The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites
Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas
सद्यः प्राणैर्वियुक्ता च तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः ॥ काशीराजपतेः कन्या यातास्मि वसुधाधिप
sadyaḥ prāṇairviyuktā ca tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ || kāśīrājapateḥ kanyā yātāsmi vasudhādhipa
Sogleich wurde ich vom Lebenshauch getrennt; doch durch die Macht jenes Tīrtha, o Herr der Erde, wurde ich (bekannt als) die Tochter des Königs von Kāśī.
Pīvarī
It exemplifies the Purāṇic idea of tīrtha-prabhāva, where place is presented as a transformative agent in narrative memory and identity.
Kāśī (commonly identified with Varanasi/Banaras) and an unnamed tīrtha connected to the episode.
A philosophical instruction about the moral-ritual weight attributed to places (tīrthas) and the consequences associated with actions near them.
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