Shloka 30
भ्रमतो मम तीर्थानि मा विघ्नं जायतां नमः । इति प्रसाद्ययक्षेशं यात्रां सम्यक् समाचरेत् ॥ ३० ॥
bhramato mama tīrthāni mā vighnaṃ jāyatāṃ namaḥ | iti prasādyayakṣeśaṃ yātrāṃ samyak samācaret || 30 ||
“เมื่อข้าพเจ้าเที่ยวไปยังทีรถะทั้งหลาย ขออย่าให้มีอุปสรรคเกิดขึ้น—ขอนอบน้อม!” ครั้นบูชายักษ์ผู้เป็นเจ้าแล้ว จึงประกอบยาตราให้ถูกต้องตามครรลอง।
Narada (instructional narration within the Uttara-Bhaga tīrtha-māhātmya context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that a pilgrimage should begin with a protective, humility-filled invocation—seeking obstacle-free travel—so the tīrtha-yātrā becomes orderly, dharmic, and spiritually fruitful.
By offering salutations and propitiating a divine guardian (Yakṣeśa), the traveler adopts a devotional attitude—dependence on divine grace—before engaging in sacred acts like tīrtha-yātrā.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-style guidance) is implied: begin with an auspicious invocation and propitiation to avert vighnas, then proceed with the yātrā according to proper rule and sequence.