Shloka 59
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
पप्रच्छेदं महाप्रश्नं भूमौ स्थानमनुत्तमम् । श्रीरुवाच । ब्रूहि त्वं सर्वलोकेश संशयं मे हृदि स्थितम् ॥ ५९ ॥
papracchedaṃ mahāpraśnaṃ bhūmau sthānamanuttamam | śrīruvāca | brūhi tvaṃ sarvalokeśa saṃśayaṃ me hṛdi sthitam || 59 ||
پھر اس نے زمین پر موجود اُس بے مثال مقدس مقام کے بارے میں ایک عظیم سوال کیا۔ شری نے کہا: “اے سارے لوکوں کے ایشور، میرے دل میں ٹھہرا ہوا شک بیان فرما کر دور کیجیے۔”
Śrī (Lakṣmī)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames a tīrtha-māhātmya inquiry: Śrī seeks clarity about the unsurpassed sacred locus on earth, indicating that holy places are not merely geographic but vehicles for removing inner doubt and establishing dharmic certainty.
By approaching the “Lord of all worlds” with humility and a desire for guidance, the verse models bhakti as sincere questioning (praśna), reliance on the Lord’s instruction, and the wish to resolve heartfelt uncertainty through divine revelation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly in this verse; it functions as a narrative prompt that typically precedes practical guidance on tīrtha-related dharma and observances in the surrounding section.