देव्युवाच । देवदेव महादेव गंगाक्षालितशेखर । वद मे तीर्थमाहात्म्यं यद्यहं वल्लभा तव
devyuvāca | devadeva mahādeva gaṃgākṣālitaśekhara | vada me tīrthamāhātmyaṃ yadyahaṃ vallabhā tava
Devī thưa: “Ôi Đấng của các thần, ôi Mahādeva, bậc có đỉnh đầu được nước sông Gaṅgā gội rửa—xin nói cho thiếp nghe sự vĩ đại của các tīrtha, nếu thiếp thật là người được Ngài yêu quý.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (invoked via Gaṅgādhara)
Type: river
Listener: dvija-s / sages (outer frame); Śiva (inner frame)
Scene: Devī addresses Śiva with folded hands: ‘Devadeva Mahādeva, Gaṅgā-washed crest’; Śiva sits serene, Gaṅgā flowing from his matted hair, moon on his head, ash-smeared body, trident nearby.
Devotion seeks guidance: the Devī asks for tīrtha-māhātmya from Śiva, showing that pilgrimage and sacred geography are best approached through humility and divine instruction.
Gaṅgā is invoked as the purifier adorning Śiva; specific tīrthas are to be explained subsequently.
No detailed rite; the request is for teaching on tīrtha-māhātmya (the principles and glories behind pilgrimage).
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