अर्द्धकोशं तु तत्तीर्थं तदर्द्धार्द्धं तु दुर्ल्लभम् । तन्मध्ये श्राद्धकृत्पुण्यं गयासप्तगुणं लभेत्
arddhakośaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ tadarddhārddhaṃ tu durllabham | tanmadhye śrāddhakṛtpuṇyaṃ gayāsaptaguṇaṃ labhet
ذلك التيرثا (tīrtha) يمتد نصف كروشا (krośa)، غير أن ربعه الأعمق نادر الوصول. ومن أقام شرادها (śrāddha) في قلبه نال ثوابًا سبعة أضعاف ما يُنال في غايا (Gayā).
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (madhya-bhāga)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A map-like sacred mandala of Prabhāsa is implied: an outer half-krośa circle and a glowing inner quarter; in the center, a śrāddha rite is performed, with Gayā symbolically shown as a smaller comparator.
Certain sacred cores within a tīrtha are exceptionally potent, especially for ancestor rites, surpassing even famed śrāddha sites.
Goṣpada-tīrtha in Prabhāsa is praised, with comparison to Gayā.
Performing śrāddha in the central/innermost area of the tīrtha for multiplied merit.