अग्निष्टोमादिकाः सर्वाः क्रिया नष्टा धरातले । धर्मक्रियास्तथा चान्या मुक्त्वा देव्याः प्रपूजनम्
agniṣṭomādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyā naṣṭā dharātale | dharmakriyāstathā cānyā muktvā devyāḥ prapūjanam
اگنِشٹوم وغیرہ سے شروع ہونے والی سب یَجْنَی کرِیائیں زمین پر مٹ گئیں، اور دوسری دینی رسومات بھی—سوائے دیوی کی عقیدت بھری پوجا کے۔
Pulastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-āyatana (implied)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahārāja (king) (explicitly addressed in the surrounding verses)
Scene: A desolate sacrificial ground with extinguished fires and abandoned altars; in contrast, a radiant Devī shrine where lamps still burn and devotees gather, suggesting the survival of worship amid ritual collapse.
When formal ritual declines, heartfelt devotion—especially worship of the Goddess—remains a sustaining form of dharma.
The Arbuda-khaṇḍa Devī-sthāna whose worship endures and is singled out as exceptional.
Devyāḥ prapūjanam—earnest, complete worship of the Goddess.