Shloka 74
Description of the Pilgrimage to the Sacred Tīrthas
Kurukṣetra-yātrā-krama
यत्र वैतरणी पुण्या नदी पापप्रमोचिनी । तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च शूलपाणिं वृषध्वजम् ॥ ७४ ॥
yatra vaitaraṇī puṇyā nadī pāpapramocinī | tatra snātvārcayitvā ca śūlapāṇiṃ vṛṣadhvajam || 74 ||
यत्र पुण्या वैतरणी नदी पापप्रमोचिनी प्रवहति। तत्र स्नात्वा शूलपाणिं वृषध्वजं शिवं समर्चयेत्॥
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents Vaitaraṇī as a purifying tirtha where sin is washed away, and it links that purification to focused devotion through worship of Śiva after the ritual bath.
Bhakti is expressed as post-bath arcana (formal worship) directed to Śiva—named through epithets (Śūlapāṇi, Vṛṣadhvaja)—showing that pilgrimage attains its fruit when completed with reverent worship.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-style practice) is implied: snāna at a specified tirtha followed by arcana to the deity, reflecting correct sequencing of acts in pilgrimage observances.