अथवा पुंडरीकाक्ष रूपमीदृग्व्यवस्थितः । एष संस्थास्यते लोके सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
athavā puṃḍarīkākṣa rūpamīdṛgvyavasthitaḥ | eṣa saṃsthāsyate loke satyametadbravīmyaham
अथवा, पुंडरीकाक्ष, एष एवमिदृग्रूपे व्यवस्थितः लोके संस्थास्यते; सत्यमेतदहं ब्रवीमि।
Śāṇḍilya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Puṇḍarīkākṣa (addressed)
Scene: Address to Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu): an alternative outcome is stated—remaining established in a particular form in the world—sealed by a solemn truth declaration.
Consequences can fix a being into a particular state until divine remedy is undertaken; truthfulness and ordinance are underscored.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
No direct ritual is stated here; it affirms the condition that necessitates worship as remedy in adjacent verses.