Shloka 33
The Greatness of Kāśī (Avimukta): Pilgrimage Calendar, Yātrā-Dharma, and the Network of Śiva-Liṅgas
वरणासिक्तसलिले जाह्नवीजलविप्लुते । तत्र नादेश्वरे पुण्ये स्नातः किमनुशोचति ॥ ३३ ॥
varaṇāsiktasalile jāhnavījalaviplute | tatra nādeśvare puṇye snātaḥ kimanuśocati || 33 ||
വരണാ ജലത്തിൽ കലർന്ന് ജാഹ്നവീ (ഗംഗ) ജലത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞൊഴുകുമ്പോൾ, ആ പുണ്യ നാദേശ്വരത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തവൻ പിന്നെ എന്തിന് ദുഃഖിക്കണം?॥
Narada (teaching in a Tirtha-Mahatmya sequence; verse framed as a laudatory statement about the tīrtha’s fruit)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta (peace)","secondary_rasa":"bhakti (devotion)","emotional_journey":"From vivid sacred-water imagery, the verse resolves into serenity: the bather is beyond regret and sorrow."}
FAQs
It praises the purifying power (pāvanatva) of bathing at the sacred Nādeśvara tīrtha where the waters of Varaṇā and Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) mingle, declaring that such snāna removes the very basis of grief through accrued puṇya and inner purification.
By presenting tīrtha-sevā and snāna as acts of reverence, it supports bhakti in practice: honoring sacred places connected with divine presence and receiving mental clarity and relief from sorrow, which strengthens devotion and remembrance.
Ritual practice (kalpa/ācāra) is implied: tīrtha-snānavidhi and the dharmic principle that specific sacred locations and acts (like bathing at a confluence/holy shrine) are prescribed means for purification and merit.