भव पुण्यप्रभावेयं हंस्येतां मंडनं भुवः । अद्यलोकं निरालोकं कंदर्पं दर्पवर्जितम्
bhava puṇyaprabhāveyaṃ haṃsyetāṃ maṃḍanaṃ bhuvaḥ | adyalokaṃ nirālokaṃ kaṃdarpaṃ darpavarjitam
«Por el poder de su mérito, este ornamento de la tierra te destruiría; hoy volvería al mundo sin gozo, y aun a Kāma (el Amor) lo dejaría sin orgullo.»
Mādhava
Type: kshetra
Scene: A charged admonition: a radiant, auspicious feminine presence (or the sanctified 'ornament of earth') stands as a moral force; Kāma’s bow and flower-arrows appear dimmed, his pride broken, while the world’s joy seems to withdraw under the weight of her merit.
Puṇya (spiritual merit) is portrayed as a real protective force; harming the virtuous disrupts the beauty and joy of the world.
No explicit site is named in this śloka; the tīrtha-māhātmya context implies a sacred geography backdrop.
None directly; the verse emphasizes the potency of puṇya.
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