शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
அன்புக்குரியவனே, சூலபேதத்தை நான் உனக்கு சுருக்கமாகச் சொன்னேன். எவன் பக்தியுடன் இதைக் கேட்கிறானோ, அவன் எல்லா மகாபாதகங்களிலிருந்தும் விடுபடுகிறான்.
Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener
Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.
Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.
Śūlabheda tīrtha.
Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.
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