अग्निहोत्रसहस्रस्य यत्फलं प्राप्यते बुधैः । समं तद्वेदविदुषा तीर्थे सोमस्य तत्फलम्
agnihotrasahasrasya yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ | samaṃ tadvedaviduṣā tīrthe somasya tatphalam
دانشمندوں کو ہزار اگنی ہوتروں کے انجام دینے سے جو پھل ملتا ہے، سوما کے تیرتھ میں وید کے جاننے والے کو وہی برابر پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے؛ ایسا ہے اس مقام کا پُنّیہ۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Soma-tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A luminous riverbank tīrtha with a Soma emblem; in the foreground a Veda-knower stands in prayer/recitation posture; in the background, faint symbolic rows of Agnihotra fires appear like a vision, indicating ‘sahasra-agnihotra’ equivalence.
A consecrated tīrtha can confer immense spiritual fruit, comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, especially for those grounded in Vedic life.
Somatīrtha—Soma’s sacred ford—praised as equal in fruit to a thousand Agnihotra rites.
The verse highlights the result (phala) of being at Somatīrtha; it implies pilgrimage and tīrtha-sevā by a Veda-knower yields extraordinary merit.
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