कुरुक्षेत्रं भुवि परमन्तरिक्षे त्रिपुष्करम् । पुरुषोत्तमं दिवि परं देवतीर्थं परात्परम्
kurukṣetraṃ bhuvi paramantarikṣe tripuṣkaram | puruṣottamaṃ divi paraṃ devatīrthaṃ parātparam
भुवि कुरुक्षेत्रं परमं, अन्तरिक्षे त्रिपुष्करं परम्; दिवि पुरुषोत्तमं परम्—देवतीर्थं तु परात्परम्।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Devātīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A cosmographic tableau: three horizontal registers—earth with Kurukṣetra, mid-region with Tripuṣkara, heaven with Puruṣottama—each glowing; above them all, Devātīrtha shines as a fourth, transcendent radiance, indicating ‘parātparam’.
Purāṇic māhātmya often teaches through comparison: Devātīrtha is praised as surpassing even the most renowned sacred realms.
Devātīrtha is the central site, exalted above Kurukṣetra, Tripuṣkara, and Puruṣottama.
None directly; the verse functions as a eulogy establishing Devātīrtha’s unmatched status.
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