बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्धके यौवनेऽपि वा । तद्यास्यति क्षयं तस्य तमः सूर्योदये यथा
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārdhake yauvane'pi vā | tadyāsyati kṣayaṃ tasya tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā
குழந்தைப் பருவம், இளமை அல்லது முதுமையில் செய்த எந்தப் பாவமாயினும் அது அவனுக்கு அழிந்துபோகும்; சூரியோதயத்தில் இருள் நீங்குவது போல.
Bhagavān (Śiva/Maheśvara) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Acaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: darkness recedes as the sun rises over a temple silhouette; a devotee emerges from shadow into light after worship, signifying sins from childhood to old age dissolving.
Sincere Śaiva observance has the power to burn away accumulated wrongdoing across all stages of life.
The result is tied to the same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the liṅga worship is prescribed (Acaleśvara setting).
The verse states the fruit (sin-destruction) of the previously described liṅga worship/observance.
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