कम्बुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिनाभ्यर्च्य भास्करम् । ऋग्यजुःसाममन्त्रैश्च स्तूयमानो नृपोत्तम
kambutīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhinābhyarcya bhāskaram | ṛgyajuḥsāmamantraiśca stūyamāno nṛpottama
О лучший из царей: тот, кто омоется в Камбу-тиртхе и по должному обряду почтит Бхаскару, будучи воспеваем мантрами Риг-, Яджус- и Сама-веды, стяжает великое благочестие.
Narrator (Mārkaṇḍeya, contextually)
Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpottama (best of kings)
Scene: A pilgrim-king and attendants at a Narmadā ford; the bather emerges, offers arghya to the rising Sun; brāhmaṇas chant Ṛg-Yajus-Sāma; a radiant Bhāskara icon or solar disc above the river.
Pilgrimage becomes complete when joined with proper worship—snāna at the tīrtha and reverent arcanā of the Sun with Vedic sanctity.
Kambu-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Snāna (bathing) at Kambu-tīrtha and vidhinā-abhyarcana (proper worship) of Bhāskara with Ṛg-Yajus-Sāma mantras.
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