एतस्मात्कारणाजात क्षेत्रं पुण्यतमं हि तत् । हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य महापातकनाशनम्
etasmātkāraṇājāta kṣetraṃ puṇyatamaṃ hi tat | hāṭakeśvaradevasya mahāpātakanāśanam
ଏହି କାରଣରୁ ସେହି କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ସର୍ବାଧିକ ପୁଣ୍ୟମୟ ହେଲା। ଏହା ହାଟକେଶ୍ୱର ଦେବଙ୍କ ଧାମ, ଯାହା ମହାପାତକକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ନାଶ କରେ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the Ṛṣis (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Hāṭakeśvara shrine blazing with purifying light; devotees approach with bowed heads; dark stains/symbolic chains of sin dissolve into the radiance; surrounding stations of gathered tīrthas shimmer like a haloed mandala.
Devotion and pilgrimage to a Śiva-kṣetra can uproot even severe karmic burdens (mahāpātakas).
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, explicitly praised as exceptionally meritorious and sin-destroying.
No specific rite is named; the verse states the general fruit (phala) of the kṣetra: destruction of great sins.
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