श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । भृगुतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थराजमनुत्तमम् । पैतामहं महापुण्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | bhṛgutīrthaṃ tato gacchettīrtharājamanuttamam | paitāmahaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Ensuite, qu’on se rende à Bhṛgu-tīrtha, roi incomparable des lieux de pèlerinage, nommé « Paitāmaha », d’un mérite suprême et destructeur de tous les péchés.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha (Paitāmaha)
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs Yudhiṣṭhira to proceed to Bhṛgu-tīrtha; the river-ford is shown as majestic, with sages, banyan trees, and a sanctified ghat bearing the epithet ‘Paitāmaha’.
Pilgrimage to a sanctified tīrtha is upheld as a direct means of purification and merit, capable of dissolving grave sins.
Bhṛgu-tīrtha, praised as the ‘tīrtha-rāja’ and also known as Paitāmaha.
A clear injunction to go (gacchet) on pilgrimage to Bhṛgu-tīrtha; subsequent rites are implied by tīrtha practice.