तत्र हेमरथा देयो ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । विधिना शिवमुद्दिश्य यात्रायुतफलं लभेत्
tatra hemarathā deyo brāhmaṇe vedapārage | vidhinā śivamuddiśya yātrāyutaphalaṃ labhet
Dort soll man einem in den Veden bewanderten Brāhmaṇa einen goldenen Wagen schenken. Wird es rituell vollzogen und Śiva geweiht, erlangt man Verdienst gleich zehntausend Pilgerfahrten.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Hiraṇyā (context) / Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A ceremonial gifting of a golden chariot to a Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa near a Śiva shrine; donor performs saṅkalpa before a liṅga; attendants and ritual fire present; the chariot gleams as a symbol of hema-ratha-dāna.
Ritual charity becomes supremely efficacious when done by rule, to the worthy, and dedicated to Śiva.
The Hiraṇyā tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a place where dāna yields extraordinary yātrā-merit.
Hema-ratha dāna (gift of a golden chariot) to a Veda-proficient brāhmaṇa, performed vidhinā and dedicated to Śiva.