The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
तत्स्नानात्फलमाप्नोति प्रयागस्नानजं फलम् ॥ अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरावृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥
tatsnānāt phalam āpnoti prayāgasnānajaṃ phalam || asmiṃs tīrthe purāvṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||
Durch das Bad dort erlangt man die Frucht, die aus dem Bad in Prayāga erwächst. Höre, o Erde, die Begebenheit, die sich einst an dieser Tīrtha zutrug.
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It links regional sites to pan-Indic pilgrimage centers (Prayāga), a common mechanism for integrating local geographies into wider cultural maps.
Prayāga is referenced as a comparative benchmark; the immediate site remains Ākrūra-tīrtha in the Yamunā region.
It encourages attentive listening to transmitted histories (purāvṛtta) as part of cultural literacy around heritage sites.
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