भूत उवाच । गोवत्समिति विख्यातं नराणां पुण्यदं परम् । अनेकजन्मपापघ्नं मार्कंडेयेन भाषितम्
bhūta uvāca | govatsamiti vikhyātaṃ narāṇāṃ puṇyadaṃ param | anekajanmapāpaghnaṃ mārkaṃḍeyena bhāṣitam
Bhūta nói: “Điều này được biết đến với danh xưng ‘Govatsa’, là bậc ban công đức tối thượng cho loài người, diệt trừ tội lỗi tích tụ qua nhiều đời, như lời Mārkaṇḍeya đã tuyên thuyết.”
Bhūta
Tirtha: Govatsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhūta, as narrator, proclaims Govatsa’s fame and its power to destroy sins of many births, citing Mārkaṇḍeya’s declaration; a didactic scene of transmission of sacred authority.
A tīrtha’s sanctity is framed as multi-generational purification—capable of burning karmic residue from many births.
Govatsa tīrtha is explicitly named and praised as supremely merit-giving.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse authenticates the tīrtha’s power through Mārkaṇḍeya’s testimony.
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