Shloka 37
Prabhāsa-kṣetra: Circuit of Tīrthas and Shrines Leading to Bhukti and Mokṣa
नगरादित्यपार्श्वे तु बलकृष्णौ सुभद्रिकाम् । दृष्ट्वा संपूज्य विधिना कृष्णसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३७ ॥
nagarādityapārśve tu balakṛṣṇau subhadrikām | dṛṣṭvā saṃpūjya vidhinā kṛṣṇasāyujyamāpnuyāt || 37 ||
ਨਗਰਾਦਿਤ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਬਲਰਾਮ, ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਭਦਰਾ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ-ਸਾਯੁਜ੍ਯ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Suta
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It declares the fruit of tirtha-darśana and proper pūjā: seeing and worshiping Balarāma–Kṛṣṇa with Subhadrā at Nagarāditya leads to Kṛṣṇa-sāyujya, presenting devotion at a sacred site as a direct means to liberation.
Bhakti is shown as embodied practice—darśana (reverent seeing) followed by vidhivat-pūjā (worship per injunction). The goal is intimate proximity to the Lord, expressed as sāyujya with Kṛṣṇa.
The term vidhinā points to śrauta/smārta-style procedural correctness—basic kalpa (ritual method) principles such as prescribed offerings, purity, and sequence in worship—applied to tirtha-pūjā.