सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वदुःखवि नाशनम् । मन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमायातु प्रेततीर्थमिति प्रभो
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhavi nāśanam | mannāmnā khyātimāyātu pretatīrthamiti prabho
हे प्रभो! माझ्या नावाने हे ‘प्रेततीर्थ’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध होवो—जे सर्व पापांचे शमन करणारे आणि सर्व दुःखांचा नाश करणारे आहे।
Paryuṣita
Tirtha: Pretatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)
Scene: A devotee-prayer scene: hands folded, requesting the site be famed as Pretatīrtha; the waters shimmer as if absorbing sorrow and dissolving dark stains of sin.
A tīrtha’s glory is defined by its power to relieve sin and suffering, making it a refuge for the distressed and spiritually burdened.
Pretatīrtha, a sacred ford within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for removing preta-affliction and sorrow.
The verse highlights the tīrtha’s promised fruits; the implied practice is tīrtha-sevā such as snāna and śrāddha described in adjacent verses.
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