ततः कालेश्वरं तीर्थं वीरश्रेष्ठतरं परम् । कलिकालौ न बाधेते यत्र स्नातं नरोत्तमम्
tataḥ kāleśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ vīraśreṣṭhataraṃ param | kalikālau na bādhete yatra snātaṃ narottamam
அதன்பின், வீரர்களில் சிறந்தவனே, மிகச் சிறந்த காளேஸ்வர தீர்த்தம் உள்ளது. அங்கு நீராடிய நரோத்தமனை கலியும் காலமும் இரண்டும் துன்புறுத்தாது.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāleśvara Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Vīraśreṣṭha (addressed as ‘best of heroes’)
Scene: A dark-stone Śiva-liṅga or Kāleśvara shrine near a tīrtha; the bather emerges with a radiant protective circle; behind, symbolic imagery of a fading hourglass/black serpent of time and a dim Kali-yuga shadow kept at bay.
Alignment with the Lord of Time through tīrtha-sevā is said to grant fearlessness—transcending the harms of Kali-yuga and the pressure of Time.
Kāleśvara Tīrtha, associated with Kāleśvara (Śiva as Lord of Time).
Snāna at Kāleśvara Tīrtha, with the promised protection from Kali and Kāla.