पुलस्त्य उवाच । कोटितीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपातकनाशनम् । तीर्थानां यत्र संजाता कोटिः पार्थिव हेलया
pulastya uvāca | koṭitīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapātakanāśanam | tīrthānāṃ yatra saṃjātā koṭiḥ pārthiva helayā
پُلستیہ نے کہا: پھر کوٹی تیرتھ کی طرف جانا چاہیے جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔ اے بادشاہ، جہاں ایک حکمران کے محض سرسری عمل سے تیرتھوں کی ‘کروڑ’ ظاہر ہو گئی۔
Pulastya
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Pulastya, the sage narrator, gestures toward a radiant waterbody labeled Koṭitīrtha; within the waters, many miniature tīrtha-icons (liṅgas, footprints, confluences) appear as if a ‘crore’ are present in one place.
A tīrtha is portrayed as a concentrated field of merit where sins are dissolved and many sacred powers converge.
Koṭitīrtha, presented as a supremely purifying pilgrimage spot.
Pilgrimage itself is prescribed—‘one should go’ to Koṭitīrtha; subsequent verses elaborate bathing and allied rites.