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Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 55

Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

एताः सप्त सरस्वत्यो निविसिष्यन्ति नित्यशः सोमपालफलं सर्वाः प्रयच्छन्ति सुपुण्यदाः

Transliteration

etāḥ sapta sarasvatyo nivisiṣyanti nityaśaḥ somapālaphalaṃ sarvāḥ prayacchanti supuṇyadāḥ

Translation

この七つのサラスヴァティーは、ここに常住する。いずれもソーマ祭（Somapāla）の果報たる功徳を授け、すぐれたプンニャ（puṇya、宗教的功徳）を与える。

Word by Word

एताःthese

सप्तseven

सरस्वत्यःSarasvatīs (rivers)

निविसिष्यन्तिwill settle; will reside

नित्यशःalways

सोमपाल-फलम्the fruit of Somapāla

सर्वाःall

प्रयच्छन्तिgrant; bestow

सुपुण्यदाःbestowers of great merit

Speakers

Narrator/teacher voice concluding the list with a phalaśruti-style claim to the listener (implicit).

Primary Deities

Sarasvatī

Key Themes

Phalaśruti (promise of merit)Equivalence of tirtha-bathing to Vedic sacrificePerpetual sanctity of sacred watersPilgrimage efficacy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does it mean that the seven Sarasvatīs ‘abide perpetually’?

It asserts enduring sanctity: the tirtha-power is not seasonal or contingent but permanently established, making the site ritually reliable for pilgrimage, bathing, and vows at any time.

How should ‘Somapāla-phala’ be understood?

In Māhātmya idiom it signals a high benchmark of merit—comparable to the fruit of Soma-related Vedic sacrificial performance—thereby elevating tirtha practice (snāna, japa, dāna) to sacrificial equivalence for those unable to conduct elaborate yajñas.

Does this verse imply a replacement of Vedic ritual by tirtha practice?

Rather than a polemical replacement, it is a Purāṇic accommodation: it extends access to ‘yajña-like’ merit through geography and devotion, integrating Vedic prestige into the pilgrimage economy of the Sarasvata landscape.