Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 14

Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology

Devanagari script

न चास्य पापाभिरतिर्भविष्यति कदाचन पितॄणामक्षयं श्राद्धं भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

na cāsya pāpābhiratirbhaviṣyati kadācana pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

E para ele nunca haverá deleite no pecado; e, para os antepassados (pitṛ), o śrāddha tornar-se-á inesgotável—sem dúvida.

Speakers

• (Contextual frame) A narrator-sage concludes/continues the phalaśruti to an inquirer (exact interlocutors not supplied in the excerpt).

Primary Deities

• Pitṛs (ancestral deities/manes)

Key Themes

• Tirtha Mahima
• Pāpa-nivṛtti (cessation of sin)
• Pitṛ-tarpaṇa/Śrāddha merit
• Akṣaya-phala (inexhaustible religious fruit)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does ‘akṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ’ signify doctrinally?

It indicates that offerings/rites performed for the Pitṛs at (or empowered by) this tirtha yield imperishable merit—benefit that does not diminish with time, a common mahātmya trope for especially potent sacred geographies.

How is moral transformation expressed here?

Not merely ‘sins are washed away’, but the taste for sin (pāpābhirati) itself ceases—implying a deeper ethical reorientation attributed to contact with the tirtha’s sanctity.

Is this promise limited to śrāddha performed on-site?

The verse as given ties the result to the person transformed by the tirtha-water; many Purāṇic passages extend such efficacy to rites performed at the site or by one who has become purified through it. The exact scope depends on adjacent verses in Adhyaya 34.