अयं स लुब्धको येन हरः संपूजितः पुरा । सुराष्ट्रदेशे विख्यातं तीर्थं वस्त्रापथं शृणु
ayaṃ sa lubdhako yena haraḥ saṃpūjitaḥ purā | surāṣṭradeśe vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ vastrāpathaṃ śṛṇu
Inilah pemburu yang dahulu telah memuja Hara (Śiva) dengan sempurna. Sekarang dengarkanlah tentang tīrtha yang masyhur bernama Vastrāpatha, termasyhur di negeri Surāṣṭra.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: ghat
Listener: Citragupta (implied continuation)
Scene: A rugged hunter, bow at his side, offers worship to Hara with simple materials; the landscape opens into the famed Vastrāpatha ford of Saurashtra.
Even a person of humble vocation, like a hunter, attains sacred merit by sincere worship of Śiva.
Vastrāpatha Tīrtha, celebrated in the Surāṣṭra region, within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.
Śiva-pūjā (devotional worship of Hara) is highlighted as the meritorious act.