Shloka 110
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
एवमेषा महाभाग प्रतिष्ठाने प्रतिष्ठिता । तीर्थयात्रा महापुण्या सर्वपापप्रमोचनी
evameṣā mahābhāga pratiṣṭhāne pratiṣṭhitā | tīrthayātrā mahāpuṇyā sarvapāpapramocanī
وهكذا، أيها السعيد الحظ، قد أُقيمت هذه الرحلة إلى التيـرثا المقدّسة في براتيشتها؛ فهي عظيمة البركة، مُطهِّرة من جميع الآثام.
Unspecified (narrator/teacher addressing a listener as 'mahābhāga')
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: evam + eṣā → evameṣā (vowel sandhi).
FAQs
It presents Pratiṣṭhāna as an established sacred center where pilgrimage is especially meritorious and spiritually purifying.
It emphasizes tīrtha-yātrā as “mahāpuṇyā” (highly merit-giving) and “sarvapāpapramocanī” (a remover of all sins), highlighting purification through sacred travel and practice.
The verse encourages intentional acts of devotion and discipline—such as pilgrimage—as means to moral cleansing and renewal, rather than remaining complacent in wrongdoing.