श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र देवतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । येन देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्स्नात्वा सिद्धिं परां गताः
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gaccheta rājendra devatīrthamanuttamam | yena devāstrayastriṃśatsnātvā siddhiṃ parāṃ gatāḥ
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : « Alors, ô roi des rois, il faut se rendre au gué sacré sans égal nommé Devatīrtha, où les trente-trois dieux, après s’y être baignés, atteignirent la perfection suprême ».
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Devatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, radiant sage, points the way to a famed river ford; in the background, the thirty-three gods descend to bathe—Indra, the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Aśvins—amid celestial light over the Revā waters.
Seek sacred geography with faith—tīrtha-snāna, when aligned with dharma, is praised as a means to supreme spiritual attainment.
Devatīrtha, presented in the Revā Khaṇḍa as a foremost bathing-place associated with the gods.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Devatīrtha is highlighted as the key act leading to ‘parā siddhi’.