Shloka 84
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
यम उवाच । अस्मिन्नायतने पुण्ये विख्याते पुरुषोत्तमे । इंद्रिनीलमयी सृष्टा प्रतिमा सार्वकामिकी ॥ ८४ ॥
yama uvāca | asminnāyatane puṇye vikhyāte puruṣottame | iṃdrinīlamayī sṛṣṭā pratimā sārvakāmikī || 84 ||
যম বললেন—এই পুণ্য আয়তনে, ‘পুরুষোত্তম’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ স্থানে, ইন্দ্রনীলমণি দিয়ে নির্মিত এক প্রতিমা স্থাপিত হয়েছিল—যা সর্বকামনা পূর্ণ করে।
Yama
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It highlights the exceptional sanctity of the Puruṣottama shrine by describing a rare indranīla (blue-sapphire) deity-image whose darśana and worship are portrayed as highly efficacious, capable of granting comprehensive worldly and spiritual aims.
By focusing on the pratimā in a famed holy abode, the verse reinforces temple-centered bhakti—approaching the Lord through consecrated form (mūrti), sacred space (kṣetra), and faith in the fruit-bearing power of worship.
Indirectly, it points to āgamic/ritual application (connected with Kalpa): the importance of pratimā and āyatana in structured worship—installation, sanctity of place, and prescribed acts that make a shrine a recognized tirtha.