तीर्थानां संख्यया गुप्तप्रकटानां द्विजोत्तमाः । कोटिरेका तु तीर्थानां कपिलासङ्गमे पृथक्
tīrthānāṃ saṃkhyayā guptaprakaṭānāṃ dvijottamāḥ | koṭirekā tu tīrthānāṃ kapilāsaṅgame pṛthak
Theo số đếm các tīrtha ẩn mật và hiển lộ, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh! Riêng tại Kapilā-saṅgama, các tīrtha được kể riêng là một koṭi cộng thêm một.
Sūta
Tirtha: Kapilā-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: A wide river confluence at dawn; sages (dvija-uttamāḥ) seated on kuśa-grass, counting/reciting the names of hidden and manifest tīrthas; subtle divine markers (liṅgas, footprints, nāga-holes) hinting at ‘gupta’ sanctity.
Confluences (saṅgamas) are especially potent tīrthas where merit concentrates, including both visible sanctuaries and hidden spiritual nodes.
Kapilā-saṅgama is singled out as having an extraordinary and distinct tīrtha-count.
No explicit prescription; the verse emphasizes the magnitude of sanctity at the saṅgama through numerical glorification.
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