तस्मादवश्यं गंतव्यं कपितीर्थं मुमुक्षुभिः । रंभा कौशिकशापेन शिलाभूता पुरा द्विजाः
tasmādavaśyaṃ gaṃtavyaṃ kapitīrthaṃ mumukṣubhiḥ | raṃbhā kauśikaśāpena śilābhūtā purā dvijāḥ
Por isso, Kapitīrtha deve ser certamente visitado por aqueles que buscam a libertação (mokṣa). Pois outrora, ó duas-vezes-nascidos, Rambhā—pela maldição de Kauśika—tornou-se pedra.
Narrator (contextual—Sūta)
Tirtha: Kapitīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: ṛṣis (addressed as ‘dvijāḥ’)
Scene: A pilgrim-facing proclamation: the tīrtha on a coastal setting; in the narrative background, Rambhā appears as a stone form near the water, with sages indicating the site as ‘must-visit’ for mumukṣus.
Pilgrimage to a praised tīrtha is presented as a support for liberation, and even severe bondage (a curse) can be undone through sacred merit.
Kapitīrtha in the Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
The prescription is pilgrimage itself—‘must be visited’—especially by mumukṣus (liberation-seekers).
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.