Shloka 70
तत्र स्नात्वा च पुरुषः सर्वदानफलं लभेत् । अन्यजन्मेति विख्यातं सरकस्य तु पूर्वतः ॥ ७० ॥
tatra snātvā ca puruṣaḥ sarvadānaphalaṃ labhet | anyajanmeti vikhyātaṃ sarakasya tu pūrvataḥ || 70 ||
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യന് എല്ലാ ദാനങ്ങളുടെയും ഫലത്തോടു തുല്യമായ പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കും. സരകയുടെ മുമ്പിൽ അത് ‘അന്യജന്മ’ എന്ന തീർത്ഥമായി പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്.
Narada (teaching in a tirtha-mahatmya narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It elevates tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing at a sacred place) as a concentrated source of puṇya, equating its result with the cumulative merit of many forms of dāna (charitable giving).
While framed as tīrtha-mahātmya, it supports bhakti-oriented practice by directing the devotee toward sacred places and embodied acts (snāna) performed with faith, which are traditionally offered to the deity as devotional discipline.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-style practice) is implied: the act of snāna at a specified tīrtha, with attention to sacred geography (pūrvataḥ—directional locating), reflecting applied dharma in pilgrimage contexts.