एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं धर्मारण्यस्य चेष्टितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dharmāraṇyasya ceṣṭitam | yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Ainsi vous ai-je tout exposé : la grandeur et le récit sacré de Dharmāraṇya. En l’entendant, même le meurtrier d’un brāhmane ou le tueur d’une vache est délivré de tous les péchés.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator-sage concludes the Dharmāraṇya account to an assembly; listeners include remorseful figures symbolically representing brahmahā and go-ghna, shown being washed in light as the kathā is heard.
The māhātmya of a sacred place is itself purifying; devoted hearing can loosen even the gravest bonds of sin.
Dharmāraṇya, whose narrated glory is said to liberate listeners from pātakas.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Dharmāraṇya māhātmya as a purificatory practice.