ततो हर्षं परं गत्वा प्रणिपत्य च तं भुवि । कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं स मेने पार्थिवोत्तमः
tato harṣaṃ paraṃ gatvā praṇipatya ca taṃ bhuvi | kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ sa mene pārthivottamaḥ
ତାପରେ ସେ ପରମ ହର୍ଷରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇ ଭୂମିରେ ପଡ଼ି ତାଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ କଲା। ସେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ରାଜା ନିଜକୁ କୃତକୃତ୍ୟ—ମନେ ଜୀବନଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ସିଦ୍ଧ—ଭାବିଲା।
Sūta (continuing narration; speaker not re-stated in this verse)
Type: temple
Listener: assembled sages / Purāṇic audience
Scene: In a temple courtyard, the king falls flat in full prostration before the liṅga; attendants stand back; the atmosphere is charged with joy and reverence, as if a life-goal has been achieved.
True darśana culminates in humility and surrender, producing inner completeness (kṛtakṛtyatā).
The Acaleśvara-liṅga kṣetra described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Prostration (praṇipāta) is exemplified as a devotional response to the deity’s sign.
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