आजन्मशतसाहस्रं यत्पापं कृतवान्नरः । सकृत्स्नानाद्व्यपोहेत पापौघं लवणाम्भसि
ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kṛtavānnaraḥ | sakṛtsnānādvyapoheta pāpaughaṃ lavaṇāmbhasi
மனிதன் நூறாயிரம் பிறவிகளில் செய்த பாவமெல்லாம், உப்புநீரில் ஒருமுறை ஸ்நானம் செய்தாலே பாவக் கூட்டம் எனும் பெருக்கை அகற்றிவிடும்.
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Lavaṇāmbhas-tīrtha (saline sacred waters) within Revākhaṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim steps into shimmering saline waters; dark, smoky ‘pāpa’ forms dissolve and lift away like foam, while the water glints with crystalline salt under sunlight.
Tīrtha-snānā is celebrated as extraordinarily purifying, capable of dissolving vast karmic burdens when performed with faith and rule.
The ocean (lavaṇāmbhas), praised as a purifier that can remove sins accumulated over innumerable births.
Perform even a single ritual bath in the salty waters (ocean) to remove a mass of sins.
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