तस्य तीर्थस्य चान्यानि पुण्यत्वाच्छुभदर्शनात् । पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थानि कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
tasya tīrthasya cānyāni puṇyatvācchubhadarśanāt | pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
اس تیرتھ کی پاکیزگی اور مبارک دیدار کے سبب، زمین کے تمام دوسرے تیرتھ اس کی جلالت کے سولہویں حصے کے بھی برابر نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and entourage
Scene: A sacred riverbank tīrtha radiating white-gold brilliance; sages and pilgrims behold it as other tīrthas are poetically ‘outshone’ in the background.
Darśana of a supremely sanctified place can outweigh numerous other pilgrimages—quality of sanctity surpasses quantity of travel.
Śukla-tīrtha on the Narmadā, praised as incomparable among earthly tīrthas.
The emphasis is on śubha-darśana (auspicious visitation/seeing) of the tīrtha; further rites are likely detailed later.