पंच तीर्थानि कुरुते मुच्यते पंचपातकैः । इत्याद्युक्तं बहुविधं तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
paṃca tīrthāni kurute mucyate paṃcapātakaiḥ | ityādyuktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam
সেয়া পঞ্চ তীৰ্থৰ পুণ্য লাভ কৰে আৰু পঞ্চ মহাপাতকৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়। এইদৰে আৰু নানাবিধ ৰূপে এই উত্তম তীৰ্থ-মাহাত্ম্য ঘোষণা কৰা হৈছে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at a sanctified ford/ghāṭa receives the invisible fruit of ‘five tīrthas’; above, symbolic five streams of light dissolve dark stains representing the five great sins.
Pilgrimage is transformative: tīrtha-contact is presented as purifying even grave karmic burdens when approached with dhārmic intent.
The tīrtha under discussion in this passage: Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama.
General tīrtha-sevana (pilgrimage practice) whose effect is described as granting five tīrtha-fruits and removing pañca-pātaka.