तच्छ्रुत्वा महदाख्यानम स्माकं हृदि संस्थितम् । पापघ्नी पुण्यजननी प्राणिनां दर्शनादपि
tacchrutvā mahadākhyānama smākaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam | pāpaghnī puṇyajananī prāṇināṃ darśanādapi
وہ عظیم مقدس حکایت سن کر ہمارے دل میں نقش ہو گئی؛ وہ (سرسوتی) گناہ کو مٹاتی اور جانداروں کے لیے ثواب کی ماں ہے—محض دیدار سے بھی۔
Sūta (narrating; summarizing the import of the heard account)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī
Type: river
Listener: Śaunaka and other sages
Scene: Sages, moved by a great narrative, place it in their hearts; Sarasvatī is envisioned as a luminous river-goddess whose very sight dissolves darkness—pilgrims at the bank feel immediate purification.
Contact with the sacred—especially divine rivers—purifies: even darśana is said to destroy sin and generate puṇya.
Sarasvatī’s tīrtha in Dharmāraṇya, whose mere sight is praised as spiritually transformative.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes darśana and śravaṇa as potent means of acquiring merit.