Shloka 77
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
समुद्र पश्चिमं गत्वा सरस्वत्यब्धिसड्रमम् । आराधयतु देवेशं तत: कान्तिमवाप्स्यति,'पश्चिमी समुद्रके तटपर जहाँ सरस्वती और समुद्रका संगम हुआ है, वहाँ जाकर चन्द्रमा देवेश्वर महादेवजीकी आराधना करें तो पुनः वे अपनी कान्ति प्राप्त कर लेंगे!
samudra-paścimaṁ gatvā sarasvaty-abdhi-saṅgamam | ārādhayatu deveśaṁ tataḥ kāntim avāpsyati ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hãy để Trăng đi về phía biển Tây, đến nơi hợp lưu nơi Sarasvatī gặp đại dương. Nếu tại đó Trăng phụng thờ Mahādeva—Chúa tể của chư thiên—thì sẽ lấy lại hào quang đã mất.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual restoration is achieved through reverent action: undertaking a sacred journey and worshipping Śiva at a holy confluence is presented as the means to recover lost splendor (kānti), emphasizing humility, devotion, and the purifying power of tīrthas.
Vaiśampāyana reports a prescription or counsel: the person in question is directed to travel to the western seashore where the Sarasvatī meets the ocean and to worship Mahādeva there, with the promised result that his radiance will return.