Shloka 21
Puruṣottama-kṣetra Māhātmya: Śveta-Mādhava & Matsya-Mādhava; Mārkaṇḍeya-tīrtha Mārjana and Bath Liturgy
भक्त्या तु तन्मना भूत्वा पुराणं पुण्यमुक्तिदम् । मार्कंडेयह्रदे स्नानं सर्वकालं प्रशस्यते ॥ २१ ॥
bhaktyā tu tanmanā bhūtvā purāṇaṃ puṇyamuktidam | mārkaṃḍeyahrade snānaṃ sarvakālaṃ praśasyate || 21 ||
પરંતુ ભક્તિથી તેમાં મન એકાગ્ર કરીને—પુણ્ય અને મુક્તિ આપનારું આ પુરાણ કહે છે—માર્કંડેય હ્રદમાં સ્નાન સર્વકાળ પ્રશંસનીય છે॥૨૧॥
Narada (teaching in Uttara-Bhaga tirtha-mahatmya context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents a tirtha-practice (bathing at Mārkaṇḍeya-hrada) as a timelessly recommended act, framed within devotion and single-pointed remembrance, yielding both merit (puṇya) and liberation-oriented benefit (mukti).
Bhakti is defined here as becoming tanmanā—mentally absorbed in the Divine—so that outward acts like tirtha-snāna become spiritually potent and aligned with mokṣa.
Ritual practice (karma-kāṇḍa application) is implied via snāna-vidhi at a tirtha; while no specific Vedāṅga is named, the verse reflects dharma-śāstric orientation to tīrtha-kriyā and its prescribed fruits.