Shloka 59
Tīrtha-yātrā-varṇana
Description of Pilgrimage to the Sacred Fords
तेषां तु तारकं ज्ञानमस्त्येवेति न संशयः । वापीजले नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा दंडकनामकम् ॥ ५९ ॥
teṣāṃ tu tārakaṃ jñānamastyeveti na saṃśayaḥ | vāpījale naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā daṃḍakanāmakam || 59 ||
അവർക്കു താരക—മോക്ഷദായക—ജ്ഞാനം നിശ്ചയമായും ഉണ്ട്; സംശയമില്ല. വാപിജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ‘ദണ്ഡക’ എന്ന പുണ്യസ്ഥലം ദർശിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ ആ രക്ഷാഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Narada (teaching the Sanatkumara brothers in the Uttara-Bhaga tirtha-mahatmya narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links tīrtha-darśana and snāna with “tāraka jñāna” (liberating knowledge), affirming that contact with a sacred place like Daṇḍaka supports liberation-oriented awakening.
Though the verse speaks in the idiom of jñāna, the acts of snāna and darśana are devotional tīrtha-practices—approaching sacred geography with reverence, which in Purāṇic teaching becomes a support for inner purification and God-centered living.
It emphasizes ritual praxis (snāna at a specified water-source) and tīrtha-darśana procedure—aligned with Kalpa-style ritual discipline rather than technical Vedāṅgas like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.