स च शिष्यो वशिष्ठोभूत्सर्वपाशुपतोत्तमः । स्नात्वा ह्रदे हरपापे नित्यप्रातः समुत्थितः
sa ca śiṣyo vaśiṣṭhobhūtsarvapāśupatottamaḥ | snātvā hrade harapāpe nityaprātaḥ samutthitaḥ
ಆ ಶಿಷ್ಯನು ವಶಿಷ್ಠನಾದನು—ಎಲ್ಲ ಪಾಶುಪತರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ. ಅವನು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ ಎದ್ದು ‘ಹರಪಾಪ’ ಹ್ರದದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು.
Śiva (continuing the narrative addressed to Aparṇā)
Tirtha: Hara-pāpa Hrada
Type: kund
Scene: Young Vasiṣṭha rises before sunrise, walks to a calm lake named Hara-pāpa, and bathes with folded hands, mist hovering over the water.
Consistency in daily tīrtha-snāna and disciplined devotion shapes spiritual excellence.
Hara-pāpa-hrada, praised as a daily bathing place for a great Pāśupata.
Nitya-prātaḥ snāna—bathing every morning in the Hara-pāpa lake.