Shloka 32
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
गवामयमवाप्नोति वायुलोकं च गच्छति । वेणायाः संगमे स्नात्वा वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
gavāmayamavāpnoti vāyulokaṃ ca gacchati | veṇāyāḥ saṃgame snātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
അവൻ ഗോകൾ സംബന്ധിച്ച പുണ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുകയും വായുലോകത്തിലേക്കും ഗമിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും; വേണയുടെ സംഗമത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ വാജപേയയാഗഫലം ലഭിക്കും।
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Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गवामयमवाप्नोति = गवामयम् + अवाप्नोति.
FAQs
It states that bathing at a specific sacred confluence (the Veṇā-saṃgama) grants merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice (Vājapeya), presenting tīrtha-snāna as an accessible means to great religious fruit.
Vāyuloka functions as a promised heavenly destination (a post-mortem reward), indicating that the act praised—bathing at the Veṇā confluence—yields both merit and an exalted afterlife result.
It encourages pilgrimage discipline and reverence for sacred geography: performing prescribed acts at tīrthas (like bathing at confluences) is portrayed as a legitimate, dharmic path to spiritual merit.