येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यन्ति सुपुण्ये सलिलाश्रये । ते यांस्यंति परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्
ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti supuṇye salilāśraye | te yāṃsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam
“جو لوگ یہاں، اس نہایت مقدس آب گاہ میں اشنان کریں گے، وہ بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک اعلیٰ ترین دھام کو پالیں گے۔”
Devāḥ (the gods)
Tirtha: Arbuda-salila-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī; King as frame-listener
Scene: Pilgrims descend to a clear sacred pool/stream at the mountain’s foot, performing snāna with folded hands; above, the peak glows, suggesting the ‘supreme abode’ as a radiant horizon.
Pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-snāna) is portrayed as a powerful purifier that supports the soul’s ascent toward the deathless state.
The sacred water-source associated with Īśānī-śikhara in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the holy water-reservoir of the site.