पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ लिंगं पापहरं परम् । उद्दालकेन मुनिना स्थापितं लोकविश्रुतम्
pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha liṃgaṃ pāpaharaṃ param | uddālakena muninā sthāpitaṃ lokaviśrutam
پُلستیہ نے فرمایا: پھر اے بہترین بادشاہ! اُس برتر لِنگ کی طرف جاؤ جو گناہوں کو دور کرتا ہے؛ اسے مُنی اُدّالک نے قائم کیا اور وہ تمام جہانوں میں مشہور ہے۔
Pulastya
Tirtha: Uddālakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king; traditionally Bhīṣma/Janamejaya-type interlocutor in tīrtha dialogues)
Scene: Pulastya instructs the king to proceed to a renowned sin-destroying liṅga; the liṅga is shown as ancient, with sage Uddālaka performing installation rites amid forested hills.
Pilgrimage to a consecrated Śiva-liṅga and reverence for it is presented as a powerful means of purification.
The Uddālaka-established Śiva-liṅga, celebrated as Uddālakeśvara in this chapter’s māhātmya.
Gacchet—one should go/undertake pilgrimage to the liṅga (a prescribed act of tīrtha-yātrā).