यस्मिञ्जले त्वया मुक्ताः प्राणाः पापा त्मनापिच । श्वेतद्वीपपतिस्तत्र कलिकालभयातुरः
yasmiñjale tvayā muktāḥ prāṇāḥ pāpā tmanāpica | śvetadvīpapatistatra kalikālabhayāturaḥ
તમે—પાપાત્મા હોવા છતાં—જે જળમાં પ્રાણ ત્યાગ્યા, એ જ જળમાં શ્વેતદ્વીપના અધિપતિ વિરાજે છે, કલિયુગના ભયથી વ્યાકુલ।
Deity of the temple/tīrtha (contextual narrator within the Māhātmya)
Type: kund
Scene: A luminous sacred pool/river reach where a sinner once died; above or within the waters appears the lord of Śvetadvīpa, anxious about Kali’s spread, yet present as protector.
A tīrtha’s sanctity can transform even a sinner’s end, and holy realms/personages are invoked as protectors amid Kali-yuga anxiety.
A particular जलाशय (sacred water-body) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, linked in the narrative to Śvetadvīpa.
Implicitly, contact with or surrender at the sacred waters is central; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of the जल (water) itself.
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