Shloka 21
The Account of the Fruits of Bathing at Particular Sacred Places
Tīrtha-viśeṣa-snāna-phala
ज्येष्ठे मासि क्षितिसुतदिने शुक्लपक्षे दशम्यां हस्ते शैलादवतरदसौ जाह्नवी मर्त्यलोकम् । पापान्यस्यां हरति हि तिथौ सा दशैषाद्यगंगा पुण्यं दद्यादपि शतगुणं वाजिमेधक्रतोश्च ॥ २१ ॥
jyeṣṭhe māsi kṣitisutadine śuklapakṣe daśamyāṃ haste śailādavataradasau jāhnavī martyalokam | pāpānyasyāṃ harati hi tithau sā daśaiṣādyagaṃgā puṇyaṃ dadyādapi śataguṇaṃ vājimedhakratośca || 21 ||
জ্যেষ্ঠ মাহত, ক্ষিতিসুত (মঙ্গল)ৰ দিনত, শুক্লপক্ষৰ দশমীত, চন্দ্ৰ হস্ত নক্ষত্ৰত থাকোঁতে, সেই জাহ্নৱী পৰ্বতৰ পৰা নামি মর্ত্যলোকলৈ অৱতীৰ্ণ হৈছিল। এই তিথিত সি পাপ হৰণ কৰে; আৰু এই ‘আদি’ গংগা-দশমী বাজিমেধ যজ্ঞতকৈও শতগুণ পুণ্য দান কৰে।
Suta (narrating the Tirtha-mahatmya of Gaṅgā within Uttara-bhāga)
Vrata: Gaṅgā-daśamī
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It identifies Gaṅgā-daśamī in Jyeṣṭha (Śukla Daśamī, Hasta nakṣatra, Maṅgala-vāra) as the commemorative descent-time of Gaṅgā, declaring that bathing/observance on this tithi destroys sins and yields exceptionally high merit.
By glorifying Gaṅgā as a sin-removing sacred presence and prescribing reverent timing-based observance, it frames devotion as practical śraddhā expressed through tīrtha-sevā—honoring the divine through pilgrimage, remembrance, and ritual purity.
Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology/calendar science): it specifies the month (Jyeṣṭha), pakṣa (Śukla), tithi (Daśamī), nakṣatra (Hasta), and weekday linked to Maṅgala—showing how dharma is coordinated with precise calendrical markers.