एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं धर्मारण्यस्य चेष्टितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dharmāraṇyasya ceṣṭitam | yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
یوں میں نے تمہیں دھرم آरणیہ کی ساری مہیمہ اور مقدس سرگزشت سنا دی۔ اسے سن کر برہمن کا قاتل یا گائے کا قاتل بھی تمام پاتکوں (گناہوں) سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator-sage concludes the Dharmāraṇya account to an assembly; listeners include remorseful figures symbolically representing brahmahā and go-ghna, shown being washed in light as the kathā is heard.
The māhātmya of a sacred place is itself purifying; devoted hearing can loosen even the gravest bonds of sin.
Dharmāraṇya, whose narrated glory is said to liberate listeners from pātakas.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Dharmāraṇya māhātmya as a purificatory practice.