शरीरं कृष्णतां यातं मम चैव वृषस्य च । अथ तीर्थान्यनेकानि गतोहं पापशंकया
śarīraṃ kṛṣṇatāṃ yātaṃ mama caiva vṛṣasya ca | atha tīrthānyanekāni gatohaṃ pāpaśaṃkayā
મારું શરીર અને મારો વૃષભ—બન્ને કાળા થઈ ગયા. ત્યારે પાપની શંકાથી હું અનેક તીર્થોમાં ગયો.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (as the sought-after final tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience in Prabhāsa-māhātmya (not explicit)
Scene: Śiva and his bull (Nandin) appear darkened, traveling from one sacred ford to another, carrying the weight of the skull-bond and fear of sin.
Pilgrimage is framed as prāyaścitta: sincere movement toward tīrthas to resolve impurity and restore dhārmic balance.
The verse gestures to many tīrthas, preparing the climax where Prabhāsa becomes the decisive purifier.
A general practice of tīrtha-yātrā (going to sacred places) motivated by repentance and purification.
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