योऽत्र स्नानं प्रकुरुते पितॄन्संतर्पयिष्यति । पूजयिष्यति देवेशं मूलस्थानं सुरर्षभ
yo'tra snānaṃ prakurute pitṝnsaṃtarpayiṣyati | pūjayiṣyati deveśaṃ mūlasthānaṃ surarṣabha
Hỡi bậc tráng ngưu giữa chư thiên! Ai tắm gội tại đây sẽ làm thỏa mãn các Pitṛ (tổ tiên), và sẽ phụng thờ Đấng Chúa tể chư thiên tại Mūlasthāna.
Devas (speaking to Brahmā, the Lokasraṣṭṛ)
Tirtha: Mūlasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Suraṛṣabha (addressed: ‘bull among gods’)
Scene: Pilgrim at a sacred water-edge performs snāna and offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; then approaches a shrine labeled ‘Mūlasthāna’ to worship Devādhideva.
Pilgrimage is not only personal purification; it also fulfills duties to ancestors and strengthens devotion to the divine.
Mūlasthāna, approached through bathing at the local tīrtha.
Snāna (ritual bathing) and Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying ancestors), along with worship of Deveśa at Mūlasthāna.