Adhyaya 71: The Supremacy and Origin-Myth of the Tridaivatya Tirtha: The Gods Seek Vishnu, and the Strategy to Unite Shiva and Gauri

Adhyaya 71 is framed as a dialogue in which Nārada asks Brahmā to explain the distinctive nature (svarūpa-bheda) of the Tridaivatya Tīrtha, praised as an unsurpassed sacred ford. Brahmā responds by as