ब्रह्महा च सुरापी च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः । गोघाती स्त्रीविघाती च देवब्रह्मस्वहारकः
brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ | goghātī strīvighātī ca devabrahmasvahārakaḥ
حتى قاتلُ البراهمن، وشاربُ الخمر، والسارق، ومن ينتهكُ فراشَ الغورو؛ وقاتلُ البقر، وقاتلُ النساء، ومن يسرقُ أموالَ الآلهة أو أموالَ البراهمنة—
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: ghat
Scene: A penitent pilgrim approaches a sacred ford/ghāṭa marked by a trident-emblem (śūla), while unseen karmic burdens (dark forms) dissolve into the river’s radiance; sages witness and recite tīrtha-māhātmya.
The text highlights the gravity of certain sins while preparing to declare the extraordinary purificatory power of the tīrtha-māhātmya.
Śūlabheda tīrtha (continued phala section), within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Not in this verse; it enumerates grave transgressions whose cleansing is stated in the subsequent verse(s).
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