देवैः सर्वैः समाहूता स्नानार्थं सा सरिद्वरा । देविकेति समाख्याता तेन सा पापनाशिनी
devaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāhūtā snānārthaṃ sā saridvarā | deviketi samākhyātā tena sā pāpanāśinī
સર્વ દેવોએ સ્નાનાર્થે આહ્વાન કરેલી તે શ્રેષ્ઠ નદી ‘દેવિકા’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ થઈ; તેથી તે પાપનાશિની છે.
Śiva
Tirtha: Devikā
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛṣis/Śaunaka-led assembly (typical frame; not stated here)
Scene: A luminous river-goddess Devikā manifests as devas assemble on her banks with kumbhas for bathing; the river glows with sanctity, washing away dark ‘pāpa’ as mist dissolves.
A tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed by divine usage: what the gods choose for snāna becomes a powerful purifier for all.
The Devikā river at Prabhāsakṣetra, praised explicitly as pāpanāśinī.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Devikā river is implied as a sin-destroying practice.
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