तां या पूजयते नारी सद्योऽपि पतिवल्लभा । जायते नात्र सन्देहः सर्वपापविवर्जिता
tāṃ yā pūjayate nārī sadyo'pi pativallabhā | jāyate nātra sandehaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitā
«Toute femme qui la vénère devient aussitôt chère à son époux. Il n’y a nul doute : elle est délivrée de tous les péchés.»
Lakṣmī
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Devī (as worship-focus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman offers flowers and lamp to the Goddess; behind her, the husband stands softened and affectionate; a dark cloud of sins dissolves into light around the shrine.
Purāṇic māhātmya literature links devotion to ethical purification and harmonious household fortune (saubhāgya).
The worship pertains to the Devī established in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
Pūjā of the installed Devī; the verse states its immediate saubhāgya and pāpa-kṣaya phala.