Shloka 101
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
गम्यान्यपि च तीर्थानि कीर्तितान्यगमान्यपि । मनसाप्यभिगच्छेत सर्वतीर्थमनीषया
gamyānyapi ca tīrthāni kīrtitānyagamānyapi | manasāpyabhigaccheta sarvatīrthamanīṣayā
ഗമ്യമാകട്ടെ അഗമ്യമെന്നു കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെട്ടതാകട്ടെ—ആ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെല്ലാം മനസ്സുകൊണ്ടും അഭിഗമിക്കണം; ‘സകല തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും ഈ ധ്യാനദർശനത്തിൽ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്നു’ എന്ന മनीഷയോടെ.
Unspecified (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa Adhyaya 39)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गम्यान्यपि = गम्यानि + अपि; कीर्तितान्यगमान्यपि = कीर्तितानि + अगमानि + अपि; मनसाप्यभिगच्छेत = मनसा + अपि + अभिगच्छेत; सर्वतीर्थमनीषया = सर्वतीर्थ + मनीषया (समास)
FAQs
It teaches that pilgrimage is not limited to physical travel; even inaccessible tīrthas can be approached through contemplative, mindful visitation grounded in insight.
It explicitly includes them, saying that those tīrthas—though unreachable in practice—may still be ‘visited’ mentally (manasā) through reflective understanding.
It validates sincere devotion and inner practice: limitations of distance, health, or circumstance do not block spiritual benefit when one approaches sacredness with focused mind and right understanding.