न तस्य दुःखं नो पामा न दद्रुर्न विचर्चिका । लोलार्कमर्के यः पश्येत्तत्पादोदकसेवकः
na tasya duḥkhaṃ no pāmā na dadrurna vicarcikā | lolārkamarke yaḥ paśyettatpādodakasevakaḥ
જે રવિવારે લોલાર્કનું દર્શન કરે અને તેમના પાદોદકનું સેવન કરે, તેને દુઃખ નથી; પામા, દદ્રુ કે વિચર્ચિકા પણ થતી નથી.
Skanda
Tirtha: Lolārka
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣi audience
Scene: A devotee receives tīrtha water from a priest at Lolārka shrine on Sunday; the devotee sips and anoints forehead; imagery of healing—skin clearing, calm face—while Sūrya’s light shines.
Devotional contact (darśana and tīrtha-jala) is portrayed as bringing both inner relief (from sorrow) and bodily well-being.
Lolārka in Kāśī, along with the sanctified water associated with the deity/tīrtha.
Sunday darśana of Lolārka and reverent use/consumption of the tīrtha-water described as ‘pādodaka’.
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