श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थं कोटीश्वरं परम् । ऋषिकोटिः समायाता यत्र वै कुरुनन्दन
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthaṃ koṭīśvaraṃ param | ṛṣikoṭiḥ samāyātā yatra vai kurunandana
圣者马尔坎德耶说道:“随后,噢诸王之主,你当往至名为科蒂湿伐罗(Koṭīśvara)的至上圣渡;噢俱卢族之欢喜者,昔日有‘一俱胝(千万)仙人’在彼处集会。”
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Koṭīśvara Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājendra / Kurunandana (a Kuru-line king)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, radiant and aged, instructs a royal listener; in the distance the Revā’s ford and a Śiva shrine labeled Koṭīśvara, with innumerable sages gathered like a living garland along the banks.
Seek out exalted tīrthas, for their sanctity is affirmed by the presence and austerities of great sages.
Koṭīśvara Tīrtha, praised as a supreme pilgrimage spot associated with an assembly of innumerable ṛṣis.
A direct prescription to undertake tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) to Koṭīśvara.
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