Shloka 103
Description of the Pilgrimage to the Sacred Tīrthas
Kurukṣetra-yātrā-krama
सोमतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा स्वर्गतिं समवाप्नुयात् । सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं प्राप्य स्नात्वा च मुक्तिभाक् ॥ १०३ ॥
somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā svargatiṃ samavāpnuyāt | saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ prāpya snātvā ca muktibhāk || 103 ||
સોમતીર્થમાં સ્નાન કરવાથી મનુષ્ય સ્વર્ગગતિ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે. અને ‘સપ્ત-સારસ્વત’ નામના તીર્થમાં પહોંચી ત્યાં સ્નાન કરવાથી મુક્તિનો ભાગી બને છે.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It distinguishes two grades of fruit from tīrtha-snānā: bathing at Soma-tīrtha grants svarga (heavenly attainment), while bathing at Sapta-Sārasvata is praised as leading to mokṣa (liberation), presenting pilgrimage as a dharmic means toward higher ends.
Though it speaks in tīrtha language, the implied bhakti framework is reverent approach to sacred places connected with divine powers (Soma and Sarasvatī); such श्रद्धा (faith) expressed through ritual bathing is treated as spiritually transformative, culminating—at the highest tīrtha—in liberation.
It highlights Kalpa-style ritual practice: tīrtha-yātrā and snāna as prescribed acts with specific phala (results). The verse functions like a concise ritual-phala statement used in pilgrimage manuals within Purāṇic dharma.