सार्द्धत्रिकोटितीर्थेषु स्नानदानेन यत्फलम् । तत् फलं लभते मर्त्यो ब्रह्मार्पितनिषेवणात् ॥ ८७ ॥
sārddhatrikōṭitīrthēṣu snānadānēna yatphalam | tat phalaṁ labhatē martyō brahmārpitaniṣēvaṇāt || 87 ||
Translation
The fruit of bathing and giving at the three and a half crore holy places a mortal gains by partaking of what has been offered to Brahman.
Word by word
- sārddhatrikōṭitīrthēṣu
- at the three and a half crore holy places
- snānadānēna
- by bathing and giving
- yatphalam
- what fruit
- tat
- that
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- labhatē
- gains
- martyō
- a mortal
- brahmārpitaniṣēvaṇāt
- by partaking of what is offered to Brahman
Meaning
Three and a half crore (thirty-five million) is the traditional count of the holy bathing places.