व्यास उवाच । एतत्तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं मया प्रोक्तं तवाग्रतः । अनेकपूर्वजन्मोत्थपातकघ्नं महीपते
vyāsa uvāca | etattīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mayā proktaṃ tavāgrataḥ | anekapūrvajanmotthapātakaghnaṃ mahīpate
Vyāsa nói: “Hỡi bậc chúa tể cõi đất, ta đã tuyên thuyết trước mặt ngài về đại oai đức của tīrtha này—năng diệt trừ tội lỗi phát sinh từ vô số đời trước.”
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (māhīpati)
Scene: Vyāsa, serene and authoritative, addresses a king (Yudhiṣṭhira) in a forest-hermitage setting, gesturing toward the sacred tīrtha as he declares its sin-destroying greatness.
A true tīrtha purifies deeply—its merit can destroy karmic burdens accumulated across many lifetimes.
The tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya (the subject of the preceding narration) is explicitly praised for its sin-destroying power.
No specific act is stated here; it introduces the tīrtha’s purificatory potency.