Aacharya bhagwant jo kehte hain – “Girnar, Shatrunjay jaise tirth ka keval smaran ya yatra se bhi paap ka kshay hota hai” – yeh mithyātva nahi hai, balki Jain shastra aur paramparā ke anurup hi baat hai.

Aapke pehle prashn mein maine yeh bataya tha ki:

• Moksh sirf tirth yatra se nahi,
• Balki samyak darshan – samyak jñān – samyak chāritra se hi milta hai.

Iska matlab yeh bilkul bhi nahi ki tirth yatra ya tirth-smaran mithyā hai. Dono baatein ek saath satya hain, is tarah samjho:

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1. Tirth yatra / smaran se kya hota hai?

Jain siddhānt ke anusār:

• Girnar par Bhagwān Nemināth ne keval-jñān aur moksh prāpt kiya.
• Shatrunjay (Palitana) par Pundrik swami jaise anek maharshi ne moksh pāya.

Aise sthalon ko shashwat tirth maana jata hai – yahaan anant siddhon ne tapa–dhyān kiya, isliye yeh ati-pavittra kshetra hain.

Isliye:

• Aise tirth ka shraddhā se smaran
• wahaan ki ahinsā-purvak yatra,
• wahaan dev–gurū–dharma ki bhakti, pratikraman, swādhyāy, dhyān, tapa

yeh sab milkar bahut bada puṇya aur paap-kshaya karwāte hain. Acharyas jab kehte hain “bhav–bhav ke paap ka nāsh hota hai”, to woh tirth ki pavitratā + shraddhā-pūrvak sādhana dono ko dhyān mein rakhkar kehte hain.

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2. Phir “sirf yatra se moksh” ka vichār kyon galat hai?

Do baat alag-alag hain:

1. “Tirth yatra / smaran se paap kshaya hota hai” –

Yeh sahi hai, shastra-sangat hai, aur Aacharya bhagwanto ki vaani ke anurup hai.

1. “Mere ko sirf tirth ghoom lene se, bina charitra badle, bina mithyātva chhode, moksh mil jayega” –

Aisa sochna mithyā drashti hai. Kyunki: - Moksh ke liye raudra–ārta dhyān chhodkar shukla dhyān, - krodh–mān–māyā–lobh ka kshay, - aur ant mein kashāy-rahit charitra zaroori hai.

Isliye mainne pehle jo zor diya tha, woh iss baat par tha ki: Tirth = sahāyak (upādān–nimitta), Moksh = keval samyaktraya se.

Par tirth yatra/smaran ki mahimā ko jhutlāna Jain siddhānt ke viruddh hoga – aisa kehna mera arth bilkul nahi tha.

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3. Aacharya ki vaani ko kaise samjhein?

Jab Aacharya kahte hain: > “Girnar–Shatrunjay ka smaran-mātra se bhav–bhav ke paap ka nāsh hota hai”

Iska saral arth:

• Aap bhāvon se Girnar–Shatrunjay ka smaran karo,
• wahan siddhon–tīrthankaron ki siddhi, tapa, tyāg yaad karo,
• unke jaisa banne ki ichchhā jagao,
• shraddhā, vinay, namratā se bhakti karo,

to iss uttam bhāva se anant karmaon ka kshay hota hai, jo shastra sangati hai.

Yeh kathen utsāh dene ke liye bhi hoti hai – taaki jīv tirth se judkar apne bhāvon ko pavitra kare. Isme koi mithyātva nahi.

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4. Sār

• Girnar, Shatrunjay jaise tirthon ki mahimā, smaran, yatra, bhakti – sab satya aur ati-uttam hai.
• Unse paap kshaya aur bahut bada puṇya hota hai – yeh Aacharya-vachan aur paramparā ke anurup hai.
• Lekin moksh ki antim shart hamesha:

• Isliye “tirth ko mithyā” nahi, balki “tirth ko hi sab kuchh samajhkar, charitra ko bhool jana” mithyā bhāvanā hai.

Girnar ke baare mein adhik jaankari yahan mil sakti hai Aur shashwat tirth ki samajh ke liye yahan dekh sakte hain