Shloka 32
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
मतड्वाप्यां यः स्नायादेकरात्रेण सिद्ध्यति । विगाहति हाुनालम्बमन्धकं वै सनातनम्
maṭadvāpyāṁ yaḥ snāyād ekarātreṇa siddhyati | vigāhati hy ānālambam andhakaṁ vai sanātanam |
Barangsiapa mandi di tīrtha Maṭadvāpī, ia meraih siddhi dalam satu malam. Dan barangsiapa menyelam di tīrtha purba bernama Ānālamba—yang juga dikenal sebagai Andhaka dan Sanātana—ia pun memperoleh jasa penyucian.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the purificatory and merit-producing power of tīrtha-bathing: sincere immersion at specific sacred sites is presented as a swift means to spiritual ‘siddhi’ (accomplishment), reinforcing the dharmic ideal that disciplined pilgrimage and ritual purity support inner transformation.
A speaker named Ajadriya is listing the fruits of visiting particular holy places. Here he names Maṭadvāpī and the tīrtha called Ānālamba (also referred to as Andhaka and Sanātana), stating that bathing/immersion there yields rapid spiritual benefit.