यस्माच्छशेन संयुक्तं पीतमेतज्जलाशयम् । चंद्रेण हि शशापानं तस्मादेतद्भविष्यति
yasmācchaśena saṃyuktaṃ pītametajjalāśayam | caṃdreṇa hi śaśāpānaṃ tasmādetadbhaviṣyati
«ព្រោះអាងទឹកនេះ ត្រូវបានផឹកដោយភ្ជាប់ជាមួយ “ទន្សាយ” (śaśa) ហើយព្រះចន្ទដែលមានសញ្ញាទន្សាយ ក៏បានផឹកដែរ ដូច្នេះវានឹងត្រូវបានគេហៅថា “Śaśāpāna”»។
Devas (collectively), giving the tīrtha’s etymology/name
Tirtha: Śaśāpāna
Type: kund
Scene: The group proclaims the name ‘Śaśāpāna’; above the reservoir, the Moon with the hare-mark is shown as a celestial witness, its light touching the water.
Sacred places often carry revelatory names whose etymology preserves divine memory and sanctifies the geography.
Śaśāpāna tīrtha (a sacred reservoir) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No direct prescription; it explains the tīrtha’s naming based on a divine act of drinking.