करिष्यंति नराः स्नानं ते यास्यंति परां गतिम् । येऽत्र श्राद्धं करिष्यंति पिंडदानं तथा नराः
kariṣyaṃti narāḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim | ye'tra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti piṃḍadānaṃ tathā narāḥ
ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਇੱਥੇ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਨਗੇ, ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਣਗੇ। ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਇੱਥੇ ਸ਼੍ਰਾਦ੍ਹ ਕਰਕੇ ਪਿੰਡ-ਦਾਨ ਆਦਿ ਕਰਨਗੇ…
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (specific sub-tīrtha implied in Arbudakhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha) in the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative frame
Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/riverine tīrtha perform snāna; nearby, a family conducts śrāddha with piṇḍas on darbha, offering water and sesame, with brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana.
Pilgrimage dharma unites self-purification (snāna) with ancestral duty (śrāddha/piṇḍadāna), both leading toward the highest good.
Prabhāsatīrtha (the tīrtha being described in this adhyāya).
Snāna (bathing) and performance of śrāddha with piṇḍadāna at the tīrtha.
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