Shloka 160
Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites
कार्पासाद्रे नमस्तस्मादघौघ ध्वंसनो भव । इति कार्पासशैलेंद्रं यो दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ
kārpāsādre namastasmādaghaugha dhvaṃsano bhava | iti kārpāsaśaileṃdraṃ yo dadyāccharvasaṃnidhau
হে কার্পাস পর্বত! তোমাকে প্রণাম; অতএব তুমি পাপসমূহের বিনাশকারী হও। এইভাবে শর্ব (শিব)-সন্নিধানে কার্পাস-শৈলেন্দ্র-সম্পর্কিত দান যে অর্পণ করে, সে পাপনাশক পুণ্য লাভ করে।
Uncertain (not identifiable from the single verse excerpt; likely a narrator/teacher continuing a tīrtha-māhātmya style passage).
Concept: Śraddhā-filled salutation and dāna at a sacred locus becomes a potent means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).
Application: Offer respectful salutations to sacred places and perform charity with clear intention and purity; choose a sanctified setting (temple/holy site) to strengthen resolve and ethical living.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: mountain
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A rugged sacred mountain rises like a dark emerald spine, its slopes dotted with small shrines and fluttering pennants. A devotee stands before a Śiva-liṅga in a stone sanctum at the mountain’s foot, hands folded in namaskāra, while attendants prepare a ceremonial gift linked to the mountain’s mahatmya. The air feels washed clean, as if the mountain itself exhales absolution.","primary_figures":["Devotee (dāna-kartā)","Śiva (as Śarva, symbolized by liṅga)","Mountain deity presence (Kārpāsādri personified subtly)"],"setting":"Mountain foothill temple courtyard with a liṅga shrine, offering platform, and distant peaks","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["deep emerald","ash gray","lamp-flame gold","rudraksha brown","saffron"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Kārpāsādri as a towering sacred mountain behind a richly ornamented Śiva-liṅga shrine; a devotee in silk dhoti offers a ceremonial gift at the altar; heavy gold leaf halos around the liṅga and temple lamps, rich vermilion and emerald architectural panels, gem-studded ornaments on attendants, intricate floral borders and sacred ash markings.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a serene mountain landscape with layered blue-green ridges; a small stone Śiva shrine at the foothill; the devotee in folded hands, a priest arranging offerings; delicate brushwork, cool palette, fine facial features, soft mist and pine-like trees, lyrical naturalism.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlined Śiva-liṅga sanctum with stylized flames and lotus motifs; the mountain rendered as patterned green forms; devotee and priest in traditional attire; natural pigments with dominant reds, yellows, greens; large expressive eyes, temple-wall aesthetic, ornamental borders.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: devotional courtyard scene with ornate floral borders and lotus motifs; central shrine with lamps and hanging garlands; the mountain suggested in the background; intricate patterns, deep indigo and gold accents, symmetrical composition, peacocks near the offering platform (even if Śiva shrine is central, keep the pichwai ornamental vocabulary)."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["temple bells","low conch shell","incense crackle","mountain wind","soft mantra hum"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कार्पासाद्रे = कार्पास + अद्रे (संबोधन-एकवचन); नमः + तस्मात् → नमस्तस्मात्; तस्मात् + अघौघ → तस्मादघौघ; दद्याच् + शर्वसंनिधौ → दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ; शैलेंद्रम् = शैल + इन्द्रम्
FAQs
It presents Mount Kārpāsa as capable of destroying accumulated sin (aghaugha-dhvaṃsana), a typical tīrtha-māhātmya theme where sacred geography is linked to moral purification.
The verse ties the act of giving (dāna) to Śiva’s presence (śarva-saṃnidhau), implying that offerings made in a Śaiva sacred context amplify merit and support purification.
It promotes dāna (religious giving) and reverence (namas) as practical devotional acts associated with inner cleansing and the removal of wrongdoing.