विना स्नानेन दानेन व्रतहोमजपादिभिः । हितार्थं सर्वलोकानां मया न्यस्तं पदं शुभम्
vinā snānena dānena vratahomajapādibhiḥ | hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ mayā nyastaṃ padaṃ śubham
“স্নান, দান, ব্ৰত, হোম, জপ আদি নকৰিলেও, সকলো লোকৰ মঙ্গলৰ বাবে মই এই শুভ পদচিহ্ন স্থাপন কৰিলোঁ।”
Brahmā
Tirtha: Mahāpada
Type: peak
Listener: Sages
Scene: Brahmā indicates the sacred mark as a gift to all worlds; symbolic elements of ritual (water pot, ladle, rosary, alms) appear set aside, emphasizing ‘no prerequisites’.
Divine compassion provides accessible means: sacred places can grant spiritual benefit beyond one’s ritual capacity.
The auspicious ‘pada/mahāpada’ established by Brahmā in the Arbuda setting.
It explicitly relativizes major rites (snāna, dāna, vrata, homa, japa), emphasizing the special efficacy of the established sacred mark.