जलशायी स्मृतस्तेन नारायण इति श्रुतिः । आप्यतत्त्वं तु तीर्थानि यानि प्रोक्तानि ते मया
jalaśāyī smṛtastena nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ | āpyatattvaṃ tu tīrthāni yāni proktāni te mayā
اسی لیے وہ ‘پانیوں پر شَیَن کرنے والا’ یاد کیا جاتا ہے؛ اسی بنا پر شروتی میں اس کا نام ‘نارائن’ مشہور ہے۔ میں نے تمہیں جو تیرتھ بیان کیے ہیں، وہ سب آپیہ تتّو، یعنی آب کے اصول پر ہی قائم ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrthas (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)
Scene: A sacred coastal tīrtha-scape of Prabhāsa with shimmering waters; Nārāyaṇa as Jalāśayī (reclining on Śeṣa) is invoked as the inner essence of all bathing-places; sages point to multiple tīrthas arising from the water-principle.
Water-tīrthas are sanctified by the water-principle itself, and Viṣṇu’s name Nārāyaṇa is linked by śruti to his watery, sustaining nature.
The verse glorifies the entire class of water-principle (āpya) tīrthas previously enumerated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Implicitly supports tīrtha-snāna (bathing) and reverence for water as a sacred medium, though no step-by-step rite is stated.