-valmiki-ramayana", "label": "Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 44 — completion of the Ganga descent account", "url": "https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=44&language=ro" }, { "sourceId": "ganga-dussehra-nmcg", "label": "National Mission for Clean Ganga — directions on immersion of puja material and religious offerings", "url": "https://nmcg.nic.in/protection_directions.aspx" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Ganga Dussehra 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ganga-dussehra/ganga-dussehra-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Ganga Dussehra 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/ganga-dussehra.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gayatri-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Gayatri Mantra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Rigveda 3.62.10 was checked in two cited digital repositories. The common liturgical prefix was separated from the core Rigvedic verse, and the transliteration plus English, Hindi, and Roman-Hindi meanings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-04", "sourceNote": "The core verse and numbering are identified from Rigveda 3.62.10. The page explicitly labels the commonly added liturgical prefix.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gayatri-mantra-rigveda-online", "label": "Rigveda Online — Mandala 3, Hymn 62", "url": "https://rigveda-online.github.io/3/62.html" }, { "sourceId": "gayatri-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Rigveda Mandala 3", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_veda/r03.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita-jayanti", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Gita Jayanti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala (and AstroSage for Mokshada Ekadashi 2027); a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows the cited pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The meaning of Gita Jayanti and how it is celebrated come from Prokerala's Gita Jayanti page; the anniversary count is Drik Panchang's.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Gita Jayanti 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/gita-jayanti/gita-jayanti-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Gita Jayanti 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/gita-jayanti/gita-jayanti-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Gita Jayanti 2026: meaning and rituals, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/gita-jayanti.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-1", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 47 numbered Sanskrit positions and the separate colophon were transcribed or reconciled against the exact 1905 Besant–Bhagavan Das scan, with a second reading of the same images and a digital Sanskrit comparison. Material 1.8, 1.19 and 1.44 variants and the interpretive 1.10 pair are disclosed; literal Roman parity, original meanings, speaker boundaries and claims notes received internal checks. This is not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-09", "sourceNote": "The Sanskrit follows the selected 1905 printed witness. Some nasal spellings and avagrahas differ from familiar recitations; material alternative readings are disclosed beside affected verses. Roman reading follows the selected Sanskrit. Speaker headings are unnumbered. This page contains all 47 numbered verses of the selected chapter, followed by its separate unnumbered colophon. The digital comparison adds an opening Om Tat Sat phrase and a chapter-number ending to the colophon; neither is added to the selected 1905 reading. The 1905 English translation and editorial notes were not copied.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-1905-besant-bhagavan-das", "label": "Selected 1905 Besant–Bhagavan Das Bhagavad-Gita scan, leaves 47–68", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:भगवद्गीता_(आनिबेसेण्ट्,_भगवान्दासश्च).djvu" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — chapter-one comparison text (not the controlling print)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/bhagvadnew.html?lang=sa" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-10", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 10: Vibhuti Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with both cited repositories and its earlier verse-1 label was corrected to Bhagavad Gita 10.20. The one-of-forty-two scope and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 10.20 only, not the complete forty-two-shloka chapter. Earlier metadata incorrectly labeled the displayed text as verse 1; that numbering has been corrected.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 10 Verse 20", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=10&field_nsutra_value=20&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-11", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with both cited repositories and its earlier verse-1 label was corrected to Bhagavad Gita 11.15. The one-of-fifty-five scope and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 11.15 only, not the complete fifty-five-shloka chapter. 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The one-of-twenty selection and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 12.2 only, not the complete twenty-shloka chapter. Earlier metadata incorrectly labeled the displayed text as verse 1; that numbering has been corrected.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 12 Verse 2", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=12&field_nsutra_value=2&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-13", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with both cited repositories and its earlier verse-1 label was corrected to Bhagavad Gita 13.2 under the cited thirty-five-shloka numbering. The limited scope and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 13.2 only under the cited numbering, not the complete thirty-five-shloka chapter. Some editions omit or renumber the preceding question, so readers may encounter this text as 13.1; Valkala follows the displayed source convention.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 13 Verse 2", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=13&field_nsutra_value=2&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-14", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with both cited repositories and its earlier verse-1 label was corrected to Bhagavad Gita 14.5. 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The one-of-twenty selection and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 15.1 only, not the complete twenty-shloka chapter. English meaning is an interpretive reading aid.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 15 Verse 1", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=15&field_nsutra_value=1&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-16", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit and its Bhagavad Gita 16.1 verse number were compared with the two cited repositories. The one-of-twenty-four scope and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 16.1 only, not the complete twenty-four-shloka chapter. English meaning is a concise interpretive reading aid.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 16 Verse 1", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=16&field_nsutra_value=1&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-17", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with both cited repositories and its earlier verse-1 label was corrected to Bhagavad Gita 17.2. The one-of-twenty-eight scope and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 17.2 only, not the complete twenty-eight-shloka chapter. 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The one-of-seventy-eight selection and interpretive English meaning are explicitly disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "This page contains Bhagavad Gita 18.66 only, not verse 1 and not the complete seventy-eight-shloka chapter. The previously incorrect verse number has been corrected.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "gita-supersite-iitk", "label": "IIT Kanpur — Gita Supersite, Chapter 18 Verse 66", "url": "https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=18&field_nsutra_value=66&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "bhagavad-gita-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Bhagavad Gita text", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/languagescripts/bhagavadgita/bhagvadnew_IAST.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/gita/chapter-2", "contentType": "selected-scripture-chapter", "title": "Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 72 numbered positions have exact 1905 scan-leaf records, batch second reads and a continuous same-scan reread. 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Inspected the cited context witness and checked original summaries, Hindi/Hinglish answers, general reader scope, optional practice, reciprocal cluster links and generated output. No full katha comparison or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Original editorial copy; no modern sacred-text transcription, translation or ritual formula is reproduced. Stored New Delhi date evidence and its original timestamp are preserved. Context sources do not clear a complete devotional reader or a fresh local date check.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik — stored New Delhi 2027 Diwali calendar evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/diwali-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored New Delhi Govardhan Puja 2027 evidence", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/govardhan-puja.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-bhagavata-purana-english", "label": "Bhagavata Purana 10.25 — inspected English narrative reference, not a reusable transcription", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavata-purana/d/doc1128891.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/govardhan-puja-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Govardhan Puja Katha — Four-Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 3 October 2026 all four Sanskrit Wikisource chapters were read through their endings and compared at narrative/sequence level with GRETIL chapters 10.24–27. The 124 verse positions were mapped to chapter-level coverage groups, including the two missing electronic numbers, the full recalled-deed list, Nanda's report, Indra's confession and Surabhi's consecration. Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English were checked for event, speaker and claim parity; the seven-day hunger/thirst statement was corrected to refer to Krishna, and Vāsudeva's name distinction was clarified. Edition variants, reuse licence, condensed scope and sensitive-context boundaries are recorded. This is an internal editorial audit, not a critical edition, print-scan comparison or external expert certification.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors' Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10, Purvardha chapters 24–27, archived revisions 183696, 97324, 97328 and 97339. The electronic witness is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0; source links and attribution are retained below. Valkala's original Hindi retelling, Roman-Hindi and English versions condense and contextualize that narrative and are shared under the same licence. This is not a Sanskrit transcription or verse-by-verse translation. GRETIL's Göttingen electronic text is comparison-only (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0); no GRETIL Roman text or modern translated prose is reproduced. Exact chapter/verse ranges are electronic locators, not invented scan-page numbers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Bhagavata Purana 10.24, revision 183696 (controlling electronic witness)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः_१०/पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः_२४&oldid=183696" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Bhagavata Purana 10.25, revision 97324 (controlling electronic witness)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः_१०/पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः_२५&oldid=97324" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Bhagavata Purana 10.26, revision 97328 (controlling electronic witness)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः_१०/पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः_२६&oldid=97328" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Bhagavata Purana 10.27, revision 97339 (controlling electronic witness)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः_१०/पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः_२७&oldid=97339" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — licence for the Wikisource adaptation and Valkala language layers", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "gretil-bhagavata-purana", "label": "GRETIL — Bhagavata Purana (comparison-only; noncommercial licence, not reused as text)", "url": "https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/html/sa_bhAgavatapurANa.htm" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/govind-damodar-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Govind Damodar Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 71 stanzas and the colophon were transcribed from the fingerprinted Gita Press scan at 220–400 dpi (PDF pages 4–32). Every stanza was scanned for its upajāti metre (stanza 26 is vaṃśastha); the only irregularities are stanza 16, kept as printed, and stanza 66, restored by owner decision on the metre and the booklet's own translation. The typeface's व-for-ब was normalized and internal anusvara before class consonants written as the nasal consonant. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check was run, the Hindi and Roman-Hindi layers were checked for parity, and all claims are framed as the hymn's own. No second printed Sanskrit witness was found. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Govind Damodar Stotra of Bilvamangala, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, tenth printing (Samvat 2006, about 1949; 46,250 copies printed since Samvat 1992), Sanskrit text on the even pages 4–32 of the Internet Archive scan from the Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection, marked CC0 by eGangotri. Only the Sanskrit is used; the booklet's Hindi translation was consulted solely to confirm sense and was not reproduced. This typeface sets व for ब, which is restored throughout; in stanza 66 the metre and the booklet's translation restore बकाघासुर. The 1912 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara does not contain the hymn, and Sanskrit Wikisource revision 92899 (duplicated stanzas) and revision 322249 (corrected from a modern website) were compared but do not control. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-govind-damodar-stotra-of-bilva-mangal-gita-press-gorakhpur", "label": "Internet Archive — Govind Damodar Stotra of Bilva Mangal, Gita Press Gorakhpur (Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection, eGangotri, CC0)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/LOcF_govind-damodar-stotra-of-bilva-mangal-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/guru-purnima", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Guru Purnima", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The existing 18 July 2027 date was rechecked for New Delhi on 2 October 2026 against AstroSage and PanchangTime. The Hindu Vyasa remembrance and study description is a bounded original summary of the Divine Life Society's named account, not a scripture transcription or universal all-traditions manual. Three-language summaries, complete reading destinations, optional household guidance and claims boundaries received an internal editorial pass. No clock times, initiation instructions or standalone katha are included.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The 2027 date was freshly checked in the two cited New Delhi panchangs. The Vyasa remembrance and study emphasis use the Divine Life Society's account as a named Hindu-tradition witness. All explanations and language summaries are original; no article, scripture katha or Guru Gita text is reproduced. The optional household outline does not adopt the source's severe practices, submission language or liberation assurances.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Guru Purnima 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/guru-purnima/guru-purnima?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — Guru Purnima 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/festivals/guru-purnima/yearly/2027" }, { "sourceId": "guru-purnima-dlshq", "label": "Divine Life Society — Swami Sivananda on Guru Purnima and Vyasa remembrance", "url": "https://www.dlshq.org/religions/guru-purnima/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Hanuman Ji Ki Aarti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The principal couplet sequence was compared with the cited Aarti collection. Valkala’s twelve display records and known wording differences are documented rather than treated as canonical numbering.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-09", "sourceNote": "The song is divided into twelve scrolling records; source editions usually group the same material into longer stanzas.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "sanskritdocuments-hindi-aarti-sangrah", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hindi Aarti Sangrah", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/hindi/arati.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-ashtak", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Sankatmochan Hanuman Ashtak", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All eight stanzas and the closing doha were transcribed and checked line by line against the CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia source image, then compared with the separately proofread Sanskrit Documents edition. Material errors in the previous Valkala records were corrected. Transliteration and three meaning layers received an internal editorial pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-09", "sourceNote": "Complete eight-stanza core plus a common closing doha. The Devanagari base was adapted from Skt57809’s CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia image published 2 June 2020, with punctuation and spacing normalized; the adaptation is provided under the same license. Sanskrit Documents was used only for research comparison because its page restricts commercial reposting.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hanuman-ashtak-commons", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Hanuman Ashtak image by Skt57809 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanuman_Ashtak.jpg" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-ashtak-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — proofread comparison edition (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_otherlang_hindi/sankatamochana.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Hanuman Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All four photographed namavali pages were inspected line by line. The printed decade markers, completion boundary and all 108 entries were counted. Difficult Kannada-script forms were compared with the related stotra and a restricted research transcription, with controlling-scan variants retained. Every Devanagari form and Roman IAST pair was checked deterministically, and the original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English glosses were reviewed for bounded claims. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Anjaneyashtottara on printed pages 17–20 / PDF pages 19–22 of the CC0 booklet Shri Hanuman Chalisa Ashtottara Shatanamavali Sahita, published by Shri Mahaalasa Naaraayani Devi Kshetra and digitized by eGangotri. The photographed Kannada-script namavali numbers each decade through 100 and closes after the Sita-sameta-Shri-Rama-pada-seva-dhurandhara salutation. Valkala Editorial independently transcribed the Sanskrit into Devanagari, counted all 108 entries, prepared exact Roman IAST, and wrote all three gloss layers. The source-specific Pariharaya, Vimochakaya, Kesarisutaya, Samvasine and Sharapanjarabhedakaya readings are retained. A Sanskrit Documents namavali and its linked stotra were consulted only as restricted research comparisons; their reuse restriction means they are not the publication source.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-shri-hanuman-chalisa-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sahita-by", "label": "Internet Archive — CC0 Hanuman Chalisa with Ashtottara, printed pages 17–20", "url": "https://archive.org/details/emed_shri-hanuman-chalisa-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sahita-by-tulasidasa-awadhi-a/page/n18/mode/2up" }, { "sourceId": "ia-shri-hanuman-chalisa-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sahita-by", "label": "Internet Archive — CC0 item record", "url": "https://archive.org/details/emed_shri-hanuman-chalisa-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sahita-by-tulasidasa-awadhi-a" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — restricted research-only namavali comparison", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_hanumaana/hanuman108.html" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sanskritdocuments-2", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — restricted research-only stotra comparison", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_hanumaana/hanuman108str.html" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "CC0 1.0 Universal", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-bahuk", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Hanuman Bahuk", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Between 10 and 14 September 2026, the 42-page 1944 PDF was visually inspected from the title-page rights notice through the complete poem on scan pages 11-38. Each of its 44 numbered stanzas was independently transcribed and compared with only the separately typeset poem in the 204-page 1943 DLI commentary witness, whose stanza sequence runs across PDF pages 28-200. A final internal audit rechecked all nineteen flagged readings from fresh 250-DPI base renders and 300-DPI comparison renders, retained the selected base forms with material variants documented, corrected stanza 12's subject, narrowed stanzas 35 and 44, and confirmed the exact base-only colophon as a separate non-stanza record. Roman transliteration and Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings are original Valkala editorial work. OCR was used only for navigation; scan images controlled every reading. Later commentary, practice directions and appended mantras were excluded. This is AI-assisted internal editorial QA; expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-14", "sourceNote": "The Internet Archive item HanumanBahukStotra1944ShriBabaJaiRamDasJi supplies a complete inspectable base witness: stanza 1 begins on scan page 11, stanza 44 closes on scan page 38, and the colophon follows there. Pages 39-40 contain later mantra/practice material outside the Hanuman Bahuk boundary. The independent 1943 DLI comparison edition is a commentary volume: its Hanuman Bahuk title and stanza 1 begin on PDF page 28, stanza 1 continues on PDF page 29, and stanza 44 appears on PDF page 200; the surrounding commentary and prefatory or ritual material are outside the poem transcription boundary. The Indian Copyright Office's current Section 22 text states that copyright in a published literary work generally lasts through sixty years from the calendar year after the author's death. That places the centuries-old Tulsidas poem outside the ordinary term, but it does not clear later editorial contributions. The 1944 item metadata names CC0, while its printed title page says rights are reserved and identifies later editorial/commentarial work by Baba Jayramdas Ji. Valkala will independently transcribe only Tulsidas's underlying poem and will not reuse either edition's commentary, practice material, editorial prose, distinctive arrangement or appended mantras. This is an internal publication rationale, not legal advice.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-hanuman-bahuk-stotra-1944-baba-jai-ram-das", "label": "Internet Archive — Hanuman Bahuk Stotra, 1944 scan with complete 44-stanza boundary", "url": "https://archive.org/details/HanumanBahukStotra1944ShriBabaJaiRamDasJi" }, { "sourceId": "ia-in-ernet-dli-2015-346148", "label": "Internet Archive — Hanuman Bahuk, 1943 Digital Library of India comparison witness", "url": "https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.346148" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-bahuk-copyright", "label": "Copyright Office, Government of India — Copyright Act Chapter V, Section 22 term for published literary works", "url": "https://copyright.gov.in/Copyright_Act_1957/chapter_v.html" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-bahuk-hi-wikisource", "label": "Hindi Wikisource — historical literary reference to an 1868 Hanuman Bahuk edition", "url": "https://hi.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0:%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8.pdf/%E0%A5%A9%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A9" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-bahuk-jvbi", "label": "Jain Vishva Bharati Institute — Hindi literature material identifying the 44-stanza work", "url": "https://jvbi.ac.in/dde/pdf/menu/distance/SLM/BA-I-Hindi-Lit-I.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Hanuman Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed sequence and attribution were checked against the cited text repository and bibliographic record. Transliteration, meanings, health-related wording, and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-09", "sourceNote": "Compared against established Hanuman Chalisa text repositories and bibliographic descriptions of the work. Variant spellings and translation choices remain possible across editions.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hanuman-chalisa-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hanuman text index", "url": "https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/itrans/hanumaana.php" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-chalisa-google-books", "label": "Google Books — Hanuman Chalisa bibliographic record", "url": "https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JaTtPAAACAAJ" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-jayanti", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Hanuman Jayanti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 2027 North-Indian Chaitra Purnima date was rechecked against Drik Panchang, and the New Delhi Purnima window against AstroSage, on 20 September 2026. Regional observances and tradition-specific significance were checked against the cited sources; claims, Hindi support and internal links received an internal editorial pass. The guide was moved to this permanent festival page on 28 September 2026 without changing its facts.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "The 2027 date comes from two panchangs; significance and regional traditions come from the cited institutional and panchang sources. This page replaces the earlier Hanuman Jayanti guide without changing its facts.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Hanuman Jayanti", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/hindu-festivals/hanuman-jayanti/hanuman-jayanti.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — date and regional traditions", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/hanuman-jayanti/hanuman-jayanti-date-time.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — Hanuman Jayanti 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/hanuman-jayanti/chaitra-hanuman-jayanti" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Hanuman Jayanti", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/HanumanJayanti.aspx" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-mantras", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Hanuman Mantras and Dhyana Shlokas", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 14 September 2026, Valkala re-rendered the 1929 controlling scan pages for all three selected texts and directly inspected the corresponding pages in a separately digitized Khemraj copy, the 1912 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara and the 1933 Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam scan. The second Khemraj image check corrected the earlier Gayatri ending to the scan-controlled तन्नः कपिः. All variants, literary labels and attribution boundaries were recorded before drafting original Roman, Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English layers. An internal Sanskrit and claims audit checked the governing verbs, compounds, petitions and devotional imagery. OCR was used only for navigation. Advanced ritual material and restricted modern text were excluded. This is AI-assisted internal editorial QA; expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-14", "sourceNote": "The 1929 Khemraj Hanumadupasana scan controls all three texts. A separate digitization of the same printing image-confirms the Gayatri across printed pages 111-112; the 1912 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara supplies the Manojavam closing variant; and a public-domain 1933 Ramayanam scan supplies the Yatra Yatra orthographic comparison in prefatory material. OCR located pages only; images controlled the transcription. The editorial review ledger records the exact boundaries and decisions.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-hanumadupasana-brihad-jyotisharnava-1929-khemraj", "label": "Internet Archive — 1929 Hanumadupasana in Brihad Jyotisharnava controlling scan", "url": "https://archive.org/details/HanumadupasanaInBrihadJyotisharnavaOfHariKrishna1929KRI20KhemrajPublishers" }, { "sourceId": "ia-hanumad-upasana-in-brihat-jyotisharnava-dharma-skandha", "label": "Internet Archive — separately digitized Khemraj Hanumad Upasana image confirmation", "url": "https://archive.org/details/hanumad-upasana-in-brihat-jyotisharnava-dharma-skandha-khemraj-publishers" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912 public-domain scan, stable revision", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "srimad-valmiki-ramayanam-1933", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — 1933 Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam public-domain scan, stable revision", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D.pdf&oldid=1227214250" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-mantras-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Purashcharyarnava volume 2 research-only Gayatri-family comparison, revision 415989", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=415989" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hare-krishna-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Hare Krishna Maha Mantra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The sixteen names were checked against the cited Kalisantarana Upanishad. The source order and the page’s common Hare Krishna-first performance order are both disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "The same sixteen names appear in the cited source with Hare Rama first; this page uses a widespread Hare Krishna-first order.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hare-krishna-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Kalisantarana Upanishad", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/kalisantarana_upan.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hariyali-teej", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Hariyali Teej", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The hub uses the existing New Delhi North Indian 4 August 2027 record checked against Drik Panchang and Prokerala on 29 September 2026; that original check date is preserved. AstroSage corroborated the date on 2 October. The original pair did not open in the latest web-reader attempt, so no fresh two-source recheck is claimed. Cultural associations follow the Ministry of Tourism's named Jaipur account, not its event dates. Three-language summaries, optional household outline, reading links and claims boundaries received an internal editorial pass. No complete katha, clock time, compulsory fast or marital guarantee is included.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The date uses the stored Drik Panchang/Prokerala check of 29 September 2026, with AstroSage corroboration on 2 October. The Ministry of Tourism's Jaipur event account supports the named cultural context only. All summaries and household guidance are original editorial work; no article or sacred-text passage is reproduced. Severe practices and guaranteed marital or fertility outcomes are not adopted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — stored Hariyali Teej 2027 date source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/teej/hariyali-teej-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored Hariyali Teej 2027 date source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/hariyali-teej.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2027 New Delhi date corroboration and seasonal customs", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/hariyali-teej?date=2027&language=en&view=amp" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Jaipur Teej cultural context (2026 event, not 2027 date evidence)", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/rajasthan/jaipur-teej-festival-2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hartalika-teej", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Hartalika Teej", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Retained the existing New Delhi North Indian 3 September 2027 record and original check date, with the earlier AstroSage corroboration still distinct from a fresh source-pair check. On 3 October linked the complete separately audited four-part Vrataraja retelling and checked its hub scope/FAQ/reader relationships. The regional tourism account remains narrow context, not exact scripture attribution or timing evidence. No Sanskrit transcription, formal vrat equivalence, universal clock time or expert review is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "The stored date retains its 29 September Drik Panchang/Prokerala evidence; the earlier AstroSage corroboration is not a fresh pair recheck. Ministry of Tourism context describes Chhattisgarh customs only, not 2027 timing or a controlling scripture edition. The complete linked Hartalika retelling uses a separate visually checked Vrataraja old-print boundary and rights audit. Summaries and household steps are original editorial work. Severe fasts, purported medical benefits, fear-based penalties and marital guarantees are not adopted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — stored Hartalika Teej 2027 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/teej/hartalika-teej-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored Hartalika Teej 2027 source, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/hartalika-teej.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Hartalika Teej 2027, New Delhi; fresh date corroboration", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/hartalika-teej?date=2027&language=hi" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Chhattisgarh Teeja-Pora context (2026 event, not 2027 date evidence)", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/chhattisgarh/teej-pola" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/hartalika-teej-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Hartalika Teej Katha — Parvati Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 3 October 2026 visually read the six controlling images and seven comparison images across the complete 1–76 account and colophon. Mapped four prose groups to the frame/austerities, proposal/search, forest/boon/marriage/name explanation and closing rite/prayer/benefit/penalty discussion. Retained the friend and Parvati's stated condition for returning; documented verse 35's metrical note and verse 41's animal-wording alternative without reconstructing Sanskrit. Narrowed uncertain exact austerity-duration wording to prolonged severe penance. Audited original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English for event, speaker and claims parity. No separate critical Purana edition, Sanskrit transcription, expert review or formal ritual equivalence is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Valkala's original condensed Hindi retelling and Roman-Hindi/English counterparts follow visually inspected Sanskrit images of Vishvanatha Sharma's Vrataraja, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Mumbai, 1897: physical scans 112–117 (Archive leaves 111–116), printed folios 49–51, numbered katha 1–76 and its colophon. The old work and print supply the public-domain text basis; the Balmeeki Campus/eGangotri Archive metadata records CC0 for digitisation. Comparison: Shri Venkateshwar Press print catalogued as 1884, physical scans 141–147 (leaves 140–146), the same complete boundary. No modern translation is reused. Source page numbers are one-based physical images. The forest-animal footnote variant and metrical note are recorded; uncertain exact austerity-duration wording is not guessed. This reader paraphrases the complete selected narrative in groups rather than reproducing all 76 Sanskrit verses or prescribing their rites.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 controlling Sanskrit scan, Balmeeki Campus collection", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 opening — physical scan 112, numbered katha after preliminary worship text", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n111.jpg" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 closing — physical scan 117, verse 76, colophon and separate udyapana opening", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n116.jpg" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 lithographic comparison, physical scans 141–147", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 Archive metadata — edition identity and recorded digitisation licence", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 — digitisation notice, not modern-translation clearance", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/holi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Holi and Holika Dahan", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The New Delhi dates were checked against Prokerala, Drik Panchang and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list; the two published sequences are recorded rather than silently reconciled. The traditional account was checked against Drik Panchang and Incredible India, then rewritten as a bounded original summary without claiming scripture transcription or history. Practical colour guidance was limited to consent, ordinary fire safety and the Ministry of Environment's lower-impact colour campaign. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited New Delhi panchangs and Government of India holiday list, with both published sequences disclosed. The Prahlada-Holika section is Valkala's original bounded retelling of a traditional festival account described by Drik Panchang and Incredible India; it is not a scripture transcription or a historical claim. Safety and lower-impact colour guidance is deliberately practical and limited.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Holi and Holika Dahan 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/holi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Holika Dahan and Rangwali Holi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/holi/festivals-holika-dahan-timings.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — traditional Holika and Prahlada legend", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/holi/festivals-holi-legends.html" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism — Holi traditions and legends", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/holi" }, { "sourceId": "pib-press-releases", "label": "Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Environment — natural colours campaign", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2234982&lang=2®=48" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/indira-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Indira Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Inspected chapter 58 Sanskrit verses 1–36 and colophon with the same-host English witness and wrote a bounded original summary. Corroborated the New Delhi date through AstroSage's 2026 and 2027 lists on 3 October 2026 without changing the stored 29 September check. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, reader links, family-remembrance boundaries and optional practice. No expert review is claimed. On 4 October added and checked the complete selected reader link against its exact source revision; this is a content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date retains its original New Delhi Smarta evidence timestamp. Fresh corroboration uses AstroSage's 2027 Ekadashi list, not its inaccessible dedicated page. Chapter 58 Sanskrit and English witnesses share a host; the original short account is not a copied translation or complete katha. Afterlife and vow-fault claims are contextualized, never used for family blame or guarantees. Formal shraddha, personal tithi and the optional prayer outline remain distinct. The full selected reader now uses a separately pinned, licensed Wikisource chapter; see its own source, licence and scope notes. No calendar source pair or evidence timestamp is refreshed by these reading links.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 58 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–36 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428113.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 58 — Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365635.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2027 Ekadashi list, New Delhi (fresh date corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2026 Ekadashi list, New Delhi (fresh date corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — complete selected chapter 58, revision 336439 (reader source)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५८&oldid=336439" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/indira-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Indira Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 36 numbered positions and colophon in Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 58; matched revision 336439 through the API and compared the whole account/discourse with the full grouped English witness. The chapter's ritual discourse is described in full, not extracted as a mandatory shraddha manual. Sanskrit wording before the Shalagrama is kept descriptive rather than repaired from the English interpretation. Mapped every contiguous prose range and checked original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English for speaker, event, doctrine and ending parity; audited claims, source citations, licence and links. This is an electronic selected-chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, independently collated print, formal ritual equivalent or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 58, exact revision 336439 (2022-04-22T01:52:51Z), all numbered positions 1–36 and the separate colophon. Complete rendered source and matching archived API content inspected. Wikisource footer's CC BY-SA link was checked. Original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English condensed adaptations retain attribution and share-alike. Complete Wisdomlib English chapter is comparison-only, not a copied translation or reuse source; no independent print collation or historical authorship is proved. The chapter's ritual discourse is described in full, not extracted as a mandatory shraddha manual. 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Hindi, Hinglish, safety language and internal readings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited New Delhi panchangs and Government of India holiday list. The festival sequence, Gundicha journey, return and Chera Pahara descriptions follow Odisha Tourism's public account of Puri Rath Yatra. The page does not present those living temple rites as a scripture transcription, universal household rules or a fixed local schedule.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "odisha-tourism", "label": "Odisha Tourism — Ratha Jatra, Ashadha Dwitiya and Chera Pahara", "url": "https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/themes/festivals.html" }, { "sourceId": "odisha-tourism", "label": "Odisha Tourism — Puri Rath Jatra and the Gundicha journey", "url": "https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/rathajatra.html" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Jagannath Rath Yatra 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/ratha-yatra/jagannatha-rathayatra-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Jagannath Rath Yatra 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/puri-rath-yatra.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/jake-priya-na-ram-vaidehi", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Jake Priya Na Ram Vaidehi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Transcribed from the 1923 scan (leaf 558) and compared word by word with the 1926 Naval Kishore printing (leaf 107). The two rhyme misprints are corrected, as the 1926 print confirms; at the two points where only the 1923 edition supports its word, the 1926 reading is used (owner decision). A final read of the Devanagari, transliteration and all three meaning layers was completed on 28 September 2026.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume (Nagari Pracharini Granthamala 32), edited by Ramchandra Shukla, Bhagwandin and Brajratnadas, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, first edition, Samvat 1980 (1923 CE), Vinaya Patrika pad 174, printed page 551 (scan leaf 558), from the Internet Archive scan in the Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection (released CC0). No raga heading is printed above this pad. The page was read directly from the scan image; OCR was used only to locate it. The title page carries no rights notice. Second witness: Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, 1926, pad 175 in its numbering, printed page 107 (Internet Archive, CC0). Rights basis (owner decision, 28 September 2026): the 1923 edition’s third editor, Brajratnadas (born 1890), has no traceable death date, so every word of this text is also required to appear in the second witness, the unnamed-publisher Naval Kishore Press printing of 1926 (eleventh printing; out of term). The 1923 print supplies the spelling only.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "tulsi-granthavali-vol-2-1923", "label": "Internet Archive — Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1923 (CC0 scan; Vinaya Patrika on printed pages 461–600)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TCUE_tulsi-granthavali-part-2-by-ramchandra-shukla-series-no.-32-kashi-nagari-pracharini-sabha" }, { "sourceId": "vinaya-patrika-1926-naval-kishore", "label": "Internet Archive — Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, eleventh printing, 1926 (CC0 scan; second witness)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/qtmu_vinaya-patrika-by-tulsidas-hindi-bhakti-illustrated-lucknow-1926-naval-kish" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/jaya-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Jaya Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 43 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 the complete reader and hub link were checked against whole API revision 336424 and whole electronic comparisons; all 54 numbered units and colophon retained. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no clock times inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story summary is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 43; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The complete linked reader now supersedes the earlier overview-only reader status. It uses exact Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336424, 6.43.1–54, all 54 numbered units and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution/change notice. Retain Sanskrit Malini as Chitrasena's wife versus English daughter, the separately unnamed daughter, Pushpadanti/Pushpavati variation at 20, nidagha heat amid icy hardship, and 39 lying/sleeping wording alongside 40 no sleep. Preserve Malyavan's devotion addressed to Indra at 48 and Indra's farewell with Pushpadanti at 51 omitted in English. Do not blend annual Jaya with Vijaya or nakshatra-linked Jaya Mahadwadashi. Curse, pishacha state and restoration are sacred narrative, not diagnosis, an exorcism claim or evidence of a real person's wrongdoing. No endorsement of humiliating punishment, waterless fasting, cold exposure, bare-ground sleeping or sleep deprivation. Religious merit and afterlife praise is not a guarantee or erasure of responsibility. Food, water, warmth, rest and care remain available; no obligatory materials or purchases. No independent print collation, fresh PDF inspection, rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 43, controlling revision 336424", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४३&oldid=336424" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336424&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 43 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428098.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. 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Deshpande chapter 43 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365620.html" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 43 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2485–2488", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 43 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/43" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Jaya Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/jaya-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/jaya-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Jaya Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 54 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336424. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain Sanskrit Malini as Chitrasena's wife versus English daughter, the separately unnamed daughter, Pushpadanti/Pushpavati variation at 20, nidagha heat amid icy hardship, and 39 lying/sleeping wording alongside 40 no sleep. Preserve Malyavan's devotion addressed to Indra at 48 and Indra's farewell with Pushpadanti at 51 omitted in English. Do not blend annual Jaya with Vijaya or nakshatra-linked Jaya Mahadwadashi. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336424, 6.43.1–54 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain Sanskrit Malini as Chitrasena's wife versus English daughter, the separately unnamed daughter, Pushpadanti/Pushpavati variation at 20, nidagha heat amid icy hardship, and 39 lying/sleeping wording alongside 40 no sleep. Preserve Malyavan's devotion addressed to Indra at 48 and Indra's farewell with Pushpadanti at 51 omitted in English. 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A. Deshpande chapter 43 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365620.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kalabhairava-ashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Kalabhairava Ashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All nine verses, the opening invocation and the colophon were inspected against the public-domain 1912 images at Commons scan pages 135–136 / printed pages 127–128 and agree with the identically set 1916 reprint. The 1910 edition transcribed on Sanskrit Wikisource was compared line by line; the printed readings are kept, and the verse 4 variant is given in the meanings. The refrain, abbreviated in print after verse 1, is written out in full. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check found no mismatches, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: item 57, Kalabhairava Ashtakam, on printed pages 127–128 / Commons multipage scan pages 135–136 of Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, seventh reprint, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai, 1912, public domain by the stable Commons file record. Both pages were directly inspected and agree word for word with the 1916 reprint (Internet Archive, Kashmir Research Institute scan, PDF pages 138–139). The 1910 Shankaracharya Stotrani (vol. 2, pp. 101–103) as transcribed on Sanskrit Wikisource was compared but does not control. 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Curse, merit transfer and transformation claims were bounded explicitly. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. Full selected reader added on 4 October 2026 from complete API revision 336428, 6.47.1–39 and colophon, with full electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and language parity checks. Retain Karkata in unit 12 versus Karkotaka-vachah in 13, apsara/Gandharva distinction, unnamed compassionate sage, mixed speech boundary in 28/repeated injunction in 30, Dwadashi elliptical wording versus English two-day fasting, rakshasa/pishachata variation, whole mythic dimensions and Vajapeya close. No Rishyashringa, Vindhya, invented destination or compulsory marital sacrifice. No fresh PDF inspection claimed. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 47; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. Curse, merit transfer and transformation remain narrative claims rather than guaranteed outcomes. Full selected-account acceptance on 4 October 2026 supersedes the earlier overview-only reader limit. Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336428, 6.47.1–39 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain Karkata in unit 12 versus Karkotaka-vachah in 13, apsara/Gandharva distinction, unnamed compassionate sage, mixed speech boundary in 28/repeated injunction in 30, Dwadashi elliptical wording versus English two-day fasting, rakshasa/pishachata variation, whole mythic dimensions and Vajapeya close. No Rishyashringa, Vindhya, invented destination or compulsory marital sacrifice.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 47, controlling revision 336428", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०47&oldid=336428" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336428&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 47 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428102.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 47 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365624.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 47 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2500–2503", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 47 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/47" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Kamada Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/kamada-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kamada-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Kamada Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 39 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336428. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain Karkata in unit 12 versus Karkotaka-vachah in 13, apsara/Gandharva distinction, unnamed compassionate sage, mixed speech boundary in 28/repeated injunction in 30, Dwadashi elliptical wording versus English two-day fasting, rakshasa/pishachata variation, whole mythic dimensions and Vajapeya close. No Rishyashringa, Vindhya, invented destination or compulsory marital sacrifice. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336428, 6.47.1–39 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain Karkata in unit 12 versus Karkotaka-vachah in 13, apsara/Gandharva distinction, unnamed compassionate sage, mixed speech boundary in 28/repeated injunction in 30, Dwadashi elliptical wording versus English two-day fasting, rakshasa/pishachata variation, whole mythic dimensions and Vajapeya close. No Rishyashringa, Vindhya, invented destination or compulsory marital sacrifice.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 47, controlling revision 336428", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०47&oldid=336428" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336428&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 47 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428102.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 47 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365624.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kamika-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Kamika Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared chapter 54 Sanskrit verses 1–29 and colophon against its English witness, disclosed the opening-fortnight difference and wrote an original bounded overview. Freshly inspected AstroSage's New Delhi 2027 main date on 3 October 2026; retained the original stored dates, alternate and evidence timestamp. Checked all three summary languages, optional readings, lamp safety and claims internally. No external expert review is claimed. On 4 October linked the complete selected licensed reader and checked language, source and scope notices: content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Stored dates and tradition labels are retained unchanged. Fresh AstroSage corroboration supports only the main 29 July date, not a new two-source or alternate-date check. Chapter 54 was compared in Sanskrit and English on one host; its opening-fortnight mismatch is disclosed. All overview and household language is original, with no copied sacred passage or modern translation. The hub remains a short overview; the linked reader now supplies the complete selected account. Medical, protection and guaranteed-reward claims remain excluded.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 54 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–29 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428109.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 54 — Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365631.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Kamika Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi (main-date corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi/kamika-ekadashi?date=2027&language=en" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete controlling revision for linked reader", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५४&oldid=336435" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kamika-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Kamika Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 29 numbered positions and colophon of exact Wikisource API revision 336435, 6.54.1–29. Compared every range with complete Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Opening Sanskrit sita says bright, unlike English dark; Sanskrit verses 3 and 5 and the colophon identify dark. Selected verse 11 concerns a cow during calving, whereas English says milch cow. Sanskrit compares silver at four times the stated gold weight, not the devotee's body weight. The English comparison's extra birth-sin assertion in its verse-22 grouping is not imported into the selected Sanskrit boundary. Checked whole boundary, all closing praise, original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, citations, licence, metadata and links. Not independent print collation, rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete API revision 336435, 6.54.1–29 plus colophon. Full reliable electronic text read; full Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English comparisons are not independent print witnesses. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed. Modern translation not copied. Opening Sanskrit sita says bright, unlike English dark; Sanskrit verses 3 and 5 and the colophon identify dark. Selected verse 11 concerns a cow during calving, whereas English says milch cow. Sanskrit compares silver at four times the stated gold weight, not the devotee's body weight. The English comparison's extra birth-sin assertion in its verse-22 grouping is not imported into the selected Sanskrit boundary.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — full chapter 54, controlling revision 336435", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५४&oldid=336435" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — full exact controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336435&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 54 — whole electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428109.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 54 — full English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365631.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kanakadhara-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Kanakadhara Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 22 verses were reconciled line by line with Sanskrit Wikisource permanent revision 399053. PDF pages 5-22 of the 1941 public-domain-marked booklet were visually inspected as an independent 17-stanza comparison witness; its reordered early verses, five omissions and material word differences are recorded in the acceptance report. IAST, Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English layers received a complete internal line and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-22", "sourceNote": "Complete selected 22-verse reading adapted from permanent Sanskrit Wikisource revision 399053 under CC BY-SA 4.0, with punctuation and clearly recorded orthographic corrections. A fingerprinted public-domain-marked 1941 scan was visually compared on PDF pages 5-22; its shorter 17-stanza recension is comparison evidence, not the selected sequence. Valkala's Roman and three meaning layers are original.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "kanakadhara-stotram-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Kanakadhara Stotram, revision 399053 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=399053" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "ia-kanakadhara-stotram-1941", "label": "Internet Archive — Kanakadhara Stotram 1941, PDF pages 5-22 (public-domain-marked visual comparison)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/kanakadhara-stotram-1941" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kartik-purnima", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Kartik Purnima", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Kartik Purnima (New Delhi) and Dev Deepawali (Varanasi) dates for 2026 and 2027 were checked on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala; the 2027 fast date is Drik Panchang's and is shown as a note. The explanation follows Drik Panchang; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs, for New Delhi (Kartik Purnima) and Varanasi (Dev Deepawali). The description of Kartik Purnima, Kartika snan, the five days from Prabodhini Ekadashi, Tripuri Purnima and Dev Deepawali comes from Drik Panchang's Kartik Purnima and Dev Deepawali pages.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Kartik Purnima 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/purnima/kartik/kartik-purnima-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Dev Deepawali 2026, Varanasi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/dev-diwali/dev-deepawali-date-time.html?geoname-id=1253405&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Purnima dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/purnimasidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Kartik Purnima 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/kartik-purnima.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Dev Diwali 2026, Varanasi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/dev-diwali.html?year=2026&loc=1253405" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/karwa-chauth", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Karwa Chauth", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Preserved the existing New Delhi date records, source disagreements and original 29 September 2026 check timestamp. On 3 October inspected the complete 1897 and catalogued 1884 Karak Chaturthi katha scans for the separately linked Veeravati reader, checked three-language hub summaries and complete-reader relationships, corrected the held-aarti reference and removed compulsory fasting and universal-date wording. On 14 October 2026 rechecked Drik Panchang's New Delhi page, which still gives 29 October 2026. No fresh date-pair check, local clock time, formal ritual equivalence or external expert review is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Dates retain the stored 29 September 2026 Drik Panchang, Prokerala and Government of India holiday-list evidence for New Delhi, including disagreements; this update is not a fresh date-pair check. Existing calendar-source context is narrowed to reported customs, not compulsory fasting or promises. The new complete Veeravati reader has a separate old-print source and language audit: Vrataraja's Karak Chaturthi 1–41, 1897 controlling and catalogued 1884 comparison scans. All hub prose is original editorial work.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Karwa Chauth 2026: vrat and meaning, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/karwa-chauth/karwa-chauth-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Karwa Chauth 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/karwa-chauth.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/karwa-chauth-vrat-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha — Veeravati Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 3 October 2026 visually read all four controlling page images and the four comparison images through the 41-verse boundary and colophon. Checked speakers (Mandhata opening, Krishna's replies, Indrani's reply and Suta closing), the Vedasharma/Vedadharma footnote, seven brothers, torch rather than sieve, elapsed-year wording, Indrani's water and closing gifts/blessings. Audited the original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English for event/speaker parity and explicit loss/fasting/guarantee limits. The two prints witness the same compilation, not independent critical recensions. No complete Sanskrit transcription, separately verified Purana chapter, expert certification or modern translation reuse is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Valkala's original condensed Hindi retelling and Roman-Hindi/English counterparts are based on visually inspected Sanskrit page images of Vishvanatha Sharma's Vrataraja, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Mumbai, 1897, physical scans 177–180 (Archive leaves 176–179). The old Sanskrit work and print supply the public-domain text basis; the Balmeeki Campus/eGangotri Archive item's metadata records CC0 for the digitisation. A separately laid-out 1884 Shri Venkateshwar Press scan, physical scans 223–226, was checked across the same complete 1–41 boundary. No modern Hindi or English translation is copied. Scan numbers are one-based physical images, not printed folio numbers. The numbered source's prayers, gifts and concluding blessings are reported in prose rather than extracted as a ritual formula.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 controlling Sanskrit scan, Balmeeki Campus collection", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 opening — physical scan 177, katha begins after preliminary puja prose", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n176.jpg" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 closing — physical scan 180, verses 38–41 and Vamana Purana colophon", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n179.jpg" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 lithographic comparison, physical scans 223–226", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 Archive metadata — edition identity and recorded digitisation licence", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 — digitisation notice, not a licence claim for modern translations", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/keelak-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Keelak Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The viniyoga, all 14 verses and the closing line were read from the page images of the Gita Press 1952 first edition and the 1991 reprint, which agree. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 305048 differs from the print only by small typos, all corrected. The earlier draft had shifted and invented lines from verse 5 on and has been replaced. The transliteration was checked deterministically against the Devanagari, and every meaning was written and read against the printed Sanskrit in an internal language and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Sanskrit adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource revision 305048 (CC BY-SA 4.0) and corrected line by line to the Gita Press, Gorakhpur, Shri Durga Saptashati, first edition 1952 (PDF 24–25), checked against the 1991 large-type reprint (PDF 43–45), which prints the same text. Only the Sanskrit text is used from the prints; their translations and layout are not reproduced. Valkala's Roman transliteration and three meaning layers are original and share the Wikisource-derived text under CC BY-SA 4.0.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "keelak-stotram-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Keelak Stotram, revision 305048 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=305048" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1952", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press, 1952 first edition, PDF 24–25 (print check)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Azce_shri-durga-sapta-shati-with-main-text-and-path-vidhi-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "durga-saptashati-gita-press-1991", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Durga Saptashati, Gita Press large-type reprint, 1991, PDF 43–45 (second print check)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TULP_shri-durga-sapta-shati-mul-bag-paat-vidhi-sahita-gita-press-gorakhpur" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kn/hanuman-chalisa", "contentType": "regional-devotional-edition", "title": "ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಹನುಮಾನ್ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked", "Scope disclosed" ], "verificationMethod": "Deterministic Unicode mapping (devanagariToKannada in scripts/lib/regional-script.mjs) followed by a 43-unit internal line audit, completed by Claude, an AI agent, on the owner's instruction of 14 October 2026, against the canonical Devanagari and its Roman pronunciation line, with the published Telugu edition as a decision-parity check and the pinned hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 package as spelling comparison only. Unit counts, IDs, script purity and the canonical-source fingerprint are enforced by scripts/validate-regional-editions.mjs.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Every Kannada-script unit is deterministically mapped from Valkala's canonical 43-unit Hanuman Chalisa and was audited against its Roman reading on 14 October 2026, following the mapping decisions already published in the Telugu edition. Hindi ड़ and ढ़ are written with plain Kannada ಡ and ಢ, so that flap distinction is not encoded. The hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 package (MIT) was used only as an attributed spelling comparison; its differing readings are outside this edition.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "valkala-hanuman-chalisa", "label": "Valkala — complete canonical Devanagari Hanuman Chalisa", "url": "https://valkala.com/hanuman-chalisa" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 — MIT package, spelling comparison only", "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/hindu-devotional-texts/v/0.8.0" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/krishna-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Krishna Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The integrity-pinned MIT package file was compared line by line with four photographed print pages. All two opening dohas, forty chaupais, the Sundardas signature and closing doha were counted; six material repairs and routine orthographic normalizations were recorded. Roman readings and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings were reviewed together, with mythic episodes and fruit claims framed as statements within the poem. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling reusable source: hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0, src/chalisas/krishna.ts, from the integrity-pinned npm tarball published 20 September 2026 under MIT. The package transmits two opening dohas, exactly forty chaupais and one closing doha. Valkala used the licensed Devanagari and Roman data and wrote all meaning layers independently. Printed pages 33–36 / PDF pages 37–40 of Randhir Prakashan's 2004 51 Chalisa Sangrah were visually inspected only as a comparison witness. The print repaired six material package problems: the two opening dohas were restored after the package blended their lines and imported an unrelated Ravi-tanaya plea; chaupai 5 now reads adhara dhari teri / vinaya yah meri; chaupai 14 restores musara-dhara instead of masura-dhara; chaupai 24 restores the Bhima grass-tearing and Jarasandha lines; chaupai 37 restores anatha; and chaupai 40 closes with jaya. Orthographic punctuation, spacing and nasalization were normalized. Chaupai 38's Sundardas signature is preserved without claiming a verified biography.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 immutable package record", "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/hindu-devotional-texts/v/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — signed hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Krishna Chalisa printed pages 33–36 (comparison only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-/page/n36/mode/1up" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/krishna-janma-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Krishna Janma Katha — Complete Birth-Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 3 October 2026 read the complete 53-position Wikisource chapter, verified revision 210881 through its API and compared the full sequence with GRETIL. Recorded differences at 5, 6, 9 and 23 without importing comparison text. Mapped four complete prose/language groups, including both prayers and remembered births; checked Vasudeva's mental gift, Yogamaya's concurrent birth and Yashoda's final sex uncertainty. Audited original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English for event and speaker parity, exact electronic references, licence/change notice and sensitive claims. No separately inspected print, critical-edition status, external expert review or formal ritual equivalence is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10, Purvardha chapter 3, revision 210881 (2019-09-06T00:10:17Z). The entire rendered chapter and matching archived-revision content returned by the MediaWiki API were inspected through 53 and colophon. Direct archived-page retrieval failed in the web reader; the revision API succeeded. Wikisource's inspected footer links CC BY-SA 4.0. Valkala's original condensed Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English adaptations retain attribution and the same licence. GRETIL, SUB Göttingen, version 2020-07-31, is comparison-only under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; no Roman text or modern translated prose is copied. The four prose ranges cover the complete selected chapter, not every verse as a separate translation. No print-scan inspection or critical edition is claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Bhagavata Purana 10.3, exact controlling revision 210881", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः_१०/पूर्वार्धः/अध्यायः_३&oldid=210881" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-bhagavata-purana", "label": "Wikisource revision API — matching archived source content inspected", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=210881&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — source and adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "gretil-bhagavata-purana", "label": "GRETIL — Bhagavata Purana 10.3, comparison-only; noncommercial text not reused", "url": "https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/html/sa_bhAgavatapurANa.htm" }, { "sourceId": "krishna-janma-katha-vedabase", "label": "VedaBase 10.3.11 — mental-gift interpretive comparison only; copyrighted prose not reused", "url": "https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/3/11/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/krishna-janmashtami", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Krishna Janmashtami", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Retained stored date evidence and checkedOn; 2 October corroboration and monthly/annual limits remain disclosed. On 3 October linked the complete selected Bhagavata 10.3 retelling, checked its exact revision/licence and complete language scope, and kept ritual and narrative separate. No external expert review, separate community schedule, clock time or Surdas publication is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Stored date evidence retains its original check date; AstroSage supplies fresh corroboration, not a newly inspected source pair. Ministry of Tourism supports regional context, not 2027 timing. The linked complete birth-chapter retelling has its own exact Wikisource revision, comparison and CC BY-SA notice. Summaries and household steps are original. No Surdas lyrics, clock time, compulsory fast or affiliate block is added.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — annual Janmashtami 2027, New Delhi; tradition differences", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/janmashtami/janmashtami?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Janmashtami cultural context (not 2027 timing)", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/janmashtami" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — monthly Krishna Ashtami list, excluded as annual-date evidence", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/vrats/janmashtami/yearly/2027" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kunj-bihari-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The four displayed sections were compared line by line with the Uttarakhand Open University and Sanskrit Documents versions, while published recording credits were checked for the Traditional attribution. Mixed and incomplete wording in the previous Valkala records was corrected. The transliteration and Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings received an internal editorial pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-04", "sourceNote": "Commonly sung four-section version. The underlying lyrics are treated as traditional and anonymous based on published recording credits; modern recordings, arrangements and editions remain copyrighted. Valkala independently normalized spelling and punctuation and wrote its own transliteration and meanings. The institutional and Sanskrit Documents texts were used only for research comparison.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "kunj-bihari-aarti-youtube", "label": "Zee Music Company — release credits lyrics as Traditional (credits evidence only)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwSepD-6wko" }, { "sourceId": "kunj-bihari-aarti-uou", "label": "Uttarakhand Open University BAKK-102 — institutional comparison text", "url": "https://uou.ac.in/sites/default/files/slm/BAKK-102.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "sanskritdocuments-hindi-aarti-sangrah", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Aarti Sangrah (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/hindi/arati.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/kunjika-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Siddha Kunjika Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The complete common sequence, viniyoga, mantra, verses and colophon were independently normalized and compared with two public reading references. Major mantra and colophon variants are disclosed. The three meaning layers received an internal editorial pass; expert or lineage review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-05", "sourceNote": "Complete common 15-verse reading, independently normalized from the traditional Sanskrit work. Sanskrit Documents and Vaidika Vignanam were used for research comparison only; their modern presentation and translations were not copied. Significant textual variants remain.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "kunjika-stotram-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Siddha Kunjika Stotram (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_devii/siddhakunjikaa.html" }, { "sourceId": "kunjika-stotram-vignanam", "label": "Vaidika Vignanam — Siddha Kunjika Stotram (variant comparison)", "url": "https://vignanam.org/english/siddha-kunjika-stotram.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/lakshmi-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Om Jai Lakshmi Mata / Laxmi Mata Aarti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Valkala independently transcribed all eight stanzas from PDF page 3 of the Internet Archive Hari Darshan item whose record is marked CC0, then visually compared the complete sequence with PDF page 28 of a separate Agarwal booklet and the Sanskrit Documents text. The selected witness controls सेवत, हर विष्णु धाता, ऋद्धि-सिद्धि धन, वस्त्र न हो पाता, भवनिधि की त्राता and the महालक्ष्मीजी closing. Roman transliteration and all three meaning layers received an internal line-by-line and claims pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-22", "sourceNote": "Complete eight-stanza Hari Darshan reading, independently transcribed from its source image. The repeated full refrain is a presentation normalization. Comparison variants are disclosed rather than blended, and all meanings are original to Valkala.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-hari-darshan-arti-sangrah-partly-damaged-missing-pages-arjan", "label": "Internet Archive — Hari Darshan Arti Sangrah, PDF page 3 (selected CC0-marked item)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/EhCC_hari-darshan-arti-sangrah-partly-damaged-missing-pages-arjan-nath-handoo-book-collection/page/n2/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "ia-arati-sangrah-agarwal-boot-house", "label": "Internet Archive — Agarwal Aarti Sangrah, PDF page 28 (visual comparison)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/gkXN_arati-sangrah-agarwal-boot-house/page/n27/mode/1up" }, { "sourceId": "sanskritdocuments-hindi-aarti-sangrah", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hindi Aarti Sangrah (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/hindi/arati.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/lakshmi-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The six controlling page images were inspected in sequence. Running source markers at 10-name intervals and the printed 108 beside Bhuvaneshvaryai were checked; Mangalayai Devyai was retained as one position; and no 109th salutation was imported. The Devanagari sequence was checked against the Telugu-script Sanskrit. Every IAST line and all three original gloss layers received an internal position-by-position language and claims review; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-22", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Lakshmyashtottara Shatanamavali on printed pages 16–21 / PDF pages 20–25 of the CC0-marked Bhagavad Ramanuja National Research Institute, Melukote scan. The Telugu-script Sanskrit was checked directly against the page images and rendered here in Devanagari. The scan controls Buddhaye at 31, Siddhaye at 86, the single compound salutation at 96 and the Bhuvaneshvaryai ending at 108. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman and all three gloss layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-sri-lakshmi-ashtottara-shata-namavali-vijayvada-sri", "label": "Internet Archive — Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Shata Namavali, Melukote Collection (printed pages 16–21)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/qmsn_sri-lakshmi-ashtottara-shata-namavali-vijayvada-sri-satyanarayan-sons" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "CC0 1.0 Universal", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/lakshmi-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Lakshmi Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The versioned npm tarball for hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 was pinned by registry SHA-1 f61861d2733435954fe5a2368c7737477be67010, npm SHA-512 integrity and local SHA-256 1aaba9d97b8bffbad75ca65dd1044e5305482e568074cbc971667b90feb8152f. Its MIT licence covers the shipped src tree, including src/chalisas/lakshmi.ts. The selected opening doha, soratha, all 39 chaupai units and two closing dohas were checked in order against that file. Randhir Prakashan scan pages 186-189 were inspected as a non-controlling comparison: they preserve the opening, soratha, all 39 body units and ending, with material wording variants and selected unit 39 placed before 36-38. OCR had falsely suggested units 10-15 were absent; visual inspection of printed page 184 corrected that. Punctuation and clear forms रूप and दीजै were normalized without changing the selected sequence. The Roman reading and Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English explanations have one-to-one coverage and received an internal text, claims and sensitive-language audit. Expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sourceNote": "Complete selected MIT-licensed edition. The Devanagari and Roman base is adapted from hindu-devotional-texts version 0.8.0, file src/chalisas/lakshmi.ts, distributed in npm's versioned, integrity-pinned tarball. Valkala preserves its 39-unit boundary, normalizes punctuation and clear typographic forms, and writes all Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meaning layers independently. Randhir Prakashan's modern scan was used only as a visually inspected comparison witness, not as a republication licence; it confirms all 39 units but differs in wording and late-unit order. Copyright (c) 2026 Ishank Gupta and contributors to hindu-devotional-texts; the complete MIT notice is preserved below.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 immutable package record", "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/hindu-devotional-texts/v/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — signed hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Randhir Prakashan, scan leaves 186-189 / printed pages 183-186 (comparison only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-_202605/page/n186/mode/1up" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/lalita-sahasranamam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Lalita Sahasranamam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 321 numbered entries and the chapter colophon were transcribed from the fingerprinted 1927 PDF (pages 27–42 and 51–263) and later re-read line by line from the page images. The 1985 TTD print was read by page image at every line where a Wikisource transcription of it predicted a difference and at every doubtful 1927 reading; it is a comparison witness, not a full collation. The thousand-name division was checked against all nine hundred-name colophons and the paribhasha span totals in Bhaskararaya's commentary. The transliteration was checked deterministically against the Devanagari, and every meaning was read against the Sanskrit in an internal language and claims audit. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-26", "sourceNote": "Direct transcription of the Sanskrit chapter from Lalitasahasranama with Saubhagya-Bhaskara, edited by Vasudev Laxman Shastri Pansikar, third edition, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1927 (Internet Archive ksu.r3570.lalitasahasranam0000wasu). Only the ancient Sanskrit base text is reproduced; the commentary, scan images, layout and any modern translation are not. The print's own verse numbers are kept. Every line was re-read from the 1927 page images and compared with a separately edited 1985 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams print wherever the two might differ; 20 transcription errors found in that pass were corrected. The IAST and the three meaning layers are original work by Valkala Editorial.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-ksu-r3570-lalitasahasranam0000wasu", "label": "1927 Nirnaya Sagar third edition — controlling historical Sanskrit scan", "url": "https://archive.org/details/ksu.r3570.lalitasahasranam0000wasu" }, { "sourceId": "ia-ksu-r3570-lalitasahasranam0000wasu", "label": "1927 edition PDF — introduction/dhyana on 27–42; name, closing and colophon on selected pages 51–263", "url": "https://archive.org/download/ksu.r3570.lalitasahasranam0000wasu/ksu.r3570.lalitasahasranam0000wasu.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "ia-ksu-r3570-lalitasahasranam0000wasu", "label": "Internet Archive catalogue metadata — historical edition and digitization distinguished", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/ksu.r3570.lalitasahasranam0000wasu" }, { "sourceId": "lalita-sahasranamam-commons", "label": "1985 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams print on Wikimedia Commons — comparison witness only", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/lingashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Lingashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All nine verses, the opening invocation and the colophon were inspected against printed page 119 of the public-domain Brihat Stotra Ratnakara: the 1912 image at Commons scan page 127 and, for words hidden by a fold in that copy, the identically set 1916 reprint. Fixed Wikisource revision 229442 was compared line by line; the printed readings are kept at verses 1, 3, 7 and 8, and the verse 1 variant is given in the meanings. The repeated refrain, abbreviated in print after verse 1, is written out in full. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check found no mismatches, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: item 49, Lingashtakam, on printed page 119 of Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai: the 1912 seventh reprint (Commons multipage scan page 127, public domain by the stable Commons file record), read together with the 1916 reprint (Internet Archive, Kashmir Research Institute scan, PDF page 130), which has the same setting and line breaks and supplies words hidden by a fold in the 1912 copy. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 229442 was compared but does not control where it conflicts with the print. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912 public-domain scan, stable file revision (item 49 on scan page 127)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakar-1916-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, 1916 Nirnaya Sagar Press reprint (Kashmir Research Institute scan; item 49 on PDF page 130)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/brihat-stotra-ratnakar-pg-338-339-missing-1916-nirnay-sagar-press" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "lingashtakam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Lingashtakam, fixed comparison revision 229442", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=229442" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/madhurashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Madhurashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All eight verses and the colophon were inspected against the 1928 printed pages 55–57 (Internet Archive scan leaves 66–68). Wikisource revision 322041 was compared line by line; the printed readings are kept at verses 4, 6, 7 and 8, and the common readings at verses 4 and 7 are given in the meanings. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check found no mismatches, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Madhurashtakam (item 18) on printed pages 55–57 of Pushtimargiya Stotra Ratnakara, edited by Harishankar Shastri, Haridas Sanskrit Granthamala, Benares, 1928, as scanned in the Jangamwadi Math Collection on the Internet Archive (released CC0; scan leaves 66–68). The pages were directly inspected. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 322041 was compared but does not control. Only the centuries-old Sanskrit text is reproduced; Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-pushti-margiya-stotra-ratnakara-edited-by-hari-shankara", "label": "Internet Archive — Pushtimargiya Stotra Ratnakara, ed. Harishankar Shastri, Benares 1928 (Jangamwadi Math Collection scan, CC0; Madhurashtakam on printed pages 55–57)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/LZSX_pushti-margiya-stotra-ratnakara-edited-by-hari-shankara-shastri-1928-benaras-jai" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "madhurashtakam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Madhurashtakam, fixed comparison revision 322041", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=322041" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/maha-shivratri", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Maha Shivratri", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala, the Government of India's 2027 holiday list and AstroSage; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows the cited pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The date comes from Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list for New Delhi. The meaning, the fasting practice, the parana guidance, char prahar puja and Nishita kaal come from Drik Panchang's Maha Shivaratri page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Maha Shivaratri 2027: vrat and puja, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/maha-shivaratri/maha-shivaratri-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Maha Shivratri 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/maha-shivaratri.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mahalakshmi-ashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The complete page was inspected against the public-domain 1912 image at Commons scan page 176 / printed page 168. All eight core verses, three phalashruti verses, the opening paratext and the colophon boundary were checked directly. Fixed Wikisource revision 54882 was compared line by line; its material errors at verses 3, 6, 7, 9 and 11 were rejected in favour of the scan. Sanskrit orthographic normalizations and the expanded repeated refrain are listed in the acceptance record. IAST and all three original meaning layers received an internal line-by-line and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-22", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: item 75, Shri Mahalakshmyashtakam, on printed page 168 / Commons multipage scan page 176 of Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, seventh reprint, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai, 1912. The stable Commons file record marks the mechanical scan public domain. The page was directly inspected; OCR was used only to locate it. The source abbreviates the repeated Mahalakshmi refrain in verses 2-8 with a zero-like repetition mark, so the full refrain printed in verse 1 is expanded without changing its words. Fixed Sanskrit Wikisource revision 54882 was compared but does not control where it conflicts with the scan. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman and three meaning layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912 public-domain scan, stable file revision (item 75 on scan page 176)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "mahalakshmi-ashtakam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Shri Mahalakshmyashtakam, fixed comparison revision 54882 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=54882" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mahamrityunjaya-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Mahamrityunjaya Mantra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Rigveda 7.59.12 was checked in two cited digital repositories. Attribution, the common Om prefix, translation choices, and health-related wording received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "Verse identification and Sanskrit wording are anchored to Rigveda 7.59.12; the displayed Om prefix reflects common liturgical practice.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "mahamrityunjaya-mantra-rigveda-online", "label": "Rigveda Online — Mandala 7, Hymn 59", "url": "https://rigveda-online.github.io/7/59.html" }, { "sourceId": "mahamrityunjaya-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Rigveda Mandala 7", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_veda/r07.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/makar-sankranti", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Makar Sankranti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala; the Government of India restricted-holiday date is shown as an alternate; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows the cited pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "The date comes from Drik Panchang and Prokerala for New Delhi, with the Government of India's restricted-holiday date as an alternate. The meaning, the sunset rule, Punya Kaal and the regional names come from Drik Panchang's Makar Sankranti page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Makar Sankranti 2027: Punya Kaal and regional names, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/sankranti/makar-sankranti-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Makar Sankranti 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/makar-sankranti.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mangal-murati-maruti-nandan", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Mangal Murati Maruti Nandan", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Transcribed from the 1923 scan images at full resolution (leaves 485–486). Compared word by word with the 1926 Naval Kishore printing: the only material variant is जो for the worn जे in couplet 5, recorded and not adopted. A final read of the Devanagari, transliteration and all three meaning layers was completed on 28 September 2026.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume (Nagari Pracharini Granthamala 32), edited by Ramchandra Shukla, Bhagwandin and Brajratnadas, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, first edition, Samvat 1980 (1923 CE), Vinaya Patrika pad 36 (raga Gauri), printed pages 478–479 (scan leaves 485–486), from the Internet Archive scan in the Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection (released CC0). The pages were read directly from the scan images; OCR was used only to locate them. The title page carries no rights notice. Second witness: Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, 1926, pad 36, printed page 20 (Internet Archive, CC0). Rights basis (owner decision, 28 September 2026): the 1923 edition’s third editor, Brajratnadas (born 1890), has no traceable death date, so every word of this text is also required to appear in the second witness, the unnamed-publisher Naval Kishore Press printing of 1926 (eleventh printing; out of term). The 1923 print supplies the spelling only.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "tulsi-granthavali-vol-2-1923", "label": "Internet Archive — Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1923 (CC0 scan; Vinaya Patrika on printed pages 461–600)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TCUE_tulsi-granthavali-part-2-by-ramchandra-shukla-series-no.-32-kashi-nagari-pracharini-sabha" }, { "sourceId": "vinaya-patrika-1926-naval-kishore", "label": "Internet Archive — Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, eleventh printing, 1926 (CC0 scan; second witness)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/qtmu_vinaya-patrika-by-tulsidas-hindi-bhakti-illustrated-lucknow-1926-naval-kish" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/masik-shivratri", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Masik Shivratri", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every listed date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the Drik Panchang and AstroSage Shivratri lists for 2026 and 2027; a date is listed only when both give the same day. The explanation follows Drik Panchang's page for this vrat; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi; the description of Masik Shivratri, its relation to Maha Shivratri, the Tuesday custom and the Nishita puja come from Drik Panchang's Shivratri page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Masik Shivaratri dates and explanation, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/masik-shivaratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Masik Shivaratri dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/masik-shivaratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Masik Shivaratri dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/shivratri/masik-shivratri?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2026 Masik Shivaratri dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/shivratri/masik-shivratri?language=en&date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Maha Shivratri 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/maha-shivaratri.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mohini-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Mohini Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 49 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. Harm, purification and release claims were bounded with an explicit accountability distinction. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. Full selected reader added on 4 October 2026 from complete API revision 336430, 6.49.1–39 and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and language parity checks. Retain complete Rama–Vashishtha frame, matha versus English temple, five sons and same-name king/son, whole animal list without species guesses, garment drops versus English contact and repeated release, bright Sanskrit unit 33 versus English dark, Garuda destination and sixteenth-part/thousand-cow close. No Samudra Manthan, Valmiki attribution, reunion, hardship blame or ritual erasure of accountability. No fresh PDF inspection claimed. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 49; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. Purification and release remain narrative claims, and the page explicitly preserves real-world accountability and repair. Full selected-account acceptance on 4 October 2026 supersedes the earlier overview-only reader limit. Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete reliable API wikitext revision 336430, 6.49.1–39 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain complete Rama–Vashishtha frame, matha versus English temple, five sons and same-name king/son, whole animal list without species guesses, garment drops versus English contact and repeated release, bright Sanskrit unit 33 versus English dark, Garuda destination and sixteenth-part/thousand-cow close. No Samudra Manthan, Valmiki attribution, reunion, hardship blame or ritual erasure of accountability.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 49, controlling revision 336430", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०49&oldid=336430" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336430&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 49 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428104.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. 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Deshpande chapter 49 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365626.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 49 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2505–2508", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 49 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/49" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Mohini Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/mohini-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mohini-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Mohini Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 39 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336430. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain complete Rama–Vashishtha frame, matha versus English temple, five sons and same-name king/son, whole animal list without species guesses, garment drops versus English contact and repeated release, bright Sanskrit unit 33 versus English dark, Garuda destination and sixteenth-part/thousand-cow close. No Samudra Manthan, Valmiki attribution, reunion, hardship blame or ritual erasure of accountability. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete reliable API wikitext revision 336430, 6.49.1–39 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain complete Rama–Vashishtha frame, matha versus English temple, five sons and same-name king/son, whole animal list without species guesses, garment drops versus English contact and repeated release, bright Sanskrit unit 33 versus English dark, Garuda destination and sixteenth-part/thousand-cow close. No Samudra Manthan, Valmiki attribution, reunion, hardship blame or ritual erasure of accountability.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 49, controlling revision 336430", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०49&oldid=336430" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336430&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 49 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428104.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 49 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365626.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mokshada-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Mokshada Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 39 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the yearly date files. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 linked the whole selected 47-position reader after full electronic source comparison and editorial language/scope checks; not independent print collation or expert review. Dates and date-check timestamps unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story summary is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 39; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The linked complete reader is a separately licensed original adaptation of full Wikisource revision 336362; its attribution, variants, language layers and whole-chapter scope are disclosed there. Earlier hub witnesses and date checks were not newly re-inspected for this batch.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 39 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2472–2474", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 39 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/39" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Mokshada Ekadashi 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/mokshada-ekadashi.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete katha controlling source — Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 39, revision 336362", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०३९&oldid=336362" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/mokshada-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Mokshada Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 47 numbered positions and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336362. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain dark Dwadashi in the origin recap, the gods/asuras phrase and position 7's bright-fortnight wording against the English dark reading without silently repairing the source. Preserve Veda/Vedanga versus English Upanishads, plural dream ancestors and later father focus. Disclose ritudana, ritukala and ambiguous sapatni wording as ancient marital-duty context, not invented marriage history, sexual entitlement, pregnancy pressure or personal afterlife judgment. No Gita origin story is imported; linked Gita pages remain selected verses. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336362, 6.39.1–47 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain dark Dwadashi in the origin recap, the gods/asuras phrase and position 7's bright-fortnight wording against the English dark reading without silently repairing the source. Preserve Veda/Vedanga versus English Upanishads, plural dream ancestors and later father focus. Disclose ritudana, ritukala and ambiguous sapatni wording as ancient marital-duty context, not invented marriage history, sexual entitlement, pregnancy pressure or personal afterlife judgment. 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A. Deshpande chapter 39 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365616.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/nag-panchami", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Nag Panchami", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The existing 6 August 2027 date was rechecked for New Delhi on 2 October 2026 against AstroSage and PanchangTime. Regional scope and symbolic-image practice were checked in AstroSage; Wildlife SOS's rescue account informed the exclusion of live-snake activities. Original summaries, Hindi/Hinglish scope agreement, complete reading links and claims/safety wording received an internal editorial pass. No katha transcription, clock time, snake-handling technique or horoscope remedy is included.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The date and Shravana Shukla Panchami scope were freshly checked in the cited New Delhi panchangs. Symbolic-image practice is described by AstroSage; the animal-welfare boundary is informed by Wildlife SOS's firsthand rescue account. The optional outline and three-language summaries are original editorial work. Live-snake practices, horoscope remedies and guaranteed protection claims in calendar sources are not adopted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Nag Panchami 2027, New Delhi and symbolic-image practice", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/nag-panchami/nag-panchami?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — Nag Panchami 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/festivals/nag-panchami/yearly/2027" }, { "sourceId": "nag-panchami-wildlifesos", "label": "Wildlife SOS — firsthand account of festival snake capture and rescue", "url": "https://news.wildlifesos.org/a-joint-effort-to-stop-an-inhuman-tradition/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/narak-chaturdashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Narak Chaturdashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Added the 2026 New Delhi date after checking Drik Panchang's 2026 Diwali calendar and Prokerala on 14 October 2026; the 2027 record keeps its original two-source check. Inspected the cited context witness and checked original summaries, Hindi/Hinglish answers, general reader scope, optional practice, reciprocal cluster links and generated output. No full katha comparison or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-14", "sourceNote": "Original editorial copy; no modern sacred-text transcription, translation or ritual formula is reproduced. Stored New Delhi date evidence and its original timestamp are preserved. Context sources do not clear a complete devotional reader or a fresh local date check.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik — stored New Delhi 2027 Diwali calendar evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/diwali/diwali-puja-calendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — stored New Delhi Narak Chaturdashi 2027 evidence", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/naraka-chaturdashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "baps-festivals", "label": "BAPS — Diwali cultural context, not a date source", "url": "https://www.baps.org/cultureandheritage/Traditions/AnnualCelebrationsandFestivals/Diwali.aspx" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/navdurga-stuti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Navdurga Stuti & 9 Forms Mantras", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The nine-name sequence was checked against the cited Devi Kavacha text. The following nine dhyana verses are disclosed as a compiled devotional set rather than attributed to that same passage.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "The opening Navdurga list is source anchored. The remaining nine records are a curated dhyana-verse collection with distinct provenance.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "navdurga-stuti-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Devi Kavacha", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_devii/dkavach.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/navratri", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Navratri", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's holiday lists; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day, and a differing source is shown as another date. The day-by-day comparison for 2026 is described in the text. The explanation follows Drik Panchang; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs and the Government of India holiday lists for New Delhi. The meaning of Sharad Navratri, the nine days, Sandhi Puja, Ayudha Puja and the colour custom come from Drik Panchang's Shardiya Navratri pages.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Shardiya Navratri calendar 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/ashwin-shardiya-navratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Shardiya Navratri calendar 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/navratri/ashwin-shardiya-navratri-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Navratri 2026: the nine days, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/navratri.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2026", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holidays%20to%20be%20observed%20in%20Central%20Government%20Offices%20during%20the%20year%202026.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/nirjala-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Nirjala Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The Bhima–Vyasa sequence and waterless instruction were checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 51 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. Sacred reward claims and the source's strict fast were bounded with NHS dehydration guidance and an explicit safe alternative. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. Full selected reader added on 4 October 2026 from complete API revision 336432, 6.51.1–64 and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and language parity checks. Retain Vedanga/Upanishads, Vasishtha/Vaidika, not approaching Yama versus English my proximity, ativela, gandusha/achamana exceptions, twelve Dwadashis versus annual rewards, unclear dantaragataya without guessed formula, jaladhenu named versus English omission, guru-dvesha, kula/member and Samnihati/Kurukshetra differences, whole final gifts/prayer/food and Pandava Dwadashi. No dehydration prescription, caste exclusion, compulsory gifts/vigil, health/son/ancestor guarantee or calculated timing. No fresh PDF inspection claimed. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged. NHS safety context rechecked; no waterless-fast prescription added.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The Bhima–Vyasa account is Valkala's original, bounded summary of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 51; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The source's waterless rule, social setting, merit, heaven and liberation claims are presented as features of the sacred text rather than universal health instructions or guaranteed outcomes. The health boundary follows NHS dehydration guidance. Full selected-account acceptance on 4 October 2026 supersedes the earlier overview-only reader limit. Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete reliable API wikitext revision 336432, 6.51.1–64 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain Vedanga/Upanishads, Vasishtha/Vaidika, not approaching Yama versus English my proximity, ativela, gandusha/achamana exceptions, twelve Dwadashis versus annual rewards, unclear dantaragataya without guessed formula, jaladhenu named versus English omission, guru-dvesha, kula/member and Samnihati/Kurukshetra differences, whole final gifts/prayer/food and Pandava Dwadashi. No dehydration prescription, caste exclusion, compulsory gifts/vigil, health/son/ancestor guarantee or calculated timing.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 51, controlling revision 336432", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०51&oldid=336432" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336432&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 51 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428106.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 51 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365628.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "nirjala-ekadashi-nhs", "label": "NHS — dehydration guidance, safety context checked 4 October 2026", "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dehydration/" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 51 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2510–2514", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 51 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/51" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Nirjala Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/nirjala-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/nirjala-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Nirjala Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 64 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336432. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain Vedanga/Upanishads, Vasishtha/Vaidika, not approaching Yama versus English my proximity, ativela, gandusha/achamana exceptions, twelve Dwadashis versus annual rewards, unclear dantaragataya without guessed formula, jaladhenu named versus English omission, guru-dvesha, kula/member and Samnihati/Kurukshetra differences, whole final gifts/prayer/food and Pandava Dwadashi. No dehydration prescription, caste exclusion, compulsory gifts/vigil, health/son/ancestor guarantee or calculated timing. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review. NHS dehydration guidance checked for the safety boundary, not as support for the source's ritual or reward claims.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, complete reliable API wikitext revision 336432, 6.51.1–64 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain Vedanga/Upanishads, Vasishtha/Vaidika, not approaching Yama versus English my proximity, ativela, gandusha/achamana exceptions, twelve Dwadashis versus annual rewards, unclear dantaragataya without guessed formula, jaladhenu named versus English omission, guru-dvesha, kula/member and Samnihati/Kurukshetra differences, whole final gifts/prayer/food and Pandava Dwadashi. No dehydration prescription, caste exclusion, compulsory gifts/vigil, health/son/ancestor guarantee or calculated timing.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 51, controlling revision 336432", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०51&oldid=336432" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336432&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 51 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428106.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 51 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365628.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "nirjala-ekadashi-nhs", "label": "NHS — dehydration guidance, safety context checked 4 October 2026", "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dehydration/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/om-jai-jagdish", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Om Jai Jagdish Hare", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Authorship was checked against the cited institutional profile and devotional text reference. The nine-verse presentation, known performance variation, meanings, and claims received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "Authorship was checked against biographical and public devotional references. Verse order and wording can differ among sung traditions.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "om-jai-jagdish-newsonair", "label": "Akashvani News — Shardha Ram Phillauri profile", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/bulletins-detail/aaj-savere-103/" }, { "sourceId": "om-jai-jagdish-hindupedia", "label": "Hindupedia — Jai Jagadish Hare text", "url": "https://hindupedia.com/en/Jai_Jagadish_Hare" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/om-shrim-mahalakshmyai-namah", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Om Shrim Mahalakshmyai Namah", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 23 September 2026, Valkala checked the complete one-line Devanagari and IAST against the integrity-pinned MIT package file src/mantras/om-shrim-mahalakshmyai-namah.ts (SHA-256 dff940e3ebfa1738b1721d48facf67905f95003fb0cbb901610a629876e5696c). The same Devanagari wording was compared with Shree Sadhana Mandir's Lakshmi page and position 55 of Drik Panchang's Adi Lakshmi namavali. Temple and namavali context were not copied or presented as proof of ancient authorship. The English, Hindi and Roman-Hindi explanations were written for this edition and checked against the displayed Sanskrit; śrīṃ is labelled a bīja rather than given a literal wealth translation. Fixed counts, advanced ritual instructions and guaranteed outcomes were excluded. Expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-23", "sourceNote": "Complete selected one-line formula from the MIT-licensed hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 file src/mantras/om-shrim-mahalakshmyai-namah.ts. The versioned tarball and source-file fingerprints are recorded in the editorial acceptance record. A Shree Sadhana Mandir Lakshmi page independently displays the same Devanagari formula before a separate verse; Drik Panchang's Adi Lakshmi namavali includes the same line at position 55. These are wording comparisons only, not claims of historical origin, ritual universality or a licence to copy either site's other text. The selected source has no extra verse, count, prefatory prayer or colophon; the full MIT notice follows.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 immutable package record", "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/hindu-devotional-texts/v/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "om-shrim-mahalakshmyai-namah-shreesadhanamandir", "label": "Shree Sadhana Mandir — Lakshmi page, comparison only", "url": "https://www.shreesadhanamandir.org/aarti/laxmi" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Adi Lakshmi 108 names, position 55, comparison only", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/deities-namavali/goddesses/lakshmi/ashta-lakshmi/adi-lakshmi/108-adi-lakshmi-names.html?lang=hi" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/padmini-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Padmini Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared the displayed 2026 New Delhi Drik and AstroSage yearly dates on 3 October; no future-year or alternate-date inference. Used dedicated Drik pages only for general fortnight naming because they displayed Washington. Inspected chapter 62's full English witness, numbered groups 1–43, including its Kamala title; that chapter is not equated with this named account or used as its controlling source. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, reader links and optional-practice scope. No expert review. The complete selected Padmini account is now separately linked after whole source-image, comparison, language and safety checks. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no next occurrence is inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The historical 2026 New Delhi main date was checked against the actually displayed Drik Panchang and AstroSage yearly lists on 3 October. Drik's successful URL is current-year based; its explicitly displayed 2026 heading was checked, and future refresh must not assume that URL still shows 2026. Dedicated Drik links opened in Washington and are used only for general fortnight naming, not New Delhi date or timing evidence. No future date, alternate, sacred verse or modern translated passage is published. The separately linked complete katha uses the explicitly named account in the 1897 Vrataraja, visually compared with the catalogued 1884 print. Chapter 62's Kamala title is disclosed rather than equated with this account.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — inspected 2026 Ekadashi yearly list, New Delhi (current-year URL)", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2026 Ekadashi yearly list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — inspected 2027 list, not evidence of a next occurrence", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — general Padmini Ekadashi fortnight naming only; Washington result is not local-date evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/ekadashis/padmini/padmini-ekadashi-date-time.html?date=27/05/2026" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 62 — Kamala, not an established edition of this named katha", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365639.html" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — exact named Padmini account, 1897 controlling print", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/padmini-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Padmini Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually read the complete selected 84 numbered positions and own colophon in both old-print boundaries. Five contiguous prose ranges preserve all frames, narrative, ritual context and concluding praise. Checked Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity and name/event coverage; disclosed source variants and rejected coercive fasting, exclusion and outcome promises. Image hashes and complete acceptance recorded in doc/ekadashi-adhik-completion-source-checkpoint.md. No critical-edition identity, PDF inspection, browser QA or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English prose from the complete Padmini account 1–84 and colophon in Vishvanatha Sharma's 1897 Khemraj Vrataraja, physical scans 472–477, visually compared through its whole boundary with the catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, physical scans 577–584. One-based physical scans are not printed folio numbers. The old Sanskrit work and nineteenth-century print provide the public-domain basis; eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus digitisation metadata records CC0. OCR located the text but actual JPEG images control. This is a comparison of two prints of the same compilation, not an independent critical recension. Source headings and names are exact; no unproved Padma/Bhavishyottara chapter identity is asserted. The preceding Prabodhini ending and following Parama account are excluded. All opening ritual discussion and closing praise within the boundary are condensed, without extracted formulas. No modern translation, new PDF inspection or expert review is claimed. See doc/ekadashi-adhik-completion-source-checkpoint.md for ranges, variants and image hashes.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj complete Padmini account, physical scans 472–477", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 complete comparison, physical scans 577–584", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Controlling scan metadata — CC0 digitisation and edition identity", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Controlling Padmini opening image", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n471.jpg" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/papankusha-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Papankusha Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The earlier short overview used the full chapter-59 English witness; its Wisdomlib Sanskrit page was inaccessible. On 4 October inspected the complete licensed Wikisource Sanskrit chapter, revision 336441, for the separate full selected reader and checked its hub link. This electronic comparison is not independent print collation. Corroborated both date years in AstroSage's New Delhi lists on 3 October, preserving original timestamps. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, reader links and optional practice boundaries. No expert review. The 4 October content/link update is not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Dates preserve existing New Delhi Smarta evidence. Fresh AstroSage yearly-list corroboration is not a pair recheck. The earlier short overview used an English witness when Wisdomlib's Sanskrit retrieval failed. The separate complete selected reader now uses the fully inspected, pinned and licensed Wikisource Sanskrit chapter; see its source, licence and scope notes. No sacred verse or modern translated passage is reproduced. Reward and sectarian language is contextualized, not guaranteed or used to excuse harm. Reading links do not refresh calendar evidence timestamps.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 59 — Deshpande English witness, numbered units 1–28", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365636.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2026 Ekadashi list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2027 Ekadashi list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — complete selected chapter 59, revision 336441 (reader source)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५९&oldid=336441" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/papankusha-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Papankusha Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 28 numbered positions and colophon in Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 59; matched revision 336441 through the API and compared the whole account/discourse with the full grouped English witness. The selected Sanskrit has yellow garments at 6.59.19; the English comparison says white. No hunter story is added. Mapped every contiguous prose range and checked original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English for speaker, event, doctrine and ending parity; audited claims, source citations, licence and links. This is an electronic selected-chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, independently collated print, formal ritual equivalent or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 59, exact revision 336441 (2022-04-22T01:54:02Z), all numbered positions 1–28 and the separate colophon. Complete rendered source and matching archived API content inspected. Wikisource footer's CC BY-SA link was checked. Original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English condensed adaptations retain attribution and share-alike. Complete Wisdomlib English chapter is comparison-only, not a copied translation or reuse source; no independent print collation or historical authorship is proved. The selected Sanskrit has yellow garments at 6.59.19; the English comparison says white. No hunter story is added.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Padma Purana 6.59, exact controlling revision 336441", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५९&oldid=336441" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete matching archived content", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336441&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — source/adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. 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Full selected reader added on 4 October 2026 from complete API revision 336427, 6.46.1–49 and colophon, with full electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and language parity checks. Retain 55 years, nine months and three days in unit 27 versus 57 years in unit 33, vipanchika/veena, saptabhih padaih friendship ambiguity, Papmochanika naming, gendered curse accusations and independent restorations. No solely female blame, invented reunion or diagnosis. No fresh PDF inspection claimed. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 46; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The chapter's gendered blame, curse and supernatural release are disclosed as narrative elements rather than endorsed rules or guaranteed outcomes. Full selected-account acceptance on 4 October 2026 supersedes the earlier overview-only reader limit. Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336427, 6.46.1–49 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain 55 years, nine months and three days in unit 27 versus 57 years in unit 33, vipanchika/veena, saptabhih padaih friendship ambiguity, Papmochanika naming, gendered curse accusations and independent restorations. No solely female blame, invented reunion or diagnosis.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 46, controlling revision 336427", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०46&oldid=336427" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336427&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 46 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428101.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. 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Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain 55 years, nine months and three days in unit 27 versus 57 years in unit 33, vipanchika/veena, saptabhih padaih friendship ambiguity, Papmochanika naming, gendered curse accusations and independent restorations. No solely female blame, invented reunion or diagnosis. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336427, 6.46.1–49 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain 55 years, nine months and three days in unit 27 versus 57 years in unit 33, vipanchika/veena, saptabhih padaih friendship ambiguity, Papmochanika naming, gendered curse accusations and independent restorations. No solely female blame, invented reunion or diagnosis.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 46, controlling revision 336427", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०46&oldid=336427" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336427&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 46 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428101.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 46 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365623.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/parama-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Parama Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared the displayed 2026 New Delhi Drik and AstroSage yearly dates on 3 October; no future-year or alternate-date inference. Used dedicated Drik pages only for general fortnight naming because they displayed Washington. Inspected chapter 62's full English witness, numbered groups 1–43, including its Kamala title; that chapter is not equated with this named account or used as its controlling source. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, reader links and optional-practice scope. No expert review. The complete selected Parama account is now separately linked after whole source-image, comparison, language and safety checks. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no next occurrence is inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The historical 2026 New Delhi main date was checked against the actually displayed Drik Panchang and AstroSage yearly lists on 3 October. Drik's successful URL is current-year based; its explicitly displayed 2026 heading was checked, and future refresh must not assume that URL still shows 2026. Dedicated Drik links opened in Washington and are used only for general fortnight naming, not New Delhi date or timing evidence. No future date, alternate, sacred verse or modern translated passage is published. The separately linked complete katha uses the explicitly named account in the 1897 Vrataraja, visually compared with the catalogued 1884 print. Chapter 62's Kamala title is disclosed rather than equated with this account.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — inspected 2026 Ekadashi yearly list, New Delhi (current-year URL)", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2026 Ekadashi yearly list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — inspected 2027 list, not evidence of a next occurrence", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — general Parama Ekadashi fortnight naming only; Washington result is not local-date evidence", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/ekadashis/parama/parama-ekadashi-date-time.html?date=11/06/2026" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 62 — Kamala, not an established edition of this named katha", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365639.html" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — exact named Parama account, 1897 controlling print", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/parama-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Parama Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually read the complete selected 67 numbered positions and own colophon in both old-print boundaries. Five contiguous prose ranges preserve all frames, narrative, ritual context and concluding praise. Checked Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity and name/event coverage; disclosed source variants and rejected coercive fasting, exclusion and outcome promises. Image hashes and complete acceptance recorded in doc/ekadashi-adhik-completion-source-checkpoint.md. No critical-edition identity, PDF inspection, browser QA or expert review claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English prose from the complete Parama account 1–67 and colophon in Vishvanatha Sharma's 1897 Khemraj Vrataraja, physical scans 477–481, visually compared through its whole boundary with the catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, physical scans 584–589. One-based physical scans are not printed folio numbers. The old Sanskrit work and nineteenth-century print provide the public-domain basis; eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus digitisation metadata records CC0. OCR located the text but actual JPEG images control. This is a comparison of two prints of the same compilation, not an independent critical recension. Source headings and names are exact; no unproved Padma/Bhavishyottara chapter identity is asserted. The preceding Padmini account and following separately headed Dwadashi-vow section are excluded. All opening ritual discussion and closing praise within the boundary are condensed, without extracted formulas. No modern translation, new PDF inspection or expert review is claimed. See doc/ekadashi-adhik-completion-source-checkpoint.md for ranges, variants and image hashes.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj complete Parama account, physical scans 477–481", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 complete comparison, physical scans 584–589", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Controlling scan metadata — CC0 digitisation and edition identity", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Controlling Parama opening image", "url": "https://archive.org/download/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha/page/n476.jpg" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/parsva-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Parivartini (Parsva) Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Inspected chapter 57 Sanskrit verses 1–41 and colophon with the same-host English witness; wrote a bounded original overview without blending the calendar publisher's different story. Corroborated the year/location date through AstroSage on 3 October 2026 without changing the stored 29 September check. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, complete reader links, sensitive-context disclosures and optional practice. No expert review is claimed. On 4 October linked the complete licensed selected reader and checked scope and language: content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Preserved the Parsva observance id and original New Delhi Smarta date evidence. Fresh AstroSage corroboration is not a new pair check. Chapter 57 Sanskrit and English witnesses share a host; the original short overview is not a copied translation or complete katha. Its Padma account and the publisher's Vamana–Bali context remain separate. Caste-based violence, weather guarantees and extracted ritual formulas are not endorsed or prescribed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 57 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–41 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428112.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 57 — Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365634.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Parivartini / Parsva Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi/parsva-ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource — exact complete controlling revision 336438 for linked reader", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५७&oldid=336438" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/parsva-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Parsva Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 41 numbered positions and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336438. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Chapter 57 calls Bhadrapada bright Ekadashi Padma and tells Mandhata–Angiras; no Vamana–Bali or divine-turning scene is imported. Sanskrit parimeya attendants is kept as a bounded retinue, unlike English innumerable attendants. Sanskrit vrishala is retained as the ancient social label, not silently replaced with English chandala. Budhashravana is retained as source wording without invented etymology or a new deity/date. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336438, 6.57.1–41 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Chapter 57 calls Bhadrapada bright Ekadashi Padma and tells Mandhata–Angiras; no Vamana–Bali or divine-turning scene is imported. Sanskrit parimeya attendants is kept as a bounded retinue, unlike English innumerable attendants. Sanskrit vrishala is retained as the ancient social label, not silently replaced with English chandala. Budhashravana is retained as source wording without invented etymology or a new deity/date.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 57, controlling revision 336438", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५७&oldid=336438" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336438&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 57 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428112.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 57 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365634.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/pausha-putrada-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Pausha Putrada Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 41 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The Smarta and Gauna/Vaishnava dates were checked for New Delhi on 1 October 2026 against the two sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 linked the whole selected 53-position reader after full electronic source comparison and editorial language/scope checks; not independent print collation or expert review. Dates and date-check timestamps unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story summary is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 41; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The linked complete reader is a separately licensed original adaptation of full Wikisource revision 336422; attribution, variants, language layers and complete scope are disclosed there. Earlier hub witnesses and calendar checks were not newly inspected for this batch.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 41 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2478–2481", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 41 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/41" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrology-divine-panchang-2027", "label": "Astrology Divine — 2027 Panchang calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.astrologydivine.com/year-2027-panchang-calendar.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete katha controlling source — Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 41, revision 336422", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४१&oldid=336422" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/pausha-putrada-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 53 numbered positions and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336422. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Keep Suketuman–Champaka distinct from Shravana's Mahijit–Lomasha. Disclose the full son-centred/debt/merit claims and despair without family blame, gender preference, compulsory pregnancy, harmful methods or afterlife judgment of distressed people. Retain tilaka and tala versus English tila/omitted tala, four-tusked Puranic herd leader, right-eye/right-hand omens, Vishvedeva without extra footnote names, fifth-day Magha wording and abhisheka without botanical, astrological or calendar inference. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336422, 6.41.1–53 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Keep Suketuman–Champaka distinct from Shravana's Mahijit–Lomasha. Disclose the full son-centred/debt/merit claims and despair without family blame, gender preference, compulsory pregnancy, harmful methods or afterlife judgment of distressed people. Retain tilaka and tala versus English tila/omitted tala, four-tusked Puranic herd leader, right-eye/right-hand omens, Vishvedeva without extra footnote names, fifth-day Magha wording and abhisheka without botanical, astrological or calendar inference.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 41, controlling revision 336422", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४१&oldid=336422" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336422&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 41 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428096.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 41 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365618.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/pitru-paksha", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Pitru Paksha", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 2 October 2026, the New Delhi Krishna-paksha start was checked in Drik Panchang's annual calendar and Astrology Divine's September 2027 New Delhi table. Purnima Shraddha is explicitly separate, not silently treated as a second start. The existing closing record was preserved. The original household outline, Hindi and Hinglish answers, optional reading links and absence of outcome guarantees received an internal editorial pass. No standalone scripture katha or individual ritual-date calculation is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The start is cross-checked in two New Delhi published panchangs. Astrology Divine's September 2027 table distinguishes Purnima Shraddha and Pratipada Shraddha. The closing date uses the existing two-source Sarva Pitru Amavasya record. The household outline and reading choices are original optional editorial guidance, not copied ritual instructions or sacred text.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Hindu calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/calendars/hindu/hinducalendar.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrology-divine-panchang-2027", "label": "Astrology Divine — New Delhi 2027 Panchang, September, printed pages 12–13", "url": "https://www.astrologydivine.com/year-2027-panchang-calendar.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/shraddha/tithi/amavasya-shraddha-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Mahalaya Amavasya 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/mahalaya-amavasya.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/pradosh-vrat", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Pradosh Vrat", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every listed date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the Drik Panchang and AstroSage Pradosh lists for 2026 and 2027; a date is listed only when both give the same day. The explanation follows Drik Panchang's page for this vrat; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi; the description of Pradosh Vrat, the weekday names, the sunset rule and the Ekadashi guidance come from Drik Panchang's Pradosh page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Pradosh dates and explanation, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/pradoshdates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Pradosh dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/pradoshdates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Pradosh dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/pradosh-vrat?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2026 Pradosh dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/pradosh-vrat?language=en&date=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/purnima", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Purnima", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Existing dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and AstroSage. On 2 October, Ashwina 2026 was supported by Drik Panchang and Prokerala; Shravana and Kartika 2027 fasting/upavas dates were supported by Prokerala and Astrology Divine's New Delhi PDF tables (printed pages 10 and 16, extracted text). AstroSage's following-day vrat labels and Astrology Divine's 17 August Shravana Purnima Vrat label remain alternates. PDF visual verification was unavailable, and Drik's 2027 location-specific fasting pages could not be re-inspected in this pass; neither is claimed as new visual evidence. The fasting-rule explanation follows Drik Panchang. Three-language copy received an internal editorial pass, not expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi; the description of Purnima, the Chaturdashi fasting rule, Pournami Vratam and the Satyanarayan note come from Drik Panchang's Purnima page. The linked Satyanarayan Vrat Katha has its own public-domain print source and verification record.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — August 2027 Hindu calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/general/calendar/hinducalendar.php?year=2027&mon=august&loc=1261481&sb=1" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — November 2027 Hindu calendar, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/general/calendar/hinducalendar.php?year=2027&mon=november&loc=1261481&sb=1" }, { "sourceId": "astrology-divine-panchang-2027", "label": "Astrology Divine — 2027 New Delhi Panchang: August and November Purnima Upavas tables", "url": "https://www.astrologydivine.com/year-2027-panchang-calendar.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — October 2026 Hindu calendar, New Delhi: fasting and full-moon days separately labelled", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/general/calendar/hinducalendar.php?year=2026&mon=october&loc=1261481&sb=1" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Purnima dates and explanation, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/purnimasidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Purnima dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/purnimasidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Purnima dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/purnima?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2026 Purnima dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/purnima?language=en&date=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/raksha-bandhan", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Raksha Bandhan", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The existing 17 August 2027 festival date was rechecked for New Delhi on 2 October 2026 against AstroSage and PanchangTime. The Ministry of Tourism's sibling-custom account was used for a bounded original description, without copying its legends or prescribing a sacred-text fragment. Three-language summaries, optional complete prayer links, consent and gift language received an internal editorial pass. Raksha Bandhan remains distinct from Purnima fasting; no clock time or complete katha is published.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "The festival date was freshly checked against the cited New Delhi AstroSage and PanchangTime lists. The Ministry of Tourism supports the named sibling-custom description only, not 2027 timing or scripture attribution. Explanations, household steps and language summaries are original editorial work. Calendar-source origin legends, mandatory formulas and protection claims are not adopted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Raksha Bandhan 2027, New Delhi and Bhadra-sensitive timing context", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/raksha-bandhan?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — Raksha Bandhan 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/festivals/raksha-bandhan/yearly/2027" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Ministry of Tourism — Raksha Bandhan sibling customs (not 2027 date evidence)", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/rakshabandhan" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ram-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ram Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared all 46 selected chaupais and both closing dohas with four photographed print pages, confirmed the full boundary and signature, and documented different ordering, six word repairs and retained variants. Original literal IAST is checked deterministically for all 48 records. Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings follow the selected speaker and text without inventing doctrinal glosses for unsettled phrases. Liberation, fulfilment, supernatural attainments and protection are devotional assurances, not guarantees or instructions to harm; seven-day and three-time practice language is not made compulsory. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Reusable base: hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0, src/chalisas/rama.ts, from the integrity-pinned MIT npm tarball. The complete selected sequence contains 46 two-line chaupais and two closing dohas, with no opening doha. The package prose's forty-count label does not control the actual array. Four photographed pages of Randhir Prakashan's 2004 51 Chalisa Sangrah (printed pages 12–15 / PDF pages 16–19) supply comparison only. Every selected unit is represented, but the print reverses units 4–5 and places 32–35 before 28–31. Six disclosed word repairs are भेद to वेद in 9, राम to नाम in 21, स्वरुपा to स्वरूपा, नर्गुण to निर्गुण and ब्रहृ to ब्रह्म in 32, and स्वरुपा to स्वरूपा in 36. Other material readings are retained, including पावत कोऊ in 15, जो तुम्हरे in 23, भरत कुल in 28, दशरथ के प्यारे in 31 and पावै in 46. Original literal IAST follows the repaired selected Hindi; all meanings are original. The vessel-origin line, named family and divine associations remain edition-specific and narrowly explained. Haridas's identity and date remain unverified.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 and MIT reuse source", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — integrity-pinned hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Ram printed pages 12–15 (comparison only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-/page/n15/mode/1up" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ram-navami", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Ram Navami", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The New Delhi date was checked on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list. The royal birth sequence was checked against Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 18 in the IIT Kanpur text interface and rewritten as a concise original summary. Contemporary Ayodhya observance was checked against the Ministry of Tourism account. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited New Delhi panchangs and Government of India holiday list. The birth section is Valkala's original bounded summary of Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 18; it does not copy a translation or present the sacred narrative as independently verified history or astronomical proof.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Ram Navami 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/dashavatara/rama-navami/rama-navami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Ram Navami 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/rama-navami.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" }, { "sourceId": "iitk-valmiki-ramayana", "label": "Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda sarga 18 — IIT Kanpur critical text interface", "url": "https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/content?choose=1&etaa=1&etak=1&etgr=1&etmt=1&etnb=1&etss=1&etty=1&field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=18&field_sloka_value=8&language=dv" }, { "sourceId": "incredible-india-festivals", "label": "Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism — Ram Navami traditions in Ayodhya", "url": "https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/festivals-and-events/uttar-pradesh/ram-navmi-ayodhya" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/ram-raksha-stotra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ram Raksha Stotra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 5 September 2026 all four page images of the 1912 print were inspected and every unit compared with the Wikisource reading; the printed reading controls wherever it is legible. On 26 September 2026 an internal audit checked that every recorded printed reading is in the text, ran a metre check on all 41 units, resolved the verse 19, 20 and 32 readings, regenerated the IAST deterministically (0 mismatches), checked the Hindi, Hinglish and English meanings against the Sanskrit, and framed every benefit statement as the hymn's own claim. On 27 September 2026 the four 1912 pages were re-read, and the words hidden on printed page 249 (verses 21–27) and the verse 32 vowel were read in the identically set 1916 reprint; the text agrees with both prints throughout. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnayasagar Press, Mumbai, 1912, work 105, printed pages 247–250 (scan leaves 255–258), a public-domain scan per its Wikimedia Commons record. Where printed page 249 is blank in that scan (parts of verses 21–27), the text is read from the identically set 1916 Nirnaya Sagar reprint (Internet Archive, Kashmir Research Institute scan, PDF pages 258–261), which also confirms धीरं in verse 32. Sanskrit Wikisource contributors' Ram Raksha reading, permanent revision 403980 (CC BY-SA), was used as a reading aid. The eGangotri digitization of a Dharmartha Trust manuscript (Raghunath Temple, Jammu; CC0 1.0 per its archive record) was compared for verses 20–24 and 32 but has a different sequence and is not substituted. Valkala Editorial prepared the Devanagari comparison, IAST and meanings; the adapted text is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution to the Wikisource contributors. No modern translation or commentary was used.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ram-raksha-stotra-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Ram Raksha Stotra, permanent revision 403980 (CC BY-SA)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=403980" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912), Ram Raksha opening scan page", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AB" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "1912 scan leaf 256 — printed page 248", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/पृष्ठम्:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/२५६" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "1912 scan leaf 257 — printed page 249 (partly blank in this scan; read from the 1916 reprint)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/पृष्ठम्:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/२५७" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "1912 scan leaf 258 — printed page 250", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/पृष्ठम्:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/२५८" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — 1912 edition metadata and public-domain scan statement", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Internet Archive — original 1912 PDF; inspected page 257 has the same missing area", "url": "https://archive.org/download/Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912/Brihat%20Stotra%20Ratnakara%201912.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakar-1916-nirnaya-sagar", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, 1916 Nirnaya Sagar Press reprint (Kashmir Research Institute scan; work 105 on PDF pages 258–261, printed page 249 intact)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/brihat-stotra-ratnakar-pg-338-339-missing-1916-nirnay-sagar-press" }, { "sourceId": "ia-ram-raksha-stotram-dharmartha-trust-manuscript", "label": "Dharmartha Trust, Raghunath Temple, Jammu — eGangotri manuscript digitization (archive record states CC0 1.0); different sequence, comparison only", "url": "https://archive.org/details/RamRakshaStotramAlm27Shlf361011787KDevanagariStotra" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/rama-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Rama Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Inspected Sanskrit verses 1–54 and separate colophon alongside the full grouped English witness of chapter 60; same publisher, no independent-edition claim. Wrote a short original summary, not a copied translation or complete katha. Corroborated main dates in both AstroSage yearly lists on 3 October, preserving timestamps and the separately stored alternate. Internally checked Hindi, Hinglish, links and optional practice boundaries. No expert review. On 4 October added and checked the complete selected reader link against its exact source revision; this is a content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original short overview of the ancient chapter; no sacred verse or modern translation is reproduced. Sanskrit verses 1–54 and the separate colophon were inspected alongside the grouped English witness, both on Wisdomlib, not independent editions. Source coercion and self-harm context are disclosed, never prescribed. Existing date evidence and alternate are preserved; fresh AstroSage corroboration covers main dates only. The full selected reader now uses a separately pinned, licensed Wikisource chapter; see its own source, licence and scope notes. No calendar source pair or evidence timestamp is refreshed by these reading links.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 60 — Sanskrit verses 1–54 and separate colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428115.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 60 — Deshpande English witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365637.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2026 Ekadashi list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2027 Ekadashi list, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — complete selected chapter 60, revision 336442 (reader source)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०६०&oldid=336442" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/rama-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Rama Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 54 numbered positions and colophon in Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 60; matched revision 336442 through the API and compared the whole account/discourse with the full grouped English witness. Chandrabhaga does not burn herself; childhood observance is a character's recollection, not a prescribed age. The conclusion covers both fortnights, not just reunion. Mapped every contiguous prose range and checked original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English for speaker, event, doctrine and ending parity; audited claims, source citations, licence and links. This is an electronic selected-chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, independently collated print, formal ritual equivalent or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 60, exact revision 336442 (2022-04-22T01:55:23Z), all numbered positions 1–54 and the separate colophon. Complete rendered source and matching archived API content inspected. Wikisource footer's CC BY-SA link was checked. Original Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English condensed adaptations retain attribution and share-alike. Complete Wisdomlib English chapter is comparison-only, not a copied translation or reuse source; no independent print collation or historical authorship is proved. Chandrabhaga does not burn herself; childhood observance is a character's recollection, not a prescribed age. The conclusion covers both fortnights, not just reunion.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Padma Purana 6.60, exact controlling revision 336442", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०६०&oldid=336442" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete matching archived content", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336442&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — source/adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande — full chapter 60 English comparison only; modern prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365637.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/rudrashtakam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Rudrashtakam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All nine verses were inspected against the 1945 Gita Press printed pages 626–627 and their setting between dohas 107 and 108 was checked on the surrounding pages. Fixed Wikisource revision 334499 was compared line by line. The two lines the draft had one syllable short (verses 1 and 6) are corrected from the print, and the print's half-line anusvara endings are kept. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check and a bhujangaprayata metre scan were run, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Ramcharitmanas, Mool Gutka, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 1945, printed pages 626–627 (Uttarakand, between dohas 107 and 108), from the Internet Archive scan in the Nanaji Deshmukh Library collection (released CC0; scan leaves 659–660). The pages were directly inspected; one line of verse 4 lies under the scan's watermark and was confirmed from its visible letter-forms together with two other texts. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 334499 was compared but does not control. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-shri-ram-charit-manas-muul-gutaka-by-ghoswami-tulasi-das", "label": "Internet Archive — Shri Ram Charit Manas (Mool Gutka), Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 1945 (CC0 scan; Rudrashtakam on printed pages 626–627)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/HPGv_shri-ram-charit-manas-muul-gutaka-by-ghoswami-tulasi-das-gorakhpur-1945-gita-press" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "rudrashtakam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Rudrashtakam, fixed comparison revision 334499", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=334499" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/sankashti-chaturthi", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Sankashti Chaturthi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Every listed date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the Drik Panchang and AstroSage Sankashti Chaturthi lists for 2026 and 2027; a date is listed only when both give the same day. The explanation follows Drik Panchang's page for this vrat; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi; the description of Sankashti Chaturthi, the fasting practice, Angarki and Sakat Chauth, and the moonrise rule come from Drik Panchang's Sankashti page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Sankashti Chaturthi dates and explanation, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/sankashti-chaturthi-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2026 Sankashti Chaturthi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/sankashti-chaturthi-dates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Sankashti Chaturthi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/sankashti-chaturthi?language=en&date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage Panchang — 2026 Sankashti Chaturthi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/sankashti-chaturthi?language=en&date=2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/sankat-nashan-ganesh-stotra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Sankat Nashan Ganesh Stotra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All eight verses, the opening invocation and the colophon were inspected against the public-domain 1912 image at Commons scan page 36 / printed page 28. Fixed Wikisource revision 32845 was compared line by line; where it differs, at verses 1, 3 and 8, the printed reading is kept, and the verse 1 variant is given in the meanings. Sanskrit orthographic normalizations are listed in the acceptance record. A literal Devanagari-to-IAST check found no mismatches, and all three original meaning layers received an internal fidelity, parity and claims audit; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: item 7, Sankashtanashana Ganesha Stotra, on printed page 28 / Commons multipage scan page 36 of Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, seventh reprint, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai, 1912. The stable Commons file record marks the mechanical scan public domain. The page was directly inspected; the whole stotra, its opening invocation and the colophon are on that page. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 32845 was compared but does not control where it conflicts with the scan. Valkala Editorial prepared the Roman IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912 public-domain scan, stable file revision (item 7 on scan page 36)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "sankat-nashan-ganesh-stotra-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Sankat Nashan Stotra, fixed comparison revision 32845", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0&oldid=32845" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/saphala-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Saphala Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 40 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. Both dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 linked the whole selected 49-position reader after full electronic source comparison and editorial language/scope checks; not independent print collation or expert review. Dates and date-check timestamps unchanged.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story summary is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 40; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The linked complete reader is a separately licensed original adaptation of full Wikisource revision 336363; attribution, variants, language layers and complete scope are disclosed there. Earlier hub witnesses and calendar checks were not newly inspected for this batch.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 40 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2475–2477", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 40 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/40" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Saphala Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/saphala-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete katha controlling source — Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 40, revision 336363", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४०&oldid=336363" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/saphala-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Saphala Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 49 numbered positions and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336363. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Retain all opening worship and merit discourse, Lumpaka's harms, accidental observance, fifteen-year rule, succession and full ending. Sanskrit cold versus English heat and positive fruit-gathering versus English no fruits remain disclosed. Nishachara is not automatically modern police; Vishnu's departure has no Sanskrit destination, unlike English heaven. Darah is a grammatical plural, not an invented marriage count. No new paternal forgiveness/coronation scene, caste superiority, deprivation or immunity from accountability. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336363, 6.40.1–49 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Retain all opening worship and merit discourse, Lumpaka's harms, accidental observance, fifteen-year rule, succession and full ending. Sanskrit cold versus English heat and positive fruit-gathering versus English no fruits remain disclosed. Nishachara is not automatically modern police; Vishnu's departure has no Sanskrit destination, unlike English heaven. Darah is a grammatical plural, not an invented marriage count. No new paternal forgiveness/coronation scene, caste superiority, deprivation or immunity from accountability.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 40, controlling revision 336363", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४०&oldid=336363" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336363&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 40 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428095.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 40 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365617.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/saraswati-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Jai Saraswati Mata Aarti", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All seven Devanagari stanzas and refrains were checked against HanuDroid AartiSangrah commit ee77c52057e3bb4b5c04544114dceacda091ffb7, default_data.xml PostId 29, under the repository's MIT licence. The entire seven-stanza Hindi comparison on Thakur Bhim Singh PDF page 1 and its final page were inspected visually, not accepted from extraction alone. Only the disclosed वाणी to वीणा correction is adopted. Roman and all three original meaning layers received a unit-by-unit coverage and claims pass. A separate 2004 scan is a different composition and is not used to confirm or extend this text. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Complete selected seven-stanza MIT-licensed HanuDroid edition, with punctuation/spacing normalized and one disclosed instrument-word correction. All Roman reading and meanings are original to Valkala. The modern comparison is not a republication licence; its Roman wording, alternative verses and imagery are not copied. Copyright (c) 2021 HanuDroid; the complete MIT notice follows.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hanudroid-aartisangrah-saraswati-aarti", "label": "HanuDroid AartiSangrah — complete Saraswati aarti, PostId 29 (permanent commit)", "url": "https://github.com/HanuDroid/AartiSangrah/blob/ee77c52057e3bb4b5c04544114dceacda091ffb7/app/src/main/assets/default_data.xml" }, { "sourceId": "hanudroid-aartisangrah-mit-licence", "label": "HanuDroid AartiSangrah — MIT licence (same permanent commit)", "url": "https://github.com/HanuDroid/AartiSangrah/blob/ee77c52057e3bb4b5c04544114dceacda091ffb7/LICENSE" }, { "sourceId": "saraswati-aarti-thakur-bhim-singh-pdf", "label": "Thakur Bhim Singh — Jai Saraswati Mata Aarti, PDF page 1 (complete visual comparison only)", "url": "https://thakurbhimsingh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Om-Jai-Saraswati-mata.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/saraswati-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Saraswati Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared all 43 licensed Hindi records with four photographed print pages; confirmed the complete 2 + 39 + 2 sequence, documented spelling repairs and retained edition variants. Original literal IAST follows the Hindi rather than the package's inconsistent Roman line; deterministic checks cover every record. Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings were audited for speaker, story and claim boundaries. Fertility, supernatural protection, poverty and captivity claims are described as devotional assurances; no fixed-count prescription or historical biography is inferred. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Reusable base: hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0, src/chalisas/saraswati.ts, from the integrity-pinned MIT npm tarball. The complete Hindi sequence contains two opening dohas, 39 two-line chaupais and two closing dohas. Four photographed comparison pages of Randhir Prakashan's 2004 51 Chalisa Sangrah (printed pages 192–195 / PDF pages 196–199) confirm that boundary; the scan is comparison-only. Three clear spelling repairs are ज्योती to ज्योति in chaupai 4, रूद्र to रुद्र in chaupai 26, and चढावै to चढ़ावै in chaupai 36. Other licensed readings are retained and edition differences are recorded, especially रामायण versus रामचरित in 7, the prayer in 13, the Mother's aid in 17, शत versus सत in 38, the different final chaupai in 39 and the final doha. The package's Roman line for chaupai 6 contradicts its Hindi text; Valkala uses the selected Hindi and prepares original literal IAST throughout. All meanings are original. The Ramsagar identity remains unverified and the unclear line दुर्ग आदि हरनी is explained only as praise for relieving difficulties.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 and MIT reuse source", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/0.8.0" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-devotional-texts-0-8-0", "label": "npm registry — integrity-pinned hindu-devotional-texts 0.8.0 tarball", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hindu-devotional-texts/-/hindu-devotional-texts-0.8.0.tgz" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Saraswati Chalisa printed pages 192–195 (comparison only)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-/page/n195/mode/1up" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/saraswati-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Saraswati Vandana Mantra", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The displayed Sanskrit was compared with the cited Saraswati Stotram record. Minor orthographic differences across compilations are treated as variants, and no unique authorship is asserted.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "The verse is source anchored, but it circulates in multiple Saraswati compilations with small orthographic variants.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "saraswati-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Shri Saraswati Stotram", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_devii/sarasvatistotrabrahma.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/satyanarayan-vrat-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Satyanarayan Vrat Katha", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The 1899 scan's title matter, chapter openings, all five chapter endings and printer colophon were directly inspected. The narrative sequence was checked chapter by chapter against the scan and compared with the five-chapter Sanskrit Documents presentation without copying its text. Every retelling passage cites the exact PDF pages it summarizes. Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English versions were checked for character, event and outcome parity; claims were recast as statements made by the source, and the edition-specific Skanda Purana attribution, non-universal ritual boundary and absence of external expert review are disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Atha Satya Narayana Katha Bhasha Tika, managed by Babu Deep Chand and printed by the Multanmal Printing Press in Vikram Samvat 1956 / Shaka 1821 (1899), Gurukul Kangri collection, Internet Archive item NOXS_atha-satya-narayana-katha-bhasha-teeka-prarmabah-babu-deep-chand-manager-multanmal-printing-pre, CC0. The complete katha occupies PDF pages 33–107: adhyaya 1 on 33–44, adhyaya 2 on 44–57, adhyaya 3 on 58–77, adhyaya 4 on 77–96 and adhyaya 5 on 97–107. The Sanskrit Documents presentation was used only to compare the five-chapter sequence and verse-level narrative; its volunteer text was not copied because its reuse notice does not permit reposting for website promotion or commercial use. Valkala Editorial wrote the Hindi retelling and the Roman-Hindi and English versions from the public-domain scan.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-atha-satya-narayana-katha-bhasha-teeka-prarmabah-babu-deep", "label": "Internet Archive — 1899 Atha Satya Narayana Katha Bhasha Tika, Gurukul Kangri scan (complete katha on PDF pages 33–107)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/NOXS_atha-satya-narayana-katha-bhasha-teeka-prarmabah-babu-deep-chand-manager-multanmal-printing-pre" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "CC0 1.0 Universal — rights statement attached to the controlling scan", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "satyanarayan-vrat-katha-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — five-chapter comparison text (research comparison only; not copied)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_vishhnu/satyanArAyaNavratakathA.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/savitri-satyavan-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Savitri–Satyavan Katha", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 1 October 2026, all seven Ganguli sections and their printed page transitions were read in sequence. The retelling was checked section by section for the narrative frame, names, Narada's warning, Savitri's choice, marriage, vow, forest events, five boons, Satyavan's restoration, return to the hermitage, restoration of the kingdom and Markandeya's closing comparison with Draupadi. Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English passages were checked for event and outcome parity. Edition numbering, gendered framing, fasting safety, supernatural events, fruit claims and the absence of external expert review are disclosed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated into English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883–1896), Book 3, Vana Parva, Pativrata-mahatmya Parva, sections CCLXLI–CCLXLVII (291–297), printed pages 570–585, as presented and labelled public domain by the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Valkala Editorial wrote the Hindi retelling and its Roman-Hindi and English versions; no Ganguli prose was copied. Every passage cites the printed pages and exact section URL it summarizes. Numbering varies across Mahabharata editions, so this record preserves the selected witness's section numbers. The source's gendered pativrata frame, severe fast, supernatural restoration and fruit statement are disclosed as features of the ancient sacred narrative, not universal duties or guaranteed outcomes.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Internet Sacred Text Archive — Mahabharata Book 3, Vana Parva (Ganguli translation; public-domain edition)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/index.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 291 — Savitri's birth and search (printed pages 570–572)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03291.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 292 — Savitri chooses Satyavan (printed pages 572–574)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03292.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 293 — marriage and forest life (printed pages 574–575)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03293.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 294 — the foretold day (printed pages 575–577)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03294.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 295 — Savitri's dialogue with Yama (printed pages 577–581)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03295.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 296 — return to the hermitage (printed pages 581–584)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03296.htm" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Vana Parva section 297 — Dyumatsena's restoration and close (printed pages 584–585)", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03297.htm" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/sawan-somvar", "contentType": "vrat-guide", "title": "Sawan Somvar", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The five 2027 North Indian purnimanta dates were checked on 2 October 2026 against AstroSage and PanchangTime lists explicitly naming New Delhi. The complete amanta schedule has not cleared a second location-matched source and is omitted. Explanatory claims, three-language summaries, optional household outline and complete internal reading links received an internal editorial pass. On 3 October the complete selected general Monday account was linked after its separate source review; it does not establish a Sawan date or a universal seasonal story. No clock-time claim is included.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "The five 2027 North Indian dates come from the two cited New Delhi lists. The observance and calendar distinction follow their explanations and PanchangTime's general observance page. The household outline is original editorial guidance, deliberately optional; source claims of guaranteed outcomes are not adopted.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — 2027 Sawan Somvar lists, New Delhi (North Indian sequence used)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/sawan-somvar-vrat?date=2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — 2027 Shravan Somwar first through fifth, New Delhi", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/vrats/shravan-somwar/yearly/2027" }, { "sourceId": "panchangtime", "label": "PanchangTime — Shravan Somwar observance and regional calendar explanation", "url": "https://panchangtime.com/vrats/shravan-somwar" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shani-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Shani Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The complete Devanagari sequence was adapted from HanuDroid Chalisa Sangrah commit 41bbc3a9e64c3fca54c5bc32c7fb116e8bdffc9e under its MIT licence. All two opening dohas, forty chaupais and the closing doha were checked in order against the source file. The complete sequence was then compared visually with the Randhir Prakashan 2004 scan on PDF pages 63-66 and the Nath Pustak Bhandar 2006 scan on PDF pages 5-16. The Roman reading and Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English explanations were written afresh and checked for one-to-one coverage. Traditional astrological and ritual statements are framed as claims within the hymn; expert review was not performed and is not claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-21", "sourceNote": "Complete MIT-licensed selected edition. The Devanagari base is adapted from HanuDroid's Chalisa Sangrah source file at permanent commit 41bbc3a9e64c3fca54c5bc32c7fb116e8bdffc9e; Valkala normalized punctuation and a small number of clear text errors, prepared the Roman reading and wrote all three meaning layers independently. Two modern booklet scans were used only to check order and variants, not as republication licences. Copyright (c) 2021 HanuDroid; the source and its licence are linked below, and the complete MIT notice is preserved in this record.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "shani-chalisa-github", "label": "HanuDroid Chalisa Sangrah — complete Shani Chalisa source at permanent commit", "url": "https://github.com/HanuDroid/ChalisaSangrah/blob/41bbc3a9e64c3fca54c5bc32c7fb116e8bdffc9e/app/src/main/assets/default_data.xml" }, { "sourceId": "shani-chalisa-github", "label": "HanuDroid Chalisa Sangrah — MIT licence at permanent commit", "url": "https://github.com/HanuDroid/ChalisaSangrah/blob/41bbc3a9e64c3fca54c5bc32c7fb116e8bdffc9e/LICENSE" }, { "sourceId": "51-chalisa-sangrah", "label": "Internet Archive — 51 Chalisa Sangrah, Randhir Prakashan (2004 comparison scan)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/51-chalisa-sangrah-artiyon-sahit-by-unknown-hindi-" }, { "sourceId": "ia-shani-chalisa-pratidin-path-karne-yogya-by-sundar-lal-hindi", "label": "Internet Archive — Shani Chalisa, Nath Pustak Bhandar (2006 comparison scan)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vwtl_shani-chalisa-pratidin-path-karne-yogya-by-sundar-lal-hindi-stotra-illustra" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shanivar-vrat-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shanivar Vrat Katha — Complete Selected Dasharatha Account", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually read all 64 selected positions and colophon in both old prints. Mapped four contiguous original prose ranges; checked complete narrative, embedded praise, further appeal, worship explanation and closing-benefit coverage with Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English parity. Corrected the OCR ending count using actual imagery, retained the source's two-armed buffalo iconography and documented caste/horoscope claims without endorsement. The separate requested Shani aarti remains pending; detailed source evidence is in the weekday cluster acceptance record.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English prose from the complete Shanivaravratakatha 1–64 in the 1897 Khemraj Vrataraja, physical scans 740–744 (zero-based leaves 739–743), visually compared with the complete catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, physical scans 923–927. Both old Sanskrit prints belong to the previously accepted public-domain/CC0 eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus family. Actual images control; OCR is only a locator. The comparison's last number is visibly 64, despite a faulty OCR reading of 69; no five extra verses exist on that basis. Spelling, spacing and marginal clarifications vary. Both witnesses preserve the two initial boons, the later broader appeal, worship discussion and social/benefit ending. Original prose condenses the embedded praise rather than publishing a separate stotra transcription. No modern translation, formula, independent critical text, proved exact Skanda chapter or expert review is claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj controlling Shanivar account, physical scans 740–744", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar complete comparison, physical scans 923–927", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 metadata — edition identity and CC0 provenance", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shanti-mantra", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Sarv Kalyan Mantra & Shanti Path", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The page was split into two provenance claims. Asato Ma was tied to Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28, while Sarve Bhavantu remains labeled as a common benediction pending firmer edition-level attribution. The English, Hindi, and Roman-Hindi meanings received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-04", "sourceNote": "This is a two-prayer collection, not one continuous passage. Brihadaranyaka attribution applies to Asato Ma Sadgamaya, not automatically to Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "shanti-mantra-gretil", "label": "GRETIL — Brihadaranyaka Upanishad text", "url": "https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/html/sa_bRhadAraNyakopaniSad.htm" }, { "sourceId": "shanti-mantra-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_general/allshlokawmean.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shattila-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Shattila Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The story and six sesame uses were checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 42 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 the complete reader and hub link were checked against whole API revision 336423 and whole electronic comparisons; all 54 numbered units and colophon retained. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no clock times inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story summary is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 42; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The complete linked reader now supersedes the earlier overview-only reader status. It uses exact Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336423, opening 1–2 and restarted 6.42.1–52, all 54 numbered units and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution/change notice. Two opening units precede a restarted 1–52 sequence: 54 numbered units, not 52 total. English numbers continuously 1–54. Retain unnumbered dialogue bridges and mixed king/Narada/dvija addresses; no missing verse invented. Preserve Sanskrit not-fallen gomaya versus English fallen, Ashadha-nakshatra/Mula versus English dark-fortnight gloss, vipra/water-pot versus deity/earthen pitcher, Kapala without sectarian footnote expansion, copper vessel, bodily ascent, compact visitor dialogue and repeated radiance. No present-day ritual or calendar inference. Six sesame uses and the full ritual discussion are historical source context, not a compulsory checklist. No unsafe fire, smoke or gomaya handling, caste-based access restriction, obligatory animal gift, fasting, vigil or purchases. Religious health, wealth and afterlife praise does not guarantee outcomes or blame people for poverty or illness. Food, water, rest, care and practical help remain available. No independent print collation, fresh PDF inspection, rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 42, controlling revision 336423", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४२&oldid=336423" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336423&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 42 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428097.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 42 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365619.html" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 42 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2481–2485", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 42 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/42" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Shattila Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/shat-tila-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shattila-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shattila Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 54 numbered units, dialogue bridges and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336423. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Two opening units precede a restarted 1–52 sequence: 54 numbered units, not 52 total. English numbers continuously 1–54. Retain unnumbered dialogue bridges and mixed king/Narada/dvija addresses; no missing verse invented. Preserve Sanskrit not-fallen gomaya versus English fallen, Ashadha-nakshatra/Mula versus English dark-fortnight gloss, vipra/water-pot versus deity/earthen pitcher, Kapala without sectarian footnote expansion, copper vessel, bodily ascent, compact visitor dialogue and repeated radiance. No present-day ritual or calendar inference. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336423, opening 1–2 and restarted 6.42.1–52 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Two opening units precede a restarted 1–52 sequence: 54 numbered units, not 52 total. English numbers continuously 1–54. Retain unnumbered dialogue bridges and mixed king/Narada/dvija addresses; no missing verse invented. Preserve Sanskrit not-fallen gomaya versus English fallen, Ashadha-nakshatra/Mula versus English dark-fortnight gloss, vipra/water-pot versus deity/earthen pitcher, Kapala without sectarian footnote expansion, copper vessel, bodily ascent, compact visitor dialogue and repeated radiance. No present-day ritual or calendar inference.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 42, controlling revision 336423", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४२&oldid=336423" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336423&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 42 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428097.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 42 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365619.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiv-aarti", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Om Jai Shiv Omkara", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented" ], "verificationMethod": "The eight displayed verses, opening refrain, and closing signature were compared with the cited Aarti collection. Minor spelling and performance variants remain documented as expected.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-08-23", "sourceNote": "The eight-verse sequence is anchored to a public Aarti collection; refrain and spelling variants occur in performance.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "sanskritdocuments-hindi-aarti-sangrah", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Hindi Aarti Sangrah", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/hindi/arati.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiv-chalisa", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Shiv Chalisa", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The opening, 40-couplet sequence, signature and closing were independently normalized and checked line by line against archived book scans and the separately proofread comparison edition. Transliteration and three meaning layers received an internal editorial pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-05", "sourceNote": "Complete common 40-couplet reading in ten display sections. Archived book scans provide public-domain/CC0 comparison evidence; Valkala independently normalized the text and wrote its transliteration and meanings. Sanskrit Documents was used only for research comparison.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-shiv-chalisa-gita-press-gorakhpur", "label": "Internet Archive — Shiv Chalisa, Gita Press scan (public-domain comparison)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/shiv-chalisa-gita-press-gorakhpur" }, { "sourceId": "ia-yiwd-shiv-chalisa-tej-kumar-book-depot", "label": "Internet Archive — Shiv Chalisa, Tej Kumar Book Depot scan (CC0 comparison)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/yiwd-shiv-chalisa-tej-kumar-book-depot" }, { "sourceId": "shiv-chalisa-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Shiva Chalisa (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_otherlang_hindi/siva40.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiv-panchakshara-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Shiv Panchakshara Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually inspected the contents, the entire work on scan page 115 and the next work on scan page 116. Transcribed all printed units, preserving anusvara and compound readings, and compared five core verses with the Sringeri presentation. Kept and disclosed verse 2 and 3 variants and the print-only phalashruti and colophon. Prepared original literal IAST and three conservative meaning layers, checking written coverage and parity; the phalashruti remains a traditional assurance, not a guarantee. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-02", "sourceNote": "Controlling reusable witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai, seventh reprint, 1912, item 42 on printed page 107 / Commons scan page 115, marked public domain. Direct visual transcription includes the opening invocation, five syllable verses, numbered sixth phalashruti and separate Shankaracharya colophon. Contents scan page 4 locates the work; scan page 116 begins a different hymn and confirms its end. Printed anusvara spellings and compounds are retained; typographic line-wrap hyphens and verse numerals are not part of the recitation text. Comparison-only: Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham's Shiva Panchakshara page, checked 2 October 2026, with different verse 2 and 3 wording and no sixth phalashruti. No modern translation or Roman reading was reused. All Roman IAST and meanings are original.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912, public-domain scan (item 42, scan page 115)", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&oldid=1026446559" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912 source volume", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912" }, { "sourceId": "shiv-panchakshara-stotram-srisharadapeetham", "label": "Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham — Shiva Panchakshara Stotram (comparison only)", "url": "https://www.srisharadapeetham.com/stotras/shivastotrani/shiva-panchakshara-stotram" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiv-tandav-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Shiva Tandava Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 16 Sanskrit verses were transcribed and checked against the CC BY-SA Sanskrit Wikisource contributors’ edition at permanent revision 400547, then compared with Sanskrit Documents. Valkala’s transliteration and three meaning layers received an internal editorial pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-05", "sourceNote": "Complete 16-verse Wikisource reading. The Devanagari base was adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors’ revision 400547 under CC BY-SA, with spacing, punctuation and minor orthography normalized; the adaptation is provided under the same licence. Sanskrit Documents was used for research comparison only.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "shiv-tandav-stotram-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Shiva Tandava Stotram revision 400547 (CC BY-SA)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=शिवताण्डवस्तोत्र&oldid=400547" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "shiv-tandav-stotram-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — Shiva Tandava Stotram (research comparison only)", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/shivtAND.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiva-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shiva Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All thirteen printed stotra verses were inspected on the three controlling page images and separated into 108 names in their printed order. A CC0 manuscript was compared independently. Every salutation was counted, its dative form and IAST checked, and its original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English gloss reviewed for bounded claims. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri ShivAshtottarashatanamastotram on printed pages 155–157 / PDF pages 163–165 of the public-domain 1933 Brihatstotraratnakara, first part. The photographed pages control the 108-name order. A separately digitized CC0 paper manuscript from the Jagannath Bhattarai Collection was compared across PDF pages 2–8. The public namavali is an editorial grammatical transformation: nominative stotra names become dative Om ... Namah salutations, with sandhi separated and no surrounding framing or result verses imported. The two Girisha forms at positions 60 and 61 remain distinct by vowel length. Valkala Editorial prepared the Devanagari namavali, exact Roman IAST and all three gloss layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "shiva-ashtottara-shatanamavali-commons", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihatstotraratnakara, first part (1933), printed pages 155–157", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%83_(%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83).pdf" }, { "sourceId": "shiva-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Shiva Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram transcription", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" }, { "sourceId": "ia-shiva-ashtottara-shata-nama-stotra-gauri-narayana-samvada", "label": "Internet Archive — CC0 Jagannath Bhattarai Collection comparison manuscript", "url": "https://archive.org/details/tsxw_shiva-ashtottara-shata-nama-stotra-gauri-narayana-samvada-sanskrit-shaivism" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "CC0 1.0 Universal", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shiva-mahimna-stotram", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shiva Mahimna Stotram", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All forty verses and the colophon were read from the 1912 page images (printed pages 98–104) at full resolution and checked against the 1906 Khemraj printing, including every reading where the 1912 print differs from the commonly recited text. One correction is made by editorial decision (verse 29, शर्वाय). The IAST is a literal transliteration generated from the Devanagari and checked with scripts/check-devotional-text.mjs. The Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings are original and were read together verse by verse.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912), item 39 “शिवमहिम्नः स्तोत्रम्”, printed pages 98–104 (Wikimedia Commons DjVu pages 106–112; Internet Archive Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912 leaves 105–111), read directly from the page images. Second witness: Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, Part I (Khemraj, 1906), printed pages 46–54 (Internet Archive BrihatStotraRatnakarPartI1906Khemraj leaves 87–95, CC0). Verse 29 follows the 1906 reading शर्वाय for the 1912 सर्वाय by editorial decision; every other reading is the 1912 print’s. Internal anusvara before a class consonant is written as the nasal consonant.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912), DjVu scan; Shiva Mahimna Stotram on printed pages 98–104", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu&page=106" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakara-1912", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (1912)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Brihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-stotra-ratnakar-part-1-1906-khemraj", "label": "Internet Archive — Brihat Stotra Ratnakar, Part I, Khemraj, 1906 (CC0 scan; second witness, pages 46–54)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/BrihatStotraRatnakarPartI1906Khemraj" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shravana-putrada-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Shravana Putrada Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared chapter 55 Sanskrit verses 1–44 and colophon with the English witness; wrote an original concise summary and kept the later pavitra rite separate. Inspected AstroSage's year/location-specific page on 3 October 2026 without changing the stored 29 September evidence timestamp. Hindi, Hinglish, complete reading links, safe optional practice and narrative/claims boundaries received an internal editorial pass. No expert review is claimed. On 4 October linked the complete licensed selected reader and checked scope and language: content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Dates retain their stored New Delhi Smarta scope and evidence timestamp; fresh AstroSage corroboration is not a new pair check. The original short summary follows chapter 55 in Sanskrit and its English comparison on the same host. No sacred verse or modern translated passage is reproduced. Past-life blame, son-centred setting and birth outcomes are bounded as narrative, not fertility advice or guarantees. The later pavitra rite is not a household prescription; the complete selected account is now on the linked reader.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 55 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–44 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428110.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 55 — Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365632.html" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Shravana Putrada Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi (fresh corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi/shravana-putrada-ekadashi?date=2027&language=hi" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource — exact complete controlling revision 336436 for linked reader", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५५&oldid=336436" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shravana-putrada-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 44 numbered positions and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336436. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Pausha Putrada is a separate account. Chapter 55 continues beyond the birth into pavitraropana on Dwadashi: do not stop at the story ending or infer an annual ceremony date. Kshauma, kausheya and padmaja material terms are retained without turning the English gloss into a mandatory shopping list. The verse-37 repeated tripling and godohantara timing remain source language, not a household procedure. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336436, 6.55.1–44 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Pausha Putrada is a separate account. Chapter 55 continues beyond the birth into pavitraropana on Dwadashi: do not stop at the story ending or infer an annual ceremony date. Kshauma, kausheya and padmaja material terms are retained without turning the English gloss into a mandatory shopping list. The verse-37 repeated tripling and godohantara timing remain source language, not a household procedure.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 55, controlling revision 336436", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५५&oldid=336436" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336436&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 55 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428110.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 55 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365632.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shri-ramchandra-kripalu", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhajman", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Transcribed from the 1923 scan images at full resolution (leaves 490–491). Compared word by word with the 1926 Naval Kishore printing: no material variant. A final read of the Devanagari, transliteration and all three meaning layers was completed on 28 September 2026.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-28", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume (Nagari Pracharini Granthamala 32), edited by Ramchandra Shukla, Bhagwandin and Brajratnadas, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, first edition, Samvat 1980 (1923 CE), Vinaya Patrika pad 45 (raga Gauri), printed pages 483–484 (scan leaves 490–491), from the Internet Archive scan in the Mumukshu Bhawan Varanasi collection (released CC0). The pages were read directly from the scan images; OCR was used only to locate them. The title page carries no rights notice. Second witness: Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, 1926, pad 46 in its numbering, printed page 27 (Internet Archive, CC0). Rights basis (owner decision, 28 September 2026): the 1923 edition’s third editor, Brajratnadas (born 1890), has no traceable death date, so every word of this text is also required to appear in the second witness, the unnamed-publisher Naval Kishore Press printing of 1926 (eleventh printing; out of term). The 1923 print supplies the spelling only.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "tulsi-granthavali-vol-2-1923", "label": "Internet Archive — Tulsi-Granthavali, second volume, Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, 1923 (CC0 scan; Vinaya Patrika on printed pages 461–600)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TCUE_tulsi-granthavali-part-2-by-ramchandra-shukla-series-no.-32-kashi-nagari-pracharini-sabha" }, { "sourceId": "vinaya-patrika-1926-naval-kishore", "label": "Internet Archive — Vinayapatrika, Naval Kishore Press, Lucknow, eleventh printing, 1926 (CC0 scan; second witness)", "url": "https://archive.org/details/qtmu_vinaya-patrika-by-tulsidas-hindi-bhakti-illustrated-lucknow-1926-naval-kish" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc0-1-0", "label": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 — scan release", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/shri-suktam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Suktam — Selected 15-Verse Core", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The two controlling text pages and four following critical-discussion pages were inspected directly. All fifteen selected verses were transcribed position by position from the accent-bearing Roman print and rendered as explicitly unaccented Devanagari and ordinary IAST. Material differences at verses 3–7, 12–15 were retained and logged instead of being replaced from a remembered popular text. Fixed Wikisource revision 364177 was compared for line segmentation. Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings received an internal text, claims and sensitive-language pass; expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-22", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Shri Suktam in Rigveda Khila II.6, printed pages 72–73 / PDF pages 81–82 of Isidor Scheftelowitz, Die Apokryphen des Rigveda (Khilani), 1906, marked with the Public Domain Mark by Internet Archive. The edition's critical discussion on printed pages 74–77 establishes the fifteen-verse early core and records variant recensions. Devanagari is Valkala's unaccented rendering of the printed Roman text; only spacing, avagraha, ordinary sandhi display and danda punctuation are normalized. Fixed Sanskrit Wikisource revision 364177 was used for comparison and line segmentation but does not overrule the page image. Valkala Editorial prepared all three meaning layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-apokryphen-des-rgveda", "label": "Internet Archive — Die Apokryphen des Rigveda (1906), Shri Suktam on printed pages 72–73", "url": "https://archive.org/details/apokryphen-des-rgveda/page/n80/mode/2up" }, { "sourceId": "licence-public-domain-mark-1-0", "label": "Public Domain Mark 1.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" }, { "sourceId": "shri-suktam-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Rigveda Khila II, fixed comparison revision 364177 (CC BY-SA 4.0)", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8&oldid=364177" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/somvar-vrat-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Somvar Vrat Katha — Complete Selected Simantini Account", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Visually read all 95 selected positions and colophon in the 1897 print and the complete catalogued 1884 comparison. Mapped four contiguous original prose ranges with source scans; checked speaker, event and closing-discourse coverage and Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English parity. Retained Maitreyi, Indrasena, the Naga companions, three-year separation and divine lifespan as source narrative. No method of self-harm, deprivation requirement, astrological advice or formal ritual equivalence is published. Detailed evidence and hashes are in the weekday cluster acceptance record.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-03", "sourceNote": "Original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English prose from the complete Somavratakatha 1–95 in the 1897 Khemraj Vrataraja, physical scans 712–718 (zero-based leaves 711–717), visually compared through the same ending with the catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar print, physical scans 887–894. Both old Sanskrit prints belong to the previously accepted public-domain/CC0 eGangotri/Balmeeki Campus source family. Actual images control; OCR is only a locator. The comparison begins on physical 887, not 888. Spelling, sandhi and marginal notes vary; no second story or additional ending is imported. The preceding worship manual and following separately headed udyapana are outside the selected katha. All opening and closing discourse inside the boundary is condensed. No modern translation, ritual formula or Sanskrit verse transcription is reused. No critical edition, proved exact Skanda chapter or expert review is claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "Vrataraja — 1897 Khemraj controlling Somvar account, physical scans 712–718", "url": "https://archive.org/details/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1884-venkateshwar", "label": "Vrataraja — catalogued 1884 Shri Venkateshwar complete comparison, physical scans 887–894", "url": "https://archive.org/details/vzbl_vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharma-shastra-pothi-lithograph-mu" }, { "sourceId": "vrataraja-1897-khemraj", "label": "1897 metadata — edition identity and CC0 provenance", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/onfy-vrataraja-by-vishvanatha-sharma-sanskrit-dharmasha" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/sundarkand", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Ramcharitmanas Sundarkand", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Valkala inspected every candidate leaf in controlling PDF pages 850–921, excluded two illustrations, two blank versos and the edition's prose, and checked the resulting 342 poetic passages plus colophon in source order. Each unit was compared with the controlling scan at original resolution or 300 DPI; batches 2–6 were also compared through the complete Sundarkand in Internet Archive item tulsi-ramcharitmanas, while recorded Wikisource revisions supported batch 1. A final internal pass checked contiguous sequence, metre labels, printed numbers, source pages, Roman completeness, all three original meaning layers, material variants, claims and sensitive context. Four flagged readings or numbering decisions are recorded at passages 118, 307, 318 and 319. This is an AI-assisted internal editorial review; no external expert review is claimed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-14", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Ramcharitmanas, Belvedere Press, Prayag, edited by Mahaveer Prasad Malviya Vaidya 'Veer'. Wikimedia Commons labels the 1925 item public domain and links Digital Library of India / Internet Archive item in.ernet.dli.2015.342236; embedded catalogue metadata also says 1926, which remains a disclosed bibliographic variance. Hindi Wikisource's contents map the fifth sopan to printed pages 781–848. The completed scan ledger maps PDF pages 850–921 to 68 printed text pages, two illustrations and two blank versos. Six source-production batches contain 342 poetic passages plus the separate fifth-sopan colophon; blank pages 853 and 866, illustration pages 852 and 867 and all edition prose commentary were excluded. The scan controls the published reading. Attributed Wikisource revisions were comparison aids for batch 1. Internet Archive item tulsi-ramcharitmanas supplies a separately typeset Public Domain Mark comparison through its PDF page 730, but its edition and date are not identified well enough to control the text. The editorial review ledger records the exact boundaries and decisions.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ramcharitmanas-belvedere-press", "label": "Wikimedia Commons — Belvedere Press Ramcharitmanas scan and public-domain record", "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "ramcharitmanas-belvedere-press", "label": "Hindi Wikisource — contents showing the Sundarkand printed-page boundary", "url": "https://hi.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0:%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8.pdf/%E0%A5%A8" }, { "sourceId": "ramcharitmanas-belvedere-press", "label": "Hindi Wikisource — first narrative scan page", "url": 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No English sunrise gloss or proposed pronoun repair is imposed; closing Vishnu-dharma/Gita wording is not turned into a new sectarian hierarchy.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 38, controlling revision 336361", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०३८&oldid=336361" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336361&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 38 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428093.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 38 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365615.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/varuthini-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Varuthini Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The teaching sequence was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 48 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. The absence of a character-driven story and the chapter's ancient social, punishment, merit and rebirth language are disclosed. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October added and internally checked the complete selected chapter reader link, language-layer scope, exact revision and safety boundaries. This is a content/link update, not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The teaching summary is Valkala's original, bounded account of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 48; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The page discloses that the chapter is not a character-driven katha and does not universalise its ancient social rules, punishments, merit or rebirth claims. On 4 October 2026 added the complete selected reader of chapter 48 from exact licensed Wikisource revision 336429; its original prose, language layers, comparison differences and licence are separate from this earlier bounded overview. No calendar evidence timestamp is refreshed by the reading link.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 48 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2503–2505", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 48 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/48" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Varuthini Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/varuthini-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete selected reader source — Sanskrit Wikisource chapter 48, revision 336429", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४८&oldid=336429" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/varuthini-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Varuthini Ekadashi — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 25 numbered positions and separate colophon of Sanskrit Wikisource API revision 336429. Compared every source unit with the full Wisdomlib Sanskrit presentation and full grouped English chapter; these are electronic comparisons, not independent print collation. The selected Sanskrit repeats punarbhojana, a second meal, in the Dashami/Dvadashi lists; the grouped English comparison says food generally. The Sanskrit's ten-thousand-year austerity clause is retained even though the grouped English omits it. Marriage/money wording is described broadly without treating a woman as property or converting an uncertain construction into a modern dowry rule. Checked contiguous range mapping, original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi and English, paragraph parity, ending, claims, licence and links. This is a complete selected chapter retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, every popular variant, a formal vrat manual or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Adapted from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana, Uttara chapter 48, complete API revision 336429, numbered positions 1–25 and separate colophon. Fully read reliable electronic text, not OCR; rendered Wikisource access failed. Complete Sanskrit and grouped English comparisons on Wisdomlib were inspected, not reused as translation or independent print witnesses. The source's CC BY-SA 4.0 licence and original-adaptation attribution/change notice are retained. The selected Sanskrit repeats punarbhojana, a second meal, in the Dashami/Dvadashi lists; the grouped English comparison says food generally. The Sanskrit's ten-thousand-year austerity clause is retained even though the grouped English omits it. Marriage/money wording is described broadly without treating a woman as property or converting an uncertain construction into a modern dowry rule.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — Padma Purana chapter 48, exact controlling revision 336429", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४८&oldid=336429" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling archived wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336429&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 48 — complete electronic comparison, not independent print collation", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428103.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande English chapter 48 — complete comparison only; modern prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365625.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource rightsinfo API — checked CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vasant-panchami", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Vasant Panchami", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala, and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows the cited pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from Drik Panchang, Prokerala and the Government of India's 2027 holiday list for New Delhi. The meaning, the Vidya-Arambham custom, the forenoon rule and the Ya Kundendu stuti come from Drik Panchang's Vasant Panchami page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vasant Panchami 2027: Saraswati Puja, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/vasant-panchami/vasant-panchami-puja-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vasant Panchami 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/basant-panchami.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "dopt-central-government-holidays", "label": "Government of India, DoPT — Holidays in Central Government Offices, 2027", "url": "https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Holiday%20list%202027.PDF" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/ancestors-photo-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Ancestor Photo Direction: Remembrance and Shrine Separation", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared HanumanSetu and Livspace ancestor-photo advice on 7 October 2026, with Hindutva Editorial’s disclosed household-custom exception. South/south-west location and facing remain distinct; the cited classical verse supports deity-shrine location only. No exhaustive scripture-absence claim, mandatory relocation, grief judgment, afterlife outcome or shraddha instruction is adopted. Original mounting and family-agreement guidance is practical.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-setu", "label": "HanumanSetu — ancestor photographs (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://hanumansetu.com/guides/where-to-hang-family-photos-ancestor-pitr-pictures-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — shrine exclusions (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "hindutva-editorial", "label": "Hindutva Editorial — photograph custom and exception (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://hindutva.online/photo-vastu-family-picture-placement-rules/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/broken-idol-what-to-do", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Broken Idol or Old Deity Picture: Care and Next Steps", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Re-read Bhagwat Shah’s Pushti-marg.net retirement opinion and HanumanSetu’s broken-image guide on 8 October 2026. Different object contexts and material limits remain explicit. The cited classical verse is shrine context only. No pollution-free material assumption, universal burial/immersion/burning instruction, automatic temple acceptance, ritual formula, compulsory replacement or fear claim is adopted. Temporary secure support and arranging accepted handover are practical guidance.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "pushti-marg-net", "label": "Bhagwat Shah — retirement opinion and material cautions (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.pushti-marg.net/bhagwat/visarjan-2.htm" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-setu", "label": "HanumanSetu — damaged images (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://hanumansetu.com/guides/what-to-do-with-broken-idols-khandit-murti-disposal" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/diya-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Diya Direction: Where to Place the Lamp in the Puja Room and on Dhanteras", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The south-facing Yama lamp and its doorway placement were cross-checked between Wikipedia's Dhanteras article (citing Pintchman, SUNY Press, 2005) and an India TV explainer on the Yam Deepak; the doorway placement rests on the Wikipedia account. The south-east preference for shrine lamps is labelled as contemporary guidance. Longevity claims attached to the Yama lamp are reported as belief only, and a flame-safety section was added.", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Dhanteras (lamps for Yama at doorways; thirteen lamps facing south)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanteras" }, { "sourceId": "india-tv-news", "label": "India TV — Yam Deepak: timing and direction (lamp lit facing south in the evening)", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/lifestyle/spirituality/yam-deepak-2025-dhanteras-lamp-timing-direction-mantra-2025-10-17-1013216" }, { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Pooja room Vastu tips (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/durga-idol-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Durga Idol Direction: Home Mandir and Navratri Chowki Placement", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Checked shrine-location verse 53.118 and compared Dev Aastha with Astroyogi Store on 7 October 2026. Both prefer north-east shrine placement; their south-facing advice conflicts. Dev Aastha also contradicts itself between its takeaway and placement section and mixes opposite-facing geometry. Those differences remain visible. No universal form ban, ritual installation, festival timing or outcome claim is inferred.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, N. Chidambaram Iyer translation (1884) — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Durga idol for home — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/festivals/durga-idol-for-home-navratri-guide" }, { "sourceId": "astroyogi-store", "label": "Astroyogi Store — Durga idol direction — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://store.astroyogi.com/blogs/vastu/durga-idol-direction-as-per-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/facing-direction-during-puja", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Which Direction Should You Face While Doing Puja?", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The devotee-faces-east and deity-faces-east conventions were each found in independent contemporary Vastu guides and are documented as variants rather than resolved silently. No classical verse fixing the worshipper's direction for home puja was verified, so the page states that boundary. Outcome claims were excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Pooja room Vastu tips (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "bajaj-finserv", "label": "Bajaj Finserv — Pooja room as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.bajajfinserv.in/pooja-room-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "360-realtors", "label": "360 Realtors — Which direction should God face in home (contemporary guidance, deity-faces-east variant)", "url": "https://www.360realtors.com/blog/post/which-direction-should-god-face-in-home-blid781" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/ganesh-idol-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Ganesh Idol Direction at Home: Placement, Trunk Direction and Main Door", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The household preference for a left-turning (vamamukhi) trunk and the stricter reputation of the right-turning form were cross-checked across two independent guides. One guide's statement that no Purana, Agama or Shilpa Shastra passage sets a household trunk rule is reported. The inward-facing main-door placement is labelled contemporary guidance, and protective or outcome claims were excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — Ganesha trunk right or left side: what it really means", "url": "https://svastika.in/blogs/puja-rituals/ganesha-trunk-on-right-left-side-meaning" }, { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Ganpati murti placement at home (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/ganpati-murti-placement-at-home" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Varahamihira, Brihat Samhita ch. 53 (Vastuvidya), tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 1884 — wisdomlib edition", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/gangajal-storage", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Gangajal Storage at Home: Bottle, Shrine and Ritual Scope", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Bhagirathi Gangajal’s reseal/shrine advice and Online Jyotish’s general altar-water section on 8 October 2026; their different bottle versus vessel scopes are explicit. India Post confirms bottled service only, not ritual material or safety. Brihat Samhita 53.118 is shrine context only. No Gangajal-specific facing consensus, sacred vessel ranking, compulsory transfer, infinite shelf life, drinking safety, dose or offering/last-rites prescription.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "bhagirathi-gangajal", "label": "Bhagirathi Gangajal — resealing advice (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://bhagirathigangajal.com/en/answers/how-to-use-gangajal-in-puja" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — general altar-water advice (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "india-post-gangajal", "label": "India Post — bottled service, packaging context only (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.indiapost.gov.in/featuredservices/gangajal-services" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/hanuman-idol-in-home-temple", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Hanuman Idol in the Home Temple: Posture, Photo and Support", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha sitting/standing/Bhakt sections and Svastika Dasa/Bhakta form discussion on 8 October 2026. Both favour devotional depictions, but posture labels differ; folded-hands forms can stand or sit. No pose ban, replacement, Panchmukhi power hierarchy, illness/protection outcome or epic-to-doorway inference adopted. Verse 53.118 is shrine context only. Direction remains owned by the existing Hanuman photo-placement guide.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Hanuman forms (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/hanuman-idol-placement-direction-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — Dasa/Bhakta form discussion (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://svastika.in/blogs/vastu-tips/which-hanuman-idol-is-good-for-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/hanuman-photo-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Hanuman Photo Direction at Home: South-Facing and Panchmukhi Images", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Checked Brihat Samhita 53.118 only for shrine location. Compared the two named retailers' contemporary Hanuman guidance on 7 October 2026; their claims are attributed, not treated as scriptural proof. Universal prohibitions, protection promises and the retailer's epic-to-entrance inference are omitted. Wall-facing geometry and small-home options are original practical notes.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, N. Chidambaram Iyer translation (1884) — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Hanuman idol placement — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/hanuman-idol-placement-direction-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — Which Hanuman idol is good for home? — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://svastika.in/blogs/vastu-tips/which-hanuman-idol-is-good-for-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/home-mandir-material-colour", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Home Mandir Material and Colour: Wood, Marble and Finishes", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish altar-material/palette sections and Livspace palette/flooring sections on 8 October 2026. Furniture and flooring scopes are distinguished; Livspace’s cool-blue allowance and Online Jyotish’s dark-blue avoidance are not collapsed into a universal colour ban. Verse 53.118 is shrine location only. Practical support, access and finish checks are original. No sacred material hierarchy, energy/outcome claim, mandatory replacement or product promotion.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — altar material and palette (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — palette and flooring sections (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/home-temple-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Home Temple Direction: Where to Place a Mandir According to Vastu", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The north-east placement was checked against the exact wording of Brihat Samhita 53.118 in Iyer's 1884 translation. Contemporary alternatives (east, north; avoiding under-stair and bathroom-adjacent spots) were cross-checked across two independent current guides and are labelled as contemporary guidance, not scripture. Outcome claims found in sources were deliberately excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Varahamihira, Brihat Samhita ch. 53 (Vastuvidya), tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 1884 — wisdomlib edition", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "bajaj-finserv", "label": "Bajaj Finserv — Pooja room as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.bajajfinserv.in/pooja-room-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Pooja room Vastu tips (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/how-many-idols-in-home-temple", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "How Many Idols in a Home Temple? Duplicate Images and Space", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha’s one-image-per-deity advice and Online Jyotish’s duplicate-idol caution on 8 October 2026. Agreement is attributed contemporary guidance, not a universal scriptural count. The cited classical verse gives shrine location only. Original space/support review is practical; no compulsory removal, odd/even count, form hierarchy, guilt, ritual deinstallation or buying recommendation is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — grouping and duplicate idols (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/home-decor/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-and-placing-god-idols-for-your-home" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — duplicate-idol advice (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/idol-material-brass-marble-silver", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Idol Material for Home Worship: Brass, Marble and Silver", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha general idol-material table and Ornativo Radha–Krishna material/care sections on 8 October 2026. No-single-best advice versus brass preference is disclosed; deity-specific retailer context is not universal ritual authority. Solid silver, plating and core material remain separate. Verse 53.118 supplies shrine-location context only. No price, fixed cleaning schedule, chemistry recipe, alloy authentication, sacred-material hierarchy or purchase requirement adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — idol-material comparison (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/home-decor/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-and-placing-god-idols-for-your-home" }, { "sourceId": "ornativo", "label": "Ornativo — Radha–Krishna materials and care (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.ornativo.com/blogs/news/radha-krishna-idols" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/kalash-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Kalash Placement in the Puja Room: Support and Direction", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish water-vessel placement, VedKosh altar layout and Dev Aastha’s ritual/decorative distinction on 8 October 2026. Different-scope recommendations remain attributed; no cross-source facing consensus is claimed. Verse 53.118 supplies shrine context only. Original stability and spill checks are practical. No kalash contents, coconut alignment, ritual installation, daily water-change mandate, immersion or financial outcome is prescribed.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — altar and water placement (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "vedkosh", "label": "VedKosh — home altar support and water vessel (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.vedkosh.com/en/guide/home-altar-puja-setup" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — ritual versus decorative kalash (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/kalash-placement-vastu-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/kuber-idol-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Kuber Idol Direction: Location and Facing at Home", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha and Hindu Blog Kuber placement sections on 7 October 2026. Their north-associated advice is contemporary, and location versus facing is kept separate. Dev Aastha’s idol/devotee pairing is inconsistent for direct frontal prayer and remains disclosed. No wealth outcome, mandatory locker placement, figure order, mantra ritual, consecration, material ranking or purchase requirement is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Kuber home placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/gods/kuber-dev-significance-kuber-idol-for-home" }, { "sourceId": "hindu-blog", "label": "Hindu Blog — Kubera placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.hindu-blog.com/2024/05/how-to-keep-kubera-statue-in-house-in.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/laddu-gopal-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Laddu Gopal Placement: Shrine, Seat and Direction", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha's general Krishna placement paragraph (not a Laddu-specific ritual rule) with Redham Store's Laddu Gopal placement section and FAQ on 7 October 2026. Facing differences, including Redham's internal east-versus-west/south discrepancy, are disclosed. Verse 53.118 is shrine-location context only. No universal seva timetable, absence penalty, initiation, installation, size number, material ranking or purchase requirement is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Krishna collection placement advice (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/collections/krishna-idols" }, { "sourceId": "redham-store", "label": "Redham Store — Laddu Gopal placement guidance (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://redhamstore.com/blogs/news/laddu-gopal-idol-complete-guide" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/lakshmi-ganesh-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Lakshmi Ganesh Idol Placement: Left or Right, Height and Direction", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Two independent contemporary guides were compared: both state 'Lakshmi on Ganesha's right' but translate it into opposite viewer-side arrangements. The disagreement is shown rather than resolved, one source's note that no Puranic passage fixes the order is reported, and outcome claims were excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — Ganesh Laxmi murti position (contemporary guidance; Lakshmi on the viewer's left)", "url": "https://svastika.in/blogs/vastu-tips/ganesh-laxmi-murti-position-guide" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Lakshmi Ganesh idol position and direction (contemporary guidance; Ganesha on the viewer's left)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/lakshmi-ganesh-idol-position-direction" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Varahamihira, Brihat Samhita ch. 53 (Vastuvidya), tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 1884 — wisdomlib edition", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/main-door-ganesh-swastik-toran", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Main-Door Ganesh, Swastik and Toran: Placement and Custom", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha entrance-item sections with Svastika’s wall-decor object definitions on 8 October 2026. Both describe a toran across the doorway top; inward-facing Ganesh and swastik placement are attributed to Dev Aastha, not a two-source consensus. Verse 53.118 is shrine location only. Support, clearance and rental notes are practical. No door-direction redesign, five-item requirement, duplicate idol mandate, prosperity/protection claim or prescribed symbol drawing ritual.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — entrance devotional objects (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/vastu-items-for-home-entrance" }, { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — toran and wall-object distinctions (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://svastika.in/collections/wall-decor" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/mandir-in-bedroom-or-kitchen", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Mandir in a Bedroom or Kitchen: Shared-Room Choices", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish shared-room FAQ with its stricter main-body preference and Cipher Spaces bedroom/kitchen sections on 8 October 2026. Preferences and conditional accommodations are distinguished. Brihat Samhita 53.118 supports shrine location only. Privacy, clearance and access are original practical notes; no universal bedroom/kitchen/under-stair ban, impurity claim, ritual procedure or outcome promise is established.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — shared-room FAQ (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "cipher-spaces", "label": "Cipher Spaces — bedroom and kitchen shrine sections (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.cipherspaces.com/blogs/news/which-direction-should-god-face-in-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/mandir-in-flat", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Mandir in a Flat: Shelves, Cabinets and Wall Support", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish rental/limited-space advice and VedKosh small-apartment shelf/cabinet FAQ on 8 October 2026. North-east preference and small-home accommodations are attributed as contemporary; the classical verse supplies shrine-location context only. Mounting, footprint, access and moving-home notes are original practical advice. No fixed furniture size, sacred material ranking, installation procedure or purchase/outcome requirement.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — rental and limited-space guidance (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "vedkosh", "label": "VedKosh — small-apartment altar FAQ (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.vedkosh.com/en/guide/home-altar-puja-setup" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/nandi-and-shiva-idols", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Nandi with a Shivling or Shiva Image: Gaze and Support", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Gold Art India and Prime Gesture Nandi placement sections on 8 October 2026. Shared Shiva-facing gaze is attributed; standalone-use and corner differences remain visible. Nandi gaze, shrine zone, jaladhari outlet and worshipper orientation are separated. Verse 53.118 is shrine context only. No universal completeness requirement, size ratio, sacred material ranking, whispering rite, protection claim or installed-object movement prescribed.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "gold-art-india", "label": "Gold Art India — Nandi placement (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.goldartindia.com/blogs/news/nandi-idol-at-home-vastu-placement-guide" }, { "sourceId": "prime-gesture", "label": "Prime Gesture — Nandi near Shivling (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://primegesture.com/blogs/news/brass-nandi-idol-vastu-significance-and-where-to-place-it-near-shivling" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/puja-chowki-height-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Puja Chowki Height and Direction: A Usable Home Altar", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish seated chest-level altar advice with VedKosh raised-chowki and seated-viewing guidance on 8 October 2026. Shared raised-support preference is contemporary; no precise sacred height is established. Shrine location, platform footprint, image-facing and devotee-facing remain distinct. Original load, access and stability checks are practical, with no material ranking, installation, mandatory purchase or outcome promise.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — altar and water placement (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "vedkosh", "label": "VedKosh — home altar support and water vessel (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.vedkosh.com/en/guide/home-altar-puja-setup" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/puja-room", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Puja Room Vastu: How to Set Up the Inside of Your Home Shrine", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Layout rules (images not facing each other, lamp in front and often south-east, no toilet-adjacent wall or under-stair shrine, no clutter) were cross-checked across two independent contemporary guides and are labelled as contemporary guidance. Remedy products suggested by one source (pyramids, strips, plates) were deliberately excluded, as were outcome claims. On 8 October 2026 the storage answer delegates to the dedicated guides and removes blanket plant-pot/garden or assumed temple-collection handling; mixed nirmalya requires accepted material-specific arrangements.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Pooja room Vastu tips (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "bajaj-finserv", "label": "Bajaj Finserv — Pooja room as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.bajajfinserv.in/pooja-room-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Varahamihira, Brihat Samhita ch. 53 (Vastuvidya), tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 1884 — wisdomlib edition", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/puja-samagri-storage", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Puja Samagri Storage: Supplies, Used Flowers and Nirmalya", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Online Jyotish covered-cabinet guidance and Servpuja general/item-specific storage advice on 8 October 2026. Direction preference versus practical organisation is distinguished. Inspected MCGM 2020 tender scope, printed page 40 / PDF page 40, as historical evidence of designated nirmalya collection, not current local access or universal material acceptance; text extraction only, screenshot unavailable. Verse 53.118 is shrine context only. No blanket burial, immersion, burning, garden disposal, temple acceptance or ritual reuse rule.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "online-jyotish", "label": "Online Jyotish — covered storage (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/vastu-for-puja-room.php" }, { "sourceId": "servpuja-store", "label": "Servpuja Store — storage organisation (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.servpujastore.in/blogs/news/how-to-store-puja-samagri-properly" }, { "sourceId": "mcgm-nirmalya-2020", "label": "MCGM — 2020 nirmalya collection tender, scope p.40 (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://portal.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/Tenders/ETH/ETH_01072011_080720.pdf" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/radha-krishna-photo-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Radha Krishna Photo Placement: Wall, Shrine and Facing", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared the two publishers on 7 October 2026 for shrine/artwork location and facing. Shared east/north-east advice is attributed contemporary guidance only. Dev Aastha's same-facing idol/devotee statement is geometrically inconsistent for direct frontal worship and is disclosed. Classical 53.118 covers shrine location only. Decorative art and sacred worship remain distinct; no marital outcome, exact figure order, installation or universal bedroom rule is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Radha Krishna placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/radha-krishna-idol-placement-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "cipher-spaces", "label": "Cipher Spaces — Radha Krishna painting placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.cipherspaces.com/blogs/news/radha-krishna-wall-paintings-meaning-placement-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/ram-darbar-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Ram Darbar Placement: Photo, Shrine and Facing", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Siddhhi Arts and Cipher Spaces Ram Darbar placement sections on 7 October 2026. Shared shrine-location advice is attributed as contemporary. Standing versus seated viewing context and image/devotee geometry are separated. Verse 53.118 supplies shrine context only. No prescribed figure order, exact sacred height, installation procedure, material hierarchy or family-outcome claim is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "siddhhi-arts", "label": "Siddhhi Arts — Ram Darbar placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://siddhhi.com/blogs/news/how-to-place-ram-darbar-idol-at-home-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "cipher-spaces", "label": "Cipher Spaces — Ram Darbar wall art (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.cipherspaces.com/blogs/news/ram-darbar-wall-art-vastu-placement-tips" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/religious-paintings-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Religious Paintings at Home: Walls, Facing and Worship", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Antarmada sacred-wall-art guidance and Cipher Spaces god-facing guide on 7 October 2026. Attributed shared north-east shrine preference, disclosed south-facing disagreement and Cipher’s reversed wall/worshipper geometry. Classical verse 53.118 is shrine context only. Original mounting, visibility and small-home advice is labelled practical. No non-devotional wall-art expansion, colour/material ranking, form ban, disposal procedure or outcome claim.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "antarmada", "label": "Antarmada — sacred wall art placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://antarmada.com/blogs/news/vastu-for-wall-art-where-to-place-sacred-spiritual-art-at-home" }, { "sourceId": "cipher-spaces", "label": "Cipher Spaces — deity-facing guide (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.cipherspaces.com/blogs/news/which-direction-should-god-face-in-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/saraswati-idol-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Saraswati Idol Direction: Home Shrine, Photo and Study Shelf", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Vastu Mandir and Siddhhi Arts on 7 October 2026: north-east location is shared, but alternatives differ and only Siddhhi gives east-facing advice in the inspected passages. Brihat Samhita 53.118 is limited to shrine location. Learning, memory and examination claims, fixed heights and sacred-material rankings are omitted; practical desk and frame care is original editorial advice.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, N. Chidambaram Iyer translation (1884) — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "vastu-mandir", "label": "Vastu Mandir — Saraswati idol at home — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://vastumandir.com/blogs/new-blog/saraswati-idol-at-home" }, { "sourceId": "siddhhi-arts", "label": "Siddhhi Arts — Saraswati idol for students — contemporary guidance, checked 7 October 2026", "url": "https://siddhhi.com/blogs/news/saraswati-idol-for-students-and-study-room-vastu" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/shaligram-at-home", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Shaligram at Home: Placement Scope and Established Care", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Shaligram Shala’s specific multi-deity/mantra-mudra worship outline with HanumanSetu’s short home-worship list on 8 October 2026. Different complexity and tradition context are disclosed, not blended into a universal manual. Brihat Samhita 53.118 is shrine-location context only. No authenticity test, classification, initiation/consecration ruling, gender/caste eligibility rule, count, fixed seva schedule, absence penalty, outcome promise or required purchase adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "shaligram-shala", "label": "Shaligram Shala — specific worship outline (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://shaligram.com/shaligram_worship_new3.php" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-setu", "label": "HanumanSetu — short home-worship account (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://hanumansetu.com/guides/shaligram-stone-types-benefits-home-puja-rules" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/shankh-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Shankh Placement at Home: Support, Direction and Use", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared Dev Aastha shankh placement/types and Svastika shankh placement/care sections on 8 October 2026. Shared raised support and flame separation are attributed; compass/tip rules differ. Retailer claims about scriptural absence or Bhagavata authority are not independently adopted without an exact witness check. Brihat Samhita 53.118 is shrine context only. No blowing schedule, health claim, water-offering procedure, initiation, count ban, shell authentication or purchase requirement.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — shankh placement and types (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/home-decor/shankh-pooja-room-placement-types" }, { "sourceId": "svastika", "label": "Svastika — shankh placement and care (checked 8 October 2026)", "url": "https://svastika.in/blogs/vastu-tips/how-to-keep-shankh-in-pooja-room" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/shiv-parivar-photo-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Shiv Parivar Photo Placement: Shrine, Wall and Facing", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 7 October 2026 compared Dev Aastha and Cipher Spaces on Shiva-family imagery, shrine location, room use and facing. Both discuss Shiv Parivar in household prayer spaces, but their room/facing advice is not uniform. Dev Aastha pairs north-facing prayer with discouraging south-facing imagery; that geometry tension is disclosed. Verse 53.118 is limited to shrine location. No relationship remedy, universal form ban or installation instruction is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Shiva idol placement, contemporary guidance (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/shiva-idol-placement-direction-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "cipher-spaces", "label": "Cipher Spaces — Shiva images at home, contemporary guidance (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.cipherspaces.com/blogs/news/can-we-keep-lord-shiva-photo-at-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/shivling-at-home", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Shivling at Home: Placement, Size and Jaladhari Direction", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 7 October 2026 compared Dev Aastha and Shiv Kavar Samiti for north-east shrine placement, outlet instructions and variable household size advice. Verse 53.118 supports shrine location only. The outlet statements have different scope and are not combined into a universal rule. Fixed dimensions, material rankings, daily compulsory offerings, initiation, consecration, hazardous offerings and outcome claims are omitted. Drainage/access checks are original practical advice.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "dev-aastha", "label": "Dev Aastha — Shiva idol placement, contemporary guidance (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.devaastha.com/blogs/vastu-shastra/shiva-idol-placement-direction-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "shiv-kavar-samiti", "label": "Shiv Kavar Samiti — household Shivling practice (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://www.shivkavarsamiti.org/blog/how-to-worship-shivling-at-home" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/shri-yantra-placement", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Shri Yantra Placement: Shrine, Support and Tradition", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Compared ManiMonk and Soultheory Shri Yantra placement advice on 7 October 2026. Their facing instructions differ, and ManiMonk pairs same-facing diagram and viewer inconsistently for frontal viewing. Cited classical verse supports shrine location only. Flat-display geometry is not a Meru ritual orientation. No initiatory or tantric instruction, consecration, mantra formula, exact height, material ranking, financial outcome or retailer product data is adopted.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-07", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "brihat-samhita-chidambaram-iyer-wisdomlib", "label": "Brihat Samhita 53.118, Iyer 1884 — shrine location only", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita/d/doc229297.html" }, { "sourceId": "manimonk", "label": "ManiMonk — Shri Yantra placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://manimonk.com/blogs/news/shree-yantra-placement-guide-correct-direction-for-home-and-office" }, { "sourceId": "soultheory", "label": "Soultheory — Shri Yantra placement (checked 7 October 2026)", "url": "https://soultheory.in/blogs/news/how-to-place-shree-yantra-at-home-rules-2026" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/things-to-avoid-in-home-temple", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Things to Avoid in a Home Temple (Mandir Mein Kya Nahi Rakhna Chahiye)", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The common exclusions (broken idols, photographs of the deceased, clutter, images facing each other) were cross-checked across two independent contemporary pooja-room guides. On 8 October 2026, re-read the linked retirement opinions and replaced blanket disposal methods with object/material limits, accepted-handover guidance and dedicated care/count pages. Fear-based consequences were excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-10-08", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "livspace", "label": "Livspace — Pooja room Vastu tips (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.livspace.com/in/magazine/pooja-room-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "bajaj-finserv", "label": "Bajaj Finserv — Pooja room as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.bajajfinserv.in/pooja-room-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "pushti-marg-net", "label": "Pushti-marg.net — Retiring unwanted icons and murtis (visarjan options and pollution note)", "url": "https://www.pushti-marg.net/bhagwat/visarjan-2.htm" }, { "sourceId": "hanuman-setu", "label": "HanumanSetu — What to do with broken idols (khandit murti) and old photos", "url": "https://hanumansetu.com/guides/what-to-do-with-broken-idols-khandit-murti-disposal" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vastu/tulsi-direction", "contentType": "editorial-guide", "title": "Tulsi Plant Direction at Home: Courtyard, Balcony and Vastu", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The traditional courtyard and front-of-house placement was checked in Wikipedia's Tulasi in Hinduism article (citing Simoons, 1998). The modern east, north and north-east preference and south and south-west avoidance were cross-checked across two contemporary guides. The two layers are presented separately, and health, wealth and marital-harmony claims found in sources were excluded.", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "wikipedia-en", "label": "Wikipedia — Tulasi in Hinduism (courtyard and front-of-house vrindavan; citing Simoons, 1998)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulasi_in_Hinduism" }, { "sourceId": "godigit", "label": "Digit Insurance — Tulsi plant as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.godigit.com/property-insurance/vastu/tulsi-plant-as-per-vastu" }, { "sourceId": "square-yards", "label": "Square Yards — Tulsi plant direction as per Vastu (contemporary guidance)", "url": "https://www.squareyards.com/blog/tulsi-plant-vastu-vastuart" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vat-savitri", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Vat Savitri Vrat", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The two 2027 dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the four cited panchang records. On 1 October 2026, the regional-calendar explanation and banyan practice were checked against Drik Panchang and Prokerala, and the environmental-care framing against the Ministry of Ayush record. The linked katha was checked across all seven cited Mahabharata sections. English, Hindi and Hinglish copy, internal links, fasting and marital-role boundaries, tree safety and the absence of universal clock times received an editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "The 4 June 2027 Jyeshtha Amavasya date and 18 June Vat Purnima alternate are each cross-checked in Drik Panchang and Prokerala for New Delhi. Regional-calendar explanation and common banyan practice are stated as living tradition, not universal requirements. The linked katha is Valkala's original bounded retelling of Mahabharata, Vana Parva, Pativrata-mahatmya Parva, Ganguli sections 291–297; its own verification record gives every exact section URL and printed page range. The Ministry of Ayush source supports the environmental-care framing. No severe fast, marital role, miraculous outcome or promised longevity is presented as compulsory or guaranteed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vat Savitri Vrat 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/savitri/vat-savitri-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vat Savitri Vrat 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/vat-savitri-vrat.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vat Purnima 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/savitri/vat-purnima-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vat Purnima Vrat 2027 for New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/vat-purnima-vrat.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" }, { "sourceId": "mahabharata-vana-parva-ganguli", "label": "Internet Sacred Text Archive — Mahabharata Vana Parva, Ganguli public-domain edition", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/index.htm" }, { "sourceId": "pib-press-releases", "label": "Ministry of Ayush via PIB — Vat Amavasya and environmental responsibility", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2131726&lang=2®=48" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vijaya-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Vijaya Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The account was checked against Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 44 in the cited Sanskrit presentation and 1990 English witness, then rewritten as a concise original summary. Its relationship to the Valmiki Ramayana was bounded explicitly. The date was checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against the sources stored in the 2027 date file. Hindi, Hinglish, claims and internal readings received an internal editorial pass. On 4 October 2026 the complete reader and hub link were checked against whole API revision 336425 and whole electronic comparisons; all 39 numbered units and colophon retained. Dates and original date-check timestamps are unchanged; no clock times inferred.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The date comes from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The account is Valkala's original, bounded retelling of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 44; the modern English translation was used as an evidence witness and was not copied. The Ekadashi episode is not attributed to the Valmiki Ramayana. The complete linked reader now supersedes the earlier overview-only reader status. It uses exact Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336425, 6.44.1–39, all 39 numbered units and colophon, with whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons and CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution/change notice. Keep Krishna–Yudhishthira, Brahma–Narada and Rama–Bakadalbhya frames distinct. Sanskrit says Lanka garden and identifying token, not the English Ashoka gloss or an invented ring; retain half-yojana without modern distance. Preserve water-place/river spring/tank versus English river/stream placement. All Dashami–Dwadashi discourse and Vajapeya ending remain; no imported bridge-building, Sita trial or Umapati–Narada colophon wording. This Padma account is not attributed to the Valmiki Ramayana or blended with Jaya/Mahadwadashi. Victory, sin-removal and afterlife promises are religious narrative, not guaranteed success or immunity for harm. No victim blame, caste access restriction, compulsory fast, vigil, spending or donation. Do not enter water, immerse ritual objects, harm the environment or leave lamps unattended. Food, water, safe rest and care remain available; extinguish any lamp before sleeping. No independent print collation, fresh PDF inspection, rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 44, controlling revision 336425", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४४&oldid=336425" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336425&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 44 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428099.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 44 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365621.html" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-motilal-banarsidass-1990", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 44 — 1990 English witness, printed pages 2489–2491", "url": "https://www.explorehinduheritage.in/public/pdf/Padma%20Puran%201-10/Padma-Purana%20Vol-07%20-%20Uttara-Khanda%20-%20pages%202313-2632%20ENG%20Motilal%20Banarsidass%201990.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "eternalraga-padma-purana", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 44 — Sanskrit text and chapter map", "url": "https://eternalraga.com/en/scriptures/puranas/padma-purana/6/44" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/ekadashidates.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vijaya Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/vijaya-ekadashi.html?year=2027&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vijaya-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Vijaya Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 39 numbered units and colophon of Wikisource API revision 336425. Compared every range throughout with whole Wisdomlib Sanskrit and English electronic chapters. Keep Krishna–Yudhishthira, Brahma–Narada and Rama–Bakadalbhya frames distinct. Sanskrit says Lanka garden and identifying token, not the English Ashoka gloss or an invented ring; retain half-yojana without modern distance. Preserve water-place/river spring/tank versus English river/stream placement. All Dashami–Dwadashi discourse and Vajapeya ending remain; no imported bridge-building, Sita trial or Umapati–Narada colophon wording. This Padma account is not attributed to the Valmiki Ramayana or blended with Jaya/Mahadwadashi. Checked full boundary, Hindi/Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, original prose, claims, licence, citations, metadata and links. Not independent print collation or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, whole reliable API wikitext revision 336425, 6.44.1–39 and separate colophon. Whole electronic Sanskrit/English comparisons, not independent print collation. No rendered Wikisource inspection or expert review claimed; modern translation not copied. Keep Krishna–Yudhishthira, Brahma–Narada and Rama–Bakadalbhya frames distinct. Sanskrit says Lanka garden and identifying token, not the English Ashoka gloss or an invented ring; retain half-yojana without modern distance. Preserve water-place/river spring/tank versus English river/stream placement. All Dashami–Dwadashi discourse and Vajapeya ending remain; no imported bridge-building, Sita trial or Umapati–Narada colophon wording. This Padma account is not attributed to the Valmiki Ramayana or blended with Jaya/Mahadwadashi.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 44, controlling revision 336425", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०४४&oldid=336425" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336425&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 44 — full electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428099.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 44 — whole English comparison only; prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365621.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vishnu-ashtottara-shatanamavali", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "The photographed stotra page and following boundary page were inspected directly. All fourteen name verses were separated into 108 names in printed order, with Aprameyatma preserved as one compound epithet. Every salutation was counted, its dative form and IAST checked, and its original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English gloss reviewed for bounded claims. The restricted comparison transcription was consulted without importing its separate namavali arrangement. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-01", "sourceNote": "Controlling witness: Vishnor Ashtottarashatanama Stotram on printed page 147 / PDF page 48 of the Google-digitized Mantra Maharnava Vishnu-section excerpt linked from Sanskrit Wikisource. The photographed page controls the full fourteen-verse name sequence; PDF page 49 confirms the boundary by beginning the result verses and then the next work. The traditional Sanskrit wording was independently transcribed from the images; no scan image, modern translation or third-party namavali arrangement is reproduced. A Sanskrit Documents stotra transcription was used only as a restricted research comparison. The public namavali is a disclosed grammatical transformation that preserves Aprameyatma as one compound epithet and retains every repeated name in source order. Valkala Editorial prepared the Devanagari salutations, exact Roman IAST and all three gloss layers.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "vishnu-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource — Mantra Maharnava contents and Vishnu-section scan link, printed pages 124–154", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" }, { "sourceId": "vishnu-ashtottara-shatanamavali-google-drive", "label": "Google Drive — Mantra Maharnava Vishnu-section scan excerpt", "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yPYUhMjKID894Lj7O8TUS3jdJA0OO_GE/view?usp=sharing" }, { "sourceId": "vishnu-ashtottara-shatanamavali-sanskritdocuments", "label": "Sanskrit Documents — research-only comparison transcription of the stotra", "url": "https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_vishhnu/viShNoraShTottarashatanAmastotram.html" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 for Sanskrit Wikisource text", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vishnu-sahasranamam", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Shri Vishnu Sahasranamam", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Scope disclosed", "Variant documented", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "All 142 verses and the chapter colophon were transcribed from the fingerprinted wg1068 PDF (pages 15–181) with a per-verse page map. On 27 September 2026 the name verses were counted against the bold headwords of Shankara's printed commentary: verses 14–120 hold exactly 1,000 names, and the commentary's hundred-name markers fall exactly at names 200 through 1,000. Every supplied verse number and line-break letter was rechecked in 300 dpi page images; the line-break र् is printed in every case. The transliteration was checked deterministically against the Devanagari (0 mismatches across 143 units), the Hindi and Roman-Hindi layers were checked for parity, and every meaning was aligned with the commentary's glosses. No eligible second Sanskrit witness was found, so the text is base-only. Expert review was not performed.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-27", "sourceNote": "Direct historical Sanskrit scan controls: Works of Sri Sankaracharya, volume 13, Vishnusahasranama and Sanatsujatiya Bhashyas, Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam, Internet Archive wg1068, catalogued 1910. The sampled title page confirms the press and volume, while the year comes from catalogue metadata. Reuse relies on the ancient Sanskrit text in this historical edition, not a modern translation or an assumed archive-wide licence. The meanings follow the name-by-name glosses of Shankara's commentary printed on the same pages, paraphrased, never copied. No eligible independent public-domain Sanskrit witness could be found, so the text is published base-only and has been rechecked against its own page images. The earlier Wikisource lead (revision 413443) credits conversion from Sanskrit Documents and is rejected as a republication base; no text from it is used. Valkala Editorial prepared the Devanagari transcription, original IAST and original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English meanings.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "ia-wg1068", "label": "Sri Vani Vilas Sanskrit volume 13 — historical scan, catalogue date 1910", "url": "https://archive.org/details/wg1068" }, { "sourceId": "ia-wg1068", "label": "Controlling PDF — full hymn and chapter colophon within PDF pages 15–181", "url": "https://archive.org/download/wg1068/WG1068-1910%20-Works%20of%20Sri%20Sankaracharya%20-Vol%2013%20of%2020%20-Vishnusahasranama%20and%20Sanatsujatiya%20Bhashyas.pdf" }, { "sourceId": "ia-wg1068", "label": "Internet Archive catalogue metadata — publication date and file identity", "url": "https://archive.org/metadata/wg1068" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/vivah-panchami", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Vivah Panchami", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Dates were checked for New Delhi on 29 September 2026 against Drik Panchang and Prokerala; a date is listed only when two sources give the same day. The explanation follows the cited pages; claims, Hindi and Hinglish text and internal links received an internal editorial pass.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-09-29", "sourceNote": "Dates come from the cited panchangs for New Delhi. The story, customs and places of celebration come from Drik Panchang's Vivah Panchami page.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vivah Panchami 2026: story and customs, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/vivah-panchami/vivah-panchami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2026" }, { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — Vivah Panchami 2027, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/vivah-panchami/vivah-panchami-date-time.html?geoname-id=1261481&year=2027" }, { "sourceId": "prokerala", "label": "Prokerala — Vivah Panchami 2026, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.prokerala.com/festivals/vivah-panchami.html?year=2026&loc=1261481" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/yogini-ekadashi", "contentType": "festival-guide", "title": "Yogini Ekadashi", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Source cross-checked", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "Checked chapter 52's narrative sequence against Sanskrit verses 1–34 and the Deshpande English comparison on 2 October 2026. Wrote an original short summary, excluded translation copying and full-katha claims, and checked the illness boundary against WHO. Retained the date's 29 September evidence timestamp after fresh year/location-specific AstroSage corroboration. Hindi, Hinglish, internal reading links and optional-practice claims received an internal editorial pass; no expert review is claimed. On 4 October checked the complete selected reader link, exact revision, language scope and ending/safety boundaries. This content/link update is not a new date check.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "The stored date retains its original New Delhi check and sources; a fresh AstroSage inspection provides corroboration only. The story is an original bounded summary of Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 52, compared in the linked Sanskrit and English witnesses. No modern translation or Sanskrit passage is reproduced. WHO supplies the medical and anti-stigma boundary, not ritual evidence. The earlier short overview is distinct from the separate full selected reader. The complete selected reader now covers the whole chapter and colophon in original Hindi, Roman-Hindi and English, with exact licensed revision and ending limits. Reading links do not refresh date evidence.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "drik-panchang", "label": "Drik Panchang — North/South calendar month-name distinction (not 2027 date evidence)", "url": "https://test.drikpanchang.com/ekadashis/yogini/yogini-ekadashi-date-time.html?year=2033" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 52 — Sanskrit witness, verses 1–34 and colophon", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428107.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda chapter 52 — N. A. Deshpande English comparison witness", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365629.html" }, { "sourceId": "yogini-ekadashi-who", "label": "WHO — leprosy, treatment and stigma boundary", "url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/leprosy" }, { "sourceId": "astrosage-panchang", "label": "AstroSage — Yogini Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi (fresh corroboration)", "url": "https://panchang.astrosage.com/festival/ekadashi/yogini-ekadashi?date=2027&language=en" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Complete selected chapter 52 — Sanskrit Wikisource revision 336433", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५२&oldid=336433" } ] }, { "url": "https://valkala.com/yogini-ekadashi-katha", "contentType": "devotional-text", "title": "Yogini Ekadashi Katha — Complete Selected Chapter Retelling", "preparedBy": "Valkala Editorial", "verificationLevels": [ "Source anchored", "Variant documented", "Scope disclosed", "Editorially checked" ], "verificationMethod": "On 4 October 2026 read all 34 numbered positions and colophon of exact Wikisource API revision 336433. Compared each source range throughout with complete Wisdomlib Sanskrit and grouped English chapters; no independent print collation claimed. Ancient kushtha and its eighteenfold description remain source vocabulary, not a modern diagnosis or a fasting cure. The awkward svapnam wording in verse 15 is not silently converted into an established earthly destination. The selected ending states relief and happiness, not a separately narrated return to Kubera or reunion with Vishalakshi. Checked whole account and ending, contiguous ranges, original Hindi, full Roman-Hindi/English paragraph parity, claims, licence, metadata and links. Complete selected original retelling, not a Sanskrit transcription, universal vrat manual or expert review.", "expertReview": "Not performed", "lastVerified": "2026-10-04", "sourceNote": "Original adaptation from Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, Padma Purana Uttara chapter 52, complete API revision 336433, numbered positions 1–34 plus separate colophon. Entire reliable electronic text read, not OCR; no rendered Wikisource inspection claimed. Entire Wisdomlib Sanskrit and grouped English chapters compared electronically, not independent print witnesses. Modern translation is not copied. Source attribution and CC BY-SA 4.0 change/share-alike notice retained. Ancient kushtha and its eighteenfold description remain source vocabulary, not a modern diagnosis or a fasting cure. The awkward svapnam wording in verse 15 is not silently converted into an established earthly destination. The selected ending states relief and happiness, not a separately narrated return to Kubera or reunion with Vishalakshi.", "sources": [ { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Sanskrit Wikisource contributors — complete chapter 52, controlling revision 336433", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=पद्मपुराणम्/खण्डः_६_(उत्तरखण्डः)/अध्यायः_०५२&oldid=336433" }, { "sourceId": "padma-purana-uttara-sa-wikisource", "label": "Wikisource revision API — exact complete controlling wikitext", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&revids=336433&rvprop=ids%7Ctimestamp%7Ccontent&rvslots=main&format=json" }, { "sourceId": "licence-cc-by-sa-4-0", "label": "Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 — adaptation licence", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-sanskrit", "label": "Wisdomlib Sanskrit chapter 52 — complete electronic comparison", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/padma-purana-sanskrit/d/doc428107.html" }, { "sourceId": "wisdomlib-padma-purana-english", "label": "Wisdomlib / N. A. Deshpande chapter 52 — full English comparison only, prose not copied", "url": "https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365629.html" }, { "sourceId": "sa-wikisource-rightsinfo", "label": "Wikisource rightsinfo — site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse basis", "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json" } ] } ] }