Shloka 116
सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
स्नातस्य सलिले यस्याः सद्यः पापं प्रणश्यति अपूर्वपुण्यप्राप्तिश् च सद्यो मैत्रेय जायते
snātasya salile yasyāḥ sadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati apūrvapuṇyaprāptiś ca sadyo maitreya jāyate
হে মৈত্ৰেয়, সেই পবিত্ৰ তীৰ্থৰ জলে স্নান কৰোঁতে পাপ তৎক্ষণাৎ নাশ হয় আৰু আগতে নোপোৱা অপূৰ্ব পুণ্যও তেতিয়াই লাভ হয়।
Sage Parāśara (in dialogue with Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that bathing in a true sacred water-source causes immediate destruction of sin and produces fresh, unprecedented merit (apūrva-puṇya), framing tīrthas as instruments of dharmic purification.
Parāśara presents the tīrtha’s efficacy as instantaneous (sadyaḥ): the act of bathing is portrayed as directly dissolving pāpa while simultaneously generating positive spiritual credit, emphasizing the potency of sacred geography within dharma.
Though Vishnu is not named in the line, the Vishnu Purana situates tīrtha-purification within Vishnu’s sovereign maintenance of cosmic order: sacred places and their fruits operate under the divine governance that upholds dharma.