तस्यां निमज्जतां नृणां न जरांतकजं भयम् । अस्याममृतवाप्यां यः सश्रद्धं स्नाति मानवः
tasyāṃ nimajjatāṃ nṛṇāṃ na jarāṃtakajaṃ bhayam | asyāmamṛtavāpyāṃ yaḥ saśraddhaṃ snāti mānavaḥ
Для тех, кто погружается в неё, нет страха, рождаемого старостью и смертью. Кто с верой омоется в этой Амритавапи—
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Amṛtavāpikā
Type: kund
Listener: general pilgrims; addressed to humans (nṛṇām/mānavaḥ)
Scene: Pilgrims immerse in a clear stepped pond; above them, a symbolic veil of fear (dark forms labeled jarā/mṛtyu) dissolves into light; the water glows like nectar, and the surrounding shrine radiates calm.
Faithful immersion in a sanctified tīrtha transforms existential fear, pointing from mortality toward the deathless (amṛta).
Amṛtavāpī (Amṛtavāpikā), the sacred ‘nectar’ pond.
Nimajjana/snānā—ritual immersion and bathing in the pond—performed saśraddhā (with faith).
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