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ādisthānaṃ kuruśreṣṭha devairapi sudurlabham | ravikuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śraddhāyukto jiteṃdriyaḥ
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Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya (addressing a Kuru king)
Tirtha: Ravikuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Kuruśreṣṭha (best of the Kurus)
Scene: A secluded forest tīrtha: a radiant sun-tinted kuṇḍa, sages and pilgrims entering the water with folded hands; the atmosphere suggests an ancient, ‘first’ sanctum guarded by unseen devas.
Tīrtha merit is intensified by inner discipline—faith (śraddhā) and sense-control (jitendriyatā).
Ravikuṇḍa is praised as an ‘ādi-sthāna’—a primordial sacred locus, rare even for devas.
Snāna (bathing) at Ravikuṇḍa, undertaken with śraddhā and self-restraint.
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