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Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 55

Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

एताः सप्त सरस्वत्यो निविसिष्यन्ति नित्यशः सोमपालफलं सर्वाः प्रयच्छन्ति सुपुण्यदाः

Transliteration

etāḥ sapta sarasvatyo nivisiṣyanti nityaśaḥ somapālaphalaṃ sarvāḥ prayacchanti supuṇyadāḥ

Translation

These seven Sarasvatīs abide here perpetually; all of them bestow the fruit (merit) of the Soma-sacrifice (Somapāla) and grant excellent पुण्य (religious merit).

Word by Word

एताःthese

सप्तseven

सरस्वत्यःSarasvatīs (rivers)

निविसिष्यन्तिwill settle; will reside

नित्यशःalways

सोमपाल-फलम्the fruit of Somapāla

सर्वाःall

प्रयच्छन्तिgrant; bestow

सुपुण्यदाःbestowers of great merit

Speakers

Narrator/teacher voice concluding the list with a phalaśruti-style claim to the listener (implicit).

Primary Deities

Sarasvatī

Key Themes

Phalaśruti (promise of merit)Equivalence of tirtha-bathing to Vedic sacrificePerpetual sanctity of sacred watersPilgrimage efficacy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does it mean that the seven Sarasvatīs ‘abide perpetually’?

It asserts enduring sanctity: the tirtha-power is not seasonal or contingent but permanently established, making the site ritually reliable for pilgrimage, bathing, and vows at any time.

How should ‘Somapāla-phala’ be understood?

In Māhātmya idiom it signals a high benchmark of merit—comparable to the fruit of Soma-related Vedic sacrificial performance—thereby elevating tirtha practice (snāna, japa, dāna) to sacrificial equivalence for those unable to conduct elaborate yajñas.

Does this verse imply a replacement of Vedic ritual by tirtha practice?

Rather than a polemical replacement, it is a Purāṇic accommodation: it extends access to ‘yajña-like’ merit through geography and devotion, integrating Vedic prestige into the pilgrimage economy of the Sarasvata landscape.