तीक्ष्णधारास्त्रशय्यां च रेतःपानादिकं तथा । इत्यादि नरकान्घोरासेतुस्नायी न पश्यति
tīkṣṇadhārāstraśayyāṃ ca retaḥpānādikaṃ tathā | ityādi narakānghorāsetusnāyī na paśyati
Un lit d'armes aux tranchants acérés, boire de la semence et autres choses semblables ; celui qui se baigne à Setu ne voit jamais ces enfers effroyables.
Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Moral contrast: foreground pilgrims bathing at Setu in dawn light; behind them, spectral images of razor-weapon bed and other naraka horrors dissolve like a bad dream, signifying ‘not seen’ by the Setu-bather.
Pilgrimage-bathing at Setu is proclaimed as a powerful purifier that prevents the soul from encountering hellish consequences.
Setu (Setubandha, associated with the Rāmeśvara sacred landscape).
Setu-snāna—ritual bathing at Setu—is explicitly praised as the saving act.
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