हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः । मार्तण्डोऽस्ति सुविख्यातः सर्वकुष्ठविनाशकः
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre viśvāmitrapratiṣṭhitaḥ | mārtaṇḍo'sti suvikhyātaḥ sarvakuṣṭhavināśakaḥ
ہَاٹکیشور کے مقدس کھیتر میں وِشوَامِتر کے پرَتِشٹھِت ایک نہایت مشہور مارتنڈ (سورْیَدیو) ہیں، جو ہر قسم کے کوڑھ کو مٹانے والے کے طور پر معروف ہیں۔
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Mārtaṇḍa-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Sun-deity icon (Mārtaṇḍa) in a shrine within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; Viśvāmitra performing the original installation; devotees seeking cure from leprosy approach with offerings.
A tīrtha becomes a channel of grace through consecration and devotion; worship of the Sun here is praised as a powerful remover of affliction.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the famed Mārtaṇḍa installed by Viśvāmitra is present.
Not yet a step-by-step rite; it establishes the deity and the promised healing fruit that the later prescribed circumambulation will confer.