Shloka 5
The Account of the Fruits of Bathing at Particular Sacred Places
Tīrtha-viśeṣa-snāna-phala
संक्रांतिषु तु सर्वासु स्नात्वा गङ्गाजले नरः । विमानेनार्कवर्णेन स व्रजेद्विष्णुमंदिरम् ॥ ५ ॥
saṃkrāṃtiṣu tu sarvāsu snātvā gaṅgājale naraḥ | vimānenārkavarṇena sa vrajedviṣṇumaṃdiram || 5 ||
Doch an jeder Saṅkrānti geht der Mensch, der im Wasser der Gaṅgā badet, zur Wohnstatt Viṣṇus, getragen von einem himmlischen Vimāna von sonnenhafter Farbe.
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)
Vrata: Saṅkrānti-snāna (observance on solar ingresses)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that bathing in the Gaṅgā on Saṅkrānti days is a powerful tīrtha-observance whose fruit is elevation to Viṣṇu’s divine abode, symbolized by a radiant vimāna.
By linking a sacred act (Gaṅgā-snānā on astrologically significant days) to reaching Viṣṇu’s abode, the verse frames ritual purity and tīrtha-sevā as supports for Viṣṇu-bhakti and God-centered aspiration.
Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) is implied through “Saṅkrānti”—the Sun’s ingress into a new zodiac sign—marking specific auspicious times for snāna and religious observance.