Shloka 54
ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्
Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven
निमज्ज्य हि गतौ तौ च प्रशंसन्तौ नदी च ताम् । मार्गे च मिलिता काचित्सुन्दरी भूषणान्विता
nimajjya hi gatau tau ca praśaṃsantau nadī ca tām | mārge ca militā kācitsundarī bhūṣaṇānvitā
ಅವರು ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಮುಳುಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾ ಆ ನದಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಶಂಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಭರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸುಂದರಿ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಅವರನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದಳು.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
The verse highlights tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) and gratitude toward the holy river—an outer act that supports inner purification, preparing the devotees’ minds for Shiva-centered remembrance and the unfolding of the Jyotirlinga pilgrimage narrative.
In the Kotirudrasaṃhitā, pilgrimage and tīrtha practices commonly serve as preparatory disciplines before approaching a Jyotirlinga—Saguna Shiva as the Linga—so the devotee arrives with humility, purity, and praise on the tongue.
Perform tīrtha-snānā with a prayerful attitude and follow it with stuti (praise); as a Shaiva practice, one may mentally repeat the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while traveling to the shrine.