अर्जुन उवाच । कोटितीर्थं कथं जातं केन वा निर्मितं मुने । कस्माद्वा कोटितीर्थानां फलमत्रोच्यते मुने
arjuna uvāca | koṭitīrthaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kena vā nirmitaṃ mune | kasmādvā koṭitīrthānāṃ phalamatrocyate mune
अर्जुन म्हणाला—हे मुने, कोटितीर्थ कसे उत्पन्न झाले आणि कोणी ते निर्माण केले? तसेच, हे मुने, कोटितीर्थांचे फळ येथेच का सांगितले जाते?
Arjuna
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Nārada (addressed as ‘mune’)
Scene: Arjuna, seated respectfully with bow set aside, questions a sage in a forest-hermitage near a sacred waterbody; the tīrtha glints in the background, suggesting Koṭitīrtha’s presence awaiting explanation.
Sacred places are understood through origin-stories (māhātmya) that reveal why their merit is exceptional.
Koṭitīrtha—presented as a tīrtha whose merit equals many tīrthas combined.
None directly; the verse introduces an inquiry into the tīrtha’s origin and its promised merit.