Shloka 33
The Greatness of Haridvāra
Gaṅgādvāra-māhātmya
यत्राश्रमाश्च पुण्या वै सप्तर्षीणां महामते । तेषु सर्वेषु तु पृथक् स्नात्वा संतर्प्य देवताः ॥ ३३ ॥
yatrāśramāśca puṇyā vai saptarṣīṇāṃ mahāmate | teṣu sarveṣu tu pṛthak snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ || 33 ||
Oh magnánimo: allí se hallan, en verdad, los santos āśramas de los Siete Ṛṣis. Habiéndose bañado por separado en cada uno de ellos, debe ofrecer santarpaṇa, dando satisfacción a las deidades.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when sacred bathing (snāna) is paired with reverent propitiation (tarpaṇa/saṃtarpana) of the deities, especially at places sanctified by the Saptarṣis.
Bhakti is expressed here as disciplined reverence—approaching holy sites with humility, performing purificatory bathing, and offering devotional satisfaction to the devatās rather than treating the tirtha merely as a location.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied: performing snāna correctly and following it with tarpaṇa/offerings to devatās as part of orthodox tirtha-yātrā discipline.