Description of the Pilgrimage to the Sacred Tīrthas
Kurukṣetra-yātrā-krama
श्राद्धदो मुक्तिमाप्नोति यमलोकं न पश्यति । ततस्त्रिविष्टपं गच्छेत्तीर्थं देवनिषेवितम् ॥ ७३ ॥
śrāddhado muktimāpnoti yamalokaṃ na paśyati | tatastriviṣṭapaṃ gacchettīrthaṃ devaniṣevitam || 73 ||
ရှ్రာဒ္ဓကို ပြုလုပ်သူ (သို့) ပေးလှူသူသည် မောက္ခကို ရရှိပြီး ယမလောကကို မမြင်ရ။ ထို့နောက် သူသည် ဒေဝတော်တို့ လာရောက်ဆည်းကပ်သော တီရ္ထဖြစ်သည့် တြိဗိဿ္ဋပ (ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ) သို့ သွားရောက်မည်။
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Uttara-Bhaga context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It presents śrāddha as a powerful act of pitṛ-dharma whose fruit is transcendental—freedom from Yama’s realm and attainment of higher states, culminating in liberation.
While not explicitly naming a deity, it frames ritual duty (śrāddha) and tīrtha-association as sanctifying actions; in the Purāṇic worldview these are typically performed with faith (śraddhā) and devotion, purifying the practitioner toward mokṣa.
Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implied—śrāddha is a rule-governed rite with prescribed timings, offerings, and mantras, and the verse emphasizes its concrete ritual fruit (phala).