ये तत्र तापसाः केचित्तटे तस्या व्यवस्थिताः । ते सर्वेऽपि च तां त्यक्ता दूरदेशं समाश्रिताः
ye tatra tāpasāḥ kecittaṭe tasyā vyavasthitāḥ | te sarve'pi ca tāṃ tyaktā dūradeśaṃ samāśritāḥ
Jene Asketen, die am Ufer dieses Flusses verweilten, verließen allesamt jenen Ort und suchten Zuflucht in einem fernen Landstrich.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Sārasvata-jala taṭa
Type: ghat
Scene: Hermits gather their few belongings, turn away from the once-holy bank, and walk toward distant lands, leaving empty huts and silent altars behind.
Even holy dwellers withdraw when a site becomes spiritually disturbed—teaching discernment (viveka) alongside devotion.
The banks of the Sārasvata waters/tīrtha (the ‘her bank’ refers to the sacred river/water-body in context).
None; it reports the ascetics’ departure due to adverse circumstances.