Shloka 15
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
तथा समस्ततीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम् । सेनानीनां यथा स्कंदः सिद्धानां कपिलो यथा ॥ १५ ॥
tathā samastatīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam | senānīnāṃ yathā skaṃdaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo yathā || 15 ||
Ebenso ist unter allen Pilgerstätten Puruṣottama der Vortrefflichste; wie Skanda unter den Heerführern der Erste ist und wie Kapila unter den Siddhas der Erste ist.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches a hierarchy of sacredness: beyond all external pilgrimage sites, the highest “tīrtha” is Puruṣottama (Vishnu) Himself—implying that devotion and surrender to Vishnu is the supreme purifier.
By declaring Puruṣottama the foremost among all tīrthas, the verse redirects religious merit from mere travel/ritual toward bhakti-centered remembrance and worship of Vishnu as the highest spiritual practice.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is hermeneutic—using analogical ranking (upamā) to interpret tīrtha-mahātmya as ultimately pointing to Vishnu as the supreme refuge.