ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि बलभद्रप्रतिष्ठितम् । लिंगं महापापहरं गात्रोत्सर्गात्तदुत्तरे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi balabhadrapratiṣṭhitam | liṃgaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ gātrotsargāttaduttare
Wika ni Īśvara: Pagkaraan nito, O Mahādevī, marapat na magtungo sa liṅga na itinatag ni Balabhadra—tagapawi ng malalaking kasalanan—na nasa hilaga ng Gātrotsarga.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Balabhadreśvara-liṅga (Balabhadra-pratiṣṭhita) near Gātrotsarga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī to proceed north of Gātrotsarga to a powerful liṅga consecrated by Balabhadra; the landscape is coastal Prabhāsa with tīrtha markers and pilgrims moving in sequence.
Pilgrimage in Prabhāsakṣetra is mapped as a dharmic journey where specific liṅgas grant purification from even grave sins.
Balabhadreśvara (the liṅga consecrated by Balabhadra), north of Gātrotsarga.
The instruction is to go (gacchet) to the site for darśana and worship; details follow in subsequent verses.
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