वेतालत्वं त्यजेन्नूनं तदा गालवशापजम् । सुकर्णस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा भ्रात्रा वेतालरूपिणा
vetālatvaṃ tyajennūnaṃ tadā gālavaśāpajam | sukarṇastadvacaḥ śrutvā bhrātrā vetālarūpiṇā
అప్పుడు అతడు గాలవ శాపజన్యమైన వేతాలత్వాన్ని నిశ్చయంగా విడిచిపెడతాడు. ఈ మాటలు విని సుకర్ణుడు, వేతాలరూపుడైన అన్నతో కలిసి…
Vidyādhara-kulādhipa (first half); Narrator (second half continuation)
Tirtha: Mahattara tīrtha near Cakratīrtha (implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: A vetāla-formed elder brother, shadowy and uncanny, hears the promise of release from Gālava’s curse; Sukarṇa listens and prepares to act swiftly.
Even severe afflictions caused by a sage’s curse are shown as curable through divinely sanctioned tīrtha practice.
The unnamed “mahattara” tīrtha near Cakratīrtha in the Setu-kṣetra region, whose snāna ends the vetāla condition.
Bathing (snāna) at the great tīrtha is indicated as the means to abandon vetālatva.
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