Shloka 21
Kāśī-māhātmya: Avimukta Gaṅgā and the Pañcanada Tīrtha
पुण्ये पञ्चनदे तीर्थे तृप्तिः स्यात्तावदाब्दिकी । श्रद्धया यैः कृतं श्राद्धं तीर्थे पञ्चनदे शुभे ॥ २१ ॥
puṇye pañcanade tīrthe tṛptiḥ syāttāvadābdikī | śraddhayā yaiḥ kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ tīrthe pañcanade śubhe || 21 ||
പുണ്യപ്രദമായ പഞ്ചനദ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ, ആ ശുഭ പഞ്ചനദ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ പിതൃകൾക്കുള്ള തൃപ്തി പൂർണ്ണ ഒരു വർഷം നിലനിൽക്കും।
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana teaching; the verse states the tīrtha-māhātmya in the ongoing discourse).
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that performing Śrāddha at the Pañcanada tīrtha with śraddhā grants sustained ancestral satisfaction, emphasizing tīrtha-mahātmyas as potent supports for pitṛ-dharma.
While focused on Śrāddha, it highlights śraddhā (faithful intent) as essential—an inner devotional disposition that makes ritual offerings spiritually effective.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through the practice of Śrāddha at a tīrtha and the doctrine of phala (result-duration), here described as ‘ābdikī’—year-long satisfaction.