Shloka 52
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
स्नानं दानं जपं होमं देवताप्रेक्षणं तथा । भक्त्या चाराध्य विधिवत्प्रत्यहं पुरुषोत्तमम् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य ततो मोक्षमवाप्तवान् ॥ ५२ ॥
snānaṃ dānaṃ japaṃ homaṃ devatāprekṣaṇaṃ tathā | bhaktyā cārādhya vidhivatpratyahaṃ puruṣottamam | prasādāddevadevasya tato mokṣamavāptavān || 52 ||
قام بالاغتسال الطقسي، والصدقة، وترديد المانترا (جَپا)، وتقديم قرابين النار (هوما)، وبالدارشَن—النظر بخشوع إلى صورة الإله؛ ثم عبدَ بوروṣوتّما كلَّ يومٍ بمحبةٍ تعبّدية (بهاكتي) ووفق الشعائر الصحيحة. وبفضل نعمة إله الآلهة نالَ بعد ذلك الموكشا، أي التحرّر.
Suta (narrating the result within the Tirtha-Mahatmya context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents a complete daily sādhana—purification (snāna), generosity (dāna), mantra practice (japa), sacrificial offering (homa), and darśana—culminating in mokṣa through the Lord’s prasāda (grace).
Bhakti is shown as steady, daily worship of Puruṣottama performed vidhivat (with proper ritual order), where liberation is not merely earned by acts but ultimately realized by the deity’s favor.
The emphasis on vidhivat worship points to Kalpa (ritual procedure) and correct mantra practice (linked with Śikṣā/Vyākaraṇa for proper recitation), applied as disciplined nitya-karmas.