एवं त्रिभिर्हेतुवरैर्ममेवार्घः प्रदीयताम् । गुणैकदेशेऽपि समं मम तीर्थं न वै परम्
evaṃ tribhirhetuvarairmamevārghaḥ pradīyatām | guṇaikadeśe'pi samaṃ mama tīrthaṃ na vai param
Kaya dahil sa tatlong dakilang dahilan na ito, nawa’y sa akin lamang ihandog ang argha. Kahit sa munting bahagi ng mga katangian nito, walang ibang tīrtha ang kapantay ng aking tīrtha—lalo nang hindi hihigit.
Tīrtharāja (Mahīsāgara-saṅgama personified)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A personified ‘King of Tīrthas’ speaks before an assembly, insisting that arghya be offered to him alone, while other tīrthas listen in tense silence.
Purāṇic tīrtha-mahātmya teaches graded sanctity: certain sites are upheld as uniquely efficacious and thus deserve foremost honor.
Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, asserted to be unequaled even by a portion of its virtues.
Offering argha specifically to this tīrtha is prescribed as the proper act of reverence.