Shloka 73
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
तीर्थं भोगवती चैव वेदी प्रोक्ता प्रजापतेः । तत्र वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च मूर्त्तिमंतो युधिष्ठिर
tīrthaṃ bhogavatī caiva vedī proktā prajāpateḥ | tatra vedāśca yajñāśca mūrttimaṃto yudhiṣṭhira
ते तीर्थ ‘भोगवती’ नावाने प्रसिद्ध असून ते प्रजापतीची वेदी असे सांगितले आहे। तेथे, हे युधिष्ठिरा, वेद आणि यज्ञ मूर्तिमंत होऊन साक्षात् उपस्थित असतात।
Unspecified narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (dialogue context not provided in the input)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: च + एव → चैव. वेदाः + च → वेदाश्च (ः + च → श्च). यज्ञाः + च → यज्ञाश्च.
FAQs
It frames the place as both a pilgrimage ford (tīrtha) and a cosmic sacrificial altar (vedī), implying that ritual merit and creative order associated with Prajāpati are especially accessible there.
It suggests the sanctity is not merely symbolic: the Vedic revelation and sacrificial rites are envisioned as tangibly present, as if taking form in that location—heightening the site’s ritual potency.
It encourages reverence for sacred places as living centers of dharma, where study of the Veda and performance of righteous rites align one with cosmic order and disciplined devotion.