अर्जुन उवाच । कोटितीर्थं कथं जातं केन वा निर्मितं मुने । कस्माद्वा कोटितीर्थानां फलमत्रोच्यते मुने
arjuna uvāca | koṭitīrthaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kena vā nirmitaṃ mune | kasmādvā koṭitīrthānāṃ phalamatrocyate mune
ارجن نے کہا: اے منی! کوٹی تیرتھ کیسے وجود میں آیا اور کس نے اسے قائم کیا؟ اور اے منی! کوٹی تیرتھوں کا پھل (ثواب) خاص طور پر یہیں کیوں بیان کیا جاتا ہے؟
Arjuna
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Nārada (addressed as ‘mune’)
Scene: Arjuna, seated respectfully with bow set aside, questions a sage in a forest-hermitage near a sacred waterbody; the tīrtha glints in the background, suggesting Koṭitīrtha’s presence awaiting explanation.
Sacred places are understood through origin-stories (māhātmya) that reveal why their merit is exceptional.
Koṭitīrtha—presented as a tīrtha whose merit equals many tīrthas combined.
None directly; the verse introduces an inquiry into the tīrtha’s origin and its promised merit.