अर्जुन उवाच । कोटितीर्थं कथं जातं केन वा निर्मितं मुने । कस्माद्वा कोटितीर्थानां फलमत्रोच्यते मुने
arjuna uvāca | koṭitīrthaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kena vā nirmitaṃ mune | kasmādvā koṭitīrthānāṃ phalamatrocyate mune
قال أرجونا: «أيها الحكيم، كيف نشأ كوطيتيرثا، ومن الذي أنشأه يا مُني؟ ولماذا يُعلَن هنا على وجه الخصوص ثمرُ (ثوابُ) الكوطيتيرثات، أيها الناسك؟»
Arjuna
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Nārada (addressed as ‘mune’)
Scene: Arjuna, seated respectfully with bow set aside, questions a sage in a forest-hermitage near a sacred waterbody; the tīrtha glints in the background, suggesting Koṭitīrtha’s presence awaiting explanation.
Sacred places are understood through origin-stories (māhātmya) that reveal why their merit is exceptional.
Koṭitīrtha—presented as a tīrtha whose merit equals many tīrthas combined.
None directly; the verse introduces an inquiry into the tīrtha’s origin and its promised merit.