तिलाः पुनंत्यर्पिताश्च शालग्रामस्य शूद्रज । चातुमास्ये विशेषेण नरं भक्त्या समन्वितम्
tilāḥ punaṃtyarpitāśca śālagrāmasya śūdraja | cātumāsye viśeṣeṇa naraṃ bhaktyā samanvitam
اے شودر کے بیٹے، شالگرام کو چڑھائے گئے تل پاکیزگی بخشتے ہیں۔ چاتُرمَاس میں خاص طور پر، وہ اُس انسان کو زیادہ پاک کرتے ہیں جو بھکتی سے بھرپور ہو۔
Unknown (speaker addressing a listener called śūdraja)
Tirtha: Śālagrāma
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed figure: ‘śūdraja’ (son of a Śūdra) within the narrative; broader audience implied
Scene: A devotee sprinkles or offers sesame seeds before a Śālagrāma; a small bowl of black/white sesame, tulasī leaves, and lamp; the devotee’s posture shows humility; monsoon season cues.
Devotion makes purifying acts universally effective; offerings to sacred forms like Śālagrāma cleanse spiritual impurity.
Śālagrāma is the sanctified focus; the verse also elevates the time-period of Cāturmāsya.
Offer sesame seeds (tilāḥ) to Śālagrāma, especially during Cāturmāsya, with devotion.