भ्रूणहत्यासमं पापं नश्यते शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । प्राणत्यागं च यो भक्त्या जातवेदसि कारयेत्
bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate śaṅkaro'bravīt | prāṇatyāgaṃ ca yo bhaktyā jātavedasi kārayet
شنکر نے فرمایا کہ بھروُن ہتیا کے برابر گناہ بھی مٹ جاتا ہے۔ اور جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ جات ویدس تیرتھ میں پران تیاگ کرے…
Skanda (quoting Śaṅkara/Śiva)
Tirtha: Jātavedas
Type: sangam
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)
Scene: A king listens as a Śaiva sage cites Śaṅkara’s pronouncement: at Jātavedas-tīrtha, a devotee relinquishing life in devotion attains sin-destruction; the riverbank glows with sacrificial-fire imagery implied by the name Jātavedas.
The tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as so great that even grave sins are said to be annulled through devotion.
Jātavedas, presented as a powerful tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
A devotion-based undertaking connected with Jātavedas; the text frames it in terms of prāṇa-tyāga (final relinquishing), continuing into the next verse.