नानाजन्मार्जितं पापं स्वल्पं बह्वपि वा भवेत् । तत्सर्वं नश्यति क्षिप्रं तोयस्थं लवणं यथा
nānājanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ bahvapi vā bhavet | tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ toyasthaṃ lavaṇaṃ yathā
O pecado acumulado ao longo de muitos nascimentos—pouco ou muito—perece depressa por inteiro, como o sal dissolvido na água.
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa framework)
Tirtha: Pauṣa dīpa-dāna/sacred observance in Ayodhyā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: a handful of salt dissolving into clear water, overlaid with a devotee’s lamp flame and the river’s flow—visual metaphor for sin’s disappearance.
Devotional observances and sacred acts can dissolve long-standing karmic impurity swiftly.
Ayodhyā’s purifying power as presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya context.
No single rite is specified in this verse; it describes the general effect of the Pauṣa-month meritorious acts described nearby (snāna/dīpa-dāna).