Shloka 89
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
प्रच्छाद्य वल्लिकैर्देवि जातरूपपरिच्छदैः । यमं प्रस्थापयामास तां पुरीं दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ ८९ ॥
pracchādya vallikairdevi jātarūpaparicchadaiḥ | yamaṃ prasthāpayāmāsa tāṃ purīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 89 ||
ឱ ព្រះនាងទេវី ដោយគ្របបាំងដោយវល្លី និងដោយគ្រឿងអលង្ការ និងសម្ភារៈមាស នាងបានបញ្ជូនយមា ឲ្យធ្វើដំណើរទៅកាន់ទីក្រុងនោះ នៅទិសខាងត្បូង។
Narada (narrating a Tirtha-Mahatmya episode to the Sanatkumara brothers)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"vira","emotional_journey":"A wondrous, ceremonial concealment with gold and creepers culminates in decisive action—Yama being sent southward."}
FAQs
The verse uses Puranic symbolism—golden adornment and a southward journey—to mark the ritual-cosmic association of the southern quarter with Yama, reinforcing the Purana’s mapping of direction, destiny, and dharmic consequence within sacred narratives.
While not directly teaching bhakti practice, it supports the wider Uttara-Bhaga tirtha framework where sacred geography and divine order inspire reverence; devotion matures when one sees even Yama’s realm as functioning under cosmic dharma, ultimately oriented toward remembrance of the Supreme.
It implicitly reflects traditional dik-vicāra (directional doctrine) used in ritual and temple practice—associating the दक्षिणा दिशा (southern quarter) with Yama—relevant to kalpa/ritual procedure and applied sacred geography rather than grammar or jyotiṣa calculations in this single verse.