यदेकं परमं तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्सर्वं दयां कृत्वा वदाशु मे
yadekaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam | śrotumicchāmi tatsarvaṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā vadāśu me
Jenen einen höchsten Tīrtha, der die Frucht aller Tīrthas verleiht, möchte ich in Gänze vernehmen. Aus Erbarmen sprich es mir rasch aus.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Parama-tīrtha (unnamed here)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa narrator
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, eager and reverent, requests the full account of the one supreme tīrtha that grants the fruit of all tīrthas, imploring the brāhmaṇa to speak swiftly out of compassion.
A sincere seeker asks for the highest, most comprehensive path of merit—one that integrates and fulfills the aims of many pilgrimages.
This verse introduces the concept of a ‘parama tīrtha’ but does not name it yet.
No ritual is stated; it is a request to hear (śrotum) the full teaching about the supreme tīrtha.