देवि क्षेत्राण्यनेकानि पृथिव्यां संति भामिनि । तीर्थानि कोटिसंख्यानि प्रभावस्तेषु संख्यया
devi kṣetrāṇyanekāni pṛthivyāṃ saṃti bhāmini | tīrthāni koṭisaṃkhyāni prabhāvasteṣu saṃkhyayā
Ô Déesse rayonnante, sur la terre il existe de nombreux lieux sacrés; et les tīrtha se comptent par crores, chacun possédant sa mesure propre de mérite et d’efficacité spirituelle.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context-setting verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī/Devī
Scene: Śiva (as narrator) addresses Devī/Pārvatī, gesturing to a cosmic map of Bhārata with countless glowing tīrthas like stars across the earth.
While many holy places exist, their fruits differ—prompting discernment and reverence for the most spiritually potent kṣetras.
Prabhāsa is being set up as exceptional by first acknowledging the multitude of other tīrthas.
None explicitly; this verse frames a hierarchy of tīrtha-prabhāva (pilgrimage efficacy).