येऽर्चयन्ति जितक्रोधा न ते यान्ति यमालयम् । असिपत्त्रवनं घोरं यमचुल्ही सुदारुणा
ye'rcayanti jitakrodhā na te yānti yamālayam | asipattravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamaculhī sudāruṇā
જે ક્રોધને જીતીને અહીં અર્ચના કરે છે, તેઓ યમાલયે જતા નથી; ન ભયંકર અસિપત્રવનમાં, ન અતિ દારુણ ‘યમચુલ્હી’માં પડે છે।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapileśvara (Revā-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa / Pāṇḍunandana-addressed audience in the surrounding passage
Scene: A devotee stands calm before a Śiva-liṅga while shadowy visions of Yama’s city, the sword-leaf forest (Asipatravana), and a blazing furnace recede and dissolve.
Inner transformation—especially mastery over anger—combined with worship is presented as protection from painful afterlife consequences.
The statement continues the Kāpila Tīrtha Māhātmya within Revā Khaṇḍa.
Worship (arcana) coupled with the ethical vow of conquering anger (jitakrodha).
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