एषा ते नरशार्दूल गर्जनोत्पत्तिरुत्तमा । कथिता स्नेहबन्धेन सर्वपापक्षयकरी
eṣā te naraśārdūla garjanotpattiruttamā | kathitā snehabandhena sarvapāpakṣayakarī
اے مردوں کے شیردل! محبت کے رشتے سے میں نے تمہیں گرجن کی نہایت عمدہ پیدائش کا بیان سنایا ہے، جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والی ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced); closing address to a royal listener within the story: naraśārdūla
Tirtha: Garjana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A sage narrates to a royal listener; the tīrtha’s ‘birth’ is evoked through symbolic imagery—river, sacred sound ‘garjana’ (roar), and divine presence; the mood is didactic yet affectionate.
Remembering and hearing tīrtha-origins (utpatti) is itself purifying, reinforcing faith in dharmic pilgrimage.
Garjana Tīrtha (identified in this chapter with the later-famous Meghanāda Tīrtha) in the Revā region.
No new prescription; it seals the māhātmya by asserting the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power and the value of hearing its account.