परंतपाय विप्रेन्द्रास्तथैव रसस म्भवा । अन्नजा दहनायोक्ता ईश्वराय जलोद्भवा
paraṃtapāya viprendrāstathaiva rasasa mbhavā | annajā dahanāyoktā īśvarāya jalodbhavā
परंतपाय विप्रेन्द्राः रससम्भवां धेनुं दद्यात्; दहनाय अन्नजां नियोजयेत्; ईश्वराय जलोद्भवां समर्पयेत्।
Sūta (deduced from adjoining narration style within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipreन्द्राः (best of brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A ritual courtyard: one cow offered with sweet offerings (rasa), another with sacks of grain (anna), another with water pots (jala) before a Śiva shrine; brāhmaṇas chant blessings.
Dāna becomes spiritually potent when offered with right dedication (saṅkalpa) to divine forms, especially in a sanctified kṣetra.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, connected to the presence of the Ekādaśa Rudras.
Prescribed go-dāna varieties (rasa-born, food-born, water-born) assigned to specific Rudra epithets/forms.
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