तस्यां या कुरुते स्नानं नारी वंध्या द्विजोत्तमाः । सद्यः पुत्रवती सा स्याद्रौद्रे कलियुगे द्विजाः
tasyāṃ yā kurute snānaṃ nārī vaṃdhyā dvijottamāḥ | sadyaḥ putravatī sā syādraudre kaliyuge dvijāḥ
ஓ இருபிறப்பில் சிறந்தவர்களே! அந்த தீர்த்தத்தில் வന്ധ்யையான பெண் நீராடினால் அவள் உடனே புத்ரவதியாகிறாள்—இந்தக் கடுமையான கலியுகத்திலும், ஓ த்விஜர்களே!
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: A barren woman, reverent and hopeful, bathes at the cool spring/kuṇḍa while sages bless her; the water glows; a subtle symbolic cue of motherhood (cradle/lotus-bud) appears.
A tīrtha’s grace is compassionate and immediate, overcoming even Kali Yuga’s harshness through faith and sacred bathing.
The Dhārā tīrtha within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised for granting progeny through snāna.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Dhārā tīrtha as the central act yielding the stated boon.
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