Shloka 115
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
यः पठेत्कल्यमुत्थाय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । ऋषिमुख्याः सदा यत्र वाल्मीकिस्त्वथ कश्यपः
yaḥ paṭhetkalyamutthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | ṛṣimukhyāḥ sadā yatra vālmīkistvatha kaśyapaḥ
പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് ഇതു പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനാകും; കാരണം അവിടെ ഋഷിമുഖ്യരായ വാൽമീകിയും കശ്യപനും സദാ വിരാജിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified narrator (context-dependent within the Adhyaya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पठेत् = पठेत्; कल्यमुत्थाय = कल्यम् + उत्थाय; सर्वपापैः (समास) = सर्व + पापैः; वाल्मीकिस्त्वथ = वाल्मीकि: + तु + अथ; (IAST viśeṣa)
FAQs
It recommends rising at dawn and reciting/reading the sacred passage, stating that this leads to release from sins.
They are invoked as exemplary and ever-present ‘foremost sages,’ lending spiritual authority and sanctity to the place/recitation being praised.
It emphasizes disciplined daily practice (early rising and sacred study) and moral purification through devotion and engagement with sacred teachings.