लीनं च पातकं यस्मात्स्नानमात्रेण नश्यति । त्वगस्थि शोणितं मांसं मेदःस्नायुस्तथैव च
līnaṃ ca pātakaṃ yasmātsnānamātreṇa naśyati | tvagasthi śoṇitaṃ māṃsaṃ medaḥsnāyustathaiva ca
Denn dort vergeht selbst eingewurzelte Sünde schon durch bloßes Baden—die an Haut, Knochen, Blut, Fleisch, Fett und Sehnen haftet.
Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)
Tirtha: Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājā
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a sacred ford/ghāṭ; the text’s anatomical list is visualized as dark impurities dissolving into luminous water, leaving the bather radiant and calm.
Holy bathing at a consecrated tīrtha is portrayed as a powerful purifier, removing even deep-seated karmic taints.
Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.