अगस्त्याश्रममेतद्धि अगस्तिप्रियमुत्तमम् । न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे रम्ये सर्वपातकनाशने
agastyāśramametaddhi agastipriyamuttamam | nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe ramye sarvapātakanāśane
हेच खरे अगस्त्यांचे आश्रमस्थान—अगस्त्यांना अत्यंत प्रिय व उत्तम। न्यंकुमतीच्या रम्य तीरावर, सर्व पापांचा नाश करणाऱ्या स्थानी हे वसले आहे।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama-tīrtha on Nyaṅkumatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya
Scene: A tranquil riverbank with flowering trees; Agastya’s hermitage sits nearby; pilgrims perform respectful bathing and offer water-libations; the atmosphere is calm, luminous, and purifying.
Association with sanctified places connected to great sages is celebrated as purifying and sin-destroying.
Agastya-āśrama on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī river in Prabhāsa kṣetra.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily declares the site’s pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying) power.