तत्र स्थाने तु यो भक्त्या कुरुते ह्यङ्गगुण्ठनम् । तस्य यत्फलमुद्दिष्टं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप
tatra sthāne tu yo bhaktyā kurute hyaṅgaguṇṭhanam | tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa
সেই স্থানে যে ভক্তিভরে ভস্ম দ্বারা অঙ্গগুণ্ঠন (অঙ্গাবরণ/লেপন) করে, তার যে ফল নির্দিষ্ট হয়েছে, হে নরাধিপ, তা শ্রবণ কর।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Narādhipa (king)
Scene: Inside a Śiva shrine near the Revā, a devotee reverently smears sacred ash over limbs while a sage narrates the promised fruit to a king.
Bhakti-filled observance transforms a physical act into dharma, making it worthy of scriptural फल (spiritual fruit).
The same sacred locale of Bhūtīśvara, where the rite is to be performed.
Aṅga-guṇṭhana—covering/anointing the body, understood here in context as applying sacred ash at the tīrtha.
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