Shloka 36
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
ज्योतिर्मात्र ह्रदे चैव तथा कन्याश्रमे नृप । यत्र क्रतुशतैरिष्ट्वा देवराजो दिवं गतः
jyotirmātra hrade caiva tathā kanyāśrame nṛpa | yatra kratuśatairiṣṭvā devarājo divaṃ gataḥ
ഹേ നൃപാ! ജ്യോതിര്മാത്ര-ഹ്രദത്തിലും അതുപോലെ കന്യാശ്രമത്തിലും, ദേവരാജൻ ശത ക്രതുക്കൾ (യജ്ഞങ്ങൾ) അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലേക്ക് ഗതനായ പുണ്യസ്ഥലം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
Not explicitly specified in the provided excerpt (contextual narrator addressing a king).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ज्योतिर्मात्र → ज्योतिःमात्रे (सप्तमी एकवचन, पद्ये ‘ज्योतिर्मात्र’ इति संधिलोप/प्रयोग); चैव → च + एव; क्रतुशतैरिष्ट्वा → क्रतुशतैः + इष्ट्वा; देवराजो → देवराजः; दिवं → दिवम् (अनुस्वार/मकार).
FAQs
It links specific named sacred sites—Jyotirmātra-hrada and Kanyāśrama—with a divine precedent (Indra’s great sacrificial rites), presenting them as locations sanctified by exemplary ritual history.
Direct bhakti vocabulary is not foregrounded here; instead, the verse emphasizes sanctity through ritual performance and sacred place. In Purāṇic framing, such tīrthas often become supports for devotion by associating them with divine acts and attainments.
The verse conveys that sustained, disciplined religious action (here, the completion of major sacrifices) is portrayed as leading to exalted results, and that places connected with such discipline are remembered as spiritually potent.