यदा यदा भयार्त्तानि म्लेच्छस्पर्शात्समंततः । स्थानेष्वेतेषु तिष्ठंति तीर्थान्युक्तेषु सत्वरम्
yadā yadā bhayārttāni mlecchasparśātsamaṃtataḥ | sthāneṣveteṣu tiṣṭhaṃti tīrthānyukteṣu satvaram
ເມື່ອໃດກໍຕາມ ຕີຣຖະທັງຫຼາຍຖືກຄວາມຢ້ານກົວບີບຄັ້ນທຸກດ້ານ ເນື່ອງຈາກການສຳຜັດຂອງມເລັດຈະ ພວກມັນຈະຮີບໄປພຶ່ງພາ ແລະຢູ່ສະຖິດໃນສະຖານທີ່ທີ່ໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້ນັ້ນໂດຍໄວ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Refuge-kṣetras of tīrthas (Arbuda and the named great kṣetras)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (Rājan)
Scene: Personified tīrthas—river-goddesses, sages, and luminous water-forms—fleeing from a darkened, chaotic landscape and gathering swiftly into protected sanctuaries marked by shining temples and guardian devas.
Sacred presence is portrayed as resilient: when threatened, tīrtha-power concentrates in protected dharmic locations.
It refers back to the previously named protected places (Puṣkara, Kurukṣetra, Vārāṇasī) and the Arbuda tīrtha-context.
No explicit rite; it provides a theological rationale for seeking tīrthas in safeguarded locales.
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