यावद्दीपो गतप्रायो वर्त्तिच्छेदोऽभवत्किल । तावत्तेन दशा दत्ता द्रव्यान्वेषणकारणात्
yāvaddīpo gataprāyo vartticchedo'bhavatkila | tāvattena daśā dattā dravyānveṣaṇakāraṇāt
Als die Lampe fast erloschen war und der Docht abgeschnitten wurde, da wurde er im selben Augenblick niedergestreckt—weil er nach Wertgegenständen suchte.
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva-ālaya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A flickering oil lamp nearly dies; the wick snaps; at that instant the intruder is struck down or felled in the dark, hands reaching toward the offerings.
Adharma invites swift reversal; even a moment’s greed can trigger immediate consequence, especially in sacred settings.
The scene remains within a Śiva-temple associated with the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
The lamp (dīpa) indicates temple worship practice, but no instruction is given—only narrative detail.