इत्युच्चार्य्य द्विजश्रेष्ठा मृदमालभ्य पाणिना । विष्णुं संस्मृत्य मनसा मंत्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
ityuccāryya dvijaśreṣṭhā mṛdamālabhya pāṇinā | viṣṇuṃ saṃsmṛtya manasā maṃtrametamudīrayet
かく唱え終えて、二度生まれの中の最勝者よ、手にて土を触れ、心にヴィシュヌを念じつつ、この真言を誦すべし。
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha-mṛttikā (Gomatī-taṭa)
Type: ghat
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed as the ritual agent)
Scene: A learned pilgrim (dvija) at the riverbank bends to touch sacred clay, eyes half-closed in Viṣṇu remembrance, preparing to chant the mantra before bathing.
Outer rites (taking sacred earth) are to be joined with inner devotion (smaraṇa of Viṣṇu) for true purification.
The instruction belongs to the Gomatī tīrtha rite within Dvārakā-māhātmya.
Touching/collecting sacred clay and reciting a prescribed mantra while remembering Viṣṇu.