किं दानैः किं तपोभिश्च किं तीर्थपरिमज्जनैः । धरातीर्थे यदि स्नातं पुनर्भव मलापहे
kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiśca kiṃ tīrthaparimajjanaiḥ | dharātīrthe yadi snātaṃ punarbhava malāpahe
دان کی کیا حاجت، تپسیا کی کیا حاجت، اور دوسرے تیرتھوں میں بار بار غوطہ لگانے کی بھی کیا ضرورت—اگر دھرا تیرتھ میں، جو پُنَربھَو کی میل کو دور کرنے والا ہے، س্নان کر لیا جائے؟
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to a calm ford named Dharā-tīrtha; the water gleams as if washing away a dark film labeled ‘punarbhava-mala’; offerings and lamps frame the scene.
A supremely potent tīrtha can confer merits comparable to many other practices, when approached with faith and purity.
Dharā-tīrtha, praised as ‘punarbhava-malāpa’—a remover of the stain of rebirth.
Snāna (sacred bathing) at Dharā-tīrtha is prescribed as especially meritorious.