धनुर्द्विशत्या तीर्थं च पापमोचनसंज्ञकम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा तत्र स्नानेन मानवः । जायते तत्क्षणादेव नात्र कार्या विचारणा
dhanurdviśatyā tīrthaṃ ca pāpamocanasaṃjñakam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā tatra snānena mānavaḥ | jāyate tatkṣaṇādeva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
E a uma distância de duzentos dhanus há um tīrtha chamado Pāpamocana, ‘Removedor do Pecado’. Ao banhar-se ali, o homem torna-se de imediato purificado na alma de todos os pecados—não há aqui necessidade de dúvida ou deliberação.
Agastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Pāpamocana Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: vipra/brāhmaṇa interlocutor
Scene: A measured walk along the ghat (two hundred dhanus) leads to a marked ford; a bather emerges from the Sarayū radiant and calm, while dark, smoky motifs of sin dissolve into the water’s light.
Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as swift instruments of inner purification, encouraging repentance, renewal, and dharmic living.
Pāpamocana Tīrtha, located about two hundred dhanus away (within the Ayodhyā–Sarayū sacred zone).
Snāna at Pāpamocana Tīrtha for immediate purification from all sins.