Shloka 101
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
गम्यान्यपि च तीर्थानि कीर्तितान्यगमान्यपि । मनसाप्यभिगच्छेत सर्वतीर्थमनीषया
gamyānyapi ca tīrthāni kīrtitānyagamānyapi | manasāpyabhigaccheta sarvatīrthamanīṣayā
गम्यानि चागमानि च तीर्थानि कीर्तितानि यानि। तानि मनसाप्यभिगच्छेत्, सर्वतीर्थमनीषया॥
Unspecified (context-dependent within Svarga-khaṇḍa Adhyaya 39)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गम्यान्यपि = गम्यानि + अपि; कीर्तितान्यगमान्यपि = कीर्तितानि + अगमानि + अपि; मनसाप्यभिगच्छेत = मनसा + अपि + अभिगच्छेत; सर्वतीर्थमनीषया = सर्वतीर्थ + मनीषया (समास)
FAQs
It teaches that pilgrimage is not limited to physical travel; even inaccessible tīrthas can be approached through contemplative, mindful visitation grounded in insight.
It explicitly includes them, saying that those tīrthas—though unreachable in practice—may still be ‘visited’ mentally (manasā) through reflective understanding.
It validates sincere devotion and inner practice: limitations of distance, health, or circumstance do not block spiritual benefit when one approaches sacredness with focused mind and right understanding.