ततः कालेश्वरं तीर्थं वीरश्रेष्ठतरं परम् । कलिकालौ न बाधेते यत्र स्नातं नरोत्तमम्
tataḥ kāleśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ vīraśreṣṭhataraṃ param | kalikālau na bādhete yatra snātaṃ narottamam
ثم يأتي تيرثا كاليشڤارا المقدّس، يا خير الأبطال، وهو الأسمى فضلاً؛ فمن اغتسل هناك، وهو أفضل الناس، لا يصيبه أذى كالي ولا أذى الزمان.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāleśvara Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Vīraśreṣṭha (addressed as ‘best of heroes’)
Scene: A dark-stone Śiva-liṅga or Kāleśvara shrine near a tīrtha; the bather emerges with a radiant protective circle; behind, symbolic imagery of a fading hourglass/black serpent of time and a dim Kali-yuga shadow kept at bay.
Alignment with the Lord of Time through tīrtha-sevā is said to grant fearlessness—transcending the harms of Kali-yuga and the pressure of Time.
Kāleśvara Tīrtha, associated with Kāleśvara (Śiva as Lord of Time).
Snāna at Kāleśvara Tīrtha, with the promised protection from Kali and Kāla.