यदत्र दास्यंति हि धर्मपीठे नरा द्युनद्यां कृतमज्जनाश्च । तदक्षयं भावि युगांतरेपि कृतप्रणामास्तव धर्मलिंगे
yadatra dāsyaṃti hi dharmapīṭhe narā dyunadyāṃ kṛtamajjanāśca | tadakṣayaṃ bhāvi yugāṃtarepi kṛtapraṇāmāstava dharmaliṃge
यहाँ धर्मपीठ पर, दिव्य नदी में स्नान करके लोग जो दान देते हैं, वह आने वाले युगों में भी अक्षय रहता है; क्योंकि उन्होंने तुम्हारे धर्म-लिङ्ग के आगे प्रणाम किया है।
Śiva (deduced, addressing Dharma)
Tirtha: Dharma-pīṭha at Dharmeśvara (with Gaṅgā-snān)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims emerge from Gaṅgā after bathing, wet garments clinging; they approach a raised Dharma-pīṭha, offer gifts to brāhmaṇas/poor, then bow before a Dharma-liṅga glowing in the shrine.
Charity performed in a consecrated sacred landscape, joined with reverence and bathing, yields imperishable merit.
The Dharma-pīṭha area in Kāśī, associated with the Dharma-liṅga/Dharmeśvara and a sacred river-bathing spot.
Snāna (ritual bathing), praṇāma (salutation), and dāna (charitable giving) at the Dharma-pīṭha.