Shloka 115
Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas
Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy
यः पठेत्कल्यमुत्थाय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । ऋषिमुख्याः सदा यत्र वाल्मीकिस्त्वथ कश्यपः
yaḥ paṭhetkalyamutthāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | ṛṣimukhyāḥ sadā yatra vālmīkistvatha kaśyapaḥ
جو شخص صبح اٹھ کر (اس کا) پاٹھ کرے، وہ تمام گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے؛ کیونکہ اس مقام پر ہمیشہ برگزیدہ رشی موجود ہیں—والمیکی اور کشیپ بھی۔
Unspecified narrator (context-dependent within the Adhyaya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पठेत् = पठेत्; कल्यमुत्थाय = कल्यम् + उत्थाय; सर्वपापैः (समास) = सर्व + पापैः; वाल्मीकिस्त्वथ = वाल्मीकि: + तु + अथ; (IAST viśeṣa)
FAQs
It recommends rising at dawn and reciting/reading the sacred passage, stating that this leads to release from sins.
They are invoked as exemplary and ever-present ‘foremost sages,’ lending spiritual authority and sanctity to the place/recitation being praised.
It emphasizes disciplined daily practice (early rising and sacred study) and moral purification through devotion and engagement with sacred teachings.