Shloka 10
Tīrtha-yātrā-varṇana
Description of Pilgrimage to the Sacred Fords
कृत्तिवासेश्वरो देवो द्रष्टव्यश्च पुनः पुनः । यदीहेत्तारकं ज्ञानं शाश्वतं चामृतप्रदम् ॥ १० ॥
kṛttivāseśvaro devo draṣṭavyaśca punaḥ punaḥ | yadīhettārakaṃ jñānaṃ śāśvataṃ cāmṛtapradam || 10 ||
Le Seigneur divin Kṛttivāseśvara doit être contemplé encore et encore; car ici (par ce darśana) l’on obtient la connaissance tāraka, éternelle et dispensatrice d’immortalité.
Suta (narrating the Tirtha-Mahatmya within the Narada Purana’s Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that repeated darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara at the sacred site is not merely devotional merit but a direct cause for attaining tāraka-jñāna—liberating knowledge that leads beyond saṃsāra to deathlessness.
Bhakti is shown as steady, repeated engagement—“again and again” seeing the Lord—where devotion matures into transformative realization (jñāna) rather than remaining only external worship.
The verse is primarily tirtha-mahātmya and mokṣa-oriented; it does not teach a specific Vedāṅga technique, but it presupposes ritual discipline (kalpa) and the devotional practice of darśana/pūjā at a tīrtha.