Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 52
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
तमाह शंभुर्द्विज गच्छ लोकं तं ब्रह्मणो दुर्गममव्ययस्य इदं च तीर्थं प्रवरं पृथिव्यां पृथूदकस्यास्तु समं फलेन
tamāha śaṃbhurdvija gaccha lokaṃ taṃ brahmaṇo durgamamavyayasya idaṃ ca tīrthaṃ pravaraṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthūdakasyāstu samaṃ phalena
শম্ভু বললেন—হে দ্বিজ, অব্যয় ব্রহ্মার সেই লোকেতে যাও, যা লাভ করা দুরূহ। আর পৃথিবীতে এই শ্রেষ্ঠ তীর্থ ফলের দিক থেকে পৃথূদকের সমান হোক।
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FAQs
Purāṇic geography often ranks or calibrates pilgrimage sites by comparing their ‘phala’ to famous exemplars. Declaring equality with Pṛthūdaka elevates the local tīrtha’s status and encourages yātrā by providing a recognized merit-standard.
It refers to Brahmaloka (Satyaloka), a high celestial realm described as difficult to attain, typically reached through exceptional merit, tapas, or divine favor—here granted by Śiva’s pronouncement.
Yes. The verse portrays Śiva as both moral governor of asceticism and sovereign bestower of destinations and sacred geography, a common Purāṇic motif integrating ethics, cosmology, and pilgrimage topography.