महापातकमुख्यानामस्माकं लोकघातिनाम् । रुद्रजाप्यं भयं घोरं रुद्रजाप्यं महद्विषम्
mahāpātakamukhyānāmasmākaṃ lokaghātinām | rudrajāpyaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ rudrajāpyaṃ mahadviṣam
Pour nous—chefs parmi les grands péchés, meurtriers du monde—le Rudra-japa est une effroyable terreur ; le Rudra-japa est un puissant poison (pour nous).
Pātakanāyakāḥ (speaking to Yama)
Scene: Personified Mahāpātakas—dark, crowned, menacing—wither as a stream of Rudra-japa syllables strikes them like a luminous toxin; the world behind them is safeguarded.
Even the gravest sins are portrayed as powerless before sincere Rudra-recitation, affirming Śaiva mantra as a purifier.
No single site is named; the focus is the universal efficacy of Rudra-japa across the world.
Rudra-jāpya (Rudra-japa/recitation) is the central practice praised as an antidote to major sin.