ये मृता राजशार्दूल ते नराः स्वर्ग गामिनः । उत्पाद्य पुत्रान्संस्थाप्य पितृपैतामहे पदे
ye mṛtā rājaśārdūla te narāḥ svarga gāminaḥ | utpādya putrānsaṃsthāpya pitṛpaitāmahe pade
Ô tigre parmi les rois ! Les hommes qui meurent (dans ce contexte sacré) vont au ciel—après avoir engendré des fils et les avoir établis dans la condition ancestrale, prolongeant la lignée des pères et des aïeux.
A narrator/teacher voice within the Vastrāpatha Māhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (rājaśārdūla)
Scene: A king listens as a sage describes men who die in the sacred precinct; behind them, a household scene shows sons performing ancestral rites, symbolizing ‘paitāmaha-pada’ continuity.
Punya connected with sacred death and righteous household duty culminates in svarga, especially when one sustains the ancestral line through dharmic progeny.
The Vastrāpatha kṣetra/mahātīrtha in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa is being praised in this section.
No specific ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes putra-dharma and ancestral establishment as a dharmic ideal.