ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । महान्ति पातकान्याहुर्नश्यंति तस्य दर्शनात्
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | mahānti pātakānyāhurnaśyaṃti tasya darśanāt
ब्रह्महत्या, सुरापान, चोरी आणि गुरुपत्नीगमन—ही महापातके म्हणतात; पण त्या प्रभूच्या केवळ दर्शनानेच ती नष्ट होतात.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Lord (Ugraseneśvara context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A didactic tableau: the four mahāpātakas are symbolically shown as dark burdens dissolving into light as a pilgrim receives darśana of the Prabhāsa Lord; priests chant while the sanctum radiates cleansing brilliance.
Pilgrimage and sincere darśana of the Prabhāsa deity are celebrated as powerful means of purification, even for grave sins.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the darśana of Akṣamāleśvara (as continued in the surrounding verses).
No separate rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is darśana—reverent viewing of the deity at the tīrtha.
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