अथवा पुंडरीकाक्ष रूपमीदृग्व्यवस्थितः । एष संस्थास्यते लोके सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
athavā puṃḍarīkākṣa rūpamīdṛgvyavasthitaḥ | eṣa saṃsthāsyate loke satyametadbravīmyaham
“Or else, O Lotus-eyed One, established in such a form, he will remain in the world. This is the truth I declare.”
Śāṇḍilya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Puṇḍarīkākṣa (addressed)
Scene: Address to Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu): an alternative outcome is stated—remaining established in a particular form in the world—sealed by a solemn truth declaration.
Consequences can fix a being into a particular state until divine remedy is undertaken; truthfulness and ordinance are underscored.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
No direct ritual is stated here; it affirms the condition that necessitates worship as remedy in adjacent verses.
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