सीताकुण्डमिति ख्यातं जनानां परमाद्भुतम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा नूनं राममवाप्नुयात्
sītākuṇḍamiti khyātaṃ janānāṃ paramādbhutam | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā nūnaṃ rāmamavāpnuyāt
Connu sous le nom de Sītākuṇḍa, il est pour les hommes une merveille suprême. Celui qui se baigne en ce tīrtha atteint assurément Rāma.
Unspecified (concluding phalaśruti-style statement within Adhyāya 6)
Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: The kuṇḍa labeled ‘Sītākuṇḍa’ with a small shrine; a devotee emerges from the water with folded hands, a faint vision of Rāma in the sky/heart-space signifying ‘attainment’.
Tīrtha practice is ultimately devotional: purification through snāna is oriented toward attaining the Lord (Rāma).
Sītākuṇḍa tīrtha in the Ayodhyā sacred circuit.
Bathing (snāna) at Sītākuṇḍa, with the promised fruit of attaining Rāma.