यत्र स्थितं मृगीकुण्डं महापातकनाशनम् । सकृच्छ्राद्धे कृते यत्र कल्पकोटिसहस्रकम् । पितॄणां जायते तृप्तिरपुनर्भवकांक्षिणी
yatra sthitaṃ mṛgīkuṇḍaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | sakṛcchrāddhe kṛte yatra kalpakoṭisahasrakam | pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptirapunarbhavakāṃkṣiṇī
যেখানে মৃগীকুণ্ড অবস্থিত, তা মহাপাপ বিনাশকারী। সেখানে একবারও শ্রাদ্ধ করলে পিতৃগণের তৃপ্তি হাজার কোটি কল্পসম হয়—যা আর পুনর্জন্ম কামনা করে না।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Mṛgīkuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Audience of sages (naimiṣāraṇya frame, typical)
Scene: A serene sacred pond (kuṇḍa) with stone steps; a householder performs śrāddha with darbha, piṇḍas, and water-offerings while pitṛs appear subtly in luminous ancestral forms receiving satisfaction; the atmosphere suggests sin-dissolution and liberation.
Compassionate duty toward ancestors (pitṛ-dharma) performed at a powerful tīrtha yields extraordinary, lasting spiritual benefit.
Mṛgīkuṇḍa within the Vastrāpatha sacred region.
Performing śrāddha at Mṛgīkuṇḍa—even once—is praised as granting immense satisfaction to the ancestors.
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