यदा वस्त्रापथे गत्वा भवं भावेन पूजयेत् । सुराधिपस्तदा भूयो ब्रह्महत्याविवर्जितः
yadā vastrāpathe gatvā bhavaṃ bhāvena pūjayet | surādhipastadā bhūyo brahmahatyāvivarjitaḥ
దేవాధిపతి వస్త్రాపథానికి వెళ్లి భక్తిభావంతో భవుడు (శివుడు)ను పూజించినప్పుడు, అతడు మళ్లీ బ్రహ్మహత్యా పాపం నుండి విముక్తుడగును.
Narrative voice (Māhātmya instruction)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, lord of gods, arrives at Vastrāpatha and worships Bhava (Śiva) with deep feeling; a dark stain of brahma-hatyā lifts, symbolized by departing shadow or broken chain.
Sincere devotion to Śiva at a consecrated tīrtha can purify even grievous sin, restoring spiritual and cosmic order.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, praised as a place where worship of Bhava (Śiva) grants powerful purification.
Going to Vastrāpatha and performing bhāva-pūjā (devotional worship) of Bhava (Śiva) as a form of expiation.
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