कार्तिके प्राप्य तद्यन्ति तीर्थानि सकलान्यपि । गोप्रतारं गमिष्यामः पापं त्यक्तुमितीच्छया
kārtike prāpya tadyanti tīrthāni sakalānyapi | gopratāraṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ pāpaṃ tyaktumitīcchayā
Khi tháng Kārtika đến, mọi thánh địa (tīrtha) cũng đều hướng về đó. Họ quyết rằng: “Hãy đến Gopratāra”, với ước nguyện lìa bỏ tội lỗi.
Brahmā (deduced; includes quoted resolve of tīrthas/pilgrims)
Tirtha: Gopratāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A symbolic procession: personified tīrthas—river goddesses and sacred-place deities—travel like pilgrims toward Ayodhyā, all declaring, ‘We shall go to Gopratāra to abandon sin.’
A sincere intention to renounce sin, aligned with sacred timing (Kārtika), makes pilgrimage a deliberate act of moral and spiritual reform.
Gopratāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā.
A Kārtika-time pilgrimage/visit to Gopratāra with the resolve to give up pāpa (sin).
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