किमु षड्विंशतिं पार्थ प्राप याः क्षणदाकरः । सोऽपि तीर्थमिदं प्राप्य तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम्
kimu ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ pārtha prāpa yāḥ kṣaṇadākaraḥ | so'pi tīrthamidaṃ prāpya tapastaptvā suduścaram
اے پارتھ، ‘رات بنانے والے’ (چندرما) پر جو چھبیس آلودگیاں آئیں، اُن کا کیا ذکر؟ وہ بھی اس تیرتھ کو پا کر اور نہایت دشوار تپسیا کر کے پاک ہو گیا۔
Vyāsa (deduced, addressing Pārtha/Yudhiṣṭhira context)
Tirtha: Somānātha/Prabhāsa tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Pārtha here)
Scene: A dark, formidable figure symbolizing the ‘night-maker’ arrives at the tīrtha, then performs severe austerities—standing in meditation, fasting—until a radiant purification aura surrounds him near the shrine/riverbank.
Even heavy karmic burden can be relieved through reaching a sanctified tīrtha and undertaking sincere austerity.
The ‘this tīrtha’ of Revā Khaṇḍa, in a passage that is tying Soma’s story to Soma-nātha and its surrounding sacred geography.
Tapas (austerity) performed after reaching the tīrtha is highlighted as the means of purification.