तीर्थानां संख्यया गुप्तप्रकटानां द्विजोत्तमाः । कोटिरेका तु तीर्थानां कपिलासङ्गमे पृथक्
tīrthānāṃ saṃkhyayā guptaprakaṭānāṃ dvijottamāḥ | koṭirekā tu tīrthānāṃ kapilāsaṅgame pṛthak
پوشیدہ اور ظاہر تیرتھوں کی گنتی کے اعتبار سے، اے بہترین دِوِج! کپیلا سنگم میں ہی تیرتھوں کی تعداد جداگانہ طور پر ایک کروڑ اور ایک ہے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Kapilā-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A wide river confluence at dawn; sages (dvija-uttamāḥ) seated on kuśa-grass, counting/reciting the names of hidden and manifest tīrthas; subtle divine markers (liṅgas, footprints, nāga-holes) hinting at ‘gupta’ sanctity.
Confluences (saṅgamas) are especially potent tīrthas where merit concentrates, including both visible sanctuaries and hidden spiritual nodes.
Kapilā-saṅgama is singled out as having an extraordinary and distinct tīrtha-count.
No explicit prescription; the verse emphasizes the magnitude of sanctity at the saṅgama through numerical glorification.