यत्रास्ति तीर्थमघहृत्पितृप्रीतिविवर्धनम् । यत्स्नानाद्वृत्रहा वृत्रवधपापाद्विमुक्तवान्
yatrāsti tīrthamaghahṛtpitṛprītivivardhanam | yatsnānādvṛtrahā vṛtravadhapāpādvimuktavān
جہاں وہ تیرتھ ہے جو گناہ کو مٹاتا اور پِتروں کی تسکین بڑھاتا ہے؛ وہاں اشنان کرنے سے ورتراہا (اِندر) ورترا کے وध کے پاپ سے آزاد ہوا۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Unnamed Kāśī tīrtha (aghahṛt, pitṛ-prīti-vivardhana)
Type: ghat
Scene: A luminous Gaṅgā-tīrtha in Kāśī at dawn; Indra (Vṛtrahā) stands with folded hands entering the water, while pitṛs are envisioned receiving tarpaṇa; the atmosphere is sanctified by bells and rising mist.
Tīrtha-snānā is celebrated as a purifier of grave sins and as a means to nourish ancestral satisfaction (pitṛ-prīti).
A particular sin-destroying tīrtha within the Kāśī sphere is indicated, though its proper name is not stated in this verse.
Snāna (sacred bathing) at the tīrtha; the verse also hints at pitṛ-related merit (pitṛ-prīti).