ईश्वर उवाच । हिरण्यं मस्तके दत्त्वा यः स्नाति ऋणमोचने । आत्मा वै तारितस्तेन दत्तं भवति गोशतम्
īśvara uvāca | hiraṇyaṃ mastake dattvā yaḥ snāti ṛṇamocane | ātmā vai tāritastena dattaṃ bhavati gośatam
ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను—మస్తకంపై స్వర్ణం ఉంచి ‘ఋణమోచన’లో స్నానం చేయువాని ఆత్మ తారింపబడును; ఆ కర్మ శత గోదాన ఫలంతో సమానమగును।
Īśvara/Śiva
Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana (tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims/interlocutors in the Prabhāsa māhātmya narrative
Scene: A devotee stands in the sacred water with a small piece of gold placed atop the head, attendants nearby; the scene emphasizes ritual precision and the invisible weighing of merit equal to a hundred cows.
When charity and pilgrimage are joined, the rite gains amplified merit and becomes a means of inner deliverance.
Ṛṇamocana tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Snāna at Ṛṇamocana after placing/offer-consecrating hiraṇya (gold), with merit compared to go-dāna of one hundred cows.
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