Shloka 22
Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits
तस्मिंमस्तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र कपिलां यः प्रयच्छति / यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि तत्प्रसूतिकुलेषु च / तावद् वर्षसहस्राणि रुद्रलोके महीयते
tasmiṃmastīrthe tu rājendra kapilāṃ yaḥ prayacchati / yāvanti tasyā romāṇi tatprasūtikuleṣu ca / tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate
O best of kings, whoever donates a tawny cow at that sacred ford—for as many hairs as are upon her body, and in the lineages born from her offspring—for that many thousands of years he is honored in Rudra’s world.
Narrator-sage addressing a king (rājendra) within a tirtha-mahatmya discourse of the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly analyze Atman; it teaches karma-yoga in the form of dharmic charity (dāna) at a tīrtha, presenting spiritual ascent as the fruit of disciplined action aligned with sacred order.
No seated meditation is described; the practice emphasized is dharma-as-yoga—selfless giving at a tīrtha—where intention, purity, and right action function as a practical path to higher realms.
Even within a Vaishnava Purana framework, the reward is explicitly Rudra-loka, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s integrated Shaiva-Vaishnava vision in which dharmic acts can culminate in honoring Shiva without sectarian contradiction.