Shloka 59
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
पप्रच्छेदं महाप्रश्नं भूमौ स्थानमनुत्तमम् । श्रीरुवाच । ब्रूहि त्वं सर्वलोकेश संशयं मे हृदि स्थितम् ॥ ५९ ॥
papracchedaṃ mahāpraśnaṃ bhūmau sthānamanuttamam | śrīruvāca | brūhi tvaṃ sarvalokeśa saṃśayaṃ me hṛdi sthitam || 59 ||
പിന്നീട് അവൾ ഭൂമിയിലെ അത്യുത്തമമായ ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് മഹാപ്രശ്നം ചോദിച്ചു। ശ്രീ പറഞ്ഞു: “ഹേ സർവ്വലോകേശാ, എന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന സംശയം പറഞ്ഞു നീക്കണമേ।”
Śrī (Lakṣmī)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"Devotional humility becomes earnest inquiry: Lakṣmī seeks clarity about the सर्वोत्तम earthly sacred place, moving from doubt to the hope of decisive instruction."}
FAQs
It frames a tīrtha-māhātmya inquiry: Śrī seeks clarity about the unsurpassed sacred locus on earth, indicating that holy places are not merely geographic but vehicles for removing inner doubt and establishing dharmic certainty.
By approaching the “Lord of all worlds” with humility and a desire for guidance, the verse models bhakti as sincere questioning (praśna), reliance on the Lord’s instruction, and the wish to resolve heartfelt uncertainty through divine revelation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly in this verse; it functions as a narrative prompt that typically precedes practical guidance on tīrtha-related dharma and observances in the surrounding section.