Shloka 3
Yamunā–Gaṅgā Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Agni-tīrtha, Anaraka, Prayāga, and the Tapovana of Jāhnavī
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च यमुनायां युधिष्ठिर / सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् / प्राणांस्त्यजति यस्तत्र स याति परमां गतिम्
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca yamunāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam / prāṇāṃstyajati yastatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च यमुनायां युधिष्ठिर । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् । प्राणांस्त्यजति यस्तत्र स याति परमां गतिम् ॥
Sūta (narrator) recounting a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse to the sages, addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira within the embedded narrative frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it points to “paramā gati” (the supreme goal) as attainable when karmic impurities (pāpa) are exhausted; the verse frames liberation in terms of purification and final attainment rather than defining Ātman explicitly.
No formal yoga technique is taught here; the practice is tīrtha-sādhana—ritual bathing and sipping sacred water—presented as a dharmic means of purification that supports higher spiritual pursuit (including later yoga teachings in the Purāṇa).
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; its emphasis on tīrtha purity aligns with the Purāṇa’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where sacred places and dharma function as shared pathways toward the same “supreme destination.”