तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः । पूजिते तु महादेवे वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ | pūjite tu mahādeve vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
在那提尔塔,凡沐浴其间并礼敬祖灵(Pitṛ)与诸天者——若在彼处礼拜大天(Mahādeva),便得瓦阇佩耶(Vājapeya)祭的果报。
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (rājendra)
Scene: At the river-ford, a devotee offers tarpaṇa to Pitṛs with cupped hands, then turns to a Śiva-liṅga shrine under a bilva tree; a celestial banner reads ‘Vājapeya-phala’.
Tīrtha-worship integrates duties to ancestors and gods; devotion to Mahādeva at a holy place is equated with great Vedic sacrificial merit.
Koṭitīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, praised for granting exalted yajña-phala through worship.
Snāna at the tīrtha, followed by worship of Pitṛs and deities, especially pūjā of Mahādeva.