जपन्नवम्यां विप्रेन्द्रो मुच्यते पापसञ्चयात् । एवं तु कथितं तात पुराणोक्तं महर्षिभिः
japannavamyāṃ viprendro mucyate pāpasañcayāt | evaṃ tu kathitaṃ tāta purāṇoktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ
نَوَمی تِتھی میں جپ کرنے والا برہمنوں میں افضل، جمع شدہ گناہوں کے ڈھیر سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔ یوں ہی، اے عزیز، یہ بات مہارشیوں کے کہے ہوئے پرانک اُپدیش کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہے۔
Śiva (as narrator of tīrtha-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dhautapāpa
Type: tirtha
Listener: A addressed ‘tāta’ (dear one) within the narrative; overall audience includes the king
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa performing japa on navamī beside the sacred waters; above, a lunar calendar motif marks the ninth tithi; sages in the background gesture as if affirming the purāṇic declaration.
Regular japa timed to sacred tithis is upheld as a decisive means to dissolve accumulated karmic impurity.
Dhautapāpa Tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
Japa performed on Navamī for release from pāpa-sañcaya (accumulated sin).