इत्येतत्कथितं विप्र ऋणमोचनसंज्ञकम् । यत्र स्नानेन जन्तूनामृणं नश्यति तत्क्षणात् । ऋणमोचनतीर्थं तु पूर्वतः सरयूजले
ityetatkathitaṃ vipra ṛṇamocanasaṃjñakam | yatra snānena jantūnāmṛṇaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt | ṛṇamocanatīrthaṃ tu pūrvataḥ sarayūjale
Así, oh brāhmana, ha sido descrito el lugar llamado Ṛṇamocana, donde con el baño se destruye al instante la deuda de los seres. Este Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha se halla al oriente, en las aguas del Sarayū.
Agastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: vipra/brāhmaṇa interlocutor
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn step into the Sarayū at the eastern Ṛṇamocana spot; a priest guides sankalpa; subtle light suggests burdens lifting as water ripples around them.
Purāṇas connect inner relief (freedom from burdens) with outer sacred geography, making pilgrimage a lived path of dharma.
Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha, situated in/at the Sarayū waters, described as lying to the east.
Snāna at Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha for immediate destruction of debt.