Shloka 10
Tīrtha-yātrā-varṇana
Description of Pilgrimage to the Sacred Fords
कृत्तिवासेश्वरो देवो द्रष्टव्यश्च पुनः पुनः । यदीहेत्तारकं ज्ञानं शाश्वतं चामृतप्रदम् ॥ १० ॥
kṛttivāseśvaro devo draṣṭavyaśca punaḥ punaḥ | yadīhettārakaṃ jñānaṃ śāśvataṃ cāmṛtapradam || 10 ||
ព្រះអម្ចាស់ដ៏ទេវភាព ក្រឹត្តិវាសេឝ្វរៈ គួរត្រូវបានឃើញម្តងហើយម្តងទៀត; ព្រោះនៅទីនេះ (ដោយទស្សនានេះ) មនុស្សទទួលបាន ចំណេះដឹងតារាក—អស់កល្បជានិច្ច និងផ្តល់អមតៈ។
Suta (narrating the Tirtha-Mahatmya within the Narada Purana’s Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"Repeated darśana is urged with devotional insistence, culminating in the promise of liberating ‘tāraka-jñāna’ and immortality."}
FAQs
It teaches that repeated darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara at the sacred site is not merely devotional merit but a direct cause for attaining tāraka-jñāna—liberating knowledge that leads beyond saṃsāra to deathlessness.
Bhakti is shown as steady, repeated engagement—“again and again” seeing the Lord—where devotion matures into transformative realization (jñāna) rather than remaining only external worship.
The verse is primarily tirtha-mahātmya and mokṣa-oriented; it does not teach a specific Vedāṅga technique, but it presupposes ritual discipline (kalpa) and the devotional practice of darśana/pūjā at a tīrtha.