बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्धक्ये यौवनेऽपि वा । अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वाऽपि यः करोति नरः प्रिये । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति शांडिल्येश्वरदर्शनात्
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārdhakye yauvane'pi vā | ajñānājjñānato vā'pi yaḥ karoti naraḥ priye | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śāṃḍilyeśvaradarśanāt
હે પ્રિયે, મનુષ્ય બાળપણમાં, યુવાનીમાં કે વૃદ્ધાવસ્થામાં જે પાપ કરે—અજ્ઞાનથી કે જાણીને—તે સર્વ શાંડિલ્યેશ્વરના દર્શનથી નાશ પામે છે.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Śāṇḍilyeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (explicit ‘priye’)
Scene: A pilgrim of mixed ages (child/youth/elder) symbolically represented, all receiving the same cleansing grace from the liṅga’s darśana; dark stains dissolve into light as the shrine radiates compassion.
The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as universally purifying, offering renewal regardless of one’s past or life-stage.
Śāṇḍilyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Darśana (pilgrimage-visit and sacred sight) is the stated means of purification.
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