श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । तस्यैवानन्तरं पार्थ कापिलं तीर्थमाश्रयेत् । स्थापितं कपिलेनैव सर्वपातकनाशनम्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha kāpilaṃ tīrthamāśrayet | sthāpitaṃ kapilenaiva sarvapātakanāśanam
શ્રી માર્કંડેય બોલ્યા—હે પાર્થ! તેના તરત પછી કાપિલ તીર્થનો આશ્રય કરવો જોઈએ; તે સ્વયં કપિલે સ્થાપિત કર્યું છે અને સર્વ પાતકોનો નાશ કરનાર છે.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kāpila Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (son of Pṛthā; a Pāṇḍava)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks to a Pāṇḍava (son of Pṛthā); in the background, Kapila—ascetic with tawny aura—consecrates a tīrtha by the river, making the waters glow as ‘sin-destroying’.
Sacred geography is presented as a guided path: moving from one tīrtha to the next brings progressive purification, especially at sites sanctified by great ṛṣis like Kapila.
Kāpila Tīrtha, credited to the sage Kapila.
A directive to ‘resort to’/visit (āśrayet) the Kāpila Tīrtha; specific rites follow in later verses.
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