अगस्त्याश्रममेतद्धि अगस्तिप्रियमुत्तमम् । न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे रम्ये सर्वपातकनाशने
agastyāśramametaddhi agastipriyamuttamam | nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe ramye sarvapātakanāśane
यह निश्चय ही अगस्त्य का आश्रम है—अगस्त्य को अत्यन्त प्रिय और श्रेष्ठ। यह न्यंकुमती के रमणीय तट पर स्थित है, जो समस्त पापों का नाश करने वाला है।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama-tīrtha on Nyaṅkumatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya
Scene: A tranquil riverbank with flowering trees; Agastya’s hermitage sits nearby; pilgrims perform respectful bathing and offer water-libations; the atmosphere is calm, luminous, and purifying.
Association with sanctified places connected to great sages is celebrated as purifying and sin-destroying.
Agastya-āśrama on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī river in Prabhāsa kṣetra.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily declares the site’s pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying) power.
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