महापापौघशमनं महापुण्यप्रवर्धनम् । महाभीतिप्रशमनं महाभक्तिविवर्धनम्
mahāpāpaughaśamanaṃ mahāpuṇyapravardhanam | mahābhītipraśamanaṃ mahābhaktivivardhanam
Ia menenteramkan gelombang dosa besar; menumbuhkan pahala kebajikan agung; meredakan ketakutan yang dahsyat; dan memperbesar bhakti yang luhur.
Skanda
Tirtha: Jaigīṣavyeśvara (via its stotra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee/ascetic addressee
Scene: Fourfold effect visualized: dark clouds of sin dissolving, a scale of merit rising, a frightened devotee becoming calm, and a heart-lotus blooming with devotion before the liṅga.
Recitation-centered devotion is presented as simultaneously purifying, protective, and bhakti-enhancing.
Implicitly the Jaigīṣavyeśvara/Jaigīṣavya sacred setting in Kāśī where the stotra is taught.
Stotra-japa (repetition of the hymn), implied by the stated fruits.