सूर्यलोकं सोमलोकमिंद्रलोकं हरेः पुरम् । ब्रह्मलोकमतिक्रम्य यास्येऽहं शिवमंदिरम्
sūryalokaṃ somalokamiṃdralokaṃ hareḥ puram | brahmalokamatikramya yāsye'haṃ śivamaṃdiram
Dépassant les mondes de Sūrya, de Soma, d’Indra, et même la cité de Hari ; franchissant aussi le monde de Brahmā, j’irai au temple-demeure de Śiva.
Bhoja (the king) (continuation of resolve)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-maṇḍala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage/assembly (implied); immediate narrative concerns Bhoja and Sārasvata
Scene: A devotee/king resolves to pass beyond successive celestial spheres—Sūrya, Soma, Indra, Hari’s city, and Brahmā’s world—toward a radiant Śiva-mandira, depicted as a luminous, axis-mundi temple beyond the cosmos.
Heavenly attainments are secondary; the highest aim is communion with Śiva—symbolized as reaching Śiva’s abode.
Within the Vastrāpatha Māhātmya frame, the ‘Śiva-maṃdira’ points to Śiva’s sanctifying presence at the kṣetra and its ultimate salvific promise.
No explicit ritual; it expresses the soteriological intent behind pilgrimage and worship.