सर्वतीर्थवरं तीर्थं मणिनागं नृपोत्तम । तीर्थाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि
sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ maṇināgaṃ nṛpottama | tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi
Wahai raja utama, Maṇināga adalah tīrtha yang paling mulia di antara semua tīrtha. Kisah suci tentang tīrtha ini—siapa pun yang membacanya atau bahkan hanya mendengarnya—
Narrator addressing a king (nṛpottama; exact identity not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Maṇināga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpottama / Pāṇḍunandana (royal addressee within the discourse)
Scene: A royal court or forest hermitage where a sage narrates the Maṇināga tīrtha’s greatness to a king (‘nṛpottama’); a manuscript or palm-leaf text is held up as listeners gather reverently.
Hearing or reciting a tīrtha-māhātmya itself becomes a meritorious act, not only physical travel.
Maṇināga Tīrtha, praised as the best among tīrthas.
Pāṭha and śravaṇa: reading and listening to the tīrtha narrative as a devotional discipline.