श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । रेवाया उत्तरे कूले वैष्णवं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । जलशायीति वै नाम विख्यातं वसुधातले
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | revāyā uttare kūle vaiṣṇavaṃ tīrthamuttamam | jalaśāyīti vai nāma vikhyātaṃ vasudhātale
શ્રી માર્કંડેયે કહ્યું—રેવા નદીના ઉત્તર કાંઠે પરમ ઉત્તમ વૈષ્ણવ તીર્થ છે. તે ‘જલશાયી’ નામે પૃથ્વી પર પ્રસિદ્ધ છે.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Jalaśāyī
Type: tirtha
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya narrates; the Revā flows broad and luminous; on the north bank stands a shrine or icon of Viṣṇu as Jalaśāyī—reclining upon waters/serpent couch—signifying the tīrtha’s name.
Sacred geography is a form of devotion: knowing and honoring a tīrtha connected to Viṣṇu is itself meritorious and faith-strengthening.
Jalaśāyī, a renowned Vaiṣṇava tīrtha on the northern bank of the Revā (Narmadā).
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it introduces the tīrtha’s location and fame.
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