महीसागरयात्रायां भवेत्तच्चावधारय । प्रभासदशयात्राभिः सप्तभिः पुष्करस्य च
mahīsāgarayātrāyāṃ bhavettaccāvadhāraya | prabhāsadaśayātrābhiḥ saptabhiḥ puṣkarasya ca
یہ بات خوب جان لو کہ مہیسागर کی یاترا سے وہی پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے؛ جو پربھاس کی دس یاتراؤں اور پُشکر کی سات یاتراؤں کے برابر ہے۔
Dharma (personified), comparing tīrtha-merits
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a luminous shoreline/sangam where river-waters merge with the sea; sages gesture toward a sacred map-like vision showing Prabhāsa and Puṣkara as ‘counted’ merits dissolving into one radiant tirtha.
Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmyas express the greatness of a site by equating its merit with multiple renowned pilgrimages.
Stambhatīrtha is being praised by comparison with Mahīsāgara, Prabhāsa, and Puṣkara.
Pilgrimage (yātrā) and implied tīrtha-observances whose fruits are being compared.