अनंतफलदा ज्ञेया नात्र कार्या विचारणा । इति दत्त्वा वरं तस्मै धर्मतीर्थाय शंकरः
anaṃtaphaladā jñeyā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | iti dattvā varaṃ tasmai dharmatīrthāya śaṃkaraḥ
ఇది అనంత ఫలప్రదమని తెలుసుకో—ఇక్కడ విచారణ అవసరం లేదు. ఇలా చెప్పి శంకరుడు ఆ ధర్మతీర్థానికి వరం ప్రసాదించాడు.
Narrator (contextual, summarizing Śaṅkara’s boon)
Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha (associated with Dharmapuṣkariṇī)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame, implied)
Scene: Śaṅkara, serene and authoritative, grants a boon to the personified Dharma-tīrtha; the tīrtha is suggested by a lotus-lined pond and ascetics witnessing the proclamation.
The Purāṇa asserts unwavering confidence in tīrtha-mahima: certain holy places are declared intrinsically and endlessly meritorious.
The Dharma-tīrtha identified as Dharmapuṣkariṇī in the Setukhaṇḍa context.
No specific ritual is detailed; the verse functions as a merit declaration encouraging pilgrimage and reverent engagement with the tīrtha.
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