सर्वतीर्थमयं क्षेत्रं तद्विज्ञाय तपोनिधिः । ततश्च चिन्तयामास स्वचित्ते गाधिनन्दनः
sarvatīrthamayaṃ kṣetraṃ tadvijñāya taponidhiḥ | tataśca cintayāmāsa svacitte gādhinandanaḥ
Biết rằng miền đất thánh này thấm nhuần tinh túy của mọi tīrtha, kho tàng khổ hạnh—người con của Gādhi—liền trầm tư trong chính tâm mình.
Sūta
Tirtha: Puṣkaratraya (within a sarva-tīrtha-maya kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Viśvāmitra stands contemplative near a sacred landscape where multiple tīrtha-symbols appear—confluence-like waters, lotus ponds, a small shrine—suggesting ‘all-tīrthas in one’.
A truly sanctified kṣetra can embody the merit of many tīrthas, making it a concentrated field of spiritual power.
The unnamed kṣetra under discussion in this chapter (where Puṣkara-traya is situated), described as “sarva-tīrtha-maya.”
None directly; it frames the theological basis for choosing local tīrtha-bathing when distant travel is difficult.