Shloka 51
Description of the Pilgrimage to the Sacred Tīrthas
Kurukṣetra-yātrā-krama
देव्यास्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा लभते रूपमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मावर्ते नरः स्नात्वा ब्रह्मज्ञानमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ५१ ॥
devyāstīrthe naraḥ snātvā labhate rūpamuttamam | brahmāvarte naraḥ snātvā brahmajñānamavāpnuyāt || 51 ||
देवीच्या तीर्थात स्नान केल्याने मनुष्य उत्तम रूप-लावण्य प्राप्त करतो. आणि ब्रह्मावर्तात स्नान केल्याने ब्रह्मज्ञान मिळते॥५१॥
Narada (teaching in a tirtha-mahatmya context; dialogue tradition commonly framed with Sanatkumara interlocutors in Narada Purana)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It contrasts two kinds of tirtha-fruit: Devī’s tīrtha grants auspicious refinement of embodied life (excellent form/beauty), while Brahmāvarta elevates the seeker toward moksha by granting brahmajñāna (knowledge of ultimate reality).
By praising specific sacred places connected with Devī and Brahmāvarta, it frames devotion as embodied practice—pilgrimage and ritual bathing performed with śraddhā—leading from worldly auspiciousness to higher realization.
Ritual application (Kalpa) is implied: tīrtha-snana as a prescribed act with stated phala (result). The verse functions as a phala-śruti guiding when and where to perform pilgrimage bathing.