Vamana Purana — Glory of Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 3
The Glory of Prithudaka Tirtha and the Akshaya Tithi at Kurukshetra
तं गच्छध्वं सुरश्रेष्ठा यत्र प्राची सरस्वती पितॄन् आराधयध्वं हि तत्र श्राद्धेन भक्तिततः
taṃ gacchadhvaṃ suraśreṣṭhā yatra prācī sarasvatī pitṝn ārādhayadhvaṃ hi tatra śrāddhena bhaktitataḥ
হে দেবশ্রেষ্ঠগণ! যেখানে পূর্বমুখে প্রবাহিত সরস্বতী আছে, সেখানে যাও; এবং সেখানেই ভক্তিসহ শ্রাদ্ধ দ্বারা পিতৃগণের আরাধনা কর।
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FAQs
Reverence to ancestors (pitṛ-r̥ṇa) is treated as a dharmic obligation; sacred places amplify the efficacy of rites, but devotion (bhakti) remains the essential inner qualification.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Ācāra-oriented material as embedded tīrtha-māhātmya: it is not cosmogenesis (sarga) but dharma/ritual instruction framed in a pilgrimage narrative.
Sarasvatī signifies purifying sacred speech/knowledge and continuity of tradition; śrāddha at a tīrtha symbolizes harmonizing personal devotion with transgenerational duty.