वर्धते तद्गुणं तावद्दिनानि दश पञ्च च । शुक्लतीर्थे शुचिर्भूत्वा यः करोति प्रदक्षिणम्
vardhate tadguṇaṃ tāvaddināni daśa pañca ca | śuklatīrthe śucirbhūtvā yaḥ karoti pradakṣiṇam
Su mérito se acrecienta en esa misma medida—durante quince días. Y en Śukla Tīrtha, quien, purificándose, realiza la pradakṣiṇā (circunvalación devota)…
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a king (nṛpa)
Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: A purified pilgrim circumambulates the Śukla Tīrtha precinct—river ghāṭa and a small Śiva shrine—while priests mark the path; a calendar-like motif hints at fifteen days of multiplying merit.
Purity and devotional acts at a sacred site amplify spiritual merit, with special emphasis on time-bound increase.
Śukla Tīrtha.
Maintaining purity (śauca) and performing pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) at Śukla Tīrtha; also a stated 15-day multiplication of merit in context.
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