ततः कालेश्वरं तीर्थं वीरश्रेष्ठतरं परम् । कलिकालौ न बाधेते यत्र स्नातं नरोत्तमम्
tataḥ kāleśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ vīraśreṣṭhataraṃ param | kalikālau na bādhete yatra snātaṃ narottamam
Pagkaraan nito ay ang banal na Kāleśvara Tīrtha, O pinakadakila sa mga bayani, lubhang marangal; sapagkat yaong naligo roon—ang pinakamainam sa tao—ay hindi dinadapuan ng Kali ni ng Panahon.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāleśvara Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Vīraśreṣṭha (addressed as ‘best of heroes’)
Scene: A dark-stone Śiva-liṅga or Kāleśvara shrine near a tīrtha; the bather emerges with a radiant protective circle; behind, symbolic imagery of a fading hourglass/black serpent of time and a dim Kali-yuga shadow kept at bay.
Alignment with the Lord of Time through tīrtha-sevā is said to grant fearlessness—transcending the harms of Kali-yuga and the pressure of Time.
Kāleśvara Tīrtha, associated with Kāleśvara (Śiva as Lord of Time).
Snāna at Kāleśvara Tīrtha, with the promised protection from Kali and Kāla.