Shloka 32
Puruṣottama-kṣetra Māhātmya: Śveta-Mādhava & Matsya-Mādhava; Mārkaṇḍeya-tīrtha Mārjana and Bath Liturgy
प्रणिपत्य ततस्तिष्ठेत्परिपूज्य ततः पुनः । मुच्यते सर्वपापौघैस्तथा पापग्रहादिभिः ॥ ३२ ॥
praṇipatya tatastiṣṭhetparipūjya tataḥ punaḥ | mucyate sarvapāpaughaistathā pāpagrahādibhiḥ || 32 ||
প্রণাম করে তারপর ভক্তিভরে সেখানে দাঁড়াবে; পরে পুনরায় বিধিপূর্বক পূজা করলে, সে সমস্ত পাপস্রোত ও পাপগ্রহাদি বাধা থেকে মুক্ত হয়।
Narada (instructional narration within Uttara-Bhaga Tirtha/ritual context)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"Humble prostration and attentive standing culminate in reassurance: cleansing from sins and malignant afflictions."}
FAQs
It teaches that humility (praṇāma) followed by proper worship (paripūjā) functions as a purifying discipline, destroying accumulated pāpa and removing obstructive afflictions that hinder dharma and devotion.
Bhakti is shown as embodied reverence: bowing, standing attentively before the sacred, and repeated worship—outer actions that cultivate inner surrender and lead to purification and grace.
The mention of pāpa-graha (inauspicious planetary influence) points to Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) as a framework for understanding afflictions, while the remedy emphasized is ritual worship and reverential conduct.