एतत्तीर्थवरं पुण्यं लिङ्गो यत्र जनार्दनः । वञ्चयित्वा रिपून्संख्ये क्रोधो भूत्वा सनातनः
etattīrthavaraṃ puṇyaṃ liṅgo yatra janārdanaḥ | vañcayitvā ripūnsaṃkhye krodho bhūtvā sanātanaḥ
આ પરમ શ્રેષ્ઠ પુણ્ય તીર્થ છે, જ્યાં જનાર્દન લિંગરૂપે વિરાજે છે. યુદ્ધમાં શત્રુઓને પરાજિત કરીને સનાતન પ્રભુ ક્રોધસ્વરૂપે પ્રગટ થયા.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context continuing into 150.1)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A riverine shrine where a liṅga bears Vaiṣṇava marks (chakra/śaṅkha or śrīvatsa), radiating fierce protective energy; defeated ‘enemies’ symbolized as dark figures dissolving.
A tīrtha becomes supremely holy by divine presence; the Lord’s protective power can manifest fiercely to uphold dharma.
A ‘tīrtha-vara’ in the Revā Khaṇḍa where Janārdana is established in liṅga-form (the verse does not name it explicitly).
Implicitly, worship/visit of the tīrtha and reverence to the liṅga-form of Janārdana; no detailed rite is given in this verse.
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