Shloka 59
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य यशःस्थानं व्रजेन्नरः
koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya yaśaḥsthānaṃ vrajennaraḥ
ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่โกฏิตีรถะ ย่อมได้บุญเท่ากับถวายโคหนึ่งพันตัว ครั้นเวียนประทักษิณรอบสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์แล้วกลับมา ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงแดนที่เลื่องลือ เป็นที่ตั้งแห่งเกียรติยศ
Unspecified (tīrtha-māhātmya narration within Svarga-khaṇḍa; commonly framed as Pulastya speaking to Bhīṣma in Padma Purāṇa dialogues)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गोसहस्रफलं = गो + सहस्र + फलम् (समास); प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य = प्रदक्षिणम् + उपावृत्य; व्रजेन्नरः = व्रजेत् + नरः (त् + न → न्न).
FAQs
The verse prescribes bathing (snāna) at Koṭitīrtha and performing circumambulation (pradakṣiṇā) of the sacred site.
It states that bathing there yields merit equal to the fruit of gifting a thousand cows (go-sahasra-phala).
It emphasizes disciplined sacred action—purificatory bathing and reverential circumambulation—presenting pilgrimage as a structured form of devotion that leads to spiritual merit and lasting good repute.