शूलभेदं मया तात संक्षेपात्कथितं तव । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
śūlabhedaṃ mayā tāta saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ tava | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
اے عزیز! میں نے تم سے شُول بھید کا بیان اختصار سے کیا ہے۔ جو انسان اسے عقیدت کے ساتھ سنتا ہے، وہ ہر بڑے پاپ سے نجات پا جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator concluding to the listener addressed as ‘tāta’)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: tāta (dear one) / implied royal listener
Scene: The narrator affectionately addresses the listener (‘tāta’) and seals the teaching; a devotee listens with folded hands, while dark stains symbolizing pātaka dissolve into clear light around the Śūlabheda emblem.
Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) is upheld as a powerful purifier alongside pilgrimage.
Śūlabheda tīrtha.
Hearing the Śūlabheda Mahatmya with devotion.