Shloka 15
Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits
तत्र स्नात्वार्च्चयेद्देवं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । ततो गच्छेत राजेंद्र स्वर्गबिंदुरिति श्रुतम्
tatra snātvārccayeddevaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | tato gaccheta rājeṃdra svargabiṃduriti śrutam
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ദേവനെ ആരാധിച്ചാൽ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു. തുടർന്ന്, രാജേന്ദ്രാ, ‘സ്വർഗബിന്ദു’ എന്നു ശ്രുതമായ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് പോകണം.
Unspecified narrator addressing a king (rājendra); likely within a Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue context for Svargakhaṇḍa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्नात्वार्च्चयेद्देवं→स्नात्वा+अर्चयेत्+देवम्; ततो→ततः; स्वर्गबिंदुरिति→स्वर्गबिन्दुः+इति
FAQs
It prescribes bathing at the sacred spot (snāna) and worshipping the deity there (arcana) as a means of being freed from sins.
Svargabindu is presented as a traditionally renowned sacred destination (a named tīrtha/place) to be visited next in the pilgrimage sequence.
It emphasizes disciplined pilgrimage conduct—purification through bathing, reverent worship, and then proceeding onward—linking outer ritual acts with inner moral cleansing.