Shloka 12
Narmadā–Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Sequence of Sacred Fords and Their Fruits
ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र बलितीर्थमनुत्तम् / तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् सिहासनपतिर्भवेत्
tato gaccheta rājendra balitīrthamanuttam / tatra snātvā naro rājan sihāsanapatirbhavet
അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ, അതുല്യമായ ‘ബലിതീർത്ഥം’ എന്ന പുണ്യതീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് പോകണം. ഹേ രാജാ, അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സിംഹാസനാധിപതിയായി—രാജാധികാരിയായി—ഭവിക്കും.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the tirtha-mahātmya to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a tīrtha-phalaśruti (result of pilgrimage) and does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it frames dharmic action—purifying bath and sacred travel—as a means to gain worldly sovereignty and merit.
No formal yogic technique is taught here; the practice emphasized is tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) as a purificatory discipline within varṇāśrama-dharma, supporting inner and outer purification that later texts link with sādhana.
The verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its Purāṇic method—sanctifying places and acts—fits the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by treating dharma and sacred geography as shared pathways to auspicious power and uplift.