Shloka 36
The Greatness of Kāśī (Avimukta): Pilgrimage Calendar, Yātrā-Dharma, and the Network of Śiva-Liṅgas
मत्स्योदरीजले गंगा ॐकारेश्वरसन्निधौ । तदा तस्मिञ्जले स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा चोंकारमीश्वरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
matsyodarījale gaṃgā oṃkāreśvarasannidhau | tadā tasmiñjale snātvā dṛṣṭvā coṃkāramīśvaram || 36 ||
Di sana Sungai Gaṅgā mengalir dalam perairan Matsyodarī, tepat di hadapan Oṃkāreśvara. Kemudian, setelah mandi di air itu dan menatap Tuhan Oṃkāra, seseorang dikurniai berkat.
Narada (teaching in a tirtha-mahatmya context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It highlights a classic tirtha-mahatmya principle: sacred geography becomes spiritually potent when a holy river (Gaṅgā) is associated with a great deity-site (Oṃkāreśvara), and the paired acts of snāna (ritual bath) and darśana (beholding the Lord) are presented as a complete pilgrimage practice.
Bhakti here is expressed through embodied devotion—approaching the Lord’s presence, bathing with reverence, and taking darśana of Īśvara as Oṃkāra—showing devotion as a lived practice rooted in sacred place, purity, and direct contemplative seeing.
The verse points to kalpa-style ritual practice: tīrtha-snānā (bathing rules/observance) and darśana at a deity-site, a practical application of dharma through pilgrimage rites rather than a technical exposition of vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa.