Shloka 33
The Greatness of Haridvāra
Gaṅgādvāra-māhātmya
यत्राश्रमाश्च पुण्या वै सप्तर्षीणां महामते । तेषु सर्वेषु तु पृथक् स्नात्वा संतर्प्य देवताः ॥ ३३ ॥
yatrāśramāśca puṇyā vai saptarṣīṇāṃ mahāmate | teṣu sarveṣu tu pṛthak snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ || 33 ||
اے بلند فہم! وہاں سات رشیوں کے پاکیزہ آشرم ہیں۔ ان سب میں الگ الگ غسل کرکے دیوتاؤں کو ترپن دے کر راضی کرنا چاہیے۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"Reverent awe toward the Saptarṣi-āśramas leads into disciplined practice: bathe at each hermitage and then satisfy the deities through offerings."}
FAQs
It teaches that pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when sacred bathing (snāna) is paired with reverent propitiation (tarpaṇa/saṃtarpana) of the deities, especially at places sanctified by the Saptarṣis.
Bhakti is expressed here as disciplined reverence—approaching holy sites with humility, performing purificatory bathing, and offering devotional satisfaction to the devatās rather than treating the tirtha merely as a location.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied: performing snāna correctly and following it with tarpaṇa/offerings to devatās as part of orthodox tirtha-yātrā discipline.