Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 21
शिवदूतगमनानन्तरं शङ्खचूडस्य तुलसीसम्भाषणं युद्धप्रस्थान-तत्परता च / After Śiva’s Messenger Departs: Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Counsel with Tulasī and Readiness for War
कपिलस्य ततः स्थानं पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । पश्चिमोदधिपूर्वे च मलयस्य हि पश्चिमे
kapilasya tataḥ sthānaṃ puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate | paścimodadhipūrve ca malayasya hi paścime
اس کے بعد کپل مُنی کا مقدّس مقام بھارت کے پُنّیہ کْشیتْر میں ہے—مغربی سمندر کے مشرق میں اور ملَیَ پربت کے مغرب میں—جو ثواب بخش تیرتھ کے طور پر معظّم ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: The verse functions as a tīrtha-nirdeśa (geographical sanctification): Kapila’s āśrama is located in Bhārata between the western sea and the Malaya range, marking the land as puṇyakṣetra by association with a siddha/ṛṣi and (implicitly) Śiva’s sacred geography.
Significance: Darśana of a siddha-sthāna is said to attenuate pāśa (bondage) by saṃskāra-śuddhi and tīrtha-saṅga, preparing the paśu for Śiva’s anugraha.
FAQs
It sanctifies a specific tirtha-region by naming Kapila’s abode, teaching that Bhārata contains divinely charged locations where merit (puṇya) supports purification and steady devotion to Śiva.
By mapping a holy locale, the text implicitly supports Saguna Śiva worship through pilgrimage and temple-centered practice, where devotees approach Śiva through tangible sacred geography and established tirtha-dharma.
Undertake tirtha-yātrā with Śiva-smaraṇa—recite the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), apply tripuṇḍra (bhasma), and worship the local Śiva-liṅga with water and bilva leaves as a focused act of purification.