तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं व्रतानां परमं व्रतम् । जाप्यानां परमं जाप्यं ध्यानानां ध्यानमुत्तमम्
tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam | jāpyānāṃ paramaṃ jāpyaṃ dhyānānāṃ dhyānamuttamam
તીર્થોમાં આ પરમ તીર્થ છે, વ્રતોમાં આ પરમ વ્રત. જપોમાં આ સર્વોચ્ચ જપ છે, અને ધ્યાનોમાં આ ઉત્તમ ધ્યાન છે॥
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somēśvara/Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A devotional proclamation of Prabhāsa’s supremacy: pilgrims with water-pots and rosaries approach the Somēśvara liṅga by the sea; a sage-like narrator extols the kṣetra as the pinnacle of vow, japa, and meditation.
A sanctified place can concentrate the fruits of multiple disciplines—pilgrimage, vow, mantra-recitation, and meditation—into a single transformative focus.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Somēśvara’s realm), declared the ‘parama tīrtha’.
The verse highlights categories of practice—vrata, japa, and dhyāna—without specifying a particular procedure.